Arianna walked into Stark enterprises and as usual, the receptionist was seated in her position. The foreigner stood up the moment she saw her. “Good morning,” Arianna said and forced a smile. “Morning ma`am, I am sorry but I can’t let you in this time,” She replied immediately. Arianna chuckled inwards, she had no doubt that her father`s baby must have been mad with the receptionist. She could see the fear in the woman's eyes. “It’s alright, I understand. I am also sorry that I couldn’t say thank you before leaving that day, and I am sorry for any problems I might have caused you, please forgive.” She pleaded. “It’s no problem ma`am, you are welcome, but why are you here today?” the receptionist queried, while looking up to make sure that her boss was inside his office. “Oh, I had come to give your boss this, please pass this notice to him and keep it confidential,” She instructed. The receptionist looked at her with scrutinizing eyes; she wondered what could be in the
Oliver`s lawyer had called Mr. Randy Damon and asked for a meeting at Oliver`s office the next day. Mr. Ramon in turn informed Arianna of the new turn out of things, and she agreed to it. The meeting had been set to take place by ten A.M at Oliver`s office. Arianna told Rosie about it and Rosie decides to accompany her as a witness. Arianna wondered what tricks the billionaire planned to hassle himself out of this but her lawyer assured her over the phone that she should not be worried about it, he promised to handle everything and make sure he gets justice. Mr. Damon was not one the best lawyers in the city but he was popular because of his determination and zeal to get justice for the less privileged. In the present world, justice is like a commodity for auction, the highest bidder takes it home, but with lawyers like him, even the poor could get justice. He was never scared of his opponents; he always fought against the injustice of the rich and won eighty percent of them. B
As agreed, Oliver and Arianna with the help of their lawyers made the necessary arrangements for the tests to help in the investigation. Oliver was confident that he was not the father of the child and Arianna was not any less confident in her accusations. Their lawyers too had full trust in them respectively, and that caused a big tension between the two parties. ** * * * * * * * Oliver stood in his house; he was a bit worried, not because he was scared of losing the case but because of the clause added to the legal papers. He was worried for Arianna, if she lost the case, then she would have to pay the sum of fifty thousand United States dollars to him. He wondered where she would be able to get that kind of money, because he was certain that she was losing the case. He didn’t need a seer to tell him that she was broke, too broke to provide such an amount. Even if she was given one year, she would not be able to pay, and if she is not able to pay, then she would have to go to
“Who was that on the phone?” Rosie asked, after she returned to the bedroom. “Oh, it was Arrogant BusinessMan of the Year,” Arianna grumbled and Rosie spit out the water in her mouth. “What? Oliver called you? How did he get your number?” She queried, with a look of surprise. “I don’t even know, when I asked him, he was like ‘I am Las Vegas' most eligible bachelor, one among the five richest in this city, do you think it would take more than five minutes to get the contact of the likes of you?” she mimicked. “Huh?’ “I know right? He is so arrogant!” She spat. “So what does he want?” Rosie asked and sat beside her best friend. “Well he wants us to meet, I don’t know what he wants to talk about,” Arianna replied. “I see… Did you consent?” “Yes I did, he just sent the location. It's… it’s the club where we met for the first time.” Rosie crumpled her face, “why there of all places?” She queried. “I can’t say, I guess I will find out soon,” Arianna replied and stood
Arianna stormed into their little apartment in anger, she could not believe his audacity. He had invited her just to insult and humiliate her more. Now she was even more determined to fight this case, she wished that the test results would be different so that she could take the matter to court. Her friend Rosie was asleep when she walked in; she had opened the door with her own key when she realized that it was locked. Rosie woke up after the sound of Aria`s angry mumbles disrupted her peaceful sleep. She stood up and rubbed her eyes, “Aria, you are back so soon. What happened? Why do you look angry?” she queried. “Isn’t it that arrogant dumbass of a billionaire who thinks he can do whatever he pleases and go scot-free?” Arianna bantered in anger. “Oliver? What did he do now?” Rosie queried and walked to her. She took the handbag from her and made her sit on the bed. “Can you believe that he had called me over, just to ask me to withdraw the case against him? He insulted m
Oliver read through the lines of the Doctor`s note. He could not believe what he was seeing; the doctor had confirmed that his DNA matched with that of the unborn child, that the child was his. The hospital reports were attached to the letter. He flipped through their pages and they were hundred percent the same thing as that of Arianna`s chosen hospital, if not for the different hospital names and signatures, he would have said it was a photocopy. “Oliver, I am sure there is foul play here. I told you that these middle class gold diggers would do anything to get what they want. Just give me your permission and I would file a case against them, I would charge them for fraud and deceit, then I would send them to jail!” Mr. Danielson barked. “Mr. Danielson, I would warn you one last time not to abuse my client or you would have to answer to the law.” “The law you say? In case you don’t know, people like me make the law. Worthless lawyers like you are not a threat to me at all, I
Rosie stands at the bedroom door with her hands placed against her waist, she is very upset with her friend for the decision she had taken. This was a lifetime opportunity that she just let slip away. Arianna was sitting on the bed with her head bowed; she did not want to look Rosie in the eye because she knew that her best friend was mad at her. Nevertheless, she had no regrets whatsoever for what she had done; she believed she had made the right decision. Yes, the money would have changed her life, but she believed that by accepting that money, she would have sold what was left of her self-respect and dignity. She would be no different from the other women that Oliver had spoken of. After a few minutes of silence, Rosie finally spoke. She was so upset that she had no idea which words to use. What her best friend had done was still unbelievable to her. “Arianna, what have you done?” she asked in a whisper. Aria was silent, she didn’t know of any words to give as a reply. “
Arianna was almost through with work for the day. Earlier today, her boss had called her and informed her that she would have to resign next month due to her condition. Arianna had pleaded to have another extra month added but he had adamantly refused. The boss was worried that something could happen to her while at work because her delivery date was near; she was almost seven months pregnant. He did not want to be held responsible in the case that anything went wrong. Arianna was bothered by the news, she still needed to save more for her baby's arrival. Quitting the job two months earlier would consume her savings even before she arrives. While at work, her phone beeped and she picked it from the counter. It was a message notification; the message had come from an unsaved number. She wondered who the phone number could belong to. She clicked the message and the text was just three words. “Can we meet?” The number seemed familiar to her, so she checked the message records