Nine

It has been weeks since Natasha disappeared without a trace. Howard stopped on trying to find her and focused on what is left with him. Finding her will be a waste of time. She will eventually need to come back to New York to deal with her own business here, she can’t just leave her company behind.

“Make sure to close that deal if you don’t want to get fired,” Howard told one of his employee as he received the report that one of their business partner is trying to back out.

“But, sir, he seems eager about it--” the employee stopped at the middle of his explanation when Howard dropped a pile of papers in his table loudly and darkly looked at him.

“You’re fired,” he said while looking in his employee’s eyes with no remorse.

The employee panicked and immediately apologized to him but he did not listen. He kneeled in front of him that made James enter the scenario. James have been watching beside the