Hollywood Zenith

Samuel stayed for few minutes to see what Clark would do, he was hiding in the dark but he was using his powers to feel his life force.

Seeing him approach the door, he thought he would finally get to see the bewildered face on the rich brat's face but surprisingly he qent back to the fireplace probably to eat.

Samuel finally left disappointed. It was a classic scenario of carrot and stick but in this case the stick could be replaced with a nuclear bomb with what he was planning for Clark.

He opened his phone to see several notification. Some from people back at Paris while others from Adele and Robyn who were in London.

Even Helga and Katarina had left some updates. They were doing well back home. The team he sent with them were protecting the two families from the shadows but so far there was no movements from Bratva.

Maybe Anastasiya really lived up to her reputation and had made some deals with the higher up either way he was relieved to see them doing good.

He still hadn't heard back from Maia, Paige, Liliana or Rosaline from States. Even Roberta and Alana never said anything after they departed back to their home.

But the most troubling notification were from his family, from his parents to his uncle and aunt everyone was looking for him. Maybe his Uncle Daniel didn't want to come between the family drama so he must not have told them about their little deal.

Either way, he wasn't ready to talk to them yet. He first replied to every pending message before moving to Steve and his team to ask for update about their little heist.

The data they collected was a key part for his plan to work. Jane replied back saying it would take another few hours or maybe even evening to properly sort out the information.

There were digital along with hard data so it would take some time for Jane to sort it all out. He didn't rush her knowing she must be up all night doing this.

Maybe Daniel would provide some assistance but he highly doubt that stubborn uncle of his would get soft hearted after he beat up his so easily. Maybe they were family but someone of his stature would never swallow his loss so easily.

After getting the update he thought about what to do next. Without those numbers they wouldn't be able to start their plan.

Thinking about it, he realised that he also owned some of the most largest companies around the world and was like a hands off shopkeepers letting his subordinates do the job for him.

He could only smile bitterly thinking how much pressure they must be under in his absence. It's not like he didn't give them a roadmap but it was for the financial crisis.

That was almost two years ago, he needed to tell them what to do for next few years to maximize their growth so that he could keep funding the Verdant foundation and his new innovation sector that would be managed by Alexis from the Hermes Family.

He shifted through his contacts and called Abigail first. It was past eight thirty so she should be awake by now.

" Hello?"

" Hello? Are you still alive? I thought you died." Abigail's silky voice came through the speaker.

Even though she was pushing forty, her beauty and grace wasn't deminish a bit. He still remembered when he first hired her, she was in trouble with her former employer, HSBC and he had to threaten their chairman to stop messing with her and her family.

Her husband, Leonard was a good guy and would often send handmade premium breads from his bakery for him to try. There was also his niece which he hadn't seen for months.

Even though he wanted to visit them, they would have to wait at least for few more days. For now, he needed to converge a meeting and Abigail as the promptu head in his absence was the person to ask to arrange for it.

" I am not dead. How is Mr Leonard and the little girl doing?" He asked sounding casual.

" I don't know. It's been hectic in the office for past week and I hadn't manage to go home. He is managing everything on his own like usual."

" Is something wrong?" Samuel brows furrowed. He wasn't informed about the situation.

" No nothing serious. We finally manage to dissolve last of our investment from '08 and since the year just started, I have to look into a lot of documents as most of it is related to our dividend payout from different funds." She sounded upbeat, but he could hear a hint of tiredness in her voice. Read the latest on My Virtual Library Empire

" What about Marilyn? Isn't she ready to take on more responsibilities?" Samuel asked.

Marilyn was someone he hired as a secretary but since he was travelling most of the times, she went to work under Abigail and learn the ins and outs of the business.

As a extremely bright and attractive girl, she would repeatedly had to prove herself that she wasn't just good in her looks department and could handle large tasks that Abigail would give to her with ease. A modern day version of Abigail training her as her protegee.

" She seems a little distracted as of late. You know how little kids are when they are first in love. She might try to hide it but I have caught her several times staring at her phone and giggle whenever it made a sound." Abigail said with a sigh.

Abigail might try to hide her relationship but everyone in the firm knew about it. As one of the most attractive recruit, it was only given that her relationship had caused a lot of heartbreaks.

Andrew whom she was in the relationship with was a rough looking person who looked way older than her probably because of constant deployments in his past. He was the head of the security division and was someone, Steve had highlighted for his impressive resume and clean morals.

It was impossible for anyone to believe that someone like Marilyn could ever go for someone like him but as people say love has no boundaries.

Samuel had seen first hand that it was not Andrew that chased her but the other way around. It fit well with his persona of having minimum emotions and always focusing on his work. He was happy that they worked it out.

" I understand. I wanted to ask, how quickly can we arrange a full upper management meeting." He asked.

" One hour is enough but I don't think you would be able to meet, the Verdant or the South Korean Branch members."

" That's fine. Do it, I will be there in an hour."

They didn't talk for long. Neither of them were people who were prone to do small talks.

Since Abigail had her directive, she geared up for another busy day while Samuel wondered how he would get back to the city without a ride!

It was fine at the shade of night but now there would be a lot of traffic. His only option would be to use some public transport making him wonder if he could really be there under an hour!