TWO HOURS AGO.
"Fuck! Why have you just told me now? You know that I have to fetch my child from her school." He pulled his hair out of frustration knowing that he'll be late in fetching his daughter but he can't do anything. He walked to their meeting room so that he could finish it early.
"Where are they?" He asked his secretary while walking and greeted his employees.
"Uhm, They- they are on the way, Sir. I am really sorry, I- I forgot to tell you that I received their email earlier about this meeting." He stuttered while talking to Asher.
Asher can feel that his secretary is anxious and scared of what he will do to him but he doesn't have the time and energy to reply. They continued walking until they reached the meeting room. Asher sat down on his seat waiting for everyone to enter inside. He checked his watch and knew that he'd be really late in fetching his child.
"Sir, they're here." His secretary told him as he pointed at them entering the room.
"Good morning, Mr. White." Mr. Alinsky greeted.
"Good morning, Sir," Asher replied with a small smile on his face.
Mr. Alinsky sat on the chair and his secretary began to discuss the arrangement and everything that they could do to save his company. When his secretary ended, Mr. Alinsky started to discuss further information about his company and the benefits that Asher company can get if he'll ever accept his offer.
"So, Mr. White, do you have any questions?" He asked, concerned.
Asher can feel that he is scared. A grin painted on Asher's face trying to make him feel more anxious than he already is, and he asked. "What can you offer to me aside from your company?"
He was taken aback by what he asked but continued to remain in his posture. He wanted someone else from him. Not his company and that is why, he had agreed to even meet Mr. Alinsky. If not, he won't even bother to meet him and the reason why, he asked him other than his company because he had seen his daughter who is unmarried yet. He needs her. Her help.
"Well, I am also proposing to arrange a marriage with you and my daughter. It will help us save our company and will help you get custody of your daughter."
A grin that was on Asher's face fell down because he never thought that Mr. Alinsky is this greedy to sell his daughter away to him just for his company and for debts? And not only that but he even got his personal information which he was fighting for his daughter's custody! Listening to this he got angry but he doesn't want to mess with anyone right now for the sake of his daughter!
"Can I see a picture of your daughter? What is her occupation and her age?" Asher curiously asked.
He projected a picture of a very beautiful girl. She is very mesmerizing with her almond-shaped eyes, long black wavy hair that compliments her fair skin. She absolutely looks like a goddess. He has never seen such beauty. Not even his ex-wife is nowhere to her. He thought.
"That is my daughter, Mr. White, her name is Ivy. She works as a kindergarten teacher in Brooklyn. I have tried to talk to her to become a CEO but she doesn't really want to be one." He said while looking at the picture in the projector.
What a small world after all! He exclaimed in his mind. Asher can maybe check her out later in Lily's school when he's going to fetch her.
"How are you sure that she'll be okay with getting married to me? As far as I could remember she doesn't even say yes when you offer her to be a CEO." He asked Mr. Anilsky tried to make sure that he was prepared for what he just offered.
"I just know Mr. White. She is my daughter after all." He answered him while smiling.
Asher replied with a threatening statement. "Okay, Sir. If you'll get her to say yes then I am on it. If not then might as well you find another company that can save you."
He got out first in the meeting room and went straight to the elevator and then got down to the lobby. His car was ready in the driveway. He quickly got inside and drove off from there, trying to get to his daughter's school as fast as possible. He can already picture out her daughter's annoyance.
Asher parked his car in the school's parking lot. He is trying to be ready to see his daughter and maybe his future wife too. He walked in the hallway finding his daughter's classroom and as he reached the end, he finally saw her. She was inside pouting and drawing on a sheet of paper.
"I am fucked up!" Asher cursed himself and walked inside.
"Hi, baby! I am so sorry for fetching you late." Lily greeted her. Trying to cuddle her but she resisted and hid the paper below her chair.
"No! You were late daddy, everyone's gone. For sure you forget to fetch me and you have to be reminded by your secretary." Lily pouted, resisting to look at him.
"Baby no, I am really sorry. Daddy was just busy and I had to do some stuff." Asher replied and gently moved her face towards him.
Before she could even answer, they heard a small knock on the door. It was her. It was Ivy. He can't believe that pictures cannot even justify how pretty she is in person but little did he know that he had already fallen for her beauty.
She walked towards them and he was trying not to feel excited and amazed by her.
"Hey, Lily. At least he fetched you even with his hectic schedule. So, you should go now." Ivy said while smiling at her. If he was an Ice cream, he would literally melt by her sweet warm smile.
"Okay, Mommy Ivy. By the way, this is daddy. His name is Asher." Lily said.
A sudden pinch of jealousy went inside his heart.
'So is she that close to my daughter now?' He asked himself and chuckled as he glared at Ivy, trying to intimidate her and he was successful.
"So, Mommy Huh?" ML asked mockingly.
"Well, she asked me if I can marry you and I told her I can't but I still can be her mommy." She answered not even stuttering and looking at hum straight in the eyes.
He was caught off guard by what she did and his defense mechanism acted first and said authoritatively.
"Stay away from my daughter."
Before he even realized what he said she looked at him snobbishly cute. Asher is so shy that he dragged his daughter to go out as soon as she finished packing.
His heart beats so fast and in an insane way. He has to breathe in and breathe out before even entering the car but he was jealous that his daughter is more free with that teacher than with him.
"Daddy, you like Mommy Ivy, don't you?" His daughter asked while he was trying to help her with the seatbelt in the passenger's seat.
"I am sorry for being late honey." That was the only thing he could utter at that moment.
He can't answer what she just said but she's right he does like her. He insanely does.