Sophie was currently surfing through the huge crowd on the street of New York as fast her leg could carry her holding two cups of coffee. She was definitely eye-catching as her blonde hair made her easily noticeable amidst the crowd of people but that was the least of her problems right now. She was extremely late for work and her fiancee Dave, who is also her business partner, sent the SOS text to her.
In fact this was one of the few times that she hate herself for not buying a car and learning how to ride it, she was sure that if a list was ever made she would the only boss of a multi million dollars company that didn't have a car of her own and didn't know her to drive but she couldn't be blamed as she was always involved with her work since she graduated from college that she hardly anything going on in her life apart from it and the little trip on the bus was among the little stuff that she did to keep her sanity. She may look beautiful and appealing to the eyes but Amber her best friend, had told her on lot of occasion that her biggest flaw was loving to program software which she had to admit sometimes since she was to focus and made her excited but it didn't change the fact it made her turn a multi millionaire in a few years and she was hadly twenty-five. Taking a breather at the front Blue Code office building which consists of over thirty floors high, this was where she worked and she also owned fifty percent of the share of the company together with her fiancee Dave. " Miss Sophie,you are early by five seconds I was a little worried that Mr Dave would asked me to fetch you " Sophie instantly wave the security guards off as she enters the building, the building was buzzing with crowd as away and some of her employee were making gestures of greetings but she was more concerned about the two cup of coffee that was in a dual cup holder which she was carrying, The cup of Cappuccino was for her and Dave since it was their favorite cup of coffee so she took it upon her to have on his table since they met for the first time. The elevator finally opened on reaching the thirty floor which was the executive floor also where she and Dave shared a office, Emily the company secretary and Dave personal assistant was already waiting for her at the front of the elevator " I saw you coming and decide to wait for you here, the team is already waiting for you at his office over five minutes ago " This time Sophie was stunned about what was going on that required everyone, he and Dave weren't living together although they had collected their marriage certificate among other stuff. This decision was made by Sophie since she still needed to take care of her Mom who was in a wheelchair.********* Her mom incident happened while she was in secondary school she got hit by moving car and have been stuck to the wheelchair every since then leaving Sophie who was her one child with the responsibility of watching over her, this is the main reason for them not living together it after the official wedding that was scheduled to place at the other end of the year approximately four months after her upcoming birthday day. The moment she got into the room she spotted her looking at the screen intensely including Dave " Heah, what are you guys watching?. I never since all of you so eager to watch the news" It was Hunter who was her team leader who replied "There Is breaking news that Alexander from the Lucas billionaire family is dead" Sophie was visible shocked about this piece of news since they were in the tech sector who didn't know the Lucas family who was a major player in the game owning a production plant for every item from phone, laptops and a lot more that Sophie couldn't recall. Dave instantly pulled her to the far corner of the office not forgetting to collect the cup of coffee that was in her hands, they kissed for a while which was normal since they were couple before Dave spoke " I scheduled a meeting with the Lucas industry about that software that you had always kept behind and we are on the waiting list" Sophie could help but pushed Dave slightly showing her dissatisfaction, the software that Dave was talking about was one of her cherished software that she had developed over time putting her heart into it until it was perfect. It was hardly a month back that she told Dave that it was complete and he wanted to put it in the market, speaking truthfully Sophie was unwilling to put the work into the market since this could be considered her life work. Seeing that Sophie was already agitated with her suggestions he quickly held her hands and pulled her closer " I didn't know what to give you for your birthday since you literally have everything, so I want to help you achieve some of your goals. I sure you want the whole world to recognize you are the greatest programmer of all time " Dave put on a smile as he spoke he knew that Sophie didn't have the will power to reject his request although she looks mature he knew better than everyone how easy she was to be swayed especially if she was in love with you, just has he had predicted Sophie took a minutes to think about it the whole situation before she caved and initiate a kiss with Dave. Hmmp, hmm , hmm " hope you guys still remember that we are still here, you are making is eat dog food" Emily spoke interrupting Sophie from the kiss, instead of being embarrassed she quickly adjusted her suit and spoke while moving towards the team" if wasn't that you were here, we would have gotten to the next step "Everyone instantly started mumbling hearing Sophie words, Sophie went forward to the front desk where there was a pile of file stacked together on the table before she spoke " this is the file Dave but around it contains information about the Lucas family which we need to partner up, make sure your write up is on mine desk before wednesday and don't forget to make me proud and get me a birthday present" Immediately she was done with her speech the team quickly dismissed moving with the Hunter and Emily for the other part of briefing but she was stopped from a brief moment by Dave sentence " Emily don't forget to inform Audrey about the situation, since he was the who got us the slot he should keep his other jobs on hold since this is big for us. It literally has to potentially place us on the global market." Sophie knew that Audrey Dave best friend which she had seem personally on a few occasions since he was always busy all moving since he worked as a government representative of
but Amber couldn't help but tease her a little " did you plan on cheating with Dave that you looked up a handsome boy, the only time you where this serious is while you are working " Sophie ignored Amber for a moment as she bent to the floor to pick some of the document that throws to the ground, once she had everything back into the file she snatched back the documents from Amber before she spoke " This is work,the bird wings program software that you help me out with,I'm planning to have a partnership with the Lucas family" Amber wanted to refute Sophie ideas but her words stuck to her throat,although she help with programming it was Sophie that the full copyright belong to,so she literally had the right to do whatever she wanted with it. Sophie didn't noticed Amber short change of expression before she spoke " let go and have a meal first before we move to the apartment you are such a douchebag for not allowing me to help,Thankfully we would be seeing each other more often since y
The air hostess came forward and spoke " Mr Marcus, we would be arriving in New York in five minutes. I just checking to see that your seat belt is on" Marcus nodded before waving the hostess away, he was looking through the window as the jet was on approach to landing in the airport. There were a lot of things that were going through his mind at this point he couldn't believe that he lost his Grandfather, he was already feeling lonely while growing up with account to his cold Aura he always had on but heaven was still crude to take away his only sense of family he had. Him and his grandfather were considered best of friends although every time they met it usually ended up in a brawl or argument but still he was practically the only one that he could call a true friend, the noise and shock generated by the aircraft on landing pulled him out from his thoughts. It took some minutes for the jet to taxi into the park before he got down."Young master is good to see you again " Marcus
Butler Andre knew that Marcus would be this stubborn when it come to his Grandfather, it was around this point he felt the pain that Marcus Grandfather were passing through. " Young master, all your clothes and belongings naturally belong to the family since you bought then using the money of the family even through that you work for it, I sure that you haven't noticed it but you credit cards have been frozen " The car was filled with silence since Marcus realized how screwed he was at this point, if he didn't comply to his Grandfather's wish he would be totally bankrupt with only the family Lucas name to bear, he didn't even have a friend to help out since his close friends were monitored by the Italy government. Unwilling he finally spoke "Butler Andre, I would leave the situations in your hands to deal with. You have never disappointed a bit " the literary meaning of what Marcus said was to contact their family lawyer so his Grandfather will won't be effective since he heard about
Dave took a minutes or two before he replied" I guess I know a few people and would have them send over but aren't you meant be in office today we have been waiting in a long while the meeting have been shifted for tomorrow , the heir Marcus is eager to inherit the business since he is a numbies it would be best if we are able to cling to him and Hunter said that the team is with highlight the files strong point " "I would be there in a jiffy. Sophie spoke as she disconnected the line, she was surprised that the meeting schedule was pushed forward five day than planned which was literally tomorrow. This alone made her form a bad impression on Marcus before actually meeting him, she quickly went into the bedroom and had her bath before making sure to have her hair adjusted before she left and boarded a cab. She didn't forget to send a text to Amber telling her that she would be out since something came up. Luckily there wasn't much traffic that she expected and they got to the compa
Once she sat down back to her chair she had to admit she was a little nervous about the whole presentation that was happening tomorrow if wasn't that she was confident in herself she won't want even proceed with the whole plan and she had to admit Dave was right she in challenging her up to the task it has been a while since she had felt like this, the alarm that she had before since she needed to do shopping started ringing pulling her away from her thought. Since she didn't answer her mother's call in the morning she sent a text asking her to do a little shopping and a dozen of corn silk tea which she had recently become obsessed with after her recent travel with her travel group that takes place every three months which was roughly four times a year. Sometimes Sophie felt her confidence was from the genes, her mom always wanted travel around the world but after the accident it was really not possible since she had to manage her limited funds for Sophie upbringing but she couldn't
On the second thought she was a little bit excited about meeting Marcus not because it wasn't everyday that you have the chance to see a billionaire in person but she couldn't help but fantasized about from that moment whenever she close her eyes or even when she was on heat, she quickly realize that she won't be able to get out of bed and probably need lot of tissue us he continue with her fantasy. Without wasting any precious time she immediately went onto the restroom as she wanted to removed her blonde coloured back to her natural since it was kinda of her lucky charm but things really didn't work out the way one' planned ,it took more time than she expected to have it done and now she was currently in a walking in haste towards the top floor. Sophie could already anticipate the scolding or laughter she would get from Dave if he knew that she made such a rookie mistake, she could only pray in her heart that Marcus the billionaire heir who she was supposed to summit her business p
Marcus took a quick glance at Butler Andre who immediately understood his decision,he couldn't help but feel a little sorry at Sophie so he could tell that she really gave it her all. Marcus stood up and he was passed his coat by Butler Andre and spoke while moving out of the meeting room " you should have work under me but as I said earlier you are still clumsy" this time Sophie was infuriated she couldn't believe that there was still someone who who still addressed her as a child she literally had boobs although it wasn't a massive as would think it would, it showed that she was a full fledged adult. "Hey" she shouted using all her strength into her voice as she ran out of the office to catch up with Marcus at the employee lounge, having no other choice than to stop since if the he didn't clarify on the issue on as lot of eyes where on him rumors were bound to be spreading around the company and would reach the ears of the media sooner of later. Sophie was taken aback a little by t
Sophie was done hardly done with the meal when her alarm went up and she took it's as her cue to leave " I guess I got to go but the still a lot of time to catch up and about the meal it's would be better to go by normal cream instead of blueberries" Benson gave a light chuckle before speaking " Sophie wait, I actually called you here because of this…" Sophie was stunned by Benson sudden kiss but she she quickly reciprocate for few minutes before pulling herself away from Marcus before it got pretty heated " Now since I'm back and also being a head chef, I can fully take care of both of us and you don't need to put up with Marcus. You said it yourself he is gloomy " It was at this point that Sophie realised the effect of her action with Benson although they were in VIP suite there was no lack of people around that would recognized her since she had been in the news lately too much , Sophie spoke quickly placing her stuff into her bag while getting up leave
Sophie could tell that she woke up pretty late since the sun was very much out and taking in account everything that happened yesterday she wasn't surprised much as she felt a little bit refreshed from the long sleep and she still had a lot of extra hours before the world tech conference so she couldn't be late. Heading towards the restroom for a shower Sophie wasn't bothered the lack of Marcus presences on the bed since apart the fact that they gotten pretty close from yesterday convery that she could tell what he was saying with his eyes from yesterday she also knew how Marcus deal with work so it's wasn't surprising or hard to know. Once she was done with freshening up and was about to head out to kitchen to fix herself some breakfast she got a beep from a unexpected someone which she hadn't meet for a long time Benson he was also the person that help her get out a tight spot when the incident with Dave was still fresh and also help her with the job as a waitress ev
Butler Andre took the initiative on speaking on spotting Sophie " Marcus said he would be back in a moment but I guess we don't need to wait for him when everyone is presence " " I'm sure he won't come since he is always gloomy without exception at the very least we would have a extra plate of meal for us " Butler Andre knew that it was almost impossible for Marcus to miss this dinner especially with Sophie being present and whatever he had going on, of course Butler Andre didn't mentioned it out loud since it would be less interesting as the situation unfold. Within the next five minutes the dinner table was all completed with everyone completely seated and of course Marcus was the last to arrive, Once they were all seated Katherine took the initiative in speaking as the host of the dinner also taking a cup of champagne for a toast " I'm sure the past year haven't been the best for all of us since we have lost something or someone that is which is dear to us but
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It was afternoon when Marcus arrived back at his Mansion with Aunt Katherine with him , she had somehow convince him that she would stay over for as long that his relationship with Sophie reach a stage that she was satisfied or in other words it's would proper to that she was here to give Marcus love advice not like he had a choice to refuse since she would do it anyway without him permission. Marcus wasn't surprised that's he met the Mansion empty since it wasn't hard to figure out that Sophie made plan's to explored the once she was done with making sure that everything went smoothly for tomorrow tech conference, He motion for Bella before speaking " Aunt Katherine this is Bella she would help you with anything that you need and I'm sure you know your way around the Mansion since you aren't old to forget that. Bella who also informed the other Mansion caretaker about the feast that would take place tonight " Since they wasn't any need for
Katherine finally spoke " Come on if you don't tell me everything I can't help but just admit it the little stunt I pulled help you out and I'm sure you know you might be running out of time " After endless number of teasing Katherine was finally able to have Marcus open up to everything, of course she felt the urge to burst into laughter more than ever since beneath the cold Aura he always had on Marcus was totally clueless to love.>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sophie had a hard sneeze unaware that Marcus' recent revelation was behind it, she didn't put much thought to the kiss since she thought her and Marcus already had an understanding to act like a couple in the presence of her Mother. She was finally able to convince her mother to tag along in their trip as Sophie felt she needed to purchase some gown and accessories for the tech conference something worth Marcus status as a billionaire plus she was was itching to go on a shopping spree something she hadn't done in a while, with her knowing
Sophie could hear her Mom fuming about being left alone and how busy she was to give her a grandchild, she didn't comment since it would make things rather complicated so she waited it out for a few minutes till she was done with her outburst before she spoke " Come on Mom, they still a lot of time to do that it just happened that we are busy at this time of the year. " The next ten minutes was spent on meaningless struggle within them while waiting for Butler Andre to return before they dig in for breakfast, Sophie Mom to a minute before she was able to regain her composure from the laughter she was having before she spoke " You haven't told me how the trip on meeting Marcus Aunt went, you didn't even bring it up since you arrived..." " Miss Amber have arrived in the Mansion and she would be joining you for breakfast in a moment " Butler Andre presence but a stop to Sophie Mom words which Sophie use best of this opportunity mumbling all her words in a short sentence " I promise we
Emily scuffled a little before she spoke since it was clear that that Dave was clearly teasing her " You better don't be overconfident Marcus isn't a run over either, I had a gut feeling why these was easier than normal so I hired a private investigator and found that his father left the company in chaos plus it already a miracle that the company didn't file for bankruptcy and was able to maintain it former status quote " Emily's words no doubt reduce Dave's initial excitement making him realize the numerous problems they had and Sophie was still in the picture, if she had the opportunity to get into their server she would throw all their hard work into the bin since she was the creator of the software. With her words having the expected reaction that she had in mind on Dave she spoke " don't worry much we have a flock of billionaires in our network that we can lay on plus Sophie can never have access to our security system, what about we close the office door like you sa
Having not other choice than to head back to the Master bedroom to check how he was faring Butler Andre spoke giving a order to the housekeeper "Olivia, have the pancakes that I placed in the refrigerator heated up and brought into the Master bedroom with two plate since Young Master might be hungry " Even without waiting for Butler Andre lead Sophie had already begun to made her way to the Master bedroom to check up on Marcus although she was heavy pissed to a point at this moment since she was totally stress out and need food to regain some energy which Marcus being awake delay that factor, since there was no conversation between Butler Andre and Sophie they were able to make it back to the bedroom within five minutes but the scenario they saw wasn't what they had expected even for Sophie. Marcus had already taken his bath and was in his sweat suit occupied with work on his desk space although Butler Andre knew that Marcus had a lot work piled out for him he totally didn'
Once they had alighted from the helicopter and Sophie had exchange goodbye pleasantries her initial reaction was to go check on her mother who was somewhere in the Mansion but on the second thought she decided to follow Marcus back towards the Master bedroom since she still wasn't sure of his health statistics and it was definitely not a good idea to leave him alone, plus she still had to carry her luggage back to her room. Marcus didn't care whatever Sophie did at this point since he could feel himself getting foggy with every passing second and that wasn't a good sign for anything. At this point he would probably give anything for a proper sleep on a comfortable bed. Bella stop them for vacation brief second on their way towards the bedroom taking the initiative in speaking " Butler Andre just arrived a few minutes ago before your arrival and he currently have the family doctor setting up in the Master bedroom " Bella words brought some sort of relief to Sophie