"Hey, there I didn't see you," the man who took hold of Theresa's hand said.
Theresa and James just stared at him, Theresa trying to figure out who he is, while James trying to figure out how Nathaniel Harris is connected to the girl
"I've been searching for you," Nathaniel continued unfazed by their gazes and still holding unto Theresa's hand
"Mr. Harris, nice to finally meet you," James said stretching his hand out for a greeting which Nathaniel didn't respond to.
"How rude" Theresa snorted inwardly but couldn't help sniffle a laugh when James withdrew his hands out of embarrassment.
"I didn't know she was here with you," James said a bit tensed
"Well now you know" Theresa chirped in, playing along with Nathaniel, then firmly holding Nathaniel's arms
"Do you still want to pay double" she added and winked at James
Angry about the fact that he lost a chance with that girl and talking Nathaniel Harris into investing in his company he walked out on them.
Letting go of Nathaniel's hand Theresa said "Thanks for your help, Mr. Nathaniel Harris right?" Theresa said remembering who he was
"Well, I didn't do it for nothing either Theresa..." Nathaniel replied trying to know her last name
With a smirk, Theresa says " Sky, Theresa, Sky"
"That's an unusual name," Nathaniel said
"Yes, it is," Theresa said but in her mind, she was like *Some people would say it's rare, beautiful, and unique, but then there are people like you* she thought in annoyance
"Okay, what do you want in return?" She added.
"You think fast, that's good, but I don't, so I don't know what I want from you as of now but I might need a way of contacting you," Nathaniel said with a straight face
*All this to ask for my number, guess he's just the same too. But anyway uncle seems to trust him* Theresa thought
*If you wanted my number you could've gone straight to the point* she added taking her card out of her bag handing it to him
"You can contact me when you think about how you want me to repay and I'll complete my end of the deal as long as your proposal is reasonable,"
Simon who had been there the whole time takes the card on behalf of Nathaniel.
Spotting a waitress with a tray of whiskey he signals her to come over and when she does he picks up two glasses of whiskey, hands one to Theresa and one for himself
"Thanks, our deal is settled"
"Yes, it is"
They both take a sip of the whiskey
After a while, Theresa excused herself from Nathaniel's company and went back to her godmother Sarah
"Simon" Nathaniel called for his assistant
"Yes, Sir" Simon replied
"I want you to investigate that girl and give me every detail of her before the end of the week," Nathaniel said
"But Sir, the week, ends in two days and I'm a bit busy with the project right now," Simon said trying to make his boss understand that he is very busy
"Simon," Nathaniel says in a low voice, if an outsider could hear him, they'd think he was being calm, but only those who know him know the malicious intent behind that voice.
"Yes Sir" Simon answered nervously
"What's your position in HGC?"
"Personal assistant to the Chairman, that is you" Simon answered again
"Good, *PERSONAL ASSISTANT* to *ME* not the project. You know I don't like repeating my words but today I am in a good mood so I'm going to say this again, get all the possible details of that girl before the end of the week" Nathaniel said with an icy tone.
"Yes Sir, I'll go make a call now" Simon tried to escape his boss
"And wait," Nathaniel said, making Simon stop in his tracks, with cold sweat forming on his head
"Send Sheila over, I have something to say to her" Nathaniel said
"Okay," Simon said with a breath of relief he was holding and left.
Sarah and Theresa on the phone
"Theresa where are you?" Sarah said. They had decided that they would both go to their different parties and after a while, Theresa will come to pick up Sarah, say hi to Jessica and they'll later head back to the project launching party to see their godparents before going back home
"I'm about to leave, what's the address anyway," Theresa asked
"I've sent it to you, check your messages" Sarah's voice came out from the other end of the line
"That's nice," Theresa said
"What is nice?" Sarah asked,
"We're in the same building which floor are you on?" Theresa asked
"The third floor" Sarah responded
"Great I just got out of the elevator, come find me"
"Ok, I'll be right there," Sarah said, hung up the call, and started going out until Emma stopped her by " accidentally" almost spilling her drink on her, but Sarah acted fast and dodged the drink but ended up tripping and falling to the floor while the drink landed on Emma
"You ingrate look what you've done to my clothes, do you know how much they cost?" Emma said angrily putting all the blame on Sarah
"What I did? You're the one who was holding the glass and you made me fall" Sarah retorted immediately she gets up from the floor
"Stop trying to blame Emma" Tina the other nosy friend said while Emma began to sob, calling the attention of the people inside the room to them
"This dress was a gift from my grandma, what do I tell her?" Emma sobs some more and people began to whisper about Sarah
"How could she do that," some said while others said "I feel so sorry for the girl, her life will never be the same now that she's messed with Emma Carmen, she better leave country D now before she can't anymore"
"Not cool Sarah," one of Jessica's friends who's also Emma's friend said
"First of all I don't want to cause a scene, it's my friend's party and secondly I didn't ruin your dress you slipped and made me slip and fall and you ruined your dress doesn't blame me"
"No you're lying how could I do that to myself, you're just mad that I let you have that dress at the store and mine is prettier," Emma said and went on to explain what happened earlier today making it seem like she gave up to the dress for Sarah.
"Okay, didn't you hear when I said you tripped, and before all this drama escalates..." Sarah was saying when Jessica cut in after hearing the whispers increasing
"Sarah what happened," Jessica asked tugging at Sarah's shoulder
"Sarah made Emma spill a drink on herself," Tina said
"Don't worry Tina it was a mistake, she tripped" Emma said drying her imaginary tears
"I didn't want to do this so I don't ruin your party but this girl is asking for it"
"What do you mean Sarah," Jessica asked, then Sarah leaned closer to her and whispered something to Jessica and she left, after about five minutes, Jessica came back with a laptop put it on the table, called Emma and Sarah, while the others joined
"Here's the CCTV footage, we're going to see what happened
The video was played and you can guess what they saw.
"So Emma did try to spill the drink on Sarah" they began to whisper
Sarah on the other hand took out her phone and took a picture of Emma's embarrassed face, she let the whispers go on for a while and then said "You see, it was all just an accident, I hope the misunderstanding is cleared" Sarah said and leaned again to Jessica "I am letting this go cause it's your birthday"
"Thanks, I know," Jessica said gratefully
Then Sarah started to walk towards Emma, "next time you mess with me you won't be so lucky"
And then she walked out of there only to see Theresa at the entrance of the room
"How long have you been standing here?" Sarah asked as she rushed to meet her
"Long enough to know that you've grown and handled the situation without violence," Theresa said
Knowing Sarah, she would not have let this go that easily
"Who grew up? I just didn't want to ruin Jessica's party"
"Yeah I know, but still it's an achievement for you," Theresa said, "Well I am going inside now to say hi to Jessica, will you stay here?"
"Yes" Sarah answered as Theresa went in