Chapter 192: Familiar faces
Chapter - 192
"Look who is here? Isn't it our dear friend?" Just when Alex was waiting for the elevator, he heard someone say it. Out of curiosity, he looked back and saw a few familiar faces. Someone he met briefly but never thought of crossing paths with again.
"What's with that look on your face? Don't you remember us? Your dear friends?" The man leading that group took a step forward and asked as he adjusted Alex's coat.
"I thought we got quite close that time," The man said, " But I have to say, it was quite disheartening when you did not call."
"I am sorry, but I am in quite a hurry," Alex expressed his regret, "Can we do this some other time?"
"Bastard... Do you even know who is standing in front of you?" This time, it was a minion from the gang between the man who spoke, "You dare shove him off?"
"I don't," Alex shook his head, "But if he is some big shot, shouldn't he be there in that auction buying something? Instead of bugging a nobody like me or going to a company for a job just so he could be around women? I say, the only big thing you are is a big pervert, nothing else."
That's right. Many of the men standing in front of him were the same guys he met during his interview at Theation. Alex was the only guy to pass through the first round. It was then, that every one of them introduced themselves and passed their business cards to Alex, asking him to be a simp for them.
Obviously, Alex did nothing for them and eventually forgot about any of them. Even their business cards, Alex did not remember where he threw them away. He did not think he would have any dealings with this bunch anywhere in the future. Well, until they unexpectedly met here today. Who would have thought that Alex would come across them at such a place?
"What? What did you say? Per... Pervert?" The minion was flabbergasted, "Did you just call the only heir of the Unani corporation a pervert?"
"Unani? Then you must be Jaleel Unani. Wah... Doesn't your company make those medicines?" Alex said as his gaze moved down to the crotch of Jaleel and others, "No wonder these guys are always sticking to you. But man, to use medicines at such a young age, you guys must really be perverts."
"You..." The minion wanted to beat the shit out of Alex, but Jaleel held him back. At the same time, the elevator door also opened.
"Well, it was nice meeting you guys again," with that, Alex stepped inside the elevator. But just as he pressed the button, Jaleel and the others also followed behind him into the elevator. Now there were seven of those with Jaleel against Alex. Looking at the lineup in front of him, Alex could not help but snicker loud enough for everyone to hear. But no one seems to care.
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"What now? You want to gang up on me?" They were in an alley with Jaleel and his minions blocking both exits. They were in the mood to teach Alex a lesson.
"Did you think you would get a free pass after mocking someone from the Unani family?" Jaleel had his lips curled up.
"Can we do it the easy way?" Alex lift his hands up. It looked like he was already giving up.
"Sure... Why not? Get on your news and come crawling to me," Jaleel gestured, "Then tell me... What is your relationship with Jessica? How do you know her?"
"Oh... Now I understand why you are doing this. It is all because of that girl," Alex clapped his hand, mocking Jaleel and his buddies.
"You brought me here because there aren't any cameras recording us, right? Aaisshh... Damn those government employees. They get their salaries from our taxes but never care about us. No one will know even if I were to stab you all and let you bleed to death," Alex talked to himself, completely ignoring the bunch.
"You... Stab us to death? Heh... Heh..." Jaleel had never heard anything more funny than this, "You might not know this, but the pharmaceutical business is not the only business we have. Sure, it generates the most revenue, but it is still nothing more than a side business for our family."
"Unani is a family of butchers. We are raised around knives, hunting our prey," Jaleel squinted his eyes and, with his hands in his pockets, turned his back towards Alex.
"Do you know when I killed for the first time? I was seven. And unlike others in my family, it was not a cow, pig or rabbit. That was for kids. I was the real deal. I..." Jaleel tried to intimidate Alex and even his own buddies with the ruthless childhood of his, but he was interrupted.
"Can you skip to the main part? I am kind of in a hurry," Alex said.
"Hehehe... You are a reckless guy. I like it," Jaleel was not angry, and he continued to smile even after Alex interrupted him.
"Fine... Tell me what's your relationship with Jessica, and I will leave you with an intact body after I kill you," Jaleel nodded his hand and decided everything on his own.
"Hush... Why are you deciding everything on your own? That's so unfair," Alex helplessly protested, "And that too for a girl?"
"What did she do to you? Used you for a while, made you dance on her fingertips and then threw you away?"
"Man... You surely got scammed. But at least you got to have fun with her," Alex put his arm over Jaleel's shoulder and showed his sympathy to him.
"But wait a minute..." Alex leaned towards Jaleel and, with an evil grin, whispered so that only Jaleel could hear.
"She was a virgin when I slept with her..."
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