“What did he just do?”“Did he just bow to that man?” Different People asked all at once , their voices laced with disbeliefThe hall went into a frenzy, their murmurings echoing with disbelief “It shouldn't be what I'm thinking” “What is it that you are thinking?”“Are you sure the call that man made was fake? As it is, maybe it wasn't”“Wait, are you trying to say that the man might actually be the..” “What! No way! The chairman of A and U?“Exactly! Because who else holds that much power to make the CEO bow to them?” “Oh my God, and I have been bashing him since, I hope the CEO won't take it out on us” “Same here,I even called him horrible names, but thank God, I didn't say mine out loud” “Shut up! But you did insult him!”The whole hall was bustling with noise as people weighed on their opinions and horrible past attitude towards Andrew. “Quite everyone! I need absolute silence this minute” The CEO thundered and the hall turned pin drop quite immediately. The entire hall w
Tar! Tar! Tar! Mike and Lily continued to let out painful screams as their faces shifted from one side to the other at each strike. Their cheeks had turned purple and red as tears flowed down their faces At the same time, they pleaded for mercy non-stop “Please sir, forgive us, we are sorry, we will never offend you again” “Please sir have mercy” The CEO threw his face away and as his men continued to land blinding slaps to the two people whom he regarded as fools. Miranda sat at the corner wailing her eyes out as she saw her daughter being beaten like an animal. “Please I beg of you, Lily is sorry please show mercy,” Miranda said, walking towards the men, but the stern glare from the them made her halt in her steps, as she snapped her mouth shut instantly “Please sir, forgive us” Lily and Mike cried, their cheeks becoming too heavy to lift Despite their pleas the men continued landing heavy slaps on their faces with full force. When Lily saw that their pleas had b
The CEO’s men dragged Lily,Miranda, Ben and Mike out of the hall as they screamed at the top of their voices. “You will surely regret this! I mean it! All of you will come back crawling like idiots by the time the chairman hears about this!” Lily yelled, kicking her legs in defiance as the men dragged her out. “Wow, this is shocking” one of the guests said, heaving a deep sigh“The woman of the day has been bundled out from her own event”another woman added “Such a tragedy, I wonder how they are going to face the embarrassment”“How did she go from being the golden girl who was supposed to sign her partnership with A and U today, to a disgrace?” One of the women who had kept quiet and had just been listening, finally spoke up “But on the other hand, has anyone thought of why the A and U group suddenly canceled the partnership with Lily's company” “Didn't you see what she did?”another woman snapped “Yeah I saw that, she insulted that man” “He isn't just an ordinary man, he is th
“I knew it! How did we even think that someone like that could be the Almighty chairman of A and U?” The guests talked amongst themselves as they began to leave the hall Their words flew into Andrew's ear but he disregarded it, they were free to think whatever they wanted to,that was the least of his problems. A comfortable silence settled between him and Benita , as he dragged from his cigarette while Amanda gently sipped from her wine glass. When the CEO saw that the rest of the guests had left, and it was just his boss and the woman he came with, he decided it was time to relay the Information he had. Benita saw the CEO approaching Andrew and she took that as a sign to excuse herself and give them some space. “I will be outside ” She said as she grabbed her purse from the table “Boss” The CEO called out as soon as he reached where Andrew was seated. “Say it out already”Andrew snapped as soon he noticed the gloomy expression on the CEO's face. He could tell that expres
“She also asked me to inform you that she would be paying you a visit soon” The CEO grinned, as he relayed the message to his boss. “Find a way to stall her, I don't have time to entertain guests now”Andrew snapped “Ok sir, I will do as you have said” the CEO responded, his face turning serious. “Ok, that would be all for now, " Andrew said, and stood up to his feet. “Goodbye boss”The CEO bowed and disappeared into the hall to organize some things before leaving. As Andrew stepped out of the hall, the message his CEO relayed to him about Tiffany,kept playing in his head, he really had no time for any distractions right now and the Tiffany he knew, wouldn't understand that. “Hey Andrew”Benita waved as soon as she saw Andrew walk towards her. All these while she was outside, she had been practicing on a better way to ask Andrew in a sensible and polite way about the one question that had been bothering her. “Hi Benita, are you ready to go?”Andrew asked as he got close eno
“How dare that stupid chairman do this to me? Lily fumed, her insides boiling with rage “Ouch! take it easy, do you want to worsen my injuries? She glared at maid using a warm towel to massage her swollen face “ I put so much into preparing for that partnership? But what did I get in return?”She asked, not exactly expecting any answer “I would never forget this day in my life, do you know how many of my influential friends were in attendance? I had to pay some to come witness our big day, only for us to end up like this”Mike lamented, as he dapped the ice bag he was holding on his own swollen face “You know in my my 30 years on earth, this has got to be the worst day of my life, all these while, I thought you telling me about your pregnancy was the worst but….”Mike cautioned himself immediately and snapped his mouth shut “It's enough, we have to think of a way forward, lamenting won't bring the partnership back, we have to think!”Miranda snapped, glaring at Mike “Mom, what's t
A few minutes later,Mike and Lily were on their way to A and U groups, and Mike decided to ask. Lily the question that had been on his mind “Babe, since we decided to postpone our wedding because of what happened, why don't we fix another date?”He asked, his attention fixed on the road Lilys face fell flat instantly as Mike's words sank into her ears. Getting married to Mike was the last thing on her mind,as all her plans had been centered on getting the partnership and also getting the chairman to be romantically involved with her, that was why she hastily brought up the idea of the wedding postponement after they were thrown out of the event . Mike had agreed at first , but she didn't expect that he would talk about fixing another date the same day they decided to postpone it. “Mike, you know… “Lily began, but on a second thought, refrained from saying what she was about to, as a thought crossed her mind. Meeting with the chairman was 50 /50 and she wasn't even sure if he woul
Lily's face scrunched up in disgust as she glared at the two people standing a few meters in front of her. “What the fuck are you both doing here?!” Lily yelled, still finding it hard to believe that it was truly Andrew and Benita she was seeing. “Have you both lost your minds? Of all places, you choose to bring your stinking self's to A and U group?” she sneered, staring at the both of them condescendingly “We are actually here for a purpose Lily” Benita said calmly not quite understanding why lily was flaring up. “What stupid purpose? I know why you are here”Lily snapped, her voice laced with disdain “Really?” Benita asked, furrowing her eyebrows In confusion , as she wondered how Lily got to know about her contract with A and U. But she didn't think deeply into it, “Maybe she might have gotten the information from some other source, after all the signing process would be aired and everyone would eventually get to know about it.”She thought “Yes, you are right Lily, we are he