All Chapters of The Rejected Man's Rise: Chapter 121
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CHAPTER 121
“I’m sorry for being late,” Caleb rushed in and put his hands on the shoulders of both ladies. “I was admiring the buildings on my way here, so please forgive me.”Faye and Rita felt that he was totally giving an excuse, which wasn’t a good start.“What did you like about the buildings?” Russell asked. His voice was calm, but his gaze was stable. He was keenly observing Caleb.Rita and Faye thought that Caleb just dug himself a pit.“A lot of things,” Caleb said, walking toward the window. “This whole place is like a sweet shop where every sweet tastes fine on the tongue. You love it so much you want to know the recipe. But it’s not easy to decipher. The material used to build the skybridges for instance… it’s mixed with metal and bird bone, right?”“Bird bone?” Faye and Rita thought he was speaking nonsense.But Russell didn’t deny it.Russell looked at the girls and said, “Can I talk with him in private for a minute?”“O-Of course,” Faye and Rita quickly left the room.Caleb sat dow
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“If your reason isn’t satisfying, I will send you home without any deal.”Caleb took in a deep breath. “I’ll be honest, Mr. Russell. It’s been over five years since Creed Zone was built, and you have not expanded it horizontally even by a millimeter, right? You’ve only gone sky-way when you could have easily bought more land and expanded this place.“I liked how you stuck to this piece of land and did not trouble anybody living next to it. It’s not possible without having strong ethics. That’s why I wanted to sell my product to you. Of course, your tech is also quite advanced, so I thought you’d better understand my product.”“Many people have wanted me to expand,” Russell said, “even my grandfather. But my mother told me to have a friendly relationship with my neighbors and to show my creed with my actions. You’re the first outsider who noticed that and spoke positively about it.”“So, do we have a deal?” Caleb asked expectantly.Russell smiled and stood before putting his hand forwa
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A few minutes earlier.Faye and Rita walked out of Russell’s room.“You thought too much,” Faye said. “He wasn’t going to get revenge for the past. You’ve got it completely wrong.”“I know, but the situation made me think like that,” Rita was also upset with herself. “I knew he wasn’t going to betray us, but I still got nervous because my reputation was on the line.”Faye couldn’t blame her. “You quit being the CEO of your dad’s company, so succeeding in this deal with Russell will be a big boost to your resume. Are you sure you want to stay out while Caleb is talking?”“Caleb isn’t greedy, so I think he will successfully make the deal.”Her sudden rise of confidence in Caleb made Faye chuckle.“Money can change a person, so I hope Caleb won’t act arrogantly in front of Russell,” Faye said. “That guy is the richest in the world. If he wants, he can utterly crush us and our families with ease. Even if we fail to get the deal, we don’t want to make him our enemy.”Rita didn’t disagree.
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“There’s no chance for us to get back together,” Caleb said, not with a firm voice but with enough depth to convey his feelings.Rita’s countenance fell.Caleb started to walk away.Faye walked with him, already talking about the plans for the dinner that night.Rita clenched the mobile tightly. Seeing them enter the elevator, she rushed in and joined them before the door closed.“I thought you’d take a while to recover,” Faye said openly.“I’m not as deluded as someone thought I was,” she retorted calmly but coldly. “I definitely wasn’t expecting anyone to propose to me. As for why I didn’t question my father, it’s because I know that there’s no point in questioning someone who would never accept his mistake in this case. He’s fully against our relationship, so you’re the stupid one for expecting me to question my father.”Caleb frowned.“Also, I didn’t even know that my dad was oppressing you at the company until recently,” Rita said. “But I still do not feel that I made the wrong c
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After Rita left the building, she didn’t leave Creed Zone.She went to a shooting game store and vented her frustration by shooting moving holographic birds flying around in the room.Unfortunately, she missed every single time and failed to hit once in twenty attempts.The shop owner lowered the difficulty and reduced the distance between her and the birds. Only then, Rita was able to land hits.And she kept shooting nonstop.Each trigger press cost 1 dollar, and she shot over 300 times and killed over 160 birds.Only after getting tired, she stopped.“My shoulders got stiff from all the shooting,” Rita thought, but then suddenly remembered the time when she said something similar in the past.When she disguised herself and worked as a low-level employee, she used to sit at the desk next to Caleb’s. After working till for a few hours, she would complain about her shoulders hurting, and Caleb massaged her for a minute or two, giving her quick relief.Remembering those times only upset
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Caleb was driving home, but he received a message from someone he least expected.It was Sherry.And the message was Denise getting fired from her company. The reason was not mentioned, but Sherry said in the message that it was probably due to the fact that Denise had posted their pics together on social media. Someone who didn’t like Caleb must have had her removed. Sherry even went on to say that it could be Mike.“Mike? He doesn’t have the time or the influence right now to do that,” Caleb said, slowly frowning. “I think I know who is behind this.”He could think of two names: Harvey Blake and Edward Grand.And he was right. It wasn’t just one of them but both of them that were behind Denise getting fired from her job.“How dare they drag an innocent woman into their bout with me?” Caleb felt very furious, especially toward Edward.But this wasn’t the right time yet.Once the Creed Tech Zone company releases the new mobile with his new OS and his new mobile app, then the whole wor
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“Sorry. Do I know you?” Denise asked respectfully.“I thought you’d recognize me,” Caleb replied. “This is a bit embarrassing…”“Mm?” Denise slightly frowned. “I really don’t recognize you.”Caleb raised his hand and adjusted his watch. “I’m not sure if you’re pranking or not.”“Why would I prank a stranger?” she asked back. “What is your name?”“Caleb J. Cole,” he said.Denise paused for a moment, and then her eyes slowly widened. She took a step back as she remembered the face of Caleb she knew.He looked so much different after losing weight. He did not look this good even when he was in school.“D-Did you go through some kind of operation?” Denise asked in shock, her eyes still wide open.“Operation?” Caleb pulled up the suit’s sleeve and clenched his fist, which revealed multiple veins on his forearm that looked chiseled. “Do you think an operation can achieve this? I worked my butt off to lose weight and gain muscle.”Of course, the system helped him significantly, but he didn’t
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“What is this company you’re allying with?” Andy asked. “You can tell me so that I can help you. I will make sure that you won’t be fooled by any corporate company.”Caleb was a bit amazed by Andy’s shamelessness. Despite him cursing, Andy was still trying to cling to him.“I already have the backing of two people who have a lot more influence than you,” Caleb replied with a smile. “So I don’t need you. Your niece doesn’t need you, either, whether she choose to work under me or not.”Andy did not like the calm confidence in Caleb’s voice. He wanted to extract as much information as possible from him, so he showered Caleb with a lot of questions.Caleb, however, did not give him a single straight answer.Still, Andy was smiling. He shifted his attention to Denise. “You should work for Caleb. And I will also help you.”Denise could understand why her uncle was being so desperate.Joining a company, which was sure to rise, during its inception itself would do wonders for one’s career lat
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Denise saw Caleb out.She came down all the way to the parking lot and was surprised to see his luxury car Dodge Challenger Hellcat.“Where should I come tomorrow morning?” she asked. “Do you have an office yet?”“No, but I’ll leave that to you. You have enough experience and contacts to pull that off, right?” Caleb asked.“Of course,” Denise smiled a bit angrily because it felt like he was purposely testing her.Caleb smiled back and then drove away.Denise exhaled audibly. “It’s only been a few months since I’ve last seen him. It feels like our roles have been reversed.”She was the one having a successful career a few months back. Caleb was the one struggling both physically and mentally.But now, she lost her job and ended up receiving an offer from Caleb. What’s more, Caleb looked so much better than ever.This almost felt like a dream.She opened a document that her uncle had given her before. It contained basic information about Caleb.“He has been living in that same apartment
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Caleb was almost home.A phone call made him stop the car on the roadside.“Mr. Buckner?” Caleb was hearing it for the first time.“Yes, I’m Gary Spielman, the chairman of Ghost Dream investment company,” he said, his voice slightly emotional. “I called you because I need your help.”“My help? What can I do for you to own a multi million dollar company?”“You own a 20 percent stake in my wife’s company,” Gary said.Caleb frowned. “Since when did you know that?”“It hasn’t been long,” Gary said. “I kept it confidential, but now, some of my stakeholders are trying to bring my company down by cutting off the connection with all the companies I’ve invested in.”“Do you know who’s behind it?”“I have some information, but it’s not solid.”“So… what can I do for you?”“Because of the sudden withdrawal of the companies, some of the board members also abandoned me.”“Ghost Dream investments have become a sinking ship for them, huh. If it was a public company, the stock price would have hit the