Chapter 3: With The Board
"Ouch ouch!" the receptionist cried when the coffee poured on her leg.
James saw her struggle and winked at her then gave her some time to collect herself together before following her to the conference room where the board of elders were already waiting for them.
"You must be Mr. Baron, the young master of the Baron family" She beamed with excitement as she spoke with him.
Even when the board asked him that same question, James merely nodded without telling them yes or no, after all he is a Baron.
And his father had actually made it easier for him because he deliberately did not disclose the face of his other son, people knew of his existence, but no one knew who he was, and no one knew why he did that.
So he casually showed her his new ID card that carried the name J Baron on it and she didn't think much again.
At the conference room, after asking him if he really was the John, the son of Mr. Baron, the only heir to their throne and James affirming it every time, they felt embarrassed, one of them then decided to quench the stream of repeated question.
"Of cause if it's not Mr. Baron, then who is it, it's not like the Baron family have a second child or anything like that"
The other man who sat close to the elderly man in the middle of the conference room asked.
But James was very surprised to hear that statement, It turns out even the board of members of the members of Baron Enterprise did not even know that his precious father has another son apart from Jonathan.
But it doesn't matter, he has came back to take his place and will do just that.
"By the way, why is Master Baron not here with you? We thought you two would be coming together for the handing over"
He knew what they meant, since they thought it was his father that would be coming today, it was only natural if they came together since they stayed in the same house, except they were very wrong.
He doesn't stay in the same house with his parent and he is most especially not Jonathan, but now is not the perfect time for him to tell them, instead, he recited the line he had memorized before coming.
"My father is suffering from heart failure and is very weak at the moment so he won't be able to be present today, he asked me to inform you of this and that the handing over should be done without him for the sake of the company.
I would have let you speak with him on the phone to confirm this yourself, but the doctor said he needs his rest so you can only speak to him later"
As James spoke without blinking his eyes, they believed him and did not question him any further.
"Very well then Mr. Baron, you may have your seat, we'll soon begin, and sorry about Master Baron's health"
"Thank you, he's really sick and it was not easy for me to even look at him, I had to come to the company and take care of it as the young master of the Baron family"
First rule of the game, it was to play with their emotions so that it would be easy for you to get what you want, that was exactly what James was doing, earning their pity and sympathy.
But it was that pity and sympathy that they don't want the outside world to bestow on their company so they could only do this to save the name of their company.
"By the way Mr. Baron, why did you choose to remain anonymous all these years without revealing yourself to anyone?"
A member of the board was very curious just like the general public so he had to ask about the matter directly now that he thought he had met Johnathan the only son, heir and young master of the Baton family.
"It's very simple, my father had designed it like that, although at first I didn't agree with him, I soon understood that it was better to remain anonymous so that my security would be in check and also to rile up the people when I finally make a public appearance, the instant fee would then be good for the company"
They all understood what he said and praised their president for taking such a decision.
"Right now, our company is in urgent need of someone talented who holds the shares of the company and has professional knowledge and morals who is also related to the Baron family, does anyone have somebody in mind for this particular position?"
They only asked the question out of curtesy, everyone there knew that The Barons have only one heir, although it is rumored that they have another son, no one really knows of his whereabouts or if he really existed and they had intentionally invited the heir to be present because they intend to hand over the company to him.
So they naturally looked at James since they thought he was the one perfect for the position, not only do they think he was the only heir and young master of the Baron family, but they thought that no one else could be able to compete with him.
"Mr. Baron what do you think? You are a Baron and you hold some shares in the company, I believe your father would have intended to hand the company to you anyways"
Seeing that nobody opened his mouth to speak, the head leader of the board continued talking.
James pretended to be shocked and replied humbly.
"Oh sir, I am just a young man and barely know my ways around the business world, I only got chance to study business admin and accounting in university, but I didn't get to practice it, I am sure there are people here that are more capable than me"
"Nonsense!" Someone yelled almost immediately after he finished speaking.
"You are a Baron, there can't be anyone more capable that you, business is in your blood and besides your father would have wanted you to assume the position"
The moment the second man spoke, there were echos of agreement around the table, the people were all eager to please his father that they immediately agree that he should be the president of Baron Enterprise.
The meeting did not take a long while but soon, they had handed over the affairs of the enterprise to James Baron thinking that he was Jonathan Baron, as long as they saw J Baron as his signature, they didn't give it much thought.
James was glad and grinning from ear to ear tried to contain his emotions.
"Gentlemen, Can I assume my office right now?"
"Yes Mr. President, I'll ask the secretary to take you to the president's office."
And just like that, James was sent to the President's office.
"Is there any feature you would like to change in the lay out of the office? Or any furniture you'd like to bring?"
Yes, I'd like to repaint the office building to be black and all these bright furnitures should be replaced with darker once, also add another set of computer apart from this one.
The secretary was taking note of all his new demands, it seems Baron would now start getting interesting she thought.
"Anything else?" She asked still holding on to her notepad and looking at him with curious and marveled look.
"Yes, Get the PR to announce my assumption of this office in the official social media account of the Baron, have them come and snap me a picture in case they don't have".
James was already sitting on the swivel chair and had his legs on the table when he lists out those words, he looked very carefree and effortlessly sexy that the secretary kept looking at him and didn't hear what he had said.
James did not miss this, he was used to people gaging at him but even he knows the difference between work and play.
"Madam secretary, that would be all, you may go"
"Oh okay sir" she blushed when she saw that he had caught her staring at him.
"How can you be carried away on the first day of work?" She scolded herself and immediately rushed to go out of the office.
"By the way sir, my name is Janet and I have been your father's secretary, I would love to keep working with you"
"If you keep working hard md please me, then I will not fire you"
The secretary wondered if there was underlining meaning to the word please him but that just got her excited and she nodded abruptly.
"Of cause sir, I will always be at your service". She didn't forget to stitch her neck and close part of her eyes when she said that.
To her, she was trying to look sexy, but in fact, James thought that her neck was paining her and just waved for her to go away.
The next minute, an elderly man barged into the room.
"Uncle Bernard, did you come to congratulate me?" He had a proud grin on his face but his uncle was the opposite.
"No idiot, take a look". He handed him his phone.