The Consortium’s Heir by Benjamin_Jnr

Chapter 32 The receptionist looked at Darius with contempt. She didn‘t understand what he was trying to

do? Was he intending to use his phone to make a call as a display of his strength? Darius noticed her

contemptuous expression but ignored her. The phone rang only once before Bruce picked up the phone

call.

“Young Master Reid! Is everything alright Young Master?!” Bruce inquired anxiously.

“Yes. Everything is alright.” Darius replied in a reassuring tone.

Bruce let out an audible sigh of relief on the other end of the phone. The young master was alright “If

everything is alright then why did you call Young Master Reid?” Bruce asked; confusion evident in his

voice.

“Hm. I‘m currently at the Dragon Lord‘s Imperial Residence, and the receptionist has refused me a

meeting with the residence‘s manager. Could you please notify the manager that I am waiting for her in

the lobby?” Darius inquired cheerfully, his gaze fixed on the receptionist as he spoke.

“How dare she?! She‘ll be there at once. Please exercise some patience young master.” Bruce said in a

pleading voice.

Darius nodded softly as he spoke to Bruce on the other end of the phone, unaware of the storm he had

just sparked. “Alright. Tell her to hurry. I don‘t have all day.” Darius added. “Certainly, Young Master Reid.

Please forgive me.” Bruce responded with a firm tone before hanging up the phone. Bruce shouted

angrily as soon as he was certain the phone call was over. He was absolutely enraged! How dare they

treat a member of the Reid family like a common guest?! Were the Dragon Lord‘s Imperial Residence‘s

employees planning to die?

Would they have been the best apartment complex in Dragon Estate if the Reid consortium hadn‘t

stepped in when they needed it the most?

Or did they forget who owned 95% of the shares of Dragon Estate itself?

Making a member of the Reid family unable to meet with a mere manager because of a receptionist?

And not just any member, but the new head of the Reid consortium himself? He would give the manager

a piece of his mind!

He dialed the number of the manager of the Dragon Lord‘s Imperial Residence, still enraged from the

phone call with Darius.

[Dragon Lord‘s Imperial Residence: Manager‘s office]

The manager, a stunning woman in her late thirties, sat behind a brown mahogany desk,

WUIKIUS VIL JIBDET ol documents. Every month, the profits from the Dragon Lord‘s Imperial

Residence were absolutely astounding

One quick glance revealed a number of documents stacked on top of the table. It was no wonder that

she didn‘t meet with just anybody. She had so much work waiting for her that she was unable to toss

them aside just for the sake of socializing,

However, she couldn‘t trust anyone to handle the work other than herseli. Her secretary and personal

assistant helped her out with other things such as managing her schedules and appointments and

meeting with several prominent figures in her stead,

It wasn‘t that she didn‘t want to delegate some of the work to her secretary, but she couldn‘t She was

well aware of how difficult it had been for her to reach this level. She literally had to go through hell to

reach her current level. She would never have gotten to her current level without Mr. Bruce‘s assistance.

She let out a sigh when she thought of Mr. Bruce. He was at a level that she couldn‘t reach no matter

how much she tried. The gap between them was like the distance between heaven and earth. It was

insurmountable.

Everything seemed so mundane to her when she became the manager of this residence and began

handling billions of dollars in profit. The people she felt were the sky were no longer so unreachable.

Instead they were now beneath her level and had to look up to her. Yet that wasn‘t the case for Mr.

Bruce. 1

Despite her current status she still had to bow her head and listen obediently whenever he was talking.

He could easily dismiss her from her position with the snap of his fingers. It was just how powerful Mr.

Bruce was.

Her phone, which was on the table, rang abruptly as she was reflecting, jarring her out of her reverie.

She frowned when she heard her phone ring. She usually put her phone on ‘Do not disturb‘mode as she

didn‘t want any distractions until she was done with her work. She was about to disconnect the call when

she saw the caller ID. Immediately she did, she stood up abruptly and answered in an overtly respectful

tone.

“Mr. Bruce!” The manager spoke politely and respectfully.

Mr. Bruce‘s response, on the other hand, wasn‘t what she expected. “You ungrateful soul!” Bruce

exploded; yelling at her from the other end of the phone. “Is this how you treat your benefactors?! Did

you forget who made you what you are?!” Bruce continued yelling. He was absolutely furious!

The manager had a wronged expression on her face. She didn‘t know what she had done to warrant

such a reaction from Bruce. She had clearly followed all his instructions to the letter; and ungrateful?

When was she ever ungrateful to him? If anything she was overly grateful to him!

“Mr. Bruce please calm down. I assure you that I remember everything you‘ve done to place me where I

am. How could I ever be ungrateful to you? Please calm down and tell me what the issue is.” The

manager pleaded. She really didn‘t know what she had done to anger Bruce this way.

Unfortunately, Bruce was having none of her pleas. “Calm down?! You want me to calm down?!” Bruce

hollered.

“And you mean to tell me that you don‘t know what the issue is?! How dare you?!”

“Didn‘t I tell you that I have a very important guest coming over? And that you were to treat him with the

highest respect?! How dare you deny a meeting with him?! Are you out of your mind?!” Bruce yelled.

Without even waiting for her response Bruce continued shouting.

“I‘ll give you one opportunity to redeem yourself. That guest is waiting for you downstairs. If you don‘t

give him a satisfactory welcome and treat him the way I asked you to then I promise you that you will

NOT like the consequences.” Bruce threatened and without even waiting for her reply he hung up.