Michael Wonderstone closed his eyes for a moment, took in some breath and sighed for relief. Seeing William Sullivan with the executive board of Sage Capital made him worried, he knew it was an ambush which was quite different from what he thought initially.He organized himself and walked to his seat at the table, exchanging greetings with the others. “And why is William here? Is he a member of the executive board now?” He asked the leaders of the company while staring at William Sullivan. “I can be wherever I want to be, Michael. But you, not so much.” William responded back to him to set the tension in the room to another level.The chairman of the board officially welcomes Michael to the meeting and declares the intent of the meeting once again. “Cutting straight to the chase as we all are busy men and women, we summoned you to evaluate the situation in your company.” Michael looked at the man, he understood the man was compromised already especially seeing William with them at
Back at the restaurant, Andrea and Alex instructed the middle aged security man to throw Joe Cole out of the place otherwise he would lose his job. The man continued to plead with them, seeing that instruction was against his conscience.Joe Cole finally spoke up to them. “What is your problem, you two? You are superstars with millions of fans and yet choose to behave like stray dogs, huh?” His words sounded disrespectful and insulting to them, Alex couldn't hold his anger anymore, he was ready to bounce on Joe Cole even if it meant him serving jail time. He clenched his fists and broke through Andrea who had stepped in between him and Joe Cole. “What did you just say, boy?” He asked with a firing pair of eyes that was ready to launch some punches on Joe Cole. **********************Outside the restaurant, a line of sleek, black luxury cars pulled up to the curb, their engines purring softly as they awaited their precious cargo. Inside one of the vehicles, Mercury sat, her heart flu
“Mercury,” Joe Cole breathed, his voice filled with awe as he continued in his lost stare on Mercury. “You look absolutely breathtaking.” Mercury's cheeks flushed with a rosy hue as she met his gaze, a shy smile tugging at her lips. “Thank you,” she murmured softly, her eyes sparkling with gratitude. She reached towards him for a hug and as they did, she whispered in his ear, “You never cease to sweep me off my feet.” Joe Cole chuckled, this time his heart was pounding hard and she could feel it. “You are worth more than I could ever do.”Andrea and his gang had their attention glued on the two, still lost in Mercury's beauty until they had enough. Seeing Joe Cole hug Mercury the way he did made Andrea angrier and he couldn't contain it any longer.“How dare you?” Andrea exclaimed and separated Joe Cole from Mercury.“Andrea, what the hell is that?” Mercury jumped to quickly attack him with her words, she had had enough of his stupid return to disrupt her life. “What is your proble
Joe Cole and Mercury carried on with their date as Andrea and his gang left for the manager's office. They had talked a bit about the situation, mostly Mercury doing the questioning, asking Joe Cole questions about how he wasn't fazed by the situation with Andrea. Joe Cole tried to get her back on their date and not to worry about Andrea but she wouldn't, she was a bit paranoid about the whole situation.“No, Joe Cole. Don't tell me not to worry about it,” she disagreed with his counsel, shaking her head in defiance. “You know what Alex did to John, and I know what Andrea can do. These two are folks you don't want to cross, I'm scared for you.” Joe Cole held her hand and gazed directly at her eyes. “Don't be scared. Alex and Andrea are nothing to worry about,” he reassured her, reasoning with her fear which was from a legit cause. “Besides, I have the First Daughter to always defend me, what can go wrong?” “Very funny,” Mercury turned her concerned face into a blushing smile, her he
The waiter hesitated, he didn't want to divulge whatever it was that troubled him. “Don't worry, sir. Allow me to quickly resolve the situation with management and I'll be back.”Joe Cole allowed him to carry on as he proposed. The young man hurried off to contact the manager and inquired what the situation was that he saw on the tablet.Joe Cole and Mercury waited for him for almost twenty minutes, the scene was becoming awkward and they couldn't bear it anymore. “Where is your colleague?” They asked the next waitress that walked past them. The waitress stopped to attend to their situation and they explained it to her. “I have an exclusive custom full treat-reservation here and I don't understand what is going on with you lots.”“Forgive us, sir. I'll quickly check it out for you.” The lady replied with a sense of remorse for their situation.“Please do, this is becoming awkward for us,” Mercury replied. She knew the restaurant was at fault and not Joe Cole. He had spent so much alr
Andrea and Alex sat with the manager in her office, a young pretty lady within their age range, late twenties. She knew they were coming to see, they had informed her before coming to the restaurant. What she didn't know about was the commotion they were causing at the dining hall.As they entered, she rose from her seat to welcome them, hugging Andrea and sealing the hug with a kiss, they were romantically involved with each other but off the public notice. Andrea was a lady's dream guy, not only was he a great sportsman and rich, he was cute and attracted the ladies.He and Tonia have been seeing each other romantically for a while after one encounter at her restaurant. She liked him a lot even though they were not dating. Tonia welcomed the others and they took their seats in her office.“To what do I owe this celebrity visit?” She closed her laptop after returning to her seat and asked them, leaning back on her chair.Andrea put on a cute smile, winking his eyes at her to make her
Alex looked sternly at Andrea like his friend didn't know what he was doing, his expression looked disappointing as he continued to stare down at Andrea. Finally, he spoke up to answer his question. “Dude, this isn't just about you, it's about all of us and everyone in our class who the likes of that boy may embarrass tomorrow. It's about Jake and Robert and their friends that he humiliated at their own party. We must fight for them and help them win.Alex's words pierced Andrea's barriers, he now had an even bigger reason to deal with Joe Cole. Imagine embarrassing him on behalf of Jake and his friends who are heirs to billions of fortune, they would be loyal to him and hence, he could scale his career even more. “True man, you got it right.” He responded to Alex and they shook their hands loud to it with cheers.He moved to where Tonia sat behind her desk, her smile brightening as he approached her. She already knew what his response would be and she was finally getting what she wan
Alex and his group stopped by to take a last shot at Joe Cole before exiting the restaurant. They were already satisfied with what was to come for the youngstar, Tonia had wielded her power to embarrass him. Why not troll him a bit and have fun with it before they leave? They thought and stopped right where he was.“What do you want now?” Mercury couldn't bear the mocking gaze they casted on her and Joe Cole, she responded to them. Joe Cole on the other hand relaxed himself and focused on her. “Shut it, Mercury. We are not here for you. You are the only thing saving this dude right now, we would have beat the disrespect outta him.” Alex answered, taking brutal shots at Joe Cole with his words and expressions.“You just give us a chance, Mercury, and you'll regret ever knowing this sucker,” a member of the group spoke up to support Alex's statement.Mercury had enough of them and she smashed her hands on the table. “Ain't you supposed to be hiding or reporting yourself to the police f