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
Nathan arrived home around 5 pm. He strode to his bedroom and fell on his face. He was exhausted and was about to head to the bathroom when he received a text message. He sat up and pulled out his phone from his pocket. It was a text from his social director at school.The text read ‘Reunion party at 7 pm tomorrow. See you all there.’Nathan sighed. His coursemates were planning a reunion party the next day. He wanted to attend because he felt it will be a great opportunity to catch up with people like charles, Avery, and Charlotte except for Henry who was on vacation.Nathan’s phone began to ring and when he checked the phone screen, he realized that it was Charles calling. He concluded that Charles had probably received the notification too.“Wassup buddy. Party loading tomorrow night right?” Nathan said immediately after he picked up the call.“Yea. I just got a notification but it’s quite unfortunate that I won’t be attending the reunion.” Charles said.“Shit!”“I had to leave the
At exactly 7 pm, Nathan was already dressed in a black Italian suit. He wore one of the designer leather shoes Mike delivered to him. In his left hand was a red bow tie and in his right hand was a red neck tie. After checking out both options for about five minutes, he finally decided to use the necktie. The party was slated for 7 pm and Nathan was certain that his coursemates were loitering in the hall at the moment. The main event will kick off about thirty minutes later so he decided to take his time and look good. He grabbed the ice watch he got from the school mall and slid it around his left wrist. Nathan left his apartment around 7:30 pm for the reunion party. Larry had been waiting for him outside his rented apartment with the Rolls Royce. The organizing committee of the reunion party picked the DREAMWORLD hall and event center. The venue was just a few meters away from Nathan’s rented apartment. The famous hall is referred to as a first-class hall judging by the class of
While the students were still placing their orders, the host who was also a student traced his way to the stage and mounted the podium.“It’s a great privilege to have you all here and I’ll suggest we begin immediately. He said and stepped down from the stage, still holding unto the microphone.“Let’s all seat across the round tables please!”There were large tables arraigned in the hall. There were about five round tables and each table could accommodate seven to ten persons.Eddie, the host was the only one who was not seated except for the waitresses and bartenders.“I’ll be going around with the microphone,” Eddie said. “So this is what will happen. We’ll start by talking about what we’ve been up to since the break began. This is to enable us to know a few things about each other and maybe encourage others.”He moved closer to Kelvin with a bright smile. “I’ll begin with you.” He passed the microphone to him.“Can you please tell us what you’ve been up to lately?”Kelvin snatched