Elijah was disheartened by the news. “Once Mike resumes his job as CEO, you’ll work with him as his assistant,” Paul said, causing Elijah to sigh.
“Okay,” He responded, not wanting his years of service here to go to waste.
“When is your next board meeting?” Paul asked
“In a few minutes, sir,” Elijah responded.
“Okay, we’ll be going with you!” Paul said, causing Elijah to nod his head.
In a few minutes, his secretary knocked on his door and walked in, informing him, “Sir, you have a meeting with the board members, right now”
They left the office and moved to the meeting room. Everyone instantly stood up in acknowledgment of the CEO’s presence. Suddenly, Timothy, who also stood up with the others, exclaimed,
“What the hell are you doing here? In the board meeting room? You must be joking!” Timothy said, causing Mike to smirk.
“Is that one of the men that treated you unfairly?” Elijah asked, pointing at Timothy.
“Yes,” Mike responded sternly.
“Okay,” Elijah said before clearing his throat.
“Mr. Timothy Ray, you’re fired! Gather your things and leave immediately.” Elijah said, causing Timothy to furrow his brows. He opened his mouth to speak, but Elijah brushed him off and informed everyone in the room, “We now have a new CEO, Mike Duncan, grandson of Matthew Duncan, the founder of Duncan conglomerate.”
Timothy arched his brows. “This is probably a joke. Mike is a nobody” he scoffed
“Mr. Timothy, leave before I call the security on you,” Elijah warned. Timothy gritted his teeth and left the meeting room, causing Mike to grin. He was satisfied with the look he saw on Timothy’s face.
Mike left the building with Paul when suddenly, his phone rang
“Hello?” He answered the call, seeing that it was his friend, James.
“Yo man, where the hell are you? Still at work?” James asked.
“No, man, something amazing happened,” Mike said, sounding excited as he talked to James.
“Whatever man! There’s a party at Rizzo pub at the moment, come meet me up,” James said, informing Mike of the party before ending the call.
“I’ll take a taxi home, young master; here are the car keys,” Paul said, handing the car keys of the Lincoln limousine to Mike. Mike took the keys and waved to Paul before jumping into the car.
As he got close to the pub, he turned to pack the car when suddenly, his car collided with another car while packing and the back was damaged.
Mike wasn’t at fault, so the other party quickly got out of his car to apologize.
“Hello, I’m sorry for hitting your car; it was a mistake,” He said while hitting Mike’s car window for him to roll down the window glass.
Mike kept his phone on his thigh after ending the call with the insurance company before rolling his window down.
As Mike turned to look at the person who hit his car, he was stunned to see it was Williams.
“Honey, what’s going on?” Stella said as she stepped down from Williams’s car to see if the car owner was threatening to press charges. The Lincoln limousine was very expensive and she could only imagine how much it’ll cost to fix the damage they caused at the back.
“Oh, good gracious!” She exclaimed the moment she saw Mike, sitting inside the car as the driver.
“Mike?” She called his name just so she could confirm that she wasn't seeing things.
“Stella!” Mike said in a husky voice.
“You stole this car. We need to call the police, Williams; there’s no way on this planet this thing here can even afford a motorcycle, talk less of a Lincoln” she said, turning to William. Mike chuckled softly at her reaction.
“This is one of my cars, Stella. If you call the police, you’ll only be making a fool out of yourself,” Mike said, causing Stella to scoff,
“Oh... please, did you look at the mirror before spitting this nonsense? You look dishevelled... They’re holes in your shirt”
“Come to think of it, is this how to park a car? You’re even less impressive than a parking attendant,” she added
“Honey, let’s leave. He wouldn’t even be able to press charges because I’m sure he stole this car,” Williams said, pulling Stella’s hand,
“Hey! The both of you, where do you think you’re going?” Mike asked sternly. He couldn’t stand being humiliated again.
“What is it?” Williams asked with a frown on his face.
“You damaged the back of my car, Williams. Do you know how much that will cost me? I demand compensation,” Mike said, causing Stella and Williams to burst into laughter.
“You have to be nuts to think that we’d pay a car thief compensation for damaging the back of the car,” Stella sneered.
“I’m not going to call the cops now because we were once married; better leave before I change my mind,” she added, causing Mike to narrow his eyes.
“I’m being generous by repeating myself; you'd have to compensate me for the cost!” He insisted
“Are you deaf? Or it’s because you think that I can’t call the police on you right now for driving a car that doesn’t belong to you, a car you stole!” Williams paused and took his phone out of his pocket.
“You must have gone nuts, I’m calling the police right now,” Williams added and dialed “911”
"Hello, I'm here to report a stolen car. The thief's also a bad driver; while trying to park, he hit my car, and now the car he stole is damaged," Williams explained, smiling slyly.
"You're more foolish than I thought. I wonder what lie you'll tell the police when they get here," Stella said after Williams dropped the call with the cops."You know, it's all your fault! No one would have involved the police if you had let us go without insisting that we compensate you," Williams said, trying to irritate Mike."Look how he's dressed in a torn shirt, riding in a mind-blowing Lincoln. You're dressed like a beggar that you are," Stella spat"What was it you said they call him again... Oh yes! Mike scumbag. You should be living in a shit hole," Williams added, expressing his disdain for him.Mike bit his lips, trying to hold his anger, but he couldn't. As he was about to react, the siren of the police car caught their attention. "It's time for you to face your judgment, Mike," Stella said "Let's see who faces judgment," Mike responded."Thank Goodness you're here, officer; that's the criminal over there; deal with him," Williams said, pointing to Mike in the car."He
“How pathetic! You think you could fool us?” Stella spat. “Do not mind him, he’s a loser,” Williams said. “You need to come with me to the station,” the police officer said, taking out a handcuff. Mike quickly left a voice mail for Paul before going with the officers. He was immediately taken to the interrogation room. “Criminal! Start talking!” The officer said in a rage, slamming his hand on the desk in front of Mike. “I don’t know what they’re talking about; that car belongs to me,” Mike said, trying to defend himself. “Stop lying to us; the insurance adjuster revealed that your name wasn’t registered as the owner,” the police officer said. “That’s because my grandfather gave the car to me as a gift,” Mike said, insisting that he didn’t steal the car. “Who’s your grandfather?” The police officer asked, arching his brows. Mike opened his mouth to speak but instantly paused, thinking that this might be a shame to his grandfather. Calling his name over such an unimportant mat
Mike got into the back seat of the car and dialed a number on his phone. "Hello?" A husky voice fell into his ear."Is it Mr. Martin on the line?" Mike asked sternly. "Yes, sir, and you are?" Martin asked."Mr. Martin, it's Mike Duncan on the phone. Can you kindly confirm the name registered on the Lincoln now?" Mike asked, causing Martin to respond."Okay, sir, in a minute, please." Martin clicked a few buttons on his laptop while his cell phone was in his ear."Sir, there have been some adjustments, and the name here is Mike Duncan," Martin confirmed, causing Mike to smile slyly."Okay. I want you to formally claim compensation on my behalf from Mr. Williams, the man who damaged the back of my car," Mike said, causing Martin to immediately respond,"Okay, sir, I'll do just that." Mike ended the call and placed his phone beside him in the car as Paul drove"Young master," Paul called, trying to grab his attention."Your grandfather has some urgent news for you," Paul informed, caus
They got down from the lift when suddenly the door of the conference room opened and the first thing that hit Mike's ear was the enthusiastic applause from the room.Amongst the men in the room was a tall olive-skinned man with the badge on his suit, "Andrew Lane, Esq." Mike immediately identified him to be the lawyer.The old man sat in the main chair and began to address the board members."I'm glad that y'all could make it here even with the short notice," the old man said and turned to gaze at the lawyer before turning to the man on his right. "I have been running Duncan conglomerate since I was 18, and until now, it has been smooth under my reign. For sixty years now, I have been preparing for this moment," He paused for emphasis,The room was pin-drop silent. Gazing at the expression on the board members' faces, the old man was sure that he had their full attention."As most of us know, this conglomerate was founded by my great-grandfather in 1920 and has passed down from fathe
"What is all this?" Mike asked in a rage as he turned to look around him. Seeing that Williams's men surrounded him with no way out was absurd.Letting out a long sigh, he said, "Williams, I promise that you'll regret this." Williams burst into laughter and said,"If you don't want these men to beat the daylights out of you, then you'll fall to your knees and beg me." "Beg you? Hell, no! Williams," Mike spat, causing Williams to chuckle dryly.He immediately threw his hand across Mike's face, but fortunately, Mike caught his hand. "Pay compensation for my car before you do anything, okay?" He said calmly, causing Williams to bite his lips in anger.He tried twisting his hand away from Mike's grip, but unfortunately, Mike's hold on his hand was stronger."You're so pathetic? Who let you out of that station, anyway? I thought you'd be in jail now," He said and tried pushing Mike back. Two men stepped forward and tried hitting Mike on his shoulder, but Mike squatted, and the punch hit W
Martin walked straight towards where Williams stood and said, "Mr. Martin, we had to come here because of your secretary's rude and fruitless response to us! The car that you damaged is yet to be repaired and the car owner demands compensation"Williams burst out laughing as if he was in front of a comedy show."Stella, did you hear that?" He said, still laughing while everyone else stared at him, wondering if he was insane."Honey, I think these people are serious," she said, causing Williams to pause before staring at Martin, sternly and asking, "But I don't know the owner of the car; as long as a thief was driving it when it got damaged, that thief should pay for it." He turned to Mike and glared."The owner of the car is Mike Duncan! They was a mistake in the name registered on it, and that has been adjusted," Martin informed, causing William's eyes to widen in shock."They must be a mistake. Come on! I know this thing, he can barely feed, and even with all the money he has worke
Martin walked to the front of the police station to meet up with Mike.“Sir, you called me,” He said, causing Mike to nod his head in response,“How’s it going in there?” Mike inquired,“The lawyer is being unreasonable, demanding to see you, but if you don’t want to, then you don’t have to” Martin responded.“Oh, please, I don’t want to speak with Williams or his lawyer,” Mike paused “They’re not ready to pay compensation. What’s next?” he asked the insurance adjuster.“Then we’ll take him to court!” Martin said, causing Mike to nod his head.“But then, he’ll have to pay double the money for damages and stress,” Martin said and a smirk immediately curved on Mike's lips,He gestured for Martin to come closer before whispering something into his ear.“Okay sir,” Martin said.“I’ll take my leave now, get back to me on the progress,” Mike said and left the court. He hailed a taxi and headed straight home Mike was about to get out of the taxi when he received a call. “Hello, young maste
"He's clean; there's no phone with him," the man who searched Mike informed, causing Mike to let out a long sigh, one that he didn't know he was holding."Okay, now get him into the car"Mike was dragged into another car. Two men sat beside him, each one with a gun in their pocket. The driver couldn't stop gazing at him through the front mirror of the car."Cover his face," He immediately instructed. Mike swallowed hard as they took a black sack and put it over his face, saying,"Now you close your eyes"Soon, they arrived at a location. The sound of silence was overwhelming. "Where is this?" Mike finally asked, arching his brows. They tried dragging Mike down from the car, but Mike was strong-willed. He sat still and asked again, "Where is this place?" Inside him, he was terrified, but physically; he pulled a straight face, not wanting to reflect his emotions."Will you shut up and comply, or we'll be forced to drag you?" One of the men said, causing Mike to narrow his eyes."Wher