"Mm" Lilly groaned as she felt her head throbbing in pain. She was sure that she and her boss were shot by the guards that suddenly barged into the dining room... Her eyes immediately snapped open and she attempted to stand up but her body was still very weak.
"Careful, your body is still weak so just take the rest of the day off and go back to sleep. You will feel better after that." Katherine brought a glass of water to the now teary eyed Lilly.
With slightly shaky hands she took the water in her hands before gulping it down and drinking and emptying the glass. Katherine was about to refill the glass for her when Lilly suddenly held her hands and broke down in tears "I'm so sorry boss I should have made more research before having you go to that meeting with that psycho. Are you okay? What happened? We both fell unconscious so how are we here now? Oh this is all my fault, I'm sorry" Lilly continued to sob and Katherine inched closer and hugged her.
"It's not your fault Lilly so don't worry about it. I'm perfectly fine, we were rescued by someone before he could do anything to us so don't worry. I myself woke up a few minutes ago and found myself here in the office. I'm sure the ones that rescued us will deal with that lunatic so don't worry. " Katherine coed as she rubbed her hand on lily's back trying to calm her down.
Lilly slowly pulled out from the hug to look at Katherine's face clearly "So you are *hiccups not mad at me?"
"Of course not, why would I be mad at you when I know that the situation was absolutely out of your control? Lie down and have some rest Lilly, the doctor had given me more shots so that i would be able to finish today's work. I will wake you up when it's time to leave." Katherine patted Lilly's head before she stood up and went back to her desk to finish her work for the day.
Since it's thirty minutes past two in the afternoon, she decided to tell Xander about the incident later when she arrives home because he might urge her to leave work and go back home so that he could see whether she was perfectly alright or not. The thought of her overly protective husband brought a beautiful smile to Katherine's face.
Lilly was yet again awestruck by Katherine. She had worked for other CEO's in the past but none of them had ever treated her this kind. She admired Katherine's strength to handle tough situations, her independence, her competence and brilliance. In a male dominated business world, Katherine was among the few women who stood out and are holding the flag of success very high in the sky.
Lilly vowed in her heart to serve Katherine with the utmost loyalty, love and respect. She promised to work harder and aid her boss in achieving more success. With that thought in mind, she drifted to a peaceful dreamless sleep.
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"That incompetent fool! How dare he humiliate our family like this?! And to murder his own elder brother is just simply unacceptable. I will sever all relations with him, tell our lawyers to remove him from our family registry, he is no longer my son, I have disowned him." Chairman Walter John screamed at his assistants and secretaries which made them immediately scurried of to fulfill his orders.
He picked up a class of water and gulped down the entire content before throwing the glass straight at the TV that was showing the naked video of his son and the glass shattered against it.
An hour ago, Walter John - the chairman of Pixue enterprises was leisurely sitting on a chair in his study while reading some documents regarding the company when his phone buzzed and then hundreds of messages and phone calls disrupted his peaceful evening. He took the phone in his hands and opened the latest message that came in.
"Mr chairman, I would like to withdraw my investment from your company. After watching what your son did on the news i do not want any affiliations with your business."
Walter John immediately went to the living room and switched on the TV, he was immediately greeted by the blurred explicit video of his son naked and masturbating. He switched to another channel and the channel was playing the audio confession of William admitting to killing his elder brother in order to acquire the ceo position. The next channel he switched to was showing evidences of all the sexual assaults that William did to many females.
His face contorted in anger, he always knew that his second son was up to no good but he never thought he would stoop this low. He had always over-looked his mischievousness because no matter what, he was still his son and he loved him. When his first son suddenly died due to and accident he was heartbroken and devastated because he loved all his children especially his first born very much.
He wanted to give the CEO position to his last and third son, his last born because his second son William was incapable of handling a company, even though he wanted it, he was clearly lacking the skills and the abilities to run a company like that. But William threatened to kill himself if he doesn't get what he wanted and his father who was still grieving the loss of his first born gave in to his demands. He didn't have the strength to bear the loss of another one of his children.
Walter received a call from his lawyer to confirm whether he truly wanted to remove William from his family registry and he answered in affirmation. He was still on the phone when his butler ran in the living room in a panicked state, he hanged up the phone and turned his attention to the butler.
"what is it?" Walter asked with furrowed brows
"Master, the gates of this mansion is in riot, many people from the public have marched here demanding an apology from you and for you to take the right action against second young master." the scared butler uttered all in one breath. He couldn't believe their peaceful day would end up in such a disastrous way.
"What? Has the situation escalated to that extent??" Walter was more than frustrated by this, he blamed himself for not disciplining his second son for his past actions hence the reason why he became more and more audacious.
He stood up and started walking towards the door that led to the outside of the mansion and his butler immediately followed him. "Master I don't think it is safe for you to go out there, what if they attack you? Please go back inside and i will fetch the security to handle the situation." the butler was freaking out, he was worried for his master's safety.
Walter stood in his tracks and turned to his butler with a solemn expression "No, we need to take responsibility for this. Even though none of us was aware of William's plots and evilness he was still part of our family when he committed those sins so an apology and ensuring that he stays in jail would be the least I could do. I can never forgive him for taking his brothers life and for ruining many others."
After saying his piece he walked out and stood at the gate of his mansion, the security immediately stood in front of him in a protective stance and he looked at at the people who were carrying posters of his second son and a red cancel mark on it. The paparazzi and news reporters were there recording everything and waiting for his statement and he didn't waste any more time and addressed them maturely.
"As all of you might have seen, my second son William John has committed atrocious and unforgivable sins against many innocent people including his very own elder brother. I would like to officially apologize to all the people that he has harmed and I promise you that I will will personally ensure that he doesn't escape justice and that he stays in jail for the rest of his life. I blame myself for not raising him properly and because of my shortcomings as a father he was able to do all these evil deeds without my knowledge. I assure you that I have already disowned him and he will no longer have the privilege of being my son. I am sorry once again."
After completing his speech Walter walked back into the mansion and a few minutes later his third son arrived.
"Dad, I'm going to make sure that bastard gets tortured severely for murdering elder brother. How could he do this to us?!" Wilmore seethed in anger as soon as he stepped into his father's study room.
"Now is not the time to be blinded by emotions. I have already called for a shareholders meeting, you will be the next CEO. I heard William got exposed right after he had a lunch meeting the the CEO of Therine Corporations so make sure to schedule a meeting with her after you are appointed as the new CEO. She might have something to do with all this, we need to get on her good side because our company's shares are plummeting right now and having an association with her could save us." Walter sternly instructed his son.
"Okay dad. I will not disappoint you." Said Wilmore while trying his hardest to control his rage. He wanted to just run to the police station and beat William to a pulp.
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