I'll Teach You, Marianne.

On the way back home, Erick turned quiet. This happened after he found out that the new client of Muller Finance International named Olivia Cavaliere was gay. Jack, who had already guessed that Olivia was gay from the start, was not surprised at all when Olivia introduced a beautiful girl named Frederika as her fiancé.

"I still can't understand why such beautiful women would be gay," Erick said quietly for the umpteenth time.

"That's their choice, Erick, it's their right. You can't stop them. Moreover, I'm sure their parents must have known about them. So we are just outsiders and can't interfere in or protest their personal issues," said Jack suddenly joining in on the conversation. .

"Yes, Sir, that is their right. It's just that why should they? They are very beautiful and I'm sure there must be many men who will be ..."

"Attracted to them, just like you," said Jack again cutting Erick's words.

Gulp!

Hearing his boss' words, Erick swallowed slowly. His face suddenly felt hot.

"I know you like her, Erick, it can be seen from your attitude that turned quiet when you saw the beautiful girl suddenly came," added Jack again.

"I don't like her, Sir, I just admire her," Erick quickly denied Jack's words.

Jack just chuckled at Erick's words. He chose to focus on the document in his hand at this time. Within one week, he had already got many big clients that he had targeted after his company was founded in London. Jack deliberately worked hard at the beginning so that Muller Finance in London could quickly become strong, so he just had to expand his company network. While Jack was busy with important files, Erick still couldn't accept that his rival to get Olivia turned out to be a beautiful woman too.

For the past two days, Jack had been really busy and hadn't touched his personal cell phone which he usually used to communicate with Anne, and Anne had tried calling repeatedly but rejected, making his ego as a man appear. His prestige as a powerful man who had a lot of money made him choose to forget about Anne and focused on his work. He felt that his two-year struggle to steal Anne's heart had failed. Jack let Anne choose her own partner, he didn't want to traumatize Anne again, so he chose to step back and let Anne be with Aaron. That was why he chose to keep himself busy with all his work and made everyone in his office work hard because of his madness at work. 

After traveling for almost an hour and a half after being stuck in traffic, the car driven by Erick arrived at Jack's new house. Jack immediately got out of the car after thanking Erick. Instead of going to his room, Jack went into his study. He wanted to save the important files that his new client, Olivia Cavaliere, had just signed. 

Jack's heart was beating very fast when he was about to put his contract letter into his desk drawer, because in that drawer there was his cell phone which had not been touched after the fight with Anne. He looked hesitant when he was about to enter the important file as he saw his cell phone, but when he recalled what Anne had said yesterday, his emotions were provoked. Without thinking, Jack immediately put the file into the desk drawer and immediately closed it quickly. Seeing his cell phone again had reminded Jack of what happened last night where he saw a glimpse of a figure who looked like Anne.

"There's no way I mistaken her for somebody else, I'm sure it was Anne. But why is she on the road that far?"

"Arrgggghhh stop, Jack! Don't remember her anymore. There are many girls out there waiting in line for you, who won't reject you. So stop remembering the woman who has refused to love you."

Jack was talking to himself while staring at the ceiling of his study as he leaned back in his office chair, two days without communicating with Anne had made Jack a little used to it.

Knock

Knock

A knock on his study door snapped Jack out of his thoughts. 

"Sorry to bother you, sir, it's urgent sir. You should know about this," Erick said quietly after knocking on Jack's office door.

"What's wrong?" Jack asked flatly.

Without speaking, Erick went straight into the master's study. He then gave his cell phone to Jack who was now sitting in a perfect posture. Jack, who didn't understand at first, finally grabbed Erick's cell phone in front of him. He was silent when he read the article that appeared on his cell phone screen.

"You must return to Switzerland as soon as possible, Sir, this is urgent," Erick said quietly.

"Can't you go back, Erick?" asked Jack curtly.

"The shareholders want you to come, Sir. if you don't come, then you are considered not to care about the company in Switzerland, Sir. The shareholders seem to plan to remove you from the CEO position and replace your position with..."

"Edmund Immanuel," said Jack, briefly interrupting Erick's words.

"I-I think so sir." Erick responded briefly to the master's words with fear.

Jack and Edmund were cousins ​​who were always competing. Edmund was the son of his father's adopted brother who died decades ago when he was little. And Edmund's father repeatedly tried to seize Jack's inheritance from his parents by pretending to be a guardian for little Jack at that time. Young Jack was forced to sign a letter of transfer of wealth into the hands of his uncle who was Edmund's father. But Jack was reminded of his father's message that he would not allow him to sign anything without the knowledge of his personal lawyer, who was still loyal to Jack. And every time he remembered that incident, Jack was always angry with Edmund, who felt he was following in his father's footsteps, who was trying to seize the inheritance from his parents. Even though it was clear that Edmund's father was not a sibling of Jack's biological father, he was just an adopted child in the Muller family who at that time was helped by Jack's kind-hearted grandmother and could not bear to see him abandoned on the side of the road. But as he grew older, he tried to control the Muller family property, until finally he was expelled by Jack's father.

And since then he really hated Jack's parents, he hated the family who saved his life from the side of the road and this made Jack very disgusted and angry with his uncle who was considered ignorant and ungrateful. 

"Edmund is looking for trouble with me. Okay, I'll join in his game. Prepare the jet, Erick, I will return to Switzerland tonight," said Jack quietly, as he loosened the tie that was still attached to his neck. 

"Okay sir, I will also prepare to..."

"No, you stay in London. You have to stay here and manage the company while I'm in Switzerland, so we won't lose our big clients," said Jack, quickly cut off Erick's words.

"Okay then, Sir," replied Erick politely.

After saying that, Jack then got up from his chair and walked to his room on the second floor. He wanted to prepare himself before leaving for Switzerland. 

"That adopted father and son are really looking to die. Okay, I'll show you who Jackson Patrick Muller really is," Jack hissed hatefully at Mr. Johnny Muller and his son Edmund. Jack was determined to reveal his uncle's secret to the media. He wanted to get his uncle to take off the Muller name because he didn't have the right to use it because he was a stranger in the Muller family.

to be continued