"The Duo do it again"
"Struss fraud exposed"
"City library design project awarded to Clifford's"
"A win for Clifford's, loss for Struss's"
"Sarah, look at these headlines. I am waiting to see when they will run out of ideas for headings," said Alex mocking them.
"They will always make up some headline, whether it's true or not," she said.
"Ben, the day you announce to them about your marriage to Sarah is going to be a slap on their face," said Alex laughing imagining what will happen.
"That's fun to see a bachelor who's been married for seven years. Too bad I will not get many girls after that," I said with a laugh.
"BEN!!"I was hit by Sarah.
Till I got a knock on the door,
"Come in,"
"Did I hear merry time in here," said Uncle Holland entering the room.
"Uncle Holland after a long time," said Alex.
"HI, sweety, are these two monkeys looking after you well?" he asks giving a hug to Sarah. "If they do let me know, I will help you to revenge them,"
"Uncle, you are supposed to be on our side," I said. But he loved Sarah a whole lot more than us.
"I will go back to work, uncle," she got ready to leave.
I held her and gave her a little kiss on her forehead.
"OH my.... we are still bachelors here.." said Uncle holland. Yes, he never married, but if I remember he had a fiancee many years ago.
"I will see you after work," I let her go.
"So uncle, why are you here suddenly?" asked Alex.
"OH right, I almost forgot. Ben I have a special request for you,"
"May I know how can I help you, uncle?" I asked.
"Well, the model we got for Mr.Alexander's promotion seems a bit difficult to deal with,"
"OH, so can't you change the model?" asks Alex.
"Hmm..no. Mr.Alexander wants her. And she requested if she is to agree to do the promotion she wants to meet you," he looked at me.
"AHA!!! why?" I asked surprised.
"What a stupid request is that?" said Alex.
"I also thought so, when I asked her the reason, she said that she always wanted to meet you someday,"
"Hmm...odd... could it be a trap?" said Alex.
"I got the same idea," I said agreeing with Alex.
"So what do you think we should do, my monkeys?" asked uncle Holland.
"Uncle, you first get her to sign a contract stating that she will do the promotion after meeting me under any circumstances," I said.
"And the place to meet, I will arrange. I have a bad feeling that this is a setup. So we will need evidence," said Alex.
"This plan is good, ask Markus to prepare a secret camera with voice recording. So if anything happens at the meet you can prove your innocence," added uncle Holland. Well, he is in the entertainment field, so he knows how to handle these situations.
"Overall, I feel like she's just trying to take five minutes of fame by damaging you," after agreeing on how to do this he got ready to leave.
"Ben, tell Little Bud about this in advance, I don't want her to be affected by this nor your family life because of this,"
I talked about this with Sarah and I am so glad she understood. So we arrange to meet Ms.Wang for tea at Jonathan's hotel. Alex briefed me about what kind of a person she is. While Markus made all the safety requirements.
I met her on the day at the scheduled time. I have to say, she was a pretty woman who had worn a lot of make-up on her face like a porcelain doll. Her shorts didn't even cover her body properly.
After a little chat and the tea being served, she came closer to me,
"Mr.Ben, what do you think of me?" she asked me seductively.
"Hmm... ok I guess," I said and I felt gross.
She came closer and closer and tried to seduce me in such a way that I pushed her back.
"Miss Wang, I just met you as the condition you had with Mr.Holland. Please understand and behave appropriately,"
"What are you afraid of Mr.Ben, there's no one here" she started to hug me. That made me really angry.
I stood from my place and looked at her, "Miss Wang I hope you cooperate with the contract you signed with Mr.Holland. Have a nice evening," and I left the place.
Alex met me in the car with Markus who looked at me and said, "Sir, she had someone take photos of you two,"
"You will be hot search tomorrow, my boy," said Alex.
The next day there were no headlines about the incident, but Markus came running in,
"Sir, Miss Wang is going to give a press conference,"
"Ok, get Sarah and Alex as well the evidence of what happened yesterday," I said and Markus understood what I am going to do.
As we entered the venue for the conference, we kept hidden still Miss Wang open up. She was already sharing some photos on the screen.
"Miss Wang, Why did you meet Mr.Ben?" asked one reporter.
"I met him to discuss a promotional campaign," she answered.
"Mr.Ben has never been associate with anyone all these years and these photos can be edited as well,"
"So in your eyes, he's a gentleman. But people who are gentle on the outside are the ones who take advantage secretly," she said with anger.
"So what did Mr.Ben ask you in exchange for the contract?"
"He said if I want this, I have to be his woman(mistress) to please him,"
"You mean sexual harassment?"
"Yes," said Ms.Wang so confidently.
I couldn't stand it anymore, so I went in front of Alex, leaving Sarah and Markus behind.
"Mr.Ben"
"Mr.Ben, what do you have to tell us,"
"Are these allegations true?"
"Well played Miss Wang," said Alex.
"Do you think I am saying is all made up? then what about these photos?" she snapped back at me.
"Yes the photos are true," I said making everyone look at me,
"What happened there could be something totally different from what you see in this,"
"Mr.Ben, what do you mean?"
"You stand by what you said to the media right, Ms. Wang?" I asked.
"Why do I have to lie on such things," she said again.
"Can you all kindly check this video, so you can clarify who is right and wrong?" said Alex, looking at Miss Wang.
Everyone watched the video from the time I entered the private suit till the time I left with audio evidence.
"Mr.Ben, you set me up,"
"No Miss Wang, you set me up but I was a step ahead of you," I said.
"We guessed what your motivation was. Five-minute fame," said Alex.
Earlier I had discussed with my parents, Sarah, Uncle Holland, and the others about disclosing that I am married. They all agreed that it was time I let the world know I was married. But not expose Sarah till we find who hurt her.
"Everyone, please be quiet as Mr.Ben has to make an announcement," said Alex giving me room.
"First my sincere apologies to everyone who had come here to capture a false accusation. We will take legal action against Miss Wang for falsing accusing me and tarnishing my reputation,"
I looked at Sarah, who gave ma an approving nod,
"There is something I have been hiding from media all these years,"
Everyone looked shocked.
"I have been married for the past seven years. She is a very accomplished, kind-hearted person who had been by my side for many years before becoming my wife," I said.
"Mr.Ben, do we know her?"
"What does she do?"
"Why did you keep this a secret?"
"Who is this lucky lady?"
While everyone was bombarded with questions I left the place with Sarah leaving Alex to handle the situation.
"As Mr.Ben's and his wife's confident, I can tell you they have a reason to keep their marriage a private matter. They have a happy married life together and especially his wife doesn't like to be in the limelight. I hope you guys can understand and refrain from disturbing their personal life," with that Alex came into the car and we left the premises back home.