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CHAPTER 197
The clatter of silver cutlery and low conversation filled the luxurious dining hall of The Carlton Meridian Hotel, a known gathering place for high-profile business moguls and rising entrepreneurs. At the far end of the room, where the polished marble reflected the golden chandelier light, Javier Everhart sat alone at a corner table.Dressed in a charcoal-gray jacket, black turtleneck, and worn leather shoes, Javier looked more like a literature professor than the CEO of a multinational conglomerate. No one gave him a second glance.Except for the waiter who approached, barely concealing his distaste.“Sir, are you sure you’re in the right place?” the young man asked, forcing a smile. “This area is reserved for a private business luncheon.”Javier looked up, calm as always. “Yes, I know.”The waiter blinked. “Are you—are you with one of the registered companies?”“No,” Javier replied simply. “But I was invited.”Before the waiter could respond, a loud, brash voice from the next table
CHAPTER 196
The scent of roasted coffee lingered in the air, mingling with the low hum of chatter and clinking cutlery. Café Léon was packed with white-collared professionals in their tailored suits, most too engrossed in their laptops or meetings to notice the man quietly seated by the window in a plain navy coat. Javier Everhart stirred his tea slowly, eyes half-lidded as he listened to the conversation unfolding at the table beside him.“…he showed up in loafers and no tie. Can you believe that?” one man scoffed, his voice sharp with mockery.Another chuckled. “I thought he was a janitor at first. Imagine showing up to a business pitch looking like that. What was his name again? Javi-something?”“Javier. Javier something,” the first man replied, then added with an exaggerated grin, “He looked like he got dressed at a thrift shop.”Javier said nothing. His expression remained unchanged, his spoon clinking once against the side of the teacup as he set it down. The two men didn’t recognize him—no
CHAPTER 195
“Are you lost?”The question came with a smile that didn’t quite reach the eyes. The woman at the front desk of Blackstone University’s Scholarship Office gave Javier a once-over—plain brown shoes, pressed slacks, a simple gray coat—and then promptly ignored him, tapping away at her keyboard.Javier didn’t answer right away. He never rushed.“I’m here to speak with the board,” he said, voice steady.She scoffed. “Do you have an appointment?”“No.”“Then I suggest you wait over there,” she said, nodding toward a corner bench. “Or better yet, leave. The board doesn’t meet with just anyone off the street.”Behind Javier, Valeria stood silently, her hands clasped in front of her, eyes calm but observant. She said nothing. She didn’t need to. She knew how these things played out—slowly, painfully, like a mirror being turned on the arrogant.A few moments passed.Then a short, balding man in a navy suit stepped into the room. His eyes widened at the sight of Javier.“Mr. Everhart!” he blurt
CHAPTER 194
“You again?”The voice belonged to a tall man in an expensive grey suit, his cologne strong enough to command the entire hallway. He sneered as he looked Javier up and down, starting from the plain brown loafers to the modest wristwatch and simple coat.Javier simply nodded, standing quietly in front of the glass elevator.The man scoffed. “Let me guess, you’re here to sell us more of those budget analytics tools? Or maybe pitch another one of those community center investments?” He turned to his companion and chuckled, “Honestly, I don’t know how these nobodies keep getting into this building.”The other man joined in the laughter.Javier said nothing. Not because he lacked words, but because none were necessary.This wasn’t the first time he had been mistaken for someone beneath their attention. Nor would it be the last.“Actually,” a woman’s voice cut in, “he has an appointment. In the executive boardroom.”All three men turned.Valeria stood a few feet away, clipboard in hand, tab
CHAPTER 193
The next morning, the lobby of the Everhart Tower buzzed with life. Staff moved efficiently, journalists lingered outside the front doors, and the air carried the tension that often followed a business empire’s quiet shift in power.Inside his office, Javier Everhart stood by the floor-to-ceiling windows, hands in his pockets, staring at the skyline. His appearance remained as unassuming as ever—a plain navy sweater, worn leather shoes, no watch, no expensive jewellery: just him, and the silence he wore like a crown.Across the city, news had broken."Everhart Holdings Acquires Controlling Interest in Four Major Investment Firms Overnight""The Man No One Recognized: Javier Everhart’s Silent Takeover of Langston and Associates""Crescent Club in Chaos After Boardroom Revelation"And yet, Javier’s phone remained silent. He didn’t need to answer anything. He had already spoken with action.There was a soft knock on the door.“Come in,” he said quietly.Valeria entered, her stride smooth
CHAPTER 192
It was a quiet Tuesday morning when Javier Everhart stepped into the glass-walled lobby of The Crescent Club—a private investment circle notorious for accepting only the elite. The kind who wore arrogance like silk and couldn’t tell the difference between old money and earned power.Javier’s coat was the same. Simple. Grey. No designer logo. His shoes, though polished, had walked through more construction sites and factories than luxury ballrooms. He didn’t look like he belonged—and that was precisely the point.The receptionist, a young man with gel-slicked hair and a barely concealed smirk, looked up from behind the counter.“Deliveries are through the back entrance,” he said, not bothering to look twice.Javier’s eyes didn’t flicker. “I’m here for the investors’ roundtable.”The receptionist let out a short laugh. “Sir, this is a closed session. Only invited principals and managing partners. No observers or interns.”A few businessmen waiting near the elevators chuckled softly at t
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