Zeke got to the top floor and once the elevator door opened, he snapped his fingers signalling his men to take formation that is, four would go with him while three would wait outside the office door.
He walked into the room and everyone else in it stood up and bowed in acknowledgement of his presence.
He walked to a seat and sat down.
The meeting began and Zeke looked so bored that he could fall asleep at any moment.
"Is this the best you can offer me?" Zeke said cutting the presenter short of what he was saying.
"S-sir the presentation is still ongoing, I'm sure you'll be interested in what will be said later", Mr Kennedy, the CEO, replied.
"If I'm not interested now, then I doubt I'll be interested later. There are many companies that want to have a deal with me and the one i gave a chance is wasting my time...Until you come up with a better proposal, don't contact my company", Zeke said as he stood up and walked out of the room.
The board members sat there in shock, to them, their presentation was flawless and perfect in all ways. The COO, Mr Johnson, rubbed his face like he was fucking tired.
"What the fuck are we gonna do now..... The proud man has refused our golden proposal" a board member said.
"If I may speak, I suggest we engage all departments in this company to come up with proposals, We'll pick the best and present it" the COO's assistant said.
"What if he still doesn't like it?" Another board member asked.
"He will!" The CEO said with a firm voice.
Bentlee's POV
I got back at just the right time before my boss came out of his office to yell at the late comers. I sighed in relief and brushed off the fact that I was in the elevator with some important looking guests, which I paid no mind to or gave due respect. Oh well, better luck for them next time.
By 3pm, I was completely done with my job for the day, but I wouldn't show that i was done to avoid being given more work to do, so I pretended to still be working for the remaining 2 hours before I packed up to go home.
At the door, I met Kevin, who offered me a ride back home. And as the cheap individual that I am, I accepted so I could save enough money to buy breakfast instead of coffee sometime in the future. His car was a black Lexus RX 350. His wife was so happy when he bought it earlier this year.
I was soooooo jealous back then, because I wanted mine as well, but looking at my life, it looked so impossible. *Sigh*
We talked about how stressful work was today and how bad it'll most likely get.
"You know, the only good thing about the new arrangement is that you'll start coming early to work", he said jokingly.
I slapped his arm so hard and replied "ha! Very funny".
After I was dropped off, I walked into the house and what I saw made me finalise my decision to move out in a week. I walked in on Tom and Sofia, a neighbor, in my room engaging in some terrible foreplay on MY bed using MY clothes to cover the surface for whatever abomination they were about to commit.
"WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK!!!!!???" I screamed at the top of my voice. Startled, they stopped and got up, ready to run from the scene when my aunt walked in and gasped in such a fake way making me roll my eyes. It was so obvious that she knew they were in here and what they were about to do, which means this wasn't the first time it was happening.
"You know what? I've had enough of all these acts going on in my own space. Aunt, I'm moving out in a week", I said firmly.
"What are you saying? Where will you go?" She said angrily.
She had forgotten that she charged me the same amount a low budget apartment would cost and with the increase in my salary, I could get a below average place to lay my head.
"I'll sort out my things and by next week, I'll be gone from here. And you can finally give this room to your "productive" son", I made air quotes with my fingers around productive to make sure they saw the sarcasm.
I pushed them all out, shut the door and got to disinfecting every surface and washing all the clothes they touched all over again.
I ate dinner swiftly and got back to my room to keep searching for apartments. I found some for a cheap rate, but they had just one room(everything in a room) and i needed at least 3. Since it was a Friday and I wasn't working on weekends, I could go and check out some.
After talking to the housing agent, we decided to meet in front of a shopping mall by 10am the next day.
I shut down my laptop and went to sleep hoping for a good day tomorrow, as always.