Chapter 2 - Him

I walked onto the stage, hoping to hide my nerves with the fake smile on my face as it was time for me to give my speech after my father is done introducing me to the mass crowd gathered listening eagerly as if my father was the king.

"I would like to give a warm welcome to my second daughter, who has come back to the states after 2 years of being abroad at Oxford University, Neveah Miller!" My father stated whilst the stage light points directly at me, blinding me in the process. I carefully walked on stage, hoping to not make fun of myself or my mother would continue to belittle me even more if I couldn't even walk on stage without tripping.

Finally getting on the stage, my father allowed me to take the stand whilst he moves off stage to give the ultimate stage fright of the century. I composed myself and got ready to speak.

"Good evening ladies and gentlemen. It is a great pleasure to be here tonight and to be introduced as the next CEO of Miller cooperation. For the last 2 years, I have been gratefully enough to have the opportunity of attending Oxford University and by the end of the journey, I've achieved a First Honours in a Business Degree.

Many may not be familiar with who I am even though I am the second daughter of Mason Miller, but fear not because, in the next upcoming hours, I will be getting to know most of you to form a better bond and allow you to have a better understanding of who I am as an individual.

This is very important to me because I believe becoming a CEO isn't just about the position and authority I will hold but the recognition that every worker will have on who I am and what I am capable of doing to make Miller Cooperation a much better company to work in and to meet customers satisfaction.

thank you for listening and there will be food and beverages served soon, please have fun."

I had finally been able to finish my speech and it did feel better that hopefully I would be recognised as Neveah Miller instead of the Willow's younger sister.

The moment I got off the stage, I was bombarded with many successful bachelors who were if I was interested to dance. However, I decided to decline and go to my best friend, Tiffany, who I saw had just arrived halfway through my short speech.

-----Alec's POV----

"Alec you better get home right this instance! You know that there is a gathering tonight that is being hosted by the Miller's family and we will not be late. I do not accept your actions lately with many inappropriate ladies but do not even think about bringing one of them to this gathering tonight!"

My mother was mostly a calm and collective woman but the first time I saw her being right out angry was when I brought a woman home for some action and she did not like her one bit. Yes, the women were a well-known modeler and were known for getting with young successful bachelors that where filthy rich for them to splurge some money, but her body did make up for the lack of personality and brain she had.

Whilst I thought she was good for some action; my mother is only keen on me finding a suitable lady who could put some sense into me and give her some adorable grandchildren.

However, over the last couple of years, she has somehow come to some sense that I am not interested in a relationship. My last relationship ended horrible and it hurts every single time when I think about it and I know that it’s the reason why I became this notorious player, but I couldn't help it.

Becoming this individual that doesn't care about the women's feelings is refreshing about being hurt so horrendously by someone you loved and cherished. It physically crushes you and having the ability to discard a woman after using them gives me the power that I wanted to feel.

"Mom, I wasn't thinking of bringing one of my flings to this gathering anyway. How am I supposed to bring back some more hot chicks if I have a possessive female on my arm the whole night? Also, I am all set and ready, I'll probably just meet you and everyone else at the venue anyway, saving me from having to go home." I replied to her knowing full well that she would be angry with how I was talking about treating the girls I have slept with.

"Alec McKinley, you are a McKinley and do not forget that! I didn't give birth to you just so I can witness you on the newspapers daily with the new partner you have. And I sure didn't raise you to be an individual that would go round hurting other women just because she hurt you all those years ago!"

"Mom! Don't speak about her." I couldn't take the idea of her bringing up the girl that broke me down bit by bit and I allowed her. My Naïve self-thought that she was the one for me when I was being hurt by her throughout the process of our so-called relationship. I decided to hang up on my mom after that and knowing I had hurt her feelings again did hurt me. But the moment she spoke about her, I couldn't handle it at all.

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Arriving at the venue for this gathering was a nightmare. I had to first get rid of the fling I had the previous night and she was a nightmare. I have always made my intentions clear to the people I will sleeping with before we even get to the hotel to make sure that they know what it is and make sure they don't overstep the boundary.

However, there will always be some individual who thinks that because of the eventful evening that I have had for them, I will automatically fall for their charms and give up this lifestyle I have built.

This gathering has sparked some interest in me though. From what I've heard from Lucas, who is my cousin with the same tendencies with women, that it is for Mason Miller and Michelle Miller's second daughter who is supposed to be extremely beautiful and intelligent.

However, it does make me question how intelligent she is since from what I can remember her cousin is Naomi and she is nothing but intelligent. She is the definition of one of those girls who doesn't understand the meaning of any when it comes to rejection.

I walked into the venue that was nothing like a birthday party but a formal gathering for the Miller's since I've been to Willow Miller's birthday party last year which had her name in banners everywhere stating it was her birthday but here there was nothing that could be suggested that it was one. Now that I think about it, I didn't see this mysterious Nevaeh Miller there either.

Seeing that my family were already here mingling with other owners of businesses, I decided to go and find Lucas seeing that I did not want to be in the middle of a conversation about possible business contracts in the future when it is not business hours and my father can deal with those.

"Man, you're finally here. Do you see all of these beautiful ladies that are ready to ride the Lucas Rollercoaster" he states as he points to the nether region, I chuckled over the fact that he was as energetic as always and allowed me to forget my conversation with my mother this morning with his crude vocabulary.

"So, who is this mysterious birthday girl then?" I questioned him as I was very intrigued by this female who hasn't been seen on the media the last couple of years, unlike her sister. 

"Man, you should have been here earlier, the birthday girl was here in a beautiful emerald green dress that I would love to tear off of her body and have my way with her! She is the definition of a goddess and probably the reason why Miller's decision to hide her for 2 years. She sure could give Willow a run for her money-" He was now ranting on about Willow, who has always been someone that could take his breath away.

However, I was staring at a specific lady who was who Lucas had described as the birthday girl and the girl who is beautiful like a goddess. She was currently talking to Mary Miller, the mother of Mason Miller. I would say that Lucas didn't describe her beauty enough, whilst talking to her nan, she had a beautiful yet contagious smile that was able to instantly make any worries disappear.

Yet when her Nan moved on her arura changed when Naomi greeted her. Her smile became a smirk and she suddenly had a fierce aura around her which was different from any girl that I've met. Most girls would have had a sweet yet sickly fake smile, but her smirk was refreshing on a woman. Especially with a woman who had curves like her.

I could tell that she left her cousin in shock as she struts away like she owned the world and as her long legs were shown through the slit of the emerald green dress and-

"Are you even listen! I've been calling your name for a while now but all you've been doing is staring at the birthday girl. I've never seen you this hung up on a girl you didn't even know what she looked like a few minutes ago. Okay enough staring, you missed out on the group of ladies who have been staring at you nonstop since you sat down next to me."

"Forget about them. Why haven't I've seen her in the states these years?"

"Oh! She got a scholarship to Oxford University and just got back today in time for this party and her father is going to do a grand introduction of her becoming the next CEO in a few minutes." Lucas stated and I stared at him wondering where the hell he got all this information when I had no clue of it.

Him seeing my confusion he stated that the information was passed on by the mass reporters that have been invited into the venue to take a close up shot of the women who will end up having the full power of a global business empire.

I noticed that everyone was gathering in near the stage, so I decided to see what the commotion was and possibly get another glimpse of this birthday girl.