Chapter 5 - The Condition

I stepped down from the company's car in front of Blue Nath. Director Kim had told me to go in the company car as getting a cab might take a while and I might get there late.

I wouldn't want to get there late so I accepted. In front of me was the gigantic building of Blue Nath. The building is so high, the front was covered in glass, and it was wide in length that three buildings of the Cee Enterprise Diavolo branch could be built on it.

I entered the building after admiring how big the building from the outside looks. The inside was more beautiful than the outside. A giant logo of the company's name was hung on the wall behind the receptionist.

“Welcome ma'am,” the beautiful blonde-haired lady greeted me.

“Rayner Carson, to meet with the CEO by nine am,” I informed her.

She checked through the system in front of her, glanced at me, and back to her computer. “Ma'am you are a special visitor. I would like to call the CEO's PA to come pick you up himself as that was the instruction.” She said.

Why am I on the special visitor list? Or do everyone who comes to see him, special visitors? I stood in a corner waiting for her to finish speaking to the person she had called.

“Ma'am Mr. Davis is coming to take you to the CEO.” She said.

“Thank you for your help.”

Actually, the place was big and I doubted if I would know my way even if I was given directions but hearing someone would be taking me to him was a relief already.

I tried to calm myself. He was a big name in Diavolo and I had the opportunity to talk business with him. I didn't want to flop In front of him so I had rehearsed what I was going to say to him last night.

A man walked up to me smiling widely, I knew at once he was the one to take me to see the CEO.

“Good day,” he greeted.

“Rayner Carson from Cee Enterprise,” he stretched his hand for a handshake which I took almost immediately.

The man before me was handsome, he had curly blond hair, a round face, and a very bright red lip that was very attractive.

“Davis Mason, the personal assistant to the CEO,” he introduced himself also. “This way, please. The CEO has been waiting for you,” he added.

I checked my watch to see if I was already late but I still had five more minutes. Why was he or had he been waiting for me?

Together with Davis we entered the elevator and walked quietly to a door that had the inscription on it, “Nathaniel Blackwood.”

He told me to wait outside while he spoke to him about my arrival. Didn't he just say he has been anticipating my arrival? I stood at the right side of the door to wait for him.

“Let's go in, Miss Rayner,” he said to me when he came out.

I followed him, my heart was beating twice more as normal, my palms were sweaty, and my body felt separated from my head as I couldn't explain how I was feeling.

“Sir, Miss Rayner Carson from Cee Enterprise,” Davis pointed at me.

‘Nathaniel Blackwood, CEO Blue Nath,’ the table name tag on his desk reads. He didn't look at Davis nor me. He was typing something on the computer to his left so his face was glued to it.

“Please take your seat, he will be with you shortly,” Davis gestured to me to have my seat on the couch in the office.

“Sir, is there anything you would want me to do for you?” Davis asked him.

“Leave us,” his cold, bass voice was what I heard.

At that instance, my heart almost jumped out of my mouth. Is Nathaniel Blackwood like this? How do I convince someone like him? Oh, wait! Why does his voice sound familiar?

I tried stealing a glance at his face if I had seen him before but I could only see his side. Giving up on trying, I looked around his office.

His office was big and there were not too many designs or none at all at a second look. Just his large brown office table, the brown color hairy couch I am sitting on, and the computer at his left.

With the look of his office, I could tell he was a man who didn't like many accessories or many colors. How can a man with so much wealth like him have an office so plain? Not even a flower on the table.

I lost interest in him immediately. Such a man will be very difficult to please, now I know why he rejected the two offers. I have to try my best, I must try my best, my success depends on it.

I was still lost in my thoughts when I heard him clear his throat, I raised my head to look at him, and oh no! He was the stranger I pumped into outside Daniel's house.

My head began pounding, everything was moving in a circle, my heart clenched, my legs were shaking even while I was sitting down and my hands weren't left out.

“I pray he doesn't recognize me,” I prayed silently under my breath.

I closed my eyes to gather myself together and face reality. When I opened my eyes, his eyes were still fixed on me.

“Can we have the meeting now?” he asked, pointing at the chair in front of him.

I picked myself up from the couch and walked to the chair to have my seat. I bet I didn't see him well that night. Sitting close to him now, all his features were more visible.

He possessed a little bit of scattered brown side part regent cut hair, an oval-shaped face, very long lashes that stood out, golden brown eyes, a roman pointed nose, a bow-shaped light red lip, a well-shaved beard that didn't cover his face.

From his face, my eyes rested on his body, he had a broad shoulder that made the button-up white shirt he had on fit him well. Oops! The first three buttons were unhooked revealing his bare chest. I heard him clear his throat again.

“Emm…” I stuttered. “I am sorry Mr. Blackwood, what did you say?” I asked.

“Go on with your proposal, I am all ears.” He told me.

I opened the file in my hand and placed it on the desk. I could feel his burning gaze on me but I had to keep my stance. I told him everything I had memorized pointing at them in the file while he kept looking at me.

All through the time I spoke, he never said anything, not even a question, and for a second I doubted if he heard what I said at all.

I was done talking and when I raised my head, he sighed heavily resting his back on his chair. He turned his chair to and fro before stopping, sat up, and then drew closer to the desk.

“I will give you the contract on one condition,” Nathaniel finally spoke.

“And what is that condition, Mr. Blackwood?” I asked him.

“Be Mrs. Blackwood for a hundred days and the contract is all yours,” Nathaniel said, his eyes looking straight into mine as if he were trying to read my thoughts.

My heart shook, my sight became blurry as everything began to spin, my hands trembled, and all the Adrenaline in my body gave way, I became hot as thick sweat beads formed on my head.

‘What did he just say?’ I asked myself. “What did you say, Mr. Blackwood?” I asked him.

“Be Mrs. Blackwood for a hundred days,” he repeated.