Reuben Group of Companies. The 2nd largest conglomerate in the entire world, owning 50% of the tech, automobile, hospitality, and entertainment companies on the planet. Sitting on top of it is Alistair Reuben, who was born almost a hundred years ago now, and still living to date.
Alistair Reuben was busy with building his empire to the point that he built his family last. He is already at the end of his years, and has already named the heir to his legacy—one of his grandsons.
He skipped an entire generation to choose Jonas Reuben as his successor. One would be curious as to why he made this kind of decision, but it was simple, really.
Jonas Reuben did not really excel in the family, as his cousins and siblings were also as smart and vicious as he was. He wasn't also more qualified than his father, who everyone thought would be the next chairman.
undefinedWhat Jonas Reuben has, however, is age and beauty.
Jonas Reuben was at the right age to be partnered with the sole daughter of one of the wealthiest persons in the entire universe--not Earth, but the entire Known Universe.
He was just the right age for Hannah Ross.
And as is the course, Jonas did not want to disappoint his grandfather—to the point that he had even hired gurus and professional romanticists in order to learn how to perfectly court Hannah.
He started trying to court her when they were just 15 years old, but Hannah was completely oblivious to him—no, she was completely oblivious to everyone around her. And whenever Jonas was successful in gaining a response, Hannah would either flick her middle finger at him, or berate him out right in front of a lot of people.????????????????????????????????.????????????
But still, Jonas persevered, as it only wasn't only his duty at the line, but also his pride. And there was also the undeniable fact that he does indeed have developed feelings for the feisty princess.
He followed her anywhere. And when she decided to live in one of her hotels in New York City, Jonas also decided to book the room below indefinitely.
He had done nothing but wait for her to fully acknowledge his presence, but to no avail. But then, he learned from one of his spies from the staff of the hotel that Hannah invited someone over—a man named Riley.
And so, Jonas had to see for himself. And he did, and now he couldn't see at all.
He couldn't see as two fingers were currently digging their way through his eyes; his feet, swinging loosely in the air as he was being lifted like a baby.
"S…Sir Riley!"
"Let… Let go of me!"
Jonas gripped Riley's arm as hard as he could, but all he really did was almost dislocate the joints of his own fingers. He tried flailing his legs and kicking him also as hard as he could to the point the air around them cracked, but not even a single strand of Riley's hair moved.
"Lord Reuben!"
"Let go of the Lord now!"
And very soon, Riley found himself surrounded by almost a dozen people, all wearing suits and ties; no doubt that they were Jonas's personal security guards. Riley really only glanced at them one by one, before turning his attention back to Jonas. As for the steward that was unfortunately and literally caught up in the middle of this hazardous situation, the only path he could really take was into the elevator. And so, he just subtly moved his feet and sneakily slid inside without anyone noticing.
"I will let you go once you answer my question, Lord Jonas," Riley breathed out as he tightened his grip on Jonas's face, "Where did you acquire your abilities?"
"W… what do you mean!?" Jonas's breaths turned into gasps as he started to panic.
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"I—"
"Let him go, now! This is your final warning!"
"..." Riley could really only look at the guards again as they started screaming and shouting, not allowing him to focus. He looked at them one by one again, fighting the urge to just turn them into nothing there and then. But as soon as he remembered that he was inside Hannah's hotel, any thought of taking a life disappeared from Riley's mind as he sighed.
"Let him—"
"No."
And before any of the guards could say anything else, Riley just casually stepped inside the elevator, bringing the poor Jonas with him. The guards rushed to box them in, or at least try to shut the powers off of the elevator, but they all found themselves tripping to the ground, with their faces falling first to the floor.
"..."
"..."
"...Which floor, butler?"
And sadly for the steward who thought that he would be able to escape the dangerous situation, the last hint of his freedom very slowly reflected in his eyes… until it was no more as the elevator doors closed and he was trapped with the very cause of the trouble.
'Of course', he thought. Of course, the only person that Hannah has ever invited to her home would be a troublemaker just like her—and not just any troublemaker, a fearless one just like her.
"Y…yes?"
"That's not a floor, butler."
"..."
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