Claire ran down the hallway like crazy. She saw Duncan's boys standing by the staircase chatting and ran towards them.
"Hey, why is the goddess running like her ass is on fire?" One of them asked smiling at Claire. Claire grabbed the boy's collar drawing him closer to her.
"Where's your boss?" Claire growled staring into the emerald green eyes of the boy.
"I-in his lounge." The boy shivered.
Claire threw him away and started to ran up the stairs not bothering to take the lift. She ran up the flight of stairs without stopping till she was on the fifth floor. She ran down the corridor heading for Duncan's lounge.
Immediately she reached, she barged in without knocking. She was all sweaty and was panting as she glared at Duncan who just sat in his usual black arm chair enjoying some whiskey. Claire approached him and shoved her phone in Duncan's face.
"What's this?" she asked as she played the video.
It was a girl who seemed to be Claire and a boy who was Duncan. In the video, Claire wore a black loose lace dress with only one sleeve which was midway her thighs exposing most of her thighs and legs. The dress was see through at her cleavage which made her look damn sexy. She also wore black high ankle heels. Duncan wore a white T-shirt and black tattered jeans with a Gucci kick.
They both were struggling in the corridor and it seemed Claire was the one who was in control and she seemed to be drunk. She was forcing Duncan to enter her lounge as she harassed him. Duncan looked timid in the video and Claire was the wild one. After the long struggle, Claire pulled Duncan into her lounge and shut the door. And that was the end of the video.
"Answer me. What's the meaning of the this?!" She yelled at Duncan but he was calm.
"Do you remember. Your last birthday. When you got drunk and forced yourself on me." Duncan said grinning.
"But I remember nothing happened between us."
"Of course nothing happened between us thanks to Tracy. If she didn't come then I would have been in charge in the room and that night would have been the most memorable for you and I. And I really liked your dress. So alluring." Duncan smirked darkly as he twirled the whiskey in the glass. "But just imagine yourself to be an outsider. And you see this video for the first time what would you think? The girl is harassing the boy. Hahaha." Duncan laughed.
"What exactly do you want from me?"
"Just sign the contract."
"And what if I don't?"
"Then, you'll see the campus headline tomorrow. 'Campus goddess harasses the king on her birthday night'. or you'll see the country headline, 'Famous business couple, The Kleins' daughter sexually harasses a poor timid boy on her birthday night'. Isn't it obvious. It'll be a big shocking news. After all you are unknown. A lot are dying to see you. So imagine tomorrow's news headline, the whole country will shake... And also your parents will be really disappointed in you." Duncan explained.
"I'll get rid of the video as well as you." Claire threatened.
"Okay." Duncan shrugged. Claire rolled her eyes and left Duncan all alone in the lounge.
Immediately Claire got out, she called Thane and gave him some instructions. Ten minutes later, Claire met Thane at the lobby and she sat in the van. The van halted at the parking lot of the mall. Claire took the elevator with Thane from the ground floor to the eighth floor. They went straight up to an exclusive boutique. Immediately she entered, a staff approached her.
"Welcome to our shop, Ma'am. What would you like to purchase?"
"Business suit." Claire answered shortly.
The staff went and soon came with three business suit.
Claire chose a black suit consisting of black pants, black petticoat, black blazer and white shirt with black tie. She dashed into the changing room and changed into the suit. She soon came out looking like a real business goddess. She pulled her hair into a long ponytail and then selected a four inch black heels. Thane was quite awestruck with Claire's new look.
"How do I look Thane?" Claire asked as she examined herself in the mirror.
She looked at Thane through the mirror and saw he has given a thumbs up. Claire smirked at the gesture. Thane then settled the bill and they both left after Claire purchased a black nose mask.
Next, the car halted right in front of the magnificent building of VR Empire, a multi billion dollars company. It had approximately forty floors making it one of the tallest buildings in the country. The building was heavily guarded.
Claire entered the huge entrance of the building wearing the black nose mask with Thane trailing her.
There were thousands of employees here and they were busily fulfilling their duties. Most of them who noticed Claire stopped to see the girl with a mask who had just entered the building. Some gaped and others gossiped.
"Wow, she's such a beauty though I can't see her face fully."
"Yeah you are right."
"I've never seen her here before. Is she a new partner. She is has a glow and looks very young."
"But she comes along with the breathing mannequin who is usually around the CEO."
"Who could she be?"
Claire spotted her father's secretary and right hand man, Mr. Steven Yates approaching them with a smile on his face. Steven was a young handsome bachelor who had a high IQ according to her dad. And it was really obvious when you see him. He was just twenty five and was such a gentleman.
"Welcome Ma'am." He extended his hand with a smile and Claire shook it.
"Please call me by name. Otherwise I'll feel very awkward to hear you call me Ma'am. If not then use my surname." Claire smiled.
"Sure M-Miss Klein." He said as the trio entered her father's private elevator.
They got off on the fortieth floor. This floor had the offices of the CEO and vice president and the main conference room as well as the control room. The research center was also on this same floor and also a few heads have their offices on this floor. The main staffs also worked in a large hall.
"The CEO is in a meeting. How about you wait for him in his office?" Steven asked as they walked down the enormous corridor.
"Sure." Claire agreed. Steven opened the door to the CEO's office.
They entered the magnificent office. There was a huge dark glassy desk with an enormous office chair. Behind it was a huge floor to ceiling window overlooking the city. The walls were painted black and white and the floor tiles were black. At the left corner was a sitting area with black furniture on a black and white carpet. The office was quite dull.
Claire sauntered towards the desk as she removed the mask and sat on the enormous chair. Steven smiled seeing the girl in business suit sitting on the chair. At last she is at her rightful place, he thought.
He knew about the issues in their family concerning Claire joining the business. Claire always refuses her father when he talks about Claire starting to join the business. He also knew Claire was the type who refused hard work and always liked to enjoy her life.
So seeing the girl sit in the chair made him excited. He bowed to leave and smiled at Thane who just sat at the sitting area like a mannequin staring at Claire. Steven then got out of the room.
"Wow Thane. It's really cool sitting here." Claire said as she twirled the chair around.
***
Steven entered the conference room which was meant for a meeting between the CEO and the board members.
There was a magnificent black glassy table at the center with thirty one black chairs around it with only one at the head where Mr. Klein sat.
There were about fifteen members in the room having a heated argument. Mr. Klein just sat there with his eyes closed and held the bridge of his nose.
Steven walked over to the CEO and whispered into his ear. Mr. Klein immediately dashed out surprising the board members. Steven as usual smiled.
"The meeting is on hold. The CEO has an important issue to handle." Steven said making sure not to offend the board members.
***
Mr. Klein pushed the door open and entered the office. The room was silent. He turned to the left and saw Thane sitting comfortably in the sofa with his eyes closed. He looked over to his desk and saw the chair was facing the window.
"Claire?" He called. The chair immediately spun around revealing Claire who sat in the chair grinning.
She stared at her handsome dad who looked like a twenty year old young man. She immediately got up from the chair and ran to hug her father. The two had a lot of similarities in terms of their looks. One will think they are twins when they stood together.
"Dad!" She said as she wrapped her arms around the man's neck and hugged him. "I missed you so much." She kissed the man's cheek.
Mr. Klein broke the hug and held Claire's shoulders. He sighed then looked into Claire's angel eyes.
"What the hell are you doing here?" He suddenly asked.
"Huh?!"
"You know what I mean. It's already sunset." He said making Claire smile awkwardly as she scratched her hair.
"W-well I was just passing by and decided to drop here to check up on you." She stammered.
"You? Weren't you the same person who a few years back sworn to never step foot here?" Mr. Klein asked squinting his eyes.
"W-well, you know... uhm..."
"What trouble have you got yourself into this time?... Answer me!" He ordered making Claire to flinch. Thane also stood at the sitting area curious about what Claire has done.
"I-I want to hack someone's phone." She answered lowering her head.
"How will you benefit from hacking somebody's phone. Huh!"
"A lot. That imbecile has got my photos and want to post them on the internet so that the whole world will see the daughter of Mr. Klein." Claire shamelessly told a white lie.
"Really?" Mr. Klein asked finding it hard to believe Claire.
"Yeah. It's not anything serious but I want to delete the pictures. You know the effects of having my pictures leaked. And that freak will also earn a lot of money after doing this dirty job." Claire answered with a smile on her face.
"Hmm. Okay. I'll ask Steven to accompany you to the IT department."
"Thanks dad. You are the best... Uhm, I hope Lady Klein is doing well at home." Claire asked and her dad nod. "Tell her to eat a lot of fruit so that my baby brother will be as handsome as you when he's out."
"Sure." Mr. Klein smiled caressing Claire's hair lovingly.