Alex drove his Mercedes-Benz toward the location that Ms. Athena had given him. He glanced at his wristwatch; it was 4:00 p.m. or noon, so there was quite a bit of traffic in the city center.He let out a sigh; luckily, he arrived in time at the meeting place. Looking ahead, Alex could see an elegant-looking restaurant as the diners with elegant and expensive suits and dresses entered with their partners. "So this is the place..." Alex took a deep breath and hoped that nothing would go wrong. Soon, Alex entered the prominent-looking restaurant, but the first thing he noticed was that there wasn't any presence of bodyguards, which is odd considering this is a high-end restaurant. What's even more unusual is that there weren't any diners present inside, apart from the occasionally appearing servers. It was very quiet inside.'Weird....' Alex murmured to himself.Anyway, Alex took his seat at the farthest table. 'Miss Athena said I should wait here; I hope it won't be long...."Just th
And just like what Ms. Athena told Alex, though limited, this person in front of him had a pale complexion, a tall figure, and an aura that commanded respect, but at the same time, he was the lustful type. He was expecting it to be merely a rumor, but it would appear it was true.He was no ordinary man; on both sides, two ladies wearing similar masks were serving him liquor, while the other one was very touchy with him."Hmm? Who are you?" The young man finally took notice of Alex's arrival, but then he recalled something as he spread his arm wide open in comfort while inviting Alex to take a seat on the expensive couch.In response, Alex said."I am, Ale-...." In the middle of his sentence, Alex halted his words."What's the matter?" The young man smiled kindly at Alex.Alex shook his head. It was better for him to hide his real name in this kind of environment, not to mention the curious and judging eyes of the guests that were observing him. With that being said, Alex proceeds to
At this juncture, the whole building floor light turned dim, then Alex, Nathan, and the other guests' attention were suddenly pulled when the male host of the event on stage was introducing the line-up of young ladies that were wearing revealing dresses. It was a provocative sight for the male guests in the crowd."Ladies, any gentleman!" The announcer was purposely building up the tension in the atmosphere to set the mood. "Ahem, these pretty ladies are of the highest quality and will be performing for tonight's event! I wish everyone enjoyed it... Well, start with the first contestant!"With that, there were thunderous claps and cheers from the hundreds of guests echoing in the room.These young ladies in their late teens were then forced to dance and perform on stage for the guests' entertainment, despite wearing revealing clothes and a little more, they would be bare naked! At the event, everyone had to wear a mask, so no one really knows who was showing a lewd face while watching
"No, I change my mind.." Alex shook his head. There was no point in playing with a clown. He proceeded to walk toward the exit.On the other hand, Nathan Lester was gritting his teeth as he saw Mr. Crown giving him the cold shoulder. But then he thought of something as he smirked while glaring in Alex's direction.At this juncture, the two grizzly guards were blocking the exit."Halt!"Alex had to stop his pace. He locked eyes with the two burly guards that looked like a bunch of grizzly bears with their large frames, even though Alex didn't show a sliver of fear while facing them.There was a tense atmosphere in the air as the youngest of the two guards spoke with a deep tone to Alex. "Brother, the young master Nathan is asking you to come to upstage; why don't I escort us two brothers there?" He even winked in young master Nathan's direction. It was as though he was saying that he would handle this trouble for him, and he could more or less guess that the boss wanted Alex to get pu
The next day, Alex arrived at the company. His shoulder was dropping, with a tired expression on his face. It couldn't be helped that last night he had to calm Rihanna down and do some explaining to her panicking mother, who happened to call the cops at the time Rihanna was taken.Needless to say, Alex didn't get a proper night's sleep last night with all the chaos and trouble. "There shouldn't be any more trouble with the police getting involved." Alex mumbled to himself while massaging his shoulder, which had gone sour after his fight with the younger grizzly guard; those guys were too tough to crack.At the back of his head, Alex thought. 'It would have been a different story if they had cooperated in taking me down.'Anyways, Alex had to finish some things in the office and explain to Ms. Athena about the failure of the negotiation. He wondered how she would react to this new....At this moment, Alex finds his co-workers going back and forth carrying documents in panic and answer
It was Emily who appeared to be waiting anxiously for someone Alex couldn't help but secretly gulp at, seeing how pretty she was with her white dress showing off her flawless skin."If my memory serves me right, she wasn't this pretty at the reunion!" Alex said those words as he headed toward her. But then he saw a group of wealthy-looking young men come up to her to have a conversation.At the same time, Alex was approaching Emily, and likewise, she had noticed Alex pacing toward him as she let out a sigh of relief."Sorry about getting late, something came up." Alex said while scratching the back of his head. On his way here, there was traffic in the city center, so it couldn't be helped that he was late."It's alright, Alex. I'm really grateful that you came; otherwise, I wouldn't know how to handle...." Emily abruptly stopped talking as if she were hiding something. "What's wrong?" Alex said."Never mind that let's go; grandfathers' celebration should start anytime soon." Emily s
At this moment, the guests started gossiping among themselves as they kept glancing at the main table; some of them were curious about Alex's origin. "Is that Ms. Emily's boyfriend? But why is he so plain-looking and wearing a rag?" A female guest commented after sizing Alex up and down. No matter how Alex tried to hide his status as poor, a rag will always be a rag; it cannot be made into a proper dress. "But didn't Emily already have a fiancé?" A woman with blond hair was scornful at Emily for choosing a useless man when her fiancee was handpicked by their family and had a rich background, it was like choosing a toad over a prince! "What a poor dude, why'd he choose to visit the Shea family when Madam Brett is present?" Another guest chimed in, gloating at Alex's misfortune. "Tsk, he must be thinking of hitting it big by becoming the son-in-law of the Shea family; what an opportunistic fellow!" Since young Alex had a sharp hearing, he could hear the remarks from the guests, on t
Alex was dragged by Emily toward the Shea family's large mansion; it is said that the Shea family had spent an astronomical amount of money to construct it, on top of the materials that are famous overseas! One could only admire it.As Alex was walking through the marble floor of the hallway, he was observing his surroundings. There weren't that many guests, and he guessed that it was most likely that only the import guests or the Shea family's business partner are allowed inside the mansion, apart from the members of the Shea family, who are Emily's aunts, uncles, and cousins. On top of that, they were watching him with scornful eyes.'More like someone is waiting for me to make a mistake.' Alex mumbled in his heart as he frowned, as he felt that he didn't belong to this circle after all; he was merely Emily's boyfriend and not a real one at that."Are you sure it's okay for me to be here?" Alex forced out a smile."Nothing to worry about, Alex; moreover, my cousins are bringing the