"Ted Gomez" he said while standing up and extending his hand.
"Good morning" she replied coldly.
"uhm I am sorry I got right in here directly, actually the secretary asked me to wait outside but I was in such a haste" he tried explaining.
"so how can I help you?"Adriana asked.
"Actually I was send by the 'Delphia' Enterprise with this contract bearing the terms and..."As Ted was explaining the motive of his visit,he threw some furtive glances over at Adriana.At the end of his presentation he stood up:
"So Mrs Carson..."
"Actually it's 'Miss' Carson" she cut in bluntly.
"Whoa, sorry for my indiscretion but you look more like a 'Mrs' Carson, though you aren't married"
"well actually I don't think that's any of your business Mr Gomez! that said,I have an appointment at the moment,so if you'll excuse me."
"yeah sure" Ted replied"no hard feelings there okay?!" he added apologetically.
"I'll study the file again and send you a reply by fax in a week or so"Adriana replied.
"Ok 'miss' Carson"he replied, stressing the 'miss' part,and with a last glance at her he exited the office.
She took her phone and dialed her Secretary's number.
"Leila,my office now!" then she slammed the reciever. A few seconds later Leila came in.
"yes madam you called for me"she said.
"of course I did! Now I hope you have a tangible reason why you allowed that man to enter my office in my absence!" she said angrily.
"Madam I am so sorry!he was so insistent and when he told me he was from the 'Delphia'institute I surrendered, remember you told me you had plans of merging with the delphia company."Leila explained.
"well not now anymore"Adriana spat in.
"But madam it will be a great investment, countless of the benefits that will promote your company's name in the outside world!" Leila said persistently.
Leila Duringo was thirty two years old and she had always admired her boss Adriana like forever! she always wondered how at a very tender age Adriana had succeeded to be at the helm of such a big Enterprise and she respected her alot.Little did she know that the story of the hard childhood Adriana had had shaped her into who she was today:a woman full of passion and determination,she had hustled hard to be where she was today. Her father always thought her to hustle like a man so that she should never have to depend on one in order to live.
Adriana's life was practically a success story despite the fact that her sentimental life was lagging behind and she never gave any second thought to it! She always consoled herself by saying that her father alone sufficed her.
"what's on my schedule today?" she asked Leila while sighing.
"it's quite full madam,you have two meetings with two different contractors at 1pm and 3pm respectively and a virtual summit to hold at 5pm."Leila replied reading her portfolio.
"Ok thank you,you can leave"Adriana added as Leila turned back and exited the office.
chapter 3 shall be released tomorrow at 7pm.
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