Chapter <b>45 </b>
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Daniel walked through the <b>dani</b>, stepping into my office.
“Your main whots to speak to you,” he said, handing his phone over to ma
Iwasn’t ready to speak to her. I’ve been avoiding her call since yesterday.
Daniel stepped out of the room afterwards. I ced the phone on top of my table. It was ons
. It was on speaker.
Myptop is open in front of me. I twirled around my chair, moving from side to side.
“Mason, you’ve been avoiding my y call,” her voice rang out.
Here we go <b>again</b>.
This is what happens when your mom is more invested in your business <b>than </b><b>you </b>are.
usy” lied,
“I am not. I’ve been busy” I le
My eyes are pinned on the screen of myptop, staring at the photo on it. She is beautiful.
Her smile.
A smile surfaced on my face, but I was murdered immediately after my mom spoke.
“You can’t lie to me, <b>Mason</b>; I know you better than anyone. I know how you feel. Her voice <b>changed </b>in thest sentence.
“You must be hurt.” She said.
Okay, maybe I was wrong maybe she <b>was </b>worried after all, “this would not have happened if <b>you </b>had listened to me when I told you about Julia.”
Okay, she hasn’t changed.
“You lost so many investors because of that.” She went on and on.
Thummed and spoke minimally when possible.
“I think it’s time y
you take things further with Julia. You have to seal things; that bitch is progressing and getting wilder if you want to defeat her, you need more investors, and Mr. Everett is the best candidate.”
“She is not a bitch.” <b>I </b>said in a low voice.
“Huh?”
“She is not a bitch. She has <b>a </b><b>name</b>, Mom, use it,” I said.
“Oh my goodness.” She spoke in the most dramatic tone. One would think the entire world just ended in front of her, and we all disappeared, leaving her <b>behind</b>.
She’s going to rant about me supporting Lydia how. Maybe I should have held my tongue back.
“You are not defending that woman, Mason. She snapped. Her breaths began to be frantic like she was beginning to pace around
“I knew this was going to happen. I have this fear. I got a report that you were seen with her yesterday. She must be trying to crawl her way back into your
I massaged my temples,
“Mom, Mom, stop, please,” tenuldn’t take any more of this.
-We are both into the business world. It’s hical to curse at each other. I respect her as the businesswoman that she is, and that’s all” Lexined.
I knew it wasn’t going to solve things and that the idea had already been nted in her head.
Before she could respond and kept dragging the topic, I changed it, “You had someone watch mer Lasked.
I hadn’t missed that.
“It’s for your own good, Mason”
“You know I hate that”
“I know what’s best for you.”
I inhaled a scent of breath sharply, “<b>Mom</b>!” I snapped, “I don’t like that.” I said sharply.
“If I get toy my hand on the bastards, I’m snapping his head in two.”
“Fine. I’ll drop it, but you have to promise me that you’ll think about an engagement with <b>Julia</b>,” She said.
“Fine.”
After the call, I stood and walked to the floor–to–ceiling window, tucking both hands in my pocket.
The door opened. I didn’t need to turn to know that it was <b>Daniel</b>.
The day was bright, and the sun shone high in the sky. Dark clouds drifted past
“Daniel,” I <b>called </b>
“Yes, boss,”
“Who do you work for? I tuned in slowly. He tensed<b>, </b>his eyes darting from side to <b>side</b>, no doubt wondering where the question was
“You boss.” He said.
I walked back to my seat and pulled out the chair. I sat in it, changing the photo on the screen to another photo of Lydia.
A photo of her from the night of herunch, where she <b>had </b>unveiled herself as the face behind Kavas.
“You sure it’s not for my mom?” I asked.
“No, boss.”
from.
“Then why do you bring her call to me? Do you think I’m stupid for ignoring her <b>call</b>, or maybe I’m an unfilial <b>son</b>!” Lasked<b>, </b>raising my eyes to meet him.
He <b>shook </b>his head.
“No, I just…
<i>“</i><i>The </i>
next time you do this, I’m demoting you to a cleaner threatened.
“I’m sorry, boss, it won’t happen again?
Good returned my attention to the photo of Lydia in front of me. For the past five hours, her pictures had been inte, they were easy to find.
He picked up his phone from the table.
Iraised
my
head when I realized he was still standing in front of me.
“What?”
“Boss, you’ve been invited to an event.” He said.
“I’m not interested.” That didn’t stop him from speaking since he continued.
“In honor of bagging the contract, <b>L</b>&J Global has decided to host a congrattions party for Miss Brooks
My fingers, which were set to remove the picture on the screen, <b>paused</b>,
If it was for Lydia, that means she’d be <b>present </b>
I’ve been thinking of some other way to see her and this seems to be an opportunity which I wasn’t going to let slide.
“Since you aren’t going, I’ll turn down the invitation.” He said. He bowed and turned walking away. He was close to the door when I stopped him.
“I’ll attend. It would be rude to turn down an invitation.” I said.
He smirked as if he knew I’d stop him.
“Alright, boss.”
He walked out of the office, closing the door behind him.
My phone beeped, a message from Zoe.
“Bro, call me when you are free, I just learnt something I <b>can’t </b>keep to myself.”
I was always free to talk to her. So I called her immediately the call connected after a few rings.
“Zoe, are you alright? Is everything okay?”
“No. I think …”
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