Chapter 104
Twenty Five years in prison
Frowning Bryan rubbed his temple with his index and middle finger, and then let out in anger at Joey‘s remarks, “Get out.”
A look of disbelief fell over Joey, who started to laugh hysterically at the request.
“Out?? What the hell is wrong with you?… You are seriously choosing that… over me!” Joey shouted, pointing at him accusingly. “This is bullshit man!!! I trusted you!!”
“Fuck off, Joey!!” Bryan screamed back at him.
“That will not be necessary.” Elijah casually said, making everyone turn to look at him, stunned by his comment
Calmly, Elijah walked past the two, sat down on the black leather couch, and crossed his legs over the other, looking Joey directly in the eyes and adding, “You are desperate for money, ain‘t you?… The ego of one can be very blinding. So you can either sit and let‘s talk or walk out. Your choice.”
A look of reluctance covered Joey‘s face as he clenched his jaw shut tight, and then he scoffed, mumbling, ‘What can you offer me?”
“Nah, it doesn‘t work that way… Try the other way around.” Elijah said calmly, staring at him with a blank look
“What can I offer you?!”
“Good. You are getting the hang of it.”
As a sense of arrogance and pride took hold of Joey‘s face, he puffed his chest and said, “Delphi Oil Co. is one of the top three companies in the state, and our products sell well and fast. And our company also has some pretty damn decent sales internationally…”
“Okay, so if you are that successful, then why are you so desperate for my money?” Elijah asked plainly, folding his arms over his chest.
A scoff escaped Joey‘s lips as he raised an eyebrow at Elijah and mumbled beneath his breath, “What money…”
with Elijah and continued, “We suffered a huge loss by investing in bad products recently, and the penalty was high. So,
a small smirk playing on his lips.” Take your mind out of the past… the glory that
that once clouded Joey‘s face disappeared, replaced by a mixture of calmness and embarrassment, as
sat on a Pedestal in the ruins of your company, acting high and mighty with me when you barely knew shit about me, past all the rumors and gossip. Now climb down from your cloud and let‘s
found himself nodding his head obediently as he said, “I agree. I shouldn‘t have judged the
thought to call me.” Elijah
is something I can profit off of in the end,
looked around, seeing the other
said, resting back in his seat, crossing his
he sat, Ryan crossed his arms over his chest, seeing her
the others, and all he could do was watch, wondering
going?” Ryan called out, interrupting her
Peach asked,
“The documents…”
entries are worked through, I
a moment, the silence dragged on for a while, and then Ryan‘s phone buzzed, making him reach into his pocket to pull it
glanced at the text, reading Elijah‘s words, “If Peach is still sitting at that table, convince her to get something from
that she was engrossed in the document, her brows furrowed, deep in concentration.
After a long pause, he leaned back in his seat and then yawned
Peach asked with
lazily. “Just hungry… You know what?! We should get something from the hotel restaurant. Umm… We can do room service, but I can
eyes, she gave a faint smile and then said, “Sure. We can grab something to eat and then I can finish this
Eco Gas Co. his attention was still divided as he tapped his
immediately check his inbox, staring at Ryan‘s text, “We are at
get?” Elijah texted back
Mr. Darius.” Curtis asked, his tone
you three seemed to have a solid standing in the Oil, gas, and Insurance fields and my only demand is that I will have fifty–one percent of
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