As she drove mindlessly, her mind was on the variety of problems that were now surrounding her. Even though she had placed many spies around Samuel, she had yet to understand his motives for attacking her personally.. Oh, she knew that he wanted the Chair but what was he trying to gain by trying to ruin her character in the world? She was the major shareholder and even if her personal life was a mess, it would make no difference to her position! She could understand that it would probably affect her dealings with people like Uncle Mou who were more conventional in their thinking but even then it would gain him nothing.
As she crossed another intersection, an idea struck her. Yes! The only way he would benefit from making her loose the deals was if he had joined hands with any of her competitors. Guess she needed to investigate this angle. But at present the problem was not Samuel but his pesky little puppets who were following her and getting herself a man. She wondered if she should hire some actor. She would have to hurry if she needed to get someone to take with her. Because she would have to train the person. But getting an actor could turn risky if that Samuel found out. No, she needed to find someone who was trustworthy and would not be swayed by money.
Just then her phone started to ring and she glanced at the number and her eyes narrowed! Yes.. he was the root of the problem so he needed to be the solution as well. Parking the car to the side, she answered the phone with a cool, "Hello?"
The man's husky voice sounded playfully through the phone, "Wow.. you shocked me babe. I actually mistakenly dialed your number. But since you have answered, I think you were missing me? Are you thinking of returning my clothes?"
Rolling her eyes at the narcissistic man, she asked directly," Where are you?"
"Me? I am hanging out the dic*."
Her eyes widening, Alice asked indignantly," What? You perverted man! Who do you think I am?"
K pulled the phone away from his ear, grinned at her shocked voice before interrupting, "Babe? Why would I be perverted for hanging out at the deck! The deck here is beautiful and less crowded!"
Once he had said this, silence met him on the other. With great difficulty, K stopped his laughter from escaping as he forcefully covered his mouth with his hand..
Alice, on the other hand frowned hard. She could swear she heard the man say d*ck and not deck...
Ignoring the man who was muttering, "Hello? Hello?" and said," I am coming to see you. Wait for me."
"Sure babe! I am always willing to wait for you..Come to the d*ck directly."
With that,K disconnected the call and lay back on the sun lounger, with a stupid grin on his face.
Alice stared down at her now phone,once again sure that he had not said deck.
Huffing, she put the car in drive, at ease with letting the puppets follow her. On the way, she weighed the pros and cons of getting that Adam to pretend to be her boyfriend.
Mentally she prepared a checklist with Pros being: He was mostly rich so he would not be swayed by money?(she could guess this because of his living accommodations but she still made a note to get someone to check on that.Secondly, he had helped her last night. Third, Uncle Mou had seen Adam's back so he would not be too doubting and she would not have to find someone with a similar structure to that man. Fourth, he could make her laugh though that was not important so she scratched it off the mental list.
She would just need to to get him to sign a non disclosure agreement and offer some incentives. He was a model? Maybe she could offer him some modeling contracts.
But her satisfaction with the pros took a nosedive when she she weighed in the cons. Firstly, he was very irritating! Really really irritating. He had a skewed sense of humor! Secondly, she had yet to investigate him and that would require time which she was currently she was short of. Thirdly, he was really irritating. She frowned as she thought of the repeated thought. Well, there was another con. He made her brain go haywire, thus affecting her thought process.
As she continued to list the man's innumerable cons in her mind, Alice reached the hotel before getting off and handing the valet her car keys. She smirked when she realized that the people following her had also stopped the car behind her, she smirked and handing a few dollar bills to the man, gave a few instructions in a small voice. The man frowned at first before nodding and agreeing with the woman.