Zoe and Giovanni

Chapter 2.

We entered the large conference room and i was met by three huge handsome men. They look intense and interesting at the same time. My God, today you have decided to show me men apart from Frank, huh! that's cool, i like it. I said to myself and laughed in my mind. 

"Zoe" Mr. Phillips drew me out of my wild thoughts.

"hm?' I said and damn me , I was staring at each one of them. I mean , how can they be so handsome.

"meet Giovanni Perez" He motioned me to a man who had the most beautiful hazel eyes i have never seen, his shirt hugged his muscles tightly and he looked serious. okay. and i mean very serious. His hair kind of looked messy but it was okay.

"Nice to meet you Mr. Perez," I extended my hand but he ignored it.

RUDE.

I am just going to keep my hand to myself and pretend i didn't see that. When it comes to ignoring people, i ignore them so hard they will even doubt their existence. I will make an exception for today.

"This is Tony Velasco"

"nice to meet you Mr. Velasco" I said while extending my hand. He greeted me back. That's ....promising.

"You can call me Tony, i don't mind". he said with a smile. I returned the smile and nodded.  "And this is Leonardo Vallejo"

"Hello Mr. Vallejo"

"Hey, call me Leo, I also don't mind." I nodded . I didn't know what was happening here because it seemed like it is a serious situation. We all sat down and i could feel like someone is watching me and i turned automatically and looked directly at Mr. Perez but i found him looking at Mr. Phillips.

That's odd.

"Okay, let's get down to it, Mr. Phillips."

"uh, right Zoe I know that you have worked with us for the longest time and i have really grown to like you as a daughter and trust you but we are in a kind of... not good situation and-"

"what's wrong, are we bankrupt or what?" I cut him short and looked at the four men in front of me. They all gawked at me with looks that said "isn't it obvious".

"Can someone please enlighten me because I don't understand whatever that is going on" I said while moving my fingers in a circular manner.

"You owe us large amounts of money"

A deep voice said. Mr. Giovanni Perez.

"ooh, He talks." I said while looking him straight in the eye. He did not blink, but i saw Tony and Leo suppress a laugh.

"How much do we owe you? Mr Phillips you did not tell me that we owe people money?" He stared at me and then mouthed 'i am sorry'. I feel betrayed.

"listen Miss...Miss-" Mr. Perez started.

"Miss Williams" I said.

"Miss Williams, you owe us five million dollars and we gave you a full seven months to pay us back but you didn't, so we came here to collect our money. Today. " He said . I looked at Tony and Leo and they did not seem bothered. Mr. Phillips grew silent since we started this meeting and i can sense that he is feeling guilty for putting us in this kind of situation.

"Where are we going o get that money from? Even though we sell this whole building it will not be  enough and that means it is the end of my career," I said looking at the four of them , with hurt in my voice.

" Do I look like I care?' Mr.Perez asked.

"I don't know , do you?" I asked back. This Mr. Giovanni Perez is getting on my nerves. "Mr. Phillips, say something!" I nudged him

"I don't know what to say Zoe, I tried okay, I tried gathering some cash but it was not enough"

"Why didn't you tell me , huh? We could have come up with something like we always do"

This is getting us nowhere. " We need more time to-"

"NO!" He almost yelled. Okay so we are going to raise our voices.

"Listen up big boys, you waited for seven months so that you can get your money and i was not aware of this situation thanks to Mr. Phillips". I said and looked him, his head bowed in shame . I averted my gaze and looked directly at Mr. Perez and his friends or men, i don't know. " So a month or two will not hurt, it's up to you. You give us more time or no money at all. End of discussion!"

Mr. Phillips looked at me with a surprised look, filled with fear. Same as to Mr. perez but he was not filled with fear, it was anger.

 Tony's and Leo's faces were filled with amusement. Since no one was talking, I walked out of the room and headed straight to my office.

That was intense.