Chapter 41“Good day Mr. Oratio. How are you doing today?”“Mr…”“Adrian Grayson”, Adrian said, beaming as he shook Mr. Oratio's hand.“Adrian Grayson… of Grayson Incorp right?“Yes sir”“Welcome, you are welcome”“Thank you sir”Mr. Oratio glanced to his guards. “Well, let's get to my office shall we?”His guards tagged along, closely behind Adrian. “How's your father, Mr. Jackson right?Adrian smiled. “Mr. Leonard sir. Mr. Jackson is my grandfather”“Oh your grandfather? Interesting. So you are his grandchild, running the company now?”“My father actually runs the company, but yes, I am head of contract management and partnerships”“Fantastic. Simply. Quite a strong and vibrant old man you have there, I must say”“I agree sir. Thank you sir”The guards at the door, held it for both of them and Adrian tried not to be ahead of Mr. Oratio even with his extremely slow walking.Damn was the office large! The space was extremely collosal. It was like a mini conference hall renovated into
Chapter 42 Nancy Dalton buttoned up her wrists, looking at the mirror to make sure that her bow was in place. She slipped into her red bottom kitten heels, red in color as well. She stretched out her sleeves for the maid to straighten out the hand, making sure the ghetto lines were in place. She snapped her fingers and in seconds, Katherine had dashed there and back with the wristwatch - a Cartier diamond cut. “Hmmm…. a jacket would go lovely with this”, she said, shouldering towards the mirror. “Get my handbag Kathy.”, She said, moving towards the door. Katherine hurriedly arranged the handbag, managing to get the door for her madam. Nancy gave her the side eye, pausing a little before proceeding to walk out of the room.“The yellow and blue tagged files on my study desk are coming along with me, as well as those documents I asked you to put away the other day. Fill my water bottle, pour me a half glass of juice when you are coming to the car and don't you dare forget my cucumber
Chapter 43“What the.. get your freaking hands off of me, Audrey”“Where is my freaking jewelry?!”, Audrey shouted again, her grip still firm on his shirt.“Woah, woah… what's going on?”, Liam said, taking off his headphones.“Are you crazy? Get your freaking hands off me!”“I'm going to ask you one more time Ethan. Where … is … my …”“Get your ..”, Ethan struggled with her and Liam had to intervene.“Give me my jewelry Ethan!”“Woah!” Liam raised his voice, his hands out and in between both of them. “You two chill out, ok? Calm the freak down. What's going on?”“Your little thieving twin brother stole my jewelry!”“She's drunk. She doesn't know what she's talking about”“Oh please Ethan, I am as clear as day so you just shut the hell up and give me what you stole or else I'm gonna tell Dad that I caught you stealing at the family house!”Ethan scoffed, shrugging . “Goodluck with that”“Oh yeah? Goodluck defending yourself with all that security camera footage”That sure froze Ethan
Chapter 44“Come in”, Elsie said. The receptionist pulled the door and came in. “Good morning ma'am… Good morning Miss Elsie”“Yes Ziva.. how may we help you?” “Umm.. sorry… I came to inquire if you have an appointment ma'am with Mr. Walters.”“You came all the way from your office downstairs to inquire, Ziva? Whatever happened to phone calls, the intercom, the system?”“Err… ma'am”“Exactly”, Elsie said. “Did you suddenly go , I don't know, idiot, for a second there?”Ziva had to take a deep breath in. “I've actually been trying to reach your office, Miss Elsie and I couldn't. And even on your personal number, you weren't picking up. Being that, Mr. Walters isn't a very patient person…”“Enough”, Nancy ordered, cutting the girl short. “All I hear, Ziva, are flimsy, pointless excuses. It's stupid enough that you have come all the way up here to inquire of something you would have simply gotten with a phone call and now you are blaming your lack of composure and competencies on the
Chapter 45“I don't understand.”, Nancy said, a shocked expression on her face. She stopped the makeup artist from dabbing on her face. “Hold on”“He said he was here for the shareholders meeting. Did you invite him?”“I … I'm not even…”, Nancy paused. “Somebody get me Elsie!”Within minutes, Nancy was walking hastily down the passage where the conference room was. She took a look at herself in the big mirror on the wall just before she got into the conference room. Elsie was behind her, eyes on the files in her hand, checking if they were complete. “Get the door, Elsie”Elsie looked up, quickly realizing that Nancy was waiting for her. She got the door and Nancy Dalton walked in, catwalking elegantly to the head of the table where her executive chair was. Adrian was seated already, focused on the presentation being done by the company's sales manager.Elsie signaled the manager to cut the presentation short so they could proceed with the meeting. The manager rounded up and the gues
Chapter 46“So what is the total quota for everything?”“A hundred and fifty billion dollars collectively. That's approximately twenty two million dollars for each of the shareholders”“Is that final?”“Yes Mr. Adrian”, Mr. Oratio said, glancing at the others who nodded in approval.“Great. Consider it done”“Done?”, Mr. Oratio asked in surprise.“Yes, I'm totally fine with the quota.”Adrian got to his feet, handing his devices to his bodyguard.“When is the next meeting so we can seal everything on paperwork?”“Umm…”“This week I presume?”, he asked directing his question to Nancy “Yes … of … of course Mr Adrian”, she stuttered. Adrian smiled within himself. Nancy never stuttered.“Great," he said, glancing at his watch. “I have to be on my way now”“Appreciate you coming Mr. Adrian”, Mr. Oratio said, his hand out for a handshake.“My pleasure”The bodyguard got the door and Adrian walked out. He took the elevator to the ground floor and when the doors slid open, Rosa was there in
Chapter 47Audrey came to Bethany field, her mind weirdly captivated by the glow of the beautiful evening sun. She was at the higher point of the slope field and she let her tote bag slide out of her arms, taking her seat on the grass. Soon enough, she had to take her eyes away from the sun. She lay down, letting her head rest on the soft grass, dandelions floating out as she did so.Tranquility. That was all she felt. Peace. She could almost hear it.The kind of tranquility that was unsettling yet soothing. Disturbing yet calming. The kind of tranquility that brought you unexplainable tears, that allowed over thinking and let all the voices flow freely in your head.That was it. That was it overwhelming her.She hadn't meant to take it on Vanessa. It was never about the boy even though she didn't exactly like him. She'd lost Grandma's pendant necklace to Ethan, flopped her test and had almost ruined a relationship today - if not already ruined.She was completely overwhelmed. Beyo
Chapter 48“Come on Jamie”, Lilian said, carrying her son off the carpet where he'd been crawling. With her free hand, she took up the baby bag and walked up to the receptionist.“Mrs…?”“Miss Lilian Felters”The receptionist looked up to be quite sure she'd seen the child.“Oh.. okay”Her eyes darted to her computer, the keys of the keyboard making the constant tap sound as she typed. Lilian adjusted her postition as she stood, doing her best to pacify the toddler and be patient.She was about to say something when the receptionist looked up.“I’m sorry, I can't find you on my system. Who are you here to see?”“Mr. Leonard”, she said, her accent slightly coating her words. “Mr. Leonard Grayson”“Mr. Leonard?”, The receptionist asked sarcastically, an unbelieving expression on her face.“Yes, Mr. Leonard”, she said in the calmest voice, ignoring her sarcastic tone.“Well, I'm sorry ma'am but your name isn't on the system meaning there is no booked appointment for you with Mr. Leonard”