Reforming a Rake

LICENTIOUS RAKE

CHAPTER 1 LICENTIOUS RAKE

WARNING!

THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS LIGHT (SEXUAL, SUICIDAL, DANGEROUS, EXPLICIT) SCENES AND WORDS NOT SUITABLE FOR PEOPLE BELOW 18 YEARS OLD. READ AT YOUR OWN RISKS!

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Amadeus Knoxx sat on his swivel chair while his eyes roamed around the cold spacious room that held 12 individuals, aside from him, silently sitting on their chair each with a rather pale countenance. He swirled the champagne inside his wine glass and tapped his fingertips on top of the long and only mahogany table inside.

"Am I obliged to waste a few more seconds of my precious time just for you to come up with a reason why this happened?" he voiced, he sounded playful however, the sarcastic tone of his voice made it clear to them of his brewing anger.

They had never expected that one of the teams of a very important project would betray them and sell the information to their enemy, and now the company is at risk of losing a hundred million dollars if nobody came up with a solution ASAP.

Shivering under his scrutinizing gaze, they attempted to lessen their presence before him by arching their back and lowering their heads like poor pets being reprimanded. And yet, this action only added fuel to the fire. As a multi-billion dollar company, he would not want to see his people looking weak and useless, he deems them worthless whenever they acted unprofessional and vulnerable. Truly unbecoming of a world-class company's employees.

"I have no use of worthless praises and meaningless oaths, I need results. By the end of the week, if no one would be smart enough to solve the problem. Then I would be expecting twelve resignation letters on my table." he eyed them with all seriousness, completely different from the usual sarcastic and arrogant Amadeus Knoxx that everyone knew.

"Dismissed." seeing no objections, he dismissed the meeting at once and left without a glance, he had a lot more important things to do than to dilly dally and wait for a bunch of incompetent people who did not bother investigating their workers and resulted to a huge loss.

Although a measly hundred million won't affect him and his companies, it was still his money and he was unwilling to let people loot his goods before his eyes. If someone would be looting here, it would be him, only him.

Amadeus removed his suit and loosened his tie, unbuttoned his cuff and three buttons from his collar. He plopped onto the black satin sofa inside his office and prompted his head on top of his hand.

Suddenly, his phone rang and vibrated for a couple of seconds which interrupted the silence in his office. Amadeus fished the phone from the drawer of the coffee table and saw the caller's ID. He licked his lips then formed them into a thin line before answering the call.

"Baby! I thought we were having dinner together, I miss you already!" a high-pitched voice that rivaled a pterodactyl's screech sounded from the phone. He cocked his brows and placed the phone on the table while it's on a loudspeaker.

"Did you know, I saw this very beautiful dress at Celine's and it was the perfect dress I have ever laid my eyes on."

"Hmm, I see. Tell me more," he uttered a reply then started undressing.

"And Ohh! A set of jade jewelry is being advertised at the mall earlier, I am thinking of getting it..." Amadeus left to bathe in his connecting room and left the call unattended, if he remembers correctly, by the time she finished talking about all the recent gossip and trends she saw, he would be done washing up.