“Sir sir!” The clerk shouted, calling Nicholas back to reality. “Your card is not working!,” she said sharply, her fascination now turned irritation. Nicholas felt the back of his neck wet and his throat dry. The signals in his head were off. “Mr. Can you provide another card?” The clerk asked, with a now slightly rude voice. “I only have this one. Please. Please. Try again,” he said, his voice shaking. “Well it’s not working. So what now?” “Is there any problem here?” The male salesperson from earlier asked emerging from a corner. “Well, this man here picked a whole lot of items and his card isn’t working,” the clerk said. “Is that true? Have you tried again?” The sales person said with a hint of mockery in his voice. “Countless times in fact and it declined each time!” “Whats his total again?” “forty eight million, hundred thousand and fifty cents,” “Fifty cents?” The salesperson asked, clearly surprised. “Yes. Taxes accumulation,” “Do you have any other payment opti

Nicholas’ joy knew no bounds as he jumped up in excitement. He was relieved that something finally went through but he soon put himself in check and sat back down. Careful not to trigger an alarm that’ll alert Dayil, he scrolled through the site to find confidential information. He didn’t have to scroll fast before he found a table titled classified. He clicked on the file and the screen began blaring red. His heart leaped as he realised what had happened. Nicholas scrolled through quickly trying to find what he needed before the company turned off the server to keep the intruder out. At the last minute, he finally found what he sought. Harrison and Co. the name was written in bold front and with a quick read he realised that was the highest contender and they plan to buy Dayil out completely and not just a few measly shares. He smirked, this was perfect. He tried to read further and check the second top contender but the screen of his laptop turned black before displaying the

The walk back to the laptop made Nicholas' steps feel heavy. One hand laid on his forehead while the other supported his waist as he contemplated on what to do. Going to such lengths just to buy a company. Personal reasons. Is it really worth steering trouble with the elite? Is it worth risking his life over? Is it worth going against his values? And at the same time, moral etiquette. Is it worth screwing his life over? Courting death? Threading a dangerous path? Is it really worth it to care about morality when his life was in danger? He didn’t even realise he had been standing at the same spot for half an hour till the sound of his phone ringing jolted him from his trance. He increased his pace and picked the phone up but to his surprise there was no call at all. He swiped down to see it was a notification from the gram. His eyes almost popped out of their sockets when he realised he had accidentally followed an instagram page. He quickly entered the app and saw it was a strang

  Nicholas' heart was in his throat and the thumping loud in his ears as he and Kelly had a staring contest.  Agnes was no different as she darted from Nicholas to Kelly and back. The silence was now getting loud as nobody refused to utter a word.  “Come on Li,is it you?” Kelly finally broke the silence.  Agnes was the first to react as she realised Kelly’s eyes were on her or so she thought because the sounds of footsteps became apparent the next second and a lady walked by.  Agnes was quick to react as she pulled Nicholas away,taking him to a corner.  Last Updated : 2026-01-14

“Well, that was fast?” Nicholas said in surprise.“I mean you still have to sign the papers but they have agreed to sell so technically yeah. Just paperwork left,”“Well. Great!”“We should leave now unless you want to stay a while longer to finish your nap?” Agnes inferred.“Yeah. No. I’ll finish my nap at home. How will the rest of the process go,”“You can come in person to sign the papers or I can bring them to you after they sign them. However you want it, sir,”“Nice. I’ll prefer you bring them to me and please keep my identity anonymous. I don’t want any unnecessary and unwarranted attention.”“As you wish then. I would love to drop you off but my reservation is still running so…”“No, it’s cool I’ll take a taxi. Just send me the invoice and the account details so I can make the settlements before you bring the papers,”“Definitely,” Agnes responded and watched Nicholas back as he left.Nicholas was down in the parking lot in no time. The lot was dry as he walked to the valet.