2026-05-13 01:02:43“What’s going on here?”
Harris immediately straightened up. “Mr. David, you don’t have to worry about anything. We have everything under control, just a lunatic causing problems.”
“Alright. I don’t want any more ruckuses here, we are expecting an important visitor,” David said, walking into the company.
Harris turned to his men. “Did you hear that? We are expecting an important visitor; make sure you drive him out of here immediately!”
“Mr. David, I didn’t realise you were so busy!” Alan called after him.
David stopped in his tracks, furrowing his brows in confusion. He turned around, trying to get a glimpse of Alan, but Harris was blocking his view.
“How dare you call Mr. David without respect? You have really bitten more than you can chew! Men, make sure you beat him black and blue till he ends up on the road as a cripple!”
The men immediately raised their batons to strike him.
“Harris, that’s enough! Let me see who’s trying to cause trouble for us,” David said.
Harris turned to look at him and reluctantly moved away. David’s eyes widened.
Thud!
Harris and the guards gasped. Mr. David actually went to his knees at the sight of this man. Who was he that could make Mr. David who was feared by the upper class to fall to his knees?
“Mr. Walker, I didn’t know it was you. I would have to greet you personally. Please forgive my ignorance, chairman!”
Chair-chairman?
Their faces fell as they exchanged glances.
The man they had bullied was the chairman?
Harris was the first to recover from this shock. He approached Mr. David cautiously.
“Mr. David, what are you saying? This man can’t possibly be the chairman, are you mistaken? There are doppelgangers in the world, and it is easy to find people that look like rich men. How can the chairman arrive in ordinary clothes? Don’t be deceived by his face.”
Mr. David instantly stood up, shaking terribly with anger; he sent a loud resounding slap to Harris’s cheek.
Pah!
“Who do you think you are to look down on the chairman because of his dressing? You actually had the guts to bully the chairman and instead of you all trying to find a way to ask for Mr. Walker’s forgiveness, you are trying to justify your actions. You almost beat up the chairman! Harris, what can you say for yourself?!” Mr. David hollered. As he spoke, most of the guards surrounding Alan fell to their knees.
Thud!
Thud!
Thud!
Thud!
Thud!
…
“Mr. Walker, please forgive us!” They cried in unison.
“We were blind! We didn’t know!”
“Please have mercy on us, Mr. Walker!”
Harris swallowed hard as Alan narrowed his eyes at him. He was the last to fall on his knees, slowly retracting his hand from his reddened cheek which stung from the pain of David's hard slap.
Thud!
“Mr. Walker, please do not take your wrath out on us! We were ignorant and only following orders. Please forgive us!” He pleaded.
“You were not only ignorant but also arrogant! You thought that I was just an ordinary beggar and looked down on me. You also took the side of a company employee even when they were at fault, and didn’t bother to ask for my side of the story. Even if a report was made, there were cameras everywhere and you must have seen the whole thing unfold! My company does not require these types of employees!”
“No, Mr. Walker!” Harris cried. “We have families who depend on us. My son is about getting married, where do I get the dowry from? Please don’t relieve us of our duties, Mr. Walker!”
“You wanted to break my limbs and make me a cripple,” Alan’s gaze sharpened on him and cold sweat broke out on Harris’s forehead.
“Mr. Walker, I was only following orders!”
“You were only following orders but assuming I was not someone important, I would have been crippled by now. Mr. David, is this the kind of employee you have? Snobs who would use their authority to hurt others?” Alan asked with a frown.
David didn’t even dare to look at him as he was covered in sweat as well. Alan’s aura was intimidating and domineering.
“You are all fired!” Alan said and walked into the company.
Harris immediately stood up and hurriedly towards Mr. David. “Mr. David, please don’t relieve us of our duties! Help us!”
David pushed him away. “My job is also on the line so scram!”
He glanced at the others. “All of you! Scram!”
…
“OMG! Is that the chairman?” The employees began to whisper.
“Are you blind? Can’t you see that Mr. David is being respectful towards this man and we are expecting the chairman, so definitely that’s the chairman!”
“After so many years, he is finally back!”
Kira and Michael immediately hurried to the lobby to get a glimpse of the long awaited Chairman but Alan and David were walking so fast that no one was able to see his face.
“Oh, I couldn’t get a glimpse of the Chairman.” Kira groaned. ‘They say the chairman is handsome, so young, not inferior to those high class heirs of those Great Families, if I can get close to him…’, she fantasised.
“Perhaps, I will be able to meet him during my meeting with Mr. David,” Michael replied.
Kira grabbed his wrist. “Michael, you must do whatever you can to become acquainted with him. Perhaps, I and the Chairman can become an item and then when that happens, I will become the Chairman’s wife and I will make sure to influence him to give you whatever deal you propose.”
“Consider it done,” Michael replied with a wink. “As my sister in-law, you definitely will get my help.”
Kira folded her arms with a smug expression. If she is able to get to the chairman, with the power and wealth at her disposal, all her friends would even value her the most. Gold Aries was one of the fastest-rising companies in the city, and it was even recognised on a national level. It was said that the chairman had founded the company and raised it to such heights in just six years; imagine being the wife of such a talented person.
She won’t have to work all day. Servants will always be at her disposal. She couldn’t help but marvel at the thought. All she had to do was get into the bed of this young shining star, with Michael’s help of course.
Meanwhile, the man she was actually fantasising about was no other than the man she despised with her every being, Alan.
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