Chapter 53 The Beginning 3

"They are mostly older men but even old men will have teeth as sharp as knives hidden behind their smiles. Your father has set your first mission. All you do is show them you're capable." She lowered her finger to the paper. "I'll give you a hint to help you survive the meeting. Read this."

Jaime's eyes drifted to the paper then back to her.

"You're the director. Don't forget that."

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It was not a pleasant feeling to know that he fired them just because of their age. He even hated himself when he saw the excited approval sparkling in the board members' eyes when he mentioned it.

The streets were jammed with traffic at rush hour, and he sat in the car waiting for the red light to turn green, wondering if his father was more cold than he had ever imagined. He did not like this position, having the power to decide everything as if he were the king of an empire. Jaime doesn't want to make others suffer but he's doing exactly that. If his father did the same, he wanted to do it differe