Luke excused himself while I made my way to my office. The meeting officially starts in 10 minutes, I've got to be prepared. I plan on making a good impression. A knock on the door brought me out of my thoughts.
"It's time, Ma'am, they just arrived and are waiting in the conference room." He said.
"Really, Jonah? Ma'am? Seriously?" I asked with my eyebrow raised. He smiled.
"Just call me McKenna." I said and waved my hand to dismiss him.
"But..." He said.
"Don't worry, I’ll be there in a minute." I said. He nodded and left.
I looked around the office and sighed. There's no going back now. If I plan to make my parent proud, I have to do it the right way and learn to trust myself. This is step one to greatness. Please, guide me mom and dad. I need your strength, Ian.
I took all the documents I needed, my laptop and my phone. I took a deep breath and stepped out of the room where I saw Jonah patiently waiting for me. He collected my things and he led me to the conference room. I followed behind him slightly nervous.
He led me to the elevator and pressed the 58th floor. I was slightly confused but I am too nervous to say anything.
"We need to give you a tour 'round the building and you need to officially introduce yourself to the board. Though, Luke spoke to them, it's only proper that they meet you too. Then you will have to meet the employees too.”He said trying to make small talk. "The conference room is actually on the 58th floor, that floor is dedicated to meetings only. It's actually the only floor in this building that is restricted.”
I nodded just as the elevator opened revealing the 58th floor. I stepped out with Jonah on my tail. Jonah stepped forward leading me to the conference room.
We arrived in front of a big brown door. Jonah opened the door and stepped in, opening the door for me to come in. I took a deep breath and stepped in.
Looking around, I saw different people seated waiting for the meeting to start. I saw Luke talking to a tall man, I think he's 6'4 ft. His shoulder are really broad and looks like it's going to tear his suit jacket apart. If his back is this gorgeous, I wonder how his face will look like.
Luke saw me and smiled beckoning me to come closer. I smiled back and started making my way towards them. Halfway through, the universe just decided to be so nice to me and I found myself tripping over my feet.
Why do I have to always be so unlucky every time? I closed my eyes waiting for the fall but it never came, instead a pair of arms are around my waist making it the second time in a day. The arms felt so strong and soft against my skin sending slight sparks through my spine. I opened my eyes to see the same foreign yet familiar pair of grey eyes from this morning staring at me with a strong intensity.
"We really need to stop meeting like this, Princess.” His voice is so deep sending tingles all through my body. I stepped back from his arms feeling embarrassed. Geez, I feel so loved, Universe...Thanks a lot, note the sarcasm.
"Sorry, I didn’t mean to.” I said, putting a stray hair behind my ear. He’s doing it again. He's looking at me like I'm some lost treasure that he tried so hard to find. I'm not a mind reader or anything but I'm pretty good at reading people's emotion with their facial expression. I don't know how I do it but I seem really good at it.
"Ummm, guys, I understand you guys can’t wait to jump each other's bones but we have a meeting to start please." Luke said with a smile on his stupid face.
I rolled my eyes and made my way to the seat beside Jonah. Feeling someone tug my arm, I turned around to see Luke. He had that naughty smirk I really wanted to punch.
"But Princess, your seat is over there." He said nodding his head in the direction of the seat beside that hot and grey-eyed stranger. I still don’t know his name. I sighed as I made my way to the seat I was assigned to. After I was sat, Jonah placed my materials in front of me and sat by my side ready to take notes.
The meeting started almost immediately. I really should thank Jonah for giving all the important informations, if not I'll be so lost. A young guy looking to be in his thirties stood at the front of the table.
"I think the contract should just be terminated." The guy said.
"And why should we do that, Simon?" Luke fired back.
"The last contract was not really beneficial to the Greene Enterprises, Our customers complained more than usual and most of all, this company is very likely to go bankrupt." The guy, Simon said with a evil smirk on the corner of his mouth.
"How can you even say that? Ian tried his best for your company. Without him, we all know what would've become of you guys." Luke replied with frustration and anger laced in his voice.
"Well, there's nothing Ian can do now, is there? He's as good as dead.”My heart broke hearing what he said. I miss my brother, he didn't deserve what he got. None of them did. I didn't know when the tears I was desperately trying to hold in fell. I wiped it off immediately not wanting to come off as weak in front of this guy.
"ENOUGH!" A deep voice growled from beside me. "You will not talk about him or anyone in this meeting like that. You're fired. Leave before I do something I’ll regret."
I looked at the grey-eyed stranger wondering why he'd do that for my family. He's known to be ruthless and heartless but from I've seen so far, he's just a man that wants to be loved.
"This meeting is adjourned. I'll contact you with the details of the next meeting." He said and stood up, walking out of the room.
"Baby, are you okay?" Luke asked with concern laced in his voice, making me look up at him feeling the tears rushing back to my eyes.
"Yeah, excuse me." I ran out of the room trying to catch up with that grey-eyed stranger. I don't know why but I need to see him. It just feels like the right thing to do. I saw him about to step into the elevator.
"Hey, excuse me." I shouted still panting from my short run. He turned to me, looking at me with a questioning look.
"Thanks for what you did back there. You didn't have to fire him though." I said smiling.
"I didn't exactly do it for you, you know. He's always been a pain in my ass and I've been waiting for the opportunity to do that. it just happened today." He said.
"Thanks all the same." I smiled. He nodded.
"I guess we haven't been introduced. I'm McKenna Wright." I said, extending my hand to him.
"Ohh, so you're the Wright princess? Ian loves talking about you. He adores you." He said with a small smile on his face.
"You know Ian?" I asked surprised.
"Yeah, you can say that. He's a good friend." He said.
"Ian is like that with everyone. How come I haven’t seen you around?"
"Well, you don't exactly visit and I've always been too busy." He replied."I'm Dixon by the way."
"I think Ian and Luke mention you from time to time. Why haven't you visited Ian yet?" I asked.
"I have seen him, I just happen to go when you ain't there." He replied shrugging his shoulders. "How's Liam? I miss that champ." He said smiling.
"Well, he's Liam. The guy is a bundle of trouble." I said.
"I can imagine." He said laughing. "I've got to go, 'twas nice talking to you McKenna."
"Me too. Take care" He started walking away with his back.
"You too." He said smiling and left.
"I've always known you two got the hots for each other." Luke said making me turn to look at him.
"Why didn't you tell me you knew him or better still that he's your friend?" I crossed my hands in front of my chest.
"You never asked." He shrugged.
"You're so annoying." I said rolling my eyes.
"Whatever. So, your first meeting turned out to be a disaster." I groaned.
"Please, don’t remind me. I wanna go home.” I said making my way to my office.
"You can’t. There are tons of paperwork you need to go through.”
I groaned. This is a very long day. I can’t wait to go home.
"Fine. Let's go."
It’s official; today is the longest day ever.I spent all my spare time going through different projects that are yet to be completed and a few that were left unattended. I have never felt so stiff in my life. I just need a nice, hot and steamy bubble bath and my bed right now.Lucas called a moving company to help move our stuffs to Ian’s penthouse after seeing how tired I was.I’ll help lessen your stress anyway I can,I remembered him saying before he went to Liam’s school. Although I’m pretty sure he did all that so he could escape helping me with the work Ian left in the office.A sigh left my lips as I felt the headache coming in. I leaned back on my seat bringing my finger to my temple, pressing it slightly hoping to reduce the slight pain in my head. My phone ringing snapped me out of it. Reaching for it,I answered without looking at the caller ID;
I laid down on the bed ready to pass out any moment.Dinner ended 30 minutes ago. Liam fell asleep 10 minutes later, I had to carry him to his room after Luke left. That boy is growing so fast. Before Luke left, he showed me everywhere I needed to know in the house.Thankfully, he managed to arrange most of our things before I got home. He even chose our rooms, claiming he knew I and Liam’s taste, and I got to say he was right about everything.I guess he’s not that useless after all, even though I know Vicky had a lot to do with that.Speaking of Vicky, I got to know a lot more about her during dinner. She seems like a nice person. She works in a magazine publishing company, apparently she loves taking pictures. I saw some of her photos and I must say they all are fantastic.A cold breeze swept around the room reminding me that the window is opened but I’m too tired to stand up to c
I got to the office exactly around 5 minutes to 8am. For some reason, I’m thankful I wasn’t late.I walked into the building feeling slightly nervous. My first meeting as an acting CEO didn’t go too well. I wondered what they’d think about that; will they think I’m some daddy’s girl who doesn’t deserve the luck she got? I know yesterday was a failure but that doesn’t make me a bad leader. I just hope they’re willing to take a chance on me.“Good morning, McKenna. Running late again?” Tony asked with a small smile on his face.“Hi, Tony. Yeah, something came up that made me lose track of time. Again.” I said.” Weren’t you here last night? Why’re you still here?”“Uhh, I have a double shift this morning but aside from that, today’s the day we meet the new boss. I’m pretty curious, y&r
Dixon’s POV.She’s even more beautiful than I remembered.My first love. My best friend.McKenna Maven Wright.She has grown into a very beautiful and strong woman. I’m more than proud of her. She doesn’t remember though but I still have memories of us that I’ll always cherish and hold dear to my heart.I remember when I saw her again after 14 years. That day she crashed into me at the lobby. My day started like every normal day until I saw her.“Here’s your coffee, sir.” My assistant, Jonathan said.I nodded going through the papers scattered on my desk.“Do I have anything special for today,Jon?”“Yes, sir … actually you need to go to Wright Enterprises. You have a board’s meeting there for 10am today.”
“That went better than expected. I’m so proud of you, baby girl.” Luke hugged me, immediately we stepped out of the conference room. I smiled and hugged him back.He pulled away before dragging me to my office.“You have a press conference soon too. Now that you’ve been accepted by the board, the world ought to know you.” Luke said.“How sure are you…” The sound of my phone ringing cut me from finishing my sentence.Checking the screen, I see that it’s a call from Vicky. Oh, no…I completely forgot about Liam. I answered the call immediately.“Hey, Vicky…how’re you?? How’s Liam?” I asked at once.“Hey, McKenna. Sorry to bother you.I’m okay and Liam’s good too, but he insisted I call you.” Her voice came through.“Can I speak to him?”“Yes, of course.”Then I heard his voice. That small angelic voice. My little brother is my life. I love him so much.“Hello, McKenny.”He said.“H
I felt more tears coming in as I stared at the paper in shock. I smiled when I saw what he last wrote. I always called him my hero because he was always there for me no matter what. I miss him so much, I miss them all. I’ll do whatever he wants me to because for some reason I feel like he’s still here.“McKenny, are you okay?” Liam asked. I nodded in response and wiped my tears.“Do you want to go visit Ian?” I asked Liam to which he nodded his head. He stood up and ran upstairs, I think to get changed. I looked at Victoria who was looking at me in sympathy.“You wanna come along? I don’t mind.” I smiled sadly.“I’ll love to. Just so you know If you ever need anyone to talk to, I’m always here for you.”“Thank you.”I stood up and hugged her. In a day, I got myself two friends who promised to always stand by me. I released her from the hug and took my phone out. I immediately texted Adeline to meet us at the hospital to which she responded to
The doctor attended to us and we were done in no time. He prescribed some drugs for Liam and advised to let him rest more. Ever since my encounter with Stella, I haven’t been at peace with myself. I took my family for granted,something they don’t deserve at all. Dixon offered to take us home to which I agreed but not before seeing my brother.“Hey, where were you guys?” Adeline rushed to me immediately I entered Ian’s room.“Sorry, Adeline. We had to take Liam to see the doctor.” I looked at Dixon who smiled warmly at me.“Ohh, it’s fine then. It’s no biggie.” I made my way to Ian’s bed. He’s still sleeping peacefully. His bruises seem to be healing perfectly and he looks fine except he isn’t waking up yet. Remembering my encounter with Stella earlier today, I realized how lucky I was and I didn’t even know or appreciate it.I felt more tears threatening to spill. I really miss my brother and my parents.It’s funny how we never appreciate the people in our live
The day is finally here.The day I get to see what my Dad planned before his death. I have waited for this day with such expectancy and curiosity. I desperately want to know what the adventure he planned is all about especially after what his lawyer told me.A tired sigh escaped my lips as I leaned further back into the comfortable seat. This week has been long and stressful. Dixon finally renewed his contract with our company, it was so urgent that we had to start work immediately. Dimitri is currently driving me to the house.I had almost lost hope about the said adventure because I did not know anything about it. I was only given an address to go to, I felt like it was a trap until my dad’s lawyer contacted me.Earlier that week….The telephone in my office rang making me jump 2 feet’s into the air in fright.I grunted in frustration as the papers I was holding flew all over the
Third Person's POV.BANG!It all happened in a split second. Dixon had turned around with a frown on his face as McKenna ran straight at him. But just as she reached him, her body jolted back into him, taking the impact of the bullet. It was the bullet that was to take his life. She took the bullet for him.One of the officers took the gun from Trevor quickly as another shot him in the leg. He let out a scream in pain. Sophie ran into the room, curious as to what caused the noise.Simon stared at the woman that came in with shock evident on his face. What was she doing here dressed as an FBI agent, he thought to himself as they stared at each other. He opened his mouth to say something, but the other agents pushed him and the others out of the room."MCKENNA!" Dixon shouted as he wrapped his arms around her, who came toppling down. Her eyes were filled with pain and tears, enough to make her u
McKenna's POV.Crying is the act of shedding tears in response to an emotional state. But after a certain threshold, even the tears runs out.My tears had long run out, and yet another sun was on the verge of setting. Another sunset without Dixon's arms wrapped around me every night when we'd go to the balcony after dinner to watch the sun disappear on the horizon and how he'd pull me closer when we played games in the living room with Ian and Liam.It had become their thing. A tradition that we never miss. I remember how Dixon would rush through meetings to make it back home in time before the sky is painted in various hues of purples and oranges. He'd kiss me softly as the last hue of orange disappeared, and I remember feeling like the happiest girl in the world.Dixon.He would have noticed her missing by now. I can't even imagine the pain and worry that he and every other person will
McKenna's POV.Crying is the act of shedding tears in response to an emotional state. But after a certain threshold, even the tears runs out.My tears had long run out, and yet another sun was on the verge of setting. Another sunset without Dixon's arms wrapped around me every night when we'd go to the balcony after dinner to watch the sun disappear on the horizon and how he'd pull me closer when we played games in the living room with Ian and Liam.It had become their thing. A tradition that we never miss. I remember how Dixon would rush through meetings to make it back home in time before the sky is painted in various hues of purples and oranges. He'd kiss me softly as the last hue of orange disappeared, and I remember feeling like the happiest girl in the world.Dixon.He would have noticed her missing by now. I can't even imagine the pain and worry that he and every other person will
Third Person's POV.Everyone turned to look at the young woman who walked in like she had no care in the world with Dixon's father. Sophie knew that her coming here was a big step. The guys were intelligent, they would've uncovered the truth by now, but they don't know her mission yet.David stopped in his tracks when he saw his son. The two stared at each other, one not believing his eyes and the other thinking he doesn't want to see him. David moved closer to his son as he enveloped him in a tight hug. He couldn't believe his son was back after everything that had happened. Dixon smiled a little when he saw the exchange. Even though his dad never admits it, he knew how much he missed Leo. Luke saw red, anger coursing through every vein in his body. Sophie was the one that kidnapped her. What the hell was she doing here?"What are you doing here? Where did you take Kenna?" Ian said, his voice dripping with anger and hatred. "Wh
McKenna's POV.I opened my mouth to say something, but no words could form. The pain shooting from the back of my head also isn't helping matters. I watched as she walked to Trevor and placed a chaste kiss on his lips."What are you doing? I don't want my girl thinking we have a thing." He turned to me, an innocent smile on his face, but I knew better. "Don't worry, baby. I'm all yours."What the hell is he saying? He ran his finger down my cheek to my neck. Itried fighting him off, but I couldn't. His touch made my skin crawl, and I did the next reasonable thing I could think of at that moment. I spat on his face.He closed his eyes, letting my saliva trail down the side of his face. He laughed as he wiped it off. My face turned to the side as a harsh slap landed on my cheek. Another kick landed on the side of my stomach, making my insides churn. I swallowed my tears. If they think they can brea
McKenna's POV.My body hurts. I could feel the pain shooting at every single muscle in my body, my head pounding and some liquid flowing down my face. My hand reached out to massage my throbbing temples trying to alleviate some of the pain, but frustration coursed through my body at the inability to move.'Ugh, my head hurts.'I slowly opened my eyes to see that I was in a dark room except for the light peeking through the small window at the top of the room. I looked around the room for a way out, but there's nothing except the window.What am I doing here? How did I get here? I can't remember anything. Think, Kenny. Think. The only thing I seem to remember was the restroom and Sophie. My eyes seem to widen as I finally realized what happened. Yes, Sophie brought me here."Sophie!!! Sophie!!!" I yelled at the top of my lungs. My head hurts, but I need to talk to her. I'm sure she has he
Dixon's POV.I feel so happy and complete sitting here with Leo like old times. Seeing my brother after so many years has fulfilled me in more ways than one."She's a keeper then?" He asked me some minutes after McKenna left for the restroom. I looked up at him and smiled."Yeah, she is.""I'm proud of you, baby bro. You have no idea how much pride and joy I felt whenever I see you on television.""That weirdly made me feel good." I laughed out. I watched as his countenance changed within seconds. I know that look. He's beating himself up again."I'm sorry, Dix. I should have been there for you when you needed me the most. I should have believed in you sooner. I should've known you're strong enough to fight the disease. I shouldn't have walked out on you that day. I shouldn't---""You really need to stop apologizing. It's all behind us now.
McKenna's POV.I stared at the building in front of me in disbelief. I can't believe Dixon brought me here. I took my eyes off the building to look at him. He had both hands in his pockets as he stared in concentration at the building."A rehabilitation center?"He shrugged his shoulders before moving closer to the building. I placed my hand on his biceps to stop him. I can't, for the life of me, understand why he brought me here."What are we doing here, Dixon? You said we were going somewhere. I didn't know you were bringing me to a rehab center?""You don't want to come? We could go back if you want. I only came because you promised to come with me." His eyes looked sad as he said that. My brain seemed to receive some signal as I remembered the promise I made him."It's okay. I'm sorry you went through all that. I could go with you if you don't mind."
McKenna's POV."Well, well, well. If it isn't my favorite cousin."Dixon turned to him, anger emitting from him as he squeezed my hand.I placed my hand on his biceps, giving it a little squeeze, to calm him down. I don't want him getting angry at this event. It's supposed to be our breath of fresh air considering everything we've been through recently."What do you want, Trevor?" Trevor sipped his drink like he had no care in the world. The disgusting smirk on his face irks me to my bone, making my skin crawl."Can't a man be happy for his cousin? I came to celebrate with you. Congratulations on opening a new office, Dix.""Don't you fucking dare call me that!! You have no right." I can see the vein on his neck at this point. He's angry. I just hope he doesn't have a tantrum again. I looked at the man standing in front of me. He had a nasty smirk on his face and a glass with whiskey in his hand. I can't