"I am Mr. Geraldo's assistant, how much does the young master owe you?" asked the man who was none other than Bastian.
Barbara was so dumbfounded that she swallowed her saliva violently several times, "Young master? Since when did Axel become the young master? Don't dream in broad daylight, this kid is just a hobo who can be called a young master. But if you want to pay the debt I will accept."
"No need Mr. Bastian," Axel interrupted, forbidding the man to pay his debt.
"I think this money is more than enough to pay the young master's debt, if necessary we will buy this small apartment in the young master's name."
Barbara suddenly gaped when she saw the man in the black suit handing her a wad of money, more than enough for Axel's debt. It left Barbara gaping and in disbelief that she could hold that much money.
"Is this enough?" asked Bastian looking at Barbara.
"It's more than enough and if necessary right now I will give you the certificate of this apartment because I will also move to another city."
Barbara quickly handed over the file and Bastian prepared a red folder. Axel still couldn't believe what he saw today, why did Barbara sell her beloved apartment so easily seeing the money held by the middle-aged woman made Axel begin to understand that money is indeed everything.
Without money, Axel was always looked down upon and despised. Everyone looked down on him.
"Come with me home young sir, Mr. Geraldo is expecting you."
Bastian bowed his body in front of Axel, making the handsome man uncomfortable. "Why are you bowing, I'm younger than you and I don't want to be disrespectful."
"No way, I'm disrespecting the young master, so come with us," he coaxed again.
Axel remembered very well that the old man's name was Geraldo. Who doesn't know about the Geraldo Group conglomerate family, how could Axel be the grandson of the conglomerate? Axel had never dreamed of it. How could this stranger just say whatever he wanted? Axel wouldn't believe it easily.
"You must have the wrong person! I'm not the grandson you're looking for."
Axel immediately turned around and was about to leave but his hand was blocked by the man in the black suit. However, Axel quickly shook off Bastian's hand. He wasn't in the mood to get involved with jokes like that, especially since he was in a bad mood at the moment. He just hoped people didn't make him sick at the moment, he just needed some peace.
However, the man in the black suit didn't want to give up either, he was still blocking Axel's way. Then came two more men in black suits with big and tall postures, like bodyguards. They also blocked Axel's path, and they didn't even let Axel leave.
Axel wasn't in the mood to deal with them, let alone joke around with them. He still wanted to leave.
"Please step aside, let me pass," he pleaded politely.
"But you must come with us back to the Young Master's house, the Great Master misses you very much. He is waiting for your arrival."
"What joke are you guys playing again?"
Axel's patience was wearing thin, "I told you, I'm not the person you're looking for, understand!"
"Please don't bother me again! Or I won't hesitate to teach you a lesson," Axel lashed out in the end.
"You are indeed the person we've been looking for all this time, we can confirm it. Don't you have the same birthmark as Great Master Geraldo?"
Hearing a sentence like that Axel turned his body around. "There could be many people in this world who have the same mark as me."
"No, young master. That birthmark belongs only to the Geraldo family. Now will you come with us home?"
Axel seemed to narrow his eyes this time, the handsome man was getting more and more furious with the two men in black suits.
"I may be poor but I'm not a fool that you can easily trick. Even though you know my birthmark doesn't mean I can trust you."
"You better get out of my sight right now! Before I completely lose my temper."
Seeing the look in Axel's sharp eyes, it was clear that the handsome man was venting his anger so the two burly men walked back a few steps, giving up in the end.
However, before they left Axel, there was one thing they wanted to do.
Mr. Bastian stepped forward as he said, "At least please accept this. Perhaps Young Master will need it later."
"What is this?" investigated Axel. His hand reflexively grabbed the object that Mr. Bastian handed over.
"It's a special passbook that the Great Master gave you. It has a lot of content and it's only for Young Master."
After explaining, the three men quickly excused themselves from Axel's presence so politely that they bowed their bodies in front of Axel. Axel's blue eyes only caught a glimpse of their departure and Axel didn't seem to be holding back the three men from leaving.
Axel hoped that the three people would quickly disappear from his sight, for a moment he observed the object given by the man named Mr. Bastian earlier which he said in the savings was his own money.
Axel continued his journey which had stopped to look for a trash can. Intending to throw away the savings but his pair of blue eyes did not find a trash can so he abandoned his intention. Sighing slowly, he thought about throwing it away later.
Today Axel wanted to start working again at the cafe, to be honest, he was so dizzy thinking about where to stay tonight. Considering Barbara had kicked him out, Axel also didn't have a dime, an idea began to emerge in his brain.
Axel entered the cafe where he worked, as usual, the man served the guests well but not with his guests this time. His eyes fell on the two lovebirds who were making out in front of his eyes, Elena and Almero passed by the cafe, and a sense of disappointment and hurt began to creep into Axel.
The complicated thoughts that kept plaguing his mind made Axel accidentally spill juice on a guest's coat.
"What are you doing!" The man in the black suit shouted hysterically.
"Do you know this is an expensive suit, your one-year salary is not enough to replace it."
Suddenly, all eyes were on Axel, who seemed to be silent as he was scolded by the guest. Immediately, the manager came over to see what was going on.
"What's wrong, sir?"
"Your waiter is incompetent. You see my expensive suit is dirty because of his work. You have to compensate."
The café owner looked at his special guest so angry that he was furious. Finally, the owner apologized and would be compensated for the suit that was soiled by his employee. He knew very well that arguing with the suit's owner wouldn't win him any favors and the best way was to give in since the man was a prominent person in the city."Can't the suit just be cleaned, sir?" said Axel, walking after the owner."Do you think he wants the suit just cleaned? If I could, I would have persuaded him earlier. A conglomerate like him wouldn't want that.""This is an expensive suit and costs almost 12,000 dollars. Can you afford it?""What 12,000 dollars? That expensive?""You won't be able to pay it for 10 years.""I'm sorry, sir. I spilled the juice by mistake.""From this moment on, you are not an employee of this cafe! If things like this keep happening, my cafe will go bankrupt because of you.""What do you mean, I'm fired?" asked Axel to make sure."Yes, you're fired!" said the owner with
Katrina, who had been squatting facing Axel, suddenly stood up at this remark. "Berry..." The nurse pushed her wheelchair and approached the two people."That's not what he wants. I'm ready to go to jail," Axel replied in the end."Good, you finally realized your mistake. But it won't be easy because I'm going to sue you for damages. You'll see!" Berry smiled wryly, her neck now wearing a neck brace due to Axel's actions."Ber, why are you so cruel to Axel? Didn't you also hit his face until it was bruised like this" Katrina tried to remind Berry's actions towards Axel? Katrina knew very well that Axel wouldn't have fought back if Berry hadn't gone too far with him, but considering what the man had said earlier. It didn't demand the possibility that Berry would definitely act considering the severe injuries he had suffered."What should we do, Xel? Berry wouldn't be joking with that remark." Katrina glanced at her coworker, she was starting to get concerned about Axel's co
Axel's steps were halted as a middle-aged woman not only called out but tugged on Axel's hand, "Looks like you dropped something, here." The woman pointed an item towards Axel. Axel turned his head and nodded because what had fallen was a passbook that Mr. Bastian had given him this morning."Thank you, ma'am." Axel grabbed the item as he smiled kindly at the woman, while Katrina who saw it frowned. She remembered that Axel didn't have any money, let alone savings, but Katrina didn't think much of it; whether Axel had savings or not was none of her business. Once at the bus stop, Katrina and Axel walked up some stairs. Katrina's apartment was a little further from the city. When they arrived at the door of her apartment, Katrina thanked Axel for his kind gesture."Where are you going after this, Xel?" she asked, giving him a glancing at him."You don't have to think about me, go inside. It's so cold." Katrina nodded slowly and waved her hand as the handsome man was abo
"Isn't this book..." The female teller was unable to continue her sentence because all she knew was that the book she was holding was a special book that only existed in this country. They left Axel stunned, how could Axel not look like a hobo yet... Aside from the gasp, they all must have been terrified that they had gone too far with Axel. They hurried to apologize, then treated him with the utmost respect."Just come here, sir... Let me take care of everything," said the first teller, as she also asked the customer who had just arrived to relent. Axel was so dumbfounded, rather not expecting something like this to happen. Doesn't that mean the passbook Mr. Bastian gave him is genuine? It felt like he didn't believe it yet, but when asked how much money he would take. Axel only mentioned half of it because for Axel it was more than enough to pay Berry's demands."How is that possible?!" thought Axel in disbelief as he stared at the brown envelope the teller handed him.
"Mr. Alex! Geez, I'm sorry I'm late. You shouldn't have been treated like this," Poppy said in a panic, then added her concern. "You're okay, right?" Earlier, when the bank employees were busy discussing a customer with a special passbook, Poppy had seen the passbook and that's when Poppy found out about Alex's social status. Alex shook his head slightly at the pretty girl's question, then it was more about the stares of Elena and Almero and the other people who seemed surprised at Poppy's treatment of Axel. How could a manager of Morghan Bank respect Axel so much? Even referring to him as Sir, is very confusing. Certainly, Elena and Almero couldn't get enough of it. Then, Elena interrupted. "Miss, I think you've recognized the wrong person. This is my ex-husband whom I just divorced, he's a thief! You shouldn't treat him with such respect." "Yes, that's right," Almero continued in surprise. Hearing Axel being insulted like that made Poppy furious. "How presu
Such a thing happened because Axel had said he would pay her with the bundle of money in his hand, of course, she would beg to drive him for such a large fee. Meanwhile, the woman cursed in annoyance as she moved on, "Ah, damn!!! What an insolent driver." She didn't care, just busy seducing Axel into entering her car. Now it was Axel's turn to give her a sardonic smile. "That's why ladies don't be arrogant people." At the same time, a two-wheeled vehicle stopped right in front of the taxi and also greeted Axel. "Did you order it earlier?" "Yes, wait a minute," Axel replied. The handsome man asked the online motorcycle taxi to wait because he still had something to do with the taxi driver. Namely, he asked for the money he had given earlier, this time Axel was a little pushy because the driver kept trying to hold back his money. In the end, Axel managed to snatch the money. With nothing left, it was clear that the driver couldn't just give up. He was still tr
"I'd like to see Berry, is he inside?" "Mr. Berry, come please." The burly man quickly guided Axel inside. Entering a spacious house with an interior that matched the paint of the house made the eye feel comfortable. No wonder Berry was so haughty because her house was big and grand. Unlike her small and cramped apartment. "I beg your pardon, Axel! I'm ready to pay in installments all the costs of your demands as long as you let Axel go." Berry smiled wryly while taking a very long look at Katrina's face. "Why are you willing to kneel before me for that poor man." Berry hardened his jaw because he couldn't accept that the girl he liked would prefer a poor, hapless man like Axel. "Axel is my savior god and maybe it's time I return the favor for him." "You want to return the favor or you like that hobo." He moved slowly from his seat and was now squatting in front of Katrina, "Don't you know that I liked you a long time ago if you want Axel to be free of charge
Ready or not, Axel finally decided to visit Geraldo's family. He called the number on the business card and informed them of his arrival. Along the way to the address, Axel was nervous and hesitant. He wondered whether the steps he had taken were right or not. His feelings at that time were erratic. He repeatedly considered whether to contact Axel's family or stop until the wind that blew strongly against his body and face barely made him feel any sensation. Despite his inner war, Axel finally let the online driver take him to the front of Godrigo's large, luxurious gate. "Here we are, brother." The online driver's brother had to say that because Axel didn't get off. He had to call out to Axel several times to break the man's reverie. "Ah, yes, sorry!" Axel hurried downstairs and reached into his pants pocket while taking the money he had prepared to pay the fare. This time, the driver was surprised by the money Axel handed over to him. It was fantastic, like