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…”

company in a long while. He couldn’t

enough of the chaos and decided to enter

Click!

they

mess with him

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

gentleman, he sat elegantly and glanced around the room with

become such a calm

was getting goosebumps as he

anymore? Please continue.” Sebastian stated after a long pause. There was a ghost of a smile on his

was common for these shareholders to act like that. When he was not around, they would think

present, their courage seemed to have

don’t mean to be rude, but we deserve an explanation regarding

and hundreds of billions? At that time, I didn’t see you making such a big commotion as you are doing now. Do

Sebastian straightened himself.

of the shareholders watched him, they collectively felt a chill down their

in that way. We only want to understand why you did not stop our company’s share

him changed drastically. They stooped down to

company. But I can’t even have the room to make losses. How are you

one

the last few years under his leadership, he did increase their revenue by a few folds. Many times, he did not

with him when he brought up