After The Lie ✔️

Chap#9

Atlas's POV;

It was almost lunch time. I was in my office going through the reports of everything. My office was at the top floor of the Zen Towers. Yes, I am the owner of the Zen Company. My father built the company. And I had started the side companies, but I had to eventually take over everything after my father died. It wasn't that tough, but it did take a lot of my time. Everyday going through all these files. It was tiring. Suddenly my phone rang. It was Tyler. He has been my friend since high school along with Zach, Amelia and Mike. I answered his call.

"Hey, what's up?" I asked

"Finally Mr. Busy answers the call." He replied

"Mr. Busy? Is that supposed to be a new nickname for me?" I asked as I was going through all the reports

"That is what you are. Since you cancelled the dinner last time. I wanted to confirm if you're still coming to the dinner this week?" He asked

"Yeah sure. I'll be there." I replied. All of us, along with Tyler's wife, Claire, get together once a week. It has been some sort of a must thing since I don't know, forever. We all have other friends too but our get together is a must. I mostly skip out on them because I'm either out of country or busy in a meeting. I can't help it, I've got a lot of work to do.

"That's great. See you then! Oh! Before that...one more thing." He said

"No, Ty. Even though I own that restaurant you can't get a discount." I said. I knew what he was going to say. Even if I want to, I can't give them a discount. It will be wrong use of my power. Everyone has to pay fair and square. Even I pay when I go eat there.

"Ah well, I still tried." He said. Just then there was a knock on my door.
"Come in." I said as I then said to Tyler, "I have to go now. Talk to you later. Bye." And then I ended the call.

"Excuse me sir, Sir Marlin called. He wants to know if we have bought that company or not yet. He said not to let this opportunity pass." My executive secretary, Mike, said as he handed me a few more files to sign on. Marlin was the 30% shareholder of one of the side company that deals with designing.

"Tell Marlin it's my company and I'll do it whenever I want to. He should focus on his work. I saw the report he sent and the revenues have decreased by 10%. I'd like to know why. If he doesn't bring back the 10% we lost by next month, then he'd better look at some other company to invest in." I replied as I signed the file that Mike just brought me. I know I just threatened one of the investors. But I don't care. The company is at a good position where I've got no trouble finding investors.

"Are you sure that's a good idea? Marlin is an egoistic person. He would really end up leaving." Mike asked

"Let him leave. I always intended to kick him out of the company. He is just a gold digger, who doesn't work hard at all and only cares about money." I replied

"Hmm....But Sir Stephen was the one who called Merlin to invest. In fact he's his best friend." Mike said

"So? I don't care. And don't call him Sir in front of me. We've lost 12 billion dollars because of him. And now I have to fix everything up. That damn guy is like a snake. He's going to take this company down with him. But I'm not gonna let my father's hard work go to waste." I said

"I see. And by the way, Jackson called. He said he's ready to sell the company." Mike said

"Hmm...it's too bad actually. Their company made a really good client. And their work was really great. But Stephen wants to buy that company. And although I opposed, majority of votes were in favour. That company is going to add to our trouble. Stephen thinks of it as a way to make money, but he doesn't care about who's gonna manage it and maintain its standard." I said

"Sir, aren't you going to do something about him? He's buying unnecessary properties in the company's name. Along with that, he's adding people into the company that don't care about it and only care about making money." Mike said

"First of all how many times have I told you not to call me sir? Call me by my name, we are of the same age after all. And second of all, I'll take care of that. You go and get me the files I asked for you a few days ago." I said

"Okay sure, Atlas. I'm still working on them. It's all ten years data that you are asking for. It's going to take time." Mike replied

"I know and I really appreciate all your hard work. Give me that data as soon as you collect all of it." I said as checked the time. It was lunch time.

"You aren't going to eat anything?" Mike asked

"I'm not hungry, but let's go. We have to go meet Jackson. We'll grab coffee after meeting Jackson. If you want something to eat, you can buy it." I said as I got up, grabbed my keys and my phone and walked out of the office with Mike following me.

"Atlas, are you going to drive yourself?" Mike asked as we got into the lift

"Yeah. Why? You know I love to drive. Especially sports car. You should know that by now, you've known me for many years." I said as I messaged the details of one of the project to the client

"I know. I was just asking because Stephen the other day got another driver. This one is for his daughter." Mike said

"He can have as many drivers he want. But once I find out where he used all that billions of dollars in the last ten years. He's not even gonna have a car left that he can drive. So he won't be needing any drivers then." I replied as I was still messaging. This time to another client. They sent a report, but it had many errors in them. They should recheck before sending the final report.

"Are you sure you really want to do this? You know the court has already decided in his favour that he isn't responsible for the loss of all that money, because he wasn't even a partner then." Mike said

"Mike, he stole all that money, and he's still stealing money. We work hard not for some piece of shit to steal the money and waste it." I replied as I felt angry. I hated liars and cheaters. Especially people like Stephen. And I can't do anything against him because more than half of the board members are his friends.

"Don't worry, we will get him one day." Mike said as we finally reached the basement parking, "by the way, which car did you bring today?" He asked

"Just wait and see." I replied as I smirked and we walked over to my red Ferrari. It was the latest model. And I loved it. I loved all my cars.

"Nice." Mike said as he got into the car, "Please don't drive too fast."

"You say that every time." I said as I started the car

"It's because you drive really fast and I don't want to die." Mike said as he puts on his seatbelt

"Relax, I won't let you die. Besides what's the point of having a sports car if you can't drive fast." I said as I smirked and stepped on the pedal.

"I knew you would kill me one day!" Mike said as he held onto his seat as I chuckled.

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