CHAPTER 4: MANCHINO ESTATE CONTRACT

Antonio's POV

Jeez, I hope this stupid girl will agree to the terms of the contract. My father will soon start asking questions and be on my throat for this. Speaking of my father, let me call him and hear how is doing cause the last message I received from him was that of his hyperglycemia rising.

I love my father but I really don't know why he is doing this. Anyway, it's fine. I will handle that matter later.

📲  Hello, my son! 

📱 My father. How are you dad? 

📲  M fine, m fine. How are you too son?

📱 I am okay dad, how are you feeling now. How's the sugar levels? Anything I should worry about yet?

📲 Son don't you worry. The sugar is not to worry about at all. What I am worried about is when you'll come and introduce your soon to be bride to us. Your mom can't wait. 

📱Here we go again.

📲 You know the drill son. Your mother and I want grandchildren. I know, you will make me proud huh.

📱hahaha dad. I am planning about it. 

📲 Good, Now you're talking.

📱Ohh dad. Anyway let me get back to work. Have a good day dad.

📲 You too son. 

Yaaah yah yah this marriage thing is going to be something else. Now they are even grandchildren being involved. It's over a month now and it's a few months to my 35th birthday. 

"Sir, Mr Delacruz is here to see you." My PA Trays knocked and came in to inform me.

"But my meeting with him was supposedly scheduled for 2pm. What is he doing here at 11am? " I asked

"I sent you an email yesternight to tell you about the rearrangements." he responded and I realized I didn't even check the email yesterday. 

"It's okay. Had you prepared the boardroom?"I asked him. 

"Yes, I did. Should I send him there yet?"

"Fine, I'll meet him there. Keep him company for 10 minutes or so okay. Brief him on the Manchino Estate deal. Since we are about to wrap up the deal there won't be much to convince him, he knows the everything. " I said. 

"Okay." he said and went out. 

In the Meeting

"Morning, Mr Delacruz. Sorry to keep you waiting." I said as I sat down and my PA finished up his pitch on the Estate. 

"It's okay, Mr Rodriguez." he replied. I carried on with where Trays had left off till the end. 

"Shall we settle the deal now Mr Delacruz. How much were you proposing to buy the Estate for?"I asked because I wanted to know where his head was at. I wanted to make him put an offer on the table before we could finalise it.

"How about we agree for 90million dollars?" He said, and I just thought to myself that I heard a higher amount that he might not have been interested to enter in. But I was actually wrong I underestimated the Manchino Estate. I will put it in a higher bid.

"Let's agree with 95millions.This is good place especially considering the location and not forgetting I am selling it with the part of the beach close to it." I tried to stand out my deal. I don't know if I am pushing too much or I am overselling the estate. But I don't care, this is business.

"Well, it sounds like a deal. So we have a Deal." he smiles and nodded. Wow, that was easier than I thought it would be. "Deal." I said standing up and we shook hands after the meeting was over. I actually wanted to settle it for 80 million I can't believe he bought for 95 million. 

After the meeting I went back to my  office at least I had reached an agreement with Mr Delacruz on the Manchino Estate. I did mighty works on this Estate and I hoped for the best.

I buried myself in my work. Usually I am the  last to leave work but today I have a pending issue at home so I decided to leave a bit earlier than my usual time. Around 7pm he left work. I couldn't help but just think of what lay ahead of me. What will I do if she say NO to me? Will I find a better person than her to be my fake bride. I trust her because I have worked with her for a long time. I know she's my maid but I just saw her like someone I lived with. Because everytime I come home she will be there. I pay her nearly the same amount as my PA. I know she does a lot to keep the house tidy plus I only want one housekeeper and chef. That's why I only have her, plus I don't want many people around my premises. She's normally off because if I am travelling that's when she takes her off day, and I travel a lot sometimes even for a month, mostly for two weeks, and sometimes for a week, so I think I have been a good employer and at least hopefully she will help me out in this one.

I arrived around 7:45pm and I was hungry and my stomach was already rumbling. I always look forward to eating dinner, she cooks very well. I am glad the cooking lessons paid off that we did before she started working here permanently.

"Why do you want me cooking school sir, is my food that bad? I can change what I cooked for you sir." She had blurted out when I had said I want her to go to cooking school on the second week she started working in my house, "No your cooking actually good, I am surprised you could cook like this, but I want you to cook like a professional chef so I can avoid going to dinner at the restaurant every day. That's why." I answered, and heard her sigh and smile. "Oh ok sir, fine then, I will do it. Thank you for that." She said and putting on a genuine smile and that was the only time I so her genuinely smile. 

Megan came and served me my dinner and once I was done I went to freshen up myself. When I was done bathing I wore some casual clothes. I took out my briefcase and looked the papers I wanted. I started shuffling papers of the Manchino Estate to check if everything was in place. I wanted to make sure the final contract had everything in place. Afterwards I went to my home office and on my way I passed through Megan's room to call her.

I knocked the door and just shouted whilst I  passed through and didn't wait for the response. "Hey, I need you in you in my office right now with our agreement in your hands." I barked out on the door.

Meanwhile inside Megan's room she just rolled her eyes and pushed the duvet cover off her and sat up. She didn't even bother to reply. She dressed up and took the contact and went to Antonio's office.

"I am here." She said stomping and budging into the office.

" Hey, hey, hey..... You are not entering the toilet or bathroom, and don't act like a spoilt brat in my house." I growled, looking down and not even lifting my head.

"Sit down." I said roughly. 

Nxaa she sat down. This is no time for laxity and laziness. The is business after all. "So give me the contract. You signed it right?" I want to get this over with.

"What if I have some questions?" She asked and I couldn't believe it. Everything was explained quite clearly in the contract and I explained everything also when I handed it out to her. What could she possibly want to ask.

"Go ahead and ask. I believed everything was very clear and nothing was vague." I asserted.

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