BELITTLED SON-IN-LAW

CHAPTER 7

Ceclia smiled at the groups of men in front of her and after exchanging pleasantries, she asked who Martins was;

"Do any of you know who this young man is? I want to know who sent him to welcome me." Cecilia said demanding an answer or at least something close to it like an explanation.

She doesn't get the reason why someone pervertic would be made a receptionist of some sort.

"Um ma'am." The board of directors began to stammer.

"I asked a question, is this young man the one you sent to welcome me as a receptionist?" Cecilia inquired yet again.

The board of directors were surprised by this because they didn't understand a word, they were confused and flabbergasted at what Cecilia was saying.

They had never met Martins their whole lives so insisting that they sent him to do their jobs was confusing.

"Ma'am we swear on our lives, we have no idea who he is, he might just be someone who came to get something from the plaza." One of the board of directors uttered sternly.

"Are you serious with what you just said?" Cecilia asked yet again.

"Yes ma'am, we are certain, I know all of the employees here since I am in charge of them all and I can boldly hit my chest and say I haven't laid eyes on this person. Let alone employ him." Another of the board members said, making Martins fear for his life.

Cecilia smirked and walked towards him and asked coldy,

"Remind me, who the hell did you say you are again?"

Martins, noticing he had messed up immediately went on his knees and with a trembling voice began pleading for mercy.

"I am so sorry forgive me, I didn't mean to say all those things I said." Martins replied.

The board members were still in shock trying to get to the bottom of this.

"That isn't the answer to my question, I asked, who the hell are you?" Cecilia enunciated.

"I am the new manager placed in D row." Martins replied.

"Is this true?" Celica turned towards the board member who said he was in charge of the employees.

"Now I get it, he must be the new manager my assistant employed in my absence, sorry about that ma'am." He answered.

The board members were becoming scared for themselves and for Martins since he was their employee.

"So you are just an employee here and you tell me such things? Okay then who is the owner of the company tell me, I would like to meet him." Cecilia said.

"I am really sorry ma'am I have no idea of what I was just talking about." She replied.

"Oh trust me when I say I believe you do." Cecilia uttered yet again.

"I was just talking nonsense, don't pay heed to a word I just said." Martins pleads.

"So you come in here, and say uncouth things, lie about knowing the owner of the company and take me for a prostitute?"

Everyone of the board members gasped as they heard this.

"This is exactly why I do not allow my assistants to do my job, just look at the despicable thing he employed." The board member in charge of the employee sector conveyed.

"Please everyone I am so sorry, especially to you ma'am, don't be upset with anything I said I was just teasing I am so sorry." Martins continues to plead.

"You still haven't told me who the owner of the company is since you claim to know him directly even to the point of what he does to those with no invites." Cecilia uttered her face showing signs of rage.

"Ma'am I beg you in the name of whatever it is you believe in, just forget about all of this, I swear I don't know what came over me, I really need this job." Martins uttered.

Cecilia was getting really tired of all the drama, she then turned to Adrian McCain who wasn't saying a word.

She was actually waiting for a go ahead from him and seeing that he wasn't saying anything proves that he wasn't ready to reveal his identity.

How could he? He is yet to see those who were called his parents, he is just getting there for the first time and besides everything happening was still shocking to him so he slightly shook his head signifying a 'No'.

That gesture made Cecilia know it was up to her to deal with this miscreant in front of her.

So she turned to the board of directors who were scared for their lives and asked,

"So what do you intend to do with this uncouth individual and pervertic human you employed mistakenly?"

"My thoughts are to fire him, he isn't supposed to be in the four corners of this institute." A member replied.

Hearing that Martin was devastated, he began to blame himself and his tongue for putting him into trouble, he began pleading for a chance to redeem himself and prove that he wasn't at all the way he presented himself to be.

"Please don't fire me, I am really sorry for everything, I need this job, have pity." He continued to plead still on his knees.

'What on earth is Linda's husband doing with this high classed lady? He must be sleeping with her. That was why she looked at him for an opinion before she made a decision. He is a gigolo, nothing more and it would seem he is her favorite. Since he can't find a job he chose to sleep around to prove to his wife that he is not a broken record.' Martins thought as he groveled on his knees still pleading for mercy.

Cecilia signaled for the guards to take Martins out of the building as she and Adrian turned to walk away, Martins didn't let them,

"No, no please have mercy on me." Martins uttered hoping they gave him a listening ear but none was given him because the guards kept approaching him.

Adrian stared at him and so did he, he stared hatefully at him. There was no need to plead anymore because there was no one who was going to come to his rescue at that moment.

So rather than pretend to be pleading he chose to voice out his feelings towards Adrian.

The guards began dragging him out as he yelled,

"This isn't over, I will surely get back at you for this."

He knew Adrian was behind it all even without him saying a word and thus he was determined to get his revenge and make him pay for the humiliation he was currently going through because some people kept looking at him scornfully.

He never thought he would ever be found out since he didn't expect the lady to be someone of high stance in the plaza.

He left the Plaza in rage cursing and swearing to deal with Adrian and humiliate him in the exact same manner that he was.