Chapter 5

Uncle Peter told me something that made my legs go numb. The meeting that was about to happen was to discuss the future launch of a Five star hotel in our town. Uncle Peter was to join the meeting and be a part of this discussion as the representative along with our Mayor Mr Paterson. He was worried that the future of his resort was in danger and so was the nature and landscape of our town. He wanted me to accompany him as his companion to represent his side of the things in the meeting.

He was scared because two Billionaires were going to be there to represent their plans and our Mayor would select the best one. To my Surprise Sebastian was one of them and the other one was someone called Adam Glass.

I am not sure about one thing if they are so called Billionaires why are they so interested in our little town, why not big cities.

I googled Adam Glass and photos of him at different events showed up, he was tall, fit with brownish, blackish hair. He looked smart and arrogant in the pictures. He owned various hotels and had vast empire of businesses all around the world. All self made if you believe the internet.

I was worried about the meeting and had many questions. I needed answers and for that I had to be at the meeting. I accepted Uncle Peter’s invitation to join the meeting and went home to get changed into something more appropriate.

I wore my black tunic Dress with black heels and tied my hair up to look more professional and got to the conference room in the resort. Uncle Peter was waiting for me at the door eagerly. We went in and we were the first ones there. We took seats at the farther end of the big oval conference table, I could see the lush foggy mountains from the large floor to ceiling window of the conference room. The room was well decorated, with subtle lights, a flower vase in the middle of the table, water bottles for everyone and a projector and screen.

I have been here so many times but never to this room before. It looked so calm, but I could see the tension on Uncle Peter’s face.

I grabbed his hand and tried to calm him down, he gave me a subtle smile .

The door opened and it was Sebastian. He was wearing a black suit and looked like completely a different person, he looked nothing like the person I once knew or the one who showed up at my cafe this morning in a hoody.

He had his silvery blonde hair as usual, tall and handsome, now I knew why the girls were flocking our town ‘two handsome Billionaires single and available in town together.

The only thing I felt was anger, hurt and hatred towards Sebastian and nothing towards Adam Glass.

Sebastian was along with two men who looked like his assistants. He greeted Uncle Peter and looked at me. He asked me “ What are you doing here Bea, I didn’t expect you here”

I replied “same here, what are you doing here, don’t you have people to bully”

Ok I admit that was harsh, but I couldn’t help it.

He smirked and went to his chair. Followed him our Mayor and he was nice enough to let me join the meeting and greeted me with a smile.

Then came in a few more people of different designations in the hotel and construction industries and followed them nature preserve community Director Mr Rudy.

Last came in Adam Glass sharply dressed just like in the pictures, followed by his assistant. He had an aura that made everyone in the room quiet. He went to sit opposite to Sebastian. They greeted each other coldly and sat down.

Our Mayor started the meeting by greeting and welcoming everyone. He gave a gist of the agenda of the meeting, discussing the launch of the 5 star hotel, its pros and cons and the final decision.

I felt uncomfortable while this was happening because somehow I felt I was being stared. I looked up and saw Adam’s eyes staring towards me without moving. I thought to myself, is he lost in thoughts and doesn’t realise he is looking directly at me. No matter what, I couldn’t ignore it. To break the awkwardness I gave him a subtle smile in a greeting way. He didn’t smile, but kept looking at me.

I saw Sebastian looking towards Adam with an anger in his eyes.

I thought to Myself they are definitely business rivals.

Sebastian gave orders to his assistant to start the presentation after a go from the Mayor. What came out in the presentation made me so nervous. It was definitely a plan that if passed will bring so many changes in our town and not all good.