Chapter 117 - You can do it (1/2)

''Any news from the victims? ''

''I think they're still pressing charges, but we've not heard anything from them since today. ''

The man explained and Nicklaus nodded, standing up from the chair;

''Okay, investigate further on the broken CCTV, and who tampered with it. For now, the meeting is adjourned.''

With that, he walked out of the boardroom.

He had a meeting scheduled after this, he had gone over to Lorries for the meeting and he had Tiana supervise the affairs in the company for the meantime; as soon as he stepped out of the office, he called her;

''Hey… ''

''Baby, you need to get here ASAP, the investors are throwing a fuss and I'm doing my best to calm them down but it's not working, they want to see you immediately!''

Tiana blew as soon as the call connected; she had tried calling him earlier, but his phone wasn't connecting.

Nicklaus sighed;

''Tell them I'll be there in a few minutes. ''

''Okay, I'll do just that. ''

With that, she ended the call.

Nicklaus heaved a sigh as he walked towards his car; nothing was looking good at all. Now that he was sure that the contaminated drinks weren't from Lorries, how would he prove it?

Douglas was a very calculative person for him to make this move; he would have made sure it was fool proof. And the longer he took, the graver the consequences became.

After the meeting with the investors, he would need to meet with grandpa, after which, he had an interview, which he couldn't object to. He had to say something about the matter at hand; keeping quiet would be very grave.

He knew this would come, but he didn't know it would be this soon.

Nicklaus sighed as he entered the car, and the guard closed it after him, driving off to the company quickly.

…

''So what do you want? ''

Nicklaus sat on his chair like a king, his face as indomitable as ever; Tiana was amazed as to how he could look intimidating even with the matter at hand, a part of her felt proud.

''I hear that you all made a fuss in my absence. Why is everyone quiet now? Are you all tongue tied? ''

His left brow raised questioningly as his frosty expression darkened;

The angry investors who ranted earlier were now panicky, but then, they were not terrified of him anymore because they knew that he was in a tight corner now.

One of them cleared his throat bravely;

''The Howells Corporation is in a huge mess now, we are no longer interested in investing; we want to pull our funds.''

He spoke but made sure to avoid Nicklaus daring eyes;

Tiana swallowed hard after he finished talking; earlier, they were threatening hellfire and brimstones earlier, she didn't expect that they would talk so meekly now;

Nicklaus was quiet for a moment before he burst out laughing;