CHAPTER 44: THE CEO. Justin walked through the main entrance of the office complex accompanied by Gomez and four of the bodyguards, heading to the private elevator. All the workers who were at the ground floor looked in awe at the sight of the new CEO. They greeted Justin respectfully as he walked by. He nodded in acknowledgement, smiling softly. As they got to the elevator, Justin, Gomez, and two bodyguards got in, while two stayed put. As they got to the executive floor, they found Agnes seated at her desk, as she quickly stood up. "Good morning sir," she greeted."Good morning Agnes," Gomez responded, not minding whether the greeting was to him or Justin.They got to the office, Gomez pressed the control panel and the door swung opened. Justin went in and Gomez followed behind. Justin stood in the office observing every corner of the office as if he had never been there before. "I will be outside. You can reached out to me if you need me," Gomez said, and he exited the offic
CHAPTER 45: MORE RESPONSIBLITIESJoey quickly rounded up with his file and took them to Mr Cornell's office. He got to the office and handed over the files to Mr Cornell. He looked at Joey, Joey looked at him. They were all gripped with fear. "Don't worry Joey. We are safe," Mr Cornell assured. "How are we safe at this juncture?" Joey asked nervously. "You told me he was your cousin. So he is most likely to be favorably predisposed towards you, towards us," Mr Cornell said. "Like that has ever helped before," Justin scoffed. "We're in a some deep shit.""Did you lie to me just to get what you wanted then?" Mr Cornell asked Joey. "No. I didn't lie. Just that we do not have a close relationship," Joey stated. "If there is no other way, we should better get ready to be fired.""I always have my way you know," Mr Cornell confidently assured Joey. "Hmm. I hope so," Joey said, and sighed and he exited the Mr Cornell's office. Shortly after Joey had submitted his files, the rest of
CHAPTER 46: SURPRISES.Joey had arrived his apartment after work. He sat on his couch thinking about what step he could possibly take next in order to secure his job.'Should I look for a way and apologize to Justin? Or should he go and confess to his parents that he has been lying about his position at the office?' he thought. But he couldn't figure out anything. So he frustratedly decided to go to the bar. One of the bars in New York city not too far away from his apartment. He got to the bar, he sat down and called on one of the waitress. "Get me some bottles of beer," he ordered. Shortly after, the waitress brought four bottles of beer. "Get me more bottles," Joey requested. She nodded her head in agreement. But she was wondering why Joey was demanding for more bottles. "Was he expecting his friends?" the waitress asked herself. She wanted to asked Joey why he wanted more. But she remembered she wasn't permitted to do so. She would lose her job if dared it. So, she decide
CHAPTER 47:PERSONAL TIMES."Who the hell are you?" Joey asked nervously, as he had woken up in a strange room. "I think you should take it easy," the lady beside him said, standing beside him."Ouch. Where are my things? My wallet and my phone?" Joey asked, holding his hands on his head as he felt a sharp pain on his head. "Give them to me, I need to take my leave," Joey insisted. "Fine. Here are your things. But try to be careful on how you drink outside next time," she advised him, handing over his wallet and his phone. "You might have entered into a wrong hand.""You mean you picked me from a bar?" Joey gently asked. "Yes. You were all drunk. I sighted you from afar and decided to bring you here because I couldn't trace your apartment," she disclosed. "But if I may asked, why were you drinking that much?" she asked. "I was really in a bad mood yesterday," Joey said, moving to the edge of the bed. "You should mind how you drink. Anyways, am sure you can find your way now," s
CHAPTER 48: GIVING IT A TRYDetective Savannah was home taking her time to unwind from the stressful week she had had, while she waited patiently for the evening to come when Kyle would come and pick her up. She indulged herself in some romantic movie. She was so lost into the movie imagining herself. She was engrossed in the movie and didn't know time had flown. Her phone rang, interrupting her movie session. She hissed and didn't care to see who the caller was until the call ended. The phone rang the second time. She sluggishly looked at the phone and saw that it was Kyle. "Oh my!" she exclaimed and stood up from her couch. She quickly checked the time and saw it was already some minutes past 8 pm. "Hey, Kyle," she said, as she picked the call. "Hey pretty. Are you set?" Kyle asked. "Yeah. But I still need some time to round up," Savannah responded. "Okay. I will be there in few minutes," Kyle said. "Alright," Savannah responded, and she quickly took a shower and dressed up
CHAPTER 49: A THOUSAND QUESTIONS.Justin and his friends had arrived the Mr Bishop Estate, and they were well received. They were in the living room, when Mr Bishop came down to join them. Alex and Duke were astonished to meet the renown billionaire himself. They respectfully greeted him as Justin introduced them.Mr Bishop asked them to make themselves comfortable as they all sat down together. But Alex and Duke weren't comfortable being surrounded by bodyguards. They couldn't speak freely to Justin as they wanted. All they could do was to listened to Mr Bishop speak and respond to any question he asked them. Noticing how uneasy and uncomfortable Alex and Duke were, Justin bent his head, and chuckled softly.Alex who he knew might have had a thousand questions for him couldn't say a word. Justin thought they would have some bit of freedom to converse openly when they would finally get to his room to sleep. But unfortunately, he heard Mr Bishop instructing the chief Steward to
CHAPTER 50: HEART BROKEN.Detective Savannah quickly stood up and walked to the VIP lounge. One of the waiter walked up to her and informed her that the VIP lounge was off limits. "Yeah. It's the person inside I need to see," she said to the bodyguard. "Do you have an appointment with him?" the bodyguard asked. "Not really, but I'd really love to see him, meet with him. You can't deny a fan of his like me access to see him, would you?" Savannah said, cracking up a fake smile."Am sorry, but you can't go in there," the bodyguard maintained his stand.Justin looked through the glass walls, and saw his bodyguard exchanging words with her and how Savannah was struggling to get in. He stood up and walked towards the entrance where his bodyguards were standing. "What's happening here?" Justin asked, looking at his bodyguard. "I wanted to see you, and he wouldn't let me in," Savannah quickly responded, not letting the bodyguard to say a word. "Was that it?" Justin asked. The bodyguar
CHAPTER 51: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS."Hey, man. Do you want us to ask you before you start talking?" Alex asked Justin, while they were still at the bar and were just done attending to Detective Savannah. "But Alex. Don't you think you shouldn't have given my card to that lady?" Justin asked. "You know am not really familiar with this city and this kind new life, so am just taking things easy.""Don't worry, she's not gonna bother," Alex said. "I think what Alex did wasn't a bad idea. I mean, you need someone in your life," Duke said. "You're just letting the experience you had with Samantha make you lose interest in women.""I told you, am not ready to be with anyone and that's final," Justin said resolutely. "Yes, boss. Whatever you want to do with your love life, it's all up to you," Alex said, as he had given up hope in Justin when it came to relationship matters. "We are waiting to hear man," Alex called Justin's attention. "This is what we are talking about. Here, take a loo