KATE
When we got back to the company as expected father came down to meet us .
" Where have you been ? " He barked .
I looked around at the people watching.
" Relax , father. I just went to meet Mrs. Vivan, head of fashion department and discuss about the clothes for the upcoming programme. It was in my schedules today "
Father looked angry " secretary bessy !"
"Yes sir "
" Get my phone right now and put Mrs vivan on the phone "
" Yes sir "
Father pointed at me " if I find out you are lying , you will regret this "
Bessy came back with Dad's phone.
" Call her"
" Yes sir "
The phone beeped.
" Hello ?"
" Yes, Mrs vivan . How are you doing today ?"
" Mr ken , it's such a pleasure to hear from you . To what do I owe this pleasure?"
" I just wanted to confirm something. My son , Nate .did he come visit you today?"
" Your son ? Of course . He came to discuss about the clothing brand and see if they were ready "
Father's eyes widened " I see"
" Mr ken, you spoke so highly of your son . Don't tell me you actually think he forgot or something"
Ken laughed" of course not . Well , I best free you now. Have a nice day "
The line went beep .
" If you were going to go anyways, why didn't you atleast go with your bodyguard?"
I walked away .
" I'm talking to you !"
" And I don't have time to talk. I have a company to run . Marketing team A and B to the meeting room now ".
" Yes sire"
We got to the meeting room.
" What's the daily report ?"
" Umm...it stocks dropped from last week. Some customers complained that the lipstick product taste weird and left bad reviews"
" Who was in charge of making the lipsticks?"
" Marketing team B"
I nodded my head. " So in other words team B is made up of incompetent people. Okay . Let's swap it up then , team A from now it's your job to make the products. Team B you check the reviews . Is that taken ? "
"Yes sir"
I looked at Nathan and smiled as I remembered how he helped me .
" help me " I had said
" What ? Me ? How ? "
" To be honest...I don't know anything about business "
" But you went abroad and studied business for a long time sir "
" Hey, just help me okay? I really need to prove to father that I can do this "
"Okay , then first we better call Mrs vivan of the fashion department "
"Her ? Why ? "
" You had an appointment scheduled today by 2:30 sir . Don't tell me you actually forgot"
I had forgotten. Alot of things happened in just this one day.
" I'm doomed "
" No , you are not. We can still fix it "
" How?"
" Like this ". I watched as Nathan called her.
" Mrs vivan?"
" Yes ? Who am I speaking with?"
" Nathaniel, Mr Nate's boss "
" Ah "
" Could the appointment be pushed forward ? Mr Nate is unable to make it at this time "
" Hey , look here. I'm just as busy as the chairman . If he can't make it he should forget about it "
" Actually , the chairman was on his way to see you and decided to pick some flowers for you and was nearly hit by a car. The shock made him faint and he is in the hospital now. We are not postponing to another day just pushing the time a little more forward"
" Really? Oh , my. I hope he is alright. Yes , we can do that . I'm free by 6"
" Oh and if Mr ken calls and ask can you please tell him that you two already met. We don't want to get him worried "
" Of course , of course"
" Thank you , have a nice day"
" You too "
The line went beep.
I looked at Nathan in surprise and clapped for him " That was smooth"
"Wasn't it ?"
" Okay so what next "
" Now ...we go back to the company . When we get there , you ask for daily reports and look at what has fallen and what needs improvement"
"Wow , you are really heaven sent . I knew it. Hey , just because I asked you for help doesn't mean we are close though , okay ? "
" Why? There's nothing wrong in a friendship between a man and a man"
Nathan looked back at me and smiled.
Nothing wrong in a friendship between a man and a man ? That is if it was actually between a man and a man .
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