A young man was sitting quietly in his office,focused on what he was doing on his computer while sipping a cup of coffee. In the office was a large sofa at one end,two luxurious chairs just opposite him, he was typing very fast as he must meet up with a deadline. A lady knocked on the door and he raised his head.
“Come in.” He answered.
“Sir, I sent the file to your mail now. Can you confirm it?” The lady said.
“ I hope there are no mistakes? We can’t afford mistakes now.” Henry said.
“No sir. I cross checked it already.” The secretary replied.
“Very good. I will attach it and send it to them.” Henry said.
“Alright sir.” The lady said and left.
Henry is the CEO of Star’s corporation. The only son of Mr and Mrs smith. His father made him the CEO a few years ago and he made sure not to stain his father’s reputation.
He is a boss who doesn’t tolerate nonsense. He is feared in the city, no one has ever dared him without facing the consequences. He has won numerous awards and also made a name for himself in the city.
Henry is the perfect eligible bachelor in the city. Aside from being the billionaire’s heir, he is handsome,tall, dark skinned. He has brown eyes and dark hair. The real definition of a handsome gentleman. He is the dream of every young lady but Henry seems not to be interested in anything that has to do with matchmaking. He believes he will find love when he’s ready and also with the right woman. He might be cold to everyone,but he is a preacher of love.
He called the secretary’s office on the line…
“ Is everything ready?” He asked
“Yes sir.” The secretary replied
“Prepare the car. I will be there in ten minutes.” Henry said.
“Alright sir” she said and he hung up.
Ann’s POV
Ann woke up the next morning still feeling good about the previous night.
She took her phone and texted Martha first giving her the highlights of what happened last night and she also promised to come over after work to give her the complete details.
She dropped her phone,entered the bathroom to bathe. After the shower, she dried her body,applied lotion and moisturizer on her body.
Then she walked to the closet, grabbed a nice royal blue above knee fitted gown,wore it and matched it with a 4 inch high heels shoe. She applied a simple make up on her face and grabbed her bag. She checked herself in the mirror again and after she was satisfied with her dressing,she walked out of the room.
She went downstairs and greeted Mary and some other workers.
“Good morning my darling, come and eat please. I’ve set the dining table for you.” Mary said
“Good morning to you too.” Ann replied.
She saw her step mom and her sister at the dining table and greeted them obviously not expecting a response after what she did the previous night.
“Good morning ma, hi Jenny” Ann said and nobody replied.
They had a quiet breakfast unlike any other day in the house. Ann finished her food and stood up,grabbed her bag and left for the office.
A car packed in front of a large company and Ann stepped out of the driver’s seat. She has never really liked the idea of having a driver as she is someone who loves having her own private time.
The company belongs to her father George,who appointed his two daughters as directors in the company while he oversees everything.
Ann walked into the company and was greeted by everyone. Her assistant and a lady who happens to be the company’s secretary approached her and greeted her. The assistant collected the bag from her and led the way to her office using the elevator.
When they got to the office, the assistant dropped her bag on the table and Ann sat on her seat. She noticed they were still standing.
“Is there a problem?” Ann said.
“Yes ma.” The assistant replied
“What’s the problem?” Ann asked
“The Julius corporation contract that we were awarded wants to have an official meeting with the representative tomorrow.” The secretary said.
“Is the meeting not supposed to be next week?” Ann asked
“It was rescheduled and according to them,they sent Miss Jenny an email but she probably didn’t see it.” The secretary replied.
“Have you contacted Jenny? She was supposed to go for this meeting right?” Ann asked.
“Yes, we did. She said she can’t make it, and you should probably just go for it since you were the one who worked on the project.” The secretary replied.
Ann was so frustrated. She has always been the one working hard for the company while Jenny is busy lazing around and doing nothing.
“No problem. I will attend the meeting.” Ann said
“Alright ma. I will make preparations for you to leave.” Her assistant, Linda replied.
“Linda, I want you to go to my house,ask Mary to pack a few clothes for me,and everything I will need for a 3 day journey.” Ann said to her assistant.
“Yes ma.” She replied and left for her house immediately.
“Get my car ready for the journey. And book a hotel for me and Linda. Be fast about it. We need to leave today to be able to meet up with the appointment tomorrow. And also get all the necessary files on this project for me.”Ann said to the secretary.
“Yes ma’am” the secretary said and left.
Ann hurried to finish her work. Few minutes later, she was done with the important ones and decided to take a little rest before Linda got back. Linda still has to go to her own house to pick some clothes as they are traveling together.
Linda came back about an hour later and they were set to go.
The meeting was taking place in another city,it’s about a 4 hour journey from Ann's company.
Few hours later,the car packed in front of a large building,a five star hotel. Ann and Linda stepped out of the car and a valet guy helped them to park the car. They went into the building,met the receptionist and headed to their rooms. They were both looking very tired.
Henry’s POV
An expensive sports car parked in front of the building and Henry got down from the passenger’s seat and went straight into the building. His assistant followed him with their bags and took their keys at the reception and led the way to their rooms.
He went into his room and lay down on his bed looking at nothing in particular. Few minutes later,he brought out his laptop and started working on it. He has always been passionate about his work.
He started working at the age of sixteen in his father’s company. His father taught him a lot and everything he needed to know about the business. He wasn’t allowed to have many friends because he was working almost round the clock. He only has two friends Tom and Lilian.
These two have been his friends for a very long time.
Lilian has always liked him but he was not interested in her. She had always thought he was not aware of her feelings but Henry was actually pretending not to know as he did not want to be in a relationship with her and also he was protecting their friendship.
Someone knocked on his door.Henry stood up, walked to the door and pushed it open. “Sorry sir. I want to ask you if you’re ready to eat. It’s time for dinner.” Brian,Henry’s assistant said.“Don’t bother about it. I will go and get something for myself when I’m done. You can go.” Henry said and closed the door.He went back to his room and finished what he was doing,grabbed his phone and went out to get dinner for himself.He met a young lady in front of the elevator who was also going to take the elevator downstairs. Ann’s povAnn saw a man standing in front of the elevator and greeted him but he did not respond to her greeting.“He’s so rude.” She thought to herself. They both took the elevator and went to the hotel’s restaurant for dinner. They ate at different tables quietly and few minutes later Ann stood up to leave when she got a clearer picture of the man in front of her. “That’s him,or am I getting him confused with someone else?” Ann said to herself. She left the restaur
“If you want an answer to that question,then you better calm down and treat me with some respect at least. I’m not one of those girls that are after you because of who you are. Do you understand?” Ann said in a very angry tone.“Do I look like I care? It’s all past tense anyway. I don’t know know where you heard that story but whatever it is that you are planning will not work.” Henry replied. “I blame myself for thinking you will have some human feelings,for thinking I can talk to you like a mature adult.” Ann said and left the place when she noticed they were starting to get peoples attention. “Who the hell is she? Why does she think so high of herself? Bryan.” Henry called his assistant.“Sir,you called me.” Bryan said as he moves closer to him.“Find out everything you can about that lady. I mean everything,including what she has for breakfast. I hope you know what I mean?” Henry said authoritatively.“I understand sir.” Bryan said and opened the owner’s side of the car for Henry
They met the following morning and the four of them accompanied by two employees from Mr. Julius company, went to the location where the project will be taking place to do some inspection. Ann was finding it hard to remain professional that morning because they have to go back home after the inspection. She felt helpless looking at a man she had always wanted to meet again for the past three years in front of her and she not being able to do anything. “I never expected this to be the outcome of meeting him again. I had so many expectations and he just chose to be the complete opposite of what I wanted. What do I do now? I’m so confused.” She said in her head,showing little or no interest in what is going on in front of her. “Are you here?” A staff that accompanied them to the site asked after she noticed that Ann was not making any contributions to what they were discussing. “Yeah I’m good. I can hear you loud and clear,so you can continue.” Ann replied. Henry looked at her for
“You’re supposed to be a mother to both of them and not just Jenny. I have been saying this for years but you don’t listen. If you keep trying to divide this family then I won’t stop you anymore, but trust me that you will not like the end of it because I definitely will not allow you to maltreat Ann in any way.” George said as soon as his wife entered the room. “Now it’s my fault. Is it wrong for me to try to know her whereabouts? I was only asking her as a mother.” Elizabeth said“As a mother? She left this house three days ago and you just realized that today? You care so much about her and you couldn’t even call her once?” George said, trying not to raise his voice. “I was waiting for her to come back so that I could ask her physically why she had to leave the city without coming to inform me by herself. I deserve some respect too. Why do I have to hear about it from her nanny.” Elizabeth replied, trying her best to put the blame on Ann while she acts like the best mom even thou
Ann went to the party with her after much pleading. They arrived at the venue and sat down for a while. It was obviously a party organized by a rich heir. Everything was sparkling,there was enough food,drinks, and lots more available at the party. Ann and Martha even though they are rich heiresses,they could not help but wow at the sight of these things. “Are you sure it’s just a birthday party?” Ann asked Martha “I’m not sure anymore Martha. This is far beyond my imagination.” Martha replied, sounding surprised. “Hello beautiful ladies.” A guy greeted them thereby interrupting their little gossip. It was the guy that invited Martha to the party. “Hiii.” They both replied. Martha admired him from head to toe. “Pictures did not do justice to this face.” She said, “Did you say something?” The guy asked.“No, I was just thinking out loud.” Martha replied and offered him a seat beside her. They kept each other’s company and continued drinking and having fun paying little or no atten
“Should we get a room and spend the night together?” He said. Ann was shocked to hear that from him,it was totally unexpected. She turned and looked at him straight in the eye as if she was expecting some sort of explanation from him. He noticed the look on her face and was quick to clear the misunderstanding.“I didn't mean it that way, I don’t have any ulterior motives behind that sentence okay?” He said and she nodded. “So what do you mean?” Ann asked “I noticed you don’t look comfortable in that dress and that was what I said. You can get it dry cleaned here if you decide to stay the night. And that was what I was trying to say,nothing more.” He explained. “Okay, that’s a good idea. You could have just said it that way instead of directly asking me to spend the night with you in a room.” Ann said. “Can’t you spend the night with me?” He asked. “That’s not what I’m trying to say.” Ann replied. “So you’re saying you can.” He said cunningly.“Why are you twisting my words? I d
He left just like that?,without even a word? I didn’t see this coming.” Ann said looking really pissed. She woke up with a serious hangover,then she could not find the guy she slept with, everything was just too much for her. She could barely remember everything that happened but with the little she could remember at they point,she wasn’t expecting him to jilt her and run away on his own after the sweet and hot night they had. “Could he have said something to me that I still don’t remember? But there’s no way I will not remember such a thing.” Ann said to herself. She was still thinking of what to do when she got a text from her dad….“Good morning my darling. I heard you slept out last night,be back soon. We need to talk. Hope you had fun?.” She dropped her phone on the bed after reading the text,called the receptionist on the telecom to ask for her dress and went ahead to shower and went back home. Back to the present…..“It was a long night. A lots of things happened just in on
“Let’s make this work Ann.” Martha said ready to do anything to make it work so that Ann can continue smiling. Her friend’s happiness is so important to her. “I’m meeting him on Monday,I don’t have a plan yet but let’s see how things will turn out.” Ann said “Let’s hope for the best.” Martha said. And with that the two friends switched to another topic and enjoyed their weekend. Henry’s house. “Good morning mama B.” Henry said as he hugged their family’s head maid. She practically raised Henry like a mom would because of Henry’s mom's health issues. He is more comfortable with her,he talks to her about everything bothering him. She knows more about Henry than he does. “Good morning Henry,hope you slept well?” Madam B replied as she handed him a cup of coffee. “Yeah,is dad back? I need to give him some updates.” Henry said“He should be back before noon. Are you okay? You look worried. Do you want to talk about it?” Madam B said. “Yes, can you come to my room when you’re done