Chapter 116 - Showing his Wings (1/2)
”HOWELLS CORPORATION IN BIG TROUBLE; INVESTORS AND SHAREHOLDERS PULLING FUNDS ''
''There has been a big fuss over the contamination of the Tee beverage produced by Lorries and Co, a subsidiary company under the Howells Corporation, which produces one of the top selling soft drinks in USA. About a hundred people have been affected in the last day and they have sued the Howells Corporation for damages.
Many investors have pulled their funds and future investments and from this chart we can see that the stocks of Howells Corporation are falling greatly…''
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Tiana stood in the middle of the parlor, the remote controller in her hands, her eyes so wide that it felt it would pop.
What… what just happened?
Her head turned slowly to look at Nicklaus and he looked deathly calm. So calm that he looked like he had been frozen in time.
She couldn't even speak, her tongue refused to move and the only thing she could do at that moment was to switch off the television causing the most piercing torture at the moment.
Tiana switched off the television and dropped the remote controller on the center table, turning slowly to Nicklaus.
With the little she knew about stocks and investors, she knew that news was bad, extremely bad.
The room was silent as graveyard now, but Nicklaus had not still said a word. Tiana walked towards him. His face was calm but as she approached, she saw that his eyes were filled with deep thoughts.
She stopped a few inches away from him; she didn't even know how to console him.
Before she could even find the words to say, his phone started buzzing again, they both glanced at the phone in his hand;
It was an unknown caller, without thinking, he declined the call, as soon as he ended it, another came in, he ended it again, and another came in right after, angrily, he switched off the phone and threw it across the bed, his head falling.
Those f.u.c.kin' reporters!
Tiana swallowed as she watched him;
Right now, he looked strong. There were only a few people on earth, who could receive that news and remain calm. If she heard correctly, that news meant that he would lose tons and tons of money and the image of his company would be gravely tarnished. And yet he was this calm.
She could remember the delight in his eyes when he talked to grandpa about Orica and the plans he had for the company, even if she wasn't sure of anything, she was sure that he cared deeply about this company, but yet he got this news and forced himself to act strong.
He was holding it all in. She couldn't even imagine the pain he must be going through at that moment;
Tiana took in a sharp breath and closed the gap between them, hugging him tight.
''it will be okay. We'll get through this. ''
She consoled, kissing his hair.
''You don't have to act strong, it's okay to be sad sometimes. ''
Nicklaus heaved a sigh, his eyes shutting close after a few seconds; he raised his hand and hugged her back.
He would just stay like this for a moment, shutting everything out but her.
He hadn't expected that the news would be this shocking, but he had acted strong, he had always acted strong in front of everyone as though it was okay, but she saw right through him, she saw right through his walls.
They didn't speak; they just hugged like nothing else mattered;
''Let's pretend as though nothing happened for tonight, let's not think about the news, okay? ''
Nicklaus pleaded, and Tiana nodded;
''Okay. ''