In Mrs Martha's office later that day, she was informed by her secretary that the deal with Lucious company were changing their representative at the last minute.
'Strange...why won't Lucy come and who's the new guy replacing her...' Mrs Martha thought. 'Anyway...maybe she had a last minute appointment with an important client' she concluded in her mind.
"Martha...would you like to go with me for lunch?" A man in his late 30s entered her office and approached her with a smile.
"Drake...your schedule seems to be really free uh..." Mrs Martha answered him with a smile.
"Nah...not free...but my stomach needs refilling so the work just gat to wait" he replied with a playful tone as he sat in the couch by her office desk.
"Mrs Martha...the vice president has requested to see you" Mrs Martha's secretary said when she came in to drop some document.
"I'll be there in 5 " Mrs Martha said as the secretary excused herself.
"'Sigh..' " why do they still address you as 'Mrs' you are obviously single and searching and the 'Mrs' makes you seem old" Drake complained with a sigh.
"Did I tell you I'm searching?? I'm obviously a mother of a 12year old girl...who would want to marry me" Mrs Martha said as she threw Drake a glare.
'I won't mind even if you have 10 kids' Drake said in his mind. "Okay...okay...e ough with the face now...if stares could kill I'm sure I would have died to this beautiful face a thousand times" Drake said as he shrieked into the sofa with a 'scared ' look.
"But can you tell them to stop addressing you as 'Mrs'...you are still 34 and a gorgeous lady at that...at least don't scare promising men like myself away with the thought of you being married" Drake said as he ran his hands through his blonde hair in a way that says 'look how dashing I am' .
"Okay fine I'll tell them...Happy now?" Martha said with a tinge of red in her ears. "I'll get going...catch you later" Martha said as she tidied herself before leaving for their VP's office.
'Sigh...'
'When will she notice me?' Drake questioned himself in a dejected tone.
Knock knock
Martha pressed two gentle knocks on the VP's office and entered after receiving a come in signal.
"Vice Precident...you called for me" Martha said as she sat on the office chair opposite him.
" I've told you you can call me Henry so stop being formal" Henry said as he looked at her with a tender gaze.
"I'm sorry vice president...I'm not too comfortable calling you by your name...here are the papers for the upcoming projects" Martha said in an awkward tone as she placed the papers with her on the desk.
"Fine...fine" Henry sighed dejectly. "I'm on my way to have lunch...would you mind coming with me I would like to brief you on the meeting with the Lucious" Henry said while staring at her.
"Um...okay I'll meet you at the lobby in ten minutes...please excuse me" Martha said before she left for her office.
"Martha...oh why can't you just accept me" Henry sighed before hurrying the paper works he was doing so he could go for lunch.
"Mrs Martha...the madam called to remind you not to skip your lunch...should I get you something from the restaurant?" Her secretary asked when she arrived at her office.
"Oh Clara...she never seems to forget about my lunch..."Martha said with a helpless sigh. "You can't blame her though...you know Monica will query her if she doesn't remind you" the secretary said eith a chuckle.
"Alright...I'm going for lunch with the VP for work related matters so tell Clara not to worry I'll have my lunch...and one more thing, you can call me Martha...you are like an older sister to me so stop being formal" Martha said with a smile as she thought of her daughter's stern face when she scolds her for not having lunch.
"Okay Mrs...I mean Martha" the secretary sid as she excused herself.
At Sky High...
"Monica...come to the cafeteria lets have lunch with Priya" Peter said when Monica answered his call.
"Um...big brother...I um..."
"Monica are you alright...dont worry I'll come to your class instead" Peter said before hanging up.
Monica turned to look at Max who was about leading her to the cafeteria with an apologetic look on her face. "Sorry Max...my brother says he wants to have lunch with me so..."
Max already knew he couldn't come with her due to Peter dislike towards him so he just nodded his head signifying he understands. "Dont worry you can go...see you later" Max said as he watched Monica leave with a sad look on his face.
"Monica...are you alright " Peter asked Monica when he saw her sad face. "I'm fine big brother...Where's sister Priya?" She questioned when she only saw Peter in the hallway.
"She will meet us at the cafeteria with Chris...c'mon let's go eat I'm starving" Peter said before leading Monica to the cafeteria.