The Bodyguard System

Jaden decided to go to the company only after 2 hours. He was not willing to sit idly within the conference room of the company while waiting for the others to come.

So, he decided to just loiter around in the city, to see if there was something interesting. He visited several malls, just doing some window shopping.

Just a single mall was able to take a window shopper who wanted to see everything over an hour. But for Jaden, he simply focused on the areas that he had never been to, and had products that were related to him.

So, he only spent about 30 minutes at most inside one mall. Then, he went to the next one, seeing the brands of clothes, and other products that could be found within those malls.

Time kept on ticking, and when Jaden noticed that there was only about 30 minutes left, he decided to leave.

He got inside his BMW 7 series, before driving towards the company. He was not sure if the other shareholders had already congregated in the company or not, but he did not even bother to call Matthew about it.

He would just ask about it after he got there. But still, Jaden believed that it was not going to be impossible for them to be there, considering how Matthew was so confident about having them gather in a short time.

A few minutes later, considering that Jaden was visiting the malls that were located in the center of the city, Jaden arrived at the Nightstar Security company.

The moment that he alighted from his car, he found that Matthew was waiting for him. This was a surprise to Jaden, as he had not expected that Matthew was going to be free to wait for him here.
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At the end of it all, Jaden noticed one thing. Matthew seemed extremely haggard at this moment. It was as if he had not slept for several consecutive days.

"Welcome Mr. Moore." Matthew greeted Jaden with enthusiasm. This was completely different from how Jaden had viewed him the previous time that they had met.

According to Jaden, even though Matthew was enthusiastic to his visit, and was even in a good mood after he had said that the company could continue running the way it was, wasn't the way that Matthew was behaving right now a little more than before?

"Thank you." Jaden responded as he left the underground parking, together with Matthew, and the two of them got inside the elevator.

Matthew immediately pressed on the button of the 13th floor. Then, there was a moment of silence within the elevator, as it took the two of them up.

Finally, a few seconds later, Jaden asked, "Have all of them arrived? Or is there someone else that has not yet come?"

Jaden did not expect that all the shareholders would come over. After all, he had requested for a meeting within a short span of time. It was not impossible to find that one of them was caught up with something else, making it impossible for them to make their presence within the company.

"Rest assured Mr. Moore. All of them arrived here about an hour ago. The moment that I informed them about you requesting for the meeting, they all came rushing." Matthew responded with a helpless smile on his face.

What he did not tell Jaden was that during the past hour, he had been experiencing a lot of pressure. Those guys had been pushing a lot, claiming that he had to call Jaden to come over as soon as possible.

He was the one that had requested for the meeting, and so, he was supposed to be there, waiting for them. But, now, they had to wait for him, something that made them even more displeased with him, other than the displeasure the day already had for him taking the company's money without their knowledge.

But Matthew was cursing them in his heart. After all, did they not have Jaden's number? Why did they not make the call, and ask him to come over to the company as fast as possible?

Matthew understood that they were just trying to push him into trouble. If he ended up calling Jaden, asking him to rush to the company, when he had told him that it was going to take about 2 hours, would Jaden not be displeased with him?

It was clear that these shareholders were quite wary of Jaden. If even the one that held the biggest amount of shares only had 9%, yet they were quite acknowledged within the society to be big figures, then what about Jaden who held 51% shares of the company?

None of them really wanted to provoke Jaden, and make an enemy out of him. And for that reason, despite being unhappy with Jaden coming over later after them, they had no choice but to suppress their dissatisfaction.

The only thing that they could do was to vent at Matthew. Only that way could pay perhaps try to suppress the anger that they were experiencing at that moment.

"That's good." Jaden responded simply. It was good that everyone was here, and he would not have to wait for any of them.

The two of them did not speak anymore, until they got to the conference room that was located on the 16th floor. This was obviously the conference room that was only accessible to the highest power of the company.

Only the shareholders and the CEO could utilize this conference room. As for the other staff members of the company, there was another conference room that was located on the 15th floor.

This conference room was located on the right of the corridor that led to Matthew's office. The moment that the two of them got in, Jaden had to appreciate how good this conference room was.

There were various expensive decorations on the walls, and even on the floor. It encompassed flowers, artistic paintings, and even artificial molds of different things.

At the very center of this conference room, there was a huge rectangular table. Surrounding it were chairs, with one chair situated on one of the small sides of the table. It looked more luxurious as compared to the others.

Currently, seven people were currently sitting around the table. They occupied chairs on both sides, but there were still nine chairs that had yet to be occupied, including the one that belonged to the person with the highest power.

Of course, the one that was supposed to sit on that chair was the one that held the highest authority among all the shareholders. And of course, that was the person that possessed the highest amount of shares of the company.

The moment that Jaden and Matthew came in, all eyes focused on them. This group of people had been whispering to each other, and talking in low voices across the table, but the moment that the two of them came in, they all went silent.

They were currently gazing at Jaden and Matthew. But of course, they just gave Matthew a furtive glance, before focusing on Jaden.

There was surprise in their eyes as they looked at Jaden. It was clear that they were in disbelief.

All of them understood that the reason why Jaden was here was simply because he was currently the biggest shareholder of the company. It was impossible for Matthew to bring anybody else here, in the conference room that belonged only to the shareholders.

What surprised them was not the fact that Jaden was young. They already knew about that, considering that they had gotten some information about him. What surprised them was the fact that Jaden was actually this young. He was clearly in his early twenties.

On the other hand, they were men in their late '40s, with even others being in their early 50s or mid 50s. Before they managed to get the positions that they were currently having, they had undergone a lot of turbulent situations in the business world.

So, they possessed a lot of experience, and being shareholders in one of the biggest companies present within the city, it was something that they were always proud of.

But now, it turned out that a youngster who Did not seem to have much experience, was actually superior to them? This was something that they found hard to swallow, but what could they do? Jaden was currently the biggest shareholder, and that was something that they could not change.

Jaden on the other hand simply observed the people inside the conference room. He realized that they were scrutinizing him, but he did not care.

After observing them for a while, he immediately went ahead and took the head seat. Nobody tried to stop Jaden from sitting on that chair just because he was young. In any case, age did not matter in this situation, as they were not in position of shares higher than Jaden's.

A moment of silence reigned in the conference room, as nobody spoke. Matthew had already taken a seat on one of the empty chairs, at the furthest end of the table, quite some distance away from the head of the table.

Just as the silence was getting deafening, one of them cleared his throat before he finally spoke up.

"Mr. Moore, I would like to understand the reason why you decided to take the money from the company, and even used the company's name in order to borrow loans. We were not informed of anything of that, despite being shareholders. We would like to get an explanation for that." The one who had spoken was a middle-aged lady with her black hair flowing behind her back.