Epitome of Evil Book 1 Baptism of Flames

DARREN’s P.O.V.

For a countless time today, I just sighed. I remembered everything that Dad told me earlier. Every single condition that I need to fulfilled and rules to be followed just to take over our company.

“Why can’t you just give it to me, Dad?” I asked furiously to him.

My father, Darrel Herrera, is the CEO of Herrera Corp. How I wish that he would step over his position and let me run the company.

“I already told you, Darren. I can’t entrust the company to you until you get married.”

“But why?” I asked out of frustration.

“Herrera Corp. is like a big family. Every single department has its own duties. And being the CEO means that you are the father of that family, Darren. The family I struggled to build for several years. How can I make sure that you can handle seven thousand employees if you can’t even raise your own family?”

“I’m too young for marriage, Dad. And I don’t want to settle down. Just... Not now, please.”

“Then I will not entrust the company to you and I won’t let you be the CEO of Herrera Corp. I’ll wait until you get married in order to make sure that you have a wife and a child. Good bye, son. I need to get ready for our board meeting.”

Annoyed, I punched my office desk as he leave the room. I sat on my swivel chair frustrated, still thinking of some other way to get my Dad’s approval. All my life, I worked so hard to be in this position. To have everything that I’ve got today. Now that I’m already close to the top, I will never stop and give up. Not anymore.

Just as I was about to leave my office, I received a call from someone. It was my Dad’s secretary, informing me about the upcoming party tomorrow night.

“Mr. Herrera told me to make sure that you’ll come. He said it’s very important. Mr. Frias will be there too.”

“What if I don’t wanna come?”

“Mr. Herrera will surely be mad. And please do come, Sir Darren. I might lose my job here.”