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
"Melissa's lover, Baron, that's his father right?" Leo asked calmly, trying not to let the anger in him cloud his judgement."Yes, the Ax Business Industry is one of the largest single person holding across the country. Only family members are allowed to buy shares in the company and Baron is the direct heir to all of the Ax Holdings" Maxwell explained."Did Johnson find out about me? Is that why Baron is courting Melissa? I've tried my absolute best to stay away from healing people for a while now, you are the first person I've healed in over half a decade" "I'm well aware of that, even with my all my connections it took me a very long while to find you. I was surprised you kept your parents name though, it greatly helped in my search for you. But from my sources, it seems like Melissa and Baron's relationship is completely unrelated to you""But from what you said earlier, you're not 100% sure he's the one who killed my parents?" Leo asked as he remembered Maxwell's words from a fe
"An offer I can't refuse?" Leo chuckled, "What sort of offer is that?""Don't be in a hurry to hear it. Wait a moment leys get to our destination first" Helen replied with a confident smile."Alright then" Leo agreed before leaning back into the seat. He was still feeling sleepy even though he had just woken up from a fifteen plus hour sleep.VROOM!!!The limo sped through the streets of the city and soon they were in the West Side of the city. It was not as popular or classy as the East Side where Redemption Hotel was located alongside the homes of all the wealthiest people living in the city.The West Side was mostly undeveloped and was populated by large apartment buildings still under construction and you could see the various machines of the construction companies all around. The driver navigated the car through the streets and came to park in front of one of the few completed housing complexes. It was a large building containing at least a 100 one bedroom apartments and had the