The dinner meeting ended and I was still in shock.It was about 7 p.m. when we finished greeting everyone and headed into our CEO Derrick Paul car.Even as we got into the car I was still thinking,I was sitting with CEO Derrick Paul in the back seat."Are you okay Thomas?" CEO Derrick Paul asked and my attention turned to him."Why did you do that?" I questioned.CEO Derrick had already let me know before we came to the dinner meeting that the men that were at the dinner meeting were their shareholders and important people who had their own companies that wanted to invest in us.These are important men and he can't retract his words if he wanted to."Because I know it's the best thing to do for the company." He replied."But you never informed me about this ,we were together two days ago and you never informed me even before we left for the dinner meeting." I said."Thomas, didn't I tell you that I wanted to retire?" He asked nonchalantly."But that doesn't mean you have to do that so
Oliver helped me last time I asked and now I actually feel like a leech with the way he was reacting.I was thinking of telling him that I will give him two times the money he invested as a thank you aside from other money he will get from being a shareholder but I think he won't agree to that."Sorry I guess I misunderstood and spoke out of line,I am really grateful, thank you Oliver for the help you have shown me this far." I managed to smile despite him glaring at me.Oliver chuckled and I stared at him strangely.All traces of anger were gone from his face.What is Oliver trying to pull?"Of course I will help you with more money if you need money from me." He laughed suddenly and the atmosphere in his office seemed to lighten."Oliver, why are you this way?" I blurted out before I could hold back my words.He winked at me."I don't know, I just find it fun messing around with you because you are so easy to tease." He laughed."Oliver please just stop saying things that mak
Natalia's POV;For twenty minutes I sat at my office desk looking over the files that my secretary had submitted to me.I furrowed my brow as I reviewed the file.What does all this nonsense mean?I can't even understand a single word written down in this file and I can't just approve of it because the last one that I approved of failed woefully and the backlash was too stressful to deal with.My Father yelled at me like crazy and has been giving me silent treatment since then.It wasn't my fault but the fault of that stupid stockbroker I hired.He did such a lousy job at finding companies to invest in that my Father's company lost a lot of money and I was blamed for it.The only reason I was still here was because of the good resources I brought in the past.Now it wasn't the same.I flipped through the pages of the file. I cannot even understand a single thing so I don't know what I was looking for to begin with.I have already fired about 5 stockbrokers for giving me the wrong ite
Natalia's POV;I looked at the paper in my hand and gulped.Why was my Father doing this now?He never cared about how I spent money in the past so now why does he suddenly care."Are you going to stand there like someone that just saw a ghost or will you explain to me what all that money was for?" Dad asked as he grew impatient at my loss of words.I cleared my throat nervously."I used that money to buy some stuff for my child." I said as I rubbed my hand on my stomach."Child?" Dad scoffed."You spend 20 thousand dollars buying stuff for a child you haven't seen one that is months away from arriving?" Dad asked sarcastically."Yes Dad." I answered and averted my eyes."And who gave you the right to spend that much money on that useless man's child?" Dad asked with a glare."Dad, it's my child as well." I replied and he sighed heavily."Gosh this annoying kid." Dad muttered.The luxury shopping I did for his grandchild so why was he complaining?"Fine then let's say you spend 20 tho
The phone rang until finally Barke answered. "My love, have you been well?" Barke asked. "No, I am upset because my Dad just scolded me because I spent a little money." I pouted. "You need to be more understanding darling, don't you know that your company's shares are falling ,your Dad is just taking the right precaution." Barke told me and I sighed. "I just wanted to get back to normal quickly, I am tired of this." I huffed. "Don't worry it's just a matter of time and everything will be alright..that said you heard from your ex?" Barke asked. "No ." I grumpily replied. "That's right I called you because I had a business idea and I needed some funds. Are you interested to hear about it?" Barke asked. My ears perked up in interest at the mention of a business idea. Barke was intelligent so I doubt that anything he does will fail. Barke told me the details of the business idea he has and told me the amount I should send to him. My father had already informed me that there was
Thomas POV;I sneezed and I felt as if someone was cursing at me. I was sitting in my office and It wasn't dusty or anything so why would I even sneeze?I rubbed my nose a bit.I am exhausted.CEO Derek Paul had already left after showing me the ropes of everything before leaving the company to enjoy his early retirement.He refused to tell me where exactly he relocated to ,but last I heard from him bought a piece of land he wanted to use and farm.I have already asked him if he wants to start selling agricultural products but he just laughed it off.I don't honestly know what's going on in his mind.I looked over the documents piled on my office desk as I signed them after reviewing it.I thought being CEO meant you just needed to spend money and invest. Oh boy was I wrong.I have gone to numerous meetings just so I can introduce myself to potential investors.Yeah this wasn't as easy as I thought but seriously it has paid off. I can say now for a fact that this company was no lon
Thomas POV; Two days later I was sitting at a restaurant waiting for Grace to arrive.She called me earlier to tell me she would be running late because she overslept.I guess she was tired from work, don't blame her. I can't count the number of times I slept in my office in the past month.I ordered wine and was taking small sips from my glass of wine till she arrived."Isn't that Thomas the gold digger?" Someone asked and I was snapped out of my thoughts.I know that it was me she was referring to. I turned to the lady and her friends."You should shove those words into your mouth if you don't want your life to be ruined." I warned her and she was taken aback by my words.Seriously, people should learn how to mind their own damn business.I mean I was just sitting here literally minding my own business doing nothing but drinking wine and she had to go and open a blabbermouth.So unladylike and a complete turn off.How does a man even date a sly woman like her?"You have no right
Thomas POV; I nearly chuckled when I saw how Grace was staring nervously at me. What could be possibly going through her mind. If there was anything I liked about her it was how she was extremely cautious and patient. That was why she stayed for more than 5 years in Natalia's house, because I knew many maids that have left that damn house because of how poorly they were treated. "I want you to…" The waiter arriving with our food cut my words short. I knew she was still listening but I waited till our food was served and the waiter left before speaking again. I didn't want to get interrupted again. "You can help me by cooking me a delicious meal. Sometimes it helps me regain most of my lost strength." I said and Grace glared at me. That wasn't what I wanted to say but I guess I missed her cooking as well. The words I wanted to say were , would you tell me what the heck got Natalia so stressed that she was lashing out at her beloved maid. Natalia liked Grace more than the othe