His Devious Rule



At Matthews Industries,

Casper, who was loaded with work, breathed a long sigh of relief when Benjamin entered his office. Forgetting Benjamin's actions with Cordelia, Casper was glad one was there to keep an eye on company work.

Pepper stubble was obvious on Benjamin's face. He looked a bit haggard but more worried. He first bowed to Casper, "Brother Casper, forgive me. I wasn't aware my damned son was forging my signature."

As a director, Benjamin dreamed of sitting in a higher position. He became vice president. Then he did dream of becoming president or chairman of the company but he was also aware of Casper and his ruthlessness. So he hadn't tried anything. 

His son, Damon Matthews's actions came in like a shock. He wanted to save his son but it was already a miracle Casper wasn't ruining his family. So he apologized first.

Casper didn't have time to discuss Damon and his actions. He grunted and commanded, "Sit."

Benjamin straightened his back and sat down in front of Casper, "Brother Casper, what is happening? My secretary said you were hospitalized, Liam almost became the vice chairman. I'm not getting anything." He was bewildered so many things had happened in a week.

Casper wasn't in the mood or had time to discuss those. So he waved his hand to dismiss the topic and started instructing, "Get your son back to the country. You begin taking care of the company. I have to keep an eye on shareholders. That bastard is up to something."

Benjamin realized he had to get back to work and Casper will have to control Alvin. He was glad about it but, 'His son?' 

His first son hadn't returned to the country in more than five years and was planning to settle in a foreign country with his girlfriend.  He couldn't understand how his first son offended Casper.

Guarded up, he hesitantly voiced, "Daniel? W-what did h-he do?" He wasn't ready to see his first son's life in the hands of Casper.

Casper furrowed at Benjamin's reaction. He flatly responded, scribbling his signature on a paper he was reading, "He has enough experience and knowledge to become CEO." 

Honestly, he wanted his sons to run the company. But he wasn't going to beg them. At the same time, he wanted somebody who wasn't linked to Alvin.

Daniel Matthews could be the temporary CEO of the company. Borrowing some time with Daniel, Casper wanted to deal with Alvin. Then Casper will assess Daniel and decide for the long term. 

Benjamin's eyes widened in surprise. Alvin wouldn't come to the company, and Liam was said to be unavailable to anybody. The buried desires sprouted into greed. With his first son, Benjamin dreamed of having the Matthews Industries and all the assets.

Benjamin gave his words, "I will ask Daniel to immediately arrive." He left with that to make the call.

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Wrapping her work, Anya was leaving with the kids when her mobile and the system started beeping, alerting everyone in the room. 

Anya and Paxton glanced at each other. It was a signal that one of the spare mobiles from Miles's office was activated. 

Anya kneeled in front of the kids and cupped their faces, "Please give me a few minutes." She didn't wait for their responses and rushed to her system.

Jia and Zane turned to each other. Looking at displeased Jia, Zane didn't want to disturb his mother who got some emergency work. He tugged her to sit with him and started playing cartoons on the iPad. 

Anya amplified the audio from Miles's office to hear him. She prepared to tap Miles' call, to track the location of the receiving end. 

Senon pushed his work aside and quickly prepared to hack the locality to find the person if possible. "Location?"

[What is the status?] Miles asked.

Anya's fingers flew on the keyboard. Unlike one minute to track the location, Anya had the location of the receiver as soon as the connection was established. 

"University District," Anya responded to Senon as she continued to narrow down the location. Senon broke into the university surveillance network immediately.

A deep voice sounded a bit relieved over the call, [Our main targets are locked. But the other three are reluctant to leave before graduation.]

Anya realized out of five students, only two were being taken away and the other three were just to fool them. 

"Department computer and technology building." Anya narrowed the final location where they were getting the signal. 

[Two more days.] Miles gave the ultimatum and ended the call.

Miles and his partner's numbers went unreachable. Anya saw on the screen when Miles broke the mobile and threw it into the bin. 

Anya leaned back on the chair and watched the screen. Miles was cautious but he seemed to have the misconception that it requires one minute to tap the call location. Probably it does take a minute if one is hacking from scratch after the call gets connected.

That wasn't the important thing to brood about. They will have to find out who those two students were and what they would do to the other three students.

Will they send those three students back to home?

Was there a similar situation in the past?

What if they were talking in some codewords? 

There were many possibilities to consider.

Anya crossed her arms with a deep frown. How did those people contact the two students? They didn't find anything suspicious yet.

Although Senon found cameras inside the department building, he doubted earning any clue from it. 

Why will a culprit sit in a room that has a camera?

Senon broke the silence, "Skye, I will get a copy of every person who leaves the building. See if you could get anything helpful from that." Senon said and kept it for recording. Other than major actions they knew nothing about Anya's mission. 

Anya thanked Senon and was lost in her thoughts when Jia reached her, followed by Zane who signed helplessly. 

Jia made a puppy face at Anya and rubbed her flat stomach, "Aunt Anya, my tummy is talking to me." She pouted her lips, blinking her big beautiful eyes. It was snack time.

Zane just watched his mother, without asking whether they had to wait more or her work was completed.

Anya was done there. So she cheered them on, "Shall we go and get something yummy to eat?"

Jia's eyes brightened, "Yay… Ice cream…" She jumped in excitement. Zane flashed a sweet smile to Anya. They bid everyone goodbye.