The time was past seven when Amira sauntered into the restaurant alongside her dad and the two of them were so engrossed in the conversation that they didn’t notice the waiter who was standing by the door alongside the manager, it was until he called their attention that the two of them turned to him.“Welcome to royal oak, Mr and miss Omar” he said with a bright smile on his lips, “your private room is on the third floor sir” he added.“Very well then” Amira replied, “take us”“Being a businessman is not an easy job brother” Omar added, “we almost didn’t see you there”“Allah never forsakes the hardworking '' the manager replied and the two of them burst into a conversation while walking towards the elevator.He led them towards the elevator and in no time, they were both In the room while Alexander stood up to greet them.“I wasn’t expecting you, Mr Omar” he said as he extended his hand for a shake.“Amira will not let me hear the last of it, i had to come because of her”“Thank you
“So tell me Mr Gerald, why are you here?” Omar asked as he filled Gerald’s glass with wine, “I normally would not see you without an appointment but since I am free, I decided to see you”“And I am grateful for that” Gerald answered with a fake smile plastered across his face before turning to Amira, “but like she said, she will take care of this, right?”Amira could see right through his facade and she hated him even more, how could a man be so sly?“Of course Mr Gerald, I was the one who removed your name from the list of appointees”Omar was taken aback, she didn’t tell him something like this had happened.“I think you have a better explanation than that”“I replaced it with someone else who was bound to get the contract, i didn’t want you to waste your time coming here”“But….” His voice trailed off when the door pushed open and Clarrisa ventured into the room looking all angry and confused while Alex was threading behind her with his hands gracing his pant pockets.“You are bac
Gerald thought he could have a peaceful day to himself after being betrayed by his son in law to be but it was far from over.The next morning, after getting ready to leave for the airport his phone began to beep and he answered on seeing it was his son who was calling him so early.He knew Dylan would never call him if it was not something important and needed his attention.“Hello” his deep voice resonated in the room.“We have a problem dad” Dylan’s voice filled his ear, his voice was laced with panic and fear. Gerald immediately became alarmed, this was not going to be a good news from the way Dylan was talking.“What happened?”“More than 30 percent of the company shares were sold. I called a meeting early this morning to ask and none of them said anything, their claim was that they all signed a confidentiality agreement with the buyer and can’t say anything”Gerald was speechless for a while, he didn’t know what ti say. Not only did Alex steal from him, someone else was still s
The minute they got into their car, Clarissa countanance changed. The fact that Alex always had a thing against her father always bothered her. None of them was telling her anything and even Alex was acting more creepy than usual.“Are you okay?” Alex asked when he noticed the sour expression on her face, “you look upset”“I am okay” she immediately answered while looking out of the window. Like she said, Clarissa was trying to avoid anything that will cause a fight between her and Alex but it was too hard when we had a lot to ask him.“You sure don’t look okay babe, you can talk to me”“Really?” Clarrisa finally turned her attention to him, “can I really ask?”“Of course” his forehead creased into a frown, “why are you so upset?”“What was that about in the airport?” She hesitated for a while, “I don’t want it to look like I am always nagging and all that but I want to know if you really have something against my dad. You keep saying things like what you have with my dad is unimagina
The moment Clarrisa sauntered into the house, she was surprised to see her mum already at home and having her favorite afternoon tea while watching the stocks. It has been a few days since she left and Clarissa couldn’t lie, she missed her mum.“Hey mum” she perched on the space beside her and landed in her embrace.“Hey baby” Gwen enveloped her in a bear hug, “I have missed you baby”“You even tell me you are coming back today, I would have made some arrangements”Her mum chuckled a little, “so much for not being in the city, I just got back and I didn't even tell anyone. Not even your dad”“That’s…..” the words hung in her throat when her phone began to ring and seeing it was her brother, she immediately answered the call.“Hello”“We have a problem” Dylan’s voice filtered into her ears.“What happened?”“Dad said your flight arrived a while ago, if you are not too busy you can come to the office”Clarrisa sighed, she didn’t know if it was a good idea. She had promised Alex to stay
The door pushed open and Bruno sauntered into the room looking dashing in his white suit and well parked hair that was slicked back and a few documents gracing his hand while his mobile was in the other hand.Alex who was busy on his laptop looked up and his lips curled into a little smile.“You must hate me for doing this to you, Bruno” he spoke up and Bruno’s lips stretched into a thin line.“I can’t complain boss, the paycheck is massive and I love to look good” he lowered himself on the chair before dropping the documents in front of him,“Mr Andre will be here in a few minutes, the traffic is bad”“Very well then, let’s begin without him”After talking, Alex picked up a document and threw it open while Bruno did same. It was two days to his wedding and a lot was going on, he had a lot of work to finish before he could fully focus on his upcoming wedding.“Did you talk to the accountant?”“Yes boss” Bruno immediately replied, “the money has been deposited and the bank has confirme
“What?” Clarrisa could not believe her ears, “what did you just say?”“Mr Andre works for me, is that a bad thing?” Alex asked again, he knew the game he was trying to play exactly and Clarrisa was reacting the way he wanted her too.Risa scoffed, this had to be the joke of the century,“You are the famous boss behind Andre and the one who bought the shares?”“It was all me”“But why?” She suddenly yelled, “why do you keep doing creepy things Alex?” She was truly stunned. Not in her life did she ever think Alex would do something like this, she held him in a very high esteem and now….“He is a business man after all” Bianca chipped in from where she was seated and Clarrisa spared her an evil glance before fixating her attention back on Alex who had the most careless look on his face.“Can you say something and not have that smug look on your face?” Risa half yelled, “what exactly is going on here?“What does it look like, Risa? I am a businessman and I only do business that benefits m
After leaving her father, Clarissa made her way to her mother’s room and was not suprised to see her checking out her wedding dress alongside her brother who had the happiest look on his face.“You are here already”Dylan called out to her, “we were waiting for you, your dress arrived”“Can I speak to you alone?” Clarissa asked her brother before turning to her mum, “it’s just for a few minutes mum”“Of course” she replied, “I will just put the finishing touches to this”“Okay”After that, she grabbed his hand and led him out of the room until they were both on the porch.As soon as they were both on the porch, the look on her face changed and tears welled up in her eyes.“Hey” Dylan held onto her hand gently. “What happened?”“I don’t know what to say, Dylan” her voice was quivering, “I am getting married in a few days and I don’t know if I am making the right decision, with every passing day, I feel like I am making a wrong decision”“Why?” His voice was laced with a lot of concern