97.“I think we should stop bringing in fabrics for now, Roland. Carson might still be lurking around.” Ashton told Roland after bringing Roland to his office. He didn't want to talk about it in front of Annabel, since Carson was Annabel's friend.“Carson doesn't have a problem with my company or anything pertaining to it. He might be jealous that I'm more successful than him, but I doubt that's his main focus for now.” Roland ran his hands through his hair.“Then why is he doing all these? Why is he causing trouble?” Ashton couldn't comprehend why Carson wouldn't just mind his business and focus on his company instead. If he wasn't callous, then why was he trying to run them down by burning down the fabrics they ordered?“He's doing all these because of Annabel. He wants me to leave Annabel and is using my company against me.” Roland scoffed.“That's low.” Ashton frowned.“I know, right? When I went to meet him, he told me I had two days to leave Annabel, else he would cause more tro
98.The time for Roland to have a meeting with the employees came, and he asked Ashton to pass an announcement, giving them 30 minutes to round up whatever they were doing and report to the meeting room immediately.After the announcement, Annabel turned to him. “Is there any emergency? Why is there a meeting suddenly?” She was worried about him.“No, it's nothing serious. I just want to pass a few announcements to them.” He smiled at her.Annabel heaved a sigh of relief. She wished there was something she could do to lighten up his mood before the meeting. He looked gloomy, and she wouldn't want the employees to see him that way.Something clicked in her head. She smiled and hurriedly finished what she was typing. She took a clean sheet and with all seriousness started writing some things down. Roland wondered what she was doing that made her look so serious. He thought she looked funny in that position, and he smiled.When Annabel was done, it was already 5 minutes to the meeting ti
99.“Why did you make me leader of the committee?” Annabel asked Roland immediately she returned to the office.Roland looked up at her from his computer and rested his jaw on his palm. “Why? Aren't you happy with it?” He asked.Annabel sighed, running her hands through her hair. “It's going to make me feel pressured and all eyes are going to be on me.” She answered.“Isn't that a good thing? Everyone would expect the best from you because they look up to you, and they know you wouldn't fail them. At the end of the day, you'll succeed, and they'll realize they were right to have trusted you all along.” He smiled at her.Annabel sighed. “It seems you still don't understand what I'm talking about. Look, I don't like getting people's attention at all. You're right when you say people will look up to me, but I don't want that. I don't want people to look up to me, and then I end up disappointing them.” Roland smiled at her. “What if I say I believe in you and I know you can do it?” Anna
100.Two days later…Roland sat in his father's office, going through the files the man had called him to come take a look at. He couldn't understand why his father didn't just handle it by himself and had to call him to look at it.It was a business proposal sent to the main company by Mr. Sinclair, Carson's father. He was working on a project and wanted to collaborate with the D. Ville's.Roland wasn't quite pleased, but he kept it hidden and looked up at his father, who was waiting for what he had to say about the proposal.“I've checked the files, dad, and I still don't know why you have called me to check them.” He ran his hands through his hair.“I called you to check them because I'm not going to be the president of this company forever. You're going to take over soon, and I need your opinion on that because it will be a long-term project.” Mr. D. Ville stood from where he sat and went to the wine stand in his office. He took a wine glass and pured himself a glass before return
101.BACK AT THE COMPANYAnnabel was busy with the committee. They had supervised some employees and saw that they were doing an impressive job.Lucinda wasn't happy that Annabel got to give orders and tell them what to do, but she couldn't do anything to stop it, and she decided to give herself a rest. And by doing that, she realized that Annabel was really a nice person and she started to enjoy working with her... at least for now.They had finished the day's work and went to the cafeteria to have a drink. “Anna, you have to look away from those papers for a while. You aren't a robot, you know?” Brian collected the papers from her and gave her a drink.“Just let me finish checking the last person's—”“Hey!” Lucinda snapped at her, and she turned to look at the girl. “I'll pour you a glass, so bury the thought of checking those papers today.” She took a bottle, much to the surprise of everyone, and poured Annabel a glass.“Huh?” Annabel was stunned.When Lucinda was done and looked
102.It was already two days to the outdoor activities and with Sasha and the committee's help, Annabel was able to put everything in place. Roland just made the big announcement and Carson was not happy with it. He felt Roland was going too far and that was annoying to him.“I have no idea why Roland keeps getting on my nerves. What the heck is wrong with that dude?” Carson facepalmed.“That's why I told you that we should destroy things already, but you asked me to wait.” Liam scoffed.“I think I have given him enough time. If I let this outdoor event happen, he's going to grow wings for sure. We have to stop him, Liam. We've got to.” He balled his fists.Liam sighed. “I'll go place a call to the man I gave the pictures and videos.” Liam stood up and left the place while dialing the man's number.Carson walked to his wine stand and took a bottle of wine. He didn't bother to take a cup and drank from the bottle. He had no idea why Roland wouldn't give him a breathing space. First it
103.Two days later…The day everyone had been anticipating finally came. Everything was set outside the D. Ville Company's residence. Everywhere was decorated to taste, and news reporters gathered all around to take live coverage of what was going to take place.It was a fashion show/advertisement for their newest brands and fabrics, made by the employees themselves. Some fabrics were kept for display, while others were sown for the models to wow the audience with.Just fifteen minutes into the event, the place was filled to the brim with people. Influential businessmen and fashion companies came to grace the occasion. Those that weren't invited still came because it soon became the talk of the whole city.Carson walked into the place and his mouth dropped open. He didn't realize he was gawking at everything until Liam tapped him. They found a seat at the back and sat down.There were projectors everywhere so that everyone present would be able to see what's going on the stage. It wa
*******WARNING: This chapter contains a sex scene. *******104.That same night, after everything had ended, Roland took the members of the committee out to celebrate the success of the event.They sat round the tank stacked with assorted drinks and juices. Annabel wanted to go for alcohol, but Roland stopped her.“Come on, just for tonight.” She groaned.“Let the girl drink and have fun, dude. It's just alcohol, what's the worst that can happen?” Lucinda asked as she threw a glare at Roland, who couldn't believe she could talk to him so informally. Well, he was going to let her off the hook for the day, and he'll look for another day to punish her.Brian shuddered. “You do not want to know the worst that could happen. She turns into a blabbermouth whenever she's drunk. I remember the first day we both got drunk, she almost slapped Mr. Roland.” They burst into laughter. “Hey!” Roland snapped, but they laughed more.“I almost lost my job because of that, scratch that! I actually lo