Emily nodded her head and stepped out of the car. Kevin closed the door and followed behind her. It took a few minutes for them to walk into the building; all the while, the two had not said a word to each other. Two men were waiting in the lobby of the building to welcome them. They recognised her because of Kevin, who was walking beside her.
They welcomed her respectfully and led her into the meeting hall, where three representatives were already waiting.
"Welcome, Miss White. It's nice to finally meet the face behind Stem." One of the men said. But, honestly, they were expecting a man, not a beautiful young lady in her early twenties.
Emily took his hands. I am Jerry; these are my colleagues Mr Mat and miss Olivia Jackson. Jerry introduced. While Emily exchanged handshakes with them. She was disappointed that Mr Brown would not be joining the meeting.
Over the years, even if she had not lifted her fighter against the Brows, she had been watching the company's progress.
So she understood that even if the project was beneficial to both companies, the CEO of ABM should have more important things to do; this thought made her swallow her disappointment. If she can sign this deal, meeting the CEO will not be much of a problem, right?
After all, with one successful collaboration, another was sure to come until her company was at the same level as ABM. Knowing ABM very well, she was sure they would try to acquire her company once they saw it as a competitor. This was when her plans would move to the next stage, but she needed to be patient for the time being. Otherwise, she will ruin her well-thought-out plans.
She sat down, and so did Kevin, her assistant. "Let begin," Jerry said.
....
At the same time, On the top floor of the ABM building
A man was seen looking out the window with his hands shoved into his pocket.
*Knock *knock
He heard the knock he had been expecting. He turned his head in the direction of the door. He walked over to his seat and sat down.
"Enter," he instructed when he was comfortably seated. His assistant walked in, holding a folder.
"Sir, the Ceo of Stem has arrived. She is a young lady of twenty-three. She is an Orphan who started managing her father's shares at sixteen in Williams's group before it went bankrupt five years ago. Of course, White was a minority shareholder in the group, and they managed to pull at their funds before the company collapsed. As of that time, Miss White was in the planning stage of her company. I guess that is why she has been difficult to trace since we were checking the wrong time."
"She has no siblings, and her extended family liveaboard. She went to stay with them after the death of her parents at sixteen. She managed the company from overseas with the help of her father's most trusted subordinate. Who has been the representative of the company till recently."
"She came back due to our company's request to work directly with the Ceo.
All minor details are contained in this file," he said, dropping the folder in front of his boss.
"You can leave now," Eric said without touching the file. He did not think of her as anything special. Eric was among those who expected the Ceo of Stem to be a man. However, now that it turns out to be a woman, he concluded that the company's success so far must be due to the effort of a trusted subordinate, Gabriel. Who has been the face of the company for the last five years?
'At least Stem will not be as difficult as the William group,' he thought to himself. Although he disagreed with the extreme means his father used. Even if it happened due to a misunderstanding, there was nothing he could do to change that. What is done is done.
The so-called collaboration was only a trap to meet the CEO. In the last five years, his father has done everything within his power to know the company's CEO, but the information seems buried. Now that it has been confirmed, it is time to stop the collaboration and cut off the company before it becomes a rival or a threat.
He has been training all his life to take over the sit of his father, and he understood that the most challenging enemy to fight is the one in the shadows. They have done everything to get a hold of the information of the CEO, but every lead has to lead to a dead end. So he believes only a good collaboration could bring out the CEO from her hiding place. As expected, he was right.
He did not know that the company's success was the young lady's effort since she managed the company's day-to-day running. He also did not realise that his plans to unveil the CEO of Stem only worked because Emily was already planning to introduce herself. If anything, he has helped her with the perfect excuse to come in public.
All their information about her was fake, But they had no way of knowing this since a white family has always existed as a small board member in the William group. This was the Williams's second identity should any happen to the family.
Emily's Grandfather had worked as an international shy and brought down many criminals. To protect him and his family after he retired, William gave each of their children duo identities in case they got exposed.
Eric taps on his table for half a minute before sending the next instruction to Jerry. He was still curious why she decided to hide for a few. So he thought to give her a little push.
Back in the meeting room, Jerry was listening attentively to what Emily was presenting. He was enjoying her presentation before the beep of his phone called his attention.
He was there to access Emily and figure out if she was a worthy opponent. He quietly looked at the message he had just received.
(Boss: Terminate the collaboration).