Antonio donned his best pair of Italian shoes as he checked out his outfit in the mirror, it was lovely. He brushed his hair, he had made sure that he was looking very sharp before going out to meet Anita. She was a total package. He wanted to smell and look rich, so he opted for that suave look and loved the way the cologne was hitting him in the nostrils. She would be stunned by this ensemble, he had made sure of it. "Rufus, how do I look?" He inquired as he stepped out of his office. Rufus nodded. He was a male but he knew stuff when he saw one. This man had made a lot of efforts so that should also account for something though. "I think she will be impressed. Anyway, we are getting late. She's known to be a stickler for time. I really don't want you to give off a wrong first impression. That can be damning. I would want you to take her by surprise by being early so that it can score you brownie points." "Thank you very much, Rufus. You're becoming very industrious. If you kee

Estelle walked in right at the same time to see her brother and sister-in-law staring at each other. "Hey, Ava, do you want to see someone? Uncle Silas?" She called and the little girl bounced down from her mother's leg before leaving with Estelle.Emma didn't really know how to react to the way he was staring at her. "You don't think that is enough for me to get angry?" Leonard fumed. Emma sighed tiredly. "you don't get to pass your aggression on me. You told me to stay away from Rufus but I can't just send him away. He supplies me with a bit of information which I tell Silas and which helps with the investigations. You can't tell me not to talk to someone just because...." She trailed off leaving him to figure out whatever.Leonard was pissed that she wasn't just seeing the point. "this isn't about seeing another guy or not. I know Rufus from way back. That man is bad news I don't know you just don't see that." Emma rolled her eyes. The last thing she wanted to do was to fight wit

Antonio paced in front of the board of directors. "You can't keep holding my inability to get married over my head. That doesn't show anything about my character. You've been seeing results, haven't you? That should be enough. I don't buy all these shenanigans that you are playing at." He snapped.They kept on staring at him. Alice coughed, as the chairperson, she had the right to call him to order whenever he was misbehaving. "You shouldn't speak to us in that manner in the first place, secondly. I know that this might be hard for you to admit but you would also agree with me when I say that you shouldn't neglect the words of advice that you're given." "It's a game, a sacrifice that you must make. I thought we had gone past this. Why do you think a lot of budding businessmen get married? Why do you think that divorcees don't hold large public offices? Of course, you don't think that this thing works by magic, do you? You need to be seen as responsible. Watch people who aren't able t

Emma walked into the establishment the next day and saw that Rufus was already waiting for her inside. She glanced at her watch and saw that she was just a bit late. There was a bit of panic in his eyes that got him worried. What the hell happened? She wondered. She didn't have the strength for Rufus' pestering this morning.Ava had gone to School so she was grateful that she didn't need to start explaining what she was doing with another man who didn't care about her and didn't look like a good person."Hello, Joyce." She greeted the receptionist whose head was buried in her desk. That was the only downside she had with her. Apart from that, Joyce was efficient at her job. "Ma'am, you have a very important meeting by ten a.m. The board in Singapore needs you to be present." Joyce lied and Emma smiled in relief. She had told her to always find an excuse whenever Rufus was around so that it didn't seem like it was her doing. "Good morning, Rufus." She greeted him.Rufus merely strok

Emma tapped her feet impatiently as she rushed toward the site where Sophie had called her from. It wouldn't look good for her to let that lady stay there without having the hopes of being released as soon as possible. It was a hard decision but she had to make it after all. "Can you go any faster?" She asked the cab man who had suggested a better route to beat traffic, however with the way the traffic was, there was no hope that she would be able to leave this place any time soon.There was a little to nothing that she could do to make sure that she arrived there quicker than she would have expected.Her eyes flickered toward the myriad of cars that lined up beside her car. "I don't know what will happen to her." She panicked.Her phone began to ring, it was Sophie calling. " please where are you?""I'm on my way. I'm being held up in traffic, I don't know what to do right now" "You don't need to know what to do, please just tell someone else that can come get me. I swear, I apprec