Revenge Served Cold

Great!

Just excellent!

Does he have to call her out in front of everyone like that? Why the hell did he feel the need to establish the fact that he might even know her?

Nomi's eyes met him, a tight smile plastered on her face like a mannequin.

“Yes sir.” She replied.

Damon moved away from her. “Like I said, we strive for excellence in his part of business, and if I feel you’re going to drag us down, I will graciously relieve you of your duties. One thing I hate…” His eyes land on Naomi once more. “Is leeches. People who don't want to work but they are ready to take..”

Naomi arch's a questioning eyebrow, she knew damn well he was referring to her!

“Do I make myself clear?” Damon asked, his attention switched to som39ne else.

“Yes, sir.” Everyone in the room chorused.

“Meeting dismissed. You will be making that presentation on Thursday.” Damon announced and everyone headed right out the door, slowly.

As much as she wanted to avoid Tita, she had questions that needed answers from Damon so she stayed back.

“You!” Tita gritted. “I told you to stay back! I told you not to attend the meeting!” Tita snapped.

“I don't know if you can recall but Mr Damon called Naomi by her first and last name.” Soonie jumped in. “That should tell you that he would have noticed if she was absent.”

Tita scoffed, folding her arms. “You're telling me that she knows Damon Sinclair? Are you insane? How could he know someone like her? He's the CEO of the biggest Empire in the country, ranked fourth in the world! How could he possibly know her?”

Soonie shakes her head. “You're a lost cause.” She muttered. “How did he know her name then? Were you listening or busy gawking at him?” Soonie asked.

Tita frowned. “I gave you an instruction and you disobeyed me. I'm going to report this to HR.” She smirked and walked away.

“I am so close to breaking that girl's neck!” Soonie muttered under her breath.

“It doesn't matter. I'm sure HR will make sense of the situation.” Naomi sighed. She glanced at Damon who seemed to be discussing with Patrick.

“I know you want to confront him, go do it!” Soonie offered.

“We’re at work..”

“And? He has to have a reason for buying the company from Jeff! I'm sure he knows you work here and those glares when he was addressing everyone?”

Soonie is right, she has every reason to be mad and to demand answers. She nodded.

“You've got this!” Soonie cheered before leaving with the rest of the staff. The room was finally empty, and it was just her, Damon,, and Patrick.

His eyes settled on her, hands in his pocket. “This is not the place for personal discussion.” He said.

“Why did you buy the company from Jeff? This company is his sweat and blood, it doesn't make sense that he'd let go of it so easily.” Naomi started.

Damon chuckled, disbelief in his eyes. “You think I forced him to do this?”

“Either that or you found out where I work and you're trying to make it hell for me because I moved in with you.”

“I'll excuse you two,” Patrick muttered and hurried out of the room, leaving them all alone.

Damon laughed; for the first time, she saw his cold, stoic face brighten up. It was so precious it made her heart skip a beat.

“You think I bought this company because you work here?” His eyes narrowed down on her. “Don't be ridiculous. If I wanted to make you pay for moving in with me, I have a million and one ways to do that..”

“Which includes buying this company and trying to make my life a living hell.” She adds.

“This has nothing to do with you.”

Naomi folded her arms. “ Really? It doesn't? A part of me is telling me you're so obsessed with me that you're willing to buy a company just to keep me within your reach.”

Damon looked gently stunned and dumbfounded; was this girl out of her mind? Why the hell would he stalk her? Hell, he wants her out of his house! Fast!

“And it makes no sense that Mr. Jeff would sell this company to you for some quick buck! He loves it here and Diaz is like his very own child.”

Damon exhaled, shaking his head. “You think you know people until you don't. He sold it the moment things got hard. Your beloved owner didn't want to lose his investment so he sold his…child. I don't have the strength or the energy for this. If you're so curious, ask him yourself.”

Damon walked out of the hall, leaving Naomi to her own thoughts. Did Jeff really sell the company for his own free will? Nobody forced him to give up his child?

Naomi heads back to her pff9ce, still confused. The image Damon painted is nothing compared to the boss she's worked with for years.

What went wrong?

“Noami! You need to see this!” Soonie panicked as she pulled her towards the notice board.

Confused, Naomi read through the announcement. Her eyes couldn't get any wider with each line she read, and her heart could pop out of her chest at this news.

“They will be reshuffling the staff and sending them off to a different branch?” She said, confused.

“And I'm on the list. You're not..”

“Which means I…I'll be working here at the headquarters under Damon, and you're going to be several miles away from here?!” She asked and Soonie nodded.

“I'm starting to hate your husband a whole lot more than I'm supposed to,” Soonie said.

Naomi stared at the announcement board, dumbfounded.

“But why? If he wants to open a new branch, why can't he take the head of departments instead and have them replaced?” Naomi reasoned and Sooni shrugs.

“And he had his eyes on our department. I'm sure he'll be here because of you. He's doing this to get back at you.”