The bottle flowed on their path where they got filled and sealed , rolled and labeled before taken and packed . On the other side the grapes were unpacked to be processed , workers passed each other being busy .
Some carried the boxes into the car and drove away , some stood on a line and the machine's sound occupied the area. Anyone who would walk near by would know the industry ran over the place .
A woman on her a maroon t shirt printed ' crowns Wine industry' on the back , also had a cap with a crown symbol on it , she carried a note pad and a pen , her silverly shiny watch reflect the light that stroke it.
She worked assesing how others did and at the end made sure everything was just greater. She sighed after her job being done . Her hands took the cap off her head , her hairs in bun style revealed.
A door knob twisted as a man went in , his smile made him look so handsome , " Are you ready ?" he said and the girl turned her gaze . " Ooh , you're here already " she spoke as his arms pulled her into a hug .
" Am so hungry" she voiced out , the man chuckled and she pouted . " Well some smoothie would do right ?" the man asked and she nodded . He grabbed her hand and walked out together, their lips mumbled something as smile plastered on their face .
After being inside the car , the man smiled all the way , " Xavier " she called and his head turned to her . " Would you mind telling me what's with the smile " . He smiled wider as he parked beside the road .
" Why are you stopping " she asked and he held her hand , " Am happy because you're happy ?" he said trying to reason himself but that was not the reason . She shuddered knowing he was lying but he made sure to cover it with a smile.
" Well don't you believe me ? " he asked pouting and she smiled as he started the engine then drove off .
They arrived in Palace restaurant , took their favourate seat position and their order came around . " It tastes yummy " she said as the man smiled , " Well i ordered some other spice , dear " .
" So how is it ?" he asked and confusion crossed her face . " About what ?" she asked and he sipped his drink , " Well being here " he spoke , this was a usual question and he never felt tired of asking how she was doing , how she was coping with everything here .
"It's just great , France is so beautiful" she said smiling and went her way back to the food. Xavier smiled too as his eyes trailed on her , it was just amaizing feeling that he always felt on seeing her happy , it's just like light onto his life and he would enjoy every ray it displayed.
After the lunch , both headed back home only find it so quite . It was not the usual case in here and probably something is happening .
" Rosella" Xavier voiced out and no response came around , " We're home " the girl added but still nothing came instead some random maid of the house came rushing .
" Where's Rose ? " he asked and the maid bowed a little , " She left earlier claiming to miss her grandchild , we all think she went there " . Xavier walked past the maid and sat on sofa while the girl smiled before her then nodded her head as telling her you can go .
" Stop sulking , you know she'll be back after some days " the girl voiced out and he sighed after seeing her puppy eyes , he never got a chance to escape them whenever they made a request .
"I'll be in my room " she said walking away leaving him all by himself. He acts like that every when Rosella leaves the house , he becomes worried and more over he's used to her presence since childhood , they have always been three of them except for now , they are four together with the maids .
Back to the girl , after being in her room , she took shower then sat on her working desk before starting to persuade where she left earlier . She was working concerning the wine industry and she loved her job so much since it has become part of her life.
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Jared walked beside Nathan so mightily going inside the Cooper's company . People bowed their heads to the aura they emitted before getting serious to their works .
Their aura was so strong to be felt outside the meeting room , the board meeting room in fact. The door was squeezed open and they walked in , took their seats and the room's atmosphere went cool Instantly.
Today was so explicative day , a board meeting was being held to discuss the overthrown of William Cooper as the CEO of the company .
Nathan nodded his head and the meeting began , he was the chairman of the company and he was the one who summoned all the people in there.
" Today's meeting is held for a deep discussion about overthrowing the Current CEO of the Cooper's company and the call is on Mr. Nathan Copper , the chairman and rightful owner of this company " the secretary stated standing to the front as they all listened careful.
" William Cooper is claimed to be incompetent enough to hold more on the company because he has acquired losses within the whole past year , lost some important Deals and broke agreements that meant to work favours on the company ".
" He has been aggressive toward the employees and it's been proved that he's not mentally well to handle the company since he's been acting weird more likely losing his mind, thus he can no longer be trusted with the CEO position anymore " .
" Right now we're on the verge of losing the association with Gressiela company that seemed to be suitable for our one huge step toward success and because of William's incompetence , we're losing it all " the secretary went on .
" Because of his reckless mood behaviour , we have lost lot of employees that were competent enough for success in this company , such as Mr. Benito whom was fired just because he reported in a low voice , and right now he's again employed to the Wing's company , the very next great competitor to us and right now we're at verge of losing our legacy before them".
" With some of the stated , there more behind but Mr. Nathan requests your critical thinking on this matter , and on his accordance he propose for Jared , his nephew to take over the place that his son fails to keep " .
" He believes that Jared is more competent than William and would do a honour of fixing all the mess caused by William on this company , thank you " the secretary ended her speech by bowing her head a little before walking back to her standing position as before .
Everybody released the breath they have been holding down for a long time while listening to the situation pertaining the meeting . Their eyes darted toward William whom seemed so low as his head hanged down , and despite the position his nerves bulged showing he was angry but trying to hold himself as much as he could.
Some glared at Jared and whispers emerged inside , none understood what was going on except for those who lended each other their ears.
" I guess we should give a chance for Willam to fight for his position " Peter stated . He was his friend and knew how important the company is to him , moreover he knows him the best and rightnow he had to fight for him .
All eyes turned to him like questioning ' what is there to fight for ' and Peter knew with such looks , they were done for . He cleared his throat before trying another means of his words .
" Well everybody makes a mistakes and we all deserve the second chances as much as William does . We all know how hard he works and how far he brought this company, i believe he can fix the mistakes he committed recently"
" How can he when he's so distracted ?" one of the man asked and Peter gulped . " He's been on a scandal that made our company's status drop , how could he treasure his mistress over his wife because if i remember well he married Olivia and not Kehlan whom he kept spending time , bullying his wife in public "
" If he didn't love her why marry her in the first place , some of us are married and such an act is considered a blessing and he just threw that like trash " the man added , seemed he was far angry about the issue more than his incompetence in company.
" Well Sir that's his personal life " Peter tried to reason , " Yeah his personal life that is ruining his own life , his family's name and this company as well . Remember Peter we have families that feed on this company and his personal life is ruining others too , is that acceptable ?" the man asked and Peter was buffled .
It was true but he couldn't just leave his friend's side , they have to come alive out of here with this one last chance he's fighting for . He fixed his eyes on Nathan pleading him to allow one last chance .
Nathan considered him as a son , he raised him and so he wanted to play the last emotional card here , it was the last card he had and was ready to bet it with his life cause William seemed to be giving up already.
Nathan sighed and looked away after meeting Peter's gaze , he knew what he was doing , he just can't denie him especially when always doesn't beg , he's a child that likes to fight for himself and when he begs when he really need it .
" Okay " Nathan said clearing his throat and the room went cool , all ears went to him listening what he will say next .
" One more chance , like two month " he said then paused looking at William ,whose head still down but this time he decided to look at his father feeling so abandoned .
" If you fail to prove that you can have this position William , there will be no mercy and hope you know what to do " he said before standing , compose himself and walked out as Jared followed and the secretary girl too .
Murmurs took space before other people walked out leaving Peter and William.