6| Shocking revelation

**Mavin**

After I had escorted my grandpa home and taken him to his room downstairs, I ensured that he drank his medicine before I left him in Angela's care and went back upstairs to my bedroom.

I went into my closet and changed from my casual clothes into a blue suit, preparing to leave for the company, as I had a business meeting at noon with my shareholders and partners.

I had already contacted Henry Black to reschedule the business meeting for the afternoon and let my secretary know that I wouldn't be arriving at the company on time.

The day was Saturday, October 18, and I took my time dressing properly in my room since the meeting included foreign partners I worked with. Even though Grandpa Charlie had disconnected his company association from mine, I still needed to marry and give him a great-grandchild or impregnate someone by the year's end.

I knew I had to work very hard to maintain control of Grandpa's company, too. The warning was only temporary, but I didn’t want to take my grandpa's warning or his written will seriously.

I walked toward my room mirror again to examine my looks and adjusted my blue suit tie to fit properly.

After I was done adjusting my suit, I put on my socks and black shoes. I then left the house and went downstairs to my garage, where I had a lot of cars, ranging from SUVs to my G-Wagon and sports cars. I drove around the city by myself.

I walked toward my black SUV, a black Range Rover Sport, which was one of my favorite cars. I got into the driver's seat, started the engine, and finally drove out of my residence and toward my company.

I was still thinking about Thelma, the young lady I had a one-night stand with, and decided it would be best to get complete information about her. I couldn’t remember using any protection with her the previous night, and it wasn’t like I had a condom with me, as I wasn’t planning on sleeping with any woman.

Knowing it was her first time made me feel even worse, especially since I had been rough with her because I hadn’t been with a woman before.

I finally arrived at my company gate; it was a smooth ride from home to the office without any hold-up along the way.

I drove into the headquarters of my company, where my office was located, as we had smaller branches in other states.

I stepped elegantly from my car and walked toward the company building, entering under the watchful eyes of bodyguards around the luxurious five-star structure.

I made my way to the elevator, going up to the third floor, where the meeting hall was located. I used the private elevator, stepped out, and went straight to the business meeting.

As a black man, it wasn’t visible on my face what had happened to me the previous night.

I was known to be very mean and unfriendly with most of my staff, and they knew it was best to work diligently. Even the female staff didn’t try to seduce me at work.

I entered the large meeting hall and made my way to the head seat, where I usually sat as the head and CEO of MW Group.

I could see that most of our top partners had already arrived, and they all wore displeased expressions as I had arrived late. The meeting hall was silent as I finally sat down.

I didn’t know what the point of discussion was anymore, as all I could think about was Thelma.

What had she done to me? I didn’t know, but I was sweating despite the air conditioning in the meeting hall.

Luckily, my assistant Henry Black was there to help me out. He stood up and began to read the brief for the business meeting to all our partners present.

He discussed the new marketing values, pricing, and shares we had in partnering with them.

We only had one top competitor: the BEEH Group, who was far ahead of us. After the business meeting concluded, I was still sweating profusely.

I stood up and shook hands with some of our partners, not having the time to negotiate with them. I told them to meet with Henry Black, and I finally left the meeting hall with a displeased look on my face.

I wasn't in the right mood to speak with any of our top partners, and I knew they were aware of my mood swings at times; I had heard different comments about me.

I made my way out of the meeting hall and entered the elevator that took me up to the fourth floor.

I stepped out of the elevator and walked toward my office door. My secretary, Mrs. Tonia Briggs, a middle-aged woman in a black suit, stood up from her office seat and greeted me. "Good afternoon, boss."

Mrs. Tonia was a light-skinned woman, and I knew she was married with kids. I managed to respond to her greeting, not wanting to be rude, and finally went into my office.

My office was wide and spacious, painted in white mixed with ash gray.

I walked toward my black office chair and stopped beside the huge desk, taking off my blue coat first.

I subtly blamed myself for not listening to Dr. Amari’s advice earlier to do a quick medical check-up after noticing that I was sweating.

After taking off my coat, I dropped it on another seat. I didn’t expect any guests and wanted to prevent any clients from coming into my office to see me since it was Saturday, not our usual working day. I was sweating despite the air conditioning in my office.

I picked up my office telephone and placed a call to Mrs. Tonia Briggs’s office line.

The phone call connected, and I instructed Mrs. Tonia not to allow anyone into my office, directing them to the other top staff offices that were around, and to reschedule any important business appointments until I had time to meet with anyone.

Mrs. Tonia replied, "Okay, boss."

I immediately ended the call and dropped the telephone as I walked to my fridge to take out a cold bottle of water to drink and cool down.

I finally settled into my office seat, thinking about Thelma again and what kind of witchcraft she had cast over me, as I couldn't stop thinking about her.

"Oh! Maybe it's because I haven't been with a woman before, but why can't I just stop thinking about her?" I grimaced and picked up my office phone again to call Sir Adam and find out if he had discovered Thelma's full details since he had introduced her to me the previous night.

The phone rang once, but Sir Adam didn’t pick up immediately.

I frowned and called him again. He finally answered.

"Hello, boss," Sir Adam said, and I immediately asked, "Have you found any details about Thelma's real information yet?"

"No, boss, but we are still trying to verify her identity. The only identity that matched her image was Thelma Sabastain, CEO Conrad Sabastain's and Melissa Sabastain's only daughter."

I froze and sat up properly in my office seat. The revelation took some time to register in my brain as I tried to understand who exactly Sir Adam was talking about.

"What?? Which Conrad Sabastain are you talking about, Sir Adam?" I asked again, and Sir Adam replied, "Uh, boss, I think Thelma is the daughter of the CEO of BH Group."

The phone line went silent for a moment, and I finally replied, "I don't believe you, Sir Adam. Are you sure you're finding this properly?"

"Well, absolutely boss, that's what the hacker found. Maybe when I uncover another identity that truly matches Thelma's image, I'll let you know."

I sighed heavily and replied, "Okay."

The phone call had long ended, but I was still staring at my phone screen in disbelief. I couldn’t believe that I had slept with my enemy's daughter.

The BH Group was monitoring all my company activities and rivaling everything that my company did.

For a long time, Steven Sabastain and I hadn’t interacted, even though we met at various shows and award ceremonies.

Steven and I mostly competed for the Best Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Best Businessman of the Year Award, Billionaire of the Year Award, and our companies were often compared by other growing companies that looked up to us, wanting to know which company was the best among my grandfather's company, LX Group, and the BEEH Group.

I continued to stare at my phone screen silently before finally dropping it onto my office desk. I couldn’t believe that CEO Conrad Sabastain would allow his only daughter to be out late at night without bodyguards.

"This is unbelievable!" I said, sitting up properly again and finally switching on my computer to research CEO Conrad Sabastain and his entire family online for the very first time in my life.