A Moment in Destiny novel Chapter 193

“I’m waiting for you to hang up first!” Sherry said softly.

William smiled feeling touched and then gave a kiss to Sherry through the phone. He lowered his mouth close to the phone, which made it seem as if he was by her side, “I’m hanging up now!”

Sherry flushed red, “Alright!”

The call ended!

Alice walked in. “Mr. Rowland, it’s time!”

William put on a stern expression as he put down the phone; he was wearing a well ironed and neat grey suit.

He then said in a deep voice, “Have the files from the USB drive all been printed out?”

“Yes, according to what you requested, everyone has one sheet each!”

William nodded his head, “Good.”

Many reporters had come to the press conference, camera lights were flashing everywhere.

Along with the bright lights, a camera was then aimed at William as he entered the door. He calmly stepped onto the stage and then faced everyone as he said into the microphone, “Thank you all for taking the time to attend so late, I’m sure everyone must be wondering why the press conference is being held so late!”

As soon as he started speaking everyone below quieted down, the reporters then turned on their recorders and started to record.

“Here is the document that will be published in the newspaper tomorrow, now I believe that everyone will be feeling slightly confused if they haven’t received any follow up documents until now. But the Rowland Group has obtained the inside story that you need! If everyone has a look at the information then you can see that there is no substantial evidence or anything. Therefore you won’t have to pay a high price for this news, since I will be giving you this piece of news for free. In addition I invite you all too inspect the Rowland Group, since for the Rowland Group tax evasion is impossible and the Rowland Group will always respect that taxes must be paid.”

“Mr. Rowland, could you please explain why someone would slander the Rowland Group?” A reporter asked.

William gave a slight smiled and faced the camera calmly, “Because they were dissatisfied with the company reducing the staff numbers! She was fired and then naturally felt unhappy with this decision, since The Rowland Group did not take the time to consider this employee’s family reasons, and therefore I would like to apologize for the harm caused to those who had to be laid off.”

“Are we able to meet this person?”

“For the sake of protecting their privacy, I’m afraid not.”

“…”

When the press conference ended, William smiled at the camera politely and then walked out of the meeting calmly. Just as he had walked out of the building he came across Peter Mollison who was hurrying over.

William walked over to him, looked at him intently and said, “Peter, the press conference has just finished, do you want to go and get a drink with me?”

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Peter’s short black hair and attire were both looking very immaculate, his slender body was dressed in a men’s beige windbreaker which also made him appear very tall. When Peter saw William appear his expression remained unchanged and he greeted William with a light smile. “I thought I had to work overtime tonight so I rushed over here!”

William was taken aback, narrowed his eyes, then quickly calmed down and said “But there’s no need to anymore since the press conference will be appear in the newspapers tomorrow, everything is done now so let’s go get a drink!”

Peter then said, “Alright! However I have to say you are looking very tired!”

William went quiet after he heard this, but then after a few seconds he smiled and said, “Peter, it’s just that I’m a little troubled by some things that happened tonight.”

Peter eyes flashed, “Oh? Troubled over something regarding the company?”

William shook his head, “The matters related to the company haven’t been too troublesome, it’s about something else.”

Peter tensed and raised his eyebrows, “You have something else bothering you then?”

“So, please come and have a drink with me!” The two men’s eyes met and William made a gesture to show he was inviting him to come.

Peter noticed the expression on William’s face, and his heart tightened. Could it be he sensed something? Or has discovered something?

“You won’t come?”

“Of course I am, let’s go! My treat!”

At the bar.

The two were sitting in a private room when the waiter brought over a large bundle of beers.

“Let’s not go home until we are drunk ok?” William said to Peter.

Peter didn’t seem to expect this and nodded his head a little unconvinced, “Alright! Let’s do whatever you say!”

The two men’s eyes then met, William appeared calm and then said with a slight smile, “Peter, we have known each other for many years now, and I’ve always regarded you as one of my best friends.”

Peter’s eyes tightened, he really felt that William was acting a little strange tonight. Could it be that he had detected something? Or was he underestimating him?

“That’s right, we’ve always been good friends!”

William nodded his head, “Therefore I hope that we can both cherish the fate that has brought us together, let’s be good friends for the rest of our lives! In this life I will not let you down!”