The Love that Never Really Dies

Sebastian walked into his office and headed straight to the coffee machine to make himself a cup before he settled on a couch to catch his breath. He did not seem bothered about what was going on in the meeting room.

The strenuous activity from last night took up a lot of his energy.

On the other hand, Luke was pacing outside the office impatiently. His knees almost buckled when he saw how relaxed his boss looked.

“Mr. Hayes, why are you still sipping on your coffee leisurely? You don’t have time for that! The shareholders are in the meeting room. Even Mr. Hayes Sr. is here.”

“What?”

The last line grabbed Sebastian’s attention.

They got Dad to come over too?

These old blokes must have nothing better to do! They are only itching to create more trouble.

Sebastian pursed his lips and finally set his coffee mug down on the table before reluctantly trudging to the meeting room next door.

Bang!

He could already sense the tense atmosphere from the outside with sounds of things being thrown across the room.

“Frederick, the company is not owned by your son alone. He has cost us a billion in the blink of an eye, and he did not even seek consent before he made that decision!”

“Exactly! It’s a billion in losses, not merely a hundred thousand. Mr. Hayes, with all due respect, have you considered how we feel? We allowed him to take this position to help us profit, not thoughtlessly squander our money away.”

“You…”

long while. He couldn’t find the words to rebuke the

and

Click!

they saw the person standing at the

him at Hayes Corporation,

the group’s reaction. Instead, he walked towards the head of the table and pulled out

sat elegantly and

did he become such

as he

aren’t you talking anymore? Please continue.” Sebastian stated after a long pause. There was a ghost

When he was not

present, their courage seemed to have

mean to be rude, but we deserve an explanation

to you when it’s merely a billion? How about the time when I raked in tens and hundreds of billions? At that time, I didn’t see you making such a big commotion as you are doing now. Do you want to review the ledgers? We can most

Sebastian straightened himself.

rest of the shareholders watched him, they

in that way. We only want to understand why you did not stop our

their attitude towards him changed drastically. They stooped down to

their change in reaction, Sebastian sneered, “I’m the person who is in charge of the company. But I can’t even have the room to make losses. How are you so sure that I did not

harsh, and no one dared to speak

his leadership, he did increase their revenue by a

him