Chapter 1034


    The conference room''s air was fraught with tension. Brian was in the main seat, staring at hisptop


    calmly. He ignored the people in the room and the looks they were giving him, as if they didn''t exist,


    but that was just a fagade. Brian was a lot more nervous than he let on. He was just pretending to


    be calm. In reality, he was more anxious than anyone in the room.


    A middle-aged man in a suit suddenly stood up and broke the eerie silence in the room. "President."


    Everyone looked at him in surprise, including Brian. He knew he had to finally face the music when


    the guy called out to him. Silence was not a solution. Brian sighed silently and held his mouse, then


    he looked up at the man calmly. "What is it?"


    "Sir, you told us Mr. Fuller will help us out because we helped Miss Reed. You promised he''d make


    sure we can stay. We trusted you, so we agreed to the loan even though the reserves are drying up.


    What now? We''ve been waiting since morning, but the Fuller Group isn''t doing anything to help."


    The man pointed at Brian angrily, demanding an exnation.


    Everyone nodded. They agreed with what the man was saying.


    "Yeah, president. You promised that Mr. Fuller is going to help us, but hispany is doing nothing


    until now. How are we supposed to trust you?"


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    "Yeah," someone else agreed as well. "If the Fuller Group isn''t helping us, that loan we approved is


    gonna be thest straw that breaks the camel''s back. Can you handle the repercussions then, sir?


    You wanted to loan the money out in the first ce."


    Everyone gave Brian sharp looks of interrogation.


    Brian had many years of working experience under his belt, but even he felt nervous when


    everyone was looking at him that way. He wondered if he had miscalcted. The main bank had


    taken a lot of their liquid assetstely, and since they were the main branch, their target for all


    savings amounts was at least ten times higher than the other branches. He had to hit that target to


    keep working as the president. Everyone had to make sure the target was hit, or they would be


    demoted into the other branches. The problem was all the rich guys were disinclined to put their


    money in local banks. They preferred overseas banks. Because of that, they still hadn''t hit their


    target for the year.


    It was nearly Christmas, but they were still a long way away from their target. He could feel a


    mountain of pressure on his shoulders. He would talk to Seafield''s entrepreneurs every day, trying


    to convince them to put their money in the Bank of Caruna, but they adamantly refused. He was


    getting bald from the stress. Just when he was starting to run out of ideas, he got a call from Sonia,


    the boss of Paradigm Co. as well as Toby''s girlfriend.


    When he found out that Sonia was taking out a big loan, he realized Paradigm Co. must be in


    trouble. That was his chance, so he agreed to see her. He only did that just to confirm if he had a


    chance to turn things around. He majored in psychology back in college. All he had to do was meet


    her, and he could confirm his chances of sess.


    So, he had met with Sonia one fine afternoon, and thanks to his professional knowledge, he could


    see the kind of woman Sonia was. She was egotistical and stubborn, but she had no self-


    awareness and was naive. Someone like her was easy to convince and use. The moment he saw


    her, he knew his n had mostly seeded.


    Sonia was egotistical and cared too much about what the public thought of her. She was worried the


    public might call her a useless woman who relied on men for her sess. She had self-esteem


    issues in the first ce, and she hid that behind a stubborn fagade. She wanted to deal with


    everything herself, but she forgot shecked the ability to do that. In the end, she had to take out a


    loan. She could have asked Toby for help and everything would be settled, but she didn''t and


    instead, asked someone else for help. She was practically begging me to use her. She''s a fool for


    not using the resources avable to her.


    It was bad for her, but great for him. He wouldn''t have gotten this chance if she hadn''t stubbornly


    refused to ask Toby for any help. Brian was a guy. He knew how Toby would feel if he found out his


    girlfriend would rather ask someone else for help instead of him. He wasn''t sure if their rtionship


    was going swimmingly, but men loved their ego.


    As long as they were still together, Toby would be upset if Sonia asked someone else for help and


    neglected him, even if they were fighting. So, he persuaded Sonia to talk with Toby, pretending that


    he was doing it for the good of their rtionship. He was betting it on the chance that Sonia would


    tell Toby everything, including the fact that he helped her. And Toby will owe me one.


    He knew Toby would never owe any favors. He would repay his debt almost right away every time,


    and his return favor was always generous. What Brian did was a bet. If his n worked, he could


    keep his position as president, but if it didn''t...


    Brian hadn''t thought about the possibility of his n failing. He had a good eye for people, after all.


    He never did fail before either. His n was perfect, or so he thought.


    He was starting to doubt himself at this point. Am I going to finally fail this time?Did Sonia brush my


    advice off and didn''t talk it out with Toby? If that''s the case, then Toby wouldn''t have known what I


    did. Or maybe she did tell him, and he knows I helped him out, but he didn''t think it was important


    enough. He might get mad that I roped him into this. Heck, he might be on his way to destroy me. I


    did use his girlfriend to get to him just so I can keep my position.


    Toby was a smart man. He could see through Brian''s n easily, and Brian knew that. Brian did


    think about the possibility of Toby getting mad after finding out about his n and getting back at


    him for this. Nobody liked being roped into someone else''s schemes, after all. He had no choice,


    however. This was his only chance. He had to throw caution to the wind and see if Toby would get


    mad about it.


    If he did get mad about what Brian did, then Brian would ept his fate. However, if he would brush


    it aside and take it as a favor, then that would be for the best. The problem was that he had no idea


    what Toby was thinking. So is he mad about what I did? Or is he gonna repay the favor?