"Sometimes when you are in a dark place, you think you have been buried, but you have been planted."–Christine Caine
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After the elevator stopped both of them went out of it they came across a room and Alex immediately opened the door
They saw two men who seemed to be of the same age sitting side by side but one looked like an assistant and the other looked like the CEO.... Emma could tell from the different auras they emitted
The men turned their heads toward Alex and Emma and they immediately stood up when they saw who came in
"Good day, Mr Smith..." the one who looked like the CEO stretched forth his hand for a handshake displaying his charming smile which Emma thought was quite cute...
Alex took his hand with a straight face nodding
Both Emma and Alex took their sits on the chair across from the two men
Emma brought out her note and began to jot down the minutes of the meeting
"Mr Alex I am the president of dazzling and I came on behalf of my uncle to discuss our partnership" Mr Almond stated
"as you know, the yearly Star Height fashion competition begins in the next six months and we want to partner with Sparkling Beauty.... Last year we partnered with Shinning Star but their jewellery didn't meet our expectations "
Me Almond said
"as far as I can remember Dazzling won last year's star height competition and the jewellery was quite nice so why do you want to partner with Sparkling Beauty when you have the second-ranking jewellery company by your side," Alex said calmly
"Mr Smith just like you said they are a second-ranking jewellery company and after careful investigation we discovered that Shinning Star uses smuggled and stolen gems for their jewellery which may ruin the reputation of Dazzling," Mr Almond said and Alex smirked
"I would like to partner with you guys Mr. Almond but I'm curious about something..... Why didn't you investigate them before you partnered with them last year and why didn't you choose sparkling Beauty last year"
Alex asked
"as you know Mr Smith... Dazzling wasn't the first-ranking fashion industry as of last year we tried getting Sparkling Beauty to work with us but we couldn't afford the high standards of your company meanwhile we kept trying to partner with your company the competition kept drawing closer so we just had to choose our next option but after we won the competition we investigated them and we found out about their deeds and we broke the contract... We spent a lot of money on that " Mr almond paused
"So after we bounced back on our feet my uncle suggested we start saving for this year's competition "Mr Almond added
"ok, Mr. Almond... Sparkling beauty would love to join hands with dazzling... Let's sign the contract shall we" Alex said.
Me Almond's assistant brought out two files of the same content
Alex signed the two files and so did Mr almond... They shook hands and after talking about their copy of the contract Almond and his assistant left
Emma breathed a deep sigh of relief immediately after the door closed.....
'that wasn't so bad after all.... I thought that the meeting would a be long and boring one' Emma said smiling at her laziness... She turned to look at the man expecting to leave immediately... But unfortunately, her wish wasn't fulfilled... When she looked back her fall fell and her heart sank
'what's going on why is he sitting? I'm so hungry aren't we supposed to leave immediately after the meeting ends' Emma cried inwardly
Alex was still unaffected looking at his phone when the girl beside him cleared her throat...
" uhm sir aren't we going back to the company" Emma asked eagerly with a forced smile
Alex tore his eyes away from the phone and glanced at the girl in confusion
"Didn't you say that you were hungry "Alex paused
"ok, you prefer the company's food. Let's go back then." Alex said standing for his seat
Emma was so speechless. She looked at the man with widened eyes
"I didn't say that sir I'll quickly order" Emma sat down immediately
Alex glanced at the girl and shook his head helplessly he rang the bell requesting a waitress and after a minute a lady walked and bowed slightly
Emma took the menu, she ordered vegetarian drive rice rolls and a coney dog
And she handed the menu over to Alex who made the same order
While they were waiting for their food Emma began to go through the files which she previously kept aside since she had nothing else to do but then she got curious about something and looked at the man who was busy with his phone
"Can I ask a question, sir?" Emma asked immediately getting the attention of the man
He lived his eyes from the phone and looked at her as if permitting her to speak
"sir is this a hotel owned by the smiths" Emma asked
"no" Alex answered plainly and Emma nodded
"But you do come here regularly for meetings and other matters" Emma asked again
"yes I do because I own this hotel and I have no need to go to another hotel" Alex said
Without looking away from the curious girl he noticed her change in expression
Emma widened her eyes in shock when she heard that he was the owner of the hotel she looked at him with admiration in her big green orbs.... He was still young and he is already a billionaire...Emma couldn't hide her astonishment
Everything made sense to her now
The greetings and the special treatment as well as the strange familiarity emitted from the employees....wow... Was all she could say because she was very speechless
"Enough with the questions... Send a message to the head of the planning department and tell her that by the time we get back, there will be a meeting with all the department heads" Alex started returning his gaze to his phone
"And you are going to brief the minutes of the meeting to everyone be prepared" Alex said and Emma nodded in affirmation....
The food they ordered finally came Emma salivated as the smell of freshly made food came in contact with her nose