Alice, Melissa, and Patriarch Alberto avoided eye contact with Darren, the expressions on their faces were a mix of disbelief and disappointment, they did not know how Darren would react when he found out about the news.He was just humiliated in front of thousands of people on urlive, how would he feel when he realized that everything he did was in vain?Darren, confused looked from one face to another, he glanced at the television which was still mute but the headline was still written boldly below.Darren hurriedly asked"What happened? Did we not get the contract?"Patriarch Alberto spoke up, his voice was filled with disappointment "The President of Winslow Group chose another family for the contract"Darren's face instantly morphed from confusion to anger, his blood began to boil."What?? even after I did everything they asked?" Darren's anger reverberated through the room. "After all that humiliation? What was the point then?" He was just humiliated in front of thousands of p
Social media was on fire with everything that happened from Darren being humiliated on Livestream, to the President of Winslow Group announcing they would be awarding the contract to Reginald's cooperation to Darren being involved in an accident.A lot of people believed that all these events were connected and centered around the Winslow Group.Some said Darren must have offended the new president one way or the other.James was seated comfortably in his executive chair when he heard the news of what happened to Darren.He was also on the Livestream that Darren humiliated himself in, he watched the Livestream with a smirk playing on his lips.He remembered when Darren smashed a cake into his face at the Cherry Garden, now Darren felt the same humiliation he felt, now he must have learned a valuable lesson not to treat people with disdain. Revenge felt so satisfying but he did not intend for him to get into a car crash, maybe karma was just catching up on him.Besides if he was drivi
Seth's eyes narrowed as he spotted James in the boxing ring, a mixture of surprise and disdain crossing his face. He approached the ring with a scowl."What on earth are you doing here, James? let me guess you now work here" Seth said with a mocking tone.Seth also had a membership plan in that particular gym, he had been working there for months before he met James today.James, catching his breath, replied, "Why do the Martinezs feel like they own the whole south district? This gym does not belong to you and I can be anywhere I want to be, I'm not part of your family remember?"Seth was taken aback by James new found confidence, something seemed off about him, he had lived with them for three years and never for once spoken to him in such a manner. Seth slowly paced around the boxing ring "So you now have the nerve to talk back at me just because you work here""And you told you I work here?" James asked glaring at him. Seth expected that James would be on the streets begging, strug
"Let's go! one! ... two! ... Three" Sophia, James' trainer instructed James as he was throwing punches at the punching bag. James had been training for the past forty minutes.It's been six days already, James has been training hard for the match with Seth.He would leave work earlier just so he could train at the gym, James already had a very good physique because of the tedious and strenuous work he had to do in the past to be able to afford to even feed himself.Sophia initially disapproved of him agreeing to the fight, but as his personal trainer, she had to train him and make sure he was ready for the fight.On the other hand, Seth was not putting effort into preparation for the showdown, to him James was not worth it.He only came to the gym not more than twice in the last six days just to mock James.Seth was very arrogant, and all he was focused on was beating the hell out of James."That'll be all for today, "Sophia said calling it a day.James nodded in acknowledgment of So
Sophia's desperation to get James to continue the match increased as she made efforts to try and get him to stand up "Come on, James! You can do this!"Seth stood on the other side of the ring, he was enjoying the show, he did not need to train just to fight someone like James, this boxing match was just a walk in the park for him.He felt so happy seeing James on the floor unable to get up as the referee was counting down."You are nothing! And that's what you'll always be... The useless son-in-law!" Seth said laughing hysterically at James who was on the floor.Seth's taunting laughter and last words 'the useless son-in-law' echoed in James' ears.4... 3..." The referee's countdown continued.All of a sudden James stood up, fueled by a surge of determination, James rose from the floor just before the final count, he stood tall, shaking off the pain that still resonated through his body.The whole gym fell into a stunned momentary silence.Seth's arrogant expression wavered, and was
James looked down on him and said "From now on you'll think twice before belittling someone."As Seth rose from the floor, his face flushed with embarrassment, if someone told him that one day he was going to bow down and kiss James' feet, he was going to laugh at the person, but now he had just kissed the feet of the same person he used to look down on, he really underestimated James.The cheering of the crowd continued as Seth left the boxing ring with his head low, people were really excited at the outcome of the match.James stood tall in the ring, he did not only win the match but also gained respect in the unexpected turn of events."I am so proud of you, James!" Sophia said with a beaming smile."Thank you, Sophia. Thank you for all the training, it really paid off," James replied, still trying to catch his breath.Sophia smiled warmly "Thank you for being the best student, you deserve all the congratulations"James proceeded to exit the ring the gym members continued to shower
The guards glared at James, it seemed he was not satisfied with the beating they gave him the other day, they were even surprised that he survived, they guessed he was back for more.James, maintaining his composure, looked at the guards with a calm expression. "I'm here to make a reservation for the Sky Garden.The guards exchanged glances and burst into laughter simultaneously. The guard on the left wiped the tears from his eyes, and managed to speak, "You? Make a reservation for the Sky Garden. You this miserable pauper Where would you see the money for it?"The other had recovered from his laughter and finally spoke "You can't even afford an ordinary table reservation and you want to reserve the Sky Garden?"Cherry Garden has four types of reservation, each type of reservation has a floor in the building.Ordinary reservation, you can only eat in the lobby, which is on the ground floor of the building, a reservation costs only $1000.Silver reservation can eat on the second floor
"Manager Ethan!" The guards exclaimed and the guard holding James collar quickly let go of it.Ethan was the manager of Cherry Garden, he was a Middle-aged man wearing a black stylish suit.The restaurant manager, with a stern expression, stared down at the guards.The guards, startled by the manager's intervention, the manager looked threatened as he was visibly sweating like his life was in danger or something.The manager turned to James, acknowledging him with a bow "Mr Winslow, pardon their unacceptable behavior, you're welcome to Cherry Garden"Brian had called Ethan earlier and told him the president of the Winslow Group was being embarrassed at his doorstep.The two guards looked so dumbfounded as to why the manager was bowing down to this common man whom they were just about to beat up, or was he confusing him for someone else?"Manager Ethan, I don't mean to be rude but this is the same man that we threw out of the restaurant for constituting a nuisance" one of the guards sp