CHAPTER 2

It was three years past already, Shannon was preparing for an interview for a company she'd had submitted her details to, the company had called her yesterday for the interview.

 After the cheating incident, Shannon had decided to move on with her life, she fled the city to Everest hill where she was living currently. Her sister made sure to make life a living hell for her; flaunting her ex-boyfriend everyday on social media and always reminding her that she was just adopted.

 Shannon had decided to move on with life and had fled to Everest hill, that was where she discovered that she was pregnant for the gigolo she had slept with . Unfortunately, she couldn't even recognize the gigolo face not to talk of knowing where he lives.

  "Hey mum, tell Nana not to wear me that shoe!" Her cute son walked up to her cutting her off from her thoughts.

   Shannon was almost late for the interview and she had made the Nanny have her son, Dennis prepared for school.

 She'd was getting penniless because of Dennis School fees, their feeding and still she have to pay their Nanny, and foot other bills, daily demand keeps increasing and Shannon had to quit working where she was because of the low income. She'd had searched job online and there she was preparing to go for the interview.

  "My pearl, today is sport day and you have to wear that because that's the only sport shoe you have.. when mommy gets new Job, she would get a new one for you , Okay?" Shannon looked down on her Son, cuddling him tightly to her chest.

   "Okay, momma!" The little boy replied.

 " Now, give mummy a kiss" She watched as her son chuckled happily before planting a light kiss on her lips.

   "Be a good boy okay and be attentive in class" Shannon scooped him from the floor kissing him lightly on his cheeks.

 " Mrs Rose, please do take care of him till I'm back" Grabbing her bag , Shannon adjusted her skirt and walked away, her destination to the company.

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   Shannon arrived at the A and D company, glancing at her time she was five minutes earlier.

  She walked inside the following the description they had texted her in her mail box, " Hello, I'm looking for Mrs. Amelia office" She asked a secretary as she was confused on the part to take.

  "The third office by your left!" The response came.

  "Are you having an appointment with her?" 

"Yes I am"  Shannon thank the lady before taking her left, She knocked softly on the door before pressing it open.

  "How may I help you?" A young lady in her thirties perhaps, asked.

  "I'm Shannon Sawyer, I received a mail about......" Before Shannon could complete her statement, she was cut off.

  "Oh! You're that lady with that CV, Well, I don't need to interview you today, because you might get sacked anyway, your performance here today would determine if you would still be in this company. We are having a very special client today, when I mean special, i mean a very reputable client, a major staff that was meant to attend to him is currently hospitalised. So, you would have to fill up her position, if you can't perform well, then you would loose the Job. But if you can get our client to bag the endorsement deal with us, then you won't just be hired, you would be promoted with an increment in salary and twenty thousand dollars to begin with" Shannon heard the lady says, her eyes flickered brightly with hope, the offer was like a dream to her.

  "I would do my best, Ma'am!" Shannon promised, she'd would do anything it takes to attain such a height, opportunity they say comes but once; she'd was going to make use of hers.

   "The client would be here in an hour time, read this and memorize it all before that time, you have to convince him to sign this deal with us" Amelia handed a file to her.

  "Make use of this office, I would give you the privacy you need" Before Shannon could mutter out a word, Amelia was already on her feet as she walked to the door, glancing at her one more time before opening the door and then walked outside.

 Shannon let out a deep breath she hadn't realized that she had been holding onto. She could hardly believe that she'd was just going to be given a task just like that, she had expected an interview not a task; she had to do her best and deliver the task dutifully, she can't miss this opportunity for anything, Her son's and her life depended on it.

 She opened the file package, skimming through the first three pages, then she went back to study it fully. 

 From the context she was reading, they needed the client to model for their wine brand and also their clothes brand.

   She wondered who the client was that the company wanted to get him at all cost even with a whooping huge ransom of money. She simply shrugged as she continued reading the context, making sure that she fully mastered the content.

  Heartbeats later, the door to the office she was practicing the context went open. "Our client is here, you need to come up now, we are relying on you on this Job prior on your CV" Amelia told her as she led the way for her.

 Shannon was a certified interviewer, she had worked as a secretary and also in a brand media, she knew how to convince her clients, he wasn't the first she had convinced. As a matter of fact, all client had always signed with her agency back when she still work in her hometown because of her.

  "I would do my best!" She reassured as she walked alongside with Amelia.

 The door to the board meeting was opened by Amelia, Shannon tagged behind her, trailing after her as she walked.

    "She's going to be joining us and would carry out the project!" Amelia informed the board members.

 She could feel their eyes feeding on her, without being told , she did a formal introduction before she sat down.

 The silence in the board meeting only made her anxiety increased, she'd had never felt nervous before about carrying out her job. But something in her, keeps telling her that this client would be different.

 She was still in her thought when the door flew open, her heart gave a momentarily loud thud from the impact of the door, three men in suit occupied the door. Her heart beat increased as she stared from the one at right to the left, each with a look of savage in their faces.

 Shannon knew she had lost it immediately, their faces was as scary as hell, she doubted if they'd had ever smile not to talk of laughing before.

  Her eyes went to the one in the middle, his jet black hair was curled backward like those Mafia movies she do watch in the Cinema, he was different from the others, his face was more scarier than the others, his eyes was a deep sky blue, his eyes were dazzling and was appealing her to stare deeply into it , yet all she could sense from it was danger, without being told , she knew it was dangerous.

His aura alone rendered her wordless, she doubted she'd would be able to convince this client; her eyes darted away from his face to his body; Six feet tall, he could be pass as a model easily, no wonder the company was staking all just to have him model for them. But one question had her thinking, who was this man that she'd had never had of that had such aura and influence?

  "How dare you?" She heard that deep voice spoke with pure anger emmanting from his voice, Cold shivers ran down her spine immediately.

  It took Shannon a few seconds before she realized that the man was speaking to her, as she turned to look around, she noticed all heads were down only hers was raised up.

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Oops!

Seems Shannon had already gotten in the bad record of her client, would she bag the endorsement deal?