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Knowing the Lee Group

In Lee Group...

There were several branches of Lee Group around the world. But their head office was in China. The other branches were in London, in the USA, in Sweden, and Saudi Arabia. All of it was being handled by Glen.

However, its company names in another country were different. Only the Lee Group in China and London were the same. The Lee Group in the USA was called Lin&Lee International. The name was a combination of Old Master Chen Lee's and Old Madam Mei Lin's surnames. In Sweden and Saudi, Lee Group was called GLyM RaJo International. It was a combination of Old Master Chen Lee's grandchildren's names.

He had five grandchildren from his three children Robert, Winston, and May. They were Lynette Williams, Mark Lee, Joshua Williams, Rachel Lee, and Glen Thomas Lee who was the eldest.

Glen had been the president of this burgeoning successful and multi-billion dollar company. It was passed to him by his grandfather Old Master Chen Lee when he was just eighteen years old. Although he had been handling it for eight years, he officially started being the leader of this international corporation five years ago.

But he remained out of the limelight. He was known as the 'Invisible President' or the 'Mysterious President' in the corporate world. Old Master Chen Lee never made Glen's appearance in public nor media. There was one huge reason for it.

When Old Master Chen had announced to the media that he was going to retire as the Chairman of Lee Group, their enemies in the commerce world were eyeing his successor. Everyone thought it would be his eldest son, Robert Lee, Glen's father.

Their business predators tried to oppress their company both in China and abroad. They even attacked Robert once when he was on his way home just after a great deal with a notorious businessman.

Eight years ago, while he was driving his black Bentley, he noticed from the rearview mirror a black sedan tailing him. He tried to shake the sedan car by going to different lanes but he didn't expect that the sedan was not alone. In front of him suddenly immerged a gray range rover. The driver was fierce and the person sitting at the passenger's seat suddenly fired a gun on Robert's car.

Loud smash and crashing of shattered window glasses enveloped his car. It was a good thing, he was an exquisite driver. He had avoided colliding with the other cars around him. With the impact that the brakes created on the tires, a screeching halt made heated friction on the ground.

Robert controlled the steering wheel. He tried to turn left to eschew the raging bullets coming towards him. He ended diverging his car on the metal fences in the side street of the congested highway.

Robert ended up in a coma for almost a year which made the whole Lee family fulminated in fury and on tenterhooks. Old Master Chen couldn't describe his flaring expressions watching his eldest son in a vegetative state.

Glen wanted to investigate who the mastermind in his father's shooting was but Old Master Chen took a dim view of it. He also stopped and controlled the media from spreading the gruesome incident. What happened to his eldest child scared him out of a year's growth.

Years had passed no one in the society had ever known about Robert Lee's incident. But what happened eight years ago took a toll on the Lee Clan. The clan who had been a common talk as one of the prestigious and powerful families in Brent City, where their hometown was, became suddenly a low profile. They avoided not attracting much attention or publicity.

Old Master Chen hid his family's private information all around the world. Even in schools where his grandchildren were studying, no one knew that they were Old Master Chen Lee's bloodlines. This was why when Glen took the seat as the new president of the Lee Group, he never appeared in public. He never had press releases or conferences. The ceremony was discreet.

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In the present time...

Glen went straight to his company upon having a stressful talk with the Hansen duo, the aunt and the niece. He had never been this annoyed to a woman. He felt like he wanted to strangle Michelle's little neck for being unreasonable. He saved her life for Pete's sake. But in the end, he was accused of being a molester. He threw his suitcase on the gray leather sofa and hung his suit on the rack.

When Nick came in, he was holding some documents. "President, these are the contracts for the next coming project!" he stretched his hand and placed the documents on his classic empire CEO desk.

Glen scanned every page of the paper. His eyes narrowed when he saw the name of the person at the bottom of the last page. "Bradley Corpuz!" he snorted. A giant smirk appeared on his already dominant face.

"President, he is also the president of Royal Builders!" Nick explained.

"You think I don't know that?!" Glen was annoyed with Nick's words. He shrank when he saw his boss' dimmed face. He knew Bradley well.

Bradley Corpuz was Director Kevin Jones Hansen's classmate in one of the prestigious schools in London. They were called to be rivals in everything. Glen, on the other hand, studied in another advanced school.

When Glen suddenly stood up, he took a glance at Nick, "Make sure the deal will be closed!" he returned the documents to him.

"Yes, President!" Nick sneered. He knew what his boss meant. "Sir, what about the bargaining chip?" he remembered Michelle at the hospital.

"Nobody will bother her for a while. But keep an eye on her. The mouse is going to hide for the moment or going to change his strategy," Glen smirked. His face turned yellow and formed a sly, smug, and mischievous expression.

"President, the woman seems to be precious to him!" Nick continued talking in riddles.

"She is! That is his own family! A member of his bloodline!" Glen sternly looked at the documents in Nick's hands. "I will entrust everything to you!"

"Yes, sir!" Nick respectfully nodded and left his office.

After a while, he was signing another contract when his phone rang. When he saw the caller ID, a lingering smile appeared on his handsome face. "Beauty! Did you miss your beast?" he teased.

The corner of his lips curved a bit. He leaned back on his chair while talking on the phone.

"Hmph! How are you sure?" the woman's cycloidal arched eyebrows raised in enthusiasm. "I just arrived from my competition. You might want to congratulate me?!" she pouted her lips while talking to Glen.

"Why? Did you succeed in bribing the judges again? How much did you pay for them this time?" Glen equally raised his brows to the woman imagining she was in front of him.

"I paid them with my attractive body and sweet smile as usual!" she even winked while teasing him.

Glen chuckled. "Alright, where are you? I will pick you up!" he offered.

"Open the door then!" the woman placed her index finger on her lips.

Glen hastily went towards the door and when he opened it he saw a tall slender woman with long blonde hair wearing a sexy red dress that was just an inch above her knees. Her thick curled eyelashes and light brown eyes were captivating. They were like magnets to someone's vision. She has fair white skin and long legs.

"Jasmine!" Glen exclaimed. He hugged and lifted her in the air.

"Did you miss me that much?" Jasmine giggled.

"Hah! Who told you? Don't you know that I like it when you are not around? At least I will have plenty of time to date different kinds of women. With you by my side... Tsk! Tsk! I feel like I'm with my mom!" he jokingly said which made Jasmine snotty.

"You think I would believe you, Mr. Thomas Young!" Jasmine sneered at him while shaking his phone on Glen's face.

When Jasmine was in France for an international piano competition, she stayed there for almost a month. Not even a single day goes by without calling her.

Jasmine Lowe was said to be Glen's best friend. They had known each other since they were in primary grades. For her, Glen was her childhood sweetheart but for Glen, she was just like a sister to him.

They were very at ease teasing and throwing bad puns at each other. Jasmine was also familiar with Glen's flings. Sometimes, he would ask her for confirmation or approval which made the latter livid with fury.

Aside from Nick and Doctor Watsons, it was only Jasmine whom Glen was comfortable to be with.

"Come inside for a while! I will treat you for dinner tonight!" Glen pulled her right hand but he was pulled back at her.

"What's the matter?" he asked with a confused look.

Jasmine swayed her hand that was held by Glen and said in a coquettish tone, "I'm tired. Carry me!"

He jeered at her in a whisper and touch the tip of her nose. "Since when did you become clingy?"

"Hate you!" she jokingly said while pouting her lips.

Glen had no choice but to carry her inside his office and gently put her down on the sofa. She was very contented with his attitude towards her. She was beaming while looking at him with her elbows on her lap and her hands clasped together. Glen on the other hand busied himself with his work.

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