As soon as Diego dropped the call, he turned to face the Director who had submitted the proposal. Everyone was sure he was going to fire him moreover, six directors had been fired ever since he took the President position.
"I want a new proposal before the day ends," Diego said as he stood up and stepped outside.
The director in person fell to the ground, relief coursing through his veins as his other colleagues helped him up while congratulating him on not losing his job.
Only in Rodriguez Corporations would you congratulate someone for not losing their jobs.
"Send Gabriella's picture to the bodyguards and securities, whenever she's coming over, no one is allowed to stop her" Diego said as his secretary nodded.
'Is Miss Gabriella coming today?" he asked as Diego continued walking in long strides.
"Probably" Diego replied as he walked into the office.
"Set up the online meeting with the branch in Vietnam," Diego said as his secretary nodded.
"On it sir" he replied.
Mona burst into laughter while holding her stomach.
"Are you kidding me?" she asked as
Gabriella wore a proud look.
"Nope, I'm not kidding you" Gabriella replied as Angel shook her head with a small smile on her face.
"No wonder she couldn't concentrate on teaching throughout the whole class. She kept on making mistakes and glancing at you" Mona said as Gabriella chuckled.
"I still don't know what Diego said to her," Gabriella added, laughing lightly.
"I mean, her ears were red and she was blushing... damnnnnnn" Angel added as she also burst into laughter.
"That's a given. I had red ears the first time Diego spoke to us. That voice of his is enough to make one pregnant please" Mona said as Angel glanced at Gabriella .
"But Gabriella isn't pregnant yet" Angel said as the trio burst into laughter again.
"Are you going to his company?" Mona asked as Gabriella nodded her head.
I should go. I need to pick up a few things at the old house" Gabriella replied as Mona and Angel started cooing.
"Awwwnnnn" Mona cooed as Gabriella shook her head getting into the car as Mona and Angel continued walking.
"I'm so happy for those two. I am reminded of how lucky Gabriella is each time Diego helps her. And he's so manly when supporting and getting justice for Gabriella " Mona said as Angel laughed.
"Now do you want to tell me why exactly you wanted to attend Physiology class yesterday?" Angel asked, raising an eyebrow as Mona wore an innocent face.
"I told you, i was really curious what the class looked like" Mona replied evading
Angel 's eyes.
"We are engineering students, if you wanted to attend some mathematics, or computer based class, i mean that's cute but you wanted to see how a medical course class went, that's out of it" Angel replied as a weird smile crawled up her face.
"Here is the thing, you didn't listen to one bit of the class yesterday, I doubt if you even remember the color or the outfit the professor was wearing. But I am sure you would even remember if Kante Douglas' hair flipped to the side" Angel added as Mona stared at her wide eyed.
"Angel " she called out blushing miserably while Angel burst into laughter.
"Did you think I wouldn't notice?" Angel asked.
It was enough that a serious minded person like Mona wanted to attend a class that absolutely had enough to do with her or her course. And it was finally that out of all the lecturers that taught that class, Mona already knew who was taking the course that afternoon and had even picked one of the best seats to see the board.
It wasn't until the class got to the middle that Angel realized that Mona's attention wasn't in the class at all and that she was looking somewhere else. After tracing her eyes a few times, she finally realized why Mona had wanted to come to the class in the first place.
Not wanting to ruin her best friend's lovely dovey time, she didn't say anything till the next day.
"You........ Angel didn't get to complete her statement when a hard ball hit her in the head and Angel let out a low hiss as she immediately bent her knees crouching to the ground, She could hear whispers of apologies here and there.
Watching the row of boys that jogged out of the basketball court, Mona was annoyed seeing as the boys jogged towards her.
"Are you guys in your...." Mona didn't
get to finish her statement upon seeing the boy standing in front of her.
"Is she okay?" he asked in English with an Asian accent accompanying it and Mona found it unable to say a thing.
Angel rubbed her forehead as she heard Mona wanted to cuss but stop halfway.
Her forehead had immediately swelled up due to the hard impact and seeing the high end limited edition sneakers that appeared in her front, she raised her eyes to meet a rather very familiar eyes standing in front of her. Now she knew why Mona couldn't speak, she couldn't speak either. She swallowed her saliva as he dropped her head to calm her racing heart.
"Are you okay?" the boy asked as he crouched down as well.
"Do I look like I am okay?" Angel shot back at him, feeling the swelling even swell up more. She was so scared to reveal the swelling. The boy tugged on her hand to see her head swelling and Angel sucked in a short breadth.
"Get me an ice pack" the boy told someone as he met Angel 's unfriendly eyes. In his own existence, it would be the first time someone would look at him with such eyes. Everyone liked him and wanted to curry favor with him, what was wrong with this girl's eyes.
"I'm sorry" he said softly as Angel sneered.
"If sorry would reduce the swelling then you should continue saying it but if it wont then i don't want to hear it" Angel said as she stood up and stretched back to her full length while Mona led her to a seat to sit down.
'Where's the motherfucking ice pack?"
Angel asked through gritted teeth.
"Angel , you just snapped at Lu Fenji" Mona whispered as Angel glared at her.
"Do you think I wanted to?" Angel asked as she rolled her eyes.
"You don't know them?" a boy asked
Fenit and the latter shook his head.
"There are just ten girls in Mechanical Engineering and they are part" the boy replied as Fenji nodded.
"Oh" he muttered quietly.
"They lead the class" the boy added as
Feni finally turned towards him.
"Ha?" he asked and the boy laughed.
"Yes. From year one. They are three actually, Gabriella , Mona and Angel " the boy replied.
"Gabriella has been leading the class since Year one and most times Mona and Angel follow behind her. Gabriella is almost like the anti-social one. She's a pauper who got into the school with four different scholarships and she still gets scholarships. Works in about three places outside school" the boy said as Fenii raised an eyebrow.
"And she still leads the class?" he asked as another boy nodded.
"Exactly. That's why she's so popular" he said.
"The person your ball hit is Angel . She's the captain of the tennis team and under her, we have about six trophies""Tennis team?" Fenji asked.
"Don't be deceived by her fragile look, Angel takes judo classes, that's why her skin didn't tear off with that kind of throw and it swelled up instead"
"Judo?" Fenii asked again.
"Her friend is Mona, the friendliest of the trio. She quite has a lot of friends, once ran the school blog or rather i think she still runs it anyway but Mona is no joke. You mess with either of her friends and she comes for your neck" a boy said as the boys burst into laughter.
"The three girls are very popular and posts related to them always pop up once in a while. A lot of guys have tried to chase them but well, you know the result
"There's a rumour saying that Mona is chasing someone in the Medicine
Faculty, she was even there for a class yesterday"
"Wow"
"Is your information reliable?"
"Didn't you hear the rumor just now?"
"What about Angel ?" Fenji asked.
"You like her?" his friend asked, nudging his elbow as Feni turned back to the girl who was placing an ice pack on her forehead and muttering things to her best friend. She was the reason why he missed the ball and ended up throwing it towards her in the first place. Her eyes were really pretty.
"So you like her," his friend muttered without waiting for his reply.
"Honestly, Angel doesn't look like she likes you but you are popular and with this face I'm sure she can't resist you.
Don't complain too much if she beats you up" his friends said as Fenji walked towards the two girls, crouching beside the chair as he collected the ice pack from Angel and placed it on her forehead slowly.
'I'm sorry, ' Feni said as he turned to meet Angel 's widened eyes.
*I'm saying I'm sorry now because I'm holding the ice pack and the ice pack will make the swelling go down" he added and Angel found herself chuckling while Mona chuckled.
"That ice pack would soon be spent.
Let me get a smaller one" Mona said as she tactfully stood up and left the duo laughing brimming in her heart.
"I heard you practice Judo," Fenji said as Angel raised her eyebrow at him.
'You won't beat me bah?" he asked as
Angel chuckled.
"You want the modeling company you work for to come for me bah? Or the bog brands you model for to come for my neck?" Angel asked as Feni raised an eyebrow at her. Very few people knew that he worked as a model for big brands.
"Wow," Fenit muttered.
"What's wow?" Angel asked.
"Your eyes," Fenji replied.
"What's with my eyes?" Angel asked, her heart already beating out of control.
"They are beautiful"
Gabriella was quietly nodding her head to the music playing in the car when the car suddenly swerved to the side. The driver was quick to apologize to Gabriella immediately. "I'm sorry Miss, the car suddenly blocked me on the way" he said as Gabriella furrowed her brows and nodded politely towards the driver. "It's okay Uncle. You can just reverse and go" Gabriella said as she craned her neck realizing that unless the other person moved his or her car, they barely even couldn't move. Gabriella furrowed brows even became more profound as she stared at the flashy BMW in front of the car. It was one of the new series that BMW had just recently released. "I'll go tell the other person to move the car" the driver said as Gabriella shook her head. "Ha, no need, i..." she didn't get to finish her statement because the latter opened the driver's door and a woman wearing sunglasses and a well proportioned suit clung to her body like a body hug cloth rather than a suit. It was obviou
As Gabriella stepped out of the cafe, a frown appeared on her face as she got back into the car. It was supposed to be a marriage of convenience but Gabriella didn't know what was going on. She had no idea of what was going on in her head or with her body at all.Even though she knew Diego had zero feelings for Stephanie, she couldn't conceal the hate in her heart at all. She sighed as she threw her head backwards and different thoughts began racing through her head.The driver turned into the premises of Rodriguez Corporations and Gabriella glanced at the tall building indifferently."What did you just say?" Diego asked again."Miss Omo arrived in the country late yesterday night and blocked MissGabriella 's way while coming back from school. They had a discussion in a cafe" his secretary replied as Diego raised an eyebrow."Is Beth okay?" Diego asked as the secretary winced and dropped a laptop in front of Diego . His wife had brutally murdered the other woman eventhough she was c
Diego stared at the teary lady in front of him as he rubbed his forehead."Why didn't you tell me you were coming back?" He asked quietly as Stephanie swallowed her saliva."I wanted to surprise you," Stephanie said with a small smile as Diego nodded."Fair enough. I was really surprised when I heard that you had gone to visit my wife" Diego said as Stephanie paled slightly before wearing an aggrieved expression."Didn't we agree to marry each other?Didn't you agree to wait for me?"Stephanie asked as Diego wore a surprised expression."We?" He asked."You and who?" He asked again as he smiled, his smile not in any way looking like a smile."You were the only one who made those decisions yourself. I have nothing to do with them" Diego said as Stephanie felt her heart being squeezed directly."Diego !" She exclaimed."How could you do this to me?"Stephanie asked in pain."Do what to you?" Diego asked clearly not affected by whatever face Stephanie was making."You know how much I lov
Gabriella had long admitted that whatever everyone said about Diego online was a big lie and a complete mess. Whether be it the part of him being a cold statue or him being unable to relate with other people because with her, he never exhibited those traits or characteristics. Whether he was pretending or not, she had no idea but one thing she knew for sure was that he was always relaxed at home.Unconsciously after being a marriage with him over a month, Gabriella found herself always wanting to hurry home, wanting to wait for Diego to come back home, waiting for him so she could share all the details of how her day went. Her friends thought that this was normal; after all they were in love, only Gabriella knew that it wasn't in the least normal. It wasn't normal. It was a marriage where she was supposed to be a free bird, maybe date and then spend money. She wasn't supposed to start getting feelings for him but Gabriella knew better.Fear and emotions entangled together leaving her
Both Diego and Gabriella arrived home at the same time. Diego raised an eyebrow as soon as he walked into the house and saw Gabriella trying to remove her sneakers."You just got home?" he asked asGabriella nodded her head."Yeah. Stayed at Alex's ward while coming back from school" Gabriella replied."Ohhh. Being a while we've gone to see him. How's he now?" Diego asked asGabriella smiled."He's responding well to treatment but he's still very weak. He can barely stand on his feet for more than ten minutes" Gabriella replied as Diego chuckled as they walked into their room."That's an improvement if you ask me.Could he even stand at all before?"Diego asked as Gabriella smiled."I guess so" Gabriella said as Diego nodded her head."I have a quick meeting with someone.Wash up, I'll be downstairs with you in a bit" Diego said as he walked into his study and closed the door behind him.Gabriella raised an eyebrow at the door as she chuckled. She suddenly realized that she hadn't eve
At exactly two minutes past 11pm, the person watching the CCTV cameras for the server room noticed abnormalities but as he was instructed before, he didn't make any movements. All he did was dial a number on the telephone beside him and the latter picked up on the first ring."The guest is here" he muttered."Then no worries. Do not alert him, allow him do whatever and let him leave" a feminine voice replied him."Yes Director" he said as he dropped the telephone back curious as to what the person wanted to do.Barely less than fifteen minutes later, he watched the person fully masked attach another device to one of the severs and as quietly as he came, he disappeared. Even he had to admire the skills of the intruder. He was too good but unfortunately, he wasn't good enough.Gabriella yawned as she laid on the bed stretching her legs while scrolling through her Instagram, unlike interacting with others in person, Gabriella preferred to scroll their pages on Instagram and go through t
Diego turned to his younger brother slowly as he furrowed his brows."What do you mean by do I know if she took a tech course?" Diego asked asNoah shrugged his shoulders."I asked you if you knew" Noah replied as Diego shrugged his shoulders."I don't know" Diego replied as Noah nodded."Why? You saw something?" Diego asked as Noah pursed his lips."Yesterday at Alex's; the way she was using her computer, one would think she was an hacker" Noah said as he burst into laughter."But then Alex said his sister did a lot of weird things to make sure he was able to receive treatment" Noah said as he folded his arms."Is there a way to schedule an overseas check up? I really want him to get better" Noah added while Diego turned to him."You as much as handle that yourself or can't you?" Diego asked as Noah swallowed his saliva quietly."You know about it?" He asked quietly as Diego laughed.*I'm not your elder brother with just a title okay?" Diego replied as he nodded."Talk to Like, he'll
Diego had hung up the phone without any hesitation. He had already had a hunch of who had told Stephanie about Gabriella, he just wanted to be sure.Right from their elementary school all the way to middle school to high school, Stephanie had always put Leon in trouble. None of them knew why but Leon was always taking the fall for her either intentionally or unintentionally.All the time.Neither of the boys could understand whether it was Leon who was the extremely stupid one and couldn't smell trouble when he saw one orStephanie was the extremely smart and coy one. They all never understood.Diego was really mortified to realize that even after they had grown up, Stephanie would still use Leon to her advantage. A lot of times, he never really knew what was going on in Leon's head.It was an hard gamble that always have him an headache. Resting his head on the sofa, he reclined on his seat as his younger brother words came back tohim.Flashback.Diego turned to his younger brother