Knock! knock! Knock!
The sound of Bryce's bedroom door being knocked from the outside.
"Bryce, wake up now, get ready to go to the office," requested Rosey, Bryce's mother, from outside his room.
Inside the room, Bryce did not respond to his mother's words and chose to get out of bed and prepare for work today.
After taking 30 minutes to get ready, Bryce went downstairs to have breakfast with his parents.
"Good morning, boy," greeted Freddy, Bryce's father.
"Morning," Bryce replied casually.
The family had breakfast peacefully, and occasionally Bryce's father asked about his work.
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Ace Company
Upon arriving at his company, all the employees greeted Bryce warmly, but Bryce showed his cold demeanor towards them. 
Next to Bryce was Lucas. Lucas was both Bryce's friend and assistant, whom Bryce trusted to take over the company temporarily if he were to go abroad to visit its branches.
All the employees were used to the expressions Bryce and Lucas showed, so they didn't take offense.
"Lucas, do we have an important meeting today?" Bryce asked his assistant.
"We have a meeting with Jung Company at 9 o'clock, sir," Lucas replied, checking his boss's schedule on the tablet he held.
"Alright, prepare everything needed for the meeting," Bryce responded.
"Yes, sir," Lucas replied.
The meeting lasted for 2 hours as there were many matters to discuss to strengthen the cooperation between the companies. After the meeting, Bryce and Lucas went to a restaurant for lunch.
"Sir, what about our company branch in Country A? Will you personally handle the embezzlement issue that occurred there?" Lucas asked.
"Hmm...we'll fly to Country A the day after tomorrow, and Dad will oversee the company here while we're there because I need you to find the mastermind behind the embezzlement at that branch. And Lucas, come on, just call me by my name because we're not in the office now," Bryce said at length.
"Hehehe...alright, Bryce!" Lucas chuckled.
The two friends then ate quietly, with no conversation between them because their stomachs were demanding to be filled promptly.
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In country A...
Ring...ring...ring...
The alarm sounds woke up a girl who was still half asleep on her bed. She blinked as her sleep was disturbed by the loud alarm.
"Hoamm... good morning to this big challenging world," she chuckled to herself.
Fiolet, a girl with long hair, beautiful features, and a sexy figure, also known as Let by her close ones. She's the second child of Fiorin and Oskar. Fiolet has a handsome older brother named Yung. She owns Let Cafe, one of the famous cafes in country A. Her best friend, Vey, whom she has known since elementary school.
30 minutes passed...
Fiolet emerged from the bathroom after getting herself cleaned up.
"Fresh... I better hurry before Mom scolds me for being late for breakfast," she monologued to herself.
After dressing for work, Fiolet headed downstairs to the first floor to have breakfast with her family.
"Good morning, Daddy, Mommy, and brother," Fiolet shouted from upstairs as she descended the stairs.
"Don't shout, little sister. People might think we're getting robbed if you keep shouting like that," Yung reprimanded his sister.
"Hehehe... sorry, big brother," she replied.
The family had breakfast peacefully, occasionally laughing at the stories they shared.
At Let Cafe...
Upon arriving at the cafe, Fiolet saw her employees busy serving the customers who had come in. She quickly got out of her car to help them out.
As Fiolet delivered food and drinks to her customers, her best friend Vey came to visit.
"Let! Looks like you're super busy today," said Vey as she arrived at her friend's cafe.
"Yeah, Vey, it's the weekend so more customers come directly to the cafe than usual. Oh, what would this chatterbox girl like to order?" Fiolet asked, seeing her friend at the cafe.
"Hey! Don't speak so loudly, I'm embarrassed," whispered Vey to Fiolet, pouting.
"Hahaha... you can get embarrassed too, Vey. Alright, sit over there, I'll take your order now," Fiolet replied with a laugh.
"Nah, Let, no need. I'll just order myself. You focus on serving the other customers so your work gets done quickly," said Vey, holding back Fiolet who wanted to take her order.
"Alright... thanks for lightening the load for this beautiful friend of yours. I'll go deliver orders to the other customers first," Fiolet replied, walking away from her friend.
"Uh... Uh... Uh... she's so confident to call herself beautiful. Hmm... but she really is beautiful... really stunning, my friend. I wonder why she's still single until now... hihihi," Vey murmured to herself.
After finishing serving the customers, Fiolet joined Vey to keep her company.
"Vey, aren't you supposed to be at the office today? Why did you have time to come to the cafe?" asked Fiolet.
"I took a day off today, Let. There's a financial embezzlement issue at my workplace, and the CEO is coming the day after tomorrow to handle it," Vey replied.
"Oh yeah! Those involved in financial embezzlement will definitely face severe consequences once your CEO arrives," Fiolet replied.
"Definitely. But by the way, the CEO at my workplace is still single, Let. Aren't you interested in getting to know him? Employees who have met him say he's very handsome, but unfortunately, he has a cold personality," Vey said to Fiolet.
"Ugh... why are you trying to set me up with your boss? We haven't even met. Let's not talk about men anymore; let's change the topic," Fiolet said.
After chatting with her friend, Fiolet resumed her work in her private room upstairs at the cafe to review sales data for the day.
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**London**
Today Bryce and Lucas are going to country A. As early as 6 o'clock in the morning, Lucas was already at Bryce's family mansion to pick up his friend and boss.
Lucas entered the mansion and met Bryce's mother.
"Hi auntie, good morning!" he greeted.
"Hi Lucas, good morning too. You've come to pick up Bryce, right?" Rosey said.
"Yes auntie, our flight is leaving early so I came early to not miss the morning flight," Lucas replied.
"Oh I see. You can go upstairs, I think Bryce is ready in his room. Please call him down and we'll have breakfast together before you both leave," Rosey said.
"Okay auntie," Lucas replied.
Lucas went upstairs and called his friend to come down. After having breakfast with Bryce's family, the two of them headed to the airport.
After about 8 hours on the plane, Bryce and Lucas arrived safely in country A.
"It's been a long time since I've been here," Bryce said to Lucas.
"Yes, because the companies here rarely have issues, and recently there was an employee who dared to play games with your company," Lucas replied to Bryce.
"Hmm... let's resolve this quickly, Luc, because I can't leave my London company for too long. Besides, Dad needs rest, and I don't want him to be burdened with too much company work that tires him out," Bryce said at length.
"Alright," Lucas replied shortly.
Bryce and Lucas went to their hotel for their week-long stay in country A.
The next morning...
Bryce and Lucas went to the office to address the issues caused by their employee.
Upon arriving at Ace Company's branch, all employees respectfully greeted their newly arrived director.
Bryce went straight into the meeting room to meet with the employees he trusted to manage the branch and asked them why there was embezzlement.
"Good morning, Sir," greeted all the employees in the room.
Bryce only nodded and looked at everyone in the room with a cold expression.
"How much money was embezzled?" Bryce asked loudly. His face turned red from holding back his emotions, ready to explode at any moment.
Everyone in the room just bowed their heads and remained silent.
Since no one volunteered to confess, Lucas handed his tablet to Bryce to show how much money was stolen and who was behind the theft. Bryce's anger immediately exploded upon seeing the amount of money stolen by his own employee.
"100 trillion!" Bryce yelled. "Mr. Kamal! What have you done to my company! Do you realize the consequences of your actions?" Bryce shouted at the embezzler.
All eyes turned to the name Bryce had just mentioned. Everyone seemed disbelief at what they had just heard, as Mr. Kamal had been highly trusted by their CEO to oversee all activities at the branch.
Mr. Kamal stood up from his chair and knelt before Bryce, begging for forgiveness.
"Forgive me, Mr. Bryce, forgive me," he pleaded while crying.
"Lucas, take action against what he's been doing to the company here," Bryce said firmly to Lucas. Then Bryce left the meeting room and went into his private room in the office.
Disappointed? Definitely. Mr. Kamal was someone he trusted to take care of and carry out his duties in the company well, not only that he also thought Mr. Kamal was his parents because of his age and father not too far off. But all that disappeared just like that.
As Bryce walked towards his room he collided with a girl who seemed not to work in his office because the girl was not wearing a name tag like his other employees.
"Ouch..." Fiolet mumbled as she fell because she bumped into the person in front of her.
After realizing what had happened, Fiolet immediately stood up and apologized to the man in front of her.
"I'm sorry, sir, I didn't mean to. I was in a hurry to deliver an order for my friend who works here. Once again I apologize, sir," Fiolet said, feeling guilty.
Bryce fell silent for a moment as the girl in front of him glanced up and met his gaze. He looked at her with a look of astonishment and fascination, as if she had a magnetic quality that made it difficult for Bryce to shift his gaze away from her.
"Sir...?" Fiolet called out while waving her hand in front of the man's face.
"Oh... um... it's okay... next time you should be careful when walking," Bryce said with a smile.
"Okay, I'll be more careful next time," Fiolet replied.
It would be a lie if Fiolet wasn't fascinated by the man in front of her now. They both stared into each other's eyes for a few minutes and admired each other in their hearts, so much so that one voice that Fiolet recognized called her name.