At the large conference hall were seated twelve board members. Adrian stared around the hall, but there was no sign of Kelvin in there.“Where is he?” Adrian turned to his father at the door.“I have no idea, he is not here yet but I am shocked as to how these men all arrived immediately after he called for the meeting, I feel like they had been informed beforehand and it was just the both of us that was kept on the loop”Daniel explained as he sighed.“What about Uncle Sean?” “I called him, but he reminded me that he did not want to have anything to do with the company”“Why would he say such a thing? He has a share in the company and should still consider himself a part of it. Doesn't he realize what is going on?”Adrian was hoping not to feel frustrated while pouring out his suggestion.“I tried explaining these to him, but he thinks that Kelvin is a boy and I should be able to handle him. If I am been sincere right now Adrian, you have been neglecting your duties to the company w
They all listened to Kelvin speak even while Daniel and Adrian had been silent all this while, they could tell that most of the board members were considering Kelvin's words.“Mr. Kelvin!” One of them spoke, that was Mr. Drake who is very close to Kelvin and only a few years older than Kelvin.“You have just pointed out a few important points which I must say that we all have taken notes of it. It is no secret anymore that Mr. Adrian is not capable of the task which is handed to him in this company; in fact, he has not a single experience of running such a huge corporation and, as such, is not fit to take over.”He concluded and then took his seat but briefly exchanged a look with Kelvin, who looked so cold.“So what do you all suggest is done?” Daniels's voice came through; he sat on the large armchair that was swiveling around the office, a call domineering expression on his face like he had no idea that the company was just about to be taken away from them.“We are suggesting that
There were some private conversations among the board members; at first, they thought that they had the entire situation under control, but suddenly, they felt like the tides had turned around.Kelvin furiously stormed out of there with Eva right behind him, but just when he thought that he would be able to contain his anger, walk out of there and not say a word to him, there was Adrian who rested his back at his car, his hands wrapped around each other and no doubt that he was waiting for him.“What are you doing here?” He asked Adrian, his jaws tightened into a frown, and the beast inside of him was pushing him so hard to smack Adrian, yet Kelvin was trying to be professional.“I think that I should be the one asking you that, what the hell do you think that you are doing here, you just came out of jail, what any sensible human would be doing is resting his head, that way he doesn't get into another trouble, but here you are trending with fire”“You are no fire, Adrian because your
Wesley spent the rest of the day at the office trying to handle so much work that he had neglected all this while; for most reasons, he wanted to handle all loose ends at the office; that way, there was not much excuse the board members would have to vote him out.He was almost done stamping his signature on most of the document, ranging from the cosmetics line they had shipped in, the new cloth line, down to the construction jobs, which was the core earning of the Wesley corporation.A knock came through the door, and before he would even get the chance to ask who that was, the door swung open, and Ted walked in.“The meeting that you wanted me to fix with Mr. Derek….”“Were you able to get that done?”“It wasn't an easy one, first he thought that I was some sort of a scam since he said that I was calling him with a number not registered to Wesley corporation not to mention the fact that he checked and my name wasn't on the employment list”“So he didn't agree that he was going to se
At the luxurious Sky Hotel was Mr. Derek, a man in his late fifties, seated in the VIP section of the hotel. The Sky Hotel is considered one of the most expensive hotels in town, with only one of the one percent able to afford it.He had both his legs crossed as he held a glass of champagne at the tip of his fingers, his eyes comfortably glancing around when Adrian hurried inside. “Finally! Mr. Adrian, I was just about to finish my glass of wine and leave, considering that this meeting isn't that important to you,” Mr. Derek expressed while Adrian went ahead to take the seat opposite.“I apologize Mr. Derek, but you do know that this meeting is important to me because I am the one who had ordered it, but there was traffic on my way here and there is nothing that I could”“Very well then, I don't have much time, so how about we get straight to the point so that I can leave” the older man insisted as he placed the wine glass on the table, he had just consumed its entire content and fro
Mr. Derek sat there trying to contemplate if it would go against the plan if he went ahead and disclosed how many there were."Six!” he suddenly blurted out but Adrian lowered his eyelid at him.“You know that is not true….”“Alright, you got me, it was seven of the board members that he had convinced, he said that was all that he needed, and considering how big Grandpa Hallow’s share was, it should be able to cover for all the votes that he might need to add up the seven”Mr. Derek finally blurted out and while he did, he seemed more relaxed than he previously was when he first got here as Adrian continued to sip his glass of cocktail.“So you are saying that Kelvin is convinced that he would be able to get Grandpa Hallow to give him his vote?”“We all know how much Grandpa Hallow loves him and I know that you were not here in the past, but Grandpa Hallow dotted on his more than his own biological children”“I see….” Adrian muttered, barely audible to himself, and why he did, he seem
Adrian strode over to the car where Klein was waiting for him and as soon as he hopped inside, Klein asked;“How did it go?”“Just the way that I wanted it to go.” he expressed, and that seemed to be a relief for Klein, who finally steered off the engine and drove off.“While I was waiting for you, I made some calls to some court and magistrate and I have a court ready to wed you and Avery by tomorrow”“Did you inform them that I need the certificate to be fake?” Adrian asked but Klein was silent for a while before he went ahead to ask.“Why do you want it to be a fake marriage?” He asked, staring at Adrian from the front mirror with curiosity in his eyes.“I believe that you are not dumb Klein, you should know that she is been forced to get married to someone that she doesn't have any feelings for, and worst of it, I feel like this has something to do with the underworld”“Yes, that is true. But she is your woman and you love her, so why wouldn't you just get a real marriage certific
Adrian arrived at the court very early the next day, trying to make sure that everything went as planned. And when he arrived there, the magistrate was already there and ready to get things set.He made sure that Fred, Ted, and Klein were all present there to serve the purpose of witness, but it did not take long before he started to worry, seeing that Avery was running late.“Boss, I think that you should give her a call and find out what is holding up!” Fred suggested after waiting for a long while but Adrian forced a nervous smile on his face.“You don't have to worry about anything, Fred; she assured me that she was going to be here, And I trust her enough to know that she would keep to her word,” He assured him, trying not to be as nervous as he was.“But she is running late, for all we know, she might be in danger!” Fred suggested but Adrian shot him a glare.“Careful with your words Fred! We agreed on 8:00 am and it is just 8:30 am. A little more patience and if she is not here