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2025-06-24 00:35:43ADRIAN’s POV
She storms off and leave the meeting. I expected that of her because I will do same too because even Sitting here I am still In shock I almost get up to go after her but then I remember why I am here and also remember our standing beef and I will definitely be the last person she will want to see or even talk to.
I believe she storming off that means the end of the meeting and although quite a number of them especially these old men do not seem surprised about this clause at all meaning they were the instigators but I wonder why Mr Paige will accept that because I know from my dealings with him that he really loves his daughter and also that he does not want to hurt her so I wonder where this came from. He proceeds to leave the conference room but on his way out he calls onto me to follow and I feel relieved and somehow worried that he has not forgotten about me after all.
We walk together in his elevator and we go to his office but he is quiet all through. When we get to the elevator he asks for me to sit down and he is quiet for a while and I can see the age telling on him already and maybe a hint of sadness too there I know he did not want tointentionally hurt his daughter but he had no choice. I am a very patient man even if they call me ruthless outside but I know what I came here for so I wait for him to be ready.
He then opens his mouth and calls to me. “Adrian I am quite sorry for the little drama that happened there” and frankly you were not supposed to witness that but things happen but luckily they did not get out of hand. I just reply and tell him that it is fine and we can move past It. But then he goes ahead to say that he does not want to really hurt his daughter that he hopes she will forgive him and see reasons with him that the clause has been there since but he did not tell her because he thought she was going to get married to Brian and I almost throw up in my mouth at the mention of that scumbags name it takes me so much will not to respond and call out what an asshole Brian is. He also goes ahead to say he wishes they can come back so they can get married and then the clause thing will be of the past. come back so they can get married and then the clause thing will be of the past.
He then faces me and goes on to ask what about our collaboration that Let us Talk about it now but when I open my mouth I can not believe the words that came out myself because instead of me speaking of the partnership I go ahead and say “What if I marry Christine?” The man in front me just takes off his glasses and looks at me like he has never seen me before or that I have grown two heads. But instead I still go ahead to say that it will not be so much of a bad idea that we can leave it as a contract marriage till the inheritance and I know for a fact that he wants his daughter to get it and not to some outsider. I propose how it is not so bad as my mom has been pestering me to get married too and in particular she has been hinting on Christine too as it will help fufil both our wishes and I know that asides Brian there is no other person there that she can suddenly bring out of the blue to get married to.He takes a deep breath and says to me “You know she hates you right? And will never agree to this ” And I actually flinch at that but not visibly but I regain my composure and tell him I know of that. He then proceeds to say that his daughter is one who wants to marry someone who loves her and will Love for the rest of their lives and i respond to say I know of this already. And then I proceed to say to him which is not more than the truth that I have always admired his daughter and sometimes even underneath all the beef I have always found her beautiful and he just looks at me real hard. As he is about to respond his door opens and she walks in and this cut our conversation and I know she must be wondering what it is. But I decide to walk out and leave the balance of the conversation and while I pass by her I notice once more of her beautiful she is but she just stares at me blankly and I know she is expecting to say something but she is surprised for the second time today when I say nothing to her and just walk.
I head into the elevator and i pause for a while to think what actually came over me to propose that. Except that fact she hates me If she knows the secret I hold to my heart it will be a recipe for disaster. I just brush it off and walk away but on my way out of the company. I hear a very loud voice screaming WHAT!!.
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