21 What happened 5

Walking back to his suite, Pierce suddenly stops halfway.

He saw a man standing on his way, he looks pale with dark circles on his eyes. He looks young probably 17 years old.

The guy look down when he stared at him. He has a hesitant look on his face and he keeps fiddling his hands.

He was about to continue walking when the man in front of him suddenly speak.

" W-wait S-sir...." The man stopped him

He halted his steps and turned, facing the man.

" S-sorry to disturbed you sir but can you spare a little bit of your time. I would like to speak to you....

The man looked around then added ..in private."

Pierce stared at the young man in front of him aside from his disheveled look nothing's suspicious about him.

"Talk." He replied coldly.

"Can we talk somewhere more ...private? I mean were in the Middle of the hallway. If you want sir, we can talk inside of my room."

Pierce looked at the man, feeling the intense stare the guy felt uneasy.

" Follow me." after the brief reply Pierce started to walk, the guy immediately follow him into his suite.

When they reach the room, the two stepped inside.

Pierce gestured the man to take a sit.

" Do you know me?" Pierce asked the man opposite him.

" No Sir." The guy replied timidly.

" Then why did approached me?" He asked

" Its like this sir, I saw you talking to Mr. Richard a while ago. I figured that you must be one of his acquaintance so I decided to take risk by approaching you. I would like to ask for help sir, Mr. Richard doesn't want to see us, he also refuse to talk and reconsider his decision. Maybe you could help me convince him." The guy told him

Pierce listened silently, then he motioned the guy to continue.

"You must have heard about Dr. Evans team. Actually I'm one of it's members. Mr. Richard's wants to terminate our contract. We already pleaded him to gave us one more chance but his adamant on his decision. I know Dr. Evans dedicated all of his hard work for this new products. I can't bear to see his efforts being wasted so I came here, hoping to convince him."

" What's Dr. Evans doing? Where is he? Why can't he personally fixed his own problems?" Pierce asked the young man who is persistent in saving his team member. Is he really worth the efforts this young man exerted?

" Oh, Dr. Evans is still inside the laboratory. He's not aware about the contract termination. He used all his time and money to finished his experiments and we don't have the heart to tell him the bad news yet. We don't want to shatter his hopes."

"Your here to convince me right?"

The man nodded.

"Then I'm expecting something worth my time, young man. Don't disappoint me." He said with a serious face.