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“Yeah!” Carlisle rubbed his eyes and gave a nod.
“Damn, that’s impressive!”
Francis sighed quietly and glanced out the window at the reasonably large semiconductor company.
He was convinced that acquiring a company of this scale would have cost him a fortune.
In just a couple of weeks, Francis had seen Carlisle go from scraping by to becoming a billionaire and
snapping up two companies in the process.
He wondered why Carlisle, who was already swimming in cash, would bother with running businesses. He figured it would be easier to keep the money in the bank and live off the interest.
Carlisle returned to school and ran into Wanda, Phoebe, and Christine, who were all beaming joyfully.
“Hey, Carlisle,” Phoebe greeted him with a big smile.
Carlisle turned to Wanda with a grin and joked, “You guys look very pleased. Did you receive another
order or something?”
Wanda nodded, then glanced around. Spotting Mike and his friends playing basketball on the field, she quickly tugged at Phoebe’s sleeve.
“Let’s go. We can’t keep our clients waiting!”
“Wanda asked me to tell you…” Phoebe playfully teased Carlisle, her tone flirtatious.
“Come on, Carlisle. You better hurry up. Someone’s waiting for you to marry me!”
“Huh?” Carlisle responded, taken aback.
“Phoebe, are you out of your mind?”
Blushing bright red, Wanda tightened her fists, clearly upset.
“Oh, help me!” Phoebe screamed as she fled off the school grounds.
After noticing Carlisle’s dark circles, Christine gently remarked, “While making money is important, your
health matters more. After all, health is the cornerstone of everything.”
Without waiting for Carlisle’s reply, she briskly walked away.
Carlisle smiled and made his way toward the dorms.
“Carlisle…”
Mike’s voice echoed from the nearby field.
Carlisle stopped in his tracks and turned to look.
Mike gestured impatiently.
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“Hey! Are you gonna come over here, or must I go to you?”
Carlisle calmly walked toward the field.
Approaching Mike with a smile, he asked, “What’s up, Mike?”
In a nonchalant tone, Mike asked, “Are you still hanging out with Wanda?”
Carlisle was quick to say, “Nah, man. I’m not.”
But Mike wasn’t buying it. “Damn, I saw it myself. Do you think I’m blind?”
Then Carlisle, smooth as butter, handed over some cash, saying, “Hey, get everyone some drinks!”
He pulled out five hundred dollars with a grin.
Taking the money, Mike said, “Just be more careful next time. I’ll cover this for you just this once. Now,
off you go.”
“Alright. Thanks, Mike!”
Carlisle chuckled, then headed back to the dorms.
As soon as he turned away, his smile faded.
Carlisle quickly called Heath when he returned to his room.
“Boss…” Heath’s voice was faint and weak.
Carlisle frowned and asked, “What’s going on with you?”
Heath croaked out, “lan’s guys showed up at the ice rink last night and started a fight. They outnumbered us, and we were pretty beat up.”
“Are you badly hurt?”
“Not too bad…”
“Which hospital are you at?”
“Don’t worry about it, Carl. It’s merely cuts and bruises… Ouch, fuck! Can’t you be a bit gentler?”
Heath hadn’t even gone to the hospital. He had the staff at his bar patch him up instead.
Carlisle wasn’t fooled. He knew Heath was more injured than he was letting on.
Squinting, he asked, “lan’s already making moves?”
Heath’s tone grew serious.
“Yeah, it’s weird. He brought over a hundred guys, caused a huge scene, and even got the cops involved Both sides ended up with people getting arrested.”
Carlisle took a deep breath.
“Think about this carefully, Heath. Maybe we should focus on legitimate business if this path isn’t working
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out.
Heath clenched his jaw.
“No way. I’ve got to see this through. I’m striking back tonight!”
He believed that once someone was committed to a path, they would have to follow through, even if it meant persevering against all odds.
With many of his men arrested and having suffered a cut on his arm, Heath couldn’t just let it go.
