Chapter 108: Monaco or Switzerland
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'Shut up Ty. Sometimes I wonder if the real Tyler we knew some years ago replaced himself with you because he wanted to go resting on a beach in Hawaii," Mr. Dan snapped at him, glaring at the man.
'The problem still remains," Melissa said and Tyler placed his hand beneath his chin, running the other through his brown hair.
'Honestly, I don't see how."
'Sapphire did say that she didn't want it but it doesn't mean that Emiliana would give up. Emiliana can still try to convince Sapphire, I mean, she would continue to convince her. Now that the brat had gotten SJAY for herself, it won't be much work," Dan said and Melissa nodded in agreement, most people present also did that.
'Would that be easy? I mean, you forgot that Sapphire stopped being dumb," A woman who had her hair in a bun said and some agreed with her.
'She had changed before she dragged her here all the way from Gisborne, yet here we are," Melissa replied.
'Alexander is now in the picture, what more would she need that the man won't do for her? I heard that it was the Aldines that threatened the company out of Gray's hand, and I don't think that's false, the only people capable of forcing Gray's hand are them," The woman argued again and now Melissa also had to admit that's a fact.
'Melissa," Mr. Connor finally talked and out of all the shareholders present in the room at the moment, that man is the wisest.
It made her wonder how on earth Arielle's father got his hand on the information about his bad deeds, he tightened up every loose end and left no trace.
She had tried to dig some dirt on him by herself but she didn't came up with anything, his record was as clean as fuck.
She was beginning to give up and Viola! She found Uncle Marcel blue flash and everything worked out, she had a lot of shareholders sucking up to her.
'You do realize that your grandmother is the problem right now? Sapphire isn't involving herself in our business, she never did from the start. She wished to blend with the shadows and allowed you to show your face in the company but Emiliana didn't want her and wanted her away from Oliver as much as possible in order to make her work in the company," Mr. Connor said, everyone listening to him attentively, Melissa wondered what the man was on about.
'Why, you think, because the position you are in now was never yours to begin with, it was hers, that's why you want to get rid of her so desperately even when she didn't do anything, you always look for opportunity to blame her and we aren't here to fulfill your revenge thirst, lust or whatever it is you feel.
Here is the flash girl, the matter of the new director is important to us as much as it is to you and I want you to deal with it with a fair brain, and you can start that by admitting to yourself that your grandmother is the problem here.
You come up with a way to solve this because it is your problem and we aren't really going to help, but whichever way you come up with, be extra careful. If you do something to implicate you, we are going to dump you and wash our hands off your business. I want you to convince that witch that you are worth it or else I am deeming you useless.
It would cost me nothing to destroy that nonsensical thing you have that put you on top of the moon, I just got bored of Felix, the man is an idiot, and that's why you have a shot.
Don't mess it up."
With that the man stood up and went out of the room, the many shareholders she had gathered to be her pawn trailing after him, none of them bothered to say goodbye and smile at her like they always did, even though both parties knew how faux it was.
How quickly the table had turned, now she went from controlling them to trying to prove her worth, Connor is dead serious, once he sees that she isn't worth it, his next go to person might be Sapphire and she can't allow that.
Her phone rang and she placed it on her ear after picking up the call, it was time for daily assessment.
'Sapphire met Theo and Oliver Gray, Venita went to her studio and left a while ago after setting an appointment with Oliver to meet him later, Oliver is seen entering and exiting a private hospital."
'For what? The asshole is sick?"
'No, he isn't. Haven't been able to find out his reason but it would be easier to do that yourself. Arielle has been at her company since morning and dealing with some issues that had to do with the backlash of the scandal. Melissa was visited at the prison by her family members, her mom, dad and sister. Matthew and Claire meet up at a restaurant to catch up on some things, seems like a date if you ask me," The voice on the phone said and Melissa scoffed.
'No, Matthew wouldn't go on a date with her, he is probably doing that so that Sapphire can ease back around him,"
'But the girl is making it seem like it is that way."
'Still no information on Sapphire and Alexander?"
'Oh please! I know I love money but I don't fancy it when it can lead to my death. I was unconscious for a week the last time I tried to keep tabs on his wife _ still not sure how his men managed to sniff me out within a minute _ and now you want me to keep tabs on the man himself? Although the price you offered is high, no thanks!" He said and hung up the call.
'Seems I have some scolding to do, it is nice that there's someone I got to let out my pent up energy on," Melissa said, glaring at Claire through the picture.
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Candy was all smiles as she watched the useless bunch pack up their stuff from the offices that they don't deserve while glaring at Sapphire on their merry way out.
'God! I love how the first thing you did was get rid of those assholes," Katie told Sapphire who merely shrugged.
'But that means a heavy workload for us, god! I wonder how many nights we would pull before we go back to normal,l Mr. Gray pretty much wrecked this place," Belle said and they all nodded.
'Any idea where the guys are?" Sapphire asked when she didn't see the guys that made up their team.
'I want to get something for their stomach and ours, I am too lazy to do that even though we are all famished," Candy answered.
'Shouldn't you be in your office?" Katie asked Sapphire who was still seated at the desk she used to seat.
'Not until I make some renovations," she told them and they nodded.
'Then we should be expecting our company to transform dramatically," Candy gushed with a big smile.
'You could have spent more years there assholes, it would have helped our famished state a lot," Katie said sarcastically when the door opened. 'You are such idi…" the words stuck in her throat when she saw Alexander standing there and her eyes widened in surprise.
The man stared at her blankly and her cheek reddened in embarrassment, the color deepening when her colleagues made fun of her.
'Sweetheart," he called Sapphire who had her eyes closed and she flinched before turning to look at him, surprise written all over her face, it was obvious that she didn't know that he was coming.
'Xander, what are you doing here?" She asked, standing from her seat.
'To invite you to come on a trip to Switzerland or Monaco," he told her straight to the point and she stared at him like he had grown horns.
'What?"
'You wanted me to complete fulfilling my boyfriend roles so I am taking you on a date," he explained but she was speechless, did he have to do it here?
'A date in another country? I thought that was for honeymoon" Katie whispered in disbelief.
'Blow me sideways," Candy whispered, staring at the man who was staring at Sapphire with the biggest smile on his face.
'Amazing," Belle added.
