Everyone in the Marcus family both young and old, sons and daughters, grandsons and granddaughters including in-laws were already seated for the meeting at the Marcus family Villa.Lady Marcus had instructed that no one should be missing in that meeting and none was expected to be late for it.All her daughters and granddaughters had come with their respective husbands.Lily was there with Luca Grand, her husband.Lily's elder sister, Margaret who was equally the first granddaughter of the Marcus family but married to Tim Hector from Scotland was also in the meeting with her husband.Tim Hector was the grandson of Graham Hector, a business Conglomerate from the Southern Upland in Scotland.They had also come to hustle for one slate of the enlisted projects by Megan's groug and when they received the memo for the Marcus family meeting and the order of Marcus family head requesting for all her children and inlaws to be in attendance to that, had come to Lord Marcus Villa to be part of th
Immediately, all of them went back and resumed their seats without uttering a single word.Lady Marcus' words were final and order for the family members. They had to respect and be obedient to her as the head of the Marcus family.Lady Marcus too, sat on her executive chair and began the meeting for them. “Listen very attentively to me, all of you!”“This isn't the time to fight one another,” Lady Marcus began addressing her children. “I called all of you here to discuss an important issue that demands urgent attention and your sincere contributions and efforts are needed for us to achieve success on this matter!”Lady Marcus address and speech were confusing for her household members except for Charles and Olivia to understand.There were echoes of murmuring with everyone in the meeting.A lot of humming and unclear signs were hovering over her children's faces.Her speech was a puzzle too hard for them to dissect and get what she was talking about.Benjamin could not hide how fuzzy
“Y - Yes. Grandma, Jack has a point here!” Lily interjected.“With Olivia's beauty, we would be sure that the project will belong to us,” Benjamin jibed. “At least, it will be one favor we would get for having such a belle like in our family!” He added, still taunting Olivia.Benjamin, his children and inlaws started taunting Olivia in their usual manner.“Enough!” Lady Marcus ordered them to keep quiet.The hall was getting noisy with those humiliating words aimed at Olivia by Benjamin's family.Lady Marcus continued speaking when the noise in the hall subsided. “Let's hear from her!”She then called Olivia and said, “tell us, will you be able to win it for us? Will you go for us?”Olivia, who had been silent, stood up and said, “ I'm sorry to disappoint you grandma, I can't do it. I will not go!”Lady Marcus became angrier after hearing Olivia out. “You are such a beaut - fool! Wasted granddaughter!”She was very mad at Olivia for her stand against going in to win the project for th
Charles' announcement of Olivia accepting the task shocked everybody in that hall.All of them gaped in extreme surprise and bewilderment!‘What is this useless Charles saying?!’‘Did he even understand the meaning of what he said? Does he think that winning Megan's group's project is like starting an electric scooter?!’The hall became chaotic after Charles accepted the task on Olivia's behalf!Jack started, “hey Charles, would just shut your mouth up?! Do you think that winning a project from Megan's group is simple? I was just joking and trying to sway Olivia into accepting an impossible mission so we could laugh and ridicule her when she finally fails!”“Do you think that Megan's group's project is like doing house chores and cooking for Andrea Marcus' family? Where you could ask her to come help you out and it will be easy?” Luca Grand interjected. “See, if it were to be so, I would have not just partnered with Megan group but also become one of their managers!”“Stop day-dreamin
Charles was intrigued to hear them utter such words.They were entering into a bet with him over what they don't even have a clue of how it would end.He replied, “really! This is very interesting. Are you sure about what you guys just said now?”“I'm very sure Mr Walker,” Tim said. “You should even be happy that I will be giving you the privilege of addressing me as your father, in your lifetime which ordinarily, you’re not qualified to have. Your service to me for one month will just be to wash my clothes, wash and clean the lavatory.”“I'm very serious and I mean every bit of my words my dear loser cousin - brother - in -law Mr Walker,” Jack jibed ridiculously.“Don't worry, you wouldn't do much for me,” Jack continued to ridicule him. “ You will only address me as your father ten times daily, bath me, do my laundry, and keep my lavatory clean. That's the only service you will be rendering to me for one month. You know, I'm very merciful and good to people around me.”“Brother Jack
At exactly 06:00 am in the morning Olivia and Charles were already set and prepared to go and submit a proposal for the petrochemical and agro allied project contract deal with Megan's group.All through the night, Olivia has been restless, without sleeping.She was up all through writing and discarding project proposals.Charles was equally awake, keeping her company while she drafted the proposal.He was there encouraging and cheering her up. “You can do it dear. My conviction about your success is certain and I trust your abilities!”“Are you sure that I can do this, Charles?”“Yes dear. I have never been more certain and sure about anything than I'm in this. Trust me, you're going to win it and shame those fools in the end.”“Alright then. Please help me go through this proposal.”She then passed the pages of the proposal which she had drafted over to him.Charles went through the proposal and said, “wonderful! This is very fantastic and superb! With this proposal, you've won the
Olivia was carrying a file containing the written proposal when they arrived at Megan's group.Standing in front of the one hundred and fifty (150) - story building, Olivia suddenly felt as if her heart was hollow and empty.How could such a magnificent company like Megan's group which is the number one company in Great Britain collaborate with the Marcus family? Not to mention that they were aiming for a hundred million dollars deal!It was like a beggar approaching a wealthy man and asking for a hundred million dollars change. It was absolutely ridiculous.However, she had promised her grandmother and accepted the challenge in front of everyone, so she had to go no matter what…Sensing her anxiety, Charles robbed her head tenderly with his temple and said, “Dear, don't worry, go ahead, you will make it. Trust me.”He cajoled her and added, “remember that my fate lies in your hand right now. You're the one who would determine whether I will become Jack and Tim's slaves for one month
In that moment, abrupt and outlandish thoughts appeared in Olivia's mind.That Mr Walker that Scarlett told her of - could he really be her husband, Charles Walker?No way, wake up from your day-dreaming, Olivia she muttered to herself!She found the outlandish thoughts of Charles Walker being the Mr Walker who Scarlett Sage was talking about to be so preposterous after processing it for a while.How could it be!Charles was an orphan who lived and grew up in the welfare home!However, who else in the whole world would treat her so well like this beside Charles Walker?She recalled how Charles used to care for her and even protected her from dangers during her university days at Swansea and was gladden in her heart.Hundred million dollar deal was an extravagant hope and a mission impossible, but they gave her a one hundred and fifty million dollars contract.She couldn't help but asked curiously, “Miss Sage, please may I know if your chairman is Charles Walker?”Scarlett’s heart skip