Few minutes to 9:00am,the new partner had arrived at New way corps and was been led to the boardroom for the meeting, A young man in his mid thirties, with blonde hair and green eyes. Tall and athletic. He had on a neat blue suit that complement his shoes, he walked behind Lora while two of his business associates walked behind him. He occasionally glanced at the decoration of the building, he was impressed. It was almost decorated to his taste.
“Come in sir” Lora said as she opened the door and the gentlemen walked in. The boardroom was big and beautiful, still had the grey and white color,it could take like fifteen persons. The gentlemen took their seat in a straight row“Would you like coffee while you wait for the boss?” Lora asked politely as they moved to grab their seats.“We don’t have all day princess” The man said with a stern look.“We will have coffee, thank you...” The other gentleman said with a smile“Lora, you can call me Lora” Lora smiled at the man“Okay Lora” The gentleman smiled back at her“I will be right back” Lora excused herself from the room and returned about few minutes later with a tray in her hand. She placed the cup in front of them all as she heard them murmur a thank you.“Your....” The green eyed man was interrupted when the doors swung opened and someone walked in“Boss” Lora immediately ran towards her. The men stared at the boss who walked in and headed towards them.“It’s a pleasure meeting you , Mr William” The boss greeted with a smile.“You...are the CEO?” The other gentleman asked“Yes Mr Mark” The boss replied“Bloody hell, a woman?” William hissed, as he looked at her from head to toe and back to her face.“Do you have a problem with that Mr William?” The boss said, William nodded in response. “Then shall we begin?” She asked her smile still on her face.“I can’t believe my father worked with a woman for so long. I shall not do business with no woman” William said with a frown.“I’m afraid you can’t decide that Mr William” She said tossed her pen in her hand.“You can not say what I can and cannot do, what the hell did you do to my father?” William hissed.“Don’t make this difficult Mr William, let’s get this meeting done and over with,” She said“You can’t order me around woman, do you know who the hell I am,” William shouted, his eyes burning in irritation.“This is my office, Mr William and don’t you dare raise your voice at me. You should be grateful for I’m doing you a favor” She said pushing her hair backwards.“What the hell are you saying? You know what I’m done. Damn you and your stupid meeting, I’m no longer interested in your business” William pointed at her angrily as he spoke.“Your father was a very cooperative person, I can’t say the same about you though” Her fingers intertwined as she spoke.“You...arrogant bitch!!” He spat, “ I’m done” He adjusted his suit and started to head towards the door.“Walk our that door and I’ll withdraw my shares from your company Mr William” She said resting her back on the chair.“What shares are you even talking about? Go on do as you please” William said and immediately heard Mark begging the woman.“Miss Ariana, don’t do that. Please rethink your decision,” Mark said as sweat began to form on his head.“Mark, don’t you beg her. She can do as she please” William said“Damn you, we’ll go bankrupt if she does” Mark spat angrily towards William“What do you mean by bankrupt mark?” William asked throwing glares at the man. “Sir your ass down William, let’s get this over and done with” Mark hissed between her teeth.“Mr William and Mr Mark, I will let you talk in private and make your decision I will be back in twenty minutes time” Ariana said calmly with a smile.“There will be no need of that Miss Ariana, let’s the meeting go on. And please forgive William’s behavior he doesn’t know much about this business” Mark said“Mark...What are you saying?” William groaned as he stared at his colleagues“Forgive us miss Ariana, I will see to it personally that your idea gets reviewed and an email will be sent back to you” Mark said“Okay Mr Mark, I will be waiting your response. It’s nice meeting you. Have a wonderful day” With that said, she raised from her chair and turned to walk out.“Thank you miss Ariana, we will forever be grateful to you” Mark said loud enough for Ariana to hear as she walked out of the boardroom with her secretary right behind her. With a sigh, she crumbled into her chair with her fingers massaging her forehead slowly. Just the sight of that so called William, she had almost lost it. What an ungrateful turf, she was literally saving the company from bankruptcy and what she got was an insult. Anyways she wasn’t just doing it for them but her old friend which was the CEO of the company. Buh he was in a very poor state at this moment, his health was deteriorating slowly due to his failed heart. It saddened her that she couldn’t do anything about it, although a heart transplant would have been the perfect solution but there has not been a good match for him. He was in a very good private hospital at the center of the city. She had planned to go visit him in the last couples of weeks but she had been so engrossed in the work. Grabbing her iPad, she scrolled through her schedule to see what she had for today. Waw, she was actually free for today. Such a good day to pay her friend a visit. “Lora, I’m taking the afternoon off. I’m heading out to the hospital” Ariana said to Lora on the phone. “Hospital,? Are you okay boss? Should I come with you?” Lora asked “No no Lora, I am fine, I need to go alone I’m visiting an old friend” Ariana explained. “Oh alright boss, drive safely and be careful” Lora said and the call ended.She went out to the car park where her brand new red Lamborghini was parked, it was the gift she got from her father on her last birthday. She hopped into the car and started the engine. Not too long she was already on the high way. She decided to buy some gifts for who she planned to go visit, a supermarket was not too far from where she was. So she made a U turn to the direction of the supermarket. In almost twenty minutes, she was already in the car pack, locking the door of her car she stepped into the supermarket, all eyes were on her as she walked to the aisle but it was actually something that was very common, for people to stare at her when she walked into public places. And at most times when she wasn’t in a good mood she sent her PA or house help to get her the things from the store. It took her just a while to be done and she was back on her way, at exactly 4:15pm she got to the hospital. Grabbing the groceries from the seat of her car she walked int
Ariana looked at the city from the view her window displayed right in her office. Los Angelos h very busy place it was just half past nine and everywhere was so filled with people going on with their daily businesses. And here she was again in her office like usual, every day with the same routine. She sighed, what a boring life this was. She had the money to do whatever she wanted and so she used to think it was more that enough for her but as years went by, she realized money couldn’t give her what she wanted in life. Although she had been to more than forty different countries, over a hundred 5 star hostels and restaurants in the world, and she bought the most expensive designers clothes, shoes, bag and jewelries but it wasn’t still enough. She never had a true friend until two years ago when she met April, they have been very close back then and they still were but April had gotten married some months ago and moved to a new country with her husband. At the end of t
“$10,000” Ariana’s eyes almost bulged out of its socket as she heard the figure he called. “What the hell?” She said “I am joking, calm down. I will take any amount you pay me” He said watching her with amusement. “Oh, you must sure be a joker, what if I decide to pay you $100?” Ariana asked “We both know, you won’t what to do that, and I know you worth more than that” He answered. “Yes I am worth more than that, so how about we start from $4,000” She asked, wanting to read the man’s expression but he kept a blank expression. “We can work with that for now miss” Aiden said, his arms now crossed on his chest. “Okay, do we have a deal?” She asked, extending her hand forward for a handshake. He felt his eyes move from her face to her slender hand and then back to her face, “Deal” He said taking her hand into a handshake. His grip was strong but not strong enough to crush her hand, he was gentle in a way. She pulled away a
Her car was parked waiting for her at the front of the building, she walked elegantly and climbed into her car, her eyes met Aiden’s eyes from the side mirror. “Did you receive the location from Lora?” Ariana asked her new driver. “Yes ma’am” He answered, and the car zoomed off, in an hour time they got to their destination the drive was smooth, Ariana was impressed, he was indeed an experienced driver. Who was careful with traffic lights and speeding. A three story restaurant came in view as the car parked, it was one of her mother’s many restaurants. This particular restaurant was the most expensive because it dealt with international dishes, Italian, Chinese, Indian, Spanish. A 5 star restaurant with 5 star food. “Do you want me to wait for you here?” Aiden asked without looking at her. “Yes, I don’t have strength for father’s questions” She answered and climbed down the car. The security opened the door of the restaurant as sh
Ariana had got to her house and had freshened up, wearing a pair of her favorite blue pajamas. She sat down on her sofa facing the large window in her house. This was a very normal routine for her because she had nothing else to do, than drink her exotic red wine and look at the busy streets of LA. Her long black hair was in packed in a messy bun, she grabbed her glass again to take her drink when she heard her phone ring. She groaned and lazily turned around to grab her house. It was a private number, a frown appeared across her brows, who called her with a private number she asked herself. Hesitating for a moment she finally decided to pick the call. “Hello” She said with the phone on her ear, but she received no reply which was strange, “Hello, who is on the line” she repeated but the result was the same. No reply from the other end. And suddenly the call was ended from the other end. “That was strange”. She said to herself but anyways she wasn’t gonna think ab
She had arrived to the office, climbing down the car she moved towards the building. Her workers greeted as she walked past them. She replied them normally as she headed to her office. Entering her office she slumped on her onto her chair, running her hand through her hair. Her meeting was about to start in twenty minutes with the CEO of another importing company. She looked at herself in the mirror and adjusted her shirt, even though she had no makeup on she looked quite the same, many people had once told her she even looked better without makeup. Her phone vibrated in her table, walking over the table she connected her AirPods to her ears and picked the call, it was her mother. “Hey mum”. Annabelle said, flipping through the files in front of her. “Sweetheart, how are you doing?”. Her mother voice came from the receiver. “Yes mum, I am doing fine, although I had a weird dream yesterday but it felt so real. I don’t understand anything anymore”. She explained to her m
Aiden fumed in anger, his eyes were on the corpse which laid on the floor, the man had dared to place a tracking chip inside him car. Aiden opened the door of the car, he had easily seen the tracker, pulled it out he dropped in on the floor and crushed it with his shoes. Running his hand through his thick black hair he cursed silently, he pulled his phone from his pocket and dialed a number. “Hey boss”, The person said from the receiver in a calm voice. “Carlos, send the boys to come clean up this mess. It seems Rodrigo have decided to play dirty. He sent one of his men to place a fucking chip in my car”. Aiden said between his teeth. “That bloody idiot, we will look into the it. And I’m sending the boys now”. Carlos said, as sounds of keyboard was heard from his background “Good”. Aiden pulled the phone away from his ear and ended the call. With a sigh, he pulled the door open to enter his car. He started the engine and zoomed off. It was 1:45pm, and Alexander ha
She was done from work, after an exhausted day all she wanted to do is to soak herself in a hot tub. She had just gotten into a hotel in the city, she had chosen a random hotel because she didn’t want to handle any formalities for now. All she need was space and fresh air to breath. Opening the door with her key card, she steeped into the room closing the door behind her, the room was painted all white. It wasn’t her usual expensive looking room but it was moderate enough for her, she began to pull off her clothes one by one, she walked into the bathroom and filled the tub with warm water, pouring the vanilla soap into the water. She watched it as it filled to the top, turning it off she stepped into the tub fully naked dipping herself in the water, a sigh of relaxation escaped her lips as the body touched the warm water. She rested her head as she enjoyed the feel of the water on her skin. The soap also smelt so good. Closing her eyes, she gently tapped her feet in the tub