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
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE – A LETTER Marketing specialists were quite expensive now. Dominic transferred the payment to the specialist Jamie found, after a week of searching. She had good online presence and had worked with big companies already. She also had a fashion agency and had offered to bring some kids to model. Of course, Suzy was the main model so the kids will just be models who advertise the clothes. The specialist said it was for no cost and just her ‘little contribution to support the Thales empire’. It actually felt like the cost was covered by the huge amount he paid her but all the same. “So tomorrow, I’d hope to see my cloth line everywhere. The Thales Empire Instagram account also needs to be updated.” He sighed. “I’d let Jamie do that. I’m four years behind in social media anyway.” His mind went to sifting through the clothes that had been preserved in the storeroom. They didn’t seem like they were four years old already. The style still trended, the mater
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO – WITH THE BOYS Dominic clenched his teeth. Why was Brielle leaving the little boys at school for so long? He got out of the car. “Blue jacket, huh?” Lucas nodded. “Yeah, down there. Are you going to pick them up? The always hungry one is exhausted by now.” The fact Lucas called them by ‘always angry one’ and ‘always hungry one’ didn’t really please Dominic but he understood he didn’t know their names yet. “Kids! If you know your parents’ phone numbers, bring it to me so I’d call them to pick you up!” a teacher yelled. No child obliged and just sat there in silence. They probably couldn’t write their names well. How’d they memorize their parents’ phone numbers? “Excuse me?” Dominic went to the teacher. She looked tired but they lit up on seeing him. “Young Master Dominic Thales? You are him, right?” The news circulated abundantly and after Miss Avarez posted that she was working with Thales Empire on her handles, the news of his awake blew even fas
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE – REGRETDominic rubbed his face and sighed. He should really give Brielle credit for living with a second version of his grand father. Even he knew how unbearable it could get. “You act a lot like your grandfather, maybe you shouldn’t scold your mom. She knows better than you, you know.” Lucas advised. The waitress returned with their order. “I don’t act like my grandfather. He’s not around for me to see him.” Lucas paused, realizing Lucian wouldn’t know the grandfather he meant. “Well…” “I think he means your dad’s father.” Dominic explained. “You act a lot like him. He usually scolds your mother.” Dorian’s eyes widened. “You know my daddy’s daddy?!” “How do you know? Well, if that’s so then I should stop scolding mommy because daddy’s family is bad. I don’t want to be bad.” Lucian said. Lucas's and Dominic’s breathing hitched. “Who told you that?” they asked in unison. “No one.” He replied, surprising them again. “I figured myself.” Lucia