The turned billionaire heir

Chapter 4

The moment he had clicked on the drive for them to see what he was presenting, he smiled and looked at their faces. He was expecting to see that they had approved the presentation. But then, five minutes, ten minutes, they said nothing but held shock on their faces.

Are they not supposed to be happy? He thought, wondering what the problem could be. He was sure of what he had done. Could it be the video he had played for them to see? He thought and glanced at them. The moment he turned towards the big board, his eyes widened in shock.

What the hell? He thought in bewilderment as he hurriedly looked at the drive in his hands. It was the same drive he had saved the files and he was sure of it. No one else changed it.

What’s this? He thought as he stood rotted in a position. This was a pure definition of embarrassment.

In the video clip that was supposed to have his presentation saved, it was another video that had a stripper dancing around the Pole while a lot of ladies were spraying money on him. It was him?

He thought in shock.

He was too embarrassed to make a move. He did not understand why such video would play, especially in a situation like this. He did not even have the video and yet, things were going against him. Why did this have to happen to him? He lowered his head in shame and looked at the drive again. He could not understand what was going on. This was the worst moment of his life.

What he was doing in the video was what he did not understand. Why he was around the Pole dancing was what he did not understand. Why it was saved in the drive which was supposed to be his presentation was what he did not understand. Why this was a bad turnaround for him was what he did not understand.

Just as he had expected, none of them said anything. He raised his head and looked at them. A judge angrily stood up and stormed out of the conference room.

At that moment, the video had stopped playing. There and then, they all began to stand up until it remained just the director and the staff of the company.

“ I am highly disappointed in you! We trusted you!” the director said and pushed him away while he shut down the projector screen and walked away.

“ it should not have been you. Now, our competitors will start to mock us! You’ve placed them on top of our company. You’re the worst!” A staff said angrily and walked out.

“ do you know what my worst regret is? Making you the head of the supervision of this project. Now, I have to face a lot of queries!” the head manager said and left angrily with the other staff until it remained just him in the conference room.

He looked up and did not see his girlfriend again. They had all left him. They had all deserted him.

At that moment, someone walked towards the podium and walked up to him. He did not bother to look up because he was sure that they were there again to mock him.

“ Jack, I don’t understand why this have to happen to you but I am sure that it was not you. I still support you but why did you have to do this?” John asked. He looked up to see his best friend was concerned about him. He expected to see his girlfriend behind him but he saw no one.

Was she not the one that was supposed to comfort him at that moment? He needed her but she was not here!

“ I don’t understand why this will happen to me. I’m sure of what was here,” he said and pointed to the drive in his hands. It could not be a mix up because the drive had been with him since he left home.

“ I understand. You must have taken the wrong file and…”

“ John, don’t you understand? I have never had something like this before! All I have in my house is just my drive. The one I copied my files into” he said, still in bewilderment.

Now, all his plans of getting money had definetly come to an end. He was back to square one and now, at this rate, he could be fired.

“ I believe everything happens for a reason. Maybe the contract is not meant to be yours in the first instance!” he said again but Jack said nothing. He had nothing else to say. He was already tired of everything. This was already more than that. It was a setback for him.

What remained was now to face his shame. He picked up his paper files, the drive and his system as he left the conference room with his best friend.

He could hear gossips and whispers as he went back to his office. All he wanted was just a safe environment where he could clear his mind but then, it was not possible unless he wanted to be fired when he had not yet been fired.

“ He’s a stripper but acts all worthy?” he heard someone say. After all, that was what they saw. Why don’t they think that way? He had lost the courage to defend himself already. After all, no one would believe him. He hurriedly walked into the office and sat down. The moment he sat down, his co-workers stopped talking and stared at him. He knew that they had been talking about him all along for them to have stopped talking on sighting him.

He sighed and closed his eyes. This was not what he had been expecting would happen. A journey of a smooth environment turned into something disastrous. He brought out his phone to see if his girlfriend had posted anything because he felt for her. He knew that his co-workers might be making her go through a lot since she was his girlfriend.

The moment he switched on his phone, his eyes widened in shock at what he saw.

Again?