Chapter 6
At the moment everyone could feel the cold anger in Alex's voice.
"Do you think my boss eats free meals?" Sophia Blake's face was ice-cold, like an untouchable glacier that made everyone afraid to get too close.
"I wouldn't dare!" The owner of The Royal Pavilion trembled in fear.
Sure enough, this young man really was the new boss of the Royalist Group?
But he was far too young. If years of his experience was not wasted, the head of such a massive conglomerate should have been a much older person. Still, Sophia would never lie about something like this.
"As guests of your stature, I'm afraid my hospitality hasn't been good enough. How could I possibly charge you? Even if it were a free meal, it would be an honor for my restaurant!" The owner forced a flattering smile, terrified of offending them further.
Everyone in the restaurant was stunned. It was the first time they had ever seen the proud owner of The Royal Pavilion look so submissive and terrified.
What was the real identity of this young man and this beauty?
The manager stood frozen in shock, finally realizing he had caused a catastrophe. He quickly hid behind the others, shivering and not daring to make a sound, afraid he would draw even more attention to himself.
"Well, if my presence here is the honor for your restaurant," Alex said calmly, glancing at the manager, "Then, I want you to do something for me."
"What is it sir? I'll do it right now." The owner said, not knowing what was about to come.
"Oh, it's nothing much, I want you to fire an eyesore for me, you know a person like that can be bad for reputation." Alex smirked while pointing at the manager.
The restaurant owner noticed where Alex had pointed his finger at, gritted his teeth and made a decisive move; he grabbed his cousin by the collar and started beating him viciously right there in front of everyone. The blows were so ruthless that even the onlookers felt their scalps tingle.
"If I ever see you again, I'll break your legs myself!" the owner roared.
"brother! How can you do this! Are you really beating me like this for two outsiders?!" The manager lay on the ground crying bitterly, unable to believe his own relative would turn on him so harshly.
"What did you say? Do you even know who they are?!" the owner shouted in fury "This is the Chief Financial Officer of the Royalist Group, and this young man is her boss — the new owner of the entire Royalist Group!"
His roar made the whole restaurant fall deathly silent, as if time had stopped.
"Royalist… Group?"
"The one worth eighty billion dollars? Did I hear that right?"
"He's… the CEO of the Royalist Group? God, that can't be true, he's so young?"
Everyone was completely shocked. When they looked at Alex again, their eyes were filled with a completely different emotion — awe, fear, and disbelief.
The manager shut his mouth instantly, nothing but pure terror left in his eyes; he had actually provoked the big boss of the Royalist Group…
Before he could even beg for mercy, he was dragged out and thrown onto the street like garbage.
The bald old man and Zara stood there completely dumbstruck, if they had known Alex's true identity, they would have been kneeling and licking his ass instead of targeting him.
Zara was even more stunned. As his ex-girlfriend, she thought she knew every detail of his life, except his great technique in satisfying her womanly needs, he had been just a lowly clerk — how could he suddenly become the boss of the Royalist Group?
But no matter what, compared to the sleazy old man beside her, Alex now looked like a noble, rich, and impossibly handsome man; he was infinitely more attractive.
"Alex… baby, I've always loved you. I never forgot about how you've taken me every night. Can you give me another chance?" Zara shook off the old man's arm and rushed toward Alex desperately.
A cold figure stepped in front of her.
Slap!
A crisp sound rang out as Sophia delivered a sharp slap across Zara's face, knocking her to the ground.
"You are not qualified to approach him. Get lost," Sophia warned coldly.
Alex never even glanced at Zara again, though she was quite good at sucking his meat like a void, but in his new world she no longer existed.
"Mr. Alex, I…" the bald old man stammered, trembling with fear.
"What? you want to ask for forgiveness; where's your attitude from earlier. Just slap yourself till hundred times, and if you stopped midway, figure out the consequences yourself," Alex said indifferently as he walked away.
Sophia followed closely behind him.
The moment they left, the heavy atmosphere in the restaurant lifted. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The old man hesitated for only a second before he immediately began slapping himself hard across the face. Each slap was delivered with full force. He didn't dare stop until he had counted exactly a hundred.
Vrrrrrm—
Outside, the powerful engine of the Pagani roared.
Many people watched as the fiery red supercar smoothly pulled away from the restaurant.
"Holy shit, that's a Pagani Huayra!"
"So he's really the new boss of the Royalist Group? Incredible…"
"I can't believe someone actually accused him of eating a free meal. What a bunch of blind idiots!"
While everyone marveled, they began discussing excitedly, as if they hadn't been the ones laughing at Alex just minutes earlier.
Zara sat on the floor, regretting everything to the point she wanted to die.
The CEO of the Royalist Group, A fifty-million-dollar Pagani; all of it could have been hers, but now she was nothing, not even worth a joke.
Sophia's beauty, temperament, and status completely crushed her. Next to that woman, Zara felt like a cheap streetwalker.