Chapter 5 - Golden Encounter
- “Who are you?” Paul was taken aback after the man addressed him as young master Chile.
- He didn't know who was standing across from him and yet the man seemed to know him inside out.
- He even addressed him as the young master of Chile, and indeed, he was the young master of Chile's family. However, he had for a long time lost that identity after his uncle drove him out of his parents’ Empire following the demise of his parents.
- “My name is John Moore from the Ultimate Groups and I was your father's subordinate and by extension, your servant,” replied the young man.
- Then with a pleading voice he continued, “Young master Chile, could you please come into the car so that we can talk better when we get to the office. I have some important messages for you but here is not proper for our discussions. I have been everywhere for the past years looking for you.”
- Hearing this, Paul fell into deep silent thoughts.
- He stared at the young man with an undisputable confusion that hovered on his face very overwhelmingly. Everything looked very absurd to him. He didn't understand why this man was addressing him as a young master. He even claimed to be his late father's subordinate and by extension, his own servant.
- But in actuality, Paul had never seen him around the vicinity of either their house or their business empire even when his late parents were still alive. More so, he was now a homeless, poverty-stricken and rejected young man who was thrown out of his own parent’s house by his very uncle and rejected by his wife for whose sake he suffered terrible tortures and nightmares in the prison dungeon for the past unforgettable three years.
- ‘John Moore from the Ultimate Groups?’
- ‘Ultimate Groups?’
- ‘Isn't Ultimate Groups the most renowned and revered conglomerate in the county?’
- ‘How then was he my father's subordinate? My late father had never walked with the Ultimate Groups?’ thought Paul.
- How could a poverty-stricken and rejected nobody like him have a domineering and very unassuming young man like the one who was standing across from him as a servant?
- Was this a prank or something else? Or does this man think that he is still the young master of Chile's empire as he was before?
- Many unanswered questions clouded his mind and bedeviled his senses of reasoning. His face remained expressionless and paled in confusion.
- A thick air of silence stood before them, lasting for ages.
- However, after recalling that both Ella and Bryan’s hitmen were still after him, he decided to join the young man in his car. Thus, he nodded and said, “I will follow you, then.”
- “Thank you so much young master for accepting to join me,” the young man thanked Paul very immensely.
- The young man’s bodyguard gestured and guided Paul to enter one of the black tinted Mercedes Maybach convoys. Then, they zoomed off and headed straight to a villa located at the outskirts of the city.
- Few hours later…
- A convoy of black tinted Mercedes Maybach cars arrived at an extravagant Villa’s enroute. The Villa was named Moore Mansion.
- “Where are you taking me to?” Paul asked with fear as soon as he saw that they were about driving inside an underground Villa.
- John Moore smiled at him and said very meekly, “Don't be afraid, young master. This is our Moore’s family Villa and we are about to enter into our underground mansion.”
- Paul was led into the underground mansion by John Moore and his bodyguards.
- It was an underground Mansion that was made of some sophisticated and exclusively expensive architectural materials with a quantum defense.
- The mansion was a penthouse villa. The building structure was meticulously designed to represent the luxurious quant European-style penthouses. Its exterior view was very awesome and breathtaking. The interior view and design was nothing short of exquisite and attractive.
- Both the exterior and interior views of the mansion were very attractive and tempting that nobody would ever wish to leave the Villa in a haste without exploring its ambient natural and exotic beautiful aura after walking into the mansion for the first time.
- However, Paul's case was different. He wanted to leave the underground mansion despite its ambient natural beauty and breathtaking aura.
- He wasn't comfortable at all.
- Maybe, his uncomfortability was due to his fate - he was being pursued by both Ella and Bryan's hitmen. He was also oblivious of what John Moore wanted to achieve by bringing him to his place.
- “Ahem!” Just then, John cleared his throat and began to speak, saying, “Young master, I want to sincerely apologize to you for my inability to find you for so many years now. I know that I have failed my Boss who is your father. Because, this wasn't what he expected of me.
- “I am very sorry particularly to have allowed you to suffer years of ridicule, mockery, humiliations, hunger and rejections from those lowly, inconsiderate, and unworthy fools. Please, find somewhere in your heart to forgive me for my lapses.”
- “What nonsense are you saying Mister Moore?” Asked Paul. He was totally confused by John's statement and aura. “Why should I forgive you when you didn't wrong me in the first place?”
- “I have wronged you indeed young master. Please forgive me. I have also wronged my Boss, Sir Chile.”
- John got on his knees and began to grovel before Paul, pleading for his mercy. “I can't continue to live freely if I do not gain your forgiveness and pardon. Please, have mercy on me young master and I promise to be of good behavior from now onward.”
- “You are making me more confused, Mr Moore. Could you please get up and tell me why you brought me here, and stop speaking riddles. You're confusing me the most with all these riddles. I'm no longer the young master of Chile's empire. My Uncle seized up my parents' empire and drove me out of our house after my parent's demise. So, stop addressing me as Chile's young master.” Paul voiced his frustration and confusion immediately.