All Chapters of The Arrogance System: I Become Richer: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

The door creaked open fully. A man stood outside in a dark suit that looked too clean for the environment he was stepping into. Behind him were four others, spaced evenly, posture disciplined in a way that didn’t belong anywhere near Marcus’s cramped office. The man at the front looked at the big guy at the door, then to Marcus, before his gaze slowly past him—landing on Adam. He smiled faintly. “Mr. Wilson,” he said. Marcus froze. The tone in which the name was called didn’t sound like a guess. That showed that the man before them had come intentionally for Adam. Adam didn’t react immediately. His expression remained neutral, but his attention had sharpened in a calculating manner. Marcus forced his voice out. “Who the hell are you people?” The man didn’t answer him at first. Instead, he stepped inside the loan shark office, his men following without hesitation. One of them gently closed the door behind them. Click. The sound felt unusually loud in an offic

Adam received the call the following afternoon. He had just left one of Havenridge's properties after checking on a burst pipeline when his phone rang. The caller ID displayed a number he recognized. Titan Maintenance Solutions. Adam answered immediately as he entered his Mercedes. "Mr. Wilson." Victor Hammond's voice came through the speaker. "I assume you're calling with a decision." Adam said. A chuckle came from the other end. "Straight to business. Young people really lack patience, not bad though." Adam leaned back in his chair. "Should I take that as good news?" "You should." For the first time that day, a genuine smile appeared on Adam's face. "Congratulations, Mr. Wilson. Titan Maintenance Solutions has accepted your offer for the transfer of ownership." Adam remained silent for a moment. He had hoped for this outcome. Expected it, even. But hearing the confirmation was different. Titan was larger than Havenridge. It was both more profit

The Lacoste Tower stood at the center of Gray City's financial district. The building practically screamed money and power. It was the most eye catching building in the entire district. Especially when the setting sun reflected of it painting it a dull shade of red. On the forty-first floor, Kelvin Lacoste sat behind a seven hundred thousand dollars wooden desk he had won in an auction. A tablet rested in his hands. His expression grew darker with every page he read. Eventually, he tossed the tablet onto the desk. "What a joke." The young man standing nearby remained silent. If Adam was here, he would have recognized the young man to be Jasper—the person who had started the entire beef with the Lacoste family. He had worked for Kelvin Lacoste long enough to recognize when speaking was dangerous. Unfortunately for him, Kelvin decided to speak anyway. "Tell me something." "Yes, Mr. Lacoste." "How does a nobody buy Havenridge?" He hesitated. "He may have go

Unlike what he told his employees, Adam didn't have a good night's sleep. As a matter of fact, Adam didn't sleep at all. He had been preparing for the retaliation at one point but at the end of the day, it was his first business warfare. There was no way he would have been able to turn down his excitement and slight nervousness. And it was with those emotions that Adam made his way to Havenridge before his usual time. Standing at the entrance of the building about to enter was, unsurprisingly, Melissa. At this point, Adam had given up trying to figure out her schedule. “For someone who wasn't able to sleep, you sure do look happy.” she greeted Adam with those words. Pushing down his surprise at her knowledge, Adam tried to fix the smile on his face and failed. “You too huh?” “Nope. I slept like a baby. I've probably gotten rid of my eye bags with last night's sleep.” Melissa replied. Taking her first entrance for the day, into the office that promised to be busy,

By the end of the week, Adam had visited eleven of the thirteen properties Havenridge managed. He had spoken to tenants, owners, site managers, a groundskeeper, two maintenance workers, and one property lawyer who had been retained by an owner and showed up to a meeting unannounced, clearly expecting a confrontation. The confrontation didn't happen. Adam had sat down with the lawyer the same way he had sat down with everyone else. Asked questions. Listened to their issues. And left them with less certainty about what they had expected to find than when they arrived. It was a method that caught everyone he had done it to off guard. *** On Sunday morning, Melissa appeared in his doorway. “The Aldren Street couple renewed their rent while Stacey Kim has requested a formal review meeting next week rather than proceeding with withdrawal." she said. Adam was reading through site notes from the day before. He nodded once without looking up. "Rollo at Kettner flagged