Chapter Thirteen – Everett. Augustus Arthur. Definitely a powerful name belonging to a powerful man. Seeing the name alone made Dominic shake. “What’s the deal with him?” Dominic forced a smile to ease his discomfort. He kept scrolling but the name stayed on his mind. When done with the files of the day, he closed the building. He was heading for a meeting he looked forward to all day – meeting of the Dons. “This will be so exhilarating.” He said under his breath. “Another chance to trend!” The awoken Young Master gracing his presence at the exclusive party of young CEOs. Before his accident, he never took the meeting serious because it was just a glorified evening party yet he attended always. Showing his face at the party again will surely cause an interesting buzz, after all, he was still a young CEO just not as successful. He got in his car, drank bottle of water before starting the car. He’d be going for a two hours drive to make it, but he’d not miss it.
Chapter Fourteen – Ex-wife A tall red-haired lady, with pursed lips and curious eyes stood, hands on waist, behind him. She was a fashion model that took the world by storm four years back. It seemed she reached greater heights to be dining with young CEOs. “You aren’t a regular here. Don’t think anyone can just waltz in…” “Now, that’s just rude. You wouldn’t even ask my name since your eyes don’t seem to work.” Dominic sighed disappointedly. He had regained some of his features so was definitely easier to recognize, except she wasn’t big on the Thales family. Which would be unreal. Miss Avarez clenched her fists. “Who are you speaking to like that? Excuse me?” she called for a guard. Dominic expression became serious. Was this lady about to cause a scene? He grabbed her arm and pulled her to his face. The guard noticed the act and rushed to him. “Miss Avarez, I’m not used to not being known. It’s never been said anywhere that the Thales heir wasn’t identified.” His
Chapter Fifteen – Hiring The chill juice sliding down his throat cooled Dominic's nerves. He exhaled, dropping the glass down, then stared at Everett. “You want to help me? I’d say, I’m surprised.” “Don’t be.” Everett dropped his own glass. “I’m repaying a debt.” Dominic narrowed his eyes. That didn’t sound right. After helping him, he had no intentions of being friends again? He sighed. “Whatever. You have a clothing line?” Everett nodded, “I understand Thales empire released one before the fall. If they are good products, they can still make a debut in the market but in cheaper prices.” That piqued Dominic’s interest. He had been thinking of debuting the clothing line, since he had Suzy Jones as standby model, but he worried for it’s quality. “I bet they have great designs but the quality might be less now so take a bit from the price. You might run little loss but it’d give you first popularity.” Everett advised. Hearing Everett give good advice impressed Dominic bec
Chapter Sixteen – A secretaryThe light flickered above Jamie. He groaned. That would be the third time he would be changing bulbs within two months. Was his roof leaking water? His phone beeped again. He glanced at it and it came from a strange number. He looked back at his computer. “Timely Gadgets, huh? Their rise to fame was quite quick but not necessarily suspicious. I guess they really have the Thales’ aura of fast success.” He scoffed. He read the source from the article of the Timely Gadgets he was reading. The name of the source seemed Russian. There had been some rumors that articles written from Russia were usually lies and paid by the celebrities spoken about. Jamie didn’t know what to make of it. There was barely any material on Timely Gadgets because they didn’t have a big online presence. But it seemed to be well known in Japan. He left the webpage and checked for ‘Casimir Jones’. Also not very known but he was mentioned in a blog page on giving charity to
Chapter Seventeen – The 15%“Casimir Jones is a financial advisor, and I remember, he’s from Japan. His sister was an illegal hacker and their mom, a second wife to a Japanese Billionaire.” Dominic was stunned. That was a little bit too detailed. “Illegal hacker?” The adorable Jean he saw? “She was notorious but because she was a minor then, she was forgiven by government, also she had quite the talent. She works for IT now.” Selene explained. Dominic looked down. If that was their true identity, why did they come to him as Casimir and Jean Jones from the Timely Gadgets? Was there something else amiss? Even adding that they were his grandfather’s adoptive brother’s grandchildren? What was going on? “I didn’t think anyone would come all the way from Japan just to scam me.” Dominic remarked, not wanting to take everything on face value. “Timely Gadgets seems to be a real company too.” Selene added, like she agreed with him. Dominic studied her, arms folded. She was his
Chapter Eighteen – Sue you “’Transport Hub' is taken.” Lucas announced after typing. They were trying to register the transport service as a standalone instead of a courier service under the Thales Tech Gadgets. “How about Thales Transport?” Suzy suggested, lying on her stomach on the couch. Dominic didn’t hear her and Lucas acted like he didn’t also. “Check for ‘The Bumpy Ride’!” Silas yelled, nudging Lucas to type. Jamie gave him side eyes before looking away. Suzy frowned. If those men were going to come over to her house for their ‘meeting', the least they could do was listen to her suggestions. She rose up. “Uncle Silas. A similar name already exists. Bumpy Ride isn’t very comforting either.” Lucas replied. He was shoved aside as Suzy took over the computer. She inputted her suggestion. ‘Thales Transport.’ Dominic watched her. Her eyes brightened up. “See!” she giggled. “It’s not taken! ‘Thales Transport' captures the company’s name and purpose. It’s simple but al
CHAPTER NINETEEN – COMPETITION The amount he had spent on the duplex made Dominic unwilling to spend anymore on the stores. He had told the agent he’d think again then return within the week. “How did the price of a luxury apartment rise to almost two million dollars?!” he slapped the steering wheel. Or should he have settled for one that wasn’t luxurious? He had wanted an apartment with similar aura to Thales Mansion they had lost. So Lucas would feel proud of being a Thales member after he surely must have regretted it while he was bullied at the orphanage. Also the duplex would be mysterious and very uninviting. Not all would appreciate it’s black and gold designs. It’d be really unique to behold. He smiled at the house documents, then patted it. “We’d move in within the week. Let everything move as quickly as possible.” His phone rang and he reached for it.The caller ID had Casimir Jones on the caller ID, a frown came to his face. After realizing they approached h
CHAPTER TWENTY – TAKE THE ADVICE Casimir paced around the hall, snapping his fingers as he walked. What took that young master so long? Hadn’t he said to meet him in Pommel Hotel in twenty minutes?! “Argghh! Goodness, he must think I’m like him who isn’t time conscious. I shouldn’t have hung up immediately and ask him what he wanted to say!” he groaned. Why were Americans so late all the time! It was very annoying and definitely unprofessional. The receptionist at the hotel looked up as a car drove in. She exhaled, feeling tired of her job and the young man consistently pacing and talking out loud. Another tall young man walked inside, quite confident in wealthy strides. “Hello, pretty. I’d like a reservation…” He trailed off, looking from her to the young man pacing about. The receptionist frowned, why was the attractive man in front of her distracted by that pest? “Casimir Jones, you came in earlier than I thought.” It was Dominic, he walked from the receptionist to