hot deal full of secrets episode 3 – 4

HOT DEAL FULL OF SECRETS

Chapter 3

By : Kebby NG

CADE POV

I stood by the window waiting for her to get to my office.

I wonder why she came all the way to my company.

Is it to convince me to use their company as our advertising agency? I thought as I stared into the busy streets of London.

I won’t deny that their presentation was good and me refusing it, is only because of what Emily did and also because I find the presentation to be lacking something.

There was a knock on the door and with my command,The door opened and she walked in.

Still dressed in her simple plain shirt and trousers,She looked beautiful.

I wouldn’t deny that I find her to be beautiful, with just a little bit of makeup and all.She will look more beautiful, I thought as I kept on staring at her.

“Have a seat miss willburn” I said softly and she sat down while I stood up staring at her.

“You must have chased me as soon as I left your company,”I said.

“I had to,I just can’t let it go” She said looking determined.

“But you seemed resigned when I told you that I didn’t want your company, what changed your mind?”I asked.

“My family, my colleagues and boss and my job,I pursued you here only to make you give us another chance” she said.

“Really! After presenting me with something that I don’t like, what makes you think that I will give you another chance?” I asked

“Because I know that you are a fair person” she said and i laughed

“Fair? Did you just say that I am a fair person?”I asked .

“Am a good judge of character Mr Callaghan ” she added crisply.

“Well you judged wrongly this time, am not a fair person Miss Wilburn, I am someone who plays dirty when it comes to getting what I want”I said

“Dirty, as in illegal stuff?” She asked.

“Oh no, don’t get me wrong, I play dirty but I don’t do illegal things, I do my things cleanly”I said and that made her smile.

The first smile I see on her face and I won’t deny that she looks beautiful.

“What can I do to get you to give us a second chance?”She asked suddenly.

Is she crazy? Why would she ask a man that sort of question, doesn’t she know that it will get them to ask something big in return for her request to be fulfilled.

“I didn’t mean that I will give myself to you so you can give us a second chance, that is the last thing I will ever do”She said, making it known to me that she doesn’t find me attractive and that’s a first for me.

The girls have all fallen for me in an instant, why is she different,I thought as I kept on staring at her with intrigue.

I was about to give her a response when my secretary barged in without knocking.

“Am sorry boss but your mom is on the line and she said that you should pick up her call or she will take the next available flight”She said.

Knowing that my mom always fulfills her threats I quickly picked up my call not bothering to consider Emily who was still in the office.

“Hello Mom”

“Finally you picked, after your secretary told you of my threats right?”

“Mom am in a very important meeting right now,can y………”,

“Just hold it right there,what I have to say to you is very important too and you are not going to leave me hanging until I finish it”She said as she interrupted me.

“What now mom?”I asked.

“Come back home, your bride can’t tolerate the waiting any more” she said.

“I’m not ready for that yet!”I said.

“Why! Why aren’t you ready ? It’s been three years since you have put a ring on her finger, you rarely come back home to see her and when you do, you never treat her like your fiance”She said.

“That’s because I don’t want her! you have known all along that I never wanted her”I yelled into the phone angrily totally forgetting that Emily was still in the office.

“But she is your fiancee and you know that you are what you are today because of her father, you respect him and you treat him like your real father even though you treat me your Mom like your enemy”She said

“Don’t use him as a reason!”I said

“I will use him, that man that you are rejecting his daughter gave you his kidney when you were about to die, he enrolled you in one of the best schools and made you what you are today and just a little request that he asked from you, you refuse? How ungrateful are you?” She yelled into the cell phone.

“I love and respect him as my dad and I will forever be grateful to him but ……..”

“But what Cade? What is stopping you from doing so? Getting married to his daughter?”She asked.

“If you don’t have a reason, then get down to the island and do your duty to his daughter, you owe him that” she added when I wasn’t saying a thing

“Well I do have a reason mom and that reason is that I have someone okay,I love someone else ” I said without thinking.

“You what? That’s a darn lie, you have always told me that you will never love anyone , so how come?”

“I found her and she just melted me, she changed me and turned me into someone different.I love her and am going to get married to her and as soon as I can, I will take her back to the island with me” I said.

“You have gone insane Cade! I won’t let this end, I won’t let you marry someone who is not fit to be a Callaghan”she scre-med at me

“Do whatever you want mom,I don’t give a damn”I added and cut the call

It wasn’t until I heard her voice that I realised she was still here.

“Are you okay!”

“Were you listening to my conversation?”I asked, still feeling angry.

“Am sorry but since you didn’t ask me to go out,I was in here till the call was ended”She said

“And so you heard it all right”I asked

“If you want I can pretend that I never heard a thing, am really good at that” she said

I stood thinking about what she said and just then I remembered something I said to my mom In a fit of rage.

“Well I do have a reason mom and that reason is that I have someone okay,I love someone else”

“I found her and she just melted me,She changed me and turned me into someone different,I love her and am going to get married to her and as soon as I can,I will take her back to the island with me”

Just remembering what I said made me sit back in shock.

What mess have I gotten myself into! How will I get out of this one now?

I will be heading back to the island in a few days and have got to show my wife to my parents. If I am not with her, they will certainly make me marry Isabel.

Though I am very grateful for what Isabel’s father did for me, I am not willing to marry his daughter just because of the gratitude that I feel towards him.

‘`Is anything wrong?”She asked and I stared at her.

Why am I feeling so agitated when I have this beautiful lady here, I thought.

She will certainly do what I want and in exchange I will give her company the contract, after all that is what she wants,I thought as I kept on staring at her.

“Have a seat Emily, you and I have to talk about a lot of things”I said and she eyed me weirdly before doing as I asked her .

HOT DEAL FULL OF SECRETS: Chapter 1 – 10

EMILY POV
I sat down feeling uneasy about what he wanted to say to me.

From what I heard about his conversation with his mom,I know that he loves someone and he intends to marry her.

This is coming as a shock to me because from what I have heard from the others, they said he is a well known womaniser and on my way to his office, I met a beautiful brunette and I am sure that she came to see him.

“What do you want to talk about sir?”I asked.

“About giving you that second chance you’ve asked for,” he said.

” Really? Are you willing to give us the second chance ?”I asked

“Yes I am”he replied

“But tell me something, are you single?”he asked

“What?”

“Are you single?”he asked again.

“Why do you ask that?”

“Because I need you to help me with something and in exchange I will give you the contract “He said .

“And what will that be?”I asked, knowing that what he was going to tell me would be something that I don’t like.

Chapter 4

EMILY POV
I should have known that there would be a condition for him giving us a second chance.

After all he is someone who doesn’t play fair, he will play dirty just as long as it will benefit him.

“What do you want in exchange for us getting another chance from you?”I asked.

“You heard my conversation with my mom right?”He asked

” Well not all of it”I said and he started not believing the response I just gave him.

“Fine,I heard a bit, from what I can understand you have someone you love and want to marry “I said and he smiled.

“Just as I managed to fool my mom,I managed to fool you too?”He said, having a happy look on his face.

“So you don’t love any one ?”I asked.

“Am someone who doesn’t believe in love and I don’t think I will ever believe in it ” he said.

“So why did you lie to your mom?”I asked

“You see my mom divorced my dad and got married to James Drake, he took care of me and treated me like his own son, he did me a huge Favour in the past, I won’t go into the detail, but he did me a huge favour,I never thought that he would want some thing in exchange for it”

“What does he want in exchange?”I asked

“He has a daughter, Isabel Drake, we both grew up together and have always considered her as the little sister I never had”

“And???”I urged him, wanting to know more.

” Well he wants me to marry Isabel, while I was still staying on the island, they managed to persuade me to get engaged to her and knowing that they won’t give up until I do what they want, i decided to get engaged to her but they started with their persuasion again, they wanted me to Marry her and that is something I will never do, engaged to her I might agree but marriage to her is a no no for me”

“A problem occurred here in the capital city and so I had to return, I haven’t gone back to the island for the past three years”

“The call I received today was for me to go back and marry her but I don’t want that” he finished

“And that was why you lied to your mom “I asked

“Not really a lie,”He said suddenly.

“What do you plan to do and what does all this have to do with us getting the contract?”I asked.

“You see I need someone who will pretend to be my wife, who will come with me to the island and live with me until I convince my family that I am better off without Isabel ”he said.

“And? Do you need me to find someone for you? Cause let me tell you now that I don’t ha…….”

“You will do”he said that I stopped what i was saying to stare at him

“What?”

“I said you will do,I will rather have you as my pretend bride than to have anyone else and besides you need the contract Right, just decide to be my pretend bride and I will give you the contract and if you behave well I might put more contract your way”He said giving me a sheepish grin.

I just can’t believe what he is saying to me,I thought as I stared at him.

“So what do you say Emily! will you accept my deal” he asked

“Not in your life”I said as I stood up.

“You really will decline?”he asked

“Of course I will,I won’t let myself be drawn into this crazy scheme of yours, If you don’t want to marry her then tell your family, why go through all these just to lie to them?”I asked.

“You are not here to question me Emily , Just tell me if you agree or not”He said

“I do not agree, am not going to do what you ask me and I suggest you get one of those brunettes to do it, they will be willing to do it for you”I said as I picked up my bag and began to head out.

I would have gotten out of his office if he hadn’t stopped me.

“Am I giving you a chance and you are throwing it away?” he asked.

“If it has to do with me lying and being close to you, then I will pass”I said

“What’s so bad with being close to me, what do you even think of me? ” he asked as he put his back against the door, obstructing me from leaving.

“You really don’t want to know what I think of you,” I said coolly.

“You made it clear to me when we were outside your company”He said.

“And you think that’s all, right?”I asked.

“Don’t tell me there is still more to know,” he asked.

“There is and it doesn’t matter, I won’t waste my time telling you what I think of you, it certainly wouldn’t make you change and so it’s better that I just leave”I said.

“You will leave knowing that you can get your company this contract?” he asked.

“If my boss and colleagues find out the dirty deal you are making with me just so we can get the contract, they will certainly support me and so it’s better you tick me off your list and start looking for a bimbo to get your work done for you” I said and his expression changed immediately.

“You will really regret your action “he said to me.

” I won’t regret it and I wish you luck on finding a girl that will play your Dirty role and if you keep on searching and still can’t find a bimbo, give me a call, I will connect you with a guy who deals with bimbo as their ……….”

“Just get out of my office!!” He yelled at me and I smiled knowing that I had pissed him off.

“Goodbye Mr Callaghan” I said and left his office.

HOT DEAL FULL OF SECRETS: Chapter 1 – 10

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“What !You couldn’t get it? But you said you will do your best”Rose said as she walked around her office.

“I did, i even went to his company but he still wouldn’t give us a chance”I said remembering the dirty deal he made with me.

“This can’t be! He was my only hope”she said, looking so desperate.

“He is not the only rich company, can’t we get another one, another company that will appreciate our work?”I asked.

“No one wants an upcoming company, he is the only one that accepted us and we need his contract or else we will go bankrupt”She said.

“What? But how come” I asked.

“I used a lot of money and I don’t know how to pay it back, the contract was what I needed”She said.

“And now that we don’t have the contract , how will you pay the money you owe?”I asked

“You will do something okay,You owe me that much Emily ” She said suddenly.

“What?”

“Have you forgotten that I payed for your mom’s hospital bill, you still haven’t paid me back and I want that money now!”She said

“But you said I can pay that money any time”I returned coolly.

“Well I want it back and I want it tomorrow, give me back my money or you find a way to get the Callaghan contract” she said.

“You are being an unfair rose?” I said

“What ever,I need to live even if this company falls apart , so you need to get me what I want or else I will make sure you regret ever borrowing money from me, you know how I am when it comes to getting an unpaid debt, so it’s better that you think of ways to get us the contract or I get my money from you in full” She finished

“You are cruel!”I said and left the office in anger.

Where would I get a large sum of money for Mrs Rose,I thought as I went home looking moody and worried.

“My child you are back early”my mom said as I walked into the house.

“We got released early”I said as I took off my coat

“You look a bit worried or so !”my mom said as she came to me.

“It’s nothing mom”I said as I went to my room.

Getting mom involved with my problem will only make her feel sad and so it’s either I accept Cade deal or I find a way to pay for the rose which is something I can’t do right away because I don’t have a lot of money with me.
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What am I going to do? What should I do to get myself out of this mess, I thought as sleep finally took over.