“Yes” Elise’s mother’s high pitched voice rang out from where she was seated with her family by the dinner table. She had just announced to her husband and her daughter that she was able to secure one of the biggest contracts of her life. It was a contract that ha given her sleepless nights for weeks. Her husband beamed with pride as she explained how she was able to close a deal with the client.Elise was also pleased by her mother’s wonderful achievement and feat, but her attention was divided. She kept thinking of something else and every once in a while, she would throw a quick glance at the main door, half expecting it to open. Her mother signaled at one of the cook who stood by the corner of the large room with her hands at her back. The cook disappeared. In less than no time, she was back again staggering under the weight of an enormous round chocolate cake on a china platter. The cake was fully eighteen inches in diameter and it was covered with dark-brown chocolate icing

Elise wiggled herself down to the floor and gently pushed him away. “You need to rest, Babe.” Richard insisted on staying with her as she unpacked the meal. She walked to the kitchen window, opened it slightly and shot it immediately.“Is it drizzling outside?” He asked her.She nodded. “It had been drizzling long before I got home. I feel some cold because I did not go to the restaurant with my sweater on. On the Sprint from the car to the apartment lobby, I got wet a bit” “I know,” Richard said, meeting her eyes with a smile. I had felt your wet hair. You know what? Why don’t you finish what you’re doing? I’ll cuddle with you on the couch so we can watch some movie on Netflix, Okay?” Elise’s eyes widened with surprise as her lips curved up in a grin. “Yes, I’ve been craving this since morning!”They both worked in silence, taking the food to the dining table. After they finished eating, Richard shut down his laptop.They curled up on the couch, Elise was in his arms, as they watc

Niko laughed behind her. “No, it’s okay. I had dinner before coming and besides, I’ll be leaving” He stood up and picked up the small book he had come in with Richard got the cue and stood up too. He immediately face palmed and exclaimed, “I just realized that I haven’t introduced you both. My Bad” Elise laughed and twirled her hair as she looked at Niko. “I don’t think it’s necessary to Introduce me to Mr. Niko. I know him already. I mean, in a small country like ours, who doesn’t know him?”Niko felt flattered as his lips spread out into a smile. “But, I don’t know you” He told Elise. Richard snapped his fingers. “Niko, here’s Elise Rodriguez. She’s the daughter of my saviour. The one I guard with my life” He added as he leaned close to give her a peck on the cheek.Niko had already recognized her long before they spoke to each other but he feigned ignorance and stretches out his hand to shake Elise.She grabbed his with enthusiasm, bobbing her head. “My friend, Richard, he has

Niko was enraged because he been able to talk to Mr. SlySantiago in the conference meeting of all companies that intended on keying into the project. The cunning man had actually pleaded to have a word with Niko. At first, Niko was skeptical about talking to an opposing company, but because of how charming and open Mr. Sly seemed, Niko agreed to talk to him. During their conversation, Sky did his best to put Niko’s mind at ease as he proposed that both companies could actually team up to beat the others in the project competition.He went on to encourage Niko to allow their personal assistants to work hand in hand as both companies prepared for the project presentation.The request came so sudden that Niko decided to turn it down but after Sly painted it to seem like he was going to lose out on a lot if his company had failed to collaborate with them, Niko agreed stating that it was only conditional and he could pull out of the partnership whenever he suspected that something quite f

“What do you think about that, Boss?” Tim’s voice caught through his thoughts The car was now slowing to a halt because of the long line of traffic ahead of them. From where he sat, Sly could feel the heat of the morning sun burn through the car window..He wiped his sweaty brows and frowned. “What are you talking about?” “We could set up a spy in Niko’s company to watch their activities” Tim said, smirking. He was delighted that he was able to come up with such an intelligent suggestion..Sly was silent. He pondered over the pros and cons of going with Tim’s plan and he lifted his shoulders in a half shrug. “This car is getting too stuffy. Turn on the air conditioning unit” He ordered and rested back on his seat. After the windows have been wound up, Tim switched on the A.CThe traffic ahead of them was already starting to loosen up as a few cars were already restarting their engines to start moving.“I think we should give it a try” Sly said, referring to the question that Time h