Mike sat right next to Nathan and passed him a glass of water. “You got the number?” Nathan demanded after taking the glass from Mike. “Just a second!”Mike dropped his glass on the stool beside him. He slipped his hand inside his breast pocket and pulled out a card. “I got it from one of my contacts.” He said and passed the card to Nathan. “It’s his official phone number.”Nathan took the card. “Thank you, Uncle Mike.”He brought out his official phone and imputed the digits on the card. He then placed a call to the number. The call was instantly responded to. Nathan cleared his throat loudly and sat up. “Good afternoon. This is Alex Alcantara.”Nathan heard Hose Luis chuckle over the phone. “I see!” Hose Luis said. “I trust you are doing good, Mr. Hose.”Mike rested his back against the couch and went for his glass. “How may I help you, Alex?” Hose Luis asked ignoring Nathan’s pleasantries. Nathan gave a half smile. “I think it’s the other way round Mr. Hose. How may I hel
Nathan dismissed the waitresses after they scribbled down the orders on their manuals. Mike turned to Hose Luis. “Let no one know about this meeting or the agreement you had with Alex and by no one, I guess you know that I’m referring to Dory here.”Hose Luis threw his back against the sofa. “You don’t have to lecture me about discretion.”Mike chuckled. “It’s not a lecture Mr. Hose. I just want us all to be on the same page. Carry along with your plans with Dory and on the day of the switchover, Alex will step in.”Nathan confirmed with repeated nods. “I’ve said it earlier and I’ll still maintain my stance. We have a deal.” Hose Luis maintained. “Good.” ***Dory shifted her gaze from one paper to the other with a bright smile plastered across her face. “Perfect!” she muttered under her breath and collected the papers into a single file. The expert she hired to forge the Alcantara signature carried out the task efficiently. He had been rehearsing the signature for about three d
Dory made her way into the private lounge with a Hermes Birkin bag tugged under her left arm. She got to room 15 where the group had agreed to meet. It was a few minutes past 8 pm. When she walked into the private lounge, she discovered that all the men were settled around the glass table. She stared at the watch on her left wrist, heaved a sigh, and aimed for the vacant chair opposite McDonald’s. “You’re not even the president of Phoenix yet and you’re already keeping us waiting,” Fredrick remarked after Dory sat. She dropped her bag on the table and flipped her hair. “I was just a few minutes late.” She replied to Fredrick, looking directly onto his eyes. He smirked. “We would have gotten over this meeting if you didn’t take three days off to play a good daddy to your violent son.” She added. Frederick clenched his jaw and pointed a finger at her. “You will not talk about my son that way. Don’t you dare?”She pouted her lips and fell back on the chair. “Next time, keep your
“Why are you smiling like that?” Charles asked Nathan the moment they stepped out of the cafeteria.“She’s here!” Nathan professed, pointing a finger toward the garden facing the cafeteria. Avery and Henry were at a corner transferring some files to their phones.Charles arched a brow and saw Charlotte taking steps toward the garden. He turned to Nathan. “You got her to come to school didn’t you?”Nathan confirmed with a nod. “Yeah. I gave her a call a while ago to cheer her up.”“Impressive!” Charles remarked. “You are such a wonderful friend Nathan. Some of us have been entangled with the fun part of the scandal that we failed to consider the impact it might have on Charlotte.”“I’ll go speak to her. I’ll be back in a minute.” Nathan said and began taking steps towards Charlotte.After Avery and Henry were d
It was a few minutes past 7 am and some of the students were hurrying to the lecture halls for their first lecture of the day when Kelvin’s G-wagon with its customized number plate pulled into the school premises.When the car drove in, the onlookers came to a halt. They watched the car drive to the parking lot. Kelvin stepped out.“Here comes Kelvin!” one of the students announced.Two of his bodyguards quickly alighted from the vehicle. One of them took the lead in his bid to lead Kelvin to the lecture hall while the other bodyguard followed Kelvin closely behind. Kelvin was wearing Prada joggers and had covered his face with dark spectacles. With his left hand plunged inside his pocket, Kelvin cast his gaze on the ground and followed his bodyguard.Murmurs began to erupt among the students.“Do you think he’s sorry? It seems like he was forced to make that apology.”“
Immediately after Nathan hung up on her, Dory slipped into a panic. She threw the phone on the bed and began to pace aimlessly around her room. She swung her head from left to right in filial objection. No matter what, that meeting must not hold. She clenched her jaw and began to burn with rage as the image of Alex fluttered in her mind. “That good for nothing Alex. Who the hell does he think he is?”If she is done reviewing the shares, Dory was expected to assemble the board of directors and shareholders for a meeting with Alex Alcantara. Alex was not supposed to call the meeting. Now, his actions might cause their plan to go down the drain. Dory crashed by the edge of her bed after taking her head into her hands. No matter what, she had to stop the meeting because if she doesn’t, she might lose the only opportunity she had to steal that company. She quickly went for her phone and placed a call to Fredrick. “We have a problem.” She spat the moment he responded to the call. “I ju
“Go ahead!” Nathan urged McDonald. He was getting ready for school when he got McDonald’s call through his official line. “Dory intends to steal the company rights today. She wants to break into your office.” Nathan chuckled and continued to adjust his sleeves. “She can go ahead and do so. I left the documents for her in the vault that’s if she can access them.”McDonald sighed. “You don’t get it, Alex. Fredrick came up with a new plan that would help Dory access the papers.”“Tell me about it,” Nathan said. McDonald revealed the entire plan to Nathan and by the time he was done speaking, he was breathing heavily. “Don’t worry about a thing McDonald. Dory can go ahead and do as she pleases. Trust me, she can’t win. “ Nathan assured McDonald. McDonald exhaled. “I trust you, Alex. You’re not a coward and I’m sure you’ll give her a taste of her own medicine.”“Just go ahead with the plan and do all the group requires of you. I’ve got things under control.” Nathan said and hung up.
“Aren’t you leaving yet?” asked Dory’s secretary. She was standing by the door and had finished setting up her desk, ready to leave the office.Dory was going through her phone. “You can go ahead, Maris. I’ll be working overtime today.”“Okay!” Maris slammed the door and left.Dory turned to stare at the clock on her wall. It was quarter to 4 pm and she was certain that by 4:30 pm, all the employees would be gone.She stretched her legs on the table with her back resting on the chair as she continued going through her phone.Dory kept herself busy by scrolling through insta feeds and cooking shows on YouTube. At exactly 4:30 pm, she dropped the phone and abruptly stood up.“Time is up!” She mumbled and took deep breaths. She then arranged her desk, grabbed her bag, and left the office.Dory took the elevator and arrived at the reception. Rose was gone and so were the employees. She noticed that the doors to the offices were shut and no one was at the reception.She strode to the surve