CHAPTER 20NICOLEGeorge is the chief financial officer of my former company Emirates Royal, he is also the second largest shareholder in the company.He has been of great help in getting the company to the heights we reached, maybe it’s the universe trying to help me here. Before I leave, I’ll introduce myself to him and become friends while I figure out how he can be of any help with Mason and Claire.No one, not even George wouldn’t be pleased to make an acquaintance of Chris Bale’s wife but who’s the woman he’s singing to, I cannot see her from where I’m sitting but she’s probably his wife, I remember he’s married.During bring your family to work day, last year, he came with two of his kids, the couple are probably here on vacation to have some time away from their kids.“I’ll have another one of this” I say to the nice bartender “Sure, madam, would you like something to eat? It’s not always great to drink on an empty stomach” he replies still flashing me his beautiful smile. “Y
CHAPTER 21NICOLEEven though Chris and I have been having foreplay and a bit of oral sex over the weeks but we’ve never really had sex and tonight is going to be the night.As soon as we got to the house, Chris couldn’t wait for us to even get to the bedroom. The house was empty when we returned, we didn’t have a lot of maids and stewards like we did back in London and they lived in separate quarters.He starts to kiss me right from the door as we made our way into the house, we stumble over one of the big couches in the living room and Chris settles me on the seat, raises my gown up a bit and yanks the biker short I had worn under it away revealing just my panties with a visible wet pond.The alcohol I had drunk was working overtime. He stands me up and completely takes off my gown and bra, I completely let him take control and do nothing.He seats me back on the couch and pulls me to the edge, making my head settle in the middle of the backrest, my legs inclined towards him and spr
CHAPTER 22CHRIS“Are we good to go on everything we need to seal the deal this time around Ben?” I ask Ben who looks at me surprised at my question after all, I personally handled the whole thing myself.Tomorrow is the final presentation for the Rico Food deal where we get to give our last pitch and know who gets the deal.Last time I had lost to them but with them offering a rebid due to Nicole’s demise and their lack of trust in her team without her, I have the advantage and I’m not going to lose.It’s a pity the woman had to die like that, I kind of miss the intense competition between us, the last two presentations were me pretty much walking all over her husband Mason.“Yes sir, you checked everything yourself” Ben answers“I don’t think you have everything figured out, you lost this deal before right? Why do you think so? Bella chips in out of nowhere.The woman has been pestering me to make her the marketing director of my company but I keep giving her excuses upon excuses to
CHAPTER 23NICOLEClaire didn’t hide as I snicker as I gathered my laptop and documents into my bag before Ben and I hurried out of the room following ChrisThe Chairman had a mean scowl on his face as we exited, it was obvious he was never going to award us the contract, he resented Chris for some reason and just wanted to humiliate him.To my surprise, Chris was standing by the elevator waiting for us. With the way he stormed out of the room, I was expecting him to be gone already or at least be in the car.“Took you both long enough” he said with a smirk on his face and pressed the elevator button.The anger I saw earlier in the face was missing, he wasn’t exactly smiling but he didn’t look angry either but I didn’t say or do anything.An angry Chris would say something to reprimand me the moment I got close to him but instead he was just humming a tune, nodding his head in unison as the elevator descended.Perhaps this was how we contained his anger, it’s probably a process to kee
CHAPTER 24NICOLEWhy is my name on the desk plate? Didn’t he just rub my failure in my face and now he’s showing me what I could have had, had I won the contract? This is a whole new level of petty.“Okay I got your message, I’m going home” I say with a scowl on my face“What? You don’t like the office?” Ben asks with a mischievous smirk on his face. Chris starts laughing and says “Oh she loves it, didn’t you see the way she was taking it all in?”“Looks like we got her pretty good” Ben addsI stare at the both of them in confusion and anger but I can’t understand why they’re amused at my look.Chris comes over to me and takes my bag off my hand, he drops it on the table and holds my shoulders, staring into my eyes he says “It’s an act babe, I’m not angry or sore we lost the contract, I just had to do that to get this reaction on your face when I bring you to your office” he laughs again“What? You’re not mad?” I ask as butterflies fill my tummy “No, this morning we received a leak
CHAPTER 25NICOLE“The old man is into BDSM and he likes to receive, not give it.” Chris says with a smile“And?” I ask, eager to know more.“And I happen to have a video of him in the action.” Chris gloats.“Wait, how did you manage to pull that off and are you going to leak it?” I ask.“I’m still thinking about it, to blackmail him or to disgrace him, what do you think?” He asks me back.I knew Chris was petty and held a grudge but this was something different, in the few months we’ve been together, he’s shown that he can be stone cold hearted but most times he’s a sweet pea.Is he really going to leak the video or try to blackmail the Chairman of Rico Foods just because he lost a contract?“I think you’re going to far and invading the man’s private business, that’s not fair.” I say taking my hands away from his.Chris says nothing to me, he walks over to the bar and pours himself a glass of whiskey, he looks over to me holding the glass midway to his mouth before saying,“A wise ma
CHAPTER 26CHRIS“So chief, what do you want to do? If you really hate this guy, I say we leak it, viral style, all the major blogs across all the major social media platforms, he won’t be able to get rid of it all at once.” Chester smiles as his words echo in my ear.The man loves chaos a little too much, thank goodness he’s on my payroll.“I think you should just blackmail him instead, he’s a powerful elite in the society and a scandal like this could ruin not just him but also a lot of others as well and if they find out who’s behind it, they’ll come for you” Bella who has been quiet since our little sexcapade in her office finally says something.I pace back and forth in my office, thinking of the best line of action.The man had knowingly intimidated me twice, I know he had bad blood with my dad but I chose to be a businessman and still do deals with him.He did the first time and I let him go, it’s all fair and square and then he did it the second time around, knowing fully well
CHAPTER 27NICOLEI know I have to be very careful about my meeting with Chester, I had slipped him my card that day with the inscription, “Call me, I have a job for you” written on it.Even though he promised me client confidentiality, I still didn’t want Chris to know what I am up to and Chester’s services were really expensive but I need to get the info.This is the second time we are going to be meeting now. For some reason, he likes to meet in the most popular, most public places which I find intriguing considering his profession is private investigation.“Ma’am your suspicions were correct but we do not have concrete proof yet” Chester said.He was telling me about George and Claire’s relationship but all he was saying was what I already knew, they weren’t exactly discreet about it.“I need concrete evidence Chester, something big enough to create a scandal, something I can blackmail them with.” I said tapping my fingers on the table.“What if you create it?” Chester replied, si