“After reviewing proposals from various audio technology companies, the board is thrilled to announce Resonant Audios as our new partners,” Mr Kane declared, his voice brimming with excitement.The smile on Tom and Mia’s faces flittered away by shock and disbelief, their mouths hanging agape.“Yes!” Tina exclaimed, pumping her fist in the air. She felt like jumping and screaming around in excitement but she managed to control herself. In as much as she tried to subdue her excitement, many eyes in the room couldn’t help but notice her exuberance.“Wait a second, I recognize you! You are John Doe’s daughter,” someone in the cafeteria said, pointing towards Tina. “You are the one that presented the proposal and won the partnership on behalf of you father’s company!” “Yes it’s her, I saw her heading to the boardroom earlier. You must be incredibly smart to win the partnership over Harmony Acoustic despite everything that your company is going through,” another added.More than half the f
If Tina received a dollar for every question running through her mind, she would be a billionaire.She was puzzled about everything starting from when her presentation files suddenly got encrypted to realizing Tom was behindit all.All her unanswered questions linked back to August. How come he is at the end of it all?“August, what’s happening? How do you know my files were encrypted and bring in a technician? And not just that, you had Mr Kane obeying your instructions like a servant—Now you expose Tom for inserting the DCM into my laptop—August, I need answers!”Her eyes were overflowing with desperation and her tone trembling with curiosity.What really happened was this:while everyone thought August had been thrown out by security, he was in the CEO’s office, following up the presentation in the boardroom through surveillance cameras.All the CCTV cameras in the building were linked to the CEO’s office. From thereonecould watch everything going on in all the rooms in the building.
August was stunned by Mia’s demands,as were Tina and her father.He breathed a silent ‘thank you God’ that their marriage was a sham, otherwise, he would’ve been trapped in a union with the devil locked behind a pretty face.Her demands were extreme andhumiliating. She was not just asking them to give up the partnership for her but also strip them of their last shred of dignity.If the conditions only involved her giving up the partnership Tina might had easily considered it. But the fact that her own dad would kiss the shoes of the one person she would forever hate made her frown.“To hell with you and your conditions Mia!As far as my dad and I are concerned, nobody is in with yourevil demands,” Tina objected sternly.“To hell with me?” Mia laughed bitterly. “Mr Doe, I don’t think your daughter understand the implications of what she is saying. Why don’t you explain to her—”Mr Doe wasbitterly miserable, he looked like he just received a call from the grim reaper. He dragged his feet
The office door swung open from the outside and August emerged. He did return after the call.“Look who’s returned. You must have a lot of nerves coming back here,” Mia said with a frown.“Foolish you! You should have used the opportunity to run away. Anyways, now that you are here; you’ll watch them lick clean my shoes before I’ll have you beaten up,” Tom said with curled smile on his lips.August glanced at his wrist, “Five minutes had pass, you have ten minutes left!” He said confidently.Tom’s eyes reddened, he was extremely furious. How could a nobody like August dare threaten the heir of the Turners? He just signed his death wish!“You are a dead man!” Tom growled angrily before he removed his phone and dialed a contact. “Damien, bring a handful of men to Resonant Audios in eight minutes,” Tom instructed the man on the other end of the call before hanging up.Mr Doe’s and Tina’s jaws dropped, their heart raced quickly at the mention of the name.They were quite aware of who Dami
At the sight of Mr Kane, the thugs quickly withdrew their fists. Though Damien and his men were feared across the city, they would not dare inflict violence in the presence of Mr Kane, the emissary of the country's most powerful family.“M-Mr Kane, y-you’re here?” MrDoe stammered in disbelief. “Please, have a seat,” he said nervously pointing to the visitor’s chair.Mr Kane ran his eyes across the faces in the room and chuckled slyly when he caught sight of August. Without saying a word, he took his seat.“Before I go on with what brought me here, may I ask what these hoodlums are doing in your office?” Mr Kane asked glaring at Damien and his men.Mr Doe hesitated, he was absolutely certain that if he told Mr Kane it was Tom and Mia who brought the hoodlums into his office, they would retaliate later after he might have left. So, he had no choice but to lie.Before he could think of a suitable lie to tell Mr Kane, Mia used the opportunity to change the subject and make a good impressi
After Mr Kane and his men departed, Tina and her father were elated. Mr Kane had not only driven off Tom and Mia with their ruthless demands, but he had also put an end to Damien's extortion for protection money from them once and for all.Out of excitement, Tina jumped on August, her arms wrapped around his neck. Startled, August reacted awkwardly; it was the first time a woman had ever hugged him. After a few seconds of mustering his courage, he finally embraced her, wrapping his hands around her tiny waist.August wished the hug could last forever, savoring the warmth and closeness he'd never experienced before. But all too soon, she pulled away, leaving him yearning for more."What can I say, August? Thank you for everything. None of this would have been possible without you," Mia exclaimed gladly.“Me? Why am I receiving praises for what I didn’t do?” August retorted.“Come on August, we both knowthis is all thanks to you. First, you broughta technician to fix my laptop. Then you
If the Turners, the most feared family in Aurora Bay, were turned down when they tried to buy the restaurant, then who wouldn’t be?"Congratulations to me, then. I'll do what the Turners couldn't: acquire ownership of the restaurant."August’s tone low but full of confidence.The manager was annoyed. “Will you shut up already and stop this bluffing. You are not just delusional, you are nut!Maybe loosing your wife to Tom has driven you insane. Men as wretched as you don’t deserve any lady at all; you were married to Mia for more than two years but all you did was eat off her.Thank the almighty Tom liberated her from a parasitic leech like you.You are the opposite of rich and—” before he could round up all his insults to August his phone chimed.August glanced at his wrist and chuckled as the manager reached for the phone in his pocket. It had been exactly five minutes since August made the call earlier.The man's eyes widened in disbelief as he realized who was calling—it was Mr Vict
Her plan would’ve been a smart one only if she was not telling it to the wrong person. It’s similar to telling a rat you’ve set a trap for it.August knew exactly what to do, he swiftly removed his phone and was about to text his security guards to take the cars and leave without him when Tina’s phone shrilled.“You won’t believe this, Tina!” a familiar voice at the other end sounded so excited, making Tina’s face lighten up with curiosity. "Following the announcement of our partnership with Innovative Technologies, numerous companies have reached out to inquire about our capabilities in developing audio systems for them," Mr Doe disclosed enthusiastically.Tina was elated, it felt like an eight-year dream coming through. Ever since the fire incident at their production site eight years ago, she had been working tirelessly to get the company back to it’s feet. The news was truly a breakthrough!“Guess who is also reaching out for a partnership now?” “Umm… Alpha Technologies?”“Yes,