I kept staring at the email for what felt like hours… Max King had sent me an email yesterday with the purpose of having a possible partnership.“Hey Lex here’s the revised marketing presentation that you asked for– why do you look like you’ve seen a ghost?” Leo walks in my office, holding a flash drive “What happened?”“Would you believe me if I told you that Maximilian King is asking to meet with me soon regarding a possible working relationship?” I asked, still frowning as I show him my laptop screen“It really is the end of the world!” he joked as he finishes reading the mail“It’s not funny Leonard.” I stood up and looked at my window “Ever since Preston and I stepped up as the respective heads in our companies, we were rivals.” I let out a sigh“Maybe Max King is different than his father. He might want to bury the hatchet.” Leo says positively, I nodded apprehensively“From what Safina has told me, when he became CEO he is just as bad as his father had been.” I faced Leo
“Mr. Moore has accepted the meeting sir, I talked to his secretary and she set up a meeting next Monday at 3pm, at Moore Industries` penthouse conference room.” Percy says to me the following morning in my office“Good, I want Lex Moore to know that I mean business. But in reality, I want to take him and his company down.” I spat “It’s high time that I do something that my father never did, and that is to be better than him in all aspects.” I scoffed, sitting down on my desk “Go, finish up the report my former secretary revised for the monthly meeting with my father. And we’ll arrive fifteen minutes early to take Moore by surprise.” I told him. He nods and leaves, closing the door.I open my laptop and sigh at the sight of my screen…It’s Safina and I after we went to the tattoo shop on our first anniversary, replicating the spaghetti kiss from Lady and the Tramp in my favorite Italian restaurant.*Flashback: Max and Safina’s One Year Anniversary*“This place is wonderful Max, th
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