King's Hart

Chapter ♡ 8

Nasir's POV 👑

Coming off the elevator I noticed Madison wasn't at her desk, Ms. Hart must already be here. The last thing I expected to see when I entered the conference room was a flustered Madison and a woman whispering something to her. She immediately noticed my presence as soon as I entered the room and stood approaching me.

Well, she's very aware of her surroundings.

"Mr. King. Monae Lockhart, a pleasure to meet you" she beamed with an outstretched hand.

"Likewise Ms. Lockhart" I accepted her hands firmly. "Shall we begin?" I motioned back to the table.

"Sure" We took our seats with me across from her and Madison remained beside her staring at the table.

"Are you ok Madison?" I asked glancing between them as Ms. Lockhart took some papers out of her handbag.

"U-uh yes sir" she blushed briefly glancing at Ms. Lockhart who giggled softly.

" There's no need to be ashamed Madi, I tend to go overboard with my teasing. I do apologize if I made you uncomfortable" she spoke seriously facing Madison.

Now I was curious to know what happened before I walked in.

"No!!, u-uh, I mean no you didn't make me uncomfortable. I just wasn't expecting it." Madison smiled softly.

"Ok love, I'm glad" she patted her hands and turned to me.

"So, Ms. Lockhart, in two months I will be opening a third location for my hotel here in L.A, and as usual we'll have a small opening ceremony. You were recommended by a few people, so I made contact to see what you have to offer. I already have someone that will be in charge of the main courses for lunch, so I'm thinking of adding a dessert bar, and that's where your services will come in." I finished leaning back in my chair and looking at her.

"Ok Mr. King, first I would like to say congratulations on the opening, secondly I think a dessert bar would be a great idea. As they say, there is always room for dessert and some persons tend to like something sweet after a meal." She licked her lips before continuing, and my eyes were drawn to the action.

" I would need to know the number of persons you are catering for, and any special dietary requirements so I can make sure everyone has something they can enjoy" she slid the box she had over to me.

God, this woman is beautiful.

" This is a sample box of some of the things that can be made for the event however, once I know of the requirements I'll be able to tailor the selection" she finished with a smile as I opened the box taking out one of the treats and sliding the box to Madison.

F**k, these are good. I bit into the chocolate tart.

"You seem quite confident that I'll be using your services Ms. Lockhart" I smirked liking her confidence.

"Please call me Monae, and I believe in positive affirmations, sir. I'm quite aware of how great my service is and as such, I put my all into whatever I'm tasked with doing to ensure it remains great" she held my gaze with a raised eyebrow as if challenging me to turn her down.

The sound of moaning brought us out of our trance as we both turned to look at Madison who was about to place another treat in her mouth but froze when she caught our stare.

"S-sorry, but these are great" she blushed and continued eating.

"Well I see you have my assistant's approval" I chuckled "And you also have mine Monae." I stood up making my way to her as she followed suit while Madison began collecting everything.

"I'm glad to hear that Mr. King, you won't be disappointed."

" I know I won't be" I stepped closer and looked down at her "And please call me Nasir".

"Ok, I'll take my leave now, a pleasure doing business with you Nasir." She smiled before facing my assistant.

"Bye, beautiful" she purred with a smirk walking out as the girl blushed.

Damn.

"Madison, make sure Monae gets the information she needs please," I stated as we walked back to my office.

"Of course, Mr. King." She went to her desk.

Entering my office, I slipped out my phone and saw a missed call from my mom, calling her back I sat in my chair.

"Hey baby, did you meet her? how was it? Will she do it?" she started firing questions as soon as the call connected.

"Calm down mom" I laughed "It went good, Madison will contact the persons on the invite list to get all the information she needs, and she'll do her magic from there." I smiled.

"Is that a smile I see, she's gorgeous isn't she?" she laughed.

"Don't start mom" I know exactly where she was going with this however, her last words caught my attention.

"Wait, you know her personally?"

"Did I not mention that?" she acted innocent.

"No, you somehow forgot to mention that part when you told me that you'd disown me if I didn't use her business" I playfully rolled my eyes as she laughed.

" Oh well, she's a client of mine. More than that actually, she's an amazing young lady" she stated absentmindedly as she shuffled some papers on her desk.

A client of hers? What's wrong with her?

"What's wrong with her?" I blurted out before I could stop it.

"Nasir!!" she reprimanded as I apologized. "There is nothing wrong with her, and besides you know I can't talk about my client's personal information."

"Yea, I know I'm sorry. I'm just making sure I didn't make a mistake mom, I can't deal with another Annalise situation" I sighed.

"I know baby, and I wouldn't have recommended her if I thought she was dangerous" she looked at her watch.

"Client?"

"Yes, I have to go, honey, make sure you're here Sunday for Family dinner, I love you."

"Love you too, mom" I ended the call and leaned back in my chair closing my eyes.

"She's a client of mine" I couldn't help but think about mom's words.

Monae... Are we both healing from our past demons?

Who would have guessed Mo's therapist is also Nasir's mom. Who else around him is she connected to? 🤔

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~ Delia King ~

Till next time, thank you for reading. 😊