Anthony's pov
It was just another boring day with lots of meetings to attend. I had so much responsibilities and a lot to take care of. Those cousins of mine were after my head anyways and would look for any means to cause disruption in my business. It was a well known fact that the Williams family was anything but harmonious. The branch families has always had issues with the main family. They had always questioned our power and authority, but have been able to do little or nothing about it. The main family has always headed the branch families and it has been like this for generations. Now, most of these branch families has teamed up and they are gradually getting out of control.
My cousins and I have never been in good terms as we grew up in a competitive family. I was always smarter and faster than the rest of them ever since we were kids and they hated me for this. The only extended family member I could relate with was Sean, my third uncle's first child. He was two years older than me. Although my father was his father's elder brother, his father got married first making him the first among the brothers to get married. Soon after, all the other brothers including my father got married as if it was a competition. Most of my other cousins were the same age as me.
As a child, when I was left alone to play by myself by my cousins, Sean was the only one who would play with me. I knew the others didn't like me and I would often hear them talk bad about me, so I started to be all by myself. I would avoid them and pretend to enjoy my own company just to show I didn't need them and I could be alone. But in reality, I didn't want to be alone, I was scared of being alone and I desperately needed someone, anyone who would genuinely want to keep me company and not talk shit about me. Sean was the only one, the only one who reached out to me even though I pretended I was alright being by myself, he defended me and it was almost as if he could see through me, my every weakness, pain, joy and feelings. He was one person I respected in life even up until this day.
The Williams family runs and controls the technological sector of the country. This is an open secret that everybody is aware of, but the main branch controls 60% of the whole business and the other 40% is shared among the branch families. It could be said that we have the Lions share. Now that I control the business in place of my father, I decided to extend my hands to other sectors like entertainment and the likes. I chose entertainment because of the popularity. We are popular already but it wouldn't hurt to gain more popularity and recognition from the public, besides there would also be alot of gains. I runned my winery as a side business which I do for fun and it's actually thriving.
Recently, new stores has been opened to market our products. We also just recently partnered with a big foreign company. Some of the stores we opened were having slight issues so I had to go check things out for myself. I honestly didn't want to go because I was super tired from the meetings upon meetings I had to attend. I also had to meet up with the boys at our play house later this evening. But I also really needed to check the stores out so business would run smoothly.
The location of the store was at the mall and I didn't really like crowded places. My assistant had called before my departure that the place be cleared before my arrival. I arrived and parked at a private spot. I was directed by the two guards sent to accompany me to the elevator that was rarely used. We got in and I tried to distract myself from how boring today had been. It suddenly stopped at the fifth floor because someone wanted to get in. As the doors were opening, I heard the voice from outside say something like "pour oil over him and hug him shirtless" as the voice giggled. In my head, I wondered how sexually initiative and imaginative women were now. The door fully opened and I was face to face with the owner of the voice. She just stood there staring at me as she ended the call she was on. I didn't feel self conscious or awkward because of the look she gave, I was already used to being looked at like this. I was well aware of how goodlooking I was. I had a mirror and I looked at it everyday so I knew for a fact that I was attractive in every way.
"Aren't you getting in?" I asked the young lady and she quickly got in and stood in front of me all stiff like she had seen a ghost. I could guess that she was probably wondering if I had heard what she had said. Of course I did, she was freaking loud. As we got to the seventh floor, she immediately dashed out. I decided to mind my business and get to my actual business because that was what I was here for anyways. She suddenly stopped and looked back at me. I found that really weird and shot her a get outta the way kinda look.
I walked right into the store to find it packed with lots and lots of girls who started screaming and taking pictures as they saw me. They all gathered around but no one dared to come close enough to touch me. I didn't appreciate bodily contact from people I didn't know and everyone knew this. I was glad they gave their distance so I wouldn't have to be disrespectful to anyone. Their screaming was giving me a headache so I asked the security to remove them so I could concentrate properly.
The manager had come to greet me so I followed him to his office as we discussed about the problem the store was facing. It had suddenly gotten quiet and I was sure it was because the girls had been chased out. I had querried the manager about the crowd I had found in the store even though they had been called before hand to handle the situation. He explained that one of the staffs had spread the news of my arrival and before they knew what was happening, they couldn't control the crowd.
We talked for a little while when I suddenly started hearing some noises coming from the store. The manager and I decided to go check it out. As I stepped out of the office, someone bumped right into me so hard that the person landed right on top of me. As I opened my eyes, it was the elevator girl. She just stayed on top of me staring until she was yanked up by a security guard. Another guard helped me up and also helped adjust my clothes. I asked what had happened and one of the guards had explained that she was a stalker fan who pretended to be epileptic just so she could sneak inside. I put two and two together and concluded that she was a real sicko fan who could do anything just to Meet me. She even fantasized about my body. She's not the first though, and I can't help that I'm so handsome too. The girl tried denying it but I knew for a fact that she was guilty. Her face looked like someone who was guilty and she had no other reason to sneak into the store except for the one I've concluded in my head.
I asked the guards to remove her from the premises so I could get back to work. As I walked away I could still hear her scream while claiming she was innocent even though she clearly wasn't.
I didn't know when I started smiling to myself. I had passed this day out as boring, but this incident surely made it not so bad after all.