"Come on. Let's go." Zachary called to his friends who followed behind. However, Stone refused to tag along. Turning to the man, Zachary asked, "Is anything the matter? Why are you refusing to come along?""Nothing Sir, I just want you and your friends to have some time for yourselves. I don't want to be a third party." Stone replied. After some probing, Zachary decided to let him be. As they approached the executive suite, his friends could not help but giggle like children who have been handed with a pack of lollipop. They could not get a grip of themselves as the excitement was intense and obvious. They hadn't in their life ever imagined coming to such a place and a seven star hotel for that matter, how much more having access to their executive suite.This was one of the times they were grateful for treating Zachary kindly. If they had treated him poorly, they'd never in their lives enjoy such benefits. He got them a well paid job at his firm, now he was treating them to lunch in
"Why do you keep disturbing my line? Are you that dumb that you don't get when someone does not want to talk to you?" Emily blurted out and swiftly ended the call without letting the person utter a word."What nonsense." She barked and let out a deep sigh before continuing her work. Taking one glance at her phone, a call from the same person came in again and she quickly ended it. She decided to do what should have been done long ago. She blacklisted the number.It was a colleague of hers who had been asking her out. However, Emily was not interested but he kept pestering her. She had warned him several times to desist from disturbing her, but he wouldn't listen. Emily saved his number because he had initially presented himself to be a gentleman on the first day they met outside the company. It was on the close of work when Emily exited the elevator and was on the way to her car. They bumped into each other outside and her bag fell on the ground with her things scattered everywhere.
Zachary faked a smile at the lady before him who noticed quickly his discomfort. "Are you okay?" She asked him, concern evident in her voice. "You seemed to be perturbed and looked so uneasy. Is anything the matter?"Smith and Johnson excused the two as they stepped aside, giving room for them to freely have a conversation."I… Ugh… I'm fine." Zachary stammered. Directing his gaze at the place where he first saw Mirabel, he saw that the man was still on seat."Uhmm… Why did you leave the gentleman all alone? I thought you were busy over there?" Zachary spoke calmly and carefully chose his words. He didn't want to speak out of context or say something that he shouldn't.With furrowed brows, Mirabel glanced at the man and returned her gaze back to Zachary. She unconsciously let out a snicker and apologized afterwards. "Sorry about that." Perplexed, Zachary asked her. "Did I say something funny?"Mirabel shook her head. "Not at all." She threw one last glance at the place she was coming
"Is anything the matter? Or is there something you want to tell me?" Chloe was gradually nursing feelings for Zachary. However, she wasn't sure on Zachary's side. She thought it happened so swiftly. How could she fall for a guy so easily? It was unlike her.She was wondering how it happened. Chloe had been so choosy in her relationships. She only had one boyfriend during high school and they broke up after graduation. Chloe never bothered to try again because she was afraid of another heartbreak. Moreover, she didn't see her kind of man in any of the guys in college."I was wondering if we could talk more on video calls. I mean, it's fine if you don't want to. We can just continue with the normal phone calls." Zachary said the words carefully. He wasn't sure if the lady would give in to his demand. He just wanted to see her face more often. Maybe it would help him not think about Mirabel. Especially after having to see her again.Chloe let out a chuckle before replying to him. "Sure,
Emily had overworked herself. She was almost awake throughout the night. Something she had never done before. Zachary was so out for her this time as she never thought that he'd stress her this way. Well, was she expecting him to clap for her after what she did to him?Some people in Zachary's shoes would not hesitate to kick the father and daughter out. However, Zachary wanted them to suffer humiliation and come crawling to his feet for forgiveness. After he was done with them, they'd have no other choice but to quit and leave the company in shame.Emily's strength had been exhausted and she no longer had any to work with. She was quite fortunate that the job was done before she dozed off.Emily was fast asleep on her chair and her head rested on her arms which were on the table. She was so deep in her slumber that she didn't realize it was already dawn. Angelina, her colleague, who was always the first person to come to work in their department came in as usual and strode towards h
Emily managed to maintain a calm composure. It was no longer funny so she decided to speak out. Glancing at Zachary's, he did not pay heed to the lady before him. He had already given his instructions, so it was up to her to get back to work. Moreover, the time was already reading."But Sir…" Zachary lifted his face and gazed at the lady before him. "Yes?""I… Ugh… I went through it very well before coming to submit it. I'm quite sure there's no mistake there."Zachary stopped working and focused on Emily. Folding his arms around his chest, Zachary glared at Emily who quickly got the point. It seemed like Zachary was not ready for a long talk. "I'll work on it again, Emily took the file containing the sheets she needed to rework on and exited the place."Outside the office, she almost bumped into Maraya who was coming to serve her boss some coffee.Without throwing a glance at the lady, Emily made for the elevator and disappeared into it.Maraya did not utter a word, she carefully o
"You want me to escort you to a dinner party." Maraya was puzzled. Why would Zachary ask her to accompany him? She wondered."Yeah, Is anything wrong with it. To me, there's nothing wrong with a boss asking his secretary to accompany him to a party. I just can't go alone." Zachary defended himself. Even though he felt awkward about the thing, there was nothing he could do. Moreover, Kelvin respect Maraya so much so he won't assume anything."Uhmmm… I understand your point Sir. However, I'm afraid I have to decline your request. Even if I wanted to, I can't because I have an appointment that same evening and it's going to be a clash of time." Maraya replied as she searched Zachary's face to find out if he was angry. However, he seemed to be deep in his thoughts."Why don't you ask her to follow you?"Maraya got him out of his train of thought. With furrowed brows, Zachary asked. "Ask who?""The lady you told me about some moments ago. The lady who has been chasing after you. You said
Mirabel was on the other line and Zachary thought that it was a coincidence that Mirabel called him at the same time he was looking at her pictures. However, he decided to pick up to learn the reason why she was calling."Hi Mirabel, What's up.""Zach, I was calling to remind you of tomorrow. Endeavor not to miss it." Mirabel spoke from the other end of the line."Oh ok, I'll try not to miss it. Even if I did, I'll surely compensate you for missing your mother's birthday party." Zachary replied calmly. He was going after all but wanted to know how Mirabel would react to what he just said."I don't need compensation, I need your presence." Mirabel retorted in a serious tone and Zachary could not help but smile. She was taking this too serious. It's just a birthday party after all, and it would happen with or without his presence.Why was Mirabel sounding as though his presence mattered much?"I'm still waiting for your response Zach." She reminded him that he was yet to say something.