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2024-10-29 19:42:56"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 the manager. They knew he was screwed as he had disrespected a big shot.
"Sir, that isn't the truth. The woman suddenly withdrew her hands when I was about to give her the necklace, causing it to slip from my hand and it fell." The sales girl replied after some time.
"Then what did you do?" Lucas frowned as he looked at the manager.
"I..." The manager shuttered as he didn't know what to say.
At the moment, he badly wished he had listened to Alex and hadn't looked down on him.
"You concluded she was lying right?" Lucas furrowed his brows as his voice became hoarse.
"Yes sir." The manager nodded slowly.
"Did you attempt to investigate to find out the truth of the matter?" Lucas' tone became grave as he asked.
"No sir." The manager shook his head.
"What the hell were you thinking?" Lucas immediately flew into a rage seeing this.
"Hey, you go to the security room and retrieve the security footage." Lucas turned to one of the security men and ordered.
One of the men nodded and immediately went to do what Lucas had ordered.
"Sir, the truth will soon be out. I'm sorry for the inconvenience." Lucas apologized as he looked at Alex.
"You shouldn't apologize to me, but to her who was wronged." Alex shook his head and pointed at the sales girl by his side.
"Sir, this is the footage." A voice came just as Lucas was about to tender his apology to the sales girl.
Lucas nodded, collected the footage and played it. Immediately, his expression changed. In the footage, the sales girl brought out the necklace carefully and wanted to give it to the woman.
But just as the necklace was about to get to her, she suddenly withdrew her hands and the necklace fell to the floor.
"What the hell were you thinking?" Lucas flew into a rage as he turned to the manager.
"You almost made an innocent soul go to prison."
"I'm sorry sir, it was my oversight." The manager put his head down and apologized.
"Oversight you call it, huh?" Lucas sneered.
"You'd better pack your things and get out of here Right now." Lucas raged.
"But...."
"Or are you right, I don't know about the Embezzlement and the harassment some of the employees have faced from you." Lucas sneered.
Immediately the man gulped in some Saliva and scrambled away with his tail in-between his legs.
"And you." Lucas turned to the woman.
But to his surprise the woman was no more there, she had slipped away quietly when she saw the way the situation had developed.
"Find her!" Lucas ordered.
Immediately, the security men dashed into the crowd, and in less than a minute, they dragged the woman back to Lucas.
"You broke a necklace worth a million." Lucas' said as he looked at the woman in disgust.
"According to the rules of the mall, the necklace is now yours, and you have to pay for it." Lucas continued.
"Furthermore, you have to pay for the damages you caused to my employee and that's five hundred thousand dollars."
"You're to pay up to a sum of one million five hundred thousand dollars," Lucas said.
"Guards, take her away to pay, afterward, throw her out of the mall. And if she's unable to pay, hand her over to the police." Lucas commanded and looked at the men.
"Yes sir," The men nodded and they immediately dragged the woman away.
"I'm very sorry about the way things were handled." Lucas turned to the sales girl and apologized.
"It's alright sir." The sales girl replied nervously. She couldn't help but feel rather grateful to Alex, if it was not for him, she would be spending her time in prison for something she didn't know about.
"The mall will give you a sum of one million dollars for the mental damage caused to you by the improper handling of things." Lucas continued.
"But sir..."
"Please accept it, it's the mall's loss this time." Lucas interrupted her.
"Also, I'd like to announce that you've been promoted to the position of Manager."
"Congratulations on your new post. I hope you'll be able to manage the activity of the mall." Lucas smiled as he stretched his hands forward to congratulate the sales girl.
The sales girl took Lucas' handshake in confusion as she didn't know what to do. She knew that all these wouldn't have happened if Alex hadn't stepped in and helped her.
Alex on the other hand nodded in satisfaction with the way Lucas had handled the situation. He had acted swiftly and he was impressed. He had even decided to promote the sales girl on the spot.
Well then it was her luck, sometimes, there was a blessing amidst misfortune.
"Sir, what do you think?" Lucas turned to look at Alex who was looking at the scene with a smile on his face.
"Well it's quite alright, I'm satisfied." Alex nodded as he turned to the sales girl.
"Congratulations on your promotion." Alex smiled and stretched his hands forward for a handshake congratulating the girl.
"Sir, where are you headed right now, I'll take you there." Lucas smiled as he looked at Alex.
"It's alright, I still want to take a look around, there's something I want to get," Alex replied.
"Sir, no matter what you buy, the mall will give it to you for free." Lucas smiled as he said.
"Alright, I appreciate that." Alex nodded and didn't say anything else.
Lucas sighed seeing Alex walk away. He has passed an ordeal. Now he should head back quickly to sign the contract before Albert was going to change his mind.
"Sir." The salesgirl came back to her senses when she saw that Alex was about to leave the mall.
"Yes." Alex stopped in his tracks as he turned around to look at the girl.
"Sir, thank you very much for helping me back there." The girl thanked Alex, tears streaming down her face.
"It's alright, it was nothing." Alex waved his hands with a slight smile.
Who knows if things wouldn't have developed into this if the woman hadn't tried to pick on him? If not for that he wouldn't have been interested in the matter.
"Sir, I'm willing to do anything you want from now on." The sales girl suddenly said, her world jolting Alex out of his thoughts.
"Anything I want?" Alex's mouth curled up into a smirk as he looked at the girl.
"Yes sir." The girl put her head down as her face became red in embarrassment.
"Alright, what I want is for you to work hard and become successful. Don't be like the manager who was just sacked." Alex chuckled as he patted the girl on the shoulder before walking out of the mall.
The girl stood at the stop for a while as she couldn't believe her ears. Though Alex didn't know her, he had helped her and demanded nothing in return. In the past, all those who wanted to help her had always asked for something in return.
Alex sighed as he walked out of the mall, he had just wasted his time at the mall. He should head to Nebular Enterprise. He was sure that the old man would have been done with the contract.
Then they were going to head to North East. A lot of things were waiting for him in North East.
Thinking about all these Alex sighed and pushed the thoughts to the back of his mind and flagged down a taxi.
One of the reasons he was eager to return to North East was to investigate the cause of his parent's deaths.
His grandfather had once told him that the accident that killed his parents was planned. He then asked his grandfather why he didn't investigate the matter.
But his grandfather told him that the battle was for him to fight, he had to investigate the cause of his parent's death himself and bring the killers to justice.
Now that he was finally going to inherit the family's business, he would be able to kickstart the investigation. It was not only his family that was powerful in North East. Other families were as powerful as his family even though his family managed to suppress them all.
Alex sighed and directly threw the matter to the back of his mind. It was not something he could rush so he wasn't in a hurry at the moment. First, he should go meet Albert at Nebular Enterprise.
Thinking about this, Alex flagged down a taxi and got in. Telling the driver where he was headed, the driver drove off almost immediately.
In a short while, the car pulled up in front of a huge Company. Alex alighted from the car and looked at the company.
Pushing all thoughts to the back of his mind, Alex walked towards the company with a smile on his face.
"And who do we have here?" A sneer came just as Alex was about to walk into the gate of the company.
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Like the twinkling of the eyes, it was two days already, the day of the banquet. Although Alex had promised to go to the banquet, he was still lazy about it. Still, he prepared for it, dressing in a black sleeve, black trousers, and black shoes. He wore his 24,000-dollar Rolex watch and picked up his car keys before heading to his car. Alex, putting the radio on, nodded his head to the beat of the music as he made his way to the address on the invitation card. He had gotten a few messages from Isaac reminding him that the banquet was today, and still got a call this evening asking if he would still be attending it. He assured the man that he was there.He stepped down from the car before handing the car key over to the Valet who proceeded to help him park his car. Alex fixed his cufflinks properly before making his way to the Edward family villa where the banquet was being held. The cool evening breeze caressed his face and a small smile appeared on his lips. Alex walked majesticall
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Alex's gaze remained at the two people till they disappeared into the banquet, he shook his head before walking towards the entrance. Standing by the door were two hefty men who had a stone look on their faces. They were dressed in all black and they stood as bodyguards. "Your invitation card," One of them said to Alex when he was about to walk in, making Alex pause on his track. Alex looked at him and raised his hands indicating that he didn't have an invitation card. He had left the invitation card with Isaac that day after checking out the address and all that he needed. He didn't think there was a need to come with an invitation card since he was a VVIP here. "You can't go in without an invitation card," the other guard replied. "Well, what can I say? I have come mainly to freeload," he smirked. The people around him who were making their way into the banquet couldn't help but pause and look at Alex in disdain. "Just look at him? Isn't he even ashamed to say that out loud fr
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Seeing who it was that had yelled from behind, the guards quickly stopped their actions and when the man got to them, they bowed their head in obeisance.“Sir!” The man who had just showed up was Isaac, he ignored them and rushed to face his young master, Alex, before giving him a deep bow,“Young master,” Alex nodded with a smirk when the saw the look of shock on the guard’s face.“I’m very sorry for showing up late sir. There was an issue at the company that needed my attention. Sir, you see the—“ Isaac was cut off by Alex who waved his hand in front of him “It’s okay,”“Young master, why aren’t you in yet? Did they give you a hard time?” it was obvious so Alex didn’t need to say a thing. The guards gulped when they saw the anger in Isaac’s eyes.Isaac glared at them for causing a hard time for his young master and the guards cower in fear. They knew Isaac very well but weren’t familiar with Alex. It was a shock to them that Isaac had bowed to Alex and not the other way around.
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Alex finally went in with Isaac walking behind him. He looked around the hall and was excited when he saw the delicacies that had been prepared for the occasion. "Isaac, let's go sit there," he pointed at a corner close to the window. The place was secluded. They both made their way to the table, Alex sat and Isaac sat opposite him. They hadn't sat for long when Alex gestured for the server to come forward. He took a glass of wine from him and demanded his own food along with Isaac's food. The server quickly went to get the food before coming back with two trays of different kinds of food. When Alex saw it, his eyes glowed as they followed the food. He quickly folded his sleeves up before taking off his wristwatch, he handed it over to Isaac who took it from his young master and placed it inside his pocket. "You must be full?" He asked Isaac who wasn't touching his meal. "Yes young master, I ate before coming over," "Oh really? Too bad," Alex responded as he dragged the tray of
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As soon as the cold breeze hit Alex face, he closed his eyes and relished in the cool night breeze. He felt so achieved and fulfilled and a wide smile spread across his lips. He sighed and proceeded to walk to his car. The day has been hectic and he had been working all day, he needed rest and he was going to get it. The chef made dishes for him before he returned from work but he was unable to eat it because he was rushing out to the club, he was starving and the alcohol were beginning to hurt his stomach. He was just thinking about grabbing a drive thru when his phone rang.He smiled as he saw the caller. It was Albert. He had missed the old man especially his tired look every time he had to deal with him. He picked the call.“Hey old man!” he said as soon as he picked the call.“Hi Alex. How are you doing?” he asked with his usual politeness.“I’m very well…..never felt so alive. You miss me?” Alex asked, jokingly.“Maybe” Albert replied coldly and Alex chuckled.“There is no other
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His friends anger skyrocketed as soon as that statement left my mouth. Some of them murmured and pointed at me in annoyance while some of them approached me even more angry than before.“And who the heck do you think you are to challenge the heir of the Edward family like that? What makes you think he would agree to you lowlife challenge just to drink with you huh?” they agreed, hitting his chest an pushing him. Alex said nothing but a smirk was plastered on his face like he was glad to successfully make them more angry. His expression added to their anger and they were just about to throw him out of the club when a voice was heard.“Stop!” the voice yelled and they froze. All activities in the club seems to listen to his voice as everyone looked at his table for a while before things went back to normal. Alex smiled, his plan worked. The heir stood from where he had been sitting since the whole drama started and walked to Alex, stopping between his friends, he patted each of them on
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Alex walked into noisy space just ten minutes past 8pm. He had taken his bath in a rush and immediately headed out to the bar. The bar was filled with different people of high caliber. The atmosphere in the club wasn’t a regular club atmosphere, it oozed wealth and influence. Alex immediately knew the Edward family heir would be around somewhere. The detailed documents he had read earlier made it known that he would always be here every Wednesday from 6pm till whenever he was ready to go home. Alex had waited this long to come here because he wanted him to get tipsy so getting him drunk won’t be a problem. He looked at the club again and chuckled at the number of rich heirs he saw, they all sat in clique with pride and arrogance. Alex knew the lesson learnt from the outcome of the Adams and Edward family would teach them a little dignity and respect. He took a seat by the bar stand and looked around for the young man. A sharp voice immediately got his attention.“Excuse me?” The voice
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Alex was glad to finally get the documents. He had always wanted to get to the root of the five families wealth.“Yea. I attended to Jason already” Isaac replied.“But if I may ask, what does he need so much money for?” Isaac asked.“Just to pay for a little something” Alex replied and glanced at the pages of the documents.“Had you carried out my earlier instruction?” Alex asked.“Yes yes. The men are ready anytime you need them and they pledge their loyalty to you” Isaac replied and Alex smiled.“Thank you Isaac. Just wait till I instruct you further. I would let you know when the men are needed” Alex said.“Okay young master. I need to leave now to attend to some other matters. I would be in my office if you need me” Alex nodded and Isaac left the office.Alex turned fully to the documents before him and opened the documents of the Edwards family. The documents provided details information about the Edward family, their early forefathers, the wealth starters, their first company,
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It was just few minutes past three pm and the afternoon sun was at its peak. Its golden ray shined into the room through the large glass view behind Alex desk, casting a shadow on the desk and floor. Alex twirled in his chair and Jason question rang in mind.“Why are you doing this? Why are you helping me and what do you want from the Adams family?” Jason had asked before he walked out. Alex was dumbfounded for a while as he thought deeply about his main reason for having this plan. He wanted equality, he wanted freedom and justice. The “five families” has always had their way and they have had they domination for way too long. Alex knew it was the right time someone put them in their place, someone has to check them and their arrogance. He wanted every person in Orange City to be had equally privileged as the five families. Enough of discrimination and humiliation.“Someone has to and why not me? It has been going on for way too long and it has to stop” Alex replied, his voice cold a
