Julia noticed Raymond's expression and decided to ask him about it but on second thought, she discarded it with the claim he was recovering from the courtroom scene. "Let's go in," Niko announced moments later. Intertwining her fingers with his, she pulled him into the restaurant while Niko and Adam followed closely behind. Julia spotted an empty table for four in the middle of the restaurant and immediately drew their attention to it. "I don't sit in the middle, I prefer to sit at the corner, beside a window," Raymond said."But that's the only table for four. The others are three and two." She mumbled, darting her eyes around the restaurant."Let's go for two then. I and Niko will share one." Adam said and Niko nodded in agreement. "No, we are going to share the same table." Julia countered as she pulled Raymond toward the middle of the restaurant. They had barely taken their seats when Julia's phone rang. After pulling it out of her purse, she discovered it was Stella and imme
A week later…"Guess what?" Niko announced, barging into Raymond's office. "Spill it already," Raymond replied as he took his eyes off his laptop. "The profit margin has increased by 30% within four days." He said with a merry voice, flopping on the chair opposite him. "Really?" "Yeah. When the sales manager submitted his report earlier, I was as surprised as you are right now." "Damn!" Raymond replied, hitting his fists against each other with a broad grin. They were still celebrating the good news when someone knocked on the door and a second later, Vin, Raymond's secretary stepped in. "Sir, you have a meeting with Craig Yvonne by noon, that's half an hour from now." He read from his tablet. "Postpone it." He said without thinking. Nodding, Vin went ahead to postpone the meeting and also to inform Craig of the new development. "Please, ask the sales manager to submit the profiles of all the staff under his administration." "Yes sir," Vin replied after which he turned to lea
With the couples out of the living room, Stella banged her fists against the table as she glared angrily at the door they had passed through. "How did she get to know?" Her mother asked. "I texted her." She hissed in frustration. Pushing her chair backward, she began to storm towards the door. Sensing she wanted to accost the couple, her mother was quick to pull her back. "What do you think you want to do? Julia has the right to take him away and you have no say about it." She said. "I just want to talk some sense into her." She replied stubbornly trying to break past her mother who didn't give way. "And you think she will give you an audience?" She asked. Annoyed, Stella turned around only to storm to her room, still boiling with rage. "If we want to win Raymond to our side, we must first of all do that to Julia. If we can tackle her, then Raymond is ours to keep." Mr. Brooks said. "How do you intend to do it then? She is so smart and can detect even our tiniest move." Mrs. Br
The next day at work, during lunch break, Raymond summoned Niko and Adam to his office. Since the previous night, he had been thinking of the perfect position for Julia, but unable to come up with any so he decided to get them involved. "Are you sure you want to give her a spot here?" Niko asked, flipping through the list of vacant positions. Raymond had run down the purpose of the meeting to them. "Yeah. She doesn't want to be idle, and I'm in support of it." Raymond replied. "That's the list of all vacant positions in the company. It's tough trying to pick the perfect position for her." He muttered. "Let me see," Adam said, retrieving the list from Niko. Moments later, he said, "The position of a Data analyst seems nice. Since she studied a related course she would be able to perform excellently there. In between, she still needs assistance so I will suggest she undergoes training." He said. "Who's the head of the department?" Raymond asked. "Tyler Moore." Nodding, he
Raymond had just stepped out of the gym and was dabbing his face with the towel hanging loosely on his neck — since it was the weekend, he was going to be home all day. That morning, he had made up his mind that he was going to make Julia talk to him but instead of him making the move, she did. Wearing a frown and holding her phone loosely, she stormed towards him and with her hands across her chest said, "They made it compulsory." "Compulsory? Oh,.. sorry, we aren't on talking terms." He muttered with a little smile on his lips but since she was furious, she didn't notice. "For real?" She asked, raising her how at him in surprise. This was the first time he was giving her an attitude after she subjected him to a silent treatment. "Yeah, excuse me." He said with a smirk. Smiling, he brushed past her and then continued dabbing his face as he made his way to his room. "Did he just give me an attitude?" She muttered, staring at his retreating figure. "Okay, fine. Let's see
Immediately they got home, Julia, who had been fuming with rage, tossed her purse aside, and with her hands on her hips, she stormed towards Raymond.“Why did you do that? What were you thinking?” She yelled, trying to contain her anger. “I just saved you. You should be happy and not make a fuss about it.” He said with a smirk. “I'm serious here.”“I know.” He cooed. When she wouldn't stop glaring at him, he tried to take her hands but she jerked backwards with a frown. “Is that why you refused to give me a spot in your firm? I should have known you were telling a lie.” “That's not true…”“Of course it is. You said it yourself back there, you don't want your wife to work — isn't it?” Sighing, Raymond began to tug his hair as he stared blankly at her. He was tempted to tell her everything but since he hadn't informed Niko yet, he decided to keep still. “Come in Ray, you can't do this to me.” She screamed, tugging her hair. “I understand you were just trying to help, I appreciate
Still buzzing with joy, Julia wrapped her hand around Raymond's neck and then began peppering his face with kisses. “Come on, that's enough now. It's not as if what I did was a big deal.” He chuckled, pushing her away gently but she clinged on. “Of course, it's a big deal. I was wondering how I was going to face my family after acting tough.” She scoffed, rolling her eyes. “No matter what they do…” he was still speaking when she placed her palm over her ears and then began to shake her head violently. Moments later, she was staring at Raymond with a scowl etched on her face. “Don't lecture me about them. I'm not interested.” She said, rolling her eyes in anger. “Okay, fine.” He replied, reaching out for his briefcase. He was almost walking into the lobby when she yelled after him, “What about the dinner you talked about earlier?” She asked. Instead of responding, he began to chuckle. Embarrassed, she turned aside, “I was pissed that's why.” She muttered. “Let's go then.” He sai
On getting to the venue of the meeting, his keen eyes quickly caught Xavier who was waving at him to get his attention. Smiling, Raymond made his way to the middle of the restaurant where he was occupying and after exchanging pleasantries with him, he said, “Let's have another table.” “Sure,” Xavier replied, gathering his belongings and a minute later, they were occupying a table at the end of the restaurant. While Xavier rummaged through his belongings, the magazine from Dulo fell off and Raymond picked it up immediately. “You still have this?” He chuckled, flipping through it. “Of course. If I had pressed on a little more, you would have spilled your identity then.” He chuckled, pushing his business card towards him. “No, you are wrong. I'm firm with my decisions.” Raymond replied, reading through the card. When he had read through it three more times, he waved it in his face, “You now own a firm?” He asked. “Yeah. I left after Mr. Brooks and his daughter gave me a tou