Novels by Icy popsicles

“Yes, Ronald, the team leader is right. I’m not in support of this, and I’m definitely not doing it,” one of the men who hadn’t been affected yet spoke up firmly.“Ronald, the other party’s capital is more than what we imagined. Even if we inject another twenty or thirty companies’ assets, we can’t win at all. I’m saying this with confidence because I know what I’m seeing. If I would advise you, the best thing you can do for yourself and your men right now is to leave immediately. Call it quits.” the leader said again. But Ronald had gone too far to just pull out and right now, he wasn’t even thinking clearly. He was like a gambler who had already lost too much but still believed the next round would bring everything back. He only wanted to win and there was no way he was going to listen to anyone.“Shut the hell up!” Ronald yelled angrily at the leader of the hacking team. “Who are you to tell me what to do!? Did I employ you so you can give me unsolicited advice!?”“I pay you so yo

“I wouldn’t lie to you, Ronald. You yourself know us and the kind of work we do. We are not liars. We have actually done everything we could, and we’re still confused at the result. It’s not supposed to be like this,” the hacking team leader replied seriously.“The only thing that makes sense right now is that the funds the other side is injecting into the stock market is a crazy amount of money. It cannot be compared to what we are injecting. In fact… it is nothing compared to it.”The leader of the hacking team had never experienced something like this before.As shocked as he was…He was also confused.Even though he had been told the kind of powerful person he would be facing today, he didn’t expect this. He didn’t expect that the capital being put into the market on Cherry’s dad’s side would be this massive. He didn’t expect that the person behind everything would be so powerful, far more powerful than Ronald himself, so powerful that it was beyond his imagination. He didn’t even

The next morning, around 7 a.m., Cherry’s dad was already in his office. His laptop was placed right in front of him as he carefully observed the stock market but it wasn’t going well for him. The share price of his company was still going down.Cherry’s dad was so confused. It was almost like he wanted to enter inside the laptop screen and physically stop the numbers from falling.“Why is this falling again?” he mumbled to himself as he rubbed his temples, clearly frustrated.The red numbers kept appearing and the graph kept dipping. His heart was beating faster with every second that passed.Soon, his executive members walked into his office one after the other. They all sat down quietly. Their emotions were clearly written on their faces, none of them could hide how they were feeling.“I’m afraid there is nothing we can do, CEO. This time, the stocks have gone down so fast that this is the first time I’m seeing such a thing happen to a company,” one executive member said seriousl

MNolan was starting to get uncomfortable with Cherry’s dad’s behavior. Honestly, if he was going to consider the way Cherry had been behaving toward him all this while, he wouldn’t have even given her dad the chance to sit with him like this or explain anything.But because of how he had made his parents happy… and because of how he was able to give them a villa and change their lives, he still gave him a chance.He owed Cherry’s dad for that opportunity, so he had to let this happen.Cherry’s dad then told Nolan everything that happened after he ended the call with him. He explained how Ronald’s company was suddenly revived. How it skyrocketed within minutes. And how, almost immediately after that, his own company’s stocks started crashing badly.He also told him that he believed Ronald was behind everything.“So it’s this same Ronald again…” Nolan muttered under his breath, crossing his arms.He rubbed his temples slowly as he tried to gather his thoughts.This time around, the att

Cherry’s dad couldn’t even pretend to be calm. The news had hit him too hard. His mind was completely blank. He didn’t even know what to say or where to start.“Dad… Dad… look at me,” Cherry said suddenly, snapping her fingers in front of his face.When she finally got his attention, she took a deep breath and spoke quickly.“Dad, you need to find a way to reach out to Nolan. In fact, you have to see him. He promised to help our company through any problems that it might have, and he did before. But it’s looking like it is his fault that we are in this mess right now. It is because of him that we are in this mess!” Cherry yelled angrily.Even though Cherry’s father was not in support of what she said about Nolan, he remembered something very clearly. He knew very well that the only person who could actually save him from this mess was Nolan.He slowly turned to his personal assistant.“Get the car ready. I need to go and see Nolan personally. I need to beg him to help me in this situa

“You don’t have to keep apologizing,” Nolan replied calmly from the other end of the line. “I don’t think you did anything wrong. And if I’m being honest with you, I think you did the right thing.”There was silence on Cherry’s dad’s end.“What… I… I don’t understand. You’re not angry at what I just said?” he asked, clearly confused. His voice was filled with disbelief.He was expecting anger, coldness and was even expecting threats from Nolan but he sounded too calm.“If someone held your daughter and threatened to strip her, what else were you supposed to do?” Nolan continued in a steady voice. “You made the only choice you could make at that moment. There’s nothing to forgive.”Cherry’s dad swallowed hard. He didn’t expect that response and didn’t expect Nolan to be so reasonable.“I thought… I thought you would be upset,” he admitted quietly.“I’m not,” Nolan replied. “The problem is not you. The problem is Ronald.”The way Nolan said Ronald’s name was calm, but there was somethin

“I worked all my life for your father,” Luis began, his voice filled with bitterness. “Tirelessly helped him build Stellarcorp from the ground up. And when the company became big, he still used me like a fool.”“I didn’t mind at first,” he continued. “I treated Stellarcorp like it was mine too. Gave it everything. But then, out of nowhere, he decides to look for his long-lost son, to give you the company.”Luis scoffed.“He didn’t even ask me what I thought. Didn’t care. Just ordered me to find you and hand it all over. To make it worse, he told me to watch over you while you ran the company. Can you imagine that? Me, the man who brought Stellarcorp to fame, reduced to your babysitter.”“The company should have been mine, not yours. Your father’s lucky he died when he did, helping you escape. It was supposed to be you six feet under, not him. But you were just lucky that day. My men did a sloppy job.”Suddenly, a voice rang out.“Enough of your talk, just kill this bastard already!”

“Am I in a moving car? I’m definitely in one.” Damson thought to himself as he opened his eyes groggily. He tried to sit up and realized he was in the trunk of a car. He banged on it several times, trying to get it open, but it wouldn’t budge. He began to sweat, helpless and disoriented, forced to wait until someone decided to open it.“Who did this to me? What happened?”“Why can’t I remember being put in the trunk?” Is Maria okay? Was she also shoved into another car?”So many questions ran through Damson’s head. He was confused. His head felt heavy, too big to carry.He eventually laid back down and decided to wait until the car stopped. After about twenty minutes of pure torture, the car finally came to a halt. Damson let out a small sigh of relief. He heard muffled voices outside, and then suddenly, the trunk flung open.He blinked against the light and tried to sit up, but his body failed him. He couldn’t move. No matter how hard he tried, only his head responded. “What the he

Damson couldn’t leave the Wilsons just like that after finding out what Mr. Wilson had done for him. The man saved his life, and the least Damson could do was help the family with the funeral preparations. He paid for all the expenses and also gave them a large sum of money to sustain them for a long time. He even advised Logan to invest wisely.He had wanted to stay longer, but Logan asked him not to. His mother and sister would only feel more pain with him around. His presence would be a constant reminder of what happened to their father, and they didn’t need that. Damson understood and didn’t push further so he left.At first, he decided to head to his apartment, but then he changed his mind and went to the dorm instead. He hadn’t been there in a while, and he wanted to see his friends, Luke and Fred. They had reached out to him several times, asking where he was and why he hadn’t been around. At the time, he couldn’t tell them he was married, so he just told them he had gone job

Maria sat in the car, fiddling with her fingers, random thoughts flying through her mind as she stared out the window. Kate was seated beside her, and two other men were in the car with them.She didn’t fully understand what she was doing or what she had just agreed to but one thing was clear, she couldn’t die because of someone else.Damson would do the same, right? Maria wondered, now biting her nails.He’d choose survival too, even if it meant putting me in danger… right? Anyone would… right? She was disturbed.“But Damson betrayed me too. He treated me like a fool, lied to me, and deceived me. I thought that we were close, that our bond was real.”“Had he been acting all along?”“How is he even the president of StellarCorp? When did that happen?”“He was the poorest student in school. So how? It doesn’t make sense.” Maria’s thoughts raced, growing angrier by the second.“I could’ve gotten more opportunities. I could’ve had a good job in his company. I was close to him! But he de

“What! No, no, please don’t kill me. Please don’t,” Maria cried, scared for her life. Today has been a rollercoaster of emotions. She was scared, disturbed, and deeply worried and she couldn’t help but be angry at Damson for dragging her into his mess.She was in this situation because of him.“Caleb and the boss want Damson dead, and now, because of him, I’m going to die too.” She thought to herself. “Where’s Kate?” the boss asked, ignoring Maria’s cries.“Since the last time she almost got caught by Damson, Kate had been lying low.” One of the men replied. “Tell her to come here right now. She has someone to get rid of.”“Is that really the next thing you’re supposed to do? I don’t care what you do with Maria, but can it wait till we finish off Damson? Why are you wasting time killing people you’re not supposed to!?” Caleb asked the boss, frustrated.“It’s your fault this is happening!” the boss snapped. “I told you nobody was supposed to know that Damson is the president of Stel

Caleb ran his hand through his hair angrily. His body trembled, and all he wanted to do was find Damson and end his life. He wasn’t interested in whatever plan the boss had to offer. He just wanted to carry out his own.His life had taken a dip after his father lost his company and couldn’t get help from anyone. He had called all his father’s friends and visited different companies for assistance, but everyone gave him the same answer, they couldn’t help. He was devastated. His father became ill, and they had to sell their cars and properties just to afford treatment.Caleb was left with nothing. He was broke and had to struggle to get by every day. Because of that, he hardly showed up at school. Everyone had known him as one of the richest boys in the university, but now, everything was gone. He had nothing.To avoid questions and rumors, he stayed away from school and wandered around. He spent most of his days at clubs, stealing from people and drinking. It was during one of those