As soon as he enters his office, Adam West, his friend and trusted assistant immediately followed and reported the day’s itinerary while placing a sandwich in his table.
“You can take this one, I’ve had breakfast already” Mark said while pushing the food tray to Adam.
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He immediately went to the conference room to meet his business partners and after confirming the finalized the details, both parties signed the contract and shook hands.
He went back to his office for the next meeting when Adam reported to him.
“Boss, the representative from Dark Desires is running late and requested to move the contract signing at 11am&r
The rest of the day went smoothly for Mark and he decided to go back to pick-up Penny. He brought the cake back for Jack hoping the dark chocolate would appeal to the picky child.As soon as he enters the house, he heard the excited voice of Jack.“Uncle Mark, do you know Penny is already talking. She said ‘Jack’ ‘Jack’ ‘Jack’. She’s calling me” Jack was ecstatic.“Really? Wow, that’s great Jack. It means she knows you already” he could not break the little boy’s heart.“I have something for you. Let me know if you like it then we will keep the cake vendor in the hotel” Mark suddenly felt he wanted to train the boy in decision-mak
“If you know what’s best for the mother and her son, you would stay away from them” Uncle Ben smiled coldly. After working with the old Master for so long, his ice-cold temperament has rubbed off to his subordinates.“And if I don’t?” Mark was not easily intimidated. He is a Mills after all.He wouldn’t be able expand their business if he is a weakling who would back down at every threat.“Let’s just say, this is not a very good community. A single mother and her child alone in their house. Tsk tsk. Who knows what might happen?” Uncle Ben gave him a smirk.“The mother is very pretty and very young, no?” the old man was taunting him.
“The Goldings have secured the monopoly of gold-mining in the Northern Province. They’re inviting interested business families for joint-venture in exchange of future business deals” Grandma Mills explained.“What does it have to do with us? Our business is in hospitality. Why are the Goldings suddenly interested in Mills family?” he felt something was off.The Goldings does not need any joint-venture, with their wealth, they can develop the Northern Province on their own. It’s like giving the Mills free-lunch. But everyone knows there’s no free lunch in this world.“What did the Henley say?”Henleys from the West Province is another prominent family in the country that e
The next morning, the dining table in Mark’s villa was still tensed. His parents are observing his behaviour and not a single word was spoken.He was considering Amanda’s words but he thought he should let them reflect on their own first.He left without having breakfast and without uttering a single word.When he reached his office, he immediately requested for a breakfast and Adam gave his daily report.“No breakfast from the weekend nanny?” he just stared coldly at Adam.He is still in a bad mood because of his parents but when Adam mentioned the weekend nanny, he suddenly felt bitter when he remembered that Amanda is dating regularly.
“Hi Mrs. Lee, I think we can set up the blind date as soon as possible. I met her and I’m really impressed” she was so excited to meet a beautiful woman. Her son would be lucky if he ends up with Amanda.“Mrs. Wilson, yes. I think we should schedule as soon as possible. Let me ask Amanda if she’s available this coming Friday” Mrs. Lee was beaming. Finally, she can schedule a date for Amanda.She is hoping for Amanda to get married soon and she will do whatever it takes to achieve that soonest.With excitement in her eyes, she immediately called Amanda to clear her schedule the coming Friday.“Hi mom, I’m not sure if I can make it on Friday. I have to schedule for the nanny. May
“Boss, this is the profile of Brenda Seymour. Who is she?” Adam was curious.Just a few weeks ago he set up a security detail for one Amanda North. Now his boss is asking him to check another lady. And he hasn’t forgotten about the mysterious weekend nanny.For someone who was repulsive to the opposite sex, he is suddenly surrounded by three of them.“My date, this Friday” Adam’s mouth fell to the floor.Is he serious? A date?“If you don’t close your mouth at this instant, I’ll send you to the Southern Province branch immediately. Let’s see how you deal with the security there” He grunted.
Both Adam and Brenda were taken aback. He looked very irritated and any sudden movement would cause him to tear down the place.Brenda recovered immediately and took a deep breath.“Relax Mr. Mills. I’m not interested in you either” she said casually.Now it was Mark’s turn to be shocked. That’s new.“Sit down, take the photo for your mom then let’s talk” Brenda casually ordered him.He slowly walked towards the table with squinted eyes. She seems to be playing hard to get.“You may want to excuse your assistant. Or else, we’ll be swimming in his drool?”
Although Amanda was shocked, she could smell the alcohol reeking from his breath. Her heart was beating so fast but she knew the man had too much to drink.“Hun? Are you drunk?” she asked softly.“Hmmmmm” Mark grunted under his breath.He could feel the softness of her body and the chocolate scent of her body wash. He buried his face in between her shoulders and neck and he felt Amanda froze on the spot.It took him great efforts to stop himself from kissing her and he continued to pretend to be drunk.“Hun…why do you drink so much if you cannot handle it?” she was worried he might get sick due to alcohol.