acquaintance
/əˈkweɪnt(ə)ns/
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noun
knowledge or experience of something.
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Same day , few hours ago.
"...Et merci beaucoup, mesdames et messieurs. Je verrai tout à la prochaine réunion de groupe." (And thank you so much ,ladies and gentlemen. I will see all in the next group meeting.) He stood up from his chair and shook hands with the team members who were here for the monthly meeting.
LiahBell PR & Marketing is not just a name but the one of the biggest firm of digital marketing and PR.
Theodore Evans stood up from his chair and smiled gently toward everone. He is a man who appreciates all the support he has been getting from his wonderful team ever since he has started this company twealve years ago.
"Merci, Monsieur. Nous avons tous passé un merveilleux moment. J'ai beaucoup appris en tant que nouveau stagiaire.(Thank you, sir. We all had a wonderful time. Got to learn a lot as a new intern.)"A young man with dorky glasses said as Theodore was about to walk out from the meeting room.
"Ne me remercie pas. Et j'espère que vous serez merveilleux à l'avenir. Tous mes vœux.(Don't thank me. And i hope you will wonderful in future. All the best. )" Theodore said with a smile and patted his shoulder, while the young man looked at him in awe and admiration.
Walking out from the meeting room, he entered his cabin. His pa came after him and updated him about the changes his schedule.
"Sir, we need to have a meeting with the fashion house that need a need model for the upcoming campaign. They are a very big name in the fashion industry ,sir." His PA showed his the tab after setting his glasses on point with his index finger. Theodore nodded as he took the tab from Raphael and went through the company's details and all the collected data. LD Fashion was a huge name in the fashion industry and no doubt being an international PR company , this was still a big deal for them.
Theodore sigh and sat on his chair while Raphael stood next to him, waiting for his boss's order.
"Raphael, please make sure you arrange a virtual meeting with them as soon as possible." He handled back the tab and turned to open his laptop. "And yes, please clear my schedule for Sunday and Monday. I would have be busy with some personal stuff." Theodore said and he typed something furiously in his laptop.
"Anything else , sir?" Raphael asked, his french accent was very much visible.
"No, that will be it. And yes, I will leave early, I have to pickup Jo from school. And I will be busy after that." Theodore said absentmindedly.
"Sure, sir." Raphael nodded and walked away, while Theodore when through the files on his laptop.
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It was around late afternoon, a slick, posh Mercedes Benz wooshed through the busy streets of Paris. And it came to hault when it reached it's destination –Kingston' International School.
And as it was the busy Friday afternoon, just a day before the weekend. It was crowded than usual. Student went coming out with their friends, some laughing, some with their usual poker face and some making plans on what they will be doing this Saturday night.
The window of the car rolled as his eyes searched for the familiar pair of ice blue eyes that he helds his heart and soul.
"Dadd!!" A girl in her early teen ran toward him. Her ice blue eye twinkled as she ran toward his car. Her bag swung over her left shoulder, her tanned face looked flushed in the heat of summer. The hair that was tired in a pony tail swung left and right and she ran out of her school campus.
Theodore opens his car and got up from his sit, standing and opened his arms for his for his daughter. She ran toward his and hug him with all her might.
"I missed you sooooooo much, Dad!" She said as she snuggled against his chest taking in the familiar warm and protection of her father.
"I missed you more ,JoJo." He said and patted her head.
"Dadda, why do you still call me JoJo?Even though it's sounds super cute ,but I am a big girl now." She pouted and looked up toward his. He chucked and booped her nose, "My silly girl, you will always me my little JoJo."
Josephine grinned and stood up on her toes to kiss Theodore's cheek. "Lets gooo ,dad! I have so many things to share with you!" She squealed and jumped in excitement after meeting her father for one whole week. Even though they both lived together, but seeing Theodore bust schedule, she hardly got a second to meet him.
She skipped and walked toward the other side of the car when she heard the most annoying voice ever since she has joined this school.
"Wasup' JoJo!" She could practice see him smirk without having to turn around.
She sighed in annoyance and turned toward him. "It's your brain, do you need help to get it up from the sky?" She smiled sweetly. And that when she saw the set of forest green eyes turned a shade darker. But she was Josephine Evans, not even a freaking dinosaur could scare her. And she did what she was best at by returning his glare.
"You little bunny, do you think you can even climb the two inch liliputs building and here you are, dreaming of climbing the sky and that very much shows who's brain is hanging up there in the sky, JoJo." He scoffed and looked at her from head to toe. Josephine stomped her foot and was ready to launch her herself and punch the annoying chipmucks gut out but a voice next to her stopped her from doing so.
"Calm down my , superwoman. "Theodore chucked and held his daughter's hand and who was ready to fight with the guy who was at least three feet taller than her.
He than turned toward the the around sixteen years old guy with with a very familiar forest green eyes.
"What's going on, young man? Why are you bothering my princess?" He asked with his infamous intimidating voice. But to his surprise, the guy smiled at him gently.
"That wasn't my intention to ,sir. She has challenge me for a swimming match, and I just wanted to know if she is still up for it or," He paused and then turned toward Josephine with a small smirk, his eyes glinted with mirth as he continued, "she is afraid to go for it."
"Aha, I see. But before my daughter answer your question, tell me what is your good name, young man, you look very familiar." Theodore looked at him curiously.
"I am Jayden Wilson, sir. And yes, I look familiar to you because we did meet few days ago. We meet at the market, I was with my mother." He gave him a small smile, but that only raised more questions in Theodore brain as he recalled the very fierce pair of hazel green eyes that has caught his attention the other day when he went to pick Josephine from the market despite his busy schedule, and that's when he path crossed with a lady and the incident that followed. He tried to recall if he knew her, but for some reason he couldn't remember , but the pair of eyes didn't leave him mind.