A man dressed in an all-black Emporio Armani two-button slim suit paired with his sleek black pointed-toe leather shoes, his wrist decorated with the finest silver-colored Rolex, comes out of a sliver-colored Mercedes-Benz G-Class, he parked in the building parking lot that is just a minute walk from the building. He walked towards the tall building that looks to be built with only glass.
He climbed up the stairs that leads to the reception area and the glass door automatically opens, he got in and looked around the reception. it's quite different from the last time he was here, 'what's he saying? it's been years, of course, there will be changes'The table for the receptionist is located on the left side of the main entrance, the table is cream and light brown in color, complimenting the chairs. The chair surrounds a portable glass table that has some magazines stacked neatly on top. There is a brown rug underneath the table, giving it a classy look.He walked up to the receptionist and noticed the lady behind the table doesn't look familiar.The lady looked to be in her late twenties or early thirties, her brown hair is up in a tight bun giving her a strict look with the minimal makeup she has on. She is wearing a black suit jacket with a white turtle neck.She was on the phone when he got to the desk. She is different from the other lady that used to be here. 'Probably transferred or resigned' he guessed.He looked at his watch to check the time while she was still on the phone.She turned to him when she was done with the phone and gave him a smile."Sorry about that sir, how may I help you?" she asked.'Yeah she's new' he said to himself."Oh, it's okay, I seek Donald Lorenzo, is he in?" he asked."Err yes sir, do you have an appointment with him?""Well no, but can you put a call through and let him know Kingsley Bernard is here?" he answered."Um... okay sir. Please hold on" she said and picked up the caller then dialed a number. "Hello... sir, someone is here to see you... no, he doesn't have an appointment... he says his name is Mr. Kingsley Bernard... oh...okay, I'll do that...okay sir" she put down the phone and turned to Kingsley. "You may go in now sir""Thank you," he said and walked up to the elevator....The office floor is a brown color porcelain tile, that shines when light is been focused on it. Coming from the door, you could see a table with three chairs one behind the table which is for the boss and the other two facing the boss. Behind the boss, is a bookshelf that has books arranged neatly beside each other in the first three rows and the fourth row has a french three-piece antique marble and bronze clock set, a gramophone, and a Meissen porcelain centrepiece with a stand.There is a not too long table, and about six chairs surrounding it by the right side of the boss, more like a mini-conference room. While on his left side is the floor-to-ceiling window with a miniature statue of a woman and beside it is a flower pot.The wall of the office is decorated with a stick panel wood wall cladding interior wood wall partition, there is a painting he got from an auction some months ago. In the painting is a girl sitting on an artist's chair while she paints the beach.There is a mini sitting room setting, with two single black bean sofas facing each other and a three-seater sofa with the same color resting on the wall, basically in between the single sofa. A small dark brown table is in the middle and has a basket of prop fruit.Donald Lorenzo is wearing a three-piece gray suit his jacket is hung on his chair, his brown hair has slight silver color streaks, so does his beard giving him a good aura for a fifty-eight-year-old.Donald is sitting on his chair talking to a foreign client on the phone when he heard a knock on the door. He answered with a 'come in' and Kingsley came in smiling.Donald ended the call soon with a promise of calling back and puts the phone down on the receiver. He stood up and went towards his friend and they shook hands and did the man hug."Hermano" Donald says with a wide grin."How are you doing?" Kingsley said when they sat on the sofa."I am doing fine my dear friend, how are you doing also? Do you care for some drink?" Donald asked."Orange juice will do, please and I have been good"Donald stands up to get them something to drink from his little fridge meters far away from the sofa."Just, juice? What the hell happened to you, my friend?""I have to be careful, Hermano. I need to be healthy so that Moana and Audriana don't worry too much" Kingsley said."Worried? What is with you, my friend? Not as healthy as I saw you last, eh?" Donald said."I have some heart-related problem and our family doctor said I should stop my intake of alcoholic drinks and take more fruity juice" replied Kingsley.Donald turned to look at Kingsley, he had a worried look on his face."Oh my GOD, Hermano, when? Why didn't I know?""You weren't in town remember?" Kingsley reminds him.Sighing Donald walked up to him with their drinks, he placed them on the table and got cups for them."Thank you," Kingsley said and poured some of the juice into his cup."I am so sorry brother for not checking up on you, I feel so bad, I am sorry," Donald said."Oh come on, you don't need to apologize, everyone has their share of problem they are facing" was Kingsley's reply."I have a nicely diced fruit pack that my Patricia packed for me" Donald stood and went to get it from the fridge. "I told her it isn't necessary but you know women, they worry a lot? She said I must finish them or she'll get mad at me and I should tone down the amount of alcohol I take""You should listen to her, mine won't have been this worse if I listened to all her warnings," Kingsley said taking the pack from him "is there a fork?""There should be a toothpick there," Donald said "Hmm... I will try to eat more fruit now and the alcohol intake... I will work on it""There are two, and you should try harder," Kingsley said."How is the woman that makes my brother's heart beat fast doing?" Donald asked wriggling his brow "It has been so long I saw you all, your daughter was still little then""Yes, Moana is doing fine, she is the only one that makes me want to live, the love of my life and my princess Audriana, she has grown to be a beautiful young woman" he took a sip from his cup "How about Patricia? The only woman that could tame this aggressive man called my friend?" Kingsley grinned when he asked.Donald grinned too but you could see love written all over his face."My Patricia is doing great, next week is our wedding anniversary, and since I am going to be staying here in New York for a long time, we will be having a party" Donald came closer to Kingsley to whisper what he was about saying "More like me throwing her our anniversary party, It is our 30th anniversary and I want to make it beautiful and memorable for her, she is going to love it""I very much trust you my friend, and I am glad we both found the love of our lives and enjoying our marriages," Kingsley said "How about your boy? Dimitri, right? How is he doing, while you were away I could see how great he is doing with the company when he came here to New York, he got a business mind just like his father" Kingsley praised.Donald smiled "Yeah he got the business mind from me, he is doing great though, and improving" he replied."What happened with Cade..." Kingsley said looking sad."No, it's okay. I did receive your condolence message when It happened. It really broke us... It was devastating, especially Dimitri, he didn't take it easy... Cade and Dimitri are really close but..." Donald shakes his head and drank all of the scotch in his cup."I am so sorry about that" Kingsley consoled.Donald nods and changed the topic, they talked about lots of things, from school times to when they met their partners, to when they started their family, and when Donald decides to relocate.They were catching up on lots of things.It felt good to see each other and they enjoyed every moment they spent."So, how is business going?"She went out of her office and walked in the direction of Sofia's office, she gave a small knock when she was in front and got no response. She reached for the doorknob and turned it but it was locked.'She might be in class' she thought and turned to her right to get to the main gate of the school, so she can take a taxi.When she was outside she flagged down a taxi, told him the address, and got in.When the taxi moved she took out her phone to tell Sofia about her whereabouts so she doesn't start calling.-A: Hey girly, I am off to Bernard Tech, need to sort out something, will let you know when I am done ;)She put her phone back in her purse and looked outside the window, she could see people walking on the street some crossing the road, some waiting for the bus, and others watching the street entertainment by a group of two guys and a girl.The girl who has her hair colored in different colors was singing while the blond guy with a bandana wrapped on his wrist was playing the gui
"How is Business?" Donald asks looking at his friend.He somehow knew about the recent challenges his friend's company was facing, he wasn't clear about it and just wanted to hear from his friend. You know a friend in need is a friend indeed.Kingsley sighs and adjusts to partly face his friend."Business has been... " he sighs again "Not too good, there has been a challenge that recently happened" Kingsley started and explained all that his company has been facing.Donald felt absolutely sad for his friend, he knew Bernard Tech faced some issues but didn't know it was this bad. But he knows Kingsley Bernard to be a very intelligent man and knows how to find himself out of a situation"Is there not something you could do?" he asked."Well, our engineers are looking into the situation, and we spent a lot on this project and we have not been able to come up with a solution," sighing he looked away and put his face on his palm "Like I said we have spent lots of money on this project and w
“Hi” Philp greets Audriana just as she opens her apartment door.His red hair was gelled back to prevent it from falling on his face, he had his usual black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, he decided not to wear contacts like he used to. He is wearing a pink dress shirt that had a few of the top buttons opened, it hugged his muscular arm well and he tucked it in a pair of dark blue jeans trouser and black leather sneakers.He was wearing a bracelet he got from a dollar shop the other day, and he is wearing the most important thing. His smile sometimes makes her feel shy and giddy.She was wearing a hot pink satin bodycon mini dress with a pair of gold Jimmy Choo heels. She curled the ends of her golden-brown hair and put it in a high slick ponytail with little tendrils at the front.“Hi Philip,” she said and moved a bit to let him into her home.“Thank you,” he said and walked in as he looked around the apartment "You look good and you got a nice place" he compliments.He was
"So how did the date go yesterday?" Sofia asked Audriana "I am sure he couldn't take his eyes off you when he saw you in that dress" she adds. They were in Audriana's apartment but in the kitchen, cooking pasta and turkey balls for lunch, Audriana handled the pasta while Sofia handled the turkey balls.“I would have changed if not that you had to wait with a threat you will ruin my apartment if I did change, I had no choice but it went okay, it was a perfect romantic date and it been my first made it awesome, the guy is a hopeless romantic. I loved it and enjoyed myself a lot” she smiled. “So… is it official?” she asked. “What is official?” Audriana asked. “You guys, Dumbo! Are you now official?” Sofia asked with wriggled brows. “No,” “But you just told me how much you enjoyed the date yesterday” she stopped what she was doing to look at her friend. “Did he probably mess up or said something you didn’t like?” she asked her friend. “No, he didn’t, I can’t just be his girlfriend b
He was in his study going through some of the documents Dimitri sent to him through his PA. It was about the Chinese proposal from Mr. Wu Cho. He opened each file and read through them, he nodded thinking of considering the proposal. Dimitri told him how profitable it would be if they did invest in the upcoming project Mr. Wu Cho and his team are working on.He was about to move to the next file when he heard a knock on the door.“Come in,” he said.“Sir, your guest has arrived,” Maya, one of the maids said when she came in.He looked up and smiled.“Great, please make them feel at home and let them know I will be out in a few minutes,” he said to her.“Okay sir,” she said and left his office.He was happy his friend accepted the offer and invitation to have dinner with his family like old times.He stood up from his chair and walked around his table to go out of his office to greet his guests.“Hello my dear friend, it is so nice of you to come to have dinner with my family,” Donald s
“...right Dimitri?” Patricia called her son. “Uh...yeah” he looked at everyone to notice they were all looking at him, he looked at Audriana, and at that moment she turned to look at him and turned her eyes away when their eyes met. “What’s right?” he asked after clearing his throat. “I was saying you do remember Audri, right?” she asked again. He looked at her again and remembered. “No...not really” was his reply. “Okay,” she just says. They were done with deserts in no time. Donald whispered something to Kingsley and they excused themselves. They went to Donald’s study and sat on the sofa. “Thank you for honoring my invitation” Donald starts. “Don’t mention my friend, I could remember the last time our families bond like this and I feel honored to get your invite” Kingsley said.
“You have to be kidding me Kingsley” Moana raised her voice when they got into their room. Audriana and Dimitri going back and forth, saying anything sayable to each other, and it caught the attention of both parents, they were not pleased with how things turned out. What started as a peaceful reunion turned out to be an argument fit. “Moana,” Kingsley calls. “How...how could you do that? How could you do that to our daughter? To our Audriana?” Moana asked in disbelief. She was looking directly into her husband’s eyes, hurt was written all over her face. She didn’t believe her husband could do that and to top it, he kept it from her. Audriana was in on it too and it hurt her so much. “Moana…” “This isn’t what we wanted, this… not this at all...how could you? We found each other, we fell in love with each other” she went clos
“I don’t have a choice, do I?” she asked herself, looking at her reflection in the mirror. She had her face made up giving her a gothic look, her hair in a high tight bun, she is wearing a silver necklace and a black halter neck top that is tucked in blue jean trouser, her black boot is sitting by her bed inside her room. She sighs remembering what her Dad told her the previous week. … She came out of her car in a rush, determined to reach where she was going. She is just coming from Bernad Tech and wants to confirm what she found out. Her heels clicked on the tiled floor as she made her way into the house through the front door. “Dad! Dad!” she called when she got into her parent's mansion, she saw a maid pass by with a tray in her hand on the tray was an empty glass cup. “Hey, please where is my Dad?” “In his