A Billionaire In Disguise novel Chapter 87

The dining hall was silent as everyone listened attentively to Elijah’s voice echoing from the phone speaker.

Every client in the room quietly stared at Elijah while he rested his elbows on the desk and said, “I know you all are wondering why you guys are here.”

“Well, yes. I mean that's the only reason we all came.” A fellow said, sounding a bit annoyed.

“Right, then I will get to it.”

“Okay,”

It was quiet for a few seconds. Then Elijah took a deep breath and said, “I will be resigning from DreamTeam by tomorrow.”

Everyone at the dining table looked shocked, including Rome because Catherine had stared wide-eyed at him, and he didn't want to be the only one not surprised.

“What!” Mr. Barlow shouted.

Swaying his gaze away from Elijah, Davis stared down at the table and let out a sigh of relief, knowing that he had low the call to the last volume on his phone.

“What? Why?” A lady asked in dismay as she stared at Elijah.

“Every fledgling has to fly out of their nest one day, and for me, tomorrow is my day,” Elijah said with a look of hesitation in his eyes.

Then he pondered on his thoughts for a while. Afterward, he fixed his gaze on his clients and boastfully uttered, “To be honest, this fledgling had spread his wings a long time ago and flew from its nest.”

“Can you speak more clearly?” A gentleman said as he slowly tapped his hand on the table.

In anger, Mr. Barlow frowned and harshly mumbled, “Right, talk clearly!”

Feeling confident, Elijah stood to his feet, bent over, resting his palms flat on the table glass surface, and said with pride, “I'm the co-founder of DBA INC!”

Immediately, Mr. Barlow jumped to his feet, knocking the chair to the floor, and then he shouted, “What nonsense did I just hear?! What did this fool just said?!”

Seeing how workout her husband was, Madam Rosey reached for his hand and softly intoned, “Honey, please calm down.”

But Mr. Barlow smacked her hand away from him and yelled, “Calm down! You want me to do what! Calm down! Your son dared to stab me right in the heart, and you want me to calm down!”

In an effort to clear her name before things escalate, Chloe pouted and said, “Grandfather, I didn't know about this…”

“Shut up!”

“I...”

Staring at William and Anthony, Rome could see that they were more nervous than shocked, and he guessed that they knew about this from the beginning.

‘But why didn't both of them blow an alarm on Elijah?’ Rome thought, zooming into his head for a moment.

Then after a few seconds had gone by, Rome's lips curved into a smirk as a thought crossed his mind, ‘Maybe it's because he holds a dirt on both of them.’

There was mumbling coming from every angle of the room as the clients stared at each other and whispered.

Then Elijah tapped his palms on the table and said, “Please speak one at a time.”

“Okay, you own DBA INC. But what does that have to do with us?” A classic-looking lady asked.

“You guys are my clients, and since I'm leaving DreamTeam, I want you all to sign over to DBA INC,” Elijah said with a straight face.

Resting his hands on his hips, Mr. Barlow let out a bitter laugh, and yet there was a touch of hurt in his eyes.

“The audacity!” He mumbled, striving to get a grip on his anger.

Then he took in a few deep breaths and said, “Unbelievable. Just unbelievable. I can't believe I have a son like him.”

After wallowing in his feelings for a moment, he blurted out, “No, I don't have a son like this. It's impossible to see him as my child after today.”

“Honey,” Madam Rosey cried, knowing exactly where her husband's statement was heading.

The other family members kept silent since none of them desired to mistakenly anger Mr. Barlow and get dragged into a storm that they have no business getting involved in.

“Can we take turns to speak?” Elijah asked as he watched his clients mumble among themselves.

“Personally, I handed my project over to DreamTeam because of your father, and I don't feel comfortable joining another company.” One of the fellows said.