"But the person who won. Won with the sense of their ideas being more fresh and unique in many senses. Being more original and all. And especially for the fact that they presented their work which felt like they made it with their own hand"He stared at the audience for a while with a smile. And then he said "The winner is The Jack Game company"As she called the name. The audience cheered for jack. They had all seen what he presented, so they believed he deserved it at least.Jack was shocked. He stood there for some seconds, speechless. He stared at the stage as though he wasn't the one being called.He didn't expect to win. Especially winning against Mr Lucas who was his boss for years now. He didn't think it was possible.And hearing his name being called was unbelievable to him. But he still got up to his feet and made his way up to the stage to accept his win.Dave and Anne sat there smiling while clapping for him and he left for the stage. They felt proud and happy knowing they

"Is it because he thought he was going to win or something?" someone laughed."He should dream on. Someone had a better idea than him, so he should accept the fact and not get pissed.""Exactly. So pathetic."They were all already talking down on Mr. Lucas, and he heard every word they said. He was boiling up even more as Dave smiled."Next time, you should at least try to be a decent person," Dave said with a smile.Mr. Lucas glared at Dave. He was already boiling, his fists clenched tight."You bastard..." Mr. Lucas muttered. He wanted to turn and leave immediately, but he paused.He stared at Dave’s face. And immediately, something flashed through his mind.He suddenly found Dave’s face familiar. He didn’t know why, but it was as though he had seen that face somewhere before.He was almost certain he recognized it. His smile, his eyes—everything about him suddenly felt familiar.He paused, staring at his face. "You..." he muttered.But Mr. Lucas held back. He didn’t wish to say any

"What the hell do you mean by that?" Dave asked, shocked. "What's this all about? How is he going to ruin Jack's reputation?"Dave was now curious to know what Mr. Lucas’s plan was going to be about.He figured he needed to know if he wanted to stop it at least."What's his plan about?" he asked the system. "What plans are we talking about here?"[THAT'S NOT UP TO ME TO SAY. THAT'S PART OF YOUR PLAN. FIGURING IT OUT AND STOPPING IT][YOU'LL HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT AND STOP IT IMMEDIATELY BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. AND IF YOU DO, YOU'LL ALSO BE REWARDED][YOU'LL BE REWARDED WITH 500 MILLION DOLLARS MORE]At the moment, Dave didn’t seem to care about the reward much, though. Although it was a lot of money, he didn’t seem interested at all.All he cared about now was not letting the punishment take place. Because the punishment was far harsher than the reward was favorable.He couldn’t let Mr. Lucas carry out his plans. He couldn’t let him ruin what they had worked for and cut the deal, while a

Mr. Lucas stared at her for a while and then sighed."Is that so?" he asked. "Are you telling the truth?""I am. I can’t possibly lie to you," Mrs. Lucy replied.Mr. Lucas nodded. "Maybe I was just overthinking. Maybe I was just seeing things," he muttered.But he still couldn’t brush the thought off. "Get ready, because we’ll be going for a meal tomorrow.""Huh? A meal?" Mrs. Lucy repeated, confused. She couldn’t understand why Mr. Lucas wanted to take a maid like her out for a meal."Yes, you heard me right. So get ready." Mr. Lucas forced a smile. "It’ll be a fun one. And I’ll be my threat.""Thank you, sir," Mrs. Lucy said gratefully as she turned and walked away.As she left, Mr. Lucas sighed."What’s all this about?" the secretary asked. "Do you really find him familiar?""I do," he replied. "And I’m almost sure of it.""But she said she doesn’t have a son. She already believes her son is dead. You can’t get anything from her," the secretary pointed out."Even if that was her so

Dave got ready and made his way to the destination. The secretary had sent him the venue and time for the meeting, which was in the evening. Dave had kept to the time and arrived on time. He arrived at the restaurant and sat down, sitting and waiting for Mr Lucas, who soon arrived. The two of them sat down opposite each other and smiled. "It's nice to finally see you again after having met yesterday," Mr Lucas said, forcing a smile. Dave knew he was faking his expression and everything. It was already all suspicious. "I doubt you're even happy to see me. So you shouldn't pretend." Dave went straight to the point. He didn't have time to spend with Mr Lucas, and he didn't wish to spend any more time with him. Mr Lucas smiled. "You don't seem too happy to see me? Do you? Well. That's nothing, I guess. I'll go straight to the point." They had ordered their drinks, and it arrived. Mr Lucas said, "Sorry for my attitude yesterday. I came to officially apologize to you." Mr Lucas smi