When the news of the new heir of the Fernandez family went out, everyone was astonished. Coupled with that, a proper picture of Rhys was placed on the internet and it almost exploded with a lot of comments, he gained a lot of admirers and fan girls overnight. Unfortunately, the news didn’t go unnoticed by Malia who had been curious about the identity of the new heir…the one whom she was going to impress in order to improve her family’s status.Rafael was no longer in the picture, the scandal about her had been taken down and completely blocked but not for a small sum either. As the picture popped up in her phone screen, she dropped it out of fear. She scrambled to get it, checking it for any damages but doesn’t see any, then she took a look at the picture once again, this time zooming it in.She almost passed out when she confirmed that it was someone who she was familiar with, Rhys, her ex husband, one whom she had humiliated and then divorced. “Mother!” She called out to her mother,
Rhys had no idea what his ex-wife has planned for him, and even if he did, he wouldn’t be bothered about it. As soon as he had come out if conclusion, his parents had rounded him up, asking him questions about why he had been in his room for more than a day. His mother even went as far as crying to guilt trip him, blaming him for neglecting her, and to cheer her up, he had to spend a day with her.Neither his grandfather nor his parents inquired about what he was hiding believing that everyone had their own secret but the all showed concern and told him not to be embarrassed to ask for help when he needed it. On this day, Rhys got dressed up in fancy clothes, his next stop was the conglomerate, it was time he made his face known to the shareholders and some of the managers. His position as heir of the family wasn’t just an empty title, accompanying it was riches best imagined and lots and lots of responsibilities. Most of the future decisions he might make might affect the lives of
Even though Rhys was in his car with his eyes closed, he could sense most of the things happening around him, like how he could sense the wave of nervousness rolling off the driver, and Zain who sat far away from him, probably worried that he might anger his boss by breathing too loudly. He also sensed the cars that had been trailing after him even since he drove through the gates of the mansion. He didn’t sense any murderous intent from them, which made it seem like they weren’t going to harm him but Rhys had already guessed that this was what his mother had planned.He chuckled lightly, quite amused by his mother’s actions, he was no longer as weak as he was I’m the past, he was even stronger than a well trained bodyguard except he had no experience and he had to build up his body and train his attack and defense skills until they were enough to save him from immediate death. He was still a normal human who could also get hurt and injured, he couldn’t outrun a bullet yet.Soon, t
Rhys pretended to be unaware of what had happened, he turned towards Christopher who was gritting his teeth in anger. “Uncle, I’m so sorry but I think your son has grown stupid overnight.”“Do not go overboard Rhys, I am still your uncle and I think I deserve some respect,” Christopher spat out. “I asked that the monthly meeting be moved till today, I don’t think I’ve done anything wrong. You just returned to the family, how can you understand how things works around here.”“I might have just returned uncle, but I think I understand everything that I need to know. There are conditions as to which the meeting would be called besides the set date. So uncle tell me, why is this meeting so special?”“I don’t think I am expected to tell you the reason. And if I don’t , are you going to force it out of me?” Christopher is now able to open his eyes, he openly glared at Rhys, suspecting that he had a hand in what had happened to him earlier but there was no evidence to prove it.“Then I say
The meetings with the managers and directors took a little over an hour but it left Rhys completely exhausted, luckily he had enough knowledge and ideas to tackle some of the problems brought up to him. In the conglomerate, there is an order in rank and an hierarchy that must be followed. For common employees, it wasn’t easy to meet with the higher-ups, they could only reach out to the director of whatever department they worked in. After answering most of their questions to the point of being almost exhausted, he dismissed them all, leaving only himself and Zain in the office that he had chosen. It had a window view of the city and the view was spectacular. When he noticed that his father and grandfather hadn’t reached out to him after the commotion with Christopher, he was confused. He tried to called them but he could only get through to their assistants which meant they were on an important trip or were having an important meeting that they were too busy to receive the phone.Be
“Do us both a favor and just leave.”“There is no way I would leave, I think you must have not noticed something. I work here, so you’ll have to get used to seeing me each passing day.” She said haughtily as she rolled her eyes. Unexpectedly, Rhys burst into laughter, his stomach clenched as he laughed loudly. “What is funny?” He was beginning to piss her off and if it wasn’t because of what she wanted and how powerful he had become, she would not be seen ten feet close to him.“I didn’t know this was a circus show and you were the master,” Rhys manages to say in between laughter. “Why do you think you were able to get a job here? Do you think you are truly capable?”Her eyes widened in surprise, her mind was trying to process what he was saying. “What do you mean?”“Do you think you’ll be here without my orders?”Before she could give a response, the door of the office swung open and a man sauntered in with a huge smile on his face, he seemed like the ray of sunshine on a cloudy da
After slamming the door shut on Johnathan’s face, Rhys returned to his seat, looking like nothing had happened. He carefully took out a wipe and sanitizer from one of the drawers of his desk. He sprayed some sanitizers in his hand and then wiped it afterwards. “Who knew what diseases she is carrying on her.”Jonathan rushed over to his side with a fan boy look of admiration on his face. “Oh my goodness, Rhys you were so cool. I thought I was going to die, the moment that woman attacked me but you suddenly swooped in out of nowhere to save me. Like the ones in the fairytales, all that is left is for us to share a kiss then we live happily ever after..” The smile on Rhys face turned ugly as he heard Jonathan’s words, from what he heard, it began to form a different scenario in his mind. He shuddered at the thought of it and began to regret his actions. “Say it like that one more time and I would personally gorge out your eyes and make you eat them like grapes.”“Eww, I tried that once
It was eight in the evening, Rhys was still in the office, he had been able to convince Zain and Jonathan to leave while he worked over time. At some time in the afternoon, Rio had showed up and was asleep in the inter-dimensional space. Suddenly, he received a message, it was from someone he was least expecting. Atlas.Meet me at El Fuego Bar at nine.Rhys shrugged, and replied ok. What could possibly go wrong. He got dressed, as he was leaving, he contemplating on informing Zain about where he was going and who he was meeting but, he shrugged off the idea. He stepped out of the house and got into a car, driving to the bar which was about an hour away from the conglomerate. An hour later, Rhys was so confused when he arrived at a bar which was somewhat calm, he was a bit convinced that Atlas might be playing at something, he shrugged but he still enters the bar. He walked straight to the counter, where he saw a familiar figure. “So why did you want to see me, dearest cousin?” He i