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The Rise of Alexander Reynolds Chapter 41: The Echoed Slap
That afternoon, the sun dared to be happy. Under well-kept lawns and glass balconies, Orange City's upper section, especially the 5 families have been invited to a party marking the 60th birthday of Mr. Simon. Perched atop a verdant hill, the Simon residence resembled a boutique hotel rather than a home. high arches. broad driveways. The guests all parked themselves, but there were uniformed valets. Soft jazz murmured through the open windows within. The back garden was covered with a big buffet table filled with expensive foods, including tiny crab cakes, some indistinguishable mousse in glass spoons, and skewers that looked more ornamental than actually been edible. Plate in hand, Alex watched the gathering with mild interest as he leaned against a pillar next to the open French doors. He was dressed in pants that were a tad too casual for the event and a simple white button-up shirt. Although his loafers were polished, it didn't take away from the reality that he didn't fit in
The Rise of Alexander Reynolds Chapter 42: The Auction
With the mechanical accuracy that came from weeks of pretending he cared and years of not caring, Alex adjusted his cufflinks. In a room full of individuals who were all trying to make an impression, his well-fitting, understated navy suit was completely forgettable. That was a power move in and of itself.As they got closer to the Parker Foundation Annual Charity Auction door, Isaac, dressed like the most unobtrusive piece of furniture in the world, handed him a black folder."Are you certain about this?" Isaac muttered as he looked over the sandstone stairs that led to the structure. "You had the option of sending someone else to keep an eye on the room."Alex looked up at the big hall, which was owned by Parker, had been painstakingly restored, and was adorned with banners promoting "Urban Renewal through Private Partnership." The irony was so profound that it was worthy of a museum display.Alex said, "I'm not here to watch. My purpose is to rattle bones." Isaac grinned as he gave
The Rise of Alexander Reynolds Chapter 1
Crash!"A loud sound resounded throughout the place and everyone turned their head toward the sounds."Oops, my bad." A young man dressed rather shabbily said as he hurriedly looked and went to get some cleaning equipment to clean up the mess.The Young man was Alex, and he was a waiter here at the bar. Just now, an arrogant customer suddenly withdrew her outstretched hands just as he was about to give her the bottle of wine because she changed her mind.Alex, who had thought that the woman had collected the wine from him, left the bottle and the next thing he heard was the loud crashing sound as the wine fell to the ground splashing everywhere.He could only keep his head bowed as he hurriedly went to get the cleaning materials. There was a high-end bar and the customers were all very rich. If he mistakenly offended one of them just because of what happened, he wouldn't know how he died.Besides, this was not the first time he had experienced this. Everyone seemed to look down on him
The Rise of Alexander Reynolds Chapter 2
Right in front of him was his wife, Ella lying on the couch naked, on top of her was a naked short chubby man.At that moment, Alex felt his worldview crash as he couldn't believe his eyes. His wife was having sex with someone else. No, he didn't want to accept it, but he had to accept it.He had always thought that she loved him as she was the only one who treated him rather nicely. But then it turned out that it was all a farce. She was a devil under the clothing of an angel."Ella," Alex called out as he was unable to hold back anymore.Immediately, Ella, who was not far from him, shivered violently. She heard the voice and immediately pushed the man on top of her away and rushed to stand putting on some clothes."Alex...Alex what are you doing here...." Ella shuttered as she looked at Alex."What am I doing here?" Alex frowned as his eyes burned in fury."Should you be asking me that question or should I ask you that Instead." Alex breathed in as he tried to suppress his surging a
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Alex shook his head as he thought about it. The day before was the end of the three-year bet he had with his grandfather.He had a bet with his grandfather that if he could endure the humiliation that came with being a live-son-in-law for three years, he was going to inherit the family priorities.And yesterday was the end of the three-year bet. He had the intention of revealing his identity as the heir of the Reynolds family to his wife once he got back home that night.The Reynolds family was the richest in the whole of Timberland. He had lost his parents at a long age and therefore was brought up by his grandfather and was directly the heir of the Reynolds family.But then his grandfather had suddenly come up with a bet three years ago and thinking it was ridiculous, he agreed to it without thinking about it. Over the years, he had endured a lot of humiliation and the only thing that kept him going was his wife.Since she was the only one who didn't treat him with disdain, he beli
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"Young Master, would you like to go to the company with me?" Albert asked as he looked at Alex who was eating in the dining room."Nope, I'm not interested in going, I want to head to the mall." Alex shook his head and replied."Alright Young Master," Albert nodded and didn't say anything more.He could care less about what Alex was going to do at the mall, besides he was in no position to ask. Even if he asked, there was nothing he was going to do with the information."Alright old man, let's go." Alex sighed and stood up from the dining after some minutes."I'll drop you at the mall," Albert said as he stood up and walked out of the villa alongside Alex.He had come to Orange City to take a look at the companies which were located here. He had been staying at Orange City for the past month and thus decided to buy a villa Instead of living at the hotel which was where he brought Alex to the night before.That morning, he was considering signing a contract with some of the top compan
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The man's face changed immediately he looked at the floor and saw the broken necklace."Would you mind telling me what happened here?" The man growled as he looked at the sales girl who was crying."Sir...sir I...I..." The sales girl shuttered not knowing what to say."Talk!" The man thundered as his face was twisted in anger."I....." The sales girl shuttered as she broke down crying even more profusely."I said talk." The man's eyes burned with rage as he said.The broken necklace on the floor was over a million dollars and now it was broken. Instead of her to explain, all she did was to explain."Don't exert the poor girl, she's probably crying out of guilt, I'll tell you what happened instead." The woman spoke up, catching the attention of the man.The man immediately turned to look at the woman. From the way she was dressed, he could tell that she was from a rich family, and judging from what she said, what happened involved her."You see, your sales girl is careless and let the
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"Sir, what do you mean?" Lucas asked, looking confused."Well then, I don't think I'm in the right position to answer that." Alex shook his head."What happened here?" Lucas immediately turned to the manager and asked."Sir, the sales girl was careless and she dropped a necklace worth over a million cashing it to shatter." The manager said as he hurriedly explained."Is that what happened?" Lucas looked at the sales girl and asked.The sales girl who was already shocked with how things had developed was shocked to the bones when Lucas asked her the question. She couldn't believe Alex was this powerful, able to make the owner of the mall appear.Though she couldn't understand why he was dressed in such a manner, she secretly made up her mind not to look down on anyone who was dressed shabbily though she didn't look down on him when she saw him first.The crowd were also whispering to each other as the development of the matter also shocked them greatly and they couldn't help but pity t
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Chapter 42: The Auction
With the mechanical accuracy that came from weeks of pretending he cared and years of not caring, Alex adjusted his cufflinks. In a room full of individuals who were all trying to make an impression, his well-fitting, understated navy suit was completely forgettable. That was a power move in and of itself.As they got closer to the Parker Foundation Annual Charity Auction door, Isaac, dressed like the most unobtrusive piece of furniture in the world, handed him a black folder."Are you certain about this?" Isaac muttered as he looked over the sandstone stairs that led to the structure. "You had the option of sending someone else to keep an eye on the room."Alex looked up at the big hall, which was owned by Parker, had been painstakingly restored, and was adorned with banners promoting "Urban Renewal through Private Partnership." The irony was so profound that it was worthy of a museum display.Alex said, "I'm not here to watch. My purpose is to rattle bones." Isaac grinned as he gave
Chapter 41: The Echoed Slap
That afternoon, the sun dared to be happy. Under well-kept lawns and glass balconies, Orange City's upper section, especially the 5 families have been invited to a party marking the 60th birthday of Mr. Simon. Perched atop a verdant hill, the Simon residence resembled a boutique hotel rather than a home. high arches. broad driveways. The guests all parked themselves, but there were uniformed valets. Soft jazz murmured through the open windows within. The back garden was covered with a big buffet table filled with expensive foods, including tiny crab cakes, some indistinguishable mousse in glass spoons, and skewers that looked more ornamental than actually been edible. Plate in hand, Alex watched the gathering with mild interest as he leaned against a pillar next to the open French doors. He was dressed in pants that were a tad too casual for the event and a simple white button-up shirt. Although his loafers were polished, it didn't take away from the reality that he didn't fit in
Chapter 40: The Revelation of the hidden secret
Alex was given the typical tour upstairs, which included glass-walled offices, busy cubicles, and a lot of buzzwords. He listened, nodded at the proper spots, asked two good questions and one purposefully dumb one—just enough to sell the persona.The woman, whose badge said "Danica," led him into a little demonstration space, seated him in front of a touchscreen, and started to describe the newest "intelligent route optimizer" that the business had created.Alex listened to her. He was concerned about fleet allocations, GPS crossovers, and something labeled "shadow routes and their Q3 forecast" that inadvertently flashed across the screen between slides.He put everything away. He got up and moved nonchalantly to the whiteboard near the far wall as Danica excused herself to get brochures. A basic outline of a restructuring plan had been put up, complete with names, dates, and most importantly the move of monies from "G.L. Ops" to "Council Rep Fund."Greenline once more.Pretending to
Chapter 39: Pretense
Alex had almost forgotten about Logan the next day as he was busy preparing to visit one of the 5 families' company, but just as he remembered he tried to get information from people he knew could have access to it, and it turns out the reason the engagement broke was because Logan was trying to launder money using Amara’s father company and it all became messy but they tried their best to keep it from the media and the public in general, On seeing this, he could now understand why her reaction were cold when they met “well this can wait for later” he said as he message Isaac to meet him at the parking so they can be on there way to the meeting.When someone smiled too broadly that early in the morning without a reason in particular, Alex never trusted them. Particularly not in a lobby that had a subtle hint of desperation.With his phone in hand and his legs crossed, he sat on a faux-leather couch and observed the silent flow of people entering SimonTech Logistics, one of the less gl
Chapter 38: The discovery and the gossip
He stopped at a brief passage of writing at the bottom half of the page after flipping past the standard statistics, which included net worth, corporate holdings, and media interviews.Engaged: March, two years ago. After six months, the relationship ended.Alex blinked. Then blinked once more."Hold on... what?" Leaning forward, he read the line again. No names. No news stories about scandals. No drama on social media. The announcement was clinical and neat, as if it were a software update that had been terminated.Without hesitation, he reached for his phone and dialed.After two rings, Isaac responded."Hello sir""Why didn't I know she had gotten engaged?" there was a little pause "I did no go through the documents, I just gave it to you as received.""Oh, I thought you already knew about it and did not inform me"“So she was previously engaged?.” Alex let out a moan. "Yes from what I am looking at here.""Okay ."He hung up, tapped his pen on his hand, and looked back down at the
Chapter 37: Amara Doyle
The soft beat of rain drumming against the glass drowned out the sound of a vintage alarm clock.7:32 a.m.Half sleeping, Alex moaned when the window light struck his face. Stiff from the couch, he rubbed his eyes and sat up slowly."Excellent," he whispered. "I have a 75 degrees back now." Stumbling into the bathroom, he stared at his mirror as he brushed his teeth and cleansed his face.Dark circles and bags were under his eyes, he looked like a victim of a hurricane.He blinked as he said, "Wow. What a view to start the day with"Quickly putting on pants, a basic shirt, and a navy jacket, he picked up the briefcase that always contained nothing much but a notepad, pens, and his favorite mug.He entered the Nebular Enterprise building at around 8:21.Isaac was waiting by the elevator when the receptionist greeted him. Isaac handed him a paper cup of coffee and said, "Good morning, sir." Alex took the statement and the coffee like it was a life-saving medicine and said, "You're a l
Chapter 36: A Quiet House, A Busy Mind
When Alex eventually parked in the driveway, the dashboard clock read 9:42 PM. The porch light wavered as though it was undecided whether it wanted to be useful or merely give the impression that his house was haunted. With one hand still in his pocket, he crawled up the stairs after cutting the engine off.As he pushed the door open, it creaked slightly, and he entered his dim lighted living room with a subtle scent of lavender. He shrugged off his jacket, flicked on the bulb, and threw his keys in the porcelain bowl beside the door.He scratched the back of his neck and moaned. So Papa had to send him out on a date with a woman who appeared capable of winning the presidency twice without even cracking a smile. He threw off his shoes, sat down on the couch, and called the one person who had all the answers and had no intention of providing them unless forced to.Twice the phone rang.Then Albert answered. Albert's voice, cocky and overly alert for someone who was most likely halfway
Chapter 35: The first glance
Alex's phone buzzed next to the sink when he was in the middle of buttoning his shirt. He frowned as a message appeared on it, and he looked at it while holding his toothbrush in his mouth.It was a message from his grandpa "This is her picture,don’t be late. She is a treasure.""It wouldn't kill you to stop matchmaking like it's the 1980s," Alex murmured through foam, rolling his eyes throughout. Nevertheless, he tapped the picture open and immediately stopped using the brush.She looks absolutely stunning, he didn't anticipate that.He noticed how classy her almond-shaped eyes were just far enough away to give the impression that she is an athletes or she likes going to the Gym. A tortoiseshell pin was used to clip one side of her black hair, which was swept behind her ears. The fact that she was not grinning in the photo somehow enhanced its impact.Alex mumbled, "She looks like she'll file a lawsuit if I breathe wrong," after staring for a bit too long.He shook off the picture an
Chapter 34
Alex got to work immediately after Evelyn left. The three other families, the Parker, the Simon and the Mark’s family are his next target and he needed to study them too. He wasn’t going to need them as much as the other two families but he still needed to study them so he could turn them against the other two. They were quite interesting and different and if Alex hadn’t trusted Isaac well enough, he could have said there was a mistake somewhere. They weren’t as popular as the Adams and Edward family but they were quite powerful and rich. Alex smirked as the read more about them. He then decided to call Isaac and ask if everything in the documents were true.“Isaac?” he said into the phone.“Yes Master Alex?” Isaac replied.“Can I see you in office?” he asked.“Sure Young master” Isaac dropped the call and Alex waited patiently for him.As well as Isaac knew Alex, he would never enter his office without knocking so Alex had expected a knock and he was right. Few minutes later, a knoc
