*6

**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 the care of Angela and went back upstairs to my bedroom.

I went into my closet and changed out of 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 to inform my secretary that I wouldn't be arriving at the company on time.

The day was Saturday, and I took my time dressing properly in my room, as the business meeting included discussions with foreign partners I worked with. Even though Grandpa Charlie had disconnected his company association from mine, I still needed to marry to give him a great-grandchild or impregnate someone before the year ended.

I knew I still had to work very hard to manage Grandpa's company too, as it was only a temporary warning. However, I didn't want to take my grandpa's warning seriously, nor his written will.

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

After I finished adjusting my suit, I put on my socks and black shoes. I 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, as 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 to my company.

I was still thinking about Thelma, the young lady I had a one-night stand with, and I thought it best to get a complete background check on her. I couldn't remember using any protection with her the previous night, and it wasn't like I had a condom to wear, as I wasn't planning on sleeping with any woman.

Knowing it was her first time too, I felt bad for having slept with her roughly, as I hadn't been with a woman before.

I finally arrived at my company's gate. It had been a smooth ride from home to the office, without any hold-ups along the way.

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

I stepped out from my car and walked toward the company building, entering with the bodyguards guarding the luxurious five-star structure.

I made my way toward the elevator and went up to the third floor, where the meeting hall was located, using the private elevator. I 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 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 toward the head seat, where I usually sat as the head of MW Group.

I could see that most of our top partners had arrived, and they all had displeased looks on their faces, as I had arrived late. The meeting hall was silent as I finally sat down in my seat.

I didn't know what the point of discussion was all about again, as all I could think of 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 started to read out the brief of the business meeting to all our partners in the meeting hall, including the new marketing value, pricing, and shares we had in partnering with them.

We only had one top competitor, the BEEH Group, and they were far ahead of us. 

After the business meeting came to an end, 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, as 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 again 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, as I finally went into my office.

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

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

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

I took off my coat and dropped it aside on another seat. I was not expecting any guests, and I wanted to prevent any clients from coming into my office to see me, as the day was Saturday and 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' office line.

The phone call connected, and I informed Mrs. Tonia not to allow anyone into my office and to direct them all to the offices of the other top staff who were around. I asked her 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, then walked to my fridge and took out a cold bottle of water to drink and calm my body.

I finally settled into my office seat and thought about Thelma again and what kind of witchcraft she had possessed me with, 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 line again to call Adam and find out if he had discovered Thelma's full details since he brought her to me the previous night.

The phone rang on the first ring, but Adam didn't pick up immediately.

I frowned and called Adam again, and he finally answered.

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

"No, boss, but we are still trying to match her identity. The only identity we found— that matched her real image was Thelma Sabastain, the only daughter of CEO Conrad Sabastain and Melissa Sabastain."

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

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

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

"Well, boss, that's what the hacker found. Maybe when I find another identity that truly matches Thelma's image, I will let you know about it."

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.

BH Group was closely monitoring all my company's activities and literally creating everything that my company also did.

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

Since 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, named LX Group, and Steven's father's company, the BEEH Group.

I continued to stare at my phone screen silently and finally dropped the phone 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 as I sat up properly again and finally switched on my computer to research Conrad Sabastain and his entire family online for the very first time in my life.