Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Ace at the Apex: Kabanata 41 - Kabanata 50

Javier left Midnoon Tires and began making calls and arrangements as soon as he got into his car. Satisfied, he played some airy music and drove back to the company, terrifyingly relaxed and chilled.His return was immediately greeted by a grinning Jade, who sprung into his office, beaming. “Oh. My. God! You wouldn’t believe how frickin’ cool Ms. Gould is. She’s such a bad*ss! Upon arriving at work, Mae Kingsley didn’t waste time before planting system-breaking bugs and making up fake accounting to siphon our funding away. Just around-the-clock crippling our financial system!“But then Ms. Gould came, and do you know how much time it took her to debug the entire system that saboteur tried so hard to ruin? Less than ten frickin’ minutes! Then she sniffed out that fake accounting and the stolen funds and wrapped it around Mae’s neck like a leash! Ha! That old rat was so scared, she was squealing for mercy and started laying out all the deets…just like that!”Jade subsequently relayed

Javier had not cared enough to lace his words with the most basic of courtesies. In fact, he was provocative and disrespectful, which only fanned the flames in Clement even more.Unfortunately, right now, he was hardly in the position to negotiate nor continue his previous hissy fit. As Javier had so succinctly pointed out, tantrums were not going to fix the pickle he was in.“Fine.” It was all he could say by this point. “How much are you willing to fork out to acquire my company?”Javier made a whole theater production of counting with his fingers before proclaiming, “About 780 thousand dollars.”“You said what now?!” Clement could not believe his ears. It took Javier repeating himself to convince the former that he had not misheard his quotation, and send him into a flying fit.“Son of a b*tch! Are you f**king kidding me? My company’s fixed assets make up to at least 4.7 million dollars, dumb*ss! And now you’re buying a company worth that much with that paltry 780k dollars?!”

Matthew was exceptionally confident that Jade would not be able to fulfill the quarterly deal they had.Clement had called him earlier in the afternoon and said that production had recovered while the controversy surrounding Midnoon Tires had also died down. Midnoon Tires had also reacquired most of the orders that had flocked to Beacon Tires when the scandal broke out.In Clement’s words, Beacon Tires was only a step away from bankruptcy! That was why Matthew dared be so sure.While those in the meeting shifted their gazes toward Jade, the lady was calm and composed as she retrieved photocopies of a report from her workbag. She tossed them on top of the meeting table and everyone picked up a copy. Everyone got a copy except Matthew.When they saw the photocopied reports, they gaped. The Matthew’s lackeys who had been hollering shut their mouths then. This made Matthew curious. Snatching one from his underlings to see for himself, he was shocked at what he read and stood frozen lik

As he observed the circle of men that surrounded him, Javier did not say a word. Instead, he proceeded to empty his pockets, tossing his items into his car. He was not even bothered to ask who had sent them. He could guess as much from Matthew’s barks earlier this morning.The bald guy snorted at Javier’s actions. “Don’t worry. We’re only cutting your ear off. We won’t take your things.”“You think too much. I’m just afraid that I have to waste more time looking for my stuff if I lose them while taking care of you guys.”Javier’s reply stunned the baldy for a few moments. He then guffawed and looked back at Javier like he was an idiot. “You? You think you can beat all of us?”“I, Sam Langdon, have spent years in the underworld. And you’re the first to ever amuse me even before I do anything to you. That’s pretty nice. To reward you, I’ll cut both your ears off so you maintain your symmetry. No need to thank me. I—”Sam was still speaking when Javier threw a fast punch. The baldy b

Matthew knew nothing about finances. Similarly, he did not understand how Odello Corp. was being targeted financially when the company was not even listed. The deputy finance director explained everything to him, but it all sounded like a foreign language to Matthew. He just could not be bothered to digest it.“You’re the expert here. I’ll leave this to you. I’ll trust whatever you suggest!”The deputy finance director was quite moved. “I won’t let you down, Mr. Odell!”After the vow, the deputy finance director suggested that Matthew pull back all the corporation’s funds in order to face a possible incoming and bigger finance attack.Matthew sent out the order at once to direct back all the funds that could possibly be pulled back. His secretary asked softly from the side, “Mr. Odell, those stockpiles of raw materials for tires, they make up quite a substantial amount.”On one hand, it was the life and death of Odello Corp. On the other hand, it was tearing Beacon Tires apart. Al