84. JOINT FORCE

MONICA’S POV

I was thoroughly disturbed about the feedback my secretary brought me about the people that I told her to contact and schedule a meeting with. I knew it would be an easy move but I was not expecting such a large percent to turn me down immediately.

“I thought they said they were loyal to my mother, why are they refusing to help her daughter then? With everything I have done for them in the company to show that I am capable of carrying on her legacy, they still do not trust me enough?” I kept muttering to myself as I drove to the address Madam Antonio sent to me.

I was glad that I accepted her lunch invitation, if not I would have been curled up in my office and getting depressed over the fact that what I wanted was not working. With those thoughts running through my mind, I pulled up in front of the cozy restaurant and was ushered immediately without even asking me any question about my identity.

“The madam had given us the instruction to usher you inside immediately you