THE LIE: DECEPTION TO THE CEO

In Islander

-I’ve been with the company for twenty years, so I should give it to him for seniority. Can you tell me what law states that? -Dylan asked.

-We know perfectly well that this is not in any law, not even in the local laws of Islander. It is a way of saying things, simply that we do not agree that someone who has just arrived at the company should be above us.

-If all the fuss is because of that, I would like to clarify that she is my lawyer in Santiago de Leon, since she graduated,” he said with the firm decision to end the discussion.

“It is true that they have helped me, supported me and done many dirty jobs, but that does not give them the right to intimidate me or to disobey my orders,” he thought, looking at them with irony.

-All right, CEO! As you say, we’ll report to her,” Heli agreed, walking with Piero towards the exit.

-Hey, where do you two think you’re going? We haven’t started,” Dylan growled again, stopping them on their intended exit from the meeting room.

-I assumed we were done with the meeting,” commented Heli, her voice annoyed.

-Well, you guessed wrong! -Let’s get the meeting started, that’s what we’re here for.

This meeting went on well past noon. Amber required a lot of information, which she would later verify by visiting the respective agencies. In this meeting, they were forced to bring documents and files for her to obtain the information she wanted.

In the end and in order not to go out on the street, by Amber’s plea, the CEO ordered lunches for everyone, since he was not willing to be separated from her, not even for a second. Besides, he wanted to please her and treat her like what she was, a queen whose throne he was supposed to have.

At the end of this day, he took her back to the apartment, letting her rest.

-Please, Amber, rest! -He laughed, caressing her cheek with a subtle caress, which she immediately rejected, very subtly.

-I don’t like to have my face touched! And excuse me! But, I prefer to be honest,” she clarified, looking at him sideways and with her eyebrow arched.

-Calm down! It won’t happen again, I just got carried away by feelings. When will you accept me as your boyfriend? -he consulted, with a seductive and sympathetic smile.

-Ha ha ha ha! -She smiled, adding, “Face the boy and run full speed ahead, take things calmly and patiently. Let everything happen, when it should happen,” was the answer she gave him, opening the possibility for him to conquer her.

-I swear! That I will,” he smiled, saying goodbye with a gesture, making a circle with the fingers of his right hand.

Amber, upon entering the apartment, remembered that she had not called her mother since she arrived, so she took out her cell phone to talk to her.

In Santiago de Leon

When Christopher left the meeting, which took longer than the stipulated time due to the lack of agreement with his team, he went to his office. Once there, he looked for his assistant, who was in videoconference with the business managers of the states of the south and east zones of Santiago de Leon.

-Here Christopher is arriving,” Elian announced to those connected to him by Zoom.Please check at N/ôvel(D)rama.Org.

-Good afternoon,” commented Christopher, looking at the time on his Rolex, a collector’s jewel, which identifies his status every time he wears it.

-Good afternoon,” they all answered. Each one of them, went immediately, asking Christopher the results of the new planning for the different agencies.

He quickly joined them and gave the answers they needed and closed the video call at the exact time. He was only twenty minutes away from the interview with the Ambassador of St. Lucia, whose appointment was scheduled two weeks ago and he needed the permits to enter the island and establish his agencies there.

As he left, his assistant gave him a summary of all the calls and the results of his investigation, especially regarding Amber’s and her mother’s phone numbers. Since he didn’t have time to chat as he wanted to, Christopher opted to leave it until after the visit to the Ambassador.

As soon as Glenys called, he called her immediately to reassure her “She is very toxic” he thought, without commenting anything out loud. He put his hands free and made the call.

-Hello! Christopher? I’m on my way to a meeting right now, I’ll call you when I leave,” she answered.

-Well! I think it’s going to be difficult, let’s meet today, I’ve been in meetings all day and I’m on my way to another one, but with the Ambassador of Santa Lucia. I think I’d better call you tonight, do you think so? -he asked, with a distant and cold voice.

-Perfect! Because I’m the same way, since I’ve had problems with the inspection and I have a feeling that your little friend has something to do with all this,” she answered in a harsh and grumpy voice.

-Before passing judgment against someone, you’d better be sure! -he advised, unwilling to accept criticism against Amber.

“I’m not telling you this to defend her, but from experience and being led astray by false perceptions, without inquiring where the truth lay,” he pointed out.

-Thank you! For your recommendation, but I have my doubts,” she affirmed, convinced that Amber was behind this inspection, “See you tonight,” she answered and hung up the call.

He, who was going to clarify to her that they would not see each other because of the lack of time, was left with the word in his mouth and a half smile on his lips, in the meantime he took off his handsfree.

“She’s as toxic as Michelle!” he thought with disgust.

(***)

Arriving at the embassy, Christopher was received immediately, by the first authority of the island in Santiago, In this way, he negotiated everything personally, to start the provision of services of his new company, in the area of tourism.

When he left this meeting, he took his assistant to the company to pick up his car. In the meantime, he went to the apartment where Amber lives with her mother, since thanks to the efficiency of his assistant, he got the phone number and address…