The Essence Of The Darkness
Episode 89: Akram's Decision
"It's a good idea that you've dared to act in my company and make decisions against my authority!" Akram growled, anger seemed to envelop his soul, making his aura even darker. "I will use every means to overturn your decision" he threatened with determination.
Xavier chuckles. "try it. I will also use every means to keep Lana as my assistant. Don't you feel sorry for me? Because Dimitri tried to take our arms company, he made Regas betray me and forced me to finish Regas with my own two hands" Xavier said the word forced in his sentence, but his lips even put on a big smile as if pleasure, making Akram even more inflamed.
"You never had to kill Regas. I thought you might even have fun satisfying that disgusting appetite to kill you. And as for Regas who betrayed you, my investigators have found that it was because of a past grudge. You killed his family in the past, and he broke in to be your assistant for wanting revenge on you. So, don't try to put the blame on me," Akram refuted in disgust.
Once again Xavier just laughed in the face of all Akram's scorn.
"Alright, whatever my reason, you'll only look at me from the most negative side, so I won't try to refute you for nothing" Xavier's expression turned serious. "You may be determined to use every means possible to prevent Lana from becoming my personal assistant. But, what if the situation is that Lana herself is willing to do the job?"
"When I was about to give Elana a job at my company, all she asked for was a job as a cleaning service that she said was within her means. And he insisted on doing that. Elana's so stubborn, why would she change her mind to suddenly want to be your assistant?" akram's eyes narrowed suspiciously. "Do you want to use the opportunity after this to threaten and intimidate Elana so that she's willing to be your assistant?"
"I won't do that, threatening Lana won't lead to success. That woman will only fight back with all her might, you must be the one who knows it the most" Xavier said meaningfully. "I will persuade her persuasively, for Lana's own benefit,"
"How can being your assistant benefit Elana instead of harm?" Akram seems to be starting to be able to control his emotions, the man is also interested in finding answers from the enigmatic attitude shown by Xavier.
"You want to make Lana your wife, don't you? As soon as the media and press learned that an Akram Night had already chosen a wife, what did you think they would do to Lana? They would scour themselves to the brink, seek out information about Lana, undermine her privacy, and then spice things up to create scandals and deliberate horrendous news to capture the attention of the public and enlarge their opinions. The more rotten the secret that can be revealed and the more materials that can be used to humiliate Lana, the more happy they will be." Xavier elaborates in a calm tone, ensuring Akram can accept the logic in his voice.
"They won't find anything, I'll make sure of that" Akram growled half angrily. The shadow of Elana will be the victim of media exploitation as the woman becomes his wife, angering Akram enormously. If possible, Akram wants to lock Elana in her protection ring and hide her from the cruel outside world. But of course he can't do it, can he? What Xavier said was true, once he officially announced his marriage, Elana would be an easy meal for the news-hungry media and press.
"Have you forgotten that there are many witnesses who know that Lana works at your company as a cleaning service? Not only your division head, all employees in the cleaning service division, even the shuttle bus driver or also the building security officer and cafeteria employees in your office who all interact with Lana while at work... that has not taken into account other division employees who have also seen it. You may have erased Lana's entire past and created a new identity for her. But, you certainly can't silence these people, can you. They are human beings who have their own will and no one can shut their mouth beyond their will. Using the hush money will carry the risk of betrayal later on, you certainly can't kill them just to silence them, right?"
I was stunned listening to Xavier's words. Inevitably he admires how Xavier details taking the possibility of loopholes on all sides, taking into account all the risks and profits obtained carefully before then making a decision. It is not wrong if Xavier is known to be very genius in terms of investment and stock games. He is highly respected in that field, because whatever investment decisions he makes, he almost never meets with mistakes. Even people will tend to wait and then flock to follow the direction of Xavier's decision because they believe it will definitely benefit them.
Because every decision is embraced by so many people, Xavier Night alone, has the ability to flip through fluctuations in stock market charts easily, as easy as flicking a finger
"You're in an inevitable dilemma. And here I am, offering help that you cannot refuse" Xavier continued in a confident tone.
Akram squinted. "Explain to me what you mean" he said in an arrogant commanding tone.
"By making Lana my personal assistant, all your hardships will be wiped out. There would be no doubting the abilities and capabilities of an assistant from a Xavier Night, they would instantly acknowledge Elana's intelligence without any objection. Even if they find out later that Lana was once a cleaning service at your company, they will think that it was one of my strategies to train her," Xavier raised his chin haughtily.
"Of course I won't let someone who doesn't have the potential to develop be my assistant. I'm willing to mentor Lana, downgrade my knowledge and teach her everything necessary to make Lana truly capable of holding the position of personal assistant to a Xavier Night," xavier's arrogance was evident in his eyes as he connected his sentence with an irritating question sentence. "Do you want to think you can get another mentor to train Lana, who has half my ability?" challenge straightforward.
Xavier's question once again left Akram stunned, inevitably struck down by the truth in Xavier's words. To provide education and science degrees to Elana, in fact, Akram can enter Elana into a quality private school that will certainly be able to provide official education levels and the best value and absorption of knowledge.
However, letting Elana go to school is not the best option. In addition to taking a long time to complete, Elana will also be away from her reach for some time when she has to study at school, she said, not to mention the interference from other men who might have been attracted to the woman when Akram released Elana from his supervision....
On the other hand, Xavier offers are very profitable when viewed from all sides. Not only Elana can get the best mentor that will make anyone will not dare to judge the status of Elana as his wife later. If Xavier's room is right next to his, it means she's only a short distance away and Akram can see her every day and reach for her if he needs to hug her.
But is it worth the risk? If Akram agrees to that, it's the same as handing Elana over to Xavier...
"What's your advantage in this? You wouldn't give it all away without having a hidden purpose, would you?" Akram narrowed his eyes, starting to be alert.
Xavier's expression did not change at all, remaining serious, as if the man wanted to show that he was not messing with his words.
"I did it not for you, but for Lana," Xavier grinned, throwing a sharp glare at Akram. "You must have realized that I already considered Lana as my ally, right? And what I'm offering is not just her mentor but my name protection to Lana. There would be no one who would dare to mess with Xavier Night's assistant,"
Akram nodded his head thinly, for some reason this time he did not doubt Xavier's honesty.
"You may offer the position to Elana but never use threats or intimidation against her so that she will obey your will. Don't play behind my back, because one thing you should know, is that Elana won't be able to cover anything from me. If Elana is willing to volunteer to be your assistant, then I won't bother you," Akram finally made the right decision, a decision he hoped would not end badly.
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Before entering his study, Akram's steps came to a halt when he saw the work that was almost complete to turn the meeting room into a Xavier workspace, where the position of the room was right next to the Akram workspace.
Akram workspace is located at the very top of this building, which is directly connected to a special elevator where not just anyone can press the button to this floor. Only people with special pass cards or people who already have a confirmed meeting appointment get permission to set foot into this place.
Meanwhile, there were three other doors in the room. Akram workspace which takes place very large, located in the door in the middle, Akram almost never allows anyone to enter his study, except Elios and of course Elana. The leftmost door is a room with a capacity of one hundred people for meeting purposes with a large audience, while the rightmost door is a medium-sized work space that still fits fifty people once a meeting.
Actually, the existence of meeting rooms here is almost unnecessary because they have one floor for the purposes of various meeting capacities below, there is even a giant auditorium on the ground floor.
Akram saw that this smaller meeting room that currently looks massively overhauled to be converted into Xavier's workspace.
Relief flashed through Akram's mind when he saw that the workers had also built an additional table located right next to Elios' desk reserved for Xavier's personal assistant and secretary. That means, if Elana agrees to become Xavier's assistant, the woman will spend her working time in this place, next to Elios, in the open space, she said, not in a closed room and just alone with Xavier in it.
That means every time Akram steps out and in from his study, he can see Elana. And all day long, that woman will be near here, only limited by a closed door.
It would be easier to keep an eye on Elana then. And at the very least, Elana will not be able to charge herself with hard work, especially if later she is really pregnant.
Akram set foot on the doorstep of aspiring workspace Xavier, and his forehead immediately wrinkled when he saw how bright the room was. Xavier has replaced the entire panel on one side of the wall with heat-resistant clear glass that instantly infuses the rush of sunlight throughout the room. As if that was not enough, the man also ordered that these workers install furniture with young colors which is certainly very opposite to the Akram workspace which tends to be filled with dark shades.
"Mr Akram," Elios' slightly gasped voice as the man stepped out of the elevator in a frenzy made Akran take his eyes off the bright shades of Xavier's den.
Akram put on a stern expression, looking at Elios with a reproachful look.
"Why didn't you tell me about Xavier's actions?" tanyanya fast.
Elios seemed to feel guilty and gulped his saliva nervously.
"Xavier deliberately sent his workers towards midnight, there were hundreds of workers sent to do everything with lightning so that they could reach the stage of almost complete in one night. The next morning I just got a report, but I refrained from telling you because you gave me the message that you were taking Miss Elana to Xavier's house for her third and final serum," Elios looked at Akram carefully, "Please forgive my carelessness?" tanyanya fast.
Akram turned his body and stepped into his own room, only glancing slightly at Elios.
"What are we gonna do? We're not going to do anything." he replied later in a mysterious tone that left Elios half-dead in confusion.
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"How are you feeling?"
Xavier stepped into the room and immediately took the seat he dragged to the bed as usual. The man sat there and watched Elana closely, watching her closely.
Xavier deliberately gave Elana a few hours to sleep before coming to him. The serum had a relaxing effect that made its user unable to withstand the drowsiness that would instantly strike. After falling asleep for a few hours, the body will usually feel very fresh, as well as the cold that strikes the body, all of it will gradually disappear. Moreover, in this third and final gift, the effect of the poison would vanish instantly.
"I feel better," awkwardly, as Xavier came to her right after she woke up from her sleep, Elana moved her body to sit on the bed by keeping the blanket around her waist.
Xavier leaned his body casually and smiled at Elana's nervousness,
"Calm down, Lana, I just want to talk," the man half-crying before continuing, "I want you to help me," he said later, uttering his unexpected words.
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