The Next day. David woke up early in the morning and sat on his bed, a lot of events that happened lately scrolled through his mind. He smiled painfully as he recalls from when he first met the Forrest family. ~~~ He was not poor when he got married to Ashley, he was a handsome young man who had a nice paying company job, until he was called and made the General Manager of the Forrest group 5 years ago because of his unbelievably intelligence in business and management, discovered by Mr. Jorge Forrest. He had wanted to start his own business but Mr. Forrest wished to work with him, so he made him a shareholder in his company which David accepted. He helped run and manage the Forrest company for good 4 years and it was under his management that the formally undervalued Forrest company grew expand and gain leverage over all other companies in Armsdale city, lest did he know that except for Mr. Forrest who was the most kind to him, no other members from the Forrest family liked him,
But David did not want to spoil the fun. He wanted to watch the entire household of the Forrest family to drop their jaw in fear and beg him for mercy. "I don't want to talk about it father, though everything happened just recently. That's why I want to go into seclusion to restore my mental health, I have really suffered, " David said. "Is that why you went to a bar? " David tilt over to Hunter and then back to his father, " I guess, " he casually said. "That lady is just lucky you did not mention her name, brother, else she and her family would be so miserable, " Anna grimaced a little and David struck her a warm smile. Lord Ace sighed deeply; "If you say you want to stay away for sometime, I can consider, it's your choice, but what are we going to do about the announcement that has already spread all over the city and the country about your return? Also, what about the business empire and High Table consortium, I want you take charge, I'm still under strict medication, you a
Two days after he returned to Armsdale city, David arrived at his ex-wife's house in Weston estate where he formerly resided. His face painted blue coming back to this place, but he returned solely to pack up all he owned inside the house. He was more interested in one thing, the first class certificate that he obtained when he graduated from college 6 years ago, it's a document that held great significance for him. ...... Upon his arrival to the house, he appeared ordinary as ever, even his shirt were very rumpled. He has acquired so much wealth now, but he still decided to stay low and humble until his quest in the city is fulfilled. When he entered the compound, he had a feeling that his ex-wife must have thrown away his things from the house after their divorce. With the way she treated him after betraying him, he believed she could care less to do something like that, afterall they are no longer married. Nevertheless, as he paced slowly into the compound, he headed straight to
[Two Months later] The Monday morning news declared the Forrest company the No.1 most successful company in Armsdale city. Joy quickly swept through the wide grounds of the Forrest estate. It was as if Lady Selma was expecting for the news to land, by 8 am she was already sitted comfortably on her magnificent chair in the living room with the rest of her family. Splaying her prideful arms over her chair with a dash of glitz, she crossed her legs with her eyes fixed on the TV."What! Did we just defeated the Richmond and Cheung group? How did you do that grandma? " Moore, the forth grandchild of the family gasped with shock as she turns to face Lady Selma. Lady Selma laughed; " Finally, it has happened, my dream is finally coming to reality," she said as she proudly stood to her feet. One of the maids suddenly rushed inside the living room from upstairs. She ran to Lady Selma, "Ma'am, you have so many missed calls on your phone. " Just as she was saying, her phone rang again as
Mr. Dean's lips was trembling, he did not know how to tell Lady Selma what has happened. Lady Selma could sense trepidation on the face of the Manager. She smiled, "Thank you Mr. Armani, I promise you'll not regret investing with my company. Something just came up, I'm sorry I'll have to call you back. " After she spoke with the person on the phone, she closed the call. She was getting quite anxious, " Dean, what is it? Don't waste my time, speak up am listening! " She grunted. "Madam Selma, w..we have just dropped from 1st to 5th ranking in the city's business chart, a new organization from nowhere called the Brighton Group did something insane that reduce our market value and the company as a whole. The company has also beaten the Cheung group and are an inch away to becoming the most successful business enterprise in the city. " Dean with a shaking voice broke the news to Lady Selma who instantly knitted and threw a deadly stare at him. A powerful slap thud, caused Dean to st
"The Ace Empire has declined our partnership?! " Rosella was stunned. Everyone gazed at each other's face, this was a very humiliating situation for the company and also the family. Seething through her gritting teeth, Lady Selma stood angrily from her chair and threw all the documents that were on her table to the floor, growling; "Who owns that stupid company that has come to ruin my life?! " Waiting for the boss to calm down first, Dean cleared his throat awkwardly then alerted.. "There's a situation Madam Selma, " he said as eyes went wild gazing on the screen of his tablet. "What's it again?! Did I lose another thing? " Lady Selma screamed with frustration. "We have already lost 60% of our partners and investors M...Madam! " Dean said, and both Rosella with her brother Marcus shouted with shock along with Lady Selma. With speed Rosella went to check by herself, her gasped, " Oh my God, this is getting worse every minute, Mom, why are we losing everything? " Another loud ga
** [Later that night] David drove out of the Riverland to his discreet office where he secretly meet with his chosen CEO of his new business empire. ___ Cluck! The door creaked open by one of his security guards and a middle-aged man wearing a clean black suit, holding a small bag suddenly walked inside the large office. A warm greeting made David roll his seat from the glimmering glass window to the front of his table where he saw a male figure standing before him. "Good evening Boss! " The man bowed low to him with respect and David grin under his tinted-brown cordoban hat that he used to cover his face. Coming back to Armsdale city as a rich person, he has been trying his best to stay low. Non of his company's staffs has ever seen his face before not even his chosen CEO George Henderson. "Welcome to my office Mr. George Henderson, how's your family? " David closed his fingers on the table as enquired from his CEO politely. "My family are all celebrating the success of your
"Your uncle is in trail for committing a grievous crime in the castle and he has been kept in Norlan prison until after his trail. "When did that happen father? " "Earlier this year son, " replied Lord Ace. "What about my cousin Jasper, his son? Jasper now owns a hotel and a cartel in California, united states, for the past 2 years before his father was arrested he has been living outside the country. " David scoffed, he enquired; "What grievous crime did Uncle Geoffrey committed? " "Well, I do not wish to talk about it son, he's my only brother, I'd love it to remain subtle until the court case is over. " Listening to his father, David felt he's hiding something from him. He noticed some crack in his voice when he talked about his uncle, but he could not ask further, more over he didn't care. Only if he knew what the crime his uncle is being accused of was, he just felt karma is paying him back for accusing him wrongly 10 years ago. "So son, I want you to consider what I have