How awkward!Both Karen and Valerie stood awkwardly in place when they heard Tyne’s sudden exclamation.Especially Valerie, who wanted nothing more than to bury herself in the ground.She said that he was a server because she did not want to be seen as someone related to Fred, only for Tyne to expose her so blatantly. This made Valerie hate Fred even more.“Just how many more times do you want to embarrass me, Fred? For how long more do I have to suffer?”Valerie glared at Fred with hatred in her eyes.This time, Karen quickly tried to smooth things over. “Well, Tyne… You see, h-he may be married to Valerie, but not for long! T-They’re getting a divorce soon!“My daughter Valerie is too outstanding to marry a wimp like Fred! Wouldn’t you agree?”To call Fred a wimp and imply that he was unworthy of Valerie was no different from taking the man’s dignity and rubbing it on the ground with her foot.Not that Karen cared, because what was his dignity when it meant that she could di
Scott poured two glasses of wine and handed one to Valerie with a smile. “There’s no need to rush, Miss Cadman! Everything can wait until we’ve finished this glass.”‘Another glass?’Valerie grabbed the glass and wanted to down it, only for Scott to stop her with a smile. “Don’t drink it like that, Miss Cadman. How about we interlock our arms instead?”“But…”Valerie hesitated.Interlocking arms was a ritual done by newlyweds. Scott was evidently trying to take advantage of her by raising such a request.Scott’s smile fell at her hesitation, and he spoke with displeasure, “Why? Are you unwilling, Miss Cadman?”“I-It’s not that…”Valerie immediately tried to explain herself.Scott suddenly looked at Fred and smiled. “Oh, right! I forgot your husband is here with us, Miss Cadman. Fred, right? I’m sure you wouldn’t mind.”Scott’s intention was never to ask for Fred’s consent. Rather, he just wanted to satisfy a sick desire within him.After all, he had already heard from Valeri
“Hmm?”Fred’s reply stunned Scott and wiped away the contemptuous expression on the latter’s face. ‘W-What’s going on?‘I’m pretty sure I’m making a call to the chairman of Fantastic Group. So, why is Fred’s voice coming from my phone? ‘Did the line misconnect?’ “What are you looking at? What do you mean ‘it is’? I’m calling the chairman of Fantastic Group here. Who do you think you’re pretending to be?”Scott shouted angrily when he found Fred looking at him. Then, he grabbed his phone and walked toward the windows. After double-checking the number he was about to dial, he pressed call. He did it all while muttering to himself, “The line can’t possibly misconnect now that I’m so far away from him.”As to how Fred would react after being scolded, Scott could not care less.With the contract signed and the entirety of the Cadmans’ property owned by Fantastic Group, Scott saw no problem shouting at Fred, the Cadmans’ wimp of a son-in-law. Soon later, the call connected a
“Was it also a misunderstanding when you said I didn’t have a brain to think?“Then I suppose it was also a misunderstanding when you said I had no right, correct?”With each question, Fred took another step closer to Scott while the latter went from stepping backward to falling down and kneeling before Fred. In the end, Scott could not say a single word. All he could do was prostrate before Fred and knock his head against the floor loudly in regret as Fred turned and walked away. “Ignorant idiot!”Stellar harrumphed at Scott and followed Fred as he left.Scott shuddered from where he prostrated on the floor because he knew that while Fred did not say anything…It was over for him.Outside the hotel.Once Fred got into the car, Stellar immediately apologized regretfully, “Great One, I apologize for my incompetence.”“It’s alright.”Fred waved him off. Scott was too insignificant for Fred to be affected. Then, Fred asked, “About Cadman Group’s shares…”“What would you like
“It is.”Fred responded calmly to Tyne’s exclamation and continued his way.In truth, Fred had long recognized Tyne before she saw him.After everything that had happened since the fight outside the Cadmans’ residence, Fred could not possibly continue to stay with them. Thus, Stellar had prepared a place for Fred to stay.However, because of the short notice, the seaside villa that Stellar had arranged for still needed further paperwork before it could be ready for Fred. Therefore, to quote Stellar, Fred would have to endure staying in the single apartment under Fantastic Group for a few days.The apartment building was mostly populated by other employees of Fantastic Group, and to prevent them from bothering the chairman, Stellar kept a low profile and dropped Fred off at the junction before driving away.That was why Tyne felt that someone was stalking her.It was because Fred happened to be staying at the same single apartment block as she was, and they were both going in the
“How so?”Fred looked up and glanced at Tyne calmly before closing the door behind him with a bang. This left the stunned and awkward Tyne standing alone in the corridor.…“Why is Fred living here?”Tyne did not get a wink of sleep that night as she spent those hours thinking about that.Logically speaking, Fred, the wimp son-in-law of the Cadman family, was not worth her attention. The issue was just that Tyne had made too big a fool out of herself earlier today that she could not help but ponder over what happened.This was why she could not help but glance twice at the door Fred disappeared behind when she left for work the next morning.She knew that everyone staying within this apartment block was an employee of Fantastic Group.‘Does that mean Fred works under Fantastic Group?’This question met its answer not too long later.That afternoon, Fred and Tyne met each other again in what used to be Graham Group Tower but was now the headquarters of Fantastic Group’s Sea Ci
‘Secretary?’Fred huffed a chuckle.Fred had seen enough of how cruel people could be and had easily ignored what Tyne said to him. However, never would he have thought that after belittling and shouting at him just now, Tyne would end up being his secretary.He could imagine how hilarious Tyne’s expression would be once she found out that she had just berated her direct superior.“Should I ask her to report to your office later, Great One?”Stellar misinterpreted Fred’s smile.After all, there were more than enough cases where people of power had sexual relations with their secretaries.Fred may be the powerful and revered Great One, but he was still just a man. Stellar also knew that during the five years Fred lived with the Cadmans married to Valerie, their marriage was only in name.Stellar did not hear the conversation between Fred and Tyne just now. All he saw was that the two knew and talked to each other.He would not put it past Tyne to be Fred’s type.Stellar did no
The true question was who arranged for these two fake police officers to come to Fantastic Group and capture its owner, Fred, and what that person wanted to do.If Stellar could think of this, he knew Fred could too. However, Stellar realized that the latter’s expression had never changed from the calm one he had been wearing since the beginning. ‘Is he planning to lure the mastermind behind this?’With this suspicion, Stellar stopped arguing and said, “Fine, but I must follow you so that I can call our lawyer even if anything happens. Of course, if you won’t let me follow, then I’ll just have to call the bureau and talk to the mayor.”‘Talk to the mayor?’Panic flashed in both officers’ eyes, and one of them quickly replied, “That won’t be necessary. If you want to follow, then come along!”Before this, Stellar was merely doubtful about the legitimacy of the two officers’ identities. Now, though, Stellar was certain that they were fake. As Stellar followed Fred and walked out o