Chapter 12: RICHARD
"Sofia" I mused inaudibly. "So that’s her name".
I raked my mind for that name within the over 500 employees list. Of course there were fifteen people by that name, and I knew their faces. But even from the back view, I had no clue who this girl was.
But then again, she can’t be an employee. No employee would dare show up to a place often referred to as "the highlight of fashion trends" looking the way she does.
Watching her movements as she tried not to glance at me, I realized that she must have figured it out. Who I am, I mean or maybe her guilt for the things she said earlier has caught up with her.
She shifted from foot to foot, trying her
hardest not to look back at me.
Before I became the CEO, I made it a priority to memorize the names and faces of my employees. It wasn’t easy, but I did it not because I’m kind or considerate. But because that was what my job entailed and I aimed to be the very best.
Becoming the CEO at the age of 22 was a feat that has never been accomplished before. In the history of the business world, I was the youngest CEO ever.
It wasn’t easy, the Lords never supported the idea. They found it ridiculous that a boy, yeah, they thought of me as a boy even now. A boy would take over an empire at such a young age.
Everyone expected me to fail. They were waiting to see me trudge down the muddy paths of failure. But the one thing they didn’t know about me was that Richard Wellington never fails.