She is beyond shock at what her dad told her last night, she was restless. 'How could that have gone wrong?' she kept questioning herself.
...previous night..."What about the company?" she asked her Dad.Kingsley sighed. "Remember the new feature we are working on? For Kindswel's Motors?" he asked.She nods "Yes I do remember that, what about it?""Well, the model we trained for the new car they are about launching got..." he looked at her."Got what? Dad?" she was getting really worried now."The... when the trained model was programmed to the car it caused some kind of damage, and..."Audriana's eyes opened wide in shock when her Dad told her about the damages."How could that have happened?" she voiced out her thoughts."I don't know Princess, I actually don't know," Kingsley said."But wasn't the model supposed to be properly trained and assured it won't create security issues of any sort?" she asked."Yes dear, it was. But we suspect mismanagement in handling the model or something must have gone wrong during the experiment that none of our engineers could detect on time, those are my best guesses"Audriana was quiet for a few minutes."When did it happen? And how come I was not informed about this?" she asked after some time."Well I am out of ideas, for now, although our engineers have started checking what the issue might be""When did this happen?""Last week" he replied."And no one decided to tell me?" she asked with a slightly raised voice."Calm down, Audri, you were busy with preparing your students for their exams and I saw happy you were when you heard your foundation has raised the desired amount to buy new laptops and employ more developers to teach and to also ensure the internet is intact. I couldn't take that smile off your face, I just couldn't" he explained."Dad, Bernard Tech is our company" she started "We built it together, even though you did most of the work." He chuckled when she said the last part "Still I want to know what is happening with the company, how it is improving, if there is a challenge we can seek a quick solution to, I want to know" she explained. "I don't want to be left out, I do not care how busy I may be. I want to add to the success of Bernand Tech, remember I am a remote worker there? And you know no matter how you keep what's happening from me I will still find out from someone else and it will hurt more because my Dad could not confide in me to tell me the issues our company is facing"He nods and held her hands that were sitting on the table."Okay my Princess"She sighs and stood up, then went to the window and looked out the window at the scene of the beautiful garden.The passageway leading from the back door is illuminated by the little garden lights that seem like a guide to the garden at night, the garden lights are been placed amongst the foliage giving the plant an alluring glow thereby adding green and golden hues to your pathway.There are a few trees and tall shrubs in the garden that had a single adjustable uplighter directly up the trunk line, creating an extraordinary visual effect with strong shadows and stark highlights that made the garden exceptional and cozy.The garden overall looks well-kept and the view below her seems comforting and gave peace to her troubled heart.Her Mum is doing a great job already, trimming and watering the flowers and shrubs."I can see Mum never miss a day taking care of the garden" she comments."You know your Mum," Kingsley says with a smile.She smiled and turned to her Dad. His eyes are already on her.Walking up to Kingsley, she squats in front of him and held his hand."I am sorry," Kingsley said."Dad, don't be we will sort this out okay? I honestly can't think of anything right now. But I will update you soon okay?" Kingsley nods. "Don't overstress yourself okay? I don't want you weak and unhealthy," she kissed his hand "I want both you and Mum healthy and bouncing, can you both do that?" she asked.Kingsley sighed and nods "I will try"She stood and gave her Dad a kiss on his cheek, then turned to go to her room. When she was at the door she stooped and turned around."Don't tell Mum anything that is happening yet, I don't want what happened to happen again, please" she said."Sure Princess" he smiled.She nods and exits his study....end of the flashback...She was thinking about what was discussed between her and her dad that she didn't realize Philip was talking to her. He had to snap his finger in front of her face many times before she came back from her trance.She looked at him, trying to figure what he was saying. 'How did he get in?' she asked herself."Well I was knocking and you didn't answer" he answered, she never realized she voiced out her thought."Sorry Philip, I didn't catch what you were saying," she said whilst arranging her table.She has never been this distracted, what her Dad told her yesterday has been bothering her since last night. She could hardly sleep well last night, she kept tossing and turning on the bed. Sofia had to wake up with a very hard glare directed towards Audriana.Audriana apologized because she knows how offended Sofia gets when her sleep gets interrupted.What is the next step? This was her idea so it is mak--"Hello? Are you here?" Philip said shaping his fingers close to her ear.She twitched and blinked many times."What is the matter?" he asked seeing how troubled she looked."No--nothing, it's nothing""You've been zoned out since I entered your office up till now, are you sure you're fine?" he asked again."Yes I am sure" she gave him a smile that didn't reach her eyes.Nodding he says "Okay, I was asking if we're still up for Friday evening""Uh... yeah, yeah sure we are" she smiled at him."Okay, I just wanted to confirm," he said."Okay, so I believe you got a class to go to," she said."Yeah, I do, I wil... bye," he said after some awkward few seconds then turned to leave.She just shakes her head and continues packing up, she is quite confused as to what next step to take. She has a half-day at the university today so she is going to Bernard Tech to talk with some of the engineers."The LORD help me she mutters" then steps outside her office.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
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