Adam gave Richard one last nod before stepping into the office. Roberto, Sean, Max and Garrett were already seated on a round table. "Here I was thinking you might decide not to show up." Roberto chuckled sarcastically as they settled down. "This is an important meeting held between the company's executives, but I'll first love to invite you all to my fiancee's birthday party to be held this weekend." Roberto passed the IV cards to everyone of them. Adam gritted when he saw the name. It was his ex-wife, Seraphina Hemsworth's birthday party. 2 weeks ago, he'd been working hard cultivating herbs in order to raise money to get an appropriate gift for her. Now, she was engaged to be married to someone else already. "Can we cut to the chase already!" Adam snapped, squeezing the card angrily. A sinister smirk crossed Roberto's lips. "Calm the hell down.""First, we have to turn in our bi-weekly reports and brainstorm ways which we can increase the company's performance." Roberto sai
"What?" Adam placed the first aid kit down. "What do you mean having this man here could place us in grave danger?"Eunice bit her trembling lips, then rushed to close the door. "I heard the Dark Earthlings are looking for their Master's father."Adam frowned. The Dark Earthlings were a small religious cult operating here in Colorado, they had extreme moral codes and conduct that once broken will result in fatal consequences. He had heard if their Master, Lord Jared a few times. "I have a feeling this old man is Lord Jared's father!" Eunice announced with a trace of fear. "What?""I went out the other day and heard some men discussing that Lord Jared was looking for his father. He seemed to have gone out for a stroll but didn't return. I enquired further and discovered that the old man had epilepsy and loves taking herbs!"Adam's expression remained unchanged. "But we're only trying to help the man, we didn't stab him, did we?" Jude was confused. "We actually have no substantial e
Adam drove into the Hemsworths mansion right on time. Today was Seraphina's birthday party, and the atmosphere testified to that. He managed to get a parking space amongst several luxury sport cars before getting down from his car. The halls were decorated all the way from the gates, with red carpets used to usher important guests into the hall. Adam flashed his IV at the security guard, making his way into the mansion.With the look the guard gave him, he was sure this IV was the lowest class. This was the first time he was getting into this place after the divorce. The hall bustled with a lot of people from all calibers of life, most of them high class and high achieving individuals. An exquisite food buffet was arranged to the right, alongside expensive bottles of wine and drinks. People mingled, laughed and chatted under the bright lights and eye-catching decorations. He had to give it to Roberto, he really put in a lot of effort to impress Seraphina. Adam was trying to
The party began in earnest. The MC arrived on stage filled with energy and vigour for the party. "Today, we're here to celebrate the gem of the prestigious Hemsworth family, the youngest woman to have her PhD in Colorado, she recently got promoted to Head of Production of Walters Beverages, the biggest beverage company in the whole country! She recently got an ambassador deal worth $2 million dollars.""Let's welcome the beautiful, outstanding, smart and very talented Miss Seraphina Hemworth to the stage!"Applause rented the air as Seraphina walked majestically to the stage. She wore a good glittery dress, her face beautifully layered with light make up, her accessories looking luxurious. Adam's heart lurched as he watched her. His beautiful ex-wife. Who he had sacrificed so much for. He watched her settle opposite him on the stage, right beside Roberto as they shared a quick look of love. Adam looked away, his heart stirring in anger. Seraphina was totally shameless and she dese
"Madam Lori was the one that murdered the girl!" The scream echoed throughout the hall into the hearts of everyone present. "Where's the fucking DJ!" Lori got up in panic. "How dare you play such slanderous nonsense at my daughter's birthday party?""Get the DJ and put an end to this thing!" She acreamed at some guards. But the recording continued. "If only Madam Lori had allowed me to treat the little girl, Amelia might still be alive. But she threatened to kill me if I dare disobey her orders!""Madam Lori did it to spite her son-in-law, Adam Carson and to keep him subservient to her!"The recorded call between Lori and Dr Walker came on next. Everyone gasped in shock.Lori's familiar voice was unmistakable in the background, as she piled curses on Adam and telling the doctor to leave the girl to die! "It's all lies!" Lori flew into panic when everyone turned accusing glares at her. "Someone is trying to slander me, please don't believe such lies!""How about the recording? It
"Please accept my apologizes." Roberto gritted when he finally stepped out. "Someone ruined the original plans we had, please don't take it to heart.""You brought us here to humiliate us! The next time this sort of thing happens, I'll take it as a direct insult from the Walters!" The men refused to listen. "The Walter family should get ready to pay millions in compensation if gossip leaks out that I was a guest at this embarrassing party!" Another man yelled, before leaving with his men. "That's right, cancel the invitees list and announce that it was a private gathering. Ekse you'll only have yourself to blame!" "Despicable!" Another man spat and stormed off. Roberto gritted, hang his head in shame. Each guest registered their displeasure and left until it was people close to the Walters family left. "Is this how you're going to bring reproach to your family?" The gray haired man, Senior Sanders was a close friend of Isaac Walters so he was just like a grandfather to Roberto.
Adam arrived at the company quite early the next day. His team members were quite ecstatic to show him their weekly reports and he in turn praised them, offering the best five some incentives. When they left, Adam settled to calculate the cumulative increase the HR department had gotten in his 2 weeks of being here.A whooping 3% increase! He hurried to Richard's office, willing to share the good news. Adam hadn't as much as knocked when he heard cursing from within.Roberto was arguing with a woman. "You think you could sign a deal with my company so easily?"Richard was seated at his desk, a huge frown on his face as he started at a document. "I'm asking for the last time, Mr Richard, what was this clause supposed to mean?" She slammed the table. Adam recognized her as the CEO of Pristine Corps, the company Richard had worked so hard for them to partner with. "This clause means we will be getting all our raw materials from you only if your company satisfy our requirements in
Adam arrived at the Hundred Herb mall with the speed of light. He barged in to meet a dark clothed man seated on a center chair with Eunice and Jude on their knees in front of him. "So you're the boss here?" The man asked with a gruff voice. Adam rushed to help Eunice up, her face was swollen and she seemed to be in a daze. Jude couldn't kneel upright, he had been beaten as well. "How dare you barge in here to harass my staff, do you want to end up in jail?" Adam asked with a cold expression, his knuckles clenching and unclenching. One of the things he hated was when people he cared about got hurt! The man only burst out laughing. "Ha-Ha. Do you think the police can have a hold on me, Lord Jared? I'll crush them all to dust!""I don't care who you are, but you have to pay compensation for hurting my staff. Else you don't expect me to go easy on you!" Adam slammed back at him. "Ha-Ha. Hilarious." Lord Jared slowly pulled back his black hat to reveal a rough, scar studded face.