“What? What did you say?” Kyron looked confused. What’s with my reputation? What’s the problem? What’s going on?
Before Kyron could react, he received another call and immediately plastered a smile on his face. “Hi there, how can I help you?”
The person from the other end of the phone said something similar, “Mr. Wandrie. Due to the bad reputation of your company, the Goldstein Corporation would have to terminate all the contracts with you.”
What? Another company wants to terminate their contract because of our reputation? What on earth is happening?
In the next few minutes, Kyron had received at least ten calls in one shot. All of them expressed their intention to stop working with his company.
“The Cloudin Group wishes to end our business partnership with you due to your company’s bad reputation.”
“I’m sorry, Mr. Wandrie, but the Veraston Group has decided to terminate all our contracts with you as your company’s reputation is at stake.”
Kyron went on and answered several more calls. Finally, he exploded. “Are you calling to tell me your company wants to cut ties with us too?”
“Nope.”
Kyron froze for a moment and instantly apologized, “I’m so sorry. I’ve overreacted earlier…”
“I call to find out if you wish to sign up for our insurance package to protect your company against any reputational damage.”
Are you kidding me? Anger swept over, and Kyron instantly threw his phone to the ground. The color drained out of his face, and he shot daggers at Fabian.
Did he do all this to my company? How is it possible? He’s just a young man! No way. It can’t be him. I must have offended someone influential, and he’s doing this to punish me.
“So, do you think you’re still capable of getting rid of me?” Fabian gave him a sidelong glance and said a confident voice. It came so naturally from him.
“You did all these?” Kyron was struck dumb and staggered. He stared at Fabian in shock and asked, “Who… who are you?”
Shania’s face turned pallid, and she, too, began to tremble. “Dad, what’s going on?”
Kyron started breaking out in cold sweat. He clenched his fists but was utterly tongue-tied.
“You want to know who I am?” Fabian let out a mirthless laugh. “Have you heard of the Phoenix Group and Norton Corporation?”
“Oh no!” Kyron gasped in disbelief. He staggered for fell on the ground. Hopelessness was written all over his face, and he could not stop his body from trembling.
“What Norton and Phoenix? Why are you afraid of him? There are so many of us!” Shania roared. Though she knew Fabian was quite a big shot, she was not ready to give in.
She inched closer and raised her voice. “Dad!”
Kyron was still stunned. Instead of waiting for her father to react, Shania decided to take matters into her own hands.
“All of you!” Shania started screaming at Fabian and his men.
All of a sudden, Kyron stood up and gave Shania a tight slap. “Are you crazy? You want to destroy the Wandrie family?”
“Dad!” Shania’s eyes widened in disbelief.
“Shut the hell up!” Kyron roared. He walked toward Fabian and instantly toned down his voice. “It’s all our fault, Mr. Norton. Please forgive us.”
The arrogance on his face had completely disappeared, and he looked aged after knowing that Fabian was from the Norton family. At this point, he no longer had the guts to offend him anymore.
