Loukas POV


    Since the merging five days ago, I haven’t made an announcement yet or even made my face known to the world, and when the board of directors demanded a meeting, Rotimi arranged for a Zoom minute in my office at home. “I am the anonymous buyer, and you are not going to ept me when I change the fate of A&T?” I scoffed as I stared into their greedy eyes. They were six in number. Four men and two women.


    “How can we even ept you when we haven’t even seen your face yet?” One of the men pointed out, and I ced my hand on my face where I had set a white mask to hide my face away from them. It was all Rotimi’s idea and mine to hide from the world until I was better and ready to be the CEO of thepany and take back my inheritance from my step-family.


    “If you are talking like this because you want to see my face, then Mr….” I hesitated because I didn’t remember his name.


    “Mr. Edward,” he replied, and I almost chuckled, but I cleared my throat and burst intoughter. His head might have been the reason why he was given the name Edwards. His head was damn big, and I couldn’t help but stare at it for a while before giving him a reply. “Hello!” Mr. Edward called for my attention.


    “Sorry, Mr. Edwards,” I said emphatically, clearing my throat. “I’ll reveal myself sooner orter, but for now, I am going to put someone else in charge, ” I announced,” and they all shifted in their seats. They all murmured amongst themselves, waiting patiently for my response. As someone who had stayed his whole life in a hospital, I had seen a lot of people and how they acted around others. The board of directors, ording to their bodynguage and murmurings, probably thought that I was going to pick one of them, but I had something else in mind.


    “My name is Director Maria, and I was closer to Mr. Atins before his death, so I know everything about thepany,” she adjusted her clothes and smiled at me. I didn’t say anything but stared at the woman’s diamond ne. It must have cost a fortune. That could have saved thepany when it was close to bankruptcy. I wondered how Mr. Atins, a nice man like that, could be with directors who add no value to thepany and who couldn’t do anything to save thepany when it was almost buried in the ground.


    ” It would be a great idea to be put in charge,” Mr. Edward smiled at me.


    The rest of the directors didn’t say anything but continued murmuring amongst themselves.


    After a moment of silence, I finally gave them the answers that they all wanted. “I don’t know any of you, but I have someone else in mind,” I said as I moved theptop to the opposite side of the office from where Aiden was sitting.”He will be in charge of thepany until I am ready to announce myself to the world,” I announced, and they all gasped and began to talk all at once.


    They all began to talk at once, and it was difficult to hear them because of the loud noise and argument. I exchanged looks with Aiden, who shook his head at me. Aiden turned theptop back towards me. “I think you need to talk sense into their heads.”


    ” What do you think, Rotimi?” I asked as he walked into the office.


    ” What did I miss?” Rotimi asked as he sat opposite me, beside Aiden. He apologized, but he didn’t have to because he had been a great help and was the best friend anyone could ask for.


    “There is no need to apologize to Rotimi,” I told him. “How was the meeting?”


    ” He agreed to our demands already. I’ll arrange for a meeting next week with him, “Rotimi rubbed his forehead and pointed to myptop when he heard the directors calling for my attention. “Ain’t you going to respond to their arguments?” He asked, and I nodded in response, turning my head to theptop.


    “We can’t ept him! He ruined thepany! ” Mr. Edward bluntly refused to ept Aiden, stating all the things that he had done while Mr. Atins was alive. “He put thepany into destruction and, because of him, it had to be sold! He is the reason his father died! ”


    I raised my brows at him when I heard that and looked up to face Aiden, who might have heard all the conversations about him. “Mr. Edward!” I called and he stopped talking at once. ” You need to know that Aiden wasn’t responsible for his father’s death. If you weren’t so stupid, you’d realize he died from cancer, “I paused for a moment and ced my hand on my chin.”Thest time I checked, humans were not the reason why a person would die of cancer!” I told him, and when he tried to reply to me, I shut him up. ” And you talk about thepany, but listen to me,” I pointed out to all of them. “You,” I said, pointing to Maria.”You have a sophisticated diamond ne around your neck, but you couldn’t save thepany when it was dying!”


    “What do you mean?” She asked.


    ” I am telling you that you could have done something and now that I am the CEO, I can remove anyone that could be a problem for mypany!”


    ” Why are you talking like this?” One of the unfamiliar directors, whose name I didn’t know, spoke up and pointed to all of them.


    “Without us, you can’t survive in A& T,” Maria retorted.


    “Really?” Loukas chuckled. ” Then you have no idea with whom you are dealing,” That statement made her eyes widen, and she just stared at me, expecting me to reveal my bare face. “You bunch of directors didn’t save thepany or Mr. Atins when he needed your help, and I am going to rece each one of you!”


    “You will never find any other director like us! ” Edward shouted. “We are the foundation of A& T. You can’t rece us like that!”


    That sounded like a threat, and it made my blood boil. I tutted at his stupidity and said a few words before ending the call. “Maybe you haven’t realized this, but I am the owner of A&T now and I have a right to remove anyone that I want gone!” I told them and while they tried to reply to me, I ended the call.


    “They are one hell of a director!” Rotimimented and tapped his fingers on my desk. “They seemed pretty tight about all of this like they didn’t want this to happen!”Text property ? N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org.


    “Are they going to be alright?” Aiden asked.


    I removed my mask and ruffled my hair. “I think you’ll be fine,” I told him and faced Rotimi. “Have you contacted Jordan from Hawaii? I asked him.


    ” Yes,” he replied. ” Since you both have signed the contract, he’lle down to Mecianda to check a few things about thepany!”


    ” Great,” I smiled when I realized that all my ns wereing together, and sooner orter, I’d get back my inheritance from my family. “I need you to make your father proud until the end,” I said to Aiden, and he nodded in response.


    ” Hello everyone!” Hiry announced her presence as she walked into my office with a tray of freshly baked cupcakes. “Who wants cupcakes?” She asked as she walked towards us.


    I stared at her as she ced the tray on my desk. When our eyes met, she smiled at me. Inhaling the strawberry smell of the cupcakes, I continued smiling. “Thank you, “I told her as she handed over to me a cupcake.


    Having Hiry as a wife was a great blessing because she was able to remove the thoughts about the stupid directors from my head. Seeing her glowing face alone was a great joy for me.