The news devastated the entire family. Darcy called the director of the Industrial and Commercial Bank, Yusoff Lewis. They had been working together for a long time and were always on good terms. “Hello, Director Lewis?” Before she stated the intention of the call, Yusoff said, “Ms. Quint, I know what you want to say but we can’t do anything either. Our hands are tied. Maurice Taon, the chairman of Lilyrose Bank, has made it clear. We will be opposing him if we release a loan to Quintessential Group.” As mentioned before, Maurice was the son-in-law of the Everias. Due to his status and position, he was able to rise to prominence in the banking field rapidly. His words represented the Everias and the entirety of the top three families to a certain extent. Darcy suppressed her fear and said, “But the Industrial and Commercial Bank is the top four banks of the country, why are you afraid of the top three families?” “The bank is not afraid of them, but my colleagues and I
Darcy refused to believe that Joy would betray her! They used to be good friends in university. Although not as close as her with Miru, they were still friends. If not for Kaze, Joy would be drunk raped by the executives. She was furious. How could Joy testify against Kaze? Darcy called her immediately. “Joy, there's a lawyer at my office saying that you are testifying against me and my husband for intentional harm, is that true?” “Yeah, what’s the problem?” Joy sounded lazy as if she had just woken up. The confirmation stunned Darcy like a bolt of lightning. “Joy, how could you do this? Don’t you remember what happened yesterday? They forced you to drink!” Darcy suppressed her anger and tried to clarify the matter with her friend. She still refused to believe Joy would betray her. She must be forced or coerced to do so. “Darcy, I agreed to testify because it’s the right thing to do. Please don’t make assumptions.” Joy raised her voice and added, “You wanted t
Kaze was loud when he made the announcement and it stopped the employees on their tracks. They turned around and looked at Kaze with a frosty grin. Dean, the HR director who was the first to resign, scoffed. “You messed with the top three families, there is no future in this company anymore! We’ll have to find our next job, or else it will be too late. Guys, am I right?” “Yeah!” The executives and employees who already made up their minds adhered loudly. “Ms. Quint, don’t forget to pay us what is due, or else we will take the necessary actions as well.” Dean then led the group of employees away. The executives and employees heartlessly left the company at a time of crisis and even threatened to take legal action if they were not duly compensated. Kaze ignored them and turned to the other employees who stayed. They were also worried and concerned but they did not leave immediately. Kaze said loudly, “To those who stay, your salary will be raised three times and bonus dou
Darcy widened her eyes in disbelief. She was shocked by how shameless her grandfather was. Before this, the man thought of every possible way to stop her from taking control of the company. He would rather leave the CEO’s seat empty than give it to her. Now that the company was on the brink of collapse, he shoved it into her hands just to make her take full responsibility. Even Kaze became the legal representative of multiple subsidiaries. A penniless, jobless man became the boss of a multimillion company in just a few hours. How ridiculous was that? “Grandfather, when did you get your hands on Kaze’s identification? Have you gotten his permission?” Darcy bellowed. Displeased, Master Quint grunted and said, “Don’t forget that we are feeding the idiot for free! If not for us, he is dead already! We do not need his permission to do things with his identification!” Darcy took a deep breath to keep herself sane. She knew her grandfather had planned this for a while and it
The men Toffle brought from the court were knocked down to the ground as well. As a matter of fact, they did not go through any legal procedures to claim the house. They were simply dragged here by Toffle to bluff Darcy and her family, trying to force them to move out immediately. Therefore, they were not able to voice their grievances. “Take them away!” the captain said. Toffle was dragged away like a ragdoll. While he was being dragged away, he bellowed, “Darcy Quint, don’t think this is over! My brother, Maurice, has the support of the top three families! He is more connected than you thought! Your company is completely locked out, the bank cutting you off is only the start! If you can’t settle the debt, Horizon Mirror will be mine soon! Not even the chief commander can disobey the law… Ouch!” Toffle got another hit in his stomach before he could finish his sentence and finally silenced him. “The man is right. If we cannot settle the debt, we might have to move out of
Toffle went to the Housing Authority Office. When he reached the counter, he revealed his identity and stated his intention. “I am Toffle Toan, the chairman of Bersina Group, the brother of Maurice Toan, the chairman of Lilyrose Bank. I’m also a relative of the top three families. I want Horizon Mirror to be under my name in five minutes!” He believed with three different identities shown, he would have no problem getting the house. The clerk at the counter was frightened and quickly pulled up the necessary documents to verify the details. She had no problem verifying Toffle’s identities but when she tried to pull up the information regarding the owner of Horizon Mirror, she faced some problems. She searched the entire system but could not find any information about Kaze. “What’s wrong? What’s the delay?” Toffle grumbled as he was losing his patience. The clerk said, “Mr. Toan, there seems to be a problem with the current owner’s details. We are unable to search for him
“Mayor Brooks! I didn’t do anything. What happened?!” Colin remained baffled and scared. “You don’t know what you did?!” Johnson was frustrated. He wanted to slap the man in the face. “I just received a call from the National Guards that someone in this building is trying to access confidential information of a 5S personnel! “Multiple warnings were issued but the hacking continued. The National Guards suspected that terrorists were trying to hurt the target and activated the self-destruct program in the database. They also ordered us to exterminate all threats at all cost!” Colin and the others were stunned upon hearing the mayor. Classified information of a 5S personnel? No one had ever heard of it before, let alone accessing the information. However, with all the soldiers and police officers pointing their guns in their face, they were finally convinced. Johnson shouted, “Tell me who is trying to access the information?!” “Mayor Brooks, we didn’t access any confid
“We got Kaze’s information from the local psychiatric ward, how could it be wrong?” The Quints were shocked when they were informed by Maurice’s men that the information regarding Kaze they provided was wrong. Master Quint slapped Samus and bellowed, “You little useless shit, how did you get the information? Look what you’ve done!” Samus covered his face in grievance. He had no idea what went wrong. “Cut the nonsense. Give us back the two hundred million. And you have to compensate us another hundred million because Toffle was arrested by the National Guards!” Maurice’s men were impatient and annoyed. The entire Quint family was silenced. Master Quint tried to argue but when he saw the vicious look on the men’s faces, he gulped nervously. “Guys, please inform Mr. Toan that we will return the two hundred million. For the other hundred million, we’ll compensate him in the future. We don’t have enough money…” He lowered his voice and started begging. Maurice got the ne