Tobin purposely played dumb but when he and his wife reached home, he explained the context of the bid at his firm, and promised to teach her how to place it and win. He would use his connection as the CEO to win the offer for her so she can become the family CEO.
He told his wife to trust him and do as he has said, because he has inner information as he worked at that firm now.Hailey was certainly not sure but she trusted her husband and did just as he'd asked her to after lots of persuasion. She placed the bid for her family without noticing the others.It was Tobin's first day at work. He was well dressed and made sure he smelled nice. He had gone for a quick shopping the night before, getting his wife some new fancy attires too. He lied the company had provided a free bonus fee that allowed them to make quick shopping for a few expensive and quality outfits.He was at work now and people still stared at him with a surprising look, probably wondering who he was. His secretary, Holly Reinfred, a young slender lady with hair wrapped into a neat ponytail walked forward to meet him just as he stepped inside.She gave a slight bow. "Mr. Tobin, we've been waiting for you--"Tobin saw that faces were turning to face him. He didn't want to create awareness just yet so he told her to pretend and not create awareness. She comported herself."I'll be the head of sales, I heard that position is blank for now. I don't what to announce I'm the CEO for a personal reason. I'm sure Federico must have explained that to you." He said to her and she nodded."I'm sorry, sir. My bad. Please come this way, I still need to introduce you to the staff members." She said to him.He was introduced to the receptionist, dark skinned pretty lady, then the sales members consisting of a number of four, two ladies and two men. He was introduced to a few of the board members who were present at the moment, as well as other people.It was then that he told his secretary, Holly to announce to the staff that they should take only his wife's bidding.Meanwhile at home, Hailey and received a call from her mother."How dare you, moron! You were here yesterday and you never mentioned that you would be placing a bid with the family name!" Her mother yelled out via the phone.Hailey frowned. How did they know..."listen mother, you don't need to be angry. You did say that you wanted one of us to win the offer for the family. If I win, I don't have to marry any old man. Why are you so angry?""Shut up your mouth! Tell your husband that we will be coming over now--""--he's at work, mother. He's busy. He has a job now, remember?" Hailey said. She could almost feel the anger that was on her mother's face."Well whenever he comes back, he'll have a lot of explaining to do then." She said and hung up.Hailey quickly called her husband to explain what had happened. Evening came and her family had been invited over."How dare you do this, sister? It's an embarrassment and you can actually put our family in shame forever if you loose! We would become the laughing stock of the town!" Rosa said.Her mother was telling something again but Tobin got up and shut them all up. They all looked shocked at him for being confident like that. How dare he?"It was all my idea." He said calmly."How dare this filthy rag, huh?" Cami said and hissed. She looked at her son, Justin who had not even uttered a word since morning."Can you believe this, son?" she said again but got no reply from him. She ignored him with a heavy roll of her eyes. She always called him a bastard for his behavior sometimes.Rosa on the other hand was just like her mother. "It is so rude of you, in case you don't know. Our family is very well known in town, and you risk putting out name out just like that? What support do you have? You just resumed today!""That's right. It's not even like you're the owner of the company or anything!" Cami said.Tobin smiled at what she just said, but he quickly composed himself again. "If you will listen to me, Mrs. Blanco, Miss Rosa."Cami's mouth flung wide open. He usually called her mother, and now he was calling her directly by her surname? Even Rosa was surprised. Tobin's wife only kept quiet, staring in shock too as her husband was always gentle.He stood so tall that it was as if he was a president giving speech to the country. "I dare you to take a bet, if you're confident enough.""Bet? What foolish bet is that?" Cami said."Good, listen clearly now." Tobin said. Surely enough, they were all too stunned to even distract him. "This bid, if Hailey wins it for the family, just as you've said, you will make her the family CEO. And you will never ever mention us divorcing again, or her aborting our baby.""And if you loose? What do we get!" Rosa asked."If she loose the bid, then I will leave Hailey for good."There was a loud gasp. Everyone including his wife was shocked he would say something like that, but she kept quiet because she trusted her husband."Ha! How can you live with such a weak man, sister? He's ready to ditch you now. He just doesn't wants to say it now. But I'm sure he's cheating on you already, ha! How can you win the bid when you don't have any power?" Rosa teased.Hailey's face was hard as she would not give her family the pleasure of seeing her scared. Justin said nothing but he was surely enjoying the show."Think you all, do we have a deal or not? I promise to leave Hailey for good if she looses the bid." Tobin said again.This time, Cami and her daughter bursted out into laughter. Both Tobin and his wife said nothing. After a while, Cami was the one to talk."Whatever then. Let's get this over with. We don't loose anyway. Once she looses the bid, Hailey will abort that baby and come back to marry the rich man I approve of." she said.Deep down, Hailey couldn't help but be afraid of such a heavy bid. What if she doesn't win?What if it was true that her husband was cheating on her and wanted a way to divorce her??"Good then. We will meet here again next week after the news release."The day for announcement came, and even though the winner wouldn't be announced until six in the evening, the Blanco family were already around. Cami dressed like a queen, long gown and hair wrapped neatly in a bun. Her daughter, Rosa followed in her footstep, leaving only Justin in a casual wear. He had an headphone plugged to his ear so no one actually knew if he could hear anything or not."Look at this place even, such a garbage hole." Rosa said in disgust."Of course dear. They're so poor, what do you expect?" Her mother replied.Tobin and his wife could only stare as they continued to insult them. Suddenly, Rosa got up."Sister, where are you going to?" Hailey asked."Water. I need some water in the fridge, why are you acting like I've come to steal or something!" she scoffed."No, I'm just asking--""-let her take it, Hailey." Tobin said. He was already getting angry now. Why would they all come to his house like that?She took some water along with one of the best wines from
Soon enough, the news was tuned in and the whole family gathered before the TV's screen to hear winner's announcement. A lady was now talking in the TV. Immediately, Tobin could recognize her. She was the secretary at his firm. "Hello everyone, I'm Holly Reinfred, secretary from Smiths Automobiles, and I bring you news concerning the bidding of our contract." She began to say, and everyone tensed up, ears sharply pointed with attention. "I will be representing Mr Smith, our firm's CEO..." When she brought up his name, Tobin had to pause and stare around with an awkward expression on his face. His heart pounded loud and be was now wondering if anyone of them had somehow linked it to the fact that his name had just been called out.After a while, he realized thay none of them seemed to notice, even his wife. He gave a relief sigh.The lady continued to talk, as she thanked the names mentioned. She announced also that more names could be added, and from there, Tobin had began to reali
"You brat, what is a wretched man like you doing here?" Sandro said.Tobin rolled his eyes. He had to careful around men like him. Men like Sandro were pigs and he had to be careful, else he would drag him into the mud."Sandro, what a surprise, what's a man like you doing in this really important place?" Tobin said with an amused tone.Sandro frowned. "Listen to me, you have no idea who you're messing with.""I'm not messing with anyone. Mind your business, and I'll mind mine." Tobin said, not so smiley now."Ha! Look at you trying to talk to me like a man when you've been stripped off that right a long time ago. You're here for another pathetic interview, aren't you?" Sandro said mocking him.Tobin couldn't help but remember all the time when he had been searching for a job and was always getting declined. So, this fool knew about it too. They mocked him and were sure he would never find a job.He remembered what his mother in law had said the night before that she was waiting for h
Sando searched around for Lisa and saw she wasn't any where near. He was furious a bit, but he instantly jumped up to his feet, acting like nothing had even happened. He had meeting with Cami, and he knew she didn't like lateness."Sandro, lovely to see you here. I am glad you could make it." Cami welcomed him with a smile as soon as she stepped foot in the living room. Rosa was there too. "Thank you so much, sweet Cami." Sandro said."Go on, Rosa. Go fetch your brother in law a drink." Cami said to Rosa, then turned to Sandro. "Tell me, Sandro, how did it go? Do we have a shot?" Sandro had worked his lies on his way there. He gave a heavy sigh, showing concern. He could notice Cami was always frowning. He has to be a lot more dramatic!"Oh dear Cami, it just happened so fast!" He began. "Today was just so very funny actually, I got in. Even that useless Tobin was there looking for a job as usual, I even mocked him--""Tobin? He has a job now, at the same firm." Cami said.Tobin fro
Tobin sat in his office, large and bright as he was up on the top view, glaring at the world before him from the wide glass window.He was almost relieved his day had been settled, especially since that wretched Sandro was taken care of. Except now he just remember that his wife's bidding hadn't been accepted! He called for Holly immediately. "Hey, you and I have to talk, you know that right?"Holly sat down on the chair before him. "Sir, I have...I don't know how to say this--""Be blunt with me, Holly. Why was my early instructions about giving the bidding to my wife not carried through?." Tobin said."Okay, sir. This was simply because the needs of the company are far larger than your wife's bid can handle. So...I postponed it, hoping to discuss this matter with you first about how to proceed.""What?" Tobin fumed angrily. "What are you even saying, Holly?""Truth is, that's just bullshit sir. The main problem is because of your enemies here in the company! They don't like the fac
The next day, David walked in to work. He seemed relaxed and excited. He had just had his way with another innocent lady who seemed very interested in his money so she did everything he asked. "Hey Brad, guess what? I have never been more happy in my entire life than today.""What about the time when you got married, your forth marriage to this Indian model--""Okay okay, that's not the point. My point is that I'm so happy, and nothing can ruin it!" he smiled.Frank was passing by and David saw him. "You, we need to see." He said with a firm voice. "Come to my office right now!"Frank looked so afraid. "Y-yes sir." they went silently to his office. "Sit down, Frank." David said and pointed to the seat before him. He frowned as Brad was about to seat on it. "Now tell me, about this sister of yours.""I'm sorry sir, but she's taken by another man." Frank summoned up his confidence and replied. This annoyed David but he kept his cool."Listen to me, Brad. Don't give him from this month'
Tobin told Holly they would talk again but he needed to head home first. He felt a bit distant with his wife, seeing that he had been too obsessed with making everything work out fine."That's right, I'll get her cake and wine so we can celebrate." He said to himself. He walked into a pastry shop, a fancy one at that, even though their prices were high but he could pay now. He would get Hailey nothing but the best from now.The place was less crowded and people minded their business enjoying their meal. He walked to the counter. "Hello sir," a lady said. She was slender with cute eyes. "Hello. I'll like to order a cake. Something for my wife, a customized one." Tobin said."Okay sir, what would you like to be on the cake? And if it's your wife, may I interest you in a chocolate cake or--"The lady was interrupted by a man walking in. He was medium height, shorter than Tobin, and he had an apron around his waist. "Well well well, if it isn't Tobin my man!" The man said, smiling brig
"Now I'm very sure I won't be licking your feet, Finn, but tell me, what makes you so sure you can call me a thief?" Tobin said, folding his hands beneath his chest.The audience seemed to be listening too, interested in what Finn had to say.Finn walked forward proudly. "Well, seeing that you stole clothes to wear so you'd be allowed inside such a grand place. You don't own these clothes, Tobin. Just give up already!"This only made Tobin roll his eyes. Finn had no idea what he was talking about. "Mr. Manager?" Tobin called."Yes? I'm still here." The man replied coldly."I want you to verify this card and then tell me what you think. Whether I'm a criminal or not." He said to the man."Don't let him get close to you sir, he's a thief!" Finn yelled out.Tobin advanced forward and met with the manager. "Here, verify. But don't waste my time. You should know faces of dignified customers as a businessman, at the mention of just their name.""And what's your name?" "Mr. Tobin Smith, wha