"If Mr. Sky impregnated an underage girl, should he not have been punished by the law for that? I mean the girl's parents could have made some noise and got a lot of compassion. This should have ruined his reputation a long time ago," Eric said. Of course, Eric knew about the illegitimate child but he never paid attention to it since he did not feel it will affect Mr. Sky in any way.
The international market was a place for rational-minded people who only care about gain. As long as he had not committed murder news like illegitimate children will barely affect him. Especially since he is from country Kay
"Well, not everyone is born with a golden spoon. In this world, the powerful takes it all. The young lady was a nobody. She was working as a domestic help for one of the rich folks, that is how she ended up meeting Mr. Sky."
"You know in a church congregation the rich and the poor are together. Ideally, there is no social status when they gather together."
Eric took a deep breath and look at Olivia impressed by her intelligence. she had paid attention that he had not even thought about.
"I know this is not enough to destroy Sky group but I am sure it is enough to make Mr. Sky cancel the collaboration with Stem," Olivia said.
"And if he refuses?" Eric asked picking up the wine bottle to refill his glass. He has been trying hard to stop himself from touching Olivia even if the latter kept throwing herself indirectly at him so the drink was used to calm his racing hormones.
"If he refuses then we release the news and ruin his reputation. After all, we can't make empty threats can we?" Olivia asked with a smirk.
"No we don't but he could easily turn this upside down. The incident happened over eighteen years ago. moreover this piece of news will do little to his reputation and we will complete fall out with the sky group.'' Eric refused . he was not scared of the sky family but it was best not to have them as enemy. the relationship between the two groups should be left just the way it is.
Olivia understood his concern, after all she already thought about it."That's the fun part, we can get poor members of his congregation to testify against him over the years. What I mean is, over the years Mr. Sky has taught over twenty groups of teenagers. If we get them to speak out then I am sure we can prove our case," Olivia said.
" Hm-mm, we can work with that but it going to cost a lot of money to bribe people to lie against the man. Besides we will not get any benefit from it." Eric commented. As a businessman profit was very important to him. why will he spend so much to destroy a person when he will not he gaining anything from it.
"Mr. Brown, have you ever been hungry, with no hope of where your next meal will come from?" Olivia asked. Eric shakes his head. Of course, the only reason he has ever gone hungry in his life was when he was busy and did not have time to eat.
"With $1000 we can get a person to tell the story we want to hear. So with $15,000 we can get like 6 false witnesses and get it done" Olivia explained. the biggest problem of country kay is that it citizen suffer a lot of poverty and underemployment.
"Are you sure?" Eric asked because he felt the money was a small amount for someone to give up their morals. After all religious people claim to have high moral standards. $15000 was worth his tie only. as a person born into wealthy he could not understand that this money was worth a person year expenses especially in a country like Kay.
"Yes, I know for someone like you that is insignificant among but for them, it is a life-changing amount. Some of these people earn less than $100 a month," Olivia answered with confidence. Of course, she also knew that not everybody they approach will give up their moral standards.
"Even if we get this witness, will it make any difference if he doesn't agree to drop the collaboration? Besides all our witnesses can easily be proven as false witnesses," he said he was skeptical about her backup plans.
"That's possible but we have evidence. His illegitimate son and his mother. Once one case is proven then the rest..." Olivia left her sentence hanging.
Eric understood what she meant. once they can prove one case, then the other witness will be accepted without questioning. He understood that this was a perfect plan because every man would want to keep the peace of his home. "I will let you make the arrangements then," He said after giving it a little thought. "remember we do not want to make enemies with the sky," Eric felt the need to warn her after what happen in the meeting hall that day.
Olivia nodded her head, while she tried to hide the smile that was visible from ear to ear. By this time Eric was already a little drunk. So he forgot about his mental note and drew Olivia into his arms. Of course, Olivia complied immediately and seal his lips with hers. After all, she could always blame her actions on being a little drunk. there is a popular saying that if one was not willing to take the rick the one will never gain any thing in life.
Eric pulled her closer and deepen the kiss. He has long to do this all night. Olivia moans into his lips when she felt his hand on her boobs. Eric used the chance to slip his tongue into her mouth and gently push her back on the couch, kissing her passionately. And just when Olivia thought he would take things to the next level he snapped out the kiss, remembering he made the first move. Besides he has a feeling she was a bit drunk and he would not want to take advantage of her.
Olivia was frustrated when she saw him pull back. She did not want to act too desperate, after all, a single mistake will ruin her future. Eric pulled himself completely away from her and the beautiful image of Emily flash through his mind. For some reason he felt like being with another woman after meeting her was wrong. "But who the hell was she to him?" Eric questioned his heart which seemed to be having a will of his own. he did not understand what was wrong with his heart but he wanted to put a stop to it.
Eric looked down at the woman below him, "you know there can't be anything serious between us right?" Eric asked Olivia was starring at him with lust
Olivia nods her head shyly. Of course, she knew. She overestimated herself when she thought of having him to herself. Who was she? She was a simple commoner, his father of course will arrange a noblewoman for him when the time comes.
Someone like her can only be a mistress, an unknown mistress at that. And she honestly did not mind. Who would mind being a mistress to a young man like Eric? Handsome, Rich, and intelligent. He was her dream man but of course, she decided to tell herself the truth that she could not have him to herself.
Was she still thinking of making him fall for her? Sure she was. After all, Olivia believes that it is not who wears the ring that owns the man but the woman who owns the heart. So she made up her mind to make him fall for her.
When Eric saw her nodding her head shyly all logic flew out the window and he sealed her lips with his. He needed to get Emily out of his system and he believes that being with another woman will totally erase her from his mind, after all this means going against his mind.
To him, the only reason he was attracted to her was that she was beautiful. He had been so busy lately that he had no time for a woman. So he believes that he was just sexually striving causing him to think of the CEO of Stem.
"Let... Go
....go...
To... the bedroom," Olivia whispered while trying to catch her breath, when Eric tailed off her lips.
Without any verbal acknowledgment, Eric stood up with Olivia's leg wrapped around his waist as he carried her into the room.
Pushing the bedroom door open he walked straight to bed and toss her down. Soon the sound of clothes being reaped could be heard. The cold empty room some minutes ago was now occupied with the slamming of two people and a loud moan of pleasure.