Surprise
Chapter 6
Surprise
I sprayed the Choco Musk Perfume in the air as the final touch of the day. I inhaled and moaned in the air. The air smelled of victory as the perfume evaporated. It was D-day, a day I've worked hard to see. For three years, all I've done alongside Britney was plan. Using the resources I had, we brought all the executives to our sides and finally, Carl was left alone.
I didn't have to do much though, he was nothing but a shadow of himself since the shocking death of his daughter. I just had to do little and he kept making mistakes, mistakes that eventually made the executives willing to listen to me. And Murphy? He was glad to be a part of destroying Carl!
The door opened and a well dressed Britney popped in her head. I smiled at her when I saw her face. Such a beautiful woman and better at getting what she wants.
“Royce!, quit smiling like you won some lottery and let's go. You don't want to get there late,” she said. I beckoned to her to come inside and she did. Her soft , wavy hair bounced around as she walked in. She got to me and I held her by the neck, pulling her to me. She smelled of lavender and milk, a combination I like.
She placed a kiss on my lips but I wanted more than that, so I pressed her to me and kissed her deeply. I strived to intrude her mouth but she stopped.
“Why? Today is a good day. A day we've been anticipating for a while. After today you'll be one of the executives and Carl would be reduced to nothing. You've waited too long for this, I'm sorry it took us this long to get here,” I said, pulling the strands of hair at the back of her ear.
“Well,” she said, frowning and pouting. “I really I'm not happy with this. Being an executive is nothing. I still have to answer to someone else. What I want is real power, a place where I can do whatever I want, like the CEO position.” She said, looking at me with puppy eyes.
I pulled her closer once again and freed the frown on her face. “Babe? Just be patient and trust the process. A step at time, we don't want anyone to know that you are Carl's mistress child. You see after this, we'll gather all our resources together and bring the executive to ourselves. I'll make my men find something to hold on to them and keep them shut. When that happens, you'll get what you want, trust me dear,” I said.
“You do know your way with words, " she smiled once and hugged me.
“Shall we?” She said as I took my phone from the desk and headed out.
The conference room was full and bursting with energy by the time Britney and I got to the company. I counted the number of available executives on the seats and I was satisfied with the numbers I had. They were all among those we needed to get everything done. I noticed that Britney was also calculating like myself and our gaze met. She nodded and smiled at me.
All was going as I had expected. At exactly 10am, the moderator got on stage, making the chatter die down.
“Good morning, everyone and welcome. We'll begin shortly but before then, we'll need to wait for one of our important executives.” He explained
“Executive?” Britney said before anyone could raise their opinion. “Who else could be more important than all? Carl is the only one who isn't in this room, so who else are you talking about?” She asked with irritation .
The moderator turned towards her and smiled politely to her. His face looked as though he was irritated by the intrusion but he couldn't do anything
“Please, exercise some patience. This individual's presence is sacrosanct to this and we must follow the protocol strictly,” he said firmly, making Britney keep quiet.
His firm explanation made the rest of the executive keep quiet but there was a quiet murmur within the room. I began to shake my leg irritatedly and looked at my P.A, he got the message and moved closer.
“Who's this important individual?” I asked but he seemed to have no Idea about it. Who then could be so important that they all had to wait? I thought.
The patience soon turned to apprehensiveness when the personnel still didn't show up 30 minutes later. Those who were seated seemed to have had enough of it and one of them stood up.
“What is this ridiculous situation? Why must we wait for someone we don't even know? How long must we do this? We don't have the whole of today,” he said and others followed suit, expressing their dissatisfaction. All I did throughout the confrontations was keep quiet and I watched them. The moderator checked his wrist watch and went to the stage again.
“Thank you all for your patience. I apologise on behalf of the…”
The door opened suddenly , making everyone turn towards the disruption of the event. A young woman in her twenties entered the room with an air of elegance. Apart from her elegant gait, she looked beautiful and too young for the powerful energy that took over the room.
“Ladies and gentlemen, sorry for keeping you waiting. I'm Myra Cullen. I'm here as one of the executives,” she finished just as Carl entered the room.
The whole room turned into soft murmurs as they were all surprised to see Carl because he has no business being present where his dismissal is about to be discussed.
Myra gave a nod to the moderator and he began.
“We'll now take a vote on the dismissal of Carl Jonathan as the CEO of Jay Automobiles. If you are in support of this, kindly vote through the mobile phone on the desk.” He said
‘Here we go,’ I thought and smiled as I pressed the green button alongside Britney too. We looked at the faces of other executives before looking at the screen, and saw the surprise of our lives.