"Go on," Cade said. He clasped his palms under his chin as he waited for Maxwell to talk about his proposal. Maxwell brought a file from his briefcase, and cleared his throat before he began. "After a careful and thorough research made by myself on the merchandise of the Milton Conglomerate, I found that the Milton Conglomerate lacks in the area of food catering supplies. Given that this is an all round merchandise company, I think that the unavailability of that aspect in the company is a huge loophole that would cause a setback or missed opportunities for the company. While the Milton Conglomerate has proven to grow without the need to have this as a part of their merchandise, I can prove to you from my research that the Milton Conglomerate has missed a few, if not more opportunities, for this. Given the influence and brand name, which includes integrity, trust, worthiness and good customer service, that the company has gotten for itself, I'm very sure that people will not hesitat
Raegan cursed underneath her breath and Cade turned to face her. "What's wrong, baby?" Cade asked. He looked at where she was looking, but did not see why Raegan should shout. It was just her father greeting people and he did not see anything that warranted Reagan's cursing. "Nothing, I just felt a slight pain in my back," Raegan lied. Cade did not believe her. How did a slight pain cause one to say cuss words, while looking in a particular direction? "Really?" He asked. Raegan looked at him and sighed. She did not want to tell him that she had just seen her ex boyfriend exchanging pleasantries with her father at her own birthday party where her father was supposed to be courteous enough not to invite an ex that cheated on her. She decided to come up with a better lie. She didn’t want to tell Cade about Maxwell, she just wanted to forget that Maxwell even exists. "I just saw my dad welcome more friends. It's upsetting because this is supposed to be about me, but nobody has wish
They both stayed at the party for a few more minutes before leaving to avoid looking rude. Then they spent the rest of the evening in her room. When Cade arrived at work, he realised that he had forgotten to inform Raegan of the man's business proposal of a partnership while he was at the party with her. Though, in his defence, it was her birthday so it wasn't appropriate for him to be bringing up business talk. He looked at the proposal brought by Maxwell once again, impressed at what he saw after his project team had done some research and submitted their analysis. He closed the file and called for his secretary, using the landline on his table. "Yes, sir?" The secretary answered. "Contact Mr Maxwell Jordan, requesting his audience. I need to be in a meeting with him by tomorrow.""Yes, sir, but your schedule for tomorrow is quite busy, as you have a meeting with the Ericssons tomorrow, concerning the new project." His secretary reminded."That will take most of the morning hours
The Ericssons were a big company that dealt on different merchandise themselves, only that they were a lot smaller than the Milton Conglomerate. It was because they wanted to expand their domain that they decided to partner with the Milton Conglomerate. However, they were already partners with Maxwell Jordan in the field of technology. Now, Maxwell made a big part of that company because of his political influence on the company's technology department. If he were not just a partner, the CEO of the Ericsson Companies would have made him a board member. But being just a partner did not limit him to only the technology department of the company, since the CEO of that company had a special liking to him. It was safe to say that the CEO, being a woman, admired and in fact lusted after Maxwell because of his brilliance and cleverness. Now, while Maxwell drove in his Mercedes C-Class, he thought of how he could manipulate the obvious and steaming attraction that the CEO of the Ericsson Com
They got to a restaurant that dealt mainly with wines and Spanish food. Thankfully, Laurel was impressed by the place. It did not take too much to woo her. Maxwell was grateful for that. Now, all he needed to do was order some good wine and lace his ‘idea’ with the sweetest charm he could muster. He really was not enjoying this as much as he thought he would. "What would you like to order?" Maxwell asked her after they had secured a spot to sit in the restaurant. The restaurant was really beautiful. Its scape was set to be dim and lit by lights that seemed to be dying out. It was a romantic ambience, and Maxwell liked that he made this choice. It would pass his message – even though it was fake and he did not mean it – to Laurel quite easily. Laurel looked at the menu once again. The prices of the wines in the menu were ridiculously high, same as the food. It was not that she could not afford them, it only seemed to put her off because she was not one to waste her hard earned resour
Maxwell succeeded in getting the CEO of the Ericsson Companies to unknowingly get into a competition with the Milton Conglomerate, with his sweet words. It would have been harder if Laurel did not like him, but he had his beauty, charm and eloquence to thank for the just signed paperwork for the partnership with the Ericsson Companies. Laurel extended a hand to him, and he took it in a soft handshake. He did not forget that she was a woman, and not just any woman – even though he was finding it very hard to come to terms with it, Maxwell was beginning to get attached to the difficult Laurel, especially after the intimate night they spent together some days ago. He had been trying his very best to forget that night. In fact, he had totally stopped communicating with her until it was time to sign the paperwork and seal their partnership contract before communicating with her again. It was not that he did not like her or the night they spent together. What he did not like was that he w
Maxwell had another idea in mind for Cade. A business trip. He knew that it was an almost stupid idea, given that the internet could provide the information he needed, but it was not for the business trip alone that he wanted that idea for Cade, he had something else evil in mind. He got prepared and went over to the Milton Conglomerate to have a meeting with Cade concerning his new idea as it related to the partnership they had together. "But that is what we have the marketing team for. They help us with all the competitive analysis data that we need as a company. I am very sure that they can give us a full list of companies competing with us, if we ask. We already know that the Ericsson Companies have become our competitors even though we have a partnership with them for a different project. But our branch launch will definitely be bigger than theirs despite the fact that they released theirs first." Cade said to Maxwell after Maxwell had laid down his plan for a business trip with
The men boarded a cab to the location of the party. It was not very far from the art gallery and in a few minutes, they were at the location. Cade wondered how Maxwell was quick to find the location for the party. He threw off the thought and just decided to have fun with his partner. It has been a while since he had fun after a business trip. Usually there was always one problem or the other waiting to be solved.Inside the room where the party was going on, speakers were booming with music loud enough to ruin the people's eardrums. Maxwell said something to Cade when they got in but Cade couldn’t hear him over the loud music. "What?" Cade shouted at Maxwell. "I said, loosen yourself up and have some fun," Maxwell shouted back. "I can't hear a thing you're saying," Cade shouted back at Maxwell who also did not hear what he was saying. Maxwell made a gesture with his hand to signify that he was leaving to look around, then went to another part of the room, leaving Cade all to hi