"Dard, Haruna, wake up guys! We need to leave!" Leo shouted.

Dard and Haruna woke up, rubbing their eyes, They were shocked when they saw Leo in the room.

"Um, Leo, it's not what it seems, I swear... Ahh! Alright, don't tell anyone, please!!" Said Dard.

"Everyone saw it, bro. Well,  you don't have to hide your relationship now!!" laughed Leo.

"It's fine, we understand." and laughed some more and continued, "Guys, go home, get ready, and let's meet at the office." Hearing this, both Dard and Haruna nodded and went home.

Leo got ready and told both Lisa and Lucy to be ready and reach on time as he left the elevator. He gave Henry a list and said to get the stuff on the list ready.

Henry rushed to get the stuff ready, and Leo left with his motorcycle to the office. The office was about 20 minutes away from the house. Looking at Leo's outfit, people wouldn't believe he is the CEO of a major company. Leo had sweatpants on with a hoodie, nothing like a regular CEO would wear. In about 15 minutes, Leo reached a tall 200-story building with seven main gates and over 1500 employees.

Leo entered through a private gate into the building where Steve was waiting for him, parking his bike. He went up in the private elevator till the 185th floor, where he met with two tall, beautiful ladies waiting for him; they were Anne and Rio. Leo handed over a list to Anne and nodded as Anne understood and left the place, which left Leo and Rio in the room.

Leo was in the HR department as he officially started as the new CEO. Once everything was sorted out, Leo stepped out of the room, near the elevator. Anne stood there, waiting for Leo. They entered the elevator, and she informed Leo, "Everyone will be in the meeting room in around half an hour."

"Good, give everyone a copy of the list I gave you." as Leo said this. There was a huge commotion outside, Leo and Anne entered the office area, where everyone stood up as they saw Anne walking, They never knew what the new CEO looked like; they had no idea who Leo was, Even if Leo used to work there before, the fact that Leo was kept as a business secret meant that only few people knew about the hard work and success the Kawashima received because of the guy standing in front of them.

The little genius was known only to the people who were at the top.

"What's the commotion about, everyone?" Anne asked with a fearsome look.

The whole office area was silent. Suddenly, the silence was broken when a young lady stood up as she spoke, "We saw the Kawashima sign being removed and was being replaced with something else; we were all here to work very hard for the Kawashima's, and if it was, we should be the first ones to be informed regarding the changes to the company."

Anne looked at Leo while he was smiling and came ahead and spoke, "We are very sorry, as this was an internal matter between the higher-ups, as everyone from the higher position had an internal discussion regarding the company as it is supposed to be announced this evening, and every employee had been informed about the evening function, so what I really mean is to not jump on the conclusions, and please wait patiently as everything will be disclosed to you by the evening, miss?".

"Rosy Ellis!" replied Anne.

"Miss Rosy Ellis." Leo replied with a smile. They continued to tour around the place, and they finally reached the final place, which was the 200th floor. It was an open area with a small office that leads to the main one. As they entered the small office, there were two desks loaded with files, and as they entered the main office,.

The main office was huge, with one wall with the books and all the folders that were needed with the photos hanging around them, followed by another room that was a private meeting room for the VIP people. Then came a wall that was fully glass-windowed, as the whole of the area could be seen from the top of the building. Right next to the windowed wall was the desk, which had a modern computer with all the notebooks and files needed.

Leo walked around the desk. He saw a name plate that read, "CEO: LEO HIRAM.". Leo picked up the nameplate, admired it for some time, and kept it back while walking towards the window.

"Anne, get that girl, Rosy Ellis, in the secretary department with you; she will be needed. Find me some more talented youngsters and set up a meeting with all of them."

"Needed?" asked Anne.

"Yes, Anne, we need some more talented youngsters to help XWORLD reach the top; as I already gave you the list, you know where we're stepping our foot into; we need all the youngsters we need," said Leo as he continued to speak.

"FOR A NEW BEGINNING".