Meanwhile,
Frans briefly separated after congratulating Edward on his victory. The sound of the phone made him have to pick it up immediately, he deliberately left quietly when Dominic and Bryan approached him. At that moment, Jack, Hillary, and the others rushed out of the courtroom before Edward noticed. Everything will fall apart if Edward finds out that Brandy is the lawyer he sent to defend Katty in this trial.
Frans quickly picked up the phone after seeing the name on his cell phone screen.
"Hello!" Frans answered in a whisper, he slightly covered the sound of his cell phone so no one could hear. The old face looked agitated as he received the phone call, his eyes darting around as if he was observing the surroundings. He was afraid someone was listening to his conversation.
"Hello Mr. Frans!" replied the man who always made Frans afraid and worried.
"What else do you want to call?"
"I want to collect on your promise, Old Man! Didn't you promise to pay me extra?"
"Yeah, I'll pay for it. But can you just be patient for a bit to wait, huh?" Frans looks annoyed with the man he is talking to. Edward's assistant seemed to regret having hired the man and his friends to carry out this crazy plan in the office he held alone.
"Sorry old man, you promised today, so you immediately transfer my request this morning before I reveal all this plan to the authorities!" the man threatened.
"Damn you, Antonio! You want to threaten me?"
"No, but I warned you not to make fun of me, Old Man!" retorted Antonio firmly.
Frans clenched his fists, holding back the anger that suddenly rose due to Antonio's words. "Remember Antonio, I am a CEO of a big company, I could have made him just a name circulating in a newspaper! So--"
"Go ahead, Old Man! Do you think I'm afraid of your threats? Does that mean you are wrong if you think like that, I'm not afraid of your threats at all," Antonio replied defiantly, he made Frans not continue his sentence. "You better do as I ask before I spread this conversation of ours!"
"Y-you...recorded it?"
"Yes, so you don't dare to mess around like this time!" Antonio firmly sucked in his cigarette, then he exhaled thick smoke from his mouth and nose. The smile of victory was very clear on the tattooed man's face.
Frans was very scared, he did not want to be in jail or spend the rest of his life behind bars in the cold and dirty. If only the deal didn't exist, and if only he'd never said his word to Josh and Daniella, maybe he wouldn't have done all of this.
Frans remembers the first time he was accepted to work at the big company everyone dreams of, even though it was still not progressing as fast as it is today, Daniella and Josh had entrusted him with helping or being their second assistant. Then not long after, after a few months, he worked and Josh and Daniella got married, he began to be trusted to hold one of the companies of Edward's parents after there was a bankruptcy issue which caused huge losses due to the companies being handled by brothers Josh and Daniella. So that their companies are not completely taken over by all the brothers Edward and Daniella.
Luckily, the company thrived. But another problem comes from Josh and Daniella's only child, who is getting bigger and more challenging to manage. Edward's parents gave him messages that made no sense to him.
"Remember Frans, we believe in you. Guide Edward so that he becomes the CEO of these companies and be strong against our greedy and greedy brothers and sisters." Message Josh.
But it was different from Daniella who gave a long letter for Edward to read when the two of them were gone and Edward had become a great CEO in any way according to what Frans had planned.
"I want Edward to feel the pain of all these companies. So he can know how we both fought tooth and nail to build this company so he can feel the luxury. But it turns out we were wrong, therefore, it is your job to make Edward stand up and become great and strong later when fighting his uncle and aunts," Daniella asked him.
And Frans will not forget any of that. But unfortunately, Frans is like a criminal who is always afraid.
"Damn, why did it get even worse like this? Why did everything come out of the plan that I had arranged?" thought Frans lightly hitting the wall in front of him.
"Fine, I'll give you the payment today. Just wait!" he said.
"Good! Why didn't you do this earlier, Old Man? So everything could have run smoothly if you didn't procrastinate like this morning!" added Antonio laughing happily.
"It's better if we end this conversation after my payment is transferred, I hope there will be no further talks!" Frans insisted.
"All right, all right, Old Man. But remember, if you deny it, I will not hesitate to kill you!"
Frans didn't speak, he immediately hung up the phone and went to the bank to fulfill his promise to Antonio. However, he had not gone too far when his cell phone rang again in his trouser pocket.
The old man chuckled in annoyance, he immediately took the cell phone that he had just put in his trouser pocket.
"Master Edward!" Frans pressed the green button and put the phone to his ear. "Hello Young Master!"
"Hello Uncle, where are you?"
"I'll go to the bank for a moment, Young Master. What's wrong?"
"Tomorrow I want us to go to all of Mommy and Daddy's companies that uncle and aunt hold. I want to do a surprise inspection for all of them to investigate whether they are really traitors or not!" called Edward explained everything.
"Wh-what? But why the sudden, sir? I haven't got all the files ready for you either!"
"No need Uncle, in fact, this is more interesting than knowing what's in that company!" Edward said with a grin, his mind imagining the expressions on his uncle and aunt.
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To Be Continued.