The next morning, Jack woke up and slipped out of bed early to surprise Alicia with a little breakfast in bed. He headed to the kitchen first and ordered the staff on exactly what to make for her. After making sure all of that was set, he decided to have a quick meeting with Mildred and Scott Lennon over Skype.“Where's Scotty?” Jack asked with a frown seeing Scott's side of the call blank. It was Scott's idea to have these periodic check in meetings while he was away and he had not missed any since he was here.“I don't know,” Mildred said, yawning. While Jack just got out of bed over there in Paris, she was just preparing to go to bed as it was almost midnight. “Let me call his cell.”She called multiple times but there was no answer from Scott's phone. If it was any other person, Jack would not feel so uneasy but Scott was the most consistent person that he knew. He hardly and never missed meetings, no matter what.“Let's carry on, he's probably already asleep,” Mildred replied af
Vacation time was over and it was time to get back to work. Jack and Alicia had spent most of their time after dealing with Laurent having fun and making a few changes to the hotel's operation before they returned.Evan and Jack's lawyers had finalised the deal with the club and Jack now owned thirty percent of it. He also hired a few professionals to help Evan run the club and was planning on the expansion.Bolton Tech was back to being his priority and during her vacation, Alicia had been brainstorming to bring another product on board.Their first product, the humanoid assist, was gaining more fame and popularity, making more sales and generating more income for the company. Bolton Tech was the fastest growing Tech company in the country, all thanks to the product but Jack and Alicia were not resting their oars.Jack was having a meeting with his inner circle so they could all discuss Alicia's new idea. This inner circle consisted of Alicia, Mildred, Eagle, Barry, who was Bolton's
CHAPTER 182“Well definitely Scotty. We would need a lot of them across different specialties. We'd have to study how their minds work, their different mode of operation and diagnosis, how they draw conclusions and stuff like that to build it into the software and it can learn on his own from there, using a combination of their methods,” Alicia replied.Trent smirked. “Aren't you just a beautiful genius?” Everyone looked at him surprised. Scott wasn't exactly the type of guy to openly compliment someone. Trent quickly read their surprised expression and recovered himself.“What? I felt like complementing her for all the amazing work she has done to lead this company here today. She's not just the CEO, she's also the lead software engineer, wearing both hats and doing nwr job effortlessly is no easy feat. In fact, I think she deserves another round of applause.”Everyone laughed heartily and indeed clapped for Alicia once again. There was a passion to Trent's tone as he edified Alicia
It had been three weeks since the last meeting Jack had with his inner circle, even the meeting that they had scheduled for two weeks later was unable to hold because they had all been so engrossed in work. Jack had the capable hands of Alicia and Scott to handle things at Bolton Tech so he focused his attention on other businesses at Coral city while they both ran things at Greyjoy island.Mildred was occupied with resorts she was building on beaches across the island and was heavily invested in marketing it to gain tourist attractions.Eagle, who Jack had persuaded to take online business courses, was also assisting Mildred in the day to day running of their businesses.Before the real Scott was kidnapped and killed, he already set his team up to do an impeccable job with or without his presence which ensured that things ran smoothly.Trent, who had now impersonated Scott, had been away, holed up in an apartment with Micheal and Michelle, steadily feeding them with everything he wa
“How the fuck did this happen?” Jack asked no one in particular in a livid tone. He was royally pissed off at himself and at everything.He thought he had heard the last of the Carters after what he did to them the last time but apparently not. This family just seemed to have a vendetta against him and they refused to go away.How did they get a hand on his secure file? He was sure it was not a coincidence. The only freaking thing that was different about the brochures was the design, every other thing was the same, word for word, even the damn product's name and since they used it before him, he couldn't use the name again.In fact, thinking about launching the product at all was leaving a sour taste in his mouth because it would look like he copied them and that was not the case.He emptied the glass of whiskey and slammed the glass down hard, so hard that it shattered the glass in the process and cut himself.“Baby, calm down,” Alicia said in a remorseful tone. “This is my fault. T
It was Jack's turn to look at her with a shocked expression. Sure, Scott did party a little but he wouldn't do so at the expense of his job and lie.“Are you sure it was him you saw?” Jack asked, not hiding the slight shock on his face.“I'm positive. He didn't see me though but I'd know Scotty anywhere.”“Not to disagree with you Mildred but I don't think Scotty would lie about being I'll when he isn't. He's the most dedicated person to Bolton Tech and his job,” Alicia interjected.“I know who I saw, it was him,” Mildred replied, raising her voice slightly. She was so sure of it. “I'm not saying he's lying, I'm just saying I saw him at the club last week.”“That's enough,” Jack cut in, noticing the hostility that was suddenly trying to build. He knew both women were stubborn and Alicia would defend her subordinate who she had been working with for months and Mildred would defend what she claimed her eyes saw.Jack continued. “Let's all just take a breather. Things are crazy enough as
“Did you really just order that?” Alicia asked, her tone laced with complete surprise.Trent looked at her with a confused gaze and then he smirked. “What's so bad about ordering what you ordered?”Trent was completely clueless to this allergy that Scott had. He had been given Scott's medical file and the information was right in there but he skipped right past it, learning more about Scott's corporate life instead since that was where he would be doing the damage with the man's face that he stole.“No…..not that, pineapple juice. Did you suddenly forget your allergy?” Alicia asked, rolling her eyes at him. What sort of prank was he trying to play? The last time Scott mistakenly took a pineapple flavoured snack at a meeting, the smell, before he could even taste it, almost had him choking to death so she didn't find it funny.Trent realised he had messed up. Scott had an allergy and he wasn't aware of it. What else did he not know about the man's personal lives and habits? He knew he
Bethany had been declared fully healed and discharged from the hospital abroad, so she decided to pay Jack a surprise visit at Greyjoy island.Jack had not told her of the current happenings with the Carters yet. He had planned to but with work and everything seemingly happening at the same time and the pressure to make sure their new product launched not too far away from the time Carter Tech would launch theirs, he had forgotten.He couldn't just let the Carters get one up on him like that and not do anything about it. He still did not know how it happened which made him very uncomfortable but they made a fool out of him and he needed to get back at them.Once Bethany arrived at his office, he filled her in and asked her if she still had that video of Micheal Carter. Jack was desperate at this point and would result to blackmail if that would send his message.“I'm a woman of my word Jack, I deleted it from every known source the moment he gave you the island and its treasures,” Bet