Woo The Devil

Emelia wasn't impressed by my tardiness, the glare she sent my way was enough to give away, yet for some reason she didn't bother bringing it up. She was the boss here, she held all the cards, yet she was being understanding enough to take my excuse. I knew immediately that she had something up her sleeve. This woman hated me ( or my brother ) with all her being and she would never do anything without purpose.

" Shall we begin, Mr West? " She gave me a mocking smirk as her assistant presented me with some documents. I only read through the first half of the contract before I felt anger burning inside me.

" She wants me to sign away half my stock shares to you?"

" It is for your own good. Your Company is already going under, and it might not survive the few months that would come. I can not invest in a Company I have no assurance would last long enough to produce any profits. So giving me half the Company entails that I will take better care of it than you ever could with your resources. Your company won't go bankrupt "

Emelia's words were spoken with a hint of concern in her voice, an emotion she had faked just to get the support of my team. And seeing the way my board of Directors had brightened up at the idea, I knew she had successfully gotten into their heads. The damn bastards, they wouldn't mind selling out the company if it meant earning more profit and getting to keep their jobs in the long run. After all they only held small shares, and if my company was to go under, I would be the one to suffer the consequences. Emelia was more cunning than I had thought.

The smile that made its way across my face was deadly. " Thank you for such a generous offer Mrs Walker. However, I would need to speak to my family before agreeing to any of this. Mainly my ex wife, Sasha has helped me a lot in growing my company, it would be unfair to make such decision without her knowledge "

Emelia's expression darkened at the mention of her sister, the anger I had seen in her eyes yesterday had replaced the calculating look in her eyes. The next words she spat out were bitter and filled with rage " If you think so highly of her, Damien West, then why did you divorce her?"

" Same reason I divorced you, she got boring "

The room was deadly silent. Even though all of our co-workers must have known about I and Emelia's past, it must have been surreal to watch their bosses go at each other's neck. Riling my brother's ex wasn't the best thing to do knowing that we were going to do business together, personal matters shouldn't be involved with work, but I couldn't help it. She was annoying the hell out of me and I wouldn't just sit and let her have all the fun.

Emelia was trying to school back her emotions, but I saw the hurt in her eyes as she recalled all the sad memories of her past. " The meeting is over "

" Is it? We haven't decided whether or not we are fit to work together yet. Didn't you say you feared my company would collapse "

" Whatever I have to say, I will email it to you " She would rather not see my face at the moment. " That is all " I watched her get up from her seat and exit the room. The murmuring among her coworkers starts the moment she is gone.

' Did you see that?'

' It's the first time I saw that she-devil being put in her place '

' She thinks too highly of herself '

I frowned slightly on hearing those jabs aimed at Emelia. I didn't have any positive feelings for her, but I didn't like hearing her own employees talk so nastily behind her back. My assistant seemed to have noticed my sullen mood on the topic. " Emelia isn't respected by her workers, it is because they all believe she is a golddigger who married Winter Walker for his money. "

" Not for the money " It was for the power, I was certain of that. Emelia didn't seem like the money hungry type, yet she had been pushed to marry so she could be on equal standing with Damien, all of it was for revenge. Now that I think about it, I might have been too harsh on her. I needed to remember that it wasn't me she hated, it was my brother whose identity I had taken. So I was also responsible for the way she treated me.

" Are you willing to make this deal with her? It might prove beneficial to the Company, but they again Emelia might try to sabotage you. It is very risky "

" Then, I guess the only way to make this work is to ensure she doesn't sabotage me "

The look my assistant gave me suggested that he didn't think I could manage such a feat. I merely dismissed him and took my leave.

* * *

" What did you say?" Deric was in disbelief and shock " You plan to do what?"

" I will make Emelia Carter fall in love with me. And in return she would help fund company and no longer interfere with my plans "

" Boss, you do realise that Emelia is Damien's ex, and currently you are posing as him. She would never fall in love with you, not after everything that has happened "

" Never say Never Deric. She fell for Damien once, unconditional love, and I'm sure I can make her fall again "

" She is married "

" To Winter Walker, the man who has been comatose for so many years. It's clear she has no feelings for him. She only married him for the money and power "

" I really don't think this is a good idea "

" Well, it's not your choice to make. My mind is already made up. Tell me, where is Damien going to be tomorrow? "

Deric still doesn't approve of my plan, and he seemed hesitant to give me any help, but he knows that I would Still do what I wanted with his help or not. With a tired sigh, he pulled out his phone and went through Emelia's schedule. How he got hold of that, I still don't know. " There is a fundraising event taking place by 4pm tomorrow. It's a charity event, so I know that she will show "

" Great. I will woo her there "

Deric rolled his eyes but didn't say anything. He has no confidence In my plan, but that was fine, I was all too happy to prove him wrong when I had Emelia in my arms tomorrow night.