"But I don't know exactly what's wrong with the network. I have been trying this since yesterday night, and I'm fed up already. I don't know what else I can do to this laptop," Isabella yelled as she angrily shut down her laptop and turned it back on.
"Hmm... Since yesterday? Do you think that it's the network?" Charles said as he put his hand on her laptop.
"Then what? What else can it be if it's not the network? Just refresh it again; maybe it's going to work," she shot back.
Angrily, Isabella got up and started going around her office.
"Madam... Can you please come and check this out?" Charles called to her attention.
"hat's this? This is zero balance!! We have over one billion dollars in this account," she yelled.
Pressing the refresh button again, Charles replied, "But this is the fifth time that I'm going to refresh this thing, and it's showing me the same thing. I don't know what else I can do.
"Then you must be crazy to say that. It seems that you are ready to be sacked, right? Just keep refreshing it until it shows me the real balance," she yelled back.
Charles began sweating. He adjusted his polo and took off his glasses. Then, he put them on.
"I'm now wearing my glasses. Maybe I should just refresh it again and be sure of what I'm seeing," he said.
Angrily, Isabella shouted at him, "Better do that now before I sack you. As my secretary, you don't know that you are supposed to do everything to make your work perfect, right? This is going to be your last warning."
"I am sorry to say this, madam. I think we have been scammed," Charles said, with his voice breaking.
"Scammed? What do you mean, dude? Are you saying that we have lost one billion dollars? How? Why?" Isabella asked angrily.
She sat down on the edge of the table.
"What's wrong with this, Matthew?" She said as she called the computer expert from their company.
"Yes, ma'am, I'm on my way," Matthew replied as he hurried to meet her.
Pointing at Charles, Isabella said, "This dude is saying rubbish. Can you please tell me why the balance is showing zero? Quickly find a solution to it and tell me when it is done."
"Okay, madam," Matthew said as he held the cursor.
After some minutes, he said, "It looks like that's your real balance, ma'am. There's nothing in the account, ma'am."
"There's nothing there? Are you sure? The balance is supposed to be more than one billion dollars," Isabella said.
She couldn't believe what she had just heard.
She turned to Matthew and said, "But I didn't do anything strange on this computer yesterday. Someone sent me a link, and I clicked on it. After that, I didn't do anything strange. And the person even invented over two million dollars yesterday ".
Matthew sighed.
"Maybe that's where the error lies," he said.
"I can't believe that I'm going bankrupt. Is this happening to me?" Isabella said as she gazed at her balance, hoping it was going to be the amount she left it last night.
Suddenly and angrily, Arthur entered her office with rage.
"What exactly is your problem, Isabella? Why haven't I received my money since this morning? This is my first time investing here, and you have already messed up. Where's my money?" Arthur asked.
"I don't know what's wrong with it. You are going to receive your money," Isabella responded.
"And what's that? Is that not a zero balance? Where's my money?" Arthur said as he pointed at the balance on her laptop.
"I'm going to do something about it," Isabella said, her eyes turning red.
"This is your last chance, Isabella. Do you think that I invested in your company just for my money to disappear like air?" Arthur shouted.
"I'm sorry, Arthur. I'm going to find something to do with it. You are all going to be given your money," Isabella replied as her voice began to break.
Arthur shouted back, "I am giving you just today. If you don't return my money today, I am going to sue you. I'm sure that you are going to spend at least fifteen years in prison with the money we all invested."
"I understand, Arthur. I'm going to try my best to refund your money," she replied.
She couldn't believe that she had just fallen victim to fraud, and the person who sent her the link had invested in her company.
She had been running her investment company since her husband's death some years ago. Yes, everything has been going smoothly since then.
But why? Why would someone do such a thing to her? Going to jail would only worsen the situation. Fifteen years in prison is not a small thing.
She took a deep breath and let out a sigh. Tears rolled down her face as she gazed at the ceiling as if hoping to find a solution there.
"In just ten hours, my entire investment is gone," she said as she bit her lips.
She took out her phone and clicked on the caller app . Bankruptcy wasn't an option, and going to jail would make things worse.
" There's no other choice," she said.
She dialed William's contact and pressed the call button. Fortunately, he picked it.
"Are you in your office, Billionaire William?" she asked.
"Long time no see. I'm in my office. Hope there's no problem?" William asked.
"Can I meet you there right now?" she asked.
William responded, "Yes, of course. You can."
She ended the call, went downstairs, got into her car, and drove to the billionaire's company.
She entered his office and explained what had happened.
"One billion dollars? That's a huge amount of money," William said as he sat down on his office chair.
Isabella replied, "Yes, William. I'm going to repay you as soon as I recover."
With a smile on his face, William said, "Recover? Do you think it's easy to recover from such a huge amount of money?"
"Yes, of course. It will only take me maybe four or five years to return your money. Please help me, William. I'm not ready to go to jail," she responded.
"Jail? Those investors threatened you with jail? This is somewhat serious," William replied as he lit a cigarette.
"Are you interested?" William asked as he extended his hand to offer her a cigarette.
"Not at all. I'm here for the money, William. Can you please make it snappy?" she said.
"I do question myself about the reason why you left my squad. Now, you have stopped smoking," William said.
Isabella put a smile on her worried face and said, "Can you please make this quick, William?"
"Sure, Isabella. I have agreed to lend you the money," William said.
With a smiling face, Isabella looked at him and said, "Thanks so much, dear. I appreciate it."
Just as Isabella was about to get up, William said, "I heard that you have a beautiful daughter. Are you ready to marry her off to me? Or do you want to taste the breeze of prison?"
Shocked, Isabella sat back down.
"Emilia is my only daughter. I don't want her to marry someone like you," Isabella said.
"Am I that bad?" William asked. "Then I'm sure you prefer going to jail. Your daughter or jail? Which one do you prefer? The ball is in your court."
" That's not going to happen. I'm old enough to choose my husband by myself. You can't tell me to just marry anyone like that. I'm a human and I also make choices " Emilia shouted at her mom.Without hesitation, Isabella moved closer to her and slapped her." How dare you shout at me? Are you out of your senses? I gave birth to you and I did everything for you. You don't have the right to reject my offer. You have to do what I wanted", Isabella shot back." Did you just slap me, Mom? Because I said that I'm not going to marry that wicked billionaire? Is it by the Force to marry someone I don't love? Were you forced to marry Dad?" Emilia asked.Isabella signed." Why are you not getting me? What concerns me about you loving him or not? He's your future husband and you must marry him", Isabella said." Not at all. I'm not going to do such a thing. You are always wicked, Mom. Ever since the death of my dad, you have been treating me as if you are not the one who gave birth to me. Is this
"Are you ready and willing to marry William as your husband?" The priest asked Emilia as he faced her.Emilia looked at her mom and Isabella smiled. Emilia couldn't believe that she was marrying the person she didn't love.She has already put on the wedding dress." Madam, are you willing and ready to marry William as your husband?" The priest asked again.Emilia couldn't respond. She's lost in thought. She looked at her dress once again.Suddenly, her mother tapped her on the shoulder." Is something wrong, Emilia?" She asked.Hearing her name, she gained her thought." Hello. Nothing is wrong, Mom, "she replied." Are you willing and ready to marry William as your husband? " The priest asked for the third time." Yes, I'm ready and willing to do so," Emilia said as she smiled a little." William, are you willing and ready to marry Emily as your wife?" The priest asked." I'm Emilia and not Emily," Emilia said. " I'm sorry," he replied." William, are you willing and ready to make E
" I told you not to hug me again when I'm busy with work," Willam said as he put away Emilia's hand." My love, what's wrong with you? Did I offend you?" She replied with a smile on her face." It's not about you offending me. I'm telling you about my rules and regulations. You can't do as you like " Willaim said." I'm your wife and I can do anything that I want. A hug won't disturb you from doing what you are doing on your phone", Emilia said, as she snatched his phone from him." Hand over my phone, Emilia", William requested as he folded his hand.Emilia put the phone in her pocket and moved closer to him. She hugged her once again but William pushed her away." Don't get closer to me, bitch. Hand over my phone now before I do something you are not going to like", William said angrily.Emilia replied, " Bitch? Did you just call me a Bitch? Why are you doing this?" " Can you just leave me alone and hand over my phone?" William said as he unfolded his hand.Emilia took out his phon
"Allesandra, you have a message," Isabella's father said as he called her name." Coming already. I just want to pour this water outside", pale replied as she got out, with a pale of water in her hand.She was on her way back when her mother called her back." I saw your posts yesterday. Keep up the good work, dear. May God continue to protect you" She said, as she placed her hands on Isabella's head. " Thanks so much, Mommy, " She replied." But you haven't published anything about those Mafian squads? Have they been arrested and jailed"? Her mother asked" Thanks for asking, Mom. I'm going to start today. I don't want something that happened to us that time to repeat itself ", she replied.Her mother chucked." The day they beat the hell out of your father, right?" She asked.Allesandra replied, " Yes, that's one of the reasons why I begged you to relocate abroad".Her mother signed. Then, she said," What about you? Are you not coming with us?"Isabella responded," If I leave, ther
"So, why didn't you give me some of the evidence you told me about, Emilia? If you really want me to bring down William, you have to have total trust in me," Alessandra asked Emilia, her voice loud.However, Emilia was standing in the entrance of the bathroom, eating some snacks when she received the voicemail from Alessandra.She played it and listened to it. Then, she chuckled, eating another snack on the table."Can I really trust that journalist? What if she's planning something else or she wants to use me as bait? That won't be funny, and I know that William will not forgive me if you do that," she mused to herself, taking another snack.She got out of the bathroom and went to her room. Then, she went to the cupboard to change her clothes . Suddenly, William entered the room.She was shocked. She quickly took a cloth out of the cupboard and used it to cover her body."What's wrong with you, Emilia? Have you forgotten that I'm your husband, or why are you covering your body with
"Are you done with the investigation of the number I sent to you last week?" William asked, gazing at Mr. Smith.Mr. Smith was the assistant secretary of William."No sir, I lost my phone the day you sent it to me," Mr. Smith said.William looked at him from head to toe and hissed."Since last week, you haven't told me you lost your phone. Are you out of your mind?" He said angrily.Mr. Smith kneeled down before him."I'm very sorry, please forgive me," he said.William took his jacket, his car keys, and got out of his office. Mr. Smith ran after him."I'm so sorry for what I did, sir. Please forgive me, Sir. I promise that I'm not going to repeat something like this anymore," Mr. Smith said, running after him.Suddenly, William stooped. He turned back and said, "Old man, Can you just find a place to sit? I said that I have heard you. Do I look like I'm angry?"Mr. Smith stopped running after him. Then, he said, "I'm very sorry, sir. Please forgive me."William went to his house. Upon
"What's wrong? Which message did you receive?" Alessandra asked as she ran after Emilia.Emilia had already reached the outside when Alessandra caught up with her. Alessandra quickly held her hands, and Emilia stopped."We are talking about how to bring down your husband, and you just stand up because you received a message. What's wrong? The first time you called me to help you, that's how you acted also," Alessandra said.Emilia looked into her eyes and gave her a smile."Only if she can understand that she's already dead meat. What's going to happen to her if she knows that my husband has already known about her?" Emilia mused to herself, biting her lips.She breathed heavily and said, "It's not like that, Alessandra. It's true that we were talking when I suddenly stood up. It's something you should not be aware of," Emilia explained."Why are you doing this? Why can't you trust me, Emilia? Which message did you receive, and who sent it?" Alessandra asked."I'm already in a hurry,
Emilia opened her eyes. She couldn't believe where she was; she was on a hospital bed."What's going on and why am I here?" she asked herself, looking around.She quickly got out of the bed and was about to leave the room when a nurse stopped her."You are not allowed to leave this place until the doctor approves," the nurse said as she stood in front of Emilia.Using all her strength, Emilia pushed her away."I have to go now," she said.As she was about to leave, Allesandra opened the door. Emilia calmed down a little."What are you doing here? I thought you left me at the place where I fainted. Why are you here?" Emilia asked angrily.Allesandra smiled a little."Don't be mad at me. Can you just sit down so we can talk? I don't have much time left. I have a lot of things to do at home," Allesandra said.Emilia breathed heavily.She looked at Allesandra for the second time and bit her lip."Okay then. I'm going to sit down," she said as she moved backward.Allesandra closed the door