REDEMPTION HOTELINSIDE THE EVENT HALL WHERE THE CHARITY EVENT WOULD TAKE PLACEMelissa, her secretary, and Baron entered the event centre almost at the same time.Baron was still fuming because of the treatment he received from Helen. He had never experienced such treatment from any woman in his life. He was used to having women fawn over him, so Helen's reaction came as a big shock to him. What made him more furious and confused was the fact that a woman as beautiful as Helen chose to be with Leo over him. It was just completely unfathomable to him.He grunted in frustration, and Melissa turned to look at him."What's the matter?" She asked,"I just don't understand..." he replied, "What is it that that lady sees in a loser like Leo?""Just the same thing I was thinking about!" Melissa's secretary concurred immediately. It was already too obvious to everyone except him that he was acting too desperate for Baron's validation. "I still can't fathom how she rejected a complete man lik
Her manager couldn't hold in his curiosity so he asked, "By any chance young Miss, are you interested in that company? It seems to be the most viable candidate for the partnership position."Helen instantly realised that she had been caught lacking so she quickly neutralised her facial expression and shook her head slowly. "Take this company out of the list. I don't want them." She ordered,Her manager was shocked by her order. He suspected that her sentiments were involved in that judgement but he couldn't question her judgement so he kept his mouth shut and changed the topic. "That reminds me...." he said and Helen looked up at him, "there's someone who requested to meet you.""I thought I pended all personal meetings till after the charity event." Helen frowned,"This person is not any ordinary person..." Her manager reported, "Who is the person?" She asked,"Young master Arthur of the Columbus family," her manager replied.Helen frowned immediately when she heard the name. 'T
While Melissa and her secretary were battling their emotions concerning the sudden bad news, Helen's manager walked up to Leo and placed a file on his lap.He looked up in confusion at the man as if to say, 'What's all this?'The manager quickly clarified that confusion by stating his mission. "The young Miss wants you to make a decision..."Leo picked up the file and sifted through it. Within a few seconds, he was able to understand the kind of decision that Helen wanted him to make.She wanted him to make the final decision on the partner of her company. Leo couldn't understand why she gave him the power to make such a decision on such a sensitive matter in the company– all he knew was that she did it on purpose, maybe to test his decision-making skills or something like that. Leo hesitated as he stared at the names on the file. His pen hovered over the names for a while before he sighed deeply and approved Melissa's company for the partnership. To many people, this was the perfe
"H...hello?" Melissa's voice was unusually shaky as she responded to the call. It was because of the name she had seen on the caller ID– it was the manager to the CEO of the Jones Brothers Corporation.After a few seconds, Melissa's eyes widened and she retorted, "What?!"That exclamation caused Baron and her secretary to turn sharply towards her."I'm sorry... are you being serious right now?" Melissa sounded like someone who couldn't believe her ears."Yes, I am, Mrs Dubois," the calm, professional voice answered from the phone. "Your company has been selected to be the official partner of the Jones Brothers Corporations. Congratulations.""I'm sorry sir but did you just say partner and not candidate?" Melissa's voice trembled with excitement as she spoke, "Yes, Mrs Dubois," the man replied gently and patiently, "the contract is already prepared and is awaiting your signature. That's the only thing left to seal the deal.""Okay sir, I'll sign it," Melissa replied without batting an
Baron flashed an angry gaze at him and wanted to snap at him but he realized that doing so might just expose his bluff so he maintained his composure and replied, "he said that he was the one who made the call. You don't know what you're saying."Leo shook his head again in disappointment. 'This man is so desperate for attention and recognition that he's lying shamelessly, just to please Melissa...'"What's with that stupid expression?" The secretary asked, "Are you trying to say that Sir Baron is lying? Why would he lie to a waste man like you? You're not even worth the stress.""It's not something to trade words over, I can prove that your sir Baron here is telling lies." This statement elicited gasps from the people around who were watching them closely. At this point, Melissa became fed up with all the exchange of words, so she stood up and yelled angrily at Leo, "Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Just stop everything! Why are you doing this? Why are you trying to embarrass you
TAP TAP TAPThe gentle but rhythmic sound of the footsteps of Helen and her guards on the tiles could suddenly be heard as the men in the room fixed their gazes on the door to await her arrival.Arthur Columbus, the convener of the meeting smirked maniacally and leaned back on his chair while whispering, 'She's finally here...'The moment Helen appeared at the door with her guards, the mood in the room suddenly changed and Arthur stood up with his men to welcome her."Thank you for honouring my invitation, Miss Jones," Arthur said as he stretched forth his hand for a handshake. "My pleasure. Mister Arthur." Helen replied with a polite smile and gestured towards the chairs in the room. "Let's get to it immediately, I have an event to be at in a while.""That should not be a problem," Arthur replied, "I'll be brief, after all, I don't have much to say.""Okay then," Helen replied and sat down with the elegance of a supermodel, "I'm glad that we're on the same page."Arthur followed sui
"What?" Arthur was taken aback for a moment as he didn't expect her words. He felt insulted at her words and was further angered by the slight smirk that popped up on her face in reaction to his shock."With all due respect Mister Arthur, if your aim was to impress me with all your achievements, you have successfully failed in that" "I still have many other achievements, I can tell you more if you'd like-""Mister Arthur, I'm sure you've said all you intended to say so I'll be leaving you to enjoy the party. As you can see, I have a lot of guests to attend to" Helen cut him off mid sentence as she got up from her seat elegantly like a model."What do you mean Miss Jones. I have done my homework and I know I'm the most suitable man to marry you in this city. This is an opportunity you can't walk out on" he got up from his seat to try to approach Helen but a security guard stepped in front of him to stop him."Heh, watch me" she chuckled before walking out of the room with her guards a
Leo remained quiet as the guards escorted him all the way from the hotel lobby to the elevator and him and two if the guards stepped in.The guard pushed the button to go up eighteen floors and the elevator slowly began moving up.1... 2... 3... 4... 5... 6... 7...The minute the elevator reached the seventh floor, the guard quickly pushed the button to go back to the first floor and they began to descend again but the display still showed that they were moving upwards.'That's probably just a precaution to prevent anyone monitoring the elevators from knowing where we are going. The security around Mr Jones is quite impressive' Leo thought to himself as he observed the actions of the guard."I apologize for any inconvenience we may cause you. You have to understand that Master Jones is very powerful and successful but power and success also pulls in enemies in hordes" the African guard spoke in his accent that was slightly difficult for Leo to understand."No problems, he is a very im