The hall loomed with a dangerous silence as everyone stared at each other, shock and disbelief in their eyes. "With all due respect, Mr Walters. Can you repeat your statement?" Thomas asked. Isaac frowned. "I said I will be making my grandson the next President of this company!""What?" Ernestine scoffed. "I don't understand, perhaps you have another grandson?""What is too hard to understand in my statement?"Thomas chuckled. "Perhaps you should speak more directly, sir?"Isaac replied angrily. "My grandson, Roberto will be the next President of Walters Corporations! Do you understand now?"The tension in the air hung heavy, everyone in the hall had a dark expression.Except a select few."Thank you so much, Grandpa!" Roberto beamed, walking up to give him a deep bow. "I promise to never let you or the company down!""We really appreciate your good will, sir." Max, Sean and Garrett also took turns to shake hands with him. "As the Heads of departments, we promise to work hand in hand
Adam was taken aback with shock. "What do you mean by that?""Exactly what I said!" Ernestine flew into a rage of panic. "I should have known when I saw that resolute look on his face! Isaac never makes such a huge decision without considering all the factors involved!""That's right. He didn't even consider the fact that we were all against his decision, he went ahead to make Roberto the President. This can only prove one thing.""What?""That he is being forced or threatened to do this by some person!" Both men said simultaneously, finally confirming what Adam already had in mind. The air hung with a silent tension. "What are you going to do now?" Adam asked them. "Confront Isaac of course! The best he could have done was inform us about this before making the decision. Besides, we must see to it that we discover the person behind all of this!""No, not that. I mean your resignation." Adam corrected them. Both men exchanged glances. "Resignation? When this company needs us the mo
"Oh, Adam. You're here?" Cleo patted Amelia fondly, giving him a quick look. Her actions further sent waves of jealousy deeper into Adam's heart. "Princess, big bro is back. Won't you give him a hug too?""Hug who?" Amelia's expression was so conflicted that Cleo burst out laughing. She moved closer to whisper. "You need to stop forcing it, Adam. Let her give it of her own volition.""Yeah, you can laugh cause you're not the one dying with jealousy!" Adam pushed her off, quickly taking a seat beside his sister on the couch. "How was your day, baby? Did your tutor come teach you?"She shook her head. "And why's that?" Adam faced Cleo. "That's because I'm here today. I needed to spend some time with Amelia, cause I have no idea what is coming next." Her voice went dangerously low as she spoke. "I've told you your not returning to that man, Cleo. You're not going against my orders this time!"She frowned, but didn't say anything. "Aunt, I'm hungry. Can we make some Oriental noodles
"Please don't be mad at my daughter." Lori also took the cue and went on her knees as well. Ever since she spent a week in Lord Jared's dungeon, her behaviour had improved drastically. Adam could only imagine the extent of torture she had endured there. "Seraphina, can't you see we're begging on your behalf! Why aren't you on your knees already?" Lori yelled at her. "W...What did I do, Mum? Why should I kneel? I didn't do anything wrong!" Seraphina pouted, making her bruised face look more swollen. "Let me go, I'm fine now." Cleo muttered softly to the guard holding her. When he did, she slowly cracked her knuckles. Adam clenched his fists in frustration. "Look, I don't care what you came here for, the cops are already on their way, so please cooperate with them to explain why-" he was interrupted by a loud bang. "I'll tell you what you did wrong!" In a split second, Cleo had flown across the room to give Seraphina another smack across the face. "You cursed a little girl to die
Cleo stepped away from Adam's grip before she got hope of herself. "I was ready to kill her! How could someone be so vulgar?"Adam gazed into the distance. "Seraphina is so changed now, perhaps due to Roberto's influence or something. When we first got married, we were genuinely in lobe with each other. It was when my father disappeared and I had to depend on her parents for survival she changed." Adam gazed into the distance. "And now she's completely the shadow of her former self." Adam shook his head in pity. "Don't tell me that's why you've been holding back?" Cleo slammed at him, a huge frozen on her face. "You still have feelings for someone that cheated on you and left you to die?""Phew, calm down, Cleo! Who did anything about having feelings?" Adam was confused as to where her aggressiveness is coming from. "My revenge has to do with her entire family not her alone, besides I have arranged Liam and Craig to drug her and get her signature by force. We are getting divorced to
At the company, Roberto kept trying to prove his power. Since his grandfather had instructed him not to remove the board of members, he had been looking for other ways for them to feel his wrath and anger. "Here is a copy of a new rules and regulations I invented for my company!" He announced with a clap. Everyone stared at the piece of paper like it was full of bullshit. "You must be kidding me!" Ernestine flung it off with a hiss. "What's the agenda for today's meeting? We didn't come here for all the useless crap!" "Well bad news, I called this emergency meeting for that decision you called crap just now." Roberto stared condescendingly at the board members. “I am the President here, and in charge of all what goes on in this company! These are the rules and regulations you are required to follow, anyone that refuses is merely asking to be kicked out!” Murmurs of shock went up the hall. “What the fuck is the meaning of this crap, Roberto? When did you become the Presiden
Adam was still caught in his thoughts when he arrived at his office. He was quite surprised to meet 2 men waiting for him. “Mr Carson, we thought now would be a good time to head over to Senior Walters, we need to get an explanation as his regards his recent actions concerning the company.” Adam thought of it and decided. “Yeah, we can head over now.” 20 mins later, they were arriving at the gates of the Walters residence here in Colorado. Adam was meticulous enough to do his research before coming here. This mansion was one of the properties Isaac had allocated to Felix before his accident with Nora back then. It also doubled as one of the biggest mansions in the whole of Colorado, and he was positive this place was one of the most mansions Roberto and his father coveted. They drove into the huge gates. The mansion was surrounded by over 45sq ft well-trimmed lawn, with paths leading to the entrance spanked by palm trees on both sides. “Whoa. I didn’t realize there was such a ma
Thomas and Ernestine were seated opposite Isaac, their faces grim and determined. “How’s your health now?” Thomas has to ask before they jumped in. No matter what, Isaac was still like a friend to them. “Trying my best to cope.” Isaac replied. “Alright, we came to inquire regarding a few clauses present on the deed of transfer document you signed to make Roberto the President.” Ernestine announced in a cold voice, placing a copy of the document on the table. “To be more specific, the clause has been highlighted in green marker.” Isaac stared at it for barely a second before dropping the document on the table. “And what exactly do you not understand by this simple clause?” “The governing party hands over to the recipient for a probationary period of 2 months. After this, he reinstatement will solely depend on how the company fared under his tenure.” Ernestine read out the clause with raised brows. “Care for an explanation regarding why you didn’t make him a permanent President?”