There was no use reporting Victor’s scam to the police. The fact that he had resorted to such a tactic meant that he would be careful to not leave any evidence behind. Moreover, he had a letter that stated Catherine had willingly transferred the shares.After sending Jade home to placate Catherine, Javier sat by the road, lit up a cigarette, and contemplated the matter.This was close to a crisis. Victor originally held 31% of the shares. After conning Catherine of her 13% today, he now held 44% in total. If he managed to secure another 7%, he would gain absolute authority.And getting his hands on another 7% would be no challenge at all. He could gather that amount just by taking a little from each of the other four old-timers.Seeing that they were pressed for time and regular tactics would be futile, Javier decided to stray away from the righteous path. He fished out his phone and dialed Herschel’s number.“The woman Victor Dowding abducted this afternoon was similar to Jade in
Javier leisurely sat before the desk and lit up a stick. Then, he took down the “no smoking” sign by the side. Javier turned around to look at Victor, who was still focused on the computer screen before him. “Show’s over. You can stop looking at it now.”Victor finally regained his senses but pretended to remain calm. “Why would you show me this piece of sh*t news? Do you think I’ve got a lot of time on my hands?!”“Sh*t news? I can’t tell though…”Javier handed Victor a coffee mug as he spoke. Meanwhile, Victor stared at the mug as Javier flicked the ashes from his cigarette into it without a shred of emotion on his face. After that, Javier pointed at the file on the desk. “It’s inside, take a look for yourself.”“I don’t know what’s inside though.” Even so, Victor pondered for about 30 seconds, before he could not contain his curiosity any longer and picked up the file. When he saw the contents, Javier continued to speak. “Yesterday afternoon, a guy by the name of Rob
Victor was in tears at this point, the drops running down his face. Throughout his entire life, Victor had come up with all sorts of dirty tricks and underhanded tactics, all so that he could become the chairman! Alas, when the shares were finally in his hands and the chairman’s title was just within inches of his grasp, all he could do was give it away with open arms. He felt aggrieved, but there was nothing he could do about it since he could only choose his life over money when he knew he was going to be delivered to death’s doorstep should he refuse. Victor did not want to live out the rest of his days in prison, nor did he want his son to be sentenced to death.Thus, that was the only option that remained for him. After another ten minutes, Victor and Javier had visited the relevant department to have all of the shares he held unconditionally transferred to Jade.And that was not all. Javier even brought Victor to the notary to have his statement filmed, an agreement that st
That afternoon, Jade called for a shareholders meeting for the third time. Everyone felt very unhappy about this and wondered if Jade had been touched in the head. ‘She clearly knows that Victor’s currently in the hospital, so why is she calling for a shareholders meeting at a time like this?’Many did not want to attend, but they all still attended because of the fact that Jade expressed there was something important she wanted to announce during the meeting. “It doesn’t matter how important this announcement is. Victor’s still lying in the hospital right now, so this meeting would be no better than a formal courtesy!”“Let’s see how it goes. If it’s something beneficial to us, we’ll just support her and vote for her motion to proceed.”“You’re right. If it’s not beneficial to us, Jade might as well forget even trying…”The four elders from the five-man group were muttering as they discussed and entered the conference room. They were completely in the belief that they held the
“I’m sorry, I just couldn’t bring myself to kick Matthew out of the company…”Jade’s face was filled with embarrassment while Javier was driving her home. Taking a good look at her expression, Javier chuckled and said, “It’s all right, you’re a very kind woman by nature, so it’s very normal for you to not have done so.”Jade did not know if she was truly being kind or plain stupid. Matthew had clearly done all sorts of things toward her in the past, yet Jade somehow thought of her grandfather at that crucial moment, about how Matthew was his only son, and how her grandfather might feel very sad if he found out that she had kicked Matthew out of the company. “Since I’m the chairwoman, I think Matthew probably won’t dare do anything stupid even if he wants to, so…”Javier nodded his head. “Yeap, I understand. It’s all right.”However, although Javier was comforting Jade, his acceptance of her explanation was another matter directly. After all, once a snake, always a snake…Just
After the kiss, the young couple came over to apologize to them. As young and wild as they were, they were still polite people. Javier and Jade both said that it was all right and the both of them played for a while longer before they went back to land.At that moment, Jade, who had been embarrassed the entire time, said that it was getting late and that they should be heading back. Javier agreed as well, so they left the park and returned to their car before heading back to Jade’s house. However, just as Javier parked the car in the courtyard, Jade said shyly, “I don’t think it’s appropriate for you to stay at my place anymore.”Javier laughed and asked, “What’s the matter? Are you cutting me off now that I’m no longer useful to you?”Jade hurriedly waved her hands. “No, of course not! Of course that’s not what I meant, but it really has become inappropriate for you to live at my place.“I could even buy you a house if you’d like, and then… Aah! Anyway, it’s just inappropriate
Although Javier would usually not be bothered by such things, the woman was insistent on picking a fight.Standing at the door, Javier was quiet for a bit before he looked up at the roof.“All right, that’s it. Stop looking around. What the f*ck are you looking at anyway? No matter how much you look, it’s my house. Get the hell out of here!”Neve’s voice rang out from behind Javier, but he ignored her. He was not longing for the house. He was just wondering how long it had been since he had acted, for lack of better words, like an upstart. He was 24 this year; no longer young and wild. By right, it would not be appropriate for him to behave so arrogantly. But if he did not seize the last bits of his youth and go wild, it would be even harder to do so when he grew older.“Sure. If you want to play, I’ll play,” Javier said as he pulled out his palladium Messer card and handed it to the salesman. “470 thousand dollars for the house. I’ll take it.”He then looked at Neve. “Come on,
With his legs crossed over one another, Javier was leisurely sitting on a chair in the finance room when the salesman ran in frantically. “Mister, the lady just now…is missing!”The duplex owner was dumbstruck. She had been hoping for Neve to bring her 8-million-dollar card over and continue raising the price. How was she gone just like that?The finance staff spoke up, “Her card’s still here. Her money is still in our account too. Maybe she just went to the washroom…”As the three of them wondered where Neve had gone, Javier had no interest in the matter. Where had Neve gone? Simple—she had fled!If she did not want to embarrass herself, the easiest route was for her to flee and then ask for the money back through Matthew’s connections later. She would even later proclaim victoriously, “I had something urgent come up that day, so I couldn’t waste any more of my time playing with you!”She would not have to spend a dime and would salvage her dignity. She might even sing-song inw