Darkness Overruling

This is getting too much

***Dream company***

Damien is sitting in his office, with loads of files piled on his table. He is seriously working on the important files so as not to leave loads of work behind as he's preparing to go to the States.

He had a look of exhaustion visible on his face but he kept working on the files one after the other, sipping on the coffee on his table from time to time. Lawrence walked in and looked at Damien with pity, he looked at the half-dead man sitting in the CEO's seat who still had a determined expression on his face.

"Com'on Damien, do you want to die young? Why are you choking yourself with so much work? " Lawrence said concerned about his friend's state.

Damien almost looked pale, as though he had been sick for weeks.

"I've got to finish this little work today. I don't want any office work distracting me while I'm away." Damien muttered tiredly

"That doesn't imply you kill yourself with work. You call this mountain you have on your table a little work? I bet even before you prepare to travel, your whole system would be worn out and will refuse to help you. Only then will you get to realize the importance of resting"Lawrence scolded

"Not like you are going to stay there forever" Lawrence scoffed

"Did you come to my office to lecture me? If you want to help then do so, don't disturb me with your continuous nagging" Damien retorted

"Proud peacock. When will you ever ask for assistance politely?"Lawrence scoffed

Lawrence adjusted his seat closer to the table and began helping him out, Lawrence tried speaking to Damien to lighten up his mood but Damien kept ignoring him.

"Did you come here to frustrate me? Can't you keep quiet for just an hour?"Damien said annoyed at the behavior Lawrence was showing.

"Must you shout all the time? You almost blocked my eardrums" Lawrence said, shaking his head dramatically

Damien glared at him and scoffed.

"Anyway, I came here to inform you Nora has fallen into our trap. She called me and agreed to sell her shares to me. Very soon she'll start regretting ever knowing me and trusting me this much" Lawrence smirked

"This is the only sensible thing you've said so far since you entered this place," Damien said with a sly smile earning a glare from Lawrence

"Just hurry with whatever thing you need to do and get prepared, I was not joking when I said you are coming with me to the States," Damien said

"I'm leaving, sort yourself out, bury yourself with work if you wish I don't care anymore. It seems you don't need me here anyway" Lawrence said getting up, he left the office and Damien just smiled at his childishness.

***Smiths Cooperation***

Nora sat in her office lost in thoughts, her secretary kept standing behind her door knocking but there was no response. She decided to go in and she met Nora staring at nothing in particular.

"Ma'am, please Mr. Lawrence is here. Should I let him in?" She said

Nora didn't respond as she was not even aware of her presence in her office. The secretary kept calling her yet still she did not move as she kept staring into space

"Ma'am?" The secretary tapped her on the shoulder

Nora jumped from her in fright as she felt someone tap her. She calmed down and looked at the person who did that with a murderous look.

"What the hell do you think you are doing? And why are you even here? I don't remember calling for you" Nora snapped.

"I came to....." she began to explain, but Nora cut her off before she finished her sentence

"Don't you have manners? Why didn't you knock before coming in"Nora inquired

"I did ma'am but there was no response. I came in thinking something was wrong" the secretary said

"Fine, what is the problem?" Nora asked

"Mr. Lawrence is here to see you" she informed

"Let him in, " Nora said tiredly

The secretary left immediately to fetch Lawrence as he had been waiting for a long. Minutes later, Lawrence came in and smiled at her, Nora returned the smile but it was a weak one. Lawrence was excited from within as he realized Nora was gradually getting miserable from her looks.

"Hello Mrs. Smith, hope you're good?"Lawrence said pretending to be concerned about her

"I'm very well as you can see, Mr. Lawrence," she said trying her best to stay composed.

"You don't look like you're okay," Lawrence said inwardly

"So let's go straight to business. Are the paperwork for the offer I sent you ready?"Lawrence said in a serious tone

"Yes they are, I'll send in my secretary to bring them right away," Nora said, looking sad but helpless.

A couple of minutes later, the secretary walked in with some files which she gave to Nora, and left.

"Mr. Lawrence, here are the files," Nora said, passing them to him

Lawrence went through the files and saw Nora's signature on the needed places and smiled in satisfaction

"Good, everything is intact," Lawrence said giving her a short smile

"If I may ask, why do you suddenly want to buy so many of our company shares?" Nora asked curiously

"That shouldn't be your worry, nice doing business with you. See you some other time" Lawrence said and with that, he left her office

Nora sunk deeper into her chair frustrated, she knew the implications of what she just did. Lawrence now has more power in Smiths Cooperation than she has, everyone in the Smiths Cooperation is now his worker including the CEO herself.

Nora went through the copy of the agreement files of the deal in her hands and she began going through it once again. She came upon a particular term in the deal which she has been thinking about for so long

It reads as follows "AS LONG AS THIS DEAL STILL HOLDS, THE SMITH COOPERATION IS A SUBORDINATE OF THE DREAM COMPANY", she sighed after reading it one last time.

"I'm sure that witch, Pheona cursed me before dying. How can this happen when I planned everything so perfectly? This is getting too much" Nora thought aloud

She kept wondering why such a big company as Dream company has mysteriously grown interested in a company like Smiths Cooperation which is nowhere near Dream company's status.