Inside the box was a document, Diego brought the document out and read through it. It was a property document, a ranch in San Francisco.
"I will be on my way then." Diego said and got up to leave with document.
"I need you to do something for me and receive another gift. A gift that is much better." Mr. Mateo offered.
"And what is that?" Diego asked and Mr. Mateo replied.
"Come to the office regularly."
"I don't agree." Diego said sharply and walked to the door.
"You won't come to work, the only duty I will assign you to is preparing my birthday party." Mr. Mateo said after him.
"Why do want me to do that?" Diego asked staring at him and Mr. Mateo responded.
"You don't have to know, just know that you will get a good gift."
"We will see about that." Diego said and went out.
"Sir." Martinez called, he wanted to speak but decided to mind his business.
"Tell me Martinez." Mr. Mateo said.
"Do you think he will agree to it sir?" Martinez asked and Mr. Mateo replied smiling.
"I know my grandson well even if not well enough." And Martinez nodded.
"What is the old man planning?" Diego asked himself in the elevator, he brought out his phone and dialled Benjamin's number.
"Sir." Benjamin said after answering the call.
"I need you to meet me outside now." Benjamin said harshly and switched off the call.
Benjamin who was seated in his office enjoying a sweet morning coffee sighed sadly after being disturbed by his boss who has not been to the office for months now.
He got up, put away the coffee and went outside to the elevator.
"Why the hell is he taking so long?" Diego complained after waiting for five minutes, a beautiful young lady in office clothes came outside while speaking to someone on the phone.
Diego who is always interested in looking at women instantly noticed her and took a look at the lady's face.
Emelda! He called out suddenly, the lady heard and turned around still with the phone on her left ear. She took a closer look at him and then suddenly called out happily.
"Diego! Oh my." She cut the call and hurriedly came towards him and they gave each other a hug.
Emelda was one of the girl's Diego has had a relationship with in the past, it was somewhat of a friends with benefit situation that ended badly although not too badly. Emelda proposed to Diego before a large crowd of people at the museum they went to four years ago, they were still both young then and Diego wasn't really the serious type, (even now he is still the same) but Diego blunty rejected her embarrassing her before everyone.
He later apologized to her a few months later at a dinner party and she forgave him then and that was the same time Diego brought another lady along with him whom he claimed to truly love.
The lady was kind of crazy because she kept chasing every girl away from him at the dinner party.
"How long has it been?" Emelda asked smiling after they had exchanged pleasantries.
"I am not sure, three years and few months?" Diego replied.
"So correct, your memory is as sharp as ever." Emelda complimented.
"How are things going for you? Are you and Diana Castro still together?" Emelda suddenly asked making Diego's face turned pale, he was always frightened at the mention of Diana's name perhaps it was out of guilt for what he did to her and her dad.
"We broke up a long time ago." He replied quickly and looked away, she sensed something but decided to ignore it and they both kept quiet.
"What are you doing at the Wylder 's mart?" Diego asked to avoid talking about Diana further.
"I came to speak to your granddad about a business proposal, I now own a cloth making company and I will like to speak to granddad about a partnership with my company or an investment." She replied explaining in details.
"Oh, that's nice." Diego said and smiled.
"It's unbelievable that you will someday own this empire." Emelda was saying when Benjamin arrived from behind them and interrupting by saying.
"I am here now sir."
"What took so long?" Diego asked getting angry.
Benjamin wanted to explain when Emelda who was attracted by Benjamin's cute face interrupted by complimenting him.
"You are so cute and quite dainty."
"Thank you ma'am." Benjamin replied and raised his hand in a way that Emelda could clearly see that he was wearing a wedding band indicating, "stay off, I am married". She smiled at what he did and said.
"Okay! Okay! I won't steal you from her."
Diego didn't understand what was happening, he thought Emelda would still be much attracted to him even after all this years but she seemed to be flirting with his P.A and that was confusing and upsetting.
"You wanted to see me sir?" Benjamin asked Diego bringing him out of his thoughts.
"I will be in charge of arranging the old man's birthday party that is in two days time and I will need you to handle things for him." Diego replied after a while of staring disgustingly at him.
"Really? Granddad's birthday is in two days?" Emelda asked excitedly and Diego nodded.
"Can I help out, please." She asked Diego nicely.
"You don't have to stress yourself out Ma'am, we will handle it, I mean I will handle it." Benjamin answered her also rephrasing his sentence in his reply.
"Aww, you are sweet as well." She said with a nice smile that made Benjamin really uneasy.
One thing about Benjamin was that he was a very loyal man and a one woman man, he would never cheat. He loves his wife Mr. Rebecca Theodore, a woman eleven years older than her husband and already in her late thirties. This two met at an amusement park in Scotland and hitched off in less than two weeks.
They had a simple wedding eight months later with only a few friends and family in attendance. And for three whole years, his dear wife couldn't give birth.
She while away time working as a writer online, it earned her very little money but she felt happy writing down how she felt in a frictional story, it gave her so much satisfaction.
Then, she was already in her forties and Benjamin's parents nagged and threatened her to leave their son especially his mom.
And finally she had her first child through a scientific method at forty-three, presently their little daughter is five years old and they are a happy family, he couldn't and wouldn't wish for any better.
"Why is this lady passing compliments at me?" He asked himself and swallowed hard.
"Let me help out, I have so many experience about event planning. I have been doing it for six years of my life now even Diego knows about this." Emelda offered again.
"Sir!" Benjamin turned to his boss to see if he would disagree.
"Just let it be Benjamin, let her do whatever she wants." Diego said waving at his P.A's face.
"Yes sir. Anything else?" He asked.
"None I can think of but if I want to say something else, I will call you again and this time, come to me quickly." Diego replied and asked him to leave.
"You should take me contact number." Emelda said to Benjamin while he was on his way inside. When she saw the way Diego looked at her, she added.
"How will you get in touch with me without a contact number?"
Benjamin came back and collected her contact number and left immediately after to avoid any further remarks or compliments from Miss Emelda as he now called her.
Diego invited Emelda to have a few shots of alcohol with him at the bar and she accepted. They went away together in his car leaving hers for her chauffeur to drive to her house.
Mylar woke up very late even Jaden got scared because he had never seen her like that, tired and very sick.
She woke up with a bad headache and he gave her medicines immediately, she was so happy seeing how well he was taking care of her. She had a light breakfast of bread with butter spreadings and tea.
"Don't you think we need to take you to a hospital?" Jaden asked after placing his hand on her forehead to feel her temperature.
"No, it's not needed and you should be at the gym right now not here with me." Mylar replied, her eyes were tired and they looked pale.
"How can I leave when you are in such a condition? Am I crazy?" He said and kissed her gently on the lips, she responded to it even though she was feeling tired.
He let her rest and informed her that he would be back, he had to get and get something from a friend down the street and would be back in a few minutes.
"Alright." Mylar said simply and he went out quickly shutting the door gently behind him.
"He is so caring." She said praising him.
"What happened to you Mylar? Why are you suddenly sick?" She asked herself placing her own hands on her forehead, she was a bit warm on the outside but she felt so cold inside almost freezing, must be a fever.