I had asked Safina to escort Maximilian and his assistant into the conference room. I did wish to know why Max King would want to do business with me as his father and I have a never-ending rivalry since our teenhood and it hasn’t stopped through the years.I am hoping that he’s nothing like his father, but from what Safina has told me, he’d been a competent executive but not as CEO. He became dependent on her and he takes complete credit of things as if Safina didn’t help him.The door opened and Safina walks in with Max King and his assistant, Max’s eyes never left Safina as she closed the door.“Welcome to Moore Industries, Mr. King.” I interrupted his trance on my assistant. “It’s a pleasure to have you here.” I offered my hand for a handshake“The pleasure is all mine Mr. Moore, trust me.” He stole a glance at Safina “And please call me Max, Mr. King is my father.” He smiled “This is Percy Sandoval. My secretary.” He says, introducing his secretary to me“It’s nice to meet y
I did my best to calm my nerves in the bathroom. Taking deep breaths as I look at myself in the mirror “Breathe Safina… he’s just here for business, you’re safe from him. You moved on from him. He’s not going to hurt you in any way anymore.” I gave myself a pep talk and adjusted my hairI hear the door open and I saw him enter the ladies’ room with a knowing smile on his face “This is the ladies’ room. You shouldn’t be in here Max.” I turn to face him, putting on a brave face “I know, I just wanted to talk to you.” He says, stepping towards me“We have nothing to talk about the moment you stuck your d*ck inside another girl! And I knew that the girl from the penthouse isn’t the first girl you f*cked.” I spat“I apologized for that Saf!” he reasons “A-And yes I drunkily cheated on you in Greece. But I didn’t want to tell you because I don’t want to lose you.” He admits, thinking it will help his caseI scoffed “After I quit, you preceded to blacklist me in almost every company in
Lex’s Point of View“Thank you so much for your feedback sir, I’ll have the final version of the app ready for presentation as soon as possible. And I’m sorry if I disturbed you.” He smiled apologetically at me“Nonsense Clifford, I’m happy to give feedback when needed. Don’t hesitate to come to me if you have an idea or a concern, and if I’m not here then I’m sure Safina can help you too.” I assured him“Of course sir. I should get going.” He nods and went to his department I was heading to Safina’s office when I heard my phone ring, it’s Wilma… and all of a sudden, the bad feeling in my stomach rises again. I quickly answered the phone “Wilma? Is everything okay?”“No Lex, Safina left the building… crying. I’m worried about her.” Wilma says worriedly My gut feeling was right “F*ck, alright… I’ll try to contact her, has Max King left yet?” I ask, anger and irritation bubbled inside me at the mention of that man“Unfortunately not, I haven’t seen him or his assistant. They’
“How is your department handling the revisions of the proposal Bels?” I ask my roommate, coworker and best friend as we stroll inside the most expensive boutique of the mall.“We could really use your brains to revise it for Mr. King, you’re the magna cum laude of your batch in college and yet you’re stuck being the CEO’s PA! I mean the other week the CEO approved it and now he wants us to change it because his father doesn’t like it?” She scoffed, shaking her head in disapproval.“Max doesn’t want to disappoint his dad or veer away from the true visionary of the company and I doubt you need my help, you and the marketing department are doing your jobs amazingly.” I tried to cheer her up.“Of course you’d say that, you’re his girlfriend and you both try to please undeserving people.” She smiled apologetically at me as she blurts out those words, I smiled back in assurance that it was alright “Speaking of girlfriend, your anniversary with him is tomorrow!” she cheerfully changes the to
Meanwhile…“I’m sorry for having second thoughts about investing in your company Lex, Preston tried to sway me with offering more shares from his company.” My biggest investor and longtime family friend says on the phone “As much as the offer was tempting, I’m loyal to you and your father, You’ve both treated me well in my partnership with Moore Industries for 35 years.” He added“Your loyalty to my father and I is greatly appreciated Harry. Though I have to give it to Preston for trying to steal one of my biggest investors, he has bigger b*lls than I thought.” I chuckled humorlessly “He’s tried to outsmart me over the years but I’ve been always one step ahead of him.” I smirked.“That you are, my boy. And I appreciate you including my company in one of your bigger projects in the coming months.” He says gratefully“Consider it as a reward for not falling into Preston’s trap to steal you from me.” I said just as I hear another call coming through, and I knew who it was instantly. “Spe
“Thanks for letting me work here on short notice Mama Benj, I really needed the cash.” I smiled weakly as I cleaned some shot glasses at the bar “The tips are already freaking insane.” I mused as I already earned $400 tips from customers in my first two hours working as a waitress in the nightclub I’m working for as a stripper.“You need the money sweets, consider this a thank you for helping Jack revise his term paper for law school.” He smiles as he was busy arranging drinks behind the bar. “Are you sure that we can’t pay you for it?” he asks“No, I’m just happy to help your husband Ma.” I chuckled “And between you and me, he needed it badly.” I joked, earning a laugh from him.“Remind me to warn your next boyfriend to not break your heart. You turn into a savage b*tch!” he giggles, but his facial expression changed into a softer one as he looks at me with concern “Speaking of boyfriend, how are you feeling? It has been a few hours since you saw Max cheating on you, you’re allowe
Friday, The Day of Lex’s 46th birthday…“Daddy! Wake up! It’s your birthday!” I felt my bed shake as I slowly open my eyes to reveal my six year old daughter, Rosie jumping on the bed excitedly I yawn and softly stretched my arms “Hello to you too buttercup.” I chuckled as she stopped jumping on the bed and giggled, crawling towards me and kisses my cheek.“Happy birthday to the bestest daddy in the whole wide world!” she exclaims happily and grabs a small box that was placed on my bedside table “My Arts teacher told us to create something for the people we love for an activity so I made you a bracelet with your favorite colors on them Daddy.” She explains as I opened the box and looked at the handmade bracelet in amazement that my daughter can make something like this. “I love it Rosie-bean, thank you.” I smiled and kissed her forehead before wearing the bracelet “Wait a minute, shouldn’t you be getting dressed for school by now?” I raised my eyebrow in curiosity“Already am d
Four and a half hours later, inside Angel’s private dressing room.I’ve been having a very bad week ever since Max unlawfully fired me from my job. I had tried to apply for a higher position in three companies but it’s either they don’t have a vacant position, I’m not qualified enough or there’s an even better candidate than I am.“You walk out of that door and I swear to god, you won’t have a job tomorrow! I’ll make sure that no company in Seattle will hire you ever again and you won’t get your mother’s house back unless you come back to me!” Max’s voice echoes inside my mind.I guess he’s made good of his promise, I’m pretty much blacklisted at this point.I also feel bad to the guy who helped me get a refund at that expensive boutique, I was a little rude towards him because of the bad week I had.I sighed as I prep the things I needed to do my makeup, but before I could start my phone rings and I knew it was Bella as she was done for the day. I answered it instantly.“Hey Be