Taming the fury God

Chapter 7: Matrix's Observation

         Immediately the others saw him, they stood up to greet him.

August nervously scanned the faces as he tried to register them in his head.

His eyes wandered curiously till it stopped on the face that his assistant had laid emphasis on.

He was tall and handsome, no doubt the same age as his original body. He looked proud and confident with a sly smirk on his lips; although it was almost unimperceptible, August could swear at what he saw and it proves that the man was clearly a tough one, very hard to deal with. He could only pray silently that he doesn't cross the man's part so he won't be the reason why the kingdom turns upside-down.

      The board members were 12 in numbers and amongst them was a lady in black and white suit, her black hair was neatly pulled into a bun. August couldn't help but to take a closer look at her face. She looked more beautiful in reality than on screen, his gaze unexpectedly lingered on her face for too long and he was forced to look away when she slowly raised her head to look at him, a smile which he knew was a deciving one playing on her sexy red lips and just like a trademark, she winked at him. August slapped himself mentally for being carried away by a lady that he was seriously informed to be careful about. He could still remember the disgust evidently on Canons face when he'd told him this, "She appears to be sweet and lovely but that is just a mirage and her way to get you into doing her bidding. She mustn't find out about your predicament because she would exploit it to her advantage"

       August sighed. He hasn't gone anywhere and there was already so many people to avoid. Clearly, this type of lifestyle doesn't fit him at all. All this dos and don'ts was for the previous owner of his body and he must breakaway from all of it so he could rediscover himself; the him that loves to do his things his own way. The fact that all eyes were on him scared the hell out of him. He has always been a timid young man that loves to hide himself away from the world, away from all forms of troubles that he could easily avoid but didn't know how to get away when he falls into one. That fact would never change. Never!

Getting stuck into a new body can't even solve that problem.

"Sir, you have to sit so they can do the same" Canon reminded his lost boss discreetly.

Oh I'm the boss here right? August thought as he sat himself down on the head chair while the others sat on either side of him and the meeting began.

       30 minutes later, the long boring meeting continued with no sign of it ending soon. August was already tired. He wasn't even understanding all what each of the men in the room was saying. He just knew that they were complaining about somethings that doesn't concern the him inside the mirage body.

He yawned a second time before readjusting his sitting position which somehow caught the attention of the people in the room. He ducked his head shyly as he looked down, his gaze focusing on the pictures in the screen before him. As if that wasn't enough, he started playing with the pictures as he seriously got to work; a new found hubby mainly to draw on the heads that looked back at him on the screen.

Meanwhile, Mr. Matrix kept his gaze firmly fixed on August. He could see the changes but couldn't lay his hand on something. The previous August was a formidable person that he spent years trying to bring down, and in those times he'd failed woefully. There was no chance and nothing was given away. He was cold, stern and brutal. He couldn't count how many times he's been punished by him for trying to get under his skin. He left no room for flaws and even though they were related, he never spared him anytime he erred against him. And that is why his new goal was to destroy him and all the things he ever hold dear entirely. All of it!

        He has been trying to get his weak point but so far nothing could be laid hand on after so many years. But he wasn't worried because time was what he had in abundant. He could wait and as soon as something unreasonable falls into his awaiting hands, he would hold onto it and crush this proud fool into pieces.

       Matrix looked at August once more meaningfully as if trying to detect something because all seemed not quite alright with the egoistic, self-centered man that was bane of his life. He looked more attentively at August and widened his eyes in shock when he saw him yawn carelessly for the first time, not only was it in public, but in a meeting that he'd always been overly serious about. He blinked in confusion as he saw August yawn for the second time, then he adjusted his position on the chair which attracted the others attention. And to his widest surprise, he ducked his head? And began to play something? Was it out of shyness? Matrix smirked victoriously as he nodded his head in satisfaction. He didn't want to attend this meeting before but he was happy that he did. If not, he wouldn't have seen this changes that he was seeing in Mr. cold blooded heart. No doubt, heavens was working in his favor today.

          After two hours of agonistic meeting, August finally felt a great relief as the meeting came to an end. He immediately got up and rush out of the room and while he was rushing out, he could feel the surprised and baffled gaze from the others. But he didn't care. He just wanted to get away from this meeting and away from all those conniving people.

      He knew that they were bigger than him and the only thing stopping them from crushing him was because of the reputation that was set up by his body's previous owner. It was his shield and also the source of his unforseen unhappiness; the same way the said reputation could safeguard him from bad people messing with him was also the same way it could get the innocent and pure him into more and bigger troubles.