The call for him to resume work came the next morning, he expected it to come early so when he got the call, he wasn’t surprised but what did shock him was that they moved him to a very junior team, an office with a lot of people, part of the marketing department but a very junior part of it, not that it made him any less eager to work, in fact, it made him more ready to work, he was going to prove himself to Sebastian again while working hard to build his own brand. Before he left for work, he spoke to his lawyer and the contractor that he hired to take care of the renovation of the building, initially, he wanted to just tear the whole place but realized the hotel structure was still in shape and he just needed to invest in changing things and it would be good to go for a first hotel; he already picked out a name for the hotel, he was going to name it after his sister, N&N hotel, it sounded cringe and clique but he liked it and wanted to gift his first project to his sisters, he knew
“Are you for real right now? What do you even mean by paper marriage, what does that even stand for?”He knew what a paper marriage was but what he couldn’t understand was why Gianni would sign up for something like that when she could get any man she wanted. She was beautiful, educated, and rich, any man would kill to have her. “Nathan, I can’t go into full details but that’s it, I married Seb, I loved, and I still love him but we were never a real couple, he wanted someone with him, didn’t want to be alone, and at that time, I wanted out of Italy, I just got out of a very draining relationship that did a number to my self-esteem, that’s when I met Seb and he was nice, I figured I could help him, plus my ex was trying to get me back but he backed out when he found out I married,”She explained. Nathan never expected that to be the reason she married. “That’s a whole lot of details that I didn’t know,”Nathan said, not like he was just realizing that he didn’t know much about the wo
Despite his position in the office being limited, Nathan didn’t mind at all, for one, it gave him more time to focus on his own business idea and the people he shared office with were super nice to him, willing to help and give input when he asked. His life in the office was going just fine and his baby project was looking okay, he had a meeting with the people who would do the reconstruction today and that’s what he was going to spend his lunch hour doing. He got out of the elevator and instantly wished he had listened to his instincts and gone to get coffee like he had wanted to. Now he was standing face to face with his number one enemy. Since he resumed work in the office two weeks ago, Nathan had made a point to not encounter Pedro, not like he was scared of him or anything like that, he just didn’t want to deal with him physically and he has been successful until now. The older man stood in front of him and each time he tried to pass by him, he would block his way. Nathan let o
Nathan put whatever happened with Pedro that morning at the back of his mind, the last thing he wanted was to let him in his head when he had better things to do with his time. He did his usual work, attended a team meeting and after that, it was his lunch break. He had to postpone his meeting with the contractor because he had some errands that he had to run in the office that he couldn’t postpone. “Thank you for choosing us for this, I promise you that you won’t regret it,”Nathan said to the client whom he had come to see. The meet-up went better than he had thought. When his superior had called him and told him to go see the client, he had been skeptical about going as he didn’t want the client to lose interest because of him. Turns out, he had nothing to worry about because she was ready to work with them. “No, I should thank you for explaining things so well and being such a gentleman. It is a good thing that they said yes when I asked for you,”She said; Nathan looked at her
“What I am saying is, I can help you, Pedro hasn’t changed much, aside from the fact that he blew up after scamming a lot more people, I won’t let him win this time,”She said in a firm voice. “Thank you for reaching out to me ma’am, it means a lot,”Nathan told her. He might not know when or how he would need her help yet but he was sure the time would come. “There is no need for thank you, I am only doing it to get some kind of personal closure, I don’t mean that I am using you for that, what I mean is that I will get a lot of joy if Pedro fails in his plans.”She told him and he nodded. “Still I want to say thank you, I will be sure to let you know when I need your help, can I have your contact please?”He asked politely, this was even though she looked young, was way older, and could easily have given birth to him, how she had a sister younger than him kind of baffled him but he didn’t want to be nosy, if it pricked his interest enough, he would ask Grace. She gave him her cont
“You are scared for nothing Nathan, that DNA result isn’t going to be a problem, let him do it a hundred times and he will keep getting the same result, once the result is out, he will know just what kind of clown Pedro is,”Gianni answered. She always sounded so sure about the whole DNA thing; it was as if he was the only one always worried about it. “You sound so sure, I am telling you that he used a different doctor and that man doesn’t look like he can even be bought over, when I asked for his contact, he brutally refused; stating that he had no business with me, that was harsh and then he just left like that,”Nathan explained, remembering how the doctor had looked at him as if he was some kind of sinner. “Why don’t you believe me when I tell you that there is nothing to worry about, everything is taken care of already and nothing will change, you are his son and that’s finally,”Gianni told him confidently. “I wish I could have your kind of confidence, Gia but I can’t, I have
Over the next two weeks, Nathan was on edge, he expected the result of the DNA to be out anytime and he knew once that happened, his secret would be out and Sebastian would know he was a fraud, he could already picture the outburst and everything, every day, he woke up thinking that it would happen but nothing happened. As Nathan didn’t want to lose out once the results were released, he made the purchase of the building he wanted under his mother’s name and also paid a huge sum that would cover the renovation and every other thing else, he didn’t like slashing money in a spare account but he had to, just in case the old man seize everything that he gave him once the result are out. Even though Gianni told him not to worry, he was still a hell of worried that he might not be able to show his face in public for a while once the results were in, and at a point, he was scared that Sebastian might even send him to jail, he spent a good amount of time during the two weeks of waiting just
“What the fuck did you just say to me?”He barked out, charging out of his seat. “The same thing you said to me but the reverse because I have a father who has money, meanwhile, I can’t say the same for you, boy,”He repeated. The guy was foaming and was clearly looking for a fight which Nathan wasn’t ready to give him. “I dare you to say that again in my face, I dare you,”The fucker yelled. Nathan stepped away from him, ignoring his outburst. “Rather than trying to pick a fight with me, you should take what I said to heart and work hard, so your kids can at least enjoy some privilege,”Nathan said as parting words and exited the place before things got out of hand. He wasn’t about to fight someone in the company. That would not be good for his image. Once he got back from lunch, his superior called him and Mark to his office because someone had snitched about them almost fighting to him and he queried them. Nathan didn’t feel the least bit apological even when Mark made it seem a