Chapter 4: The Contract

2 Hours Later and they were still on the talk.

“Alright then, Let me go to the main point.” Lucas stated. “You've been given the fortune of the Alejandro's BB Company.”

“Oh Lord! Did he pass away?” Sapphire asked as her eyes almost started draining holes.

“No Miss teacher! Sorry to tell you this, but he is not dead! My grandpa is still agile and strong, got it?!” Jade warned as Lucas pinched Jade by the side again, but he flinched.

“Ummm, no. That's not it. He just included you in his will--” Lucas continued, but Jade interrupted his words again with anger and deceit in his eyes.

“In other words you are getting his entire fortune.”

Thinking about it was unbelievable. Especially with the crappy guy that had a blabbed mouth. It's no doubt, but Sapphire already hated him. She tried to think about the proposal, but it wasn't making sense.

“Umm, I think you've got the wrong person.” She muttered.

Hearing this brought a happy look on Jade's face. “You mean you're not the girl in his will?”

“Well, I'm Sapphire Blac, but the person on the list might be another Sapphire Blac.” She explained.

Lucas checked his file-bag and brought out a document. He went through the will to confirm.

“Well, I don't think so. The person on the will is you, Miss Blac. If the person that's mentioned in this document isn't you, then you're definitely the one we're looking for.” He handed the file over to her.

Going through the documents, Sapphire's eyes went widened in amazement. On the paper was her name, address, phone number, email address, parents name, date of birth and in fact, place of birth. Every single detail about Sapphire were clearly stated in it.

“Oh, this is me.” She stuttered at her passport, pinned to the top-left of the file.

Watching her admit that she's the one brought a deeper scar to Jade's face. He looked at her and muttered 'liar' in his mind.

"The chairman would like you to inherit some shares if you meet with some conditions. Of course, this won't take effect until Mr. Alejandro passes away." Lucas continued.

“Some shares?!” Jade turned to Lucas. “How can you say some shares?! Do you even know what the price of BB Company stocks are, right now?!” He fired. Lucas tried to calm him down but, he continued.

"This is what I'm saying, she's gotten herself in a nice little fortune. It's not ordinary, Lucas! And please, stop calming me down because I won't calm down! This tiny little bitch can seduce a man properly. It's obvious that she must have seduced the chairman and now, she has tons of money handed to her! Are you happy now, Miss talented teacher?! You must be good at what you do, right?”

“Yeah, right!” She replied to him, accepting all his accusations. “If this is really true, but it looks like I've become a billionaire overnight. So, can you do me a huge favour?”

“Wow! She's even asking me for favours!" Jade hissed and rested his back to the chair to take a clearer view of her. "You're even more shameless than that I'd imagined. You're an annoying little bit--”

Sapphire looked straight into his eyes and stopped him from blabbing.

“Can you shut up your mouth already?!” She warned with so much seriousness in her voice.

Jade just swallowed. No one has ever had the courage to tell him that. Let alone look straight into his eyes and command him with such boldness. Let alone a woman? An ordinary elementary school teacher?! He just stared at her in amazement. Trying to understand it all.

Although, Lucas tried not to laugh, he just looked away and adjusted his tie  while Jade watched her with so much anger burning in his heart. He so felt like tearing her apart that very minute.

'Ugh! So annoying!' He hissed mentally, as he watched her think.

After a couple of seconds, she stood up and faced them.

“What?! ... Are you playing, dumb? After all the explanations we gave!" Jade asked.

Sapphire looked at him with anger boiling in her. She hated this Jade guy so much! Every word out of his garbage mouth was so annoying! She thought as she frowned at him. He frowned back, too.

“As we mentioned before, I'm a legal consultant for BB Company." Lucas explained as he intervened.

“If you're trying to scam me, then do it properly! How did you know my email address? My passwords? My date of birth! Place of birth and even my parent's name?! This doesn't sound normal to me at all, there's no way you're a real attorney! But if you were, you can't just use other people's personal information as you please!” Sapphire cried once more. Making them see reasons with her.

Lucas looked at her confusedly, it seems she doesn't know anything about the will or who his grandfather is but how is that possible?

“Don't worry, I won't shout anymore! Since you now scam people in person, I know who to call!” Sapphire took her phone and dialed a number.

“What are you doing?” Jade asked.

“Calling the cops!” She replied him, but it seems they weren't picking. She dialed the number again, but Jade snatched her phone from her trembling hands.

“What? Are you going to steal my phone too?!” She cried at him.

“Are you going to finish all this off by getting on the news too? Why? Are you scared? Are you scared that I'd post your unprofessional scamming skills on social media?!” She hissed and grabbed her phone back.

“Oh... Please. Don't misunderstand us, Miss Blac.” Lucas pleaded and handed her his Identification card. "If you must know, the chairman was the one who provided us with your information."

“But how does he even know me?”

"That's what I'd like to know!" Jade butted in. "I have no interest in how you seduced my grandpa, but I'm very curious to see what kind of trouble you'll cause next!”

“You know what? That isn't the opposite to what I feel. I'm really curious to find out how I seduced this Chairman of yours. But I have a good idea of what will happen next!” She smirked.

“What do you mean by that?!” He frowned.

“I thought this was luck for you but no! You're not even appreciative! I must say, people like you are the worst!!” he spat at her face like a piece of shit.

“I feel the exact same way, Mister! People like you absolutely sicken me! How can you come to my work place and start calling me names because of one stupid will of some random chairman I don't even know about?!” She moved closer to him a bit...

“It seems you have trusting issues. The people surrounding you don't like you very much right?” she raised an eyebrow at him as she asked the question while Jade's angry eyes widened with more fire.

Lucas nodded to the truth in her words.

"Do a thorough check on her." Jade tells Lucas. "Something is definitely fishy."

“Hey, I'm busy dude! Why don't you do it yourself? Perhaps, I have a lot of work on my table! I'm going back to the office.” He murmured. “I've already wasted most of my day following you around!”

“Shut up!” Jade cuts in aggressively.

"You're BB Company's legal consultant. Shouldn't you be doing things to please me? What work is on your table, liar? You're partly responsible for this deplorable thing happening! It's all your damn fault!!” Jade hissed.

“Ugh!” Lucas let out a soft breath. “That lady knows you so well. I really get why you need to go around with a lawyer now, too. It's just so obvious. The nasty way you talk to others always gets you in trouble.” Lucas said, intimidating the voice of Sapphire.

Jade nodded his head with a smile across his face. Remembering Sapphire and her attitude. It's no news that she's totally a different kind of person

***

Back to his hotel, Jade met Ace, his cousin while going back to office. Immediately his dark eyes caught up with Ace, he changed into his annoying look. Staring at his cousin like an insignificant creature, Jade walked towards him. Meanwhile, Ace was admiring a new painting on the wall.

“Oh, I see you're here.” Jade caught his attention.

“I came to check out your hotel. Well, it's quite impressive than how I last remembered it.” Ace replied with a smile.

“What brings you here, exactly?”

“I'm a guest here too, right? Can't you treat me properly the way you treat others? Is this the best customer service that your hotel can offer?”

“Regardless, it's much better than BB Mall.” Jade mouthed with both hands on his pocket.

“What are you insinuating, Jade?”

“I've never seen a stranger run someone else's household well.”

Hearing him say this sent anger into Ace's blue eyes. As if he couldn't stand Jade's arrogant attitude.

"Look here Mr. CEO, I'm the one managing BB Mall. You don't tell me what to do!” Ace chortled with a cruel look.

“Yeah, but that's for the main time, actually.” Jade rolled his eyes at him disgustingly and walked away.

As if what he just stabbed Ace's heart. He stood in astonishment, thinking about what his cousin just blabbed.

“Oh, Esteemed Guest. The exit is this way please.” Ace heard Jade's faint voice from the distance. Well, he was referring to him.

Furious and offended, Ace walked out of the hotel while Jade whooshed to his cousin as he walked away. It's no doubt that these two never gets along.

***

11:59 p.m

Jade was still in his office, staring at Sapphire's cute photograph. He checked back and forth, as if he would get something from his observation. Skimming and scanning through her personal report, Jade pondered as he looked into other files attached to it over again.

“What?! She's the president of some fan club?” Jade sizzled as his eyes caught up on the information.

“At her age? How possible?” He added, curiously.

Glancing back at her picture, he notices how cute and beautiful her smile was. Her brown-red hair looked so soft and admirable just like Marple leaves during summer. Thinking about her made him remember how harsh her words were. How stupid he looked in front of her...

'That insignificant termite, a liar, a pretender and a seductive prostitute. Who knows if she's into black magic? She must be a crazy witch, right?"

Thinking about Sapphire made him go nuts. He tore her pictures in anger and threw it into the waste-bin. He whooshed out a heavy sigh and threw himself on his executive chair like a bag of rice against the floor.

Looking back at the table was another picture of her in a white laced gown.

“Look how innocent and cute she is, how did she seduce grandpa?! Everything about this girl annoys me, most especially her smile. Why this girl of all people?! What's so damn special about her?! She's a pretender right? A new type of gold-digger!” He hissed and paid attention to her facial look.

“But with this kind of face, though? Ugh!” He rubbed his head simultaneously as if he would collapse at any minute. His tired hands grabbed his phone as he dialed a contact. He failed it over and over, but the person wasn't replying.

“Great! Good job, grandpa! You've done well by avoiding my calls and messages. Fine, I'll come to you. I'll come to you, damn it!” He squawked and left his office like a sullen fish.