Filed to story: The Disguised Billionaire and His Accidental Wife Novel
The Hunt boys were lost for words.
“Ms. Stone, we…”
“Get lost! Not another word from you!”
With a grim look on her face, Elisa told the Hunts to leave.
“Serenity, take the broom and throw them out if they refuse to leave. Don‘t waste your manners on them.”
She then picked up a fruit basket and hurled it out.
It was to make room for her desserts.
Now that they found out who Elisa was, the Hunts dared not say a word. Pale in the face, John drew close to carry the two fruit baskets out. The rest went to take the other fruit baskets away.
John even picked up the scattered basket and fruits that were tossed out by Elisa.
A fruit basket cost a couple of hundred bucks.
The Hunts would rather eat the fruits than give them to Serenity.
As if Serenity cared. It was not like she never ate fruits before.
John took a ride in Mike‘s car to get to Serenity‘s shop. He got into the car and called his boss, Mr. Ziegel, right away. John wanted to explain to Mr. Ziegel about the earlier incident.
Unfortunately, Mr. Ziegel had already received notice from the headquarters. Before John could finish talking, Mr. Ziegel expressed his regret. “John, the dispute between you and your cousins is simple and easily resolvable. You could‘ve apologized with earnestness and issued a public apology online. Not only will your cousins forgive you, but the online community will also let the thing go since you‘re willing to admit fault and change for the better.
“But what did you do? You‘ve been on suspension for a while, but you couldn‘t even take care of the matter. Things have only gotten ugly. You angered Ms. Stone and disappointed the headquarters. Arrange for a time to do your handover at the office. I‘d suggest you refrain from looking for a job for now. Ms. Stone would make it hard for you to get a job in the city.”
“Mr. Ziegel… Mr. Ziegel… I…”
Mr. Ziegel had hung up on him.
Furious, John was tempted to smash the phone.
How was he supposed to know that Serenity and Elisa were good friends? It never crossed his mind that Elisa would overhear his threats.
Behind the wheel, Mike asked his cousin, “Do you reckon there‘s a way out of this?”
“I‘m told to return to the office for a handover. Mr. Ziegel suggests that I don‘t look for a job for now. Ms. Stone will be out to get me.”
John was bitter.
Mike was livid too.
Ms. Stone was totally unreasonable. She had the nerve to accuse them of shamelessness when she was no better than them.
She thought little of them just because she was born into a good family. A while later, John uttered resentfully, “Since they kicked me out of the company, I‘m going to apply for a job with their competitor. It‘ll be a piece of cake to join York Corporation. Stone Group should not blame me for going against them.
“An eye for an eye. Do they think I can‘t live without Stone Group?”
Big companies loved to acquire talent from their rival companies to get a competitive advantage. John was a talent from Stone Group, so he trusted York Corporation would welcome him to the team.
Once he found his two feet and climbed up the corporate ladder, John would have the chance to shoot Elisa down in Mr. York‘s presence. Elisa could forget marrying into the York family.
The unreasonable woman did not deserve the heir of the Yorks and icon of the business world.
“Mike, we shouldn‘t bother apologizing to Serenity. That brat won‘t let us off the hook. She‘s trying to get us to apologize publicly on Twitter. Well, dream on!”
John said wickedly, “I‘ll drive a wedge between her and her husband, and destroy her marriage once I get into York Corporation. I want Serenity and her sister to suffer and regret what she did to me today.”
He heard that Serenity‘s husband was working at York Corporation. John would have many opportunities to befriend her husband when they became colleagues. It would be easy to set the couple at odds.
Mike replied, “Did you think I wanted to come? We’re suffering dire consequences here. My friends in the city have cut ties with me over it. I‘ve spent years building networks, but I lost them in a second. It‘s been hard on my business. Who would want to apologize if not to protect our financial interests?”
John was without a word.
As mentioned by Serenity, the Hunts would never have yielded unless the matter was so bad that it hurt their financial interest. They had not given in completely either. The Hunt often got on Serenity‘s nerves every time they went to her shop.
It was like Mr. Ziegel said; they complicated a simple thing and were nowhere near resolving the issue.
“How did Serenity come to know Ms. Stone? What love guru was she talking about?”
John pursed his lips and replied, “Ms. Stone is crazy for Mr. York. I guess Serenity is teaching her how to woo Mr. York. Serenity will get it once Mr. York finds out she had been giving ideas to Ms. Stone.” “I mean how did they know each other? By right, Serenity wouldn‘t cross paths with an heiress like Ms. Stone.”
Mike was envious that Serenity rubbed shoulders with Ms. Stone and got Ms. Stone to have her back.
Elisa might not be working at Stone Group, but she was still the heiress of the Stones. This title carried weight. Her brother was one of the best CEOs in Wiltspoon. “Who knows how they met? I suddenly thought of an idea to deal with Serenity. It’ll ruin her relationship with Ms. Stone.” Quick to catch on, Mike said, “Are you going to squeal on Serenity to Mr. York? But how are you going to meet the big man? I heard you must make an advance appointment to see him, and you might not even get one. The appointment is filtered and reviewed before it reaches Mr. York.
“I also heard that many employees of York Corporation have not met Mr. York despite working there for many years.”
The heir of the wealthiest York family was a godlike presence to ordinary businessmen like them. While they had heard rumors about the man, there was no way they could meet Mr. York in person.