Chapter Six
"Hi, Alex, you are back early, how did it go?"
Susan asked when Alex arrived at the office.
"What happened?"
she asked when she saw his expression.
"I am back early and I think I am gonna drop the deal." He answered walking towards his office.
"What? Why? You wanted this so much, what happened did he make an impossible demand?" She questioned.
"Impossible can not begin to describe what he asked for." He replied.
"Wow, what did he ask for?"
she asked collecting the bag he carried from him and following him into his office.
"You won't believe it if I tell you."
he answered moving to his seat and sitting his annoyed ass down.
"Okay tell me first I will decide if I am to believe or not." She demanded. Sitting on the chair opposite him.
"Marriage,"
He replied. Even mentioning the word made him cringe.
"What? Norway wants you to marry him?" She asked in shock.
"What? of course not," he replied wondering how she came up with that conclusion.
"Oh thank God, I thought I am about to give you up to an old man," she said placing her hand on her chest as if calming her heart.
"How you came to that conclusion, I don't know but that's not it." He said.
"So his condition is that you have to be married?" She asked.
"Yes, but not just married but married to his daughter whoever she is."
He disclosed
"Norway had a daughter why am I just hearing this?" She asked amused.
"Yeah, he does and today is also the first time I am hearing of her. I even looked around his office and his living room there is no single photo of her in the house. Who jas a daughter and does not have any of her photos in his house?" He asked.
"Really? are you sure the old man is not lying why will he have a daughter when no one knows about her?"
"My thought exactly but he was serious. Guess who I met at his house."
He mused his hand clenching into a fist.
"Who? Steven?" She asked.
"Yup Steven, the son of a bitch agreed immediately and even had the nerve to ask me if I was scared of losing both the company and the girl to him when I said I am backing off the deal." He disclosed. Losing his fist, Steven wasn't worth his anger.
"You said you are backing off??" Susan asked in surprise
"Why are you surprised?" He asked.
"Because this is the first time you are backing off a deal so early." She answered.
"I know right? but then again no deal I have ever done involves me marrying a woman I don't know, probably a spoilt brat looking for a rich husband now that dad can't care for her ever needs."
He said in disgust.
"No, no, stop that you crazy boy, never bad mouth people you don't know, you know nothing about her so don't jump to conclusions she might turn out to be spoilt but until you meet her in person don't just conclude." She scolded.
"I am sorry ma."
he apologized she is right he should judge her.
"But I am not gonna be meeting her I am going to look for a way to get the company without marrying her." He added.
"Hmm,"
"What say it?"
he demanded when she just hummed
"I will advise you to meet up with her first before you decide as much as I dont like the idea of an arranged marriage but boy you are not getting any younger you should start a family while you still can." She advised.
"Susan not again, I knew I shouldn't have told you about the marriage part,"
He said. you have been wanting me to get married for a while now. She had been on his neck about marriage for up to three years now sometimes he forgets she is his employer because of the way she bosses him around but he loved her so.
"Of course, I want you to get married you deserve a family of your own. But then you never give any woman a chance, your relationships never last more than a month, such a playboy." She said shaking her head in disapproval
"When did we go from business to my love life?" he asked
"Just now when you mentioned marriage and also you don't have a love life, what you have is a playboy life."
She replied not backing off.
"But on a serious note though, you should meet her first before concluding." She added.
"Nope, the time I will use to meet her can be used to come up with a solution that doesn't involve me marrying her." He answered
"Okay then if you say so you are the boss." She said giving in.
"Glad you remembered that now," he answered.
She got up and handed him the file she had been holding.
"What's this?"
He asked puzzled he didn't remember asking her for a file.
"Oh, it's the deal with the Williams chain hotels they signed it." She explained
"Really? So soon?" He asked in excitement
"Yes, I was surprised too they must want to sell off the hotels."
"Now, this is what you call the real business."
He said, collecting the document from her, and going through it.
"You can't compare the Williams hotel to the Norway enterprise you know that."
She replied bursting his bubbles.
She was right Norway enterprise was the biggest fish in the ocean. It might have lost a bit of market value because of bad management but it is still one of the best deals to seal. Which is why he is gonna look for a way to get it.
"I still suggest you meet up with the daughter though, because why not? There is no harm in meeting her if you dont like her then you can look for another way or just end the business." She said bringing up the marriage thing again.
"I will think about it."
He said, still not liking the idea but like Susan said what's the harm in meeting her?
"Thanks, Susan I will think about it." He replied.
"Good, have you eaten, or should I order takeout for you?" she asked
"No need to order I am going out, Sean and I have a meet-up." He disclosed.
"Okay then, call me if you need anything."
She replied walking out of his office.
He concentrated on going over the deal he and Williams hotels have signed. The beeping of his phone brought him back to his surrounding. He checked to see he just got an email from Norway. He opened it immediately and he saw a phone number with a small note.
"That's my daughter's number you can call her and talk, her name is Noni." The message read.
"Noni"
The name sounded familiar. He thought, closing his mail and he went back to his work. He will come back to that later.
