A Billionaire's Tale

with two large brown envelopes in her hands. She too

ey both began bringing out the files that wer

ok her seat on one of the chairs facing the older man.

Joan, anything yet?" His eyes w

er head with a little furrow on her brow. "Nothing yet,

dad

find that would get us out of this mess," he encouraged, a

k was

d, loud enough for the

d a small enveloped letter, came inside his office,

that made both father and daughter stop to ta

e Robbie handed over to him. He looked at the sealed envelope an

ad its content, his eyes widened, t

ey

ir, th

r father's reaction, then stood to pick up the paper that lay on the flo

ave to be joking," she said.

s head. "They a

t," she stated, placing the paper on the table. "Yes, we are struggling since the Kingswell pro

dad, who looked

bankruptcy, but we can still hold on, right, Dad?" She asked for clarit

used up the rest of our resources to try and make an alternat

ted to ask but thought it was

to think of what could be done to save her dad's co

g, then refer some of our employees to other companies on a temporary basis depending on when we

is, they have families to feed," she continued, t

thing. Her eyes went to her dad, and he

any." He broke the news to her. "I don't know how that happened,

nod. "That's ridiculous." She threw her hands in the air. "They possibly woul

r? If they don't notice, this co

It's something else." A smile crept on her lips. "And I think I kno

"You're going somewhere, Joan?" She nodded in response, the s

he begged when she saw the sullen look on his face. "I'll try my best to fix this,

ons she was going to take, but

her so that you start work as soon as possible," she said, and he nodded before leaving. "

weeks

s office looking really panicked. He walked up to Gary

ng of his office door again to see Darken Reliso, the son of Henry and Ansel Reliso,

on his lips and kept his right b

nt of Gary; he nodded in greeting and let himself sit on the chair in

ooked up at Robbie, who had been glaring at him right from when he stepped into the office.

, so he rolled his eyes and

ng here, Dark?" G

t up on his chair. "I

doing here?" Gary asked, s

nds on the table and raised his chin up. "Now I se

t?" Gary asked, a little

this man to leave us to tal

o be present in every meeting I

re too stupid to see who truly is against them," he remarked, and before Gary could say anythi

s ridiculous,

e already bankrupt. Soon some companies will come to buy you guys off and probably turn your com

were you, Dark," Gary warned

ill be okay if we take over some shares of your company rather than

dea of what w

he pro

u'll just end up losing." Darken p

face; he knew he was in a deadlock here, and as much

d could probably get back the company if things get better

and flung it at Darken. "Don't think you can come near my daughter." He p

uments from the table and started walking out of the office. "We'll

er," Gar