Chapter 4

Victor's POV

I entered my room and went straight to the bathroom to take a bath.

After the bath I changed to a new set of clothes. I wore an all black office attire.

The table clock placed beside my bed is showing it's 3:30 pm. I have a meeting with the managers of a few of my clubs and bars at 4:30 pm. I have an hour to go there.

Some little problems are encountered by these bars and clubs one after the other in the previous two or three weeks.

I can tell that it is the doing of the Scorpion gang .

I went out of the front door of my house. I haven't lived with my parents since I started taking care of the business after my dad retired. I live alone here. I bought this place just after six months of working. The driver is already ready there with the car.

Ethan is standing along with the driver. Ethan and Lucas have both worked with me since my first day at work.

They both have been trained alongside me from childhood. Lucas and I are of the same age while Ethan is two years younger than me and Amber and I are eight years apart .

The car went straight for the office building. Ethan is sitting in the front seat beside the driver. Ethan likes to act as my bodyguard. There was pin drop silence throughout the whole drive .

Ethan is mischievous by nature and is a playboy and being handsome added more charm to his mischievousness . But when it comes to work he never compromises. Sometimes he can even be called a workaholic . He likes to do more physical work like fighting or threatening, if needed. But Lucas is more in using his mind to solve hard problems with simple tricks . Both brothers are opposite of each other.

The car reached the underground parking of the office building at exactly 4:25 pm .

Ethan opened the door for me. I came out of the car, straightened my black suit , buttoned it and went for my personal lift with Ethan following behind me.

As the lift door closed Ethan started talking excitedly ,

" Am I going to beat someone in there ?? "

Ethan asked while rubbing his hands expectantly.

"There seems to be such a case that might happen later............ Do you know what Amber cooked for me ? "

I said the last part while looking at his face, just to make him jealous. He tried to ignore me but jealousy could be seen on his face.

Satisfied with his expression I looked straight again.

Ethan pressed the button for the 38th floor on which the meeting is going to start soon.

The lift reached the 38th floor and the door opened.

"Good Afternoon Sir.......All the managers are already there in the meeting room."

My secretary Alex said as soon as he saw me coming out of the lift.

I nodded and walked straight to the meeting room . Before entering the room I said ,"Bring me my coffee in 10 minutes." and entered the meeting room.

All the managers stood up to greet me. I sat in the head chair and shook my hand. They also settled in their chairs. Ethan remained standing behind me .

8 persons are present in the meeting room including me and Ethan. I nodded my head for them to start .

They started telling the problems they are facing.

Griffin, manager of Blue sapphire bar , started talking ,"Boss ...... there is a problem with supplies of alcohol we get. Either the supplies we get are defected or arrive late. Sometimes we don't get anything for weeks . If not for our backup storage it would have been a huge problem."

"Yes Boss . The supplies we got last week aren't authentic, and were poisonous."said Matt, manager of Bright star club.

I looked at Sebastian who is responsible for all the supplies. He got scared and looked guilty .

"Boss......I...I....It's not my fault Boss . The company from which we ordered is the one .......The company isn't providing enough to fulfill our needs."

Sebastian hesitated and replied .

The meeting room door opened and Alex came in with my coffee and a file in one hand.

He put the coffee mug on the table in front of me and passed me the file .

Sebastian gulped.

"Oh.... Why is that so Sebastian? Is there any problem with the company ?? "

"Boss ...I..... heard that they made a deal with .........Scorpion gang. So they want to...... end the contract with... us." Sebastian replied. There is a layer of sweat on his forehead. Wiping the sweat, he tried to loosen his collar.

"But the reports from the company says here that our side is the one who wants to .......end the contract and also the company hasn't received the payment for the last two months."

"No.....Boss......I..."Sebastian stuttered.

"You are rich Sebastian. Where did you get one million dollars from?... I think I didn't raise your salary . Huh ? "

I showed him the file containing his bank account statement and the company report . Sebastian started shivering with fear . He stood up and the chair fell down with a loud noise.

I took a sip of my coffee and started enjoying the scene.

"Boss... Sorry Boss.... I will not do it again.........Boss" Sebastian cried in fear.

"Ethan....."

Getting the signal Ethan grabbed his collar and took him out of the room. After a few moments, a loud gun shot was heard .

I looked at the managers ,"You will get the supplies till midnight. "

They all nodded in fear, still looking outside the meeting room .

I stood up and walked out of the room.

"Alex, hire a reliable person this time to handle the matter of supplies ......till then you will be incharge of handling the supplies. "

"Yes Sir." Alex replied calmly.

Ethan came back soon and stood by my side . No one could tell that anyone was shot dead in this hallway just a few moments ago . There was no sign of blood as if nothing happened.

When both Ethan and I were left alone , Ethan said ,"Lucas called."

"Hmm"

When I started working, the first thing I did was to legalize all the businesses my father started. In some businesses, I partnered with the government just to make the business legal. It took me three whole years just to do that. After that I started expanding my company in other parts of the world as well. I started with Asian countries. The problems we faced were all related to the branch we opened in India. We started our business there just a few months ago.

Maybe the Scorpion's doesn't want us to expand our business. So that's why they are creating troubles. The Scorpion mafia isn't hard to deal with. When my father was the mafia boss we didn't have much problem with them. But when my father retired, around the same time their boss passed his seat to the next generation. After this they tried to mess with us.

My father told me just to ignore them and not to hurt them. He said to treat these problems as a kid throwing a tantrum.

Whenever we would talk about Scorpion, my parents would always get sad. Once I asked my father if he knew the reason behind their continuously creating problems for us. He had said at that time that it was just a big misunderstanding. But he never told me about what that misunderstanding was. And I could not find it out even after trying for years.

But I know one thing. My father is searching for a person. I just know this, I don't even know whether the person he is searching for is a he or she. Nothing.

I asked my father once about it and he just said that the person is an old friend.

After that we never talked about it.