Secretary Akina was crying while she talked on the phone, putting on a helpless look as if she had suffered quite a bit. It was quite the pitiful sight.But immediately after she hung up, her cold and distant look reappeared in an instant.“Just you wait! How dare you hit me?!”“When Master York’s here, he’ll deal with you first!”“Let me warn you: none of you can get out unscathed today!”With immense support behind Secretary Akina’s back, she felt she was invincible.Before Harvey could say anything, Olivia already cut him off with a frightened look on her face.“Forget it! We can’t escalate things any further!”“We’ll get fired if we do!”Olivia didn’t know who Taichi and the others called, but a person called Master York could only be from the Yorks of Hong Kong.She was certain if someone from the family were to come, not only would she be in trouble, but Harvey and Queenie would also be dragged into the situation!As a woman from Hong Kong, she understood full well wha
Olivia and the staff’s expressions changed upon Stephen’s arrival.Stephen would usually show up on entertainment magazines and financial news.Naturally, they knew who he was.None of them expected an affluent figure like Stephen would come here after a single call.Secretary Akina was exhilarated to see Stephen’s arrival. She stumbled her way toward him with a pitiful look, as if she had been wronged.“Look at me, Master York! My dermal fillers are about to burst!”“Loxus Consortium has crossed a line! They have to take responsibility!”Secretary Akina was on the verge of tears as she aired her grievances.Stephen’s face was aloof.“What a great job you’re doing here, Loxus Consortium!” he exclaimed coldly.“Don’t you know that Young Master Ishikawa and the Islanders are Young Lord York’s important guests?”“Yet, you dare hit one of Young Lord York’s guests? Looks like there’s no easy way out of this!”“Whoever did it, kneel and apologize to Young Master Ishikawa! Break y
Harvey laughed, calm.“Just ask Stephen if I have a death wish.”“Ha! Are you still pretending?”Secretary Akina chuckled coldly.“I don’t know where you came from, but how dare you show off in front of Master York! Do you want to die?”“Right! It’s useless! No matter how powerful you are, you’ll be trampled to death for provoking Young Lord York’s important guests!”“Let me tell you something right now! Get the new executive CEO here this instant!”“Tell her she’ll be taken out of her position if she doesn’t show up in three minutes!”“Shut up!”Stephen came to his senses right there and then.His furious scream stunned the people behind him. A second later, they were exhilarated. Stephen was enraged. He was boiling with anger!He was ready to crush someone!“Do you need help, Master York? My hand’s been itching lately. This kept man…”Slap!Stephen swung his back palm across the follower who spoke before adding with a wretched-looking face, “I told you to shut up! Did
Yukiko was a direct descendant of the Ishikawa family. She had been the representative of the Island Nation Embassy in Mordu.She was considered to be the most outstanding person in the younger generation of the family.Her identity could suppress anyone who dared to oppose her. If anyone went against her, they would be going against the Island Nations as a whole.If that was the case, a diplomatic affair would occur.While Taichi was dialing the number, he was extremely proud of himself.Harvey found the name familiar. He barely recalled the time he slapped Yukiko in the face back in Mordu.If it weren’t for Taichi, Harvey wouldn’t even remember such a small fry.Harvey had no intention to stop the call, though. He waited calmly for Taichi to finish.The call got through soon after.Taichi turned on the speakers. A distant yet alluring tone could be heard throughout the entire room.“Who is it?”Taichi’s body trembled as he grew ecstatic.“It’s me, Representative Ishikawa!
“Harvey York?!”Yukiko on the other side of the phone froze before losing her voice.“B-Branch Leader York?”“That’s right,” Harvey calmly replied.The phone was dead silent. Yukiko was completely shocked.As the representative of the Island Nation Embassy, she had access to more information compared to others.For example, she knew that the Shinkage Way’s Sword Saint, Miyata, was killed by Harvey.The Shindan Way’s Akio was forced to flee by Harvey as well.These incidents alone were enough to make Yukiko understand that this man was far more frightening compared to the time he was in Mordu.The Island Nations even warned her not to provoke Harvey again, unless it was absolutely necessary.After all, they hadn’t come up with a plan to deal with Harvey just yet.Going against Harvey willy-nilly would only bring them ruin.A hint of flattery and shyness could be heard from Yukiko’s initially cold and distant tone.“I’m so sorry, Branch Leader York. I had no idea we offended
Early in the morning the next day, Harvey was informed about the Loxus Consortium’s meeting after waking up in the garden villa.When Queenie brought Harvey to the company’s meeting room, it was completely full.Aside from Dante and several higher ups, there were a few other people there.The person sitting in the middle was none other than the head of the head house, the CEO and chairman of the Loxus Consortium, Cory York.He was Vince’s father, and was also quite the big character within the family itself.After seeing Cory’s arrival, Queenie frowned.She felt a sense of hostility that she had never experienced before.Harvey didn’t feel anything, however. He casually greeted everyone around him without showing much emotion.“Morning, everyone. Are you all here to witness someone’s hand breaking today?”“That’s him, Chairman! He’s Harvey York!”Before Cory and the others could speak even a word, Dante stood up and pointed furiously at Harvey.“Queenie ruined my chances to
“Cough, cough!”The man who was in his fifties, wearing gold-framed glasses and a tunic suit while invoking the aura of an elite, Cory, coughed lightly.He sat up straight and flipped through the documents in front of him, then narrowed his eyes at Queenie.“Queenie, is everything Manager Castro said true?”“Do you mind explaining yourself?”He didn’t question Harvey directly. In his eyes, Harvey was just a shameless kept man. Thus, there was no need to question Harvey.“Everything he said is true.”Queenie was apathetic and emotionless, wearing a poker face.“But he didn’t say why Harvey did it.”“Young Master Ishikawa and the Islanders were hitting our staff members as they pleased.”“Harvey wanted to stand up for them. That’s why he took action against Young Master Ishikawa and the others.”“I think it’s right for Harvey to do what he had done.”“If you think he should take responsibility for this, then I’ll take all the blame for him instead.”“After all, I told everyo
“Besides, even if you were in a bad mood, you shouldn’t have gone against them so much and slapped Secretary Akina in the face!”“I heard she’s actually Young Master Ishikawa’s mistress!”“Do you think we can gain anything by hitting his woman?!”“Making the deal with the Ishikawa family is our company’s top priority this year.”“If we complete the deal, our shares will rise at least twice as much!”“But because of you, this important deal was botched!”Cory put on a disappointed look.“All this happened on the very first day you took the position! I’m truly disappointed!”“I’ll ask Fourth Brother for a statement about this!”“Even if he’s picking favorites, this still isn’t the right way to choose the company staff!”“How about this? Write a resignation letter yourself. I’ll let you off the hook.”“I’ll tell Fourth Brother to stop shoving useless people my way.”“Loxus Consortium is the family’s money tree!”“This isn’t a place to pick favorites and join forces!”Queenie