Contract Marriage; Fated Love

Noah left the meeting hall and stumbled on Rose on his way out. This was his first official appearance in the company since he became the owner. He had assigned a manager to handle the affairs of the company. He decided to show up that day to see how things were going.

“Good morning President Noah,” she greeted, smiling broadly.

“This silly girl. Why is she here?” he thought.

“How are you doing?” she pressed further.

“Why aren’t you working? Get back to work, now!”

She was surprised at his tone. She had thought her smile was going to have its usual effect. Her smile always had the power to melt hearts. It had worked on virtually everyone but Noah. She raised her eyes and met his eagle eyes fixed on her. They seemed to bore into her soul and could see through her. She realized she hadn’t obeyed his last order. She turned and walked back to her office.

“It’s just because I haven’t sent her and her entire family out of the company,” he sighed and continued on his way.

When Noah successfully bought the shares and became the owner of the company, one thing he did not do was retrenchment of workers. He even left Mr Williams a position as a senior staff member of the company.

But Olivia was still bitter that they had lost the full rights of ownership in the company. She had thought of possible means to reclaim the company but none was realistic.

Rose sat in her office, seething in anger. It was supposed to be her issuing orders in that company and not the other way round. President Noah had just ordered her to get back to work. How dare he! This was still her father’s company and there were no two ways about it. She put her work aside and decided to map out her plans.

Should she seduce him and make him relinquish power? That sounded like the perfect solution. But heck! She had tried it before and failed woefully. Should she try again? No. He might find out her aim and punish her before she recorded success. She hated to record any failed plans.

Elimination? No. He probably had a next of kin and such a great man could not be eliminated just like that.

“Arrgh!” she screamed in exasperation. She had always loved, wanted and craved power and just as she was about clinging to power as the new CEO of the company, Noah appeared from nowhere and took over the company. Just like her mom, she wasn’t going to sit back and let this go on since it had already happened. The factors that made her plans unrealistic weakened her. She decided to seek help from an external source since it was clear she couldn’t do it alone. She thought of who to beckon to and her mind screamed ‘Ben.’ Yes. Ben was the answer.

She stood up and went to the restroom with her phone. She looked around to make sure no one was in sight or eavesdropping. Having made sure that there was no one around, she entered inside and shut the door.

“Hello! Good morning.”

“Rose?”

“Yes Ben. It’s me.”

“What a pleasant surprise. It’s been a while. Have you decided to consider my proposal?”

“Common Ben. Stop that please. I have a business for you.”

“I’m all ears. Fire on.”

“My dad’s company has been taken over by some rogue. I need your help to get it back from him.”

“Elimination?”

“No. That’s not the best idea. He isn’t a small fry and I am sure he has a next of kin.”

“He isn’t a small fry? What do you mean by that? Who is he?”© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

“Noah Harper.”

“Huh? President Noah?” Ben screamed over the phone.

“Yes. And can you stop shouting, please? Someone might hear you.”

“Do you know what you are talking about? Do you know the social status of the man in question?”

Rose frowned.

“Why are you asking me all these questions? This is business. Are you interested or not?”

“It will cost a huge sum to get this deal done. It is neither a small nor easy job.”

“I am willing to pay. How do we go about it?”

“The best way is to prepare an agreement and make him sign it.”

“Great. How will it be done? How do I make him sign it?”

There was a pause for a moment as both were thinking of the best ways to carry out the plan. Ben came up with an idea.

“We could drug him, seduce him and make him sign it and this is a huge task. I will need to prepare a legal document, monitor his schedule, know when to spike his drink and arrange a girl to seduce him and get him to sign it.”

“How much will it cost?”

“Five hundred thousand dollars.”

“Ben. That’s outrageous!”

Before Ben could speak, there was a sharp knock on the door and she ended the call abruptly. She put her phone away and washed her hands. She opened the door and pretended like she came to use the restroom like every normal person on any day.

Fortunately, she thought, she hadn’t said anything that would give her away and hopefully, she had spoken in hushed tones and there was no way the lady could have overhead her.

The lady looked at her suspiciously and her heart skipped a bit.

Was she mistaken? Had her tone not been low enough?

She glanced at the lady expecting her to say something but she didn’t. She braced herself to her something like,

“I heard all you plans and I will expose you,”

but she didn’t hear anything like that. She assumed the lady had not heard anything. She acted in a very composed manner to avoid arousing suspicion. She entered her office and met her colleagues all working seriously. The atmosphere was a bit tense and the seriousness in them seemed enforced. She asked the girl next to her what it was about.

“The manager was here on the instruction of President Noah. He took down your name as absent from work.”