Two weeks ago***
"The search for a wife begins" Charles said as he raised his fist in the air and walked into Andre's office.
"Boss I...."
"Get straight to the point" Andre interrupted with an uninterested look on his face.
"Okay boss. So I've shortlisted ten staffs from here" He said as he walked towards his desk and out some files which actually contained information about the ten ladies. He stood beside his boss that was sitting in his chair.
"Don't stand. Get a seat." Andre ordered.
"Ohhh... okay boss" He went to get a chair and he placed it beside his boss and he sat down.
"So the first one is Alice, She is..." Charles continued explaining about each of the ladies to his boss not knowing that his boss's mind was elsewhere.
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An hour later....
"So that's the last of them..." His voice trailed off when he noticed that his boss was not even looking towards the files in front of him.
"Uhhhhhhh... boss?"
"Hmm?" Andre replied.
"Are you even listening to me?"
"No" His boss replied in a straightforward manner.
Charles felt like a bucket of cold water was poured on his head. 'What?!... He wasn't listening. So I've been wasting my time all along?!. I can't believe this.' He lamented in his head.
"Charles?"
"Hmmm?"
"My secretary Laura, find out the reason why she wanted to resign. End of discussion. I'm not interested in those ladies."
"O-okay boss" Charles took this as his cue to leave.
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Three days later.
" So what you're trying to tell me is that her father is in desperate need of money and he does not stay in the country so she wants to go and meet him over there and she also wants to stay there because of the good job opportunities." Andre asked Charles.
"Yes sir." Charles replied to his boss.
"Okay.... I think we're clear on that one. Tell me about her in general."
" Okay sir. Miss.Willows is twenty three years old. She lives alone in her apartment which is located in the southern part of the city. Her only family members are her father, her uncle and her uncle's children; a male and a female. She is noted to be an introvert as she tends to keep to herself a lot. My research also shoes that she is very obedient, submissive, and she also cares for and respects her elders. She isn't someone who gets angry easily as she is very calm, but these attributes of hers doesn't mean that she will allow herself to be trampled upon or be ridiculed by anyone. Also due to her distant nature, she hardly updates her social life and she isn't frequently active as well. And as for her appearance, I think you should judge that yourself sir. And oh I almost forgot, she is not in any relationship at the moment sir" Charles explained to his boss.
"Okay, that's good" Andre said after a while.
"Boss may I ask a question?" Charles said as he trembled in fear bacause he didn't know how his boss would react.
"Go on..." Andre replied calmly.
Charles sighed in relief in his head and then proceeded to ask his question "Why do you want one of your staffs to be your future wife and why are you suddenly so interested in Miss.Laura?."
Andre didn't say anything for minutes that you would have thought he had gone deaf and didn't hear what Charles asked him. After what felt like forever for the assistant, his boss finally spoke up...
"I want to be with a woman that I'm at least familiar with. I know I don't interact with most of the female staffs here but I think it is better to have this option rather than ti go for a total stranger don't you think?. And yes, I can't let my potential wife work here after our marriage so she would have to quit right?. That's why I told you two days ago to check for any female staff that submitted her resignation letter and it was actually my secretary that wanted to resign. Come to think of it, she has all the qualities that my grandfather and mother would want in a woman. And you did mention that her father has big financial issues and this could result to the contract that we thought would be hard to come up with, I mean I would help her father out and she will marry me in return; with a few conditions actually. So I think we should talk to her about this marriage contract of a thing" Andre explained.
Charles widened his eyes and became ecstatic at his boss's explanation."Wow boss!!!!.... You're a genius!"
Andre gave Charles a boring look and said to him " Will you leave my office and call Miss.Laura over?.... Or are you tired of your job?".....