Two Months later….“Sir, Sir, wait up!” Rebecca ran after Sean her hand stretched out holding a file. Sean stopped talking and his detail stopped with him too.“What is it, Rebecca, I have to get on the air in less than thirty minutes.” He warned sternly.Fortunately, two months together has taught Rebecca not to take Sean's words to heart, he was quite terrible working under pressure.“I know and um, you're going to need this.” She panted, handing over the file.Sean took it without a word, flipping through its contents. He realized that it was his opening speech and brief of what he had planned to say during the interview.Well damn, that just changed everything.“I had no idea I forgot it.” His face stretched into a smile. “What would I do without you?”“Nothing really, but remember that thought the next time you're angry at me and threaten to fire me.” Rebecca teased, walking backward while simultaneously shooing him away. “You're going to be late…sir.”Sean only nodded, spinning
“Honey, how'd it go with your business deal today?” Mina, Amelia's mother asked David, her father.His lips peel back in a tooth grin, bits of food staining his teeth. “Great! Guess what, we even managed to close the deal.”“Really?” Mina squealed, reaching out to touch David. “Honey, that's good news!” She turned to face Amelia. “Is that true?”Amelia like the ever dutiful daughter nods in accordance. “Yes Daddy, we're proud of you.”Mina kept showering praises on her husband, intoxicated with the sound of dollar bills raining down on her.Amelia just picked up her food, not hungry. Evenings at home were becoming quite boring and repetitive, making Amelia crave something of her own.Dinner was David's favorite, pot roast and turkey.Two horrible things that Amelia hated but she managed to shovel some down her throat so she didn't look ungrateful.“So Amelia honey, what's going on with you? You've been quiet over there.” David popped out the question.Amelia chewed her food slowly, bu
Mina called out to Jason, wanting him to see who was on the screen…the man whom they wrote off a couple of months ago.Amelia's brother, Jason came down the stairs with airpods plugged into his ears. “What is it?”Mina just pointed to the TV, waiting for Jason to catch up.His eyes widened in surprise when he took in Sean sitting there cooly, interviewed before thousands of people. “Yo, isn't that Sean? The slimy dude who didn't marry Amelia?”“Why don't you try and tone it down huh?” David griped, reaching for a glass of juice behind him.Mina patted the seat next to her and Jason sat down. The rest of them were quiet for the next five minutes, listening to Sean speak.It was ironic in a way, months back they would never have listened that attentively.Sean was talking about a new business Lambert Incorporated was working on, and by his estimation, it was worth billions of dollars.A lot of money for a man who hasn't come in contact with it before.Mina watched Sean, an idea sproutin
Jason and Mina perked up, listening to Amelia with rapt attention.“What do you have in mind?” He asked.Amelia shrugged, thinking of anything. “What if we show either the media or him some sort of document to prove that he took the money?”“That'd make a lot of sense. What exactly?”Amelia bit her lip, suddenly sweating even despite the cool temperature. The mechanics of executing a plan like this took more strength and cunningness than she thought possible. “Or maybe she should forget about it?” She tentatively inputted. Amelia wasn't sure she could live down another humiliation like the last time.While the money was tempting enough, her pride and social status were more important.“Having second thoughts?” Jason smirked. “Or you're too chicken to go through with it?”She cut her eyes to him, throwing a glare his way. “Unlike you, some of us have something worth losing.”“Like what?” He asked. “I'm pretty sure nobody cares about you that after what happened, besides they'll be too
Sean arrived at the headquarters, immediately escorted up to his office where his client was waiting.Rebecca was too good at her job, keeping the client entertained until he arrived.After apologizing for the time wasted, they got down to business Sean managed to convince the man to give in to their project.Time flew past quickly and two hours later, they sealed the deal after signing the papers, Sean had his man safely escort him down to his car.Everywhere was quiet, the silence eating at him. It was way past closing hours, and Rebecca left shortly after he arrived.Now that there was no one to impress, Sean pulled off his tie and jacket, unbuttoning his shirt so he could breathe, contemplating if he needed to leave.While he had a big and beautiful house, being there all alone reminded him how empty it was.No one other than his housekeeper has ever visited and it made him sad on some level.Twirling his glass, Sean watched the amber-colored liquid swirl in its confined space, de
“About what?” Sean arched his brow, folding his hands against his chest. “How crazy, manipulative, and what entitled assholes the bunch of you are?”Jason bristled, taking a step further his hands balled into fists by his side. “Say another word, and you'll be eating through a straw for the next two weeks!”Sean was tempted to take him up on his offer, but the flash of movement behind Mina and Jason reminded him of how much that would cost him.He wasn't just Sean Lambert, but an assistant CEO of Lambert Inc. A dent in his image would directly affect the company's.To his surprise, Mina was the one who reacted first placing a hand on her son's arm.“That's enough, we're not here to fight.” She murmured, drawing his back.Jason obeyed instantly, stepping down.Sean was uncomfortable with how it was all playing out. Everything seemed too good, almost like it was scripted.They might have planned things out before coming here.“What are you here for then?” He questioned, ready for this s
Reporters and various camera lights started to flash, each person speaking over the other trying to be heard.It was chaos.It got so bad that some even tried to step on each other, pushing others out of the way to shove Mike in our faces.Jason and Mina were already facing the crowd, milking the attention by answering their questions with what he had no doubt were well-rehearsed and carefully selected answers.Sean's nostrils flared in anger, unable to stomach the insults.How dare they?When they saw that Sean wasn't responsible, more people turned towards Mina and Jason badgering them with questions.Sean glimpsed a blinking red light on someone's camera, reminding him that they were live, this entire thing was transmitted to TV stations.Urghhhh, fuck!The whole thing was stressing his brain out, so much so that it was on the verge of being shut down.That was when he decided he had had enough.“Alright, that's it!” He bellowed, clapping his hands together to gain everyone's atten
Sean could hardly believe his eyes, his mind running at a million miles per hour trying to figure out how to mitigate the damage.The annoying parts were that the blogs were portraying his bad sides, circulating the clip where he looked guilty and not showing the one where he tried to speak up for himself.Reading the comments was even worse. People blamed him, siding with Amelia's family. Many times, he was tempted to post something debunking the claims but he knew that would only add fuel to the flames, and give their lies more traction.Sean shot a message off to Rebecca, powering his devices down after telling her to push back his appointments.All he wanted was a fucking break.Already, a headache the size of an anthill was forming at the base of his skull.Fixing himself a quick breakfast made of scrambled eggs and toast, he popped aspirin in his mouth washed it down with water, and promptly went to lay down.But even with his eyes closed, Sean couldn't get his mind to shut off