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MONEY IS EVERYTHING

NICHOLAS'S POV

"Sir, I have prepared everything in the conference room and also asked the receptionist to inform me about the client's arrival." Fiona says after coming inside my cabin.

"Okay let me know when they are here." I reply without taking off my eyes from the papers that I am verifying for the contract with a Columbian company.

"Will do sir." I hear her say before she leaves my cabin.

It's been three weeks since Evelyn's engagement party and I am not ashamed to admit that I am craving to see the auburn-haired beauty. I have once thought to collect information about her but then stopped my plan because it will be more interesting to know everything from her directly. Although I don't know when I will be meeting her again, but one thing is for sure that she won't be able to get away from me so easily.

I am not a man to be tied down with one woman and that's why I have different women in my arms every weekend. But it's been a while since I have gone to clubbing or have some fun with someone and maybe that's why Miss Wilson is able to get in my head so deeply. However, I know who to call because only that person can help me to take off my mind from Miss Wilson.

With that thought in mind, I dial my best friend Arthur Silva's number who has been out of the country for the last few days. But now that he is back we can go to our favorite club to enjoy some juicy hot babes.

"What's up, bro?" He asks over the phone.

"I need to get laid." I let out with a groan.

"From when did you need my help to get laid? You know right that girls will do anything to get fuck by you." He asks as if I don't know that already.

"Will you shut up and listen to me?" I ask while getting up from my swivel chair before going to stand in front of the huge window from where you can see the whole city.

"Okay fine tell me what do you have in mind." He replies with a sigh.

"I am thinking about going to DNA Lounge and have fun with some hotties. What do you think?" I ask hearing a chuckle from him.

"You are never going to change." He lets out making me laugh as well.

"What can I say dear best friend? I am not a one-woman man. Okay, then it's final that we are going to the club." I retort before looking at my wristwatch to see that it's already ten minutes since I am talking to Arthur and the client can be here any time.

"Bro I have to go now because I need to attend a meeting. See you at the club tonight." I say over the phone and disconnect the call before looking over my desk to see if I have everything ready for the meeting or not.

Just because I am the owner of the company that doesn't mean I will throw every work on my workers' head. That's why I am making sure everything is correct to succeed in this meeting as it will be very profitable for the company. Actually, it doesn't mean if the other company wants to sign the deal or not because, in the end I will be the winner.

Soon I get a call from my secretary that the clients have arrived so I pick up the file from my desk before getting out of the cabin. I take my private elevator to reach the 45th floor where the four main conference rooms are located. After coming out of the elevator I take a right turn to reach the second conference room where the meeting is held.

I shake hands with the clients before asking them to sit down while I also sit on my chair. The CEO of the Manchester's company starts the presentation by notifying about the outcome of the deal. But when mentions the margins of the profits I clutch the table in fury. How can he thinks that I will let him have 61% of profits when my company will only get to have 39%? However, I keep my calm because I already have the solution to the problem.

"So, what do you think Mr. Moretti about the deal?" Jamison Evans, the CEO of the other company asks with a full-blown smile as if he has done a spectacular job.

"Although the proposal sounds good but I am not sure if it can bring any profit to my company." I reply looking bored.

"What do you mean, Mr. Moretti? My team has been working on this deal for a very long time and after a lot of debates we have able to make this amazing presentation." Mr. Evans says looking offended.

"What I mean to say that I am not seeing much profit for my company as you want to have 61% profits from the deal to yourself. I have so many companies lined up who want to do business with me so why do you think that I will be happy to only have 39% of the profit?" I retort while he gulps knowing well that I am not faking anything.

"You can have 45% of profit from the deal." He says in a hurry making me smirk.

"That's not gonna happen, Mr. Evans. You see, I don't like to drag something for too long as I am an impatient man. So, listen carefully. I will only sign the deal if you agree to let my company have 60% of the profit while your company gets 40% of the profit. Before you start complaining, let me remind you something. Your company is suffering from a huge debt of 400 million so if you fail to sign the deal with my company then you won't be able to pay the debt. But if you agree to sign the deal, you will be getting 600 million as profit. So, what do you think? Isn't it great to have something than losing everything?" I lean against my chair while looking at the man who was so confident at first but now looks like he can shit in his pants anytime.

"Umm, I am ready to sign the deal." He declares after some time with a defeated look while I nod my head in response.

After signing the papers of the deal, they leave the conference room with my secretary who is going to escort them to outside of the building. I look at some of the trusted employees of my company who has puzzle looks on their faces as if wanting to ask me something.

"If you want to know how I know about the debt, then don't. Because you guys should have worked hard to know every single detail about the company before me. This time, I am letting you go with just a warning. But next time there will be no warning meaning I will fire you all." I let out looking straight at their eyes to make them understand that I am not playing anything.


Finally, the night comes and so the time when I will be going to the club. I have decided to wear a black plain t-shirt and paired it with a pair of gray jeans. As for shoes, I am opted to wear some black ankle-length boots.

After selecting the outfit for the night, I get inside the washroom for a relaxing shower. It only takes me fifteen minutes to get ready completely. I take the necessary things which are my phone, wallet, and of course my car keys with me before getting out of the penthouse. Today, I am going to drive because David has taken leave for the day as today is his son's birthday. I have sent a gift package of various toy cars for the kid who is turning five years old today.

I stop my car in front of the club before throwing my car keys to the bouncer who knows me well as I am a regular customer of this club. I straight go to the VIP section where I know Arthur is waiting for me. He has a bad habit of early arrival in unnecessary places but when needs to come for important events, he will be surely late.

Like I have predicted I find him sitting on the long couch while sipping some beer. Both of us have one thing in common which is not to get too drunk to forget about reality.

"Finally, you are here." He exclaims while standing up to hug me sideway.

"I am on time, it is you who have come early than usual." I reply after sitting across from him.

"I have run out of beer at home so I thought why not go to the club early to drink some cold beer. By the way, Eve was telling me that you got backlash from a very pretty lady." I glare at him while he bursts into laughter.

"So, it's true. But how is that possible when you have every girl throwing at you?" He thinks aloud as if mocking me.

"Can you shut up for once?" I respond getting irritated.

"Fine, I will let you have one peg of wine because after that I want to hear every single thing." He orders making me scoff as if I will be doing what he is saying.

However, soon I realize that this time he is not letting me go without knowing everything. So, I tell him everything about the encounter with Aurora Wilson. I also tell him about the unintended pull I feel towards that woman which makes him surprise as it's the first time he is hearing something like that.

"If you are so intrigued by the woman then why don't you ask your private detective to collect information about her?" He asks making me shake my head.

"I am not sure why but I don't want to invade her privacy. I want to know everything from her and that's where the problematic issue is arising." I retort before chugging down my drink in one go.

"I am not seeing the problem you are talking about. You want to know a person then go to her and start spending time with her." He replies as if solving a business deal.

"Bro, that woman is a hard nutt to crack and you are saying that I should go to her for spending some time. I am sure she will not hesitate to beat me with her frying pan if I set a foot near her." I let out with a frustrated sigh while the bustard only laugh.

"Oh man, I need to meet this woman asap." He says still laughing not caring that I am planning different ways to murder him.

"I have asked you to come here because I want to take off my mind from her and here you are only talking about her." I reply getting mad because this is definitely not what I want to do right now.

"Oops, sorry." He replies as if I don't know he is still laughing at me inside his mind.

Thank God he doesn't start with his rubbish talk again and we can spend some good time in the club. However, no one catches my eyes for the night so I have to leave the club without anyone to spend the night. It's not like there is no one sexy enough for me to fuck but whenever I try to make a move, Aurora's face appears in front of my eyes.

Seeing my state Arthur advises me that I should go to Aurora's bakery and try to talk to her which I don't think will work, but there is no harm in trying. So, I have decided that I will be going to meet her tomorrow morning.


Morning comes by pretty quickly and I am already on my way to the bakery. Thank God Arthur is also going with me because for the first time I don't know what I will be doing when I will see Aurora. I know I want to meet her very badly but I can't deal with people who try to argue with me and she seems to be doing the thing I hate the most.

After thirty minutes of driving, I stop the car in front of the bakery named Sugary Paradise. I didn't know the name of the bakery run by Aurora so I have asked Evelyn about it who was very shocked at first. But then I told her that one of my clients was talking about it so I just thought to ask her about it.

Impressive would be a simple word to describe when I hear about the bakery because surely Aurora isn't bragging about her business. Because by looking at the crowd I can tell that this place is very adequate.

Arthur and I get out of the car before putting on our face masks so that no one will recognize us or the paparazzi will be here in the next minute. We get inside the bakery before taking a seat in the vacant place.

"The place is quite good." Arthur comments looking around the small yet cozy bakery. The aroma flowing into the air is flavourful that I feel like drooling.

"Welcome to Sugary Paradise. What can I get you, gentlemen?" A petite girl asks coming near us.

"I will have a Pumpkin spice latte." Arthur replies before the girl turns towards me.

"I will have a black coffee." I reply without looking at the menu because I am busy trying to find the person for whom I have come here.

"Okay, your orders will be done in ten minutes." The girl says professionally before leaving us alone.

"So, where is your Miss Wilson?" Arthur asks nudging me to the side.

"How am I supposed to know that idiot?" I retort getting annoyed because I don't want to look like a teenager who is stalking his crush.

Suddenly, the bell of the shop rings making me turn my head towards the source of sound to see that Aurora is coming inside the shop holding two bags. She gets past the place where I am sitting before handling the bags to a guy who is working behind the counter.

"I can assume that she is the famous Aurora Wilson." Arthur remarks pointing at auburn hair beauty while I nod my head in response.

"Here are your orders, Sirs." The girl from before says while putting the cups of coffee on the table in front of us.

"Wow, this tastes amazing." Arthur comments after taking a sip of his coffee.

"Umm, you are right. Although I am drinking plain black coffee but still there is a secret ingredient in here which I can't pinpoint." I reply while taking a sip from my cup.

"I think I have an idea of how we can talk to Miss Wilson without making her uncomfortable." He says making me smirk because I can easily tell what's going on in his mind.

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