Chapter 21: Unexpected MeetingIt was a sunny morning, the following day after the horrible incident took place at the party, the news was still circulating and Xavier was still doing everything he could in order to bring it down, after dropping Justin off at school, he started heading to the company.As he was driving to the company, his phone started ringing, without hesitating, he brought out his phone to check the caller ID which was the director of the hotel where the party had taken.Without hesitating he connected his phone to the Bluetooth of his car before picking up."Hello Mr. George how are you?" Xavier asked through the phone."I'm fine sir what about you," the voice of Mr. George sounded from the other end."I'm fine too, hope you find out what I requested for?" Xavier asked him."I'm so sorry Mr. Xavier but I didn't, the security guard informed me this morning that the security cameras had some technical issues last night during the event, so he wasn't able to recover t
"Well the main reason why we organised this urgent meeting is because we want to inform you that we all want to withdraw our shares from your company," Mr. Renold said to Xavier."What!!" Xavier exclaimed in surprise."This is a joke right?" Xavier asked them in a surprised tone."No Mr. Xavier, this isn't a joke," another shareholder said to him with a serious tone."Can I know the reason behind this drastic decision?" Xavier asked them in surprise."You already know the reason behind this decision, and contrary to what you said, this decision isn't a drastic decision, we thought about it over and over again before taking it," Mr. Renold said to Xavier but he remained silent allowing him to say what he had to say.As we all know, the success of a company depends on it's image, both internally and externally but for over a month now, it has been from one issue to the other, when the first issue that shook vigorously the financial state of the company took place, we said nothing about
Lucy had come earlier in the morning, just as Sarah had instructed her the previous day at the party; she was already at the company even before Sarah's arrival.Once Sarah came and saw her, she asked her to follow her to her office for the interview.When they got into her office, Lucy couldn't help but admire how beautiful Sarah's office was; both the decorations and her pictures hung in her office.As Lucy was still busy admiring Sarah's office, Sarah kept her bag on her desk before keeping the files she was holding on it.After sitting down, she cleared her throat, jolting Lucy, who was still staring in awe, back to reality."If you are done admiring, please have a seat," Sarah said to Lucy, and without hesitating, she adjusted the chair and sat down."Your CV, please," Sarah said to her, and without hesitating, Lucy brought it out and handed it to her with other documents she brought along.After going through it for some minutes, Sarah heaved a sigh before looking at her."I wan
It was five p.m., and Charles had just returned to his company. Once he opened the door of his office and walked in, he saw someone sitting on his chair, his two legs placed on his desk, and his phone on his ear.Once Charles walked in, the person widened his eyes in surprise before dashing up from the chair, and in the process, he fell down, shattering the screen of his phone. Meanwhile, Charles stood where he was, staring at him as he struggled to get back on his feet."Welcome back, man. You should have at least knocked before getting in. Now look at what happened to my phone," the person said to him while examining the screen of his phone that had already shattered."Adrian, how many times have I told you to stop sitting on my chair while I'm out?" Charles asked him in a menacing way while approaching him."I'm sorry, man. I didn't know that you would be coming back any time soon," Adrian said to him."Whatever, just get off my road," Charles said to him before pushing him off the
On hearing that statement, Sarah immediately choked on the food she was eating, and without hesitating, she took the water on the table and gulped it down in order to calm herself down. The last time someone told her that he wanted her was six years ago, and the person who told her that was Xavier. In the case of Xavier, she loved it when he said that to her because it made her feel wanted and desired, but hearing it from Charles only got her enraged. To her, it was as if he was asking to do to her what Xavier had done to her some years ago. "Are you okay?" Charles asked her with a concerned tone."Yes, I'm okay," Sarah said to her before keeping the glass of water on the table."I'm so sorry; I never knew that my expressions would have such an effect on you," Charles said to Sarah, who was already cleaning her mouth, leaving the remaining food behind."No problem, Mr. Charles; actually, I'm not a property that you can own, so you can't tell me that you want me," Sarah said to him.
Once Sarah saw them, her heart skipped immediately. Without thinking twice, she stepped on the brakes of the car. With her heart pounding heavily, she tried to reverse, but it was already too late; the men were already raining bullets on the car while approaching her. With the way the four men were shooting at the car and reloading their guns once it ran out of bullets, it was clear that they weren't trying to scare her or something like that; they were determined to kill her.As the men were still approaching the car and firing at it, Sarah kept on driving backwards with her heart pounding heavily and hot sweats streaming down her body despite the cold weather. Fortunately for her, the car was bulletproofed, and she had already whined up the mirrors of the car when the masked men started shooting at her, so the bullets weren't having much effect on the car as it was reversing.When they noticed that their bullets weren't having any effects on the car and that the car was also slowly
"I would have really loved to offer you a ride, but you are still owing me something," Charles said to her as she was stepping down from her own car."What is it that I'm owing you?" Sarah asked him after getting out of the car."You still haven't thanked me for saving your life," Charles said to her."Ooh, pardon me for that; thank you for saving me; I would have actually been dead by now if not for you; and sorry for also calling you a murderer," Sarah said to Charles with an apologetic tone."Apologies accepted; let's get going; the cops will be here soon; I don't want to be the one to answer their questions," Charles said to Sarah, who nodded in reply before following him from behind.As they were heading towards Charle's car, Sarah could see the bodies of the four men lying lifelessly on the ground with blood gushing out of their foreheads. From the view of things, it was clear that Charles had shot all of them at the same spot, which was their forehead; probably that was to make
It was seven a.m., and Sarah had just finished preparing for work. Without hesitating, she took her handbag and started heading downstairs. Once she came down, she saw her uncle sitting before the dining table, manipulating his phone while waiting for her to come and join him so that they would have breakfast together.That has always been the routine whenever she was around. Richard always made sure that she had breakfast with her before she left for work because if she left without eating, she might probably stay the whole morning without eating anything. It's probably during break that she might find the time to grab something to eat."Good morning, dad. How was your night?" Sarah asked him before approaching him and kissing him on his bald head, and immediately Richard glared at her angrily."My night's rest was fine; what about yours?" Richard asked her."Mine too was fine; you know you don't always have to wait for me before having breakfast; you can have your breakfast, and whe
A Year Later "Xavier !!! Xavier !!!" The name of Xavier echoed from the sitting room.Once Xavier heard Sarah screaming his name from the sitting room, he immediately dashed out of the kitchen, where he was preparing a cup of tea for Sarah , and started running towards the sitting room.Once he came to the sitting room, he saw Sarah wriggling in pain while holding her protruding stomach."Babe, are you okay?" Xavier asked Sarah ."How can you be asking me if I'm okay? Can't you see that my water has already broken?"Sarah asked Xavier . Her voice was filled with agony."But, babe, I still don't get it. What do you mean by your water has already broken?" Xavier asked Sarah with a confused tone."Argh!!! The baby is already coming out," Sarah screamed in pain."Oh my gosh, that was what you were supposed to say instead of saying that your water has broken," Xavier said to Sarah ."Argh!!!" Sarah screamed once again in pain."It's okay, babe, let's start going to the hospital," Xavier sa
It's been a month since Xavier was discharged from the hospital, and since all this time he has been on very good terms with Sarah and Richard. The first week after he was discharged from the hospital, Sarah spent the whole week at his house with Justin in order to keep an eye on him and also to be sure that he had recovered completely. It was during this period that she discovered that Xavier had another company aside from Quim Corporation that he had sold to her. Hearing this made her feel less guilty for everything she had done to him; if not, she was already feeling sorry for him and was even considering handing the company back to him, but Xavier had told her that it wasn't necessary and the company was doing much better with her as the CEO, so it would be better if she kept on managing it while he, on the other hand, concentrated on building up his new company. When they announced their upcoming marriage which would be taking place very soon, it immediately became the top trend
*Five Months Later* It's been five months since Xavier have been in coma, after taking a bullet for Sarah when she was kidnapped by Charles, he nearly lost his life, but fortunately he was brought to the hospital where they did surgery on him in order to retrieve the bullets. But since when the bullets were retrieved, he have been in coma and the doctor have also informed Sarah that he wasn't sure of when he would wake up and that it was also possible that he never wakes up, so she shouldn't keep her hopes high. Since the past five months that Xavier have been in coma, Sarah makes sure to visit him every day to see if he have waken up and sometimes she even visits him with Justin who have been greatly affected by his father's absence. Ever since he heard that his father was in Coma, he haven't been himself, he has been a shadow of himself even at school. Hr hardly talk, laugh or discuss about the things that happened at school like he used to do. Sometimes Sarah and Richard takes him
"I thought I asked you not to tell anyone about this?" He asked Sarah with a fierce tone while pointing his gun at her."I swear I didn't inform anyone before coming I swear," Sarah said to him while trembling in fear and at the same time the gunshots resounded once again."Damnit," he muttered before lowering the gun. "Go on put on the clothes we are leaving now," Charles said to Sarah."What?" Sarah asked him in surprise."I said you should put on the damn clothes," he yelled at her before pointing the gun at her."Okay, okay," Sarah said to him with a frightened tone before removing the clothes she was putting on and beginning to put on the one given to her by Charles. ______________________________________As she was putting on the clothes, Charles brought out his phone and placed a call across some of his men but none of them picked up.Damnit," he muttered once again before placing a call across someone else who picked up after some minutes of ringing."Hello is the jet read
After discussing with Ben on the phone, Xavier drove to Sarah's house to see if she was at home or whether her Richard had any idea about her whereabouts, but on getting to their house, he was informed by the security guard that none of them were at home, that Richard had gone to the hospital for some checkups and since when Sarah left for work in the morning, she haven't gotten back home. On hearing this, Xavier collected Richard's phone number from the security guard and placed a call across him to ask about Sarah's whereabouts but to his greatest astonishment, his phone wasn't going through, it was switched off. Seeing this, he immediately got more suspicious, and at the same time, thousands of thoughts started running through his mind. As he was still trying to connect the whole puzzle, he immediately got the idea of Richard being abducted and then the abductor requesting for her to show up if not he or she would hurt her uncle. Even though he wasn't sure about it, he knew that i
Meanwhile, Sarah woke up some minutes later only to find herself lying down on a huge comfortable bed and in a well decorated room.Once she woke up the memories of her being shot with a strange syringe and a walking towards her as she was passing out came back playing in her head and without hesitating she jolted up from the bed while panting heavily and at the same time she remembered about her uncle and without hesitating she rushed to the door to open it but found out that it was locked. After twisting the handle of the door for some minutes, she started banging on it so that whoever was outside could hear it and just as expected, she heard the footsteps of someone walking towards the direction of the door and when the person got to the front of the door he stopped and with that she started hearing the sound of keys as the person was about to open the door.Once the door bursted open Charles walked inside while looking fierce like never before and followed by him were two armed m
"Okay, whenever you do it, just let me know," Xavier said to Sarah, who rolled her eyes at him before walking away. Getting into her office, she sat down on her chair and switched on her computer and was about to start working when her phone started ringing once again. Sighing heavily, she took the phone and checked the caller ID, which was her uncle, before picking it up, but when she placed the phone on her ear, the voice of the person she heard was totally different from that of her uncle, and hearing the person's voice alone sent shivers down her spine._________________________________________"Charles," Sarah muttered as her hand started trembling."Hello sweetheart, surprise!! How have you been?" Charles asked her through the phone."Charles, what are you doing with my father's phone?" Sarah asked him with a frightened tone, fearing that it shouldn't be what she was thinking."Ooh that, we are just having a chitchat," Charles said to her through the phone."What do you mean by
"Switch on the television and go and go to any news channel," Richard said to her."Okay, Dad," Sarah said to him before standing up and walking to where the remote of the television in the conference room was, and with that, she switched it on and started searching for a news channel and at the same time wondering what the issue was._______________________________________As she found the news channel, she immediately switched to it before hanging up the phone in order to hear clearly what was being said on the television. Meanwhile, Xavier, seeing her switch on the television while taking the call, sat down in order to see what was going to be displayed on the television.Immediately she switched to the news channel, the news about the arrest of the famous syndicate named Old Man started displaying. According to the news, an anonymous contact sent every single piece of information about him to the cops, including his three hidden warehouses, giving the cops the opportunity to arre
It was a Tuesday morning. Sarah was supposed to meet up with a new client who she wanted to finalize a very important deal that will profit the company enormously. They were supposed to finalize the deal a week or two after her marriage with Charles, but since the marriage didn't take place anymore, she called the client and asked him if he would be able to come over during the week so that they could finalize the deal. Since the client was a little bit free, he told her that he would come over the following day, which is Tuesday.Walking into the company, Sarah went to her office and dropped her bag before taking all the necessary documents that were needed for the finalization of the deal, and with that, she started heading to the conference room where the meeting was going to take place. Getting into the conference room, she was surprised to see only Xavier and the secretary inside the conference room discussing with each other, but the client wasn't present.Seeing them, she immed