Ethan walked through the crowded Pasaraya at a leisurely pace. The oval-shaped glasses already on his face added an addictive sweetness.He stopped in front of the branded watch shop right in front of the Velvet Vault and told Benedict to choose two couple watches. Meanwhile, he stood by the storefront, staring straight at the Velvet Vault just to watch how the fun happened.Both corners of his lips lifted, forming a faint smile as he saw how calm and mature Joshua was in handling the matter.Everything still looked normal until the hurried arrival of Madame Bernita, followed by Alvina, caught his attention."Esme! Esme, come out!" shouted Madame Bernita as soon as her foot entered the Velvet Vault area. Her eyes, adorned with luscious lashes, stared at the employees, who looked surprised by her arrival. "Where is your manager?""Madam." However, they were so shocked that their voices were stammering.That, of course, added to Madam Bernita's annoyance. She clucked and gyrated her wais
"What is the meaning of this?""Why are we suddenly fired?""Is it possible that what he's talking about is true? He's the new manager here.""We're dead if it's true.""Huss! No way. This is Mrs. Bernita's territory, how could it suddenly change hands? It's just foreigners playing tricks on us.""Yes, that's right. We must not be swayed. This is just a meaningless bluff."Instantly, the employees were abuzz with panic. But they still tried to deny and disbelieve what had happened. Nothing could shake their faith in Madame Bernita.Overestimating someone to the point of forgetting themselves made them even more unable to guard their actions and words. They forgot that trusting someone too much would only cause deep wounds."Madam, this... what happened? Why is there a dismissal letter all of a sudden?" Manager Esme looked at Mrs. Bernita with reddened eyes. Her voice became shaky. "What should we do, madam? I don't want to be fired. Please... this is my only job.""Shut up! Can't you
Benedict was a little surprised to hear his words, but he remained silent, carrying out his profession professionally.The security guard nodded in understanding and then ran into the house. It didn't take long for him to come back out with a smiling face as he opened the door wide. "Grand Master is waiting for you inside, please come in!""Thank you," said Ethan, who began to take steps with Benedict faithfully following him.The first thing they saw when they crossed the threshold was a hallway whose right side was filled with paintings, while the left side had two stacked shelves filled with unique items and women's handbags."Sir?" Benedict shouldn't have been surprised because the Waverly lord was a designer, so surely these were his creations. But still, seeing them lined up like this amazed him."You can ask whatever you want to ask later. Come on!" In contrast to Ethan, who only glanced at the items and stared straight ahead.A maid came and directed them to the parlor. Grand M
After leaving the Waverly residence, Ethan did not head straight to Zenith Corp but instead stopped by a cafe to enjoy lunch. Of course, with Benedict and the driver.This rare event succeeded in scaring the driver. The skinny man tried to refuse Ethan's invitation, but unfortunately, it didn't work."Why are you just staring at the food? It's not going to walk into your mouth by itself. Eat it!" Ethan, who was about to feed his food, instantly stopped his movement when he saw his driver, Andre, just standing there with his eyes straight on the plates in front of him.When his gaze shifted to Benedict, the man did the same—making Ethan lower his hand and chuckle softly. "What are you guys doing? Are you not eating rice?""Ah, no, sir. It's not like that," Benedict replied quickly. He glanced at Andre and lowered his gaze again. "It seems inappropriate for us to eat at the same table with you.""Why is it inappropriate?" Finally, Ethan put down his spoon and looked at the two people si
Ethan climbed the hundreds of steps at a leisurely pace. Occasionally, he would even hum some lyrics from different songs. The man seemed to really enjoy his journey despite how tiring it was.Once he reached a certain floor, Ethan stopped and took off his round glasses, put them in his coat pocket, and continued his steps. And on the next floor, he again stopped, only to remove one button of his shirt to expose his chest. From then on, on every floor, Ethan would stop just to do something.Finally, by the time he reached the floor of his room, the man who had been so neat with his refreshing appearance had turned into a shapeless mess.If he didn't remember where he was, Ethan might have taken off his shoes and chosen to go barefoot because it was too hot."Sir?" Hazel, who was waiting in front of his room, was very surprised.She hurriedly approached Ethan and asked anxiously. "Are you okay?"Ethan couldn't answer and could only nod with bated breath.Hazel grimaced softly. "Come, s
Carver was so shocked that he stuttered. His mouth opened, but not a single word came out. His voice seemed to be choked with shock."Miss Hazel, what do you mean?" asked Secretary Iram finally.He stepped forward and looked at her with seriousness. "We came here with good intentions filled with hope. Our company may still be subordinate to Zenith Corp, but we don't have the slightest bad image. You must know Mr. Carver's true identity. The Grant family and the Celeste family are both families with clean businesses.""It's fine if this cooperation is rejected, but can you explain logically?"To people who were just observers, they were indeed good families who had clean businesses. Nothing Secretary Iram said was wrong either. However, things were different for the people who knew everything.Hazel remained flat-faced, not giving Secretary Iram a face at all. "As I was saying. Mr. Carver's name is already in the black book, so there's no reason for us to accept his cooperation proposa
"What have you done, brat?" snapped Mr. Neuman after managing to slap Carver as the man casually entered his office, not looking guilty at all. "I trusted you to conquer that company, not throw a tantrum to anger them! Tell me, why did you mention it? What are you doing, huh?""Father!""Shut up! I didn't ask you to speak!" shouted Mr. Neuman, getting even angrier.The next second, he delivered a punch to Carver's stomach, making the man bend over with a spontaneous cry of pain in the air. "Because of you, the company's stock has gone down. Stupid! You're a complete idiot, Carver! Not only did you not get to work with them, you brought misery to the company. If the others find out about this, you will be beaten up, and I won't interfere. You have to take responsibility for what you've done!"Suddenly, Carver looked up. "Father."But Mr. Neuman turned the other way and exhaled harshly, not wanting to speak anymore."Father, you must believe me. I'm innocent. They-""Innocent?" Unfortun
Mrs. Bernita was silent for a moment. She was considering whether or not to tell her husband what had happened at Pasaraya. But when she thought that something like this could not be hidden for long, she ventured to answer, "The Velvet Vault has a new manager, and all the employees there have been fired. I don't know who organized this, but the new manager showed me a new contract. The choice is very difficult.""Was it your father?" guessed Mr. Celeste."I don't know. When I wanted to ask him about it, he wasn't there. I was kicked out for the umpteenth time," Mrs. Bernita said irritably. "That old man still likes to hide and refuses to meet his family.""What does the contract say?""80% of the profits belong to Pasaraya." Mrs. Bernita's frustration grew as she remembered this."What?" Mr. Celeste involuntarily shouted in surprise. "Seriously, Bernita, that's a huge loss for us.""If I don't agree to this new contract, I'll have to withdraw all the products from the Velvet Vault. And