Chapter 206: Don’t give him the satisfaction...
After several minutes drive, the car slowly came to a stop in front of an old, abandoned building. The structure, once proud and buzzing with life now clouded heavily with dust.
Its walls were covered in faded paints, cracked windows and doors and overgrown weeds surrounding it. The once magnificent gate now creaked loudly in the breeze, hanging loosely from its rusted hinges. It was a painful sight.
Davis slowly got out of the car with Ethan’s help since they have a third party with them, his eyes fixed on the crumbling structure before him. Jessica followed closely behind.
The moment they stepped down, they all stood in silence, just staring at the wrecked building. Their faces carried mixed emotions.
Davis’s chest tightened painfully. His face turned pale, his eyes bloodshot and filled with emotion—anger, sorrow, and betrayal. His fists clenched tightly by his sides as he stared at what used to be his pride and joy. The company sign was gone, the nameplate broken into pieces and lying on the ground like trash.
Jessica, standing a few steps behind him, could sense the storm raging inside Davis. She may not have known him for a long time, but she had come to understand that he was a man who paid attention to every little detail.
He is quite meticulous and organized even in his properties. So seeing this building in such a terrible state after just a year plus of abandonment was suspicious—must have been man-made.
To Jessica, it looked like the building hadn’t just been forgotten—it had been attacked. Some parts of the structure looked like people left in a hurry, while others were clearly destroyed on purpose. Broken glass, shattered doors, smashed office furniture. Everything screamed of intentional destruction.
"There’s no point just standing here," Jessica finally spoke, her voice calm yet firm. "We should go inside and take a proper look. Only then can we understand how bad things really are and then think of how to fix them."
Davis didn’t move at first. His eyes remained locked on the building. "It was some years long labour and they destroyed it," he said softly, almost to himself.
He turned his gaze toward Jessica. His eyes glistened with unshed tears. "All the nights I stayed up late... All the effort I put into making this company stand tall... Even before I returned to the Allen family, I built this from the ground up. And now..."