e marketing department needs to go back and prepare a new business plan if possible more than one so that you can choose from it and also a new budget.
My boss was just listening quietly with no emotions,
"Miss Johnson, you are right, I agree with you
I am glad we are on the same page, sir.
Mr Dicosta please I want to talk to you about something that is not work-related.
your girlfriend Isabella attacked me a while ago in my office, she warned me to stay away from you and also rained all sorts of insults on me.
My boss responded "she did what" with a loud and annoyed voice, I repeated myself.
Sir please I will not appreciate that form of humiliation the next time.
With all due respect, I do not care about your relationship with her, all I care able is my job. If she attacks me again, I can't promise that I will be this gentle.
He nodded his head.
Annie, Isabella is not my girlfriend, why is he telling me this, does he think I am blind?
And why my first name? I said in my mind
Mr Dicosta, as I said, I do not care if she is your girlfriend or not, all I want is for her to stay away from me.
"Miss Johnson thank you for telling me this and I am sorry for what she did to you, I assure you that it will not happen again.
I followed the CEO to the conference room where the meeting is held, I sat next to the CEO jotting down key points.
The situation in all departments that needed attention was addressed by the CEO.
I realised he is a man of few words, And the tone he uses in talking to others is different from when he is talking to me.
He is commanding in his speech when addressing others. He gave the marketing departments to come out with two new plans within 48hrs otherwise they should all start looking for a new job.
The second meeting was with the board of directors, it went smoothly, it seems everyone is scared of the boss it went smoothly except for a man raising the topic of Isabella and the public attention that can hurt the business and this was the boss' answer,
"I don't care about the public opinion, I only care about my fiance's opinion and I don't ever want to talk about this issue again "
So Isabella is his fiance, no wonder she is so rude.
After the meeting I find my way to the cafeteria, upon reaching the area, the cheerful receptionist gave me a signal to come to her table after taking my food, I requested potato chips, some beef stakes and salad.
When I got to the table she welcomed me warmly," Hi Annie, I am Millicent you can call me Milly, how is your day going so far?
I responded to her, good
"I hope that girl Isabella didn't give you hard time, she was very rude to me earlier"
She was rude to me as well, I replied but skipped the details.
"The boss and his family have released a press statement about the controversy between Isabella and the boss, according to the statement, Isabella is not his girlfriend, it states that the boss has a fiancee and if the press or any media, releases any false statement relating to the boss in the future, that media house will face the consequences, do you know that the media that published your video with Isabella has gone bankrupt, no one jokes with the Dicosta family.
I was done with my food but I was enjoying the little gist milly was giving me.
"hello ladies I am Andrew and you are? A handsome guy of about my age walked to our table, he stretched his hand to shake my hands, when a commanding voice was heard from behind me,
"Annie gets back to your office now" I know who the voice belongs to, I looked back only to see anger in my boss's eyes, he was looking straight into Andrew's eyes, I can see how nervous he was so I decided to quickly walk back to my office. What just happened?
Why is he behaving as if I am his girlfriend?
The boss called me into his office and asked me to sort out some documents, I could feel his eyes on me throughout my stay in his office.
My boss asked me to go home at 5 pm exactly.
"Miss Johnson, you can home, go and prepare yourself for tomorrow. We have a meeting with some of our business partners from Spain.
I left his office in high spirits, I called Lena on my way out of the office, and I told her about my day leaving Isabella's issue of it.
Mike was already waiting for me, he opened the passenger door for me because I was on call, and I didn't notice anyone in the car when I was trying to sit. I looked to my left and a man is sitting beside me, the most handsome man I have ever seen in my life. I drew closer to him without caring about anything, the man look like he just came out of a magazine.
This man hugged me tightly that I couldn't breathe, Mike was still sitting in the driver's seat so I know am safe.
who are you?
He just stared at me as if he is not the one I was talking to,
Mike who is this man?
The man pulled me to himself again and hugged me, Princess I am Luca your brother, I hugged him back with all the strength in me, and I started sobbing like a baby. He kissed me on the forehead, I felt a little drop of water on my arm and I knew he was crying. With each gentle touch of his lips upon my forehead, I felt his love and affection wrapped around me, I went in his arm for only God knows how long,
"We are home," he said to me, he got out of the car and walked to the other side of the car to open the door for me. My brother is tall, damn, this man lacks nothing in the physical department.
We walked quietly to the house, Elizabeth and the other workers came to greet Luca and I but I wasn't in a good mood to talk so I walked with Luca to the room next to mine, I guess that's his room, I jumped on to his bed without thinking.
"Annie today is the happiest day of my life, the princess of the Andriano family is back home"
Luca, why is my name Johnson?
Mum and dad changed your surname to mum's maternal maiden name. And they changed your name to keep you away from our enemies and the public, I sat on the bed,
I can't believe my brother is this handsome hahaha we both laugh, wait till you see dad and vicento, Are you serious?
So who do I look like? You are the photocopy of mum, the most beautiful woman I know.
Everyone keeps talking about my safety, can you tell me why there is danger around me?
Luca took in a deep breath, I am not the right person to tell you but you need to know. Your life is always in danger because you are the only girl in our family. you don't only come from a prestigious family but also a mafia family. Are you kidding me?
Are the Mafia real, yes and you are one of us, I've read so many stories about the mafia, but I thought it was just a story?
So which of the mafia do we belongs to?
"The Italian mafia"
Who is the leader?
"Vicento, dad used to be the Leader but he handed it over to vicento and I am his righthand man"
But you look like a model?
You look like a model too?
We both laughed.
Is that why aunty Maria thought me how to fight?
Yes!
Mum and Dad wanted you to be in a peaceful place while growing up while preparing you for the life ahead of you, we all know how fearless you are, and when I watched the video of the day aunty Maria was killed, I knew you took after our mum. She is fearless.