Nathan tossed from one edge of his bed to the other. He had been trying to fall asleep but it seems sleep had eluded him. He rubbed his eyes with the edge of his palms and stared at the heart-shaped gold-colored clock that hung above him. It was seven minutes past 1 pm. After his session at the gym with Ben earlier, he had called Larry to come and pick him up. By the time Nathan got to the mansion, the boys were already done with their session though Nathan wasn’t sure if they engaged in a tour at the gym or worked out. After taking their showers, Nathan and his friends settled for some Chinese rice and liver sauce. Nathan then decided to take a nap while the boys remained in the living room. It’s been thirty minutes of tossing around and Nathan barely fell asleep. He sighed and wrapped his hands behind his head, his face facing the chandelier. Nathan couldn’t help but wonder why the workers he had been encountering at his father’s company seemed rude regardless of their positi
The security officer gave his forehead a delicate scrape and turned away. Nathan arched a brow and folded his arms across his chest. “I said take me to the manager’s office right now.” He maintained, staring at the man straight in the face. The young security officer turned to Nathan with a sigh. “I don’t think. He’s….” he began to stumble on his words and at that point, Nathan knew that the man wasn’t willing to take him to the manager. “Listen to me. You either take me to the manager’s office or you risk getting fired.” Nathan confidently stated. The officer looked at Nathan. His nostrils were puffing hot air. “Come with me!” He said after a sigh and turned around. He began leading Nathan to the staircase. Nathan followed the security officer way up the staircase. They got to a hallway and the security officer pointed to the first closed door on his left. The inscription Manager was slapped on the door. There were other offices down the hallway. The security officer left.
Chapter 64Nathan darted his gaze down to the man kneeling before him. He sighed and ran his left hand through his hair.“Get up Bart!”The man was indecisive. Should he remain on his knees and continue to plead for mercy or should he stand up as Nathan requested he wondered. “Get up and return to your office,” Nathan stated. Bart stood up and turned away. He couldn’t even look Nathan in the face. Nathan watched him turn around and head back to his office. He then pulled out his phone and placed a call to Larry. “Come and meet me inside the bank at the reception downstairs.”Nathan made his way down the staircase. He marched to the security officers at the doorpost.Daylan, the security officer who had seen Bart kneeling before Nathan walked up to him. “Get two staff from the deposit counter to the customer care unit immediately. Things are getting messy in there. Tell them it’s the manager’s orders.” Nathan instructed. Daylan nodded in understanding and swung into action. W
“Are you sure you don’t want me to come with you?”“Don’t worry about a thing Nathan. You’ve done your part. It’s my turn to put Bart in his place.” Mike replied. He continued. “You’ve done enough work for today. You need rest.”Nathan sighed and surrendered with a nod. “Fine Uncle Mike. I’ll be waiting for an update.”“Of course, I’ll keep you posted.”Nathan and Larry left the bank. ****Nathan staggered into the living room and crashed on the twin couch with a slight groan. Henry and Charles were shoving popcorn into their mouths from the bowl before them. Henry turned to Charles. “Did he wrestle a cow or something?”Nathan chuckled and sat up. Charles presented Nathan with a bottle of water. “You look stressed. Where the hell have you been?”Nathan snatched the water bottle and gulped down the content. He wiped his mouth with the edge of his palms and fell back on the couch. “Why do some of the privileged ones in our society treat other people like trash?” Nathan spat. Henr
Chapter 66Nathan’s eyes were fixated on the corner. A physically built man, dressed in black plain trousers and a grey hoodie was trying to force himself on a petite. Nathan watched him grab her wrists while she kept resisting. He pinned her to the wall while she kept trying to fight back, her face screaming discomfort. “Let go of me!” She screamed but the resounding music kept relegating her voice to the background. The man went ahead to plant kisses on her neck and the poor girl looked like she was about to throw up. Her countenance and his approach proved that he was forcing her to make out. The disgusting and annoying sight forced Nathan to turn away with a clenched jaw. “Are you okay?” Charles demanded after reading the pissed expression on Nathans’s face. Henry was without worry. He was sharing a bottle of red wine at the bar stand with the girls who seemed to be enjoying his company. Nathan faked a smile and wanted to blurt out to Charles that he was good but he caught
Chapter 67The group of three clenched their fists and changed toward Nathan. Nathan placed his left leg behind while his right leg was positioned in front. He clenched his jaw and tightened his fist, ready for combat. Charles stood beside Nathan. “I felt that you needed an extra hand,” Charles told Nathan with a half smile. Nathan approved with a nod. Avery slipped into a corner and was soon panicking. Scarface’s group was the first to launch an attack. They continued charging toward Nathan and Charles when in a blink, Nathan kicked one of the wooden stools with a force that caused it to leave the floor.The stool flew and landed on one of the guys, the one on the left. Scarface groaned and charged toward Nathan and Charles with tightened fists. The other guy who was hit by a stool remained on the floor, nursing his left hand that just got smashed. Scarface went for Nathan while his colleague aimed a punch at Charles. Nathan dodge all the punches scar face was throwing at
Chapter 68Greg sent more bangs on the door and remained rooted to his spot for about thirty seconds. Again, there was no response. His frustration grew with each passing second. “Shit!” he cussed and curled his lips in irritation after noticing that there was a lock sealing the door. He was so mad that he didn’t pay any attention to the door. All he wanted at that moment was for Nathan to open the door and face him. Before leaving for Nathans’s apartment that night, Greg concluded that Nathan was going to be at home so he decided to turn up at his place unannounced. It wasn’t the first time he had turned up without notice anyway. Greg kicked the door with his left leg in irritation and turned away. He had just wasted about five minutes at the door waiting for Nathan to show up, only to discover that the door was locked and Nathan was not at home. He was hoping to meet with Nathan. They had a lot of things to talk about. With a frustrated sigh, Greg strode to the spot he had p
Chapter 69“I’m good!” Avery mumbled and pressed her purse to herself, refusing Nathans’s offer. Nathan sighed and shook his head. There was no way she was good, alone at that corner. She was just bent on being solo. “Maybe we can sit over there.” Nathan pointed to the last booth on their right. Maybe she needed privacy he thought. “Okay!”He took the lead while Avery followed. They traced their way to the booth and sat next to each other. Henry and Charles were at the bar stand. “So what will you have?” Nathan demanded. Avey sighed and slapped her purse to the table. “I need something substantial.” She then broke into a dry laugh and Nathan was stunned. He had barely seen Avery smile and talk more or laugh like that. “Are you suggesting whisky perhaps?”“Well, that can suffice, or maybe not a drink as strong as you are suggesting.” She replied and crossed her legs. “After that fight, I sure need something powerful.” Nathan chuckled. “You sure do.”Nathan signaled to one o