Chapter 128Immediately after Elaine left the dilapidated office, Nathan placed a call to Larry. He told Larry to wait by the junction. He then traced his way out of the building and by the time he arrived at the junction, the Rolls Royce was already parked and Larry was standing beside it. “Well, at least you don’t look like someone that got kicked out the second time.” Larry teased and opened the door to the back seat for Nathan. Nathan hopped into the vehicle and threw his back against the car seat. “It was quite an eventful day.”Larry started the car and was soon hitting the road.He drove to Nathan’s rented apartment and when Nathan stepped out, he dismissed Larry. Nathan moved to his door and realized that it was wide open. Henry and Charles are the only people who had access to his spare key. Nathan walked into the room and saw Charles sprawled on the carpet, playing a video game. Nathan fell on the couch. “I’m so tired.”Charles paused the tie game and turned to him. “Lo
Nathan tossed his case to the side and propelled the document toward him. “It’s your work schedule, sir, containing details of projects..” Rissa pointed out. Nathan arched a brow and grabbed the document with both hands. He went through several activity entries and was alerted by some of the entries. He lifted his head. “Why are there so many pending tasks here?”Rissa sighed and flipped her hair. Nathan pointed at the document. “It’s noted here that a partnership with Drone Electronics should be sealed by 11th May and this is the 27th”“We haven’t even met the supposed partners yet,” Rissa replied. Nathan was stunned. He went to the next pending item on the list. “It was also stated here that the manager’s office is yet to receive a grant for a renovation.” He shook his head. Elaine had briefed him on that already. He went on to identify two more pending projects from the list and all the responses Rissa gave him led back to the department’s lack of inclusion in the budget.Nat
Chapter 130 Elaine stepped out of her office to check up on Rissa. Her station was right after Nathan’s door. “You’re busy already?”She was scribbling in a journal and reviewing some papers at the same time. “Mr. Smith asked me to sort out some figures.” She replied without taking her eyes off the journal. “I can help with that.” Elaine said and moved closer to Rissa. “You’re Such a life saver.”It took Nathan five minutes to sort the figures he needed while Rissa seemed to be taking forever. He needed her to be fast so that he could make a comparison and work on other things. A few minutes after Nathan left her station, Elaine grabbed the papers and gave a knock on Nathan’s door. He ushered her into the office. “I decided to help Rissa out.” Elaine said. Nathan commended with a nod. She walked up to his table and kept the journal she used to calculate the total figures required. Nathan brought out his sheet. According to his calculations, the sum of 9.7 million dollars
Chapter 131Immediately after the Benz made it past the company gate, the chauffeur pulled it in front of the building, avoiding the parking lot. Two men quickly stepped out of the vehicle and ushered Mike out. Mike was smartly dressed in a gas-blue tuxedo. He was wearing dark spectacles that covered his eyes. The men stood by the car while Mike traced his way inside the company. He got to the reception. Rose was playing with her phone and the moment she saw Mike taking bold steps toward the reception, she quickly stood up with trembling lips. She had to quickly drop her phone on the table to prevent it from slipping through her grasp. “Welcome sir.” She forced the words out of her mouth with fear coursing through her veins. Mike acknowledged her with a nod and made his way to the elevator. On his way, he encountered some employees who froze at his sight. Everyone in Phoenix media knows that Mike rarely drops by and when he does, it was either to inspect the company or when ther
“I heard that the surveillance unit got a new manager.” Mike began and threw his back against the chair. “Yes. He resumed work a few days ago. He’s quite a young man. He was sent by Alex Alcantara so I had no choice but to give him the chance.” She replied in her defense. “I see,” Mike said with a nod. He folded his arms across his chest and gave Dory another fierce stare. “Is that why you withdrew the funds?”She arched a brow. “Did you withdraw all the funds that were supposed to go to the surveillance unit because a new manager was coming on board?” Mike asked. Dory cleared her throat loudly. “Yes sir. I felt we couldn’t just trust anyone with such an amount of money in the account so it was part of the reason why I asked Theodore to withdraw all the funds from the surveillance department.”“What if the new manager needed funds to carry out his projects? Don’t you think he has projects he needs to carry out? How do you expect him to handle that besides every transaction require
Nathan led Charlotte into the restaurant. They identified an empty booth and sat opposite each other. “Why don’t you place an order first before we talk about the business deal,” Charlotte told Nathan. “And you? Did you have anything at all?” he asked and signaled to one of the waitresses loitering around. “I had soda before the client arrived. I’m good.” She replied and crossed her legs. Before the waitress arrived at the table to take down his orders, Nathan had already quickly gone through the menu card and had made a decision. “Are you sure you don’t need anything?” Nathan turned to Charlotte. “Maybe a snack or another soda?”She shook her head in filial objection. The waitress arrived at their table and Nathan pointed his orders to her. She took them down in her journal and left. He turned to Charlotte with his hands on the table. “Tell me more about your meeting with the clients.”Charlotte sat up and cleared her throat loudly. “So my dad needs to replace the surveillance
Chapter 134Nathan had been working all through the day. He didn’t even realize that it was past lunch break. He was bent on sorting the other two pending projects so that the employees can start working on them from tomorrow. He was alerted by a soft knock on his door. “Come in!” he responded and continued drafting the project outlines. Rissa walked into the office and stood before Nathan for more than twenty seconds but he didn’t lift his head. She cleared her throat loudly. Nathan finally laid his pen to rest and threw his back against the chair. “The board meeting is starting in five minutes sir.”Nathan approved with a nod. “I’ll meet you outside. Give me a minute.” He said and went for his pen. Rissa nodded and left. Nathan stared at his wristwatch. It was five minutes to 2 pm. He sighed and quickly went through the outlines he had drafted. He stood up, grabbed his phone, and dashed out to meet Rissa who was waiting by the door. They traced their way to the main building
Chapter 135 “For how long had she been waiting in my office?”Nathan demanded immediately after he stepped out of the conference room with Rissa. “She arrived the moment I went back to the office after the meeting so Elaine felt it was best I notify you because you were expecting her.” “That’s true!” Nathan said. Nathan traced his way to the surveillance unit and went to his office. Charlotte was already seated on the chair opposite his desk while the two gentlemen she came with were occupying the sofa. Nathan walked up to his seat with a smile. He sat and waved at Charlotte. She presented the gentlemen to him. “This is Cameron and Jacob. My dad felt it was best we come together. Cameron is our company’s lawyer while Jacob is my father’s assistant. The men greeted Nathan. “Pleased to meet you both,” Nathan told them. He turned to Charlotte. “What can I get you? Water, maybe a beverage?” He then turned to Cameron and Jacob. “And you too gentlemen. What can I get you?”“I’m good