Club One Trillion.

Few minutes later, she came out in black joggers and a yellow crop top, facing the mirror again, she applied her lipgloss which made her pink lips very attractive and wore the golden necklace Zoey got for her, it had a bold inscription of 'ALORA' on it, then she packed her long brown silky hair and wore matching gold earrings and a bracelet, after putting on her black sneakers she looked at herself in the mirror, staring at her cat eyes, Monalisa doesn't have it so she was very sure she got it from her dad, then her attention went to her outfit, she sure looks like an adult so with her basketball in one hand and her hoodie and phone in the other one,she left the room.

"Take me to the city's basketball court". She ordered her driver, but he felt reluctant to move.

"I'm sorry young miss but your mom had ordered that you do not leave this house except you are going to school, besides, there's a basketball court here, there is no need for you to go out”. He explained,

There was silence for a while, "come here". Alora ordered as he came closer. She stretched forth her hands requesting for the car keys, but he didn’t move an inch.

She turned to one of the guards and he didn't wait for her to say anything before delivering a swift punch to the driver's tummy.

He fell unconscious immediately. She took the key and gave it to the particular guard that did her bidding, ordering him to drive her. The guards stood and pretended like nothing happened.

Zoey watched everything from upstairs, she stood with a smirk, " I tried my best to make sure that you are nothing like your mom but it didn't work, how many more chances will I have to give you Alora?"she asked herself, she turned to some guards and they entered their cars and drove off, obviously to keep an eye on Alora.

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[BUILDINGS BY LISA]

This is the main headquarters of Monalisa's empire. She has other buildings scattered around New York and even outside and she's involved in a multi- construction business. She held some files, her recommended glasses giving her a serious look. Marcus stood, ready to answer whatever question she had.

"What of the contract with Mr Alexander?". Mona asked, flipping through the files, Marcus submitted them and she had to go through it before signing.

"We were able to secure it. I've given Priyanka the details of the business format, so we should be launching the clothing line by next week. Also, the new metallic pipes needed by Mr Douglas should have been shipped out this week but there was a ship wreck and the goods same as the pipes could not be recovered but I've made other arrangements earlier Incase anything like this should happen so the pipes should be delivered to him by next month," he said, drawing in air.

"I also did try to see if we can get it any sooner but we need to avoid any other accidents from occurring, so slow and steady should be our pace in this case" he added, adjusting his tie.

"Is it the suit or is he looking different today? Why does he look familiar?"Monalisa asked herself but shook her head when she realized what she just thought of. She also tried to hide the fact that she was impressed with his diligent work, so she scoffed and rolled her eyes.

"You're just an assistant so you still need to ask for my opinion before making any decision and stop acting like you're good at your job, it's annoying " she said, Marcus smirked and moved closer to her table.

"Boss, if you are trying to compliment me, can't you do it directly, I won't feel big and your morale won't reduce”. he smiled, as Monalisa froze at how close they were.

"Try this again and you would not only loose your job but your front tooth as well, do you think you have the right to talk to me so casually?" she glared at him and said angrily.

"You started it, ma'am" Marcus replied, bowing respectfully.

Monalisa frowned but he quickly spoke up "you have a meeting with Mr Sky tomorrow, I should call his PA to remind him"

"Cancel it". Mona interrupted, "it won't make any sense so I shouldn't waste my time and strength" she said, focusing on her keyboard. Marcus was quiet, then there was a knock on the door.

Priyanka entered "I'm sorry I came late, I had to make sure the other staff had completed their work before leaving". She explained but Monalisa ignored her and kept typing.

Priyanka is her youngest staff member, her secretary to be precise. She's twenty years old and another person close to Monalisa.

"It's stressful to get another secretary anyway" she muttered after a while but it was still loud enough for them to hear.

"We were talking about the meeting she has with Mr Sky tomorrow but she asked for it to be cancelled saying it won't be fruitful "Marcus said to Priyanka expecting an explanation and she understood.

"Well, the main purpose of the meeting is to secure the fashion house at Benson Street and Mr Sky is ready to sell it but the condition he gave to us is that we have to be registered under the Club one-trillion". She said and Marcus raised his brows in confusion.

"Club one-trillion is for trillionaires, people and business organizations that make trillions but we haven't gotten to that level so that's the obstacle to obtaining the Fashion house"she said and Marcus finally understood.

"I'm sure we can do something about it right?" He asked,

"Yeah we can, currently we are making billions daily but the only way we can get to the trillion is if we secure another one billion dollar deal, our only enemy is time" she said,

"how?" he asked while Monalisa rolled her eyes, but Priyanka continued explaining

"The Club always has a gathering once every year and that gathering is on Friday for this year, so we can't secure such a deal by then", Priyanka said.

They were quiet till Monalisa looked up with a smile and that made Marcus suspicious.

"Don't cancel the meeting, I will attend and it will be fruitful". She smiled again,

"But how?" Priyanka asked, confused.

"Marcus will make it possible". She replied,

"Huh!" Priyanka and Marcus said at once earning a glare from Monalisa,

"Yes dear". She smiled

"You must secure me a billion dollar deal before the meeting tomorrow so that I'll get registered into the club or say goodbye to your job". She said as Priyanka looked at her with wide eyes.

Marcus swallowed his saliva.

~~SUNTAN BEACH~~

The weather was perfect, the breeze and the trees were moving in harmony and sync, so perfect, this is exactly what calms her down, watching the tides and adjusting herself to the cool atmosphere, there's just something about this place, like it contains one of her happy memories, darn the fact that she can't remember it.

"oh well, at least it gives me peace". Alora said as she looked around, she was sitting on a bench while her ball and hoodie were on the sand.

She didn't go to the sports center since she was angry so this was the only place she could think of, she looked at the ball again and had a flashback; her mom's driver had told her that the ball belongs to her Father but she should keep it a secret from her mom and that the ball can help her find her dad when the time comes. She looked at it and smiled. Joe tells her little things about her dad so she knows his favorite sport is basketball and they have the same eyes, but he refuses to tell her why her parents are not together or where she can find her dad, he claims not to know. But he constantly reminds her that she's better off without him, it's one of the confusing things she never got to understand.

"I just met an angel, oh my day is going to be blessed" she heard someone say behind her.

"Don't you think you're too overdressed to visit the beach, or perhaps did you miss your way?" A boy who seemed to be Alora's agemate asked with a smile but she scoffed at him.

"It's just that you look like you want to play basketball but you're at the beach". He said and sat beside her.

"I'm not overdressed and I didn't miss my way”. Alora rolled her eyes and said,

"Okay, if you say so, I'm Allen Walker, new in this town, I'm living with my uncle's family and this town is nice". He smiled, bringing his hands for a handshake.

"Nice to meet you, my regards to your grandfather". Alora said sarcastically as she picked her things and headed for her car, she didn't even shake him but he still followed her.

"Umm, at least can I get your name? In case we run into each other again"he asked,

"Don't bother, we won't see each other, I'm sure of that". She entered the car and it drove off while Allen stood with a smile.

"She's interesting," he muttered, releasing a light chuckle.

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[Kings Empire]

Marcus explained his stressful day to his mom and the task Monalisa had given to him.

"I think your boss is just outright mean, like why will she give you such a hard task and still threaten you again, that's so not fair, what if you were an ordinary person? You won't be able to secure that deal". Polaria whined as she moved back and forth the room.

"Mom, I can't concentrate if you keep up with this". Marcus groaned as he focused on his laptop.

"Gosh, I don't know why you are still there, she doesn't want you, that's why she's giving you this kind of task. Besides, you have other places you can work and Chris Diamonds even offered you the job of a managing director, it's not like you need all these jobs because you have something bigger, I don't understand your motive". She complained.

"Mom, you know I can handle this right, please let me do my thing, I promised to explain when the time is right so wait till then". He said pleadingly while Polaria rolled her eyes.

"If she goes further than this, I'll make sure I go see her and teach her a lesson". she said while Marcus smiled.

"Where's my grandson?". She asked, looking around.

"I haven't seen him all day". Marcus replied

"Puppy, cutie pie". Polaria walked away calling out to him.