“What a joke. Have you forgotten? Youcalled and texted him in front of me, saying that you did all these thingsbecause you fell for his good looks on TV. None of this would have happened ifhe was willing to date you!” A sneer wrinkled the director’s face as hescoffed, “Besides, it seems you’ve misunderstood something—you’re not mywoman.”Darius felt so repulsed by the two thatbile gathered at the back of his throat. “If you guys called me here just to boastabout how you’ll force me into coercion, well, I can tell you this—you’repractically courting death by doing so!” he interrupted, reaching a hand up tomassage his temples. “Exterminating my foes is the last thingI’m willing to do. But now? I’m okay with it.”With that, he headed into the office andsat on the sofa, leisurely crossing one leg over the other.Meanwhile, the director and Daisy weresitting and lying flat on the ground, respectively. Both instantly widenedtheir eyes at Darius; this office was supposed to b

“You’re clearly an unknown brat. I don’tknow how you won the hearts of your little family and got them to buy you thatexpensive watch, but let me tell you this! If I were you, I’d return the watchor at least gift it to someone else to gain benefits for my family!” thedirector bossed.“What you just said is very contradictory.Earlier, you claimed my watch was a counterfeit. However, now you’re saying myfamily gifted me the real deal.” Darius cocked a brow. He spoke so calmly thateveryone could hear the lingering threat in his tone. It did not take a genius to tell he was ina foul mood at that point. Sighing, Darius balled his fist and cracked hisknuckle again. However, this time, he followed up by bending over, reachingout, and raising the overweight director with one arm. He thundered, “You said I never did a DNAtest to prove my blood relation before reuniting with my family, didn’t you?”The director felt as if an invisible forcehad locked his neck in place. He wanted t

Darius raised a brow, recognizing the leadsecurity guard because they had taken the elevator together earlier. He calmlycommented, “You look better in this suit than in your security guard uniformfrom before.” The former’s reaction was abnormally calmdespite seeing the lead security guard, who would have earned only 2500 dollarsa month, change into an expensive suit. That transformation indicated the guardwas, in reality, someone higher in status and was responsible for distributingthe other employees’ paychecks.Because Darius was collected, the leadsecurity could not hold back his emotions. His brows raised to the top of hisforehead in shock as he smiled at Darius. “You don’t seem surprised by thereveal of my true identity. Did you already find out beforehand?”Upon hearing that, Darius, who was about totake a step forward, stopped moving. The elevator doors’ threshold was the onlything standing between him and the lead security guard. He raised a brow, replying, “Of

“As you wish, then. I’ll gather the otherboard of directors to begin the meeting. I’ve already informed them earlierthrough my laptop, but they ignored me—they’ve never taken me seriously.There’s also the troublesome business manager I previously recruited. AlthoughI’m unwilling to admit it, there’s no denying my lack of ability to manage thistelevision network. Likewise, my indifference allowed the employees to doterrible things as they pleased.” Then, he walked away with his head hunglow. Disappointment weighed his shoulders down as he had once spent a lot ofenergy on running FT TV. Yet, these days, all he could do was sit at thetelevision network’s main entrance and filter through which guests were herewith bad intentions. To make things worse, he now had no choice but to handover FT TV to Darius.Still sitting on the chair, Darius couldtell the former’s every word was sincere. He mused, “Those are indeed hissentiments. It seems he’s genuinely regretting his past fail

He calmed down,and his mind started to work again. He didn’t know whether Darius was tellingthe truth because of how expressionless he was. It was the complete opposite ofhow psychological textbooks described a person who was supposed to be excited.As an actor, thelead security guard had once taken a psychology class to portray his charactermore realistically. And so, he trusted the textbook to be right. He looked atDarius and tried to read him.Darius knew whathe was up to, but he didn’t respond. After a few more seconds of silence, hesaid, “I want to know the reason for your disappearance. My gut tells me it’salso why you became a security guard here. I’ll eventually deal with thesepeople, so there’s no point in you hiding the truth. If you want to continuebeing a successful person with a successful career, these people will onlybecome obstacles to you—just like what happened back then. However, I can’t besure that they’ll be kind enough to leave you alive this time.”