At Innovative Technologies, a striking woman hurried into the building, her closed-toe shoes clicking softly on the polished floor. Elegantly dressed in a well-fitted gray blazer and matching trousers,her face flushed and her eyes filled with worry.In one hand, she clutched a sleek tote bag, while the other hand balanced a stack of important documents.Despite her hands being occupied, she deftly managed a phone call, cradling her phone between her head and shoulder with practiced ease.“Don’t worry dad, I will definitely secure the contract,” she assured the person on the other end of the call.A name tag flaunt across her neck, boldly written on it; Tina Doe, Chief Technology officer, Resonant audios.As she moved through the bustling lobby, a few papers slipped from her grasp and fluttered to the floor.With both of her hands engaged, retrieving the papers from the floor would require her to drop the tote bag. And she was already running late to wherever she was headed.“Let me help
Tina returned from the restroom almost simultaneously as the man walked in. “Miss Tina Doe? Pleasecomewith me,” his tone formal and direct.Without a second glance at her laptop, she quickly tossed it into her tote bag and followed him.“Good luck to you, Tina!” Tom called out with a sly chuckle as she exited the room.Though she had prayed for all the luck in the world, hearing those words from Tom almost ruined her day.If only she had known what Tom had done to her laptop while she was away, her frown would have been far deeper.The moment she had been preparing tirelessly for months was finally here, she took a deep sigh as the man led her to a grand door with the inscription ‘Boardroom’boldly displayed over it.She found herself standing before an expansive conference table surrounded by over thirty seats, each occupied by familiar faces. Tina was in the midst of the world's top technology experts and gurus, but she was not at all intimidated.Though she had heard of many of the p
“August?” Tina gasped, her eyes with surprise. “I thought the security threw you out. How on earth did you end up here?” “No Tina, I wasn’t thrown out. In fact, I brought you a repair technician,” August replied with a grin, ushering in a man standing at the door with a toolkit.p Tina was confused as hell, her head was about to explode with questions. How on earth did August come to know her laptop was faulty and needed a repair? What did he say to the security men to allow him into the boardroom with the repair technician? Did he know he was in the board room at all? Before she could voice even one of the questions swirling in her mind, Mr. Jude snapped arrogantly. "What nonsense! Who do you think you are, barging into the boardroom as if it were your living room?" When Mr. Kane heard him address his young master with such arrogance, his face turned red with fury. “Shut it, Jude! Do you know who you are—” “Hem! Hem!” August interrupted with a forced cough, signaling Mr Kane
“After reviewing proposals from various audio technology companies, the board is thrilled to announce Resonant Audios as our new partners,” Mr Kane declared, his voice brimming with excitement.The smile on Tom and Mia’s faces flittered away by shock and disbelief, their mouths hanging agape.“Yes!” Tina exclaimed, pumping her fist in the air. She felt like jumping and screaming around in excitement but she managed to control herself. In as much as she tried to subdue her excitement, many eyes in the room couldn’t help but notice her exuberance.“Wait a second, I recognize you! You are John Doe’s daughter,” someone in the cafeteria said, pointing towards Tina. “You are the one that presented the proposal and won the partnership on behalf of you father’s company!” “Yes it’s her, I saw her heading to the boardroom earlier. You must be incredibly smart to win the partnership over Harmony Acoustic despite everything that your company is going through,” another added.More than half the f
If Tina received a dollar for every question running through her mind, she would be a billionaire.She was puzzled about everything starting from when her presentation files suddenly got encrypted to realizing Tom was behindit all.All her unanswered questions linked back to August. How come he is at the end of it all?“August, what’s happening? How do you know my files were encrypted and bring in a technician? And not just that, you had Mr Kane obeying your instructions like a servant—Now you expose Tom for inserting the DCM into my laptop—August, I need answers!”Her eyes were overflowing with desperation and her tone trembling with curiosity.What really happened was this:while everyone thought August had been thrown out by security, he was in the CEO’s office, following up the presentation in the boardroom through surveillance cameras.All the CCTV cameras in the building were linked to the CEO’s office. From thereonecould watch everything going on in all the rooms in the building.
August was stunned by Mia’s demands,as were Tina and her father.He breathed a silent ‘thank you God’ that their marriage was a sham, otherwise, he would’ve been trapped in a union with the devil locked behind a pretty face.Her demands were extreme andhumiliating. She was not just asking them to give up the partnership for her but also strip them of their last shred of dignity.If the conditions only involved her giving up the partnership Tina might had easily considered it. But the fact that her own dad would kiss the shoes of the one person she would forever hate made her frown.“To hell with you and your conditions Mia!As far as my dad and I are concerned, nobody is in with yourevil demands,” Tina objected sternly.“To hell with me?” Mia laughed bitterly. “Mr Doe, I don’t think your daughter understand the implications of what she is saying. Why don’t you explain to her—”Mr Doe wasbitterly miserable, he looked like he just received a call from the grim reaper. He dragged his feet
The office door swung open from the outside and August emerged. He did return after the call.“Look who’s returned. You must have a lot of nerves coming back here,” Mia said with a frown.“Foolish you! You should have used the opportunity to run away. Anyways, now that you are here; you’ll watch them lick clean my shoes before I’ll have you beaten up,” Tom said with curled smile on his lips.August glanced at his wrist, “Five minutes had pass, you have ten minutes left!” He said confidently.Tom’s eyes reddened, he was extremely furious. How could a nobody like August dare threaten the heir of the Turners? He just signed his death wish!“You are a dead man!” Tom growled angrily before he removed his phone and dialed a contact. “Damien, bring a handful of men to Resonant Audios in eight minutes,” Tom instructed the man on the other end of the call before hanging up.Mr Doe’s and Tina’s jaws dropped, their heart raced quickly at the mention of the name.They were quite aware of who Dami
At the sight of Mr Kane, the thugs quickly withdrew their fists. Though Damien and his men were feared across the city, they would not dare inflict violence in the presence of Mr Kane, the emissary of the country's most powerful family.“M-Mr Kane, y-you’re here?” MrDoe stammered in disbelief. “Please, have a seat,” he said nervously pointing to the visitor’s chair.Mr Kane ran his eyes across the faces in the room and chuckled slyly when he caught sight of August. Without saying a word, he took his seat.“Before I go on with what brought me here, may I ask what these hoodlums are doing in your office?” Mr Kane asked glaring at Damien and his men.Mr Doe hesitated, he was absolutely certain that if he told Mr Kane it was Tom and Mia who brought the hoodlums into his office, they would retaliate later after he might have left. So, he had no choice but to lie.Before he could think of a suitable lie to tell Mr Kane, Mia used the opportunity to change the subject and make a good impressi