Chapter 80: 80. Good person, good Boss
The car door opened, and Riki got out slowly. He had just arrived at the office building at around three in the afternoon.
Even though Riki had many employees to handle all the work, he felt he had to come to cheer them on. Not only Riki’s employees, but employees from other companies renting offices there also looked excited when Riki arrived.
As soon as Riki got out of his car, they immediately recognized him. They waited for him to come out and greet them.
They clearly showed admiration on their faces.
"Aren’t you coming to the office?" Riki asked his personal driver.
"Ahem! Actually, I have other work waiting for me, I mean Kaivan—"
"Are you hiding something?" Riki asked suddenly.
In fact, Anton was trying hard to hide his sad expression. But Riki knew it anyway, making Anton feel awkward and confused about what to do other than tell the truth.
Riki’s expression, which seemed indifferent yet very caring, made Anton melt instantly and say what was troubling him this afternoon.
"Actually, my parents were arrested today, and the evidence is clear, right? Not only them, but your uncle and aunt too—I think you already know this, right? Several other people have also been arrested. I’m sure you’ll be called in for questioning soon, and I might be called in later too."
Riki reached out his hand and patted Anton on the shoulder. "So, that’s why you’re sad? I know she’s your biological mother. I’m not asking you to stop being sad, but I want you to learn from this. No matter how neatly you hide a carcass, the stench will still be noticeable."
Anton lowered his head, then replied, "Yes, I know. I’ll try to do better than this."
"You can go, Anton. Whether it’s working for Kaivan again or just taking a break. It’s up to you, okay?"
Anton finally raised his head and smiled at Riki, a smile that looked weak and resigned.
"I’ll take care of my house and villa for a while."
Riki nodded, "Make sure all the properties are in your name, because your brother no longer has any rights since he chose to run away."
After that, Riki left, walking towards the office building.
Anton just stood there staring at Riki’s back, feeling guilty for what he had done in the past. Because it turned out that Riki had a very kind heart. Anton felt that he had to help him a lot and be grateful.
Should he really become Riki’s personal driver? Because Anton felt that by doing so, he would be useful.
Riki only asked for some information about his father and mother. Anton told him what he knew, including some documents proving money smuggling, evidence of where his parents got the poison, and so on. Everything was in a secret safe in Anton’s family home. Since Anton knew everything, he gave it all to Riki, who then gave it to Leon.
Anton wasn’t afraid of being labeled a traitor by his father or mother, because for him, his parents had gone too far.
Knowing that Riki was so good to Anton made Anton feel even more guilty, even though it was his parents who were evil, not him.
And when Anton was cleaning up his family’s big house, his brother, Andre, showed up. At that time, Riki was busy with Leon, so Anton took the opportunity to check on some of the people he had hired to clean up the house. Andre appeared there, wanting to beat Anton up. Since Anton was stronger than Andre, he was able to defeat Andre easily.
However, it was Andre’s words that put Anton in a very bad mood that afternoon.
Anton got into Riki’s Rolls-Royce, thinking it would be better to return to Riki’s mansion. He would pick up his own car and then go back home to face Andre again.
Andre’s words kept ringing in Anton’s head.
"This house was bought by my father! So, this house is mine. I don’t care if that arrogant boy gets this house back for you. You are not my father’s son. You don’t even have the right to have that last name. Quickly change your name to Khaizer, just like that arrogant boy. So, this house is mine! Don’t ever think of me as your brother again."
That’s what Andre said.
But Anton thought that since they still had the same mother, they were still brothers. Besides, didn’t Andre remember? When they were little, they were very close. Andre even said that he would work hard and give anything for Anton.
Oh, Anton forgot, when their father came to Anton while drunk and tried to molest him, Andre knew about it, but he kept quiet.
Anton pulled the car over; his emotions were unstable at that moment. He couldn’t continue driving, not in Riki’s expensive car.
"Riki, I’m sorry..."
Anton started driving again, but he turned the car around. He was heading to Kaivan’s place.
***
Riki smiled broadly seeing all his employees working well. Almost all the work was done. And Twaila was there, directing them and encouraging them better than Riki.
Riki saw that his employees were in a very good mood; they were very happy that Twaila was there.
Even though Twaila was wearing cute office clothes with lace and ribbons, everyone obeyed her orders.
"Boss! You’re here?" Jake came out of his room, smiling broadly.
Even though the young man had been gloomy and upset because the girl he met on the dating app was Sofie, a minor. Sofie was already seventeen years old, but the legal age in that country was nineteen.
"Yes, how’s the work here?" asked Riki.
"Everything is fine, boss, don’t worry. Jean said that everything is fine there too, he and Irene are working well. I just got the report, do you want to see it, boss? Your father’s company will rise again soon. According to Jean and Irene, it will be easy because the company already has a good reputation in the community," Jake replied, enthusiastically explaining everything to Riki.
Jake continued to explain several things until Riki sat down in his own chair.
"Would you like to see the advertising video for our latest product? We are lucky because Hayper is working with us, so Angeline and Liz can still be our advertising models. They even offered to have some of their other idols star in our other products as well."
Jake showed Riki several videos that had been edited and were ready to be promoted in various media.
Riki smiled contentedly as he watched the advertising videos. Everything was great because the advertising stars were beautiful and refreshing to the eyes. There were three advertising videos. One video featured Angeline alone, one featured Liz, and another featured Angeline and Liz together.
Riki also planned to recruit Angeline’s idol group and others after their debut.
"Since it’s finished, we can promote it right away, right?" asked Riki.
Jake nodded, "We’ve already posted the silhouettes on social media, and we’ll release the advertising videos tonight. Everything is being handled by Xeon, who is more skilled in advertising promotions," said Jake.
"Good work, if this ad is successful, I’ll give you guys a bonus," said Riki.
"A bonus? Wow, you’re so wise and generous, boss."
"You’re exaggerating, Jake. It’s only natural that I should do that, right? Your work is excellent and exactly what I wanted, even better than I expected. So of course I have to give you guys a bonus."
Jake smiled broadly to himself, very happy that he would get a bonus. The other employees would also be happy, because if Riki said bonus, then everyone would get one, not just Jake. Riki was indeed very generous. He dared to pay a lot of money if the work was good. That’s why the employees there were very grateful to have a boss like Riki. As a result, they worked hard and seriously.
"By the way, boss, Twaila will continue to work here, right?" asked Jake.
Riki glanced at Jake, seeing the happy expression on his face.
"She is my assistant, so obviously, she is here to help me with my work. But, if I have other events, I might take her with me."
"Does she have a boyfriend? Where did you find her, boss?"
Riki stared at Jake intently this time, and the young man didn’t let go of his smile. He looked like a cute puppy who was happy to be invited to play.
"She doesn’t have a boyfriend, I don’t know either... because I just met her. But..." suddenly Riki’s expression became mysterious and serious, causing Jake’s smile to fade in confusion.
"But what, boss?"
"But don’t make her a model for advertisements or anything. Don’t let her become famous so that the whole world knows about her. Because—just look at her, everyone will want her. So, she can’t be famous, understand?"
Jake swallowed hard. He wanted to make Twaila a model because she was very beautiful, more beautiful than Angeline or Liz. People really liked things that were inhuman and unreal like that. So, Jake thought Twaila would be perfect. But Riki was right.
Being famous isn’t good either; it would make us lose our privacy. That’s what Jake thought.
"Alright, boss, don’t worry."
Riki nodded with a happy smile, "Good... now what else— oh, I just bought a hotel, Jake. It’s called the Oceanica Hotel."
Jake’s eyes widened, "You said the
Oceanica Hotel?"