Chapter 11- Is that her?
“No, I would never sabotage such an opportunity, Ms. Redd, there really is an issue with the room.”
“Then why not choose a different room?”
“We wanted to ensure that it was the most suitable for you, and ensure that you are comfortable for the meeting”
“Mr. Falcone thank you for your thoughtfulness but I’ve been sitting in your restaurant for the past 45 mins enjoying the menu delicacies and the scenery by the river view. I assure you I am as comfortable as can be. Why don’t you move the meeting here? This is just the finalizing meeting so there’s no need for projectors or screens.”
“Oh, you’re already here?!”
“Yes, I trust that is okay with you?”
“Yes, of course!”
“Okay, so then there won’t be an issue with having the meeting here?”
“No no issues with that, I-I’ll be down in 5 minutes.”
“Good thank you, Mr. Falcone”
Hanging up the call, “Hehe, this works out perfectly hehe.”
“Yes, it does,” Bryant says shaking his head.
As promised, Mr. Falcone was down in 5 minutes. It only took another 2 minutes for them to get the tables arranged for us. The meeting took 1 1/2 hrs.
“Thank you for your time and hospitality, Mr. Falcone.” Shaking his hand, “I trust you understand our closed mouth policy and can adhere to it.”
“Yes, Ms. Redd,”
“Well, until next time then Mr. Falcone,” I say adjusting my sunglasses.
As we were walking out, I feel a strong alpha presence coming towards us. “He’s strong and sexy”, says Enya. “I can actually agree with you this time” I answer back. The most Greek god of a man I’d ever seen. Tall with sharp features and groomed to perfection. A suit has never looked so good on a man as it does on him. As we’re passing each other, his assistant calls out, “Ms. Redd?” Stopping and turning around, I see them waiting for some kind of acknowledgment. Although I had sunglasses the Greek god and I made eye contact. Nodding and smiling slightly I say “good day gentlemen”, and then continue leaving. Realizing that Bryant was hesitating, “What time is the charity event tonight Bryant?”
Realizing I was ahead of him, “my apologies ma’am, it’s 6 pm tonight, will you be joining me to support?” He asks
“As long as I finish all I need to do, It should be possible.”
“Who were they?” I ask after getting into the car.
“I believe that was Everbloom’s CEO and his assistant.
Chuckling, “heh Mr. Falcone is a busy little bee, isn’t he?”
Pulling off from the restaurant, “how long do you think it will take for them to reach out again?”
“Haha, Ms. Redd what makes you think they will?”
“Oh trust me, they will”
Alpha Jason’s POV
As we start walking down the corridor a strange scent hits us, and then from around the corner comes the most Ethereal woman I had ever seen. “What’s that smell?” My wolf asks curiously, "For some reason, I feel drawn to it”. As we get closer, "Do you think it's her? Our second chance mate that disappeared on us?", I ask. "I can't really tell, she doesn't smell like a wolf." He answers.
She had curves in all the right places, the very definition of sexiness. The way she walks shows her confidence and power. I have never seen any woman command respect with the way they walk as she does. I immediately had a flashback of our mate's wolf.
She has sunglasses on right now so I can’t see her eyes, but I can tell we're both locking eyes.
“Is that her?” I link Malcolm as we get closer to them. “I-I’m not sure sir”, he answers. “Then find out” I link as they walk past us.
“Ms. Redd?” He calls out
Stopping and turning around they both look at us. Judging by the look of surprise on the assistant’s face, I knew I was right. Yet, she wasn’t surprised, instead, she nodded, smiled, and said, “good day gentlemen,” and then she started walking again. Her assistant was still taken aback but she asked him a question that succeeded in refocusing him. “What time is the charity event tonight Bryant?”
“My apologies ma’am, it’s 6 pm tonight. Will you be joining me in supporting?” He questions
“As long as I finish everything I need to do, it shouldn’t be a problem,”
“Understood ma’am”
Still standing there, I remember that we reached out to them this morning so I ask, “What was their response this time?”
“Sigh, again they said that they wouldn’t be able to assist or collaborate with us.”
“How many times have they turned us down now?”
“3, sir”
“Is there any reason why that I should be aware of?”
“No sir, I’m also confused as to why they have refused to work with us. It’s known that the CEO is extremely picky about whom she collaborates with but we are reputable and all of our collaborations are successful.”
“What are their success rates?”
“Um, better than ours sir, they are able to stand on their own feet even without any of the collaborations they’ve done. The CEO has incredible foresight, she’s the best at what she does.”
“Are you sure we have never interacted with her before?”
“Yes sir, we have never even seen her. Sigh, even amongst those she has worked with, only a few of the CEOs have actually met her, but none of them know what she actually looks like.”
Raising a brow, “What do you mean?”
“I’ve heard that she wears sunglasses to all of her meetings and never removes them. Plus once she has finished discussing the most important details, she leaves and her assistant handles everything else moving forward.”
“So she’s only partially involved?” I ask
“No sir, she is fully involved in everything, she just doesn’t see the need to physically be there at every meeting, but every decision passes through her unless she has given her assistant the go-ahead to make the final say.”
Smiling to myself, “Okay, let’s go Malcolm, we have quite a bit to discuss with Mr. Falcone”. “Yes sir,” he says as we continue walking.
"I think she's our mate" Spike says. With a hand in my pocket I stop and look back again, "She looks a lot different than we remember but I'm going to find out. She won't get away twice."