100 Days With Mr Romero

Gideon walked into his office looking gloomy and pale. He left home without having breakfast that morning even though his chef Frankie prepared his favorite meal.

The staff in his office were aware of how their company was incurring losses lately. The rumor spread round the office like a wild fire.

When some of the workers greeted him and he failed to reply, they knew what he was dealing with.

“Good morning Sir. ” Judy greeted him smiling from ear to ear.

“Morning. ” he slowly replied without looking at her. He walked pass her and entered his office.

Judy slowly sat back on her chair and stared at the disappearing figure of Gideon.

‘Is he angry with me because I couldn’t figure out the owner of LIA bars? ” she wondered.

‘What if he fires her. ‘ she thought and quickly dismissed the thought.

She pulled a handkerchief from her hand bag and cleaned her sweaty face.NôvelD(ram)a.ôrg owns this content.

Throughout last week, she had been trying all she could to figure out who owned LIA’S but to no avail. Her investigations lead to a dead end and all efforts to uncover who owned the rival brand proved abortive.

“Well, one more agent. ” Judy muttered to herself and lifted the phone on her table.

“I don’t have time to exchange pleasantries please. ” she told the agent she just called.

“Find out. I need results. ” she said almost yelling.

“I’ll be waiting. ” she concluded and hung up the call.

She tried stretching her head further to get a glimpse of Gideon in his office but his door was shut. She stood up and began pacing to and fro in frustration then went back to her chair after remembering she had a business document to draft that morning.

Meanwhile in his office, Gideon was staring at the blank wall wondering how he had lost five out of his seven partners in few months. He bit his lower lip and scratched his head in frustration.

He had tried implementing new strategies but it seemed LIA bars was always ahead of him. He felt incompetent and rested his back on the chair thinking of what to do next. He knew he was running out of options and with the identity of this rival brand uncovered, he felt like screaming.

An hour later, Judy’s phone started ringing. It was the agent she had contacted earlier.

“He better have good news for me. ” she muttered before picking the call.

“Fine I’ll meet you right outside. ” Judy said and ran out to meet the agent who was outside the office building.

He waved at her in his black suit and she hurried towards him after recognizing him.

“What do you have for me? ” demanded Judy.

She went straight to the point without exchanging pleasantries with the agent.

“I couldn’t find out who the owner was. ” revealed the man.

“What are you saying? ” Judy yelled at him.

“I offered to pay you a reasonable amount you’ve probably never seen. All you have to do was find the damn owner of LIA’S? ” Judy yelled again.

“Calm down Ma’am. ” he told her.

“I’m trying my best but this nut is one though one to crack. ” he pointed out.

Of course Judy knew the nut was a though one to crack. All the agents she hired for the job came up with nothing. Judy scratched her forehead and asked him.

“Any leads? ”

“None. ” he replied swinging his head from left to right.

“You are all so incompetent. ” uttered Judy and the man felt like telling her to do the job herself but if only he knew how she tried and failed.

“I think I can help though. ” he offered.

Judy’s heart immediately leapt.

“Yes go on. ” she encouraged him.

“I can schedule a meeting for Romero’s to meet with LIA’S. ” he stated.

“Yes. ” screamed a now excited Judy.

“At least if we couldn’t find the owner, we might as well find a way for Romero’s to meet with LIA’S. ” Judy said jumping in excitement.

The agent smiled.

“Schedule the meeting. I’ll talk to my boss. ” Judy told the agent who smiled and promised to do so as soon as possible.

How he was going to do so, Judy didn’t care. All she knew is that Gideon will finally be meeting with the rival brand and it will help them uncover who the owner is.

Judy happily went inside the office building after the agent left. She headed to Gideon’s office and barged in without knocking on the door.

Gideon’s head was placed on the table the moment she walked in and he didn’t even noticed her barging him.

She knocked on his table and he woke up. She smiled at him.

*We have good news sir. ” she declared while Gideon sat properly and rubbed his eyes with his palms.

“We will meet with LIA’S. ” Judy announced while Gideon found it difficult to believe.

He kept staring at Judy who quickly intervened.

“One of the agents I’m working with will schedule a meeting between Romero’s and LIA’S. ” she explained.

Gideon’s face was brightening up now.

“when is the meeting? ” Gideon asked.

“Soonest. The agent will inform me as soon as the meeting is scheduled. Judy said and her phone instantly vibrated.

“Oh my God! ” declared Judy with a bright smile.

“The meeting has been slated for this evening at dinner. ” she told Gideon flashing before him the text message the agent just sent to her.

Gideon smiled and it pleased Judy. She hasn’t seen him smile that much in a long while.

“I’ll leave you to sort things and get all you’ll be needing for the meeting tomorrow morning. ” she said then turned around to leave.

“Wait. ” Gideon stopped her.

“Thank You for your effort Judy. You are an excellent personal assistant. ” he told her.

Judy smiled, nodded and exited Gideon’s office feeling on top of the world.

it was 6pm. Emma began packing up her things. She had a dinner meeting with Romero bars that evening

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