"Is vodka really all you care about?", he asked visibly angry. "Yeah, most probably", I replied just to piss him off more. "You're so irresponsible", he spat. "Why, thank you", I smiled. Ooh...his vein is pulsing. "Fuck you, Kamaia". "Not even in yo...
Roulian Carozza's "Kamaia Armani, current CEO of K.Armani beauty, now, if you'll have your seat, Mr. Carozza",she says. Kyle Armani has a daughter? "You are Kyle Armani's daughter?", I ask to be sure. "Yes, I am", she says.
"Mr Carozza, according to the facts obtained from my research, the profits of Carozza are neither rising nor falling. It remains at a steady level because there is nothing new and exciting for the consumers, the same old style of boring clothes so definitely, the profits are going to be stagnant."
She's making a point, "As you know, K.Armani is well known in the beauty industry and fashion and beauty are like two peas in a pod which is why I propose both companies merge and produce multiple lines of jewelry which will both be perfect for our target consumers and give them something new and exciting making it a win win situation.", I applaud softly.
She continues though, "Both companies get to continue their usual activities and production without interference from the other with the jewelry lines being their only link.",she stops for a while. I'm already blown away, honestly.
"I'm sure you're wondering how we can capture the attention of a larger crowd", I actually wasn't wondering anything.
"We need to give them something to talk about, get tongues wagging and what better way to do it than to make them think there's something going on between Parlaville's favorite young man and the daughter of Kyle Armani himself, it's the perfect relationship to their eyes...now I'm not asking you out on a date or whatever you're thinking. I'm saying we should fake it, it's for publicity and better sales", she waits for my answer.
I think for a while and observe her face contort into different displays of impatience and finally, I agree to it, everything and she smiles in satisfaction or self pride, I couldn't tell.
"Now, let's drop the formalties as we are supposed to be dating, this is quite a boring conference room, Carozza", she says, a playful smile on her face.
"I'm keeping things professional which I guess you don't understand how to", I say obviously referring to her choice of clothing.
"Contract is going to be signed tomorrow, bring your lawyer or whatever, then we start our couples goals immediately", she smiles and then gets up picking up her bag. "See you tomorrow, Carozza", she leaves the room and I follow her.
"Stalking me now?", She says as I enter the elevator with her. "Don't flatter, yourself now Kamaia", she smirks.
Kamaia Armani's This man wasn't quite as annoying as I thought him to be. We could actually make good friends. My sense of humor and whatever it is he has, we would make a pretty good team.
"Okay so, we probably need to keep in touch because we have a lot of things to talk about, plan the lie right", he pulls me out of my thoughts. This dude tryna get my number?? "Yes, you can have my number, Carozza, your phone?", He hands it over and I enter my number.
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"Nice meeting you, Kamaia", he says as I'm about to get off the elevator. "Wish I could say the same for you, Carozza, cute suit by the way, couple's goals", we were actually matching in our all black ensemble. He smirks as the elevator door closes and he goes back up. He wasn't actually going anywhere in particular, was he?
On a scale of one to ten, that went well, I know what you're thinking, this wasn't the initial plan, right? I know. Did you really think it was going to be one of those stories where the girl just jumps into some stupid arranged marriage?
I'm wiser than that. I knew that if the marriage was just for the sake of publicity, then there are even better ways to gain publicity and my dad was probably worried that they wouldn't sign the contract just like that so I did some research and found out that Carozza was also having a bit of a problem and I had a solution. Boom!! Everybody wins. I'm quite proud of myself, honestly. Now, I go home for some celebratory vodka.
Gaining publicity was the easiest thing to do, the media will jump at any juicy rumor, I would have to create another account apart from the private one I already have and also a couple's account where we shall advertise and endorse the jewellery line which I have decided to call Carani(the most reasonable combination of both company names) along with our individual products.
Soon enough, they will be all over our social media accounts trying to get proof of actual dating and that is when I finally create the couple's account making it look like just a fan page when in fact, it is really me.
Production will start as soon as a factory space is bought and few weeks after, we shall publicly launch and release the new jewellery line where we shall admit to have been dating.
For now, we just drop hints, public hugging, going on dinner dates, random hangouts, all while pretending we're oblivious to the rumor going about. Devious, aren't I? Yes, I am. I smile, swirling my glass of vodka before taking another sip.
Roulian Carozza's Now that I have a solution to our profit problem, I feel a bit more light? Is that the word? "Roulian?", Nanny Carlotta knocks on the door. I let her in. "Your father would like to speak with you", she says and leaves almost immediately. Walking to his home office, I know this man has nothing nice to say. "Father? You called?" "Sit down, boy", I sit. "Where is the solution you said you would provide" "A collaboration with K.Armani beauty to produce jewellery. The profits of the jewellery lines are going to be so high that we can invest extra into our own company and it will give the consumers something new and excited", he just looks at me like I've gone mad. "How stupid can you be?", He said all of a sudden. Stupid? "Jewellery? If they don't buy the clothes, what makes you think they'll buy jewellery?", He asks. "Because, we have a whole plan to generate publicity for the line also in turn generating publicity for Carozza", I try to explain." I disapprove, Roulian", he says. "And I don't care, father, I am the CEO now, aren't I? So I believe I can make company decisions on my own without your interference", I get up to leave the room. "Have a good evening, father"
Author's note I know it's short and nothing's happening yet but we can't just jump to all the good stuff, it's a gradual process, darling. Also, I don't know if I should start writing in past tense or just carry on with present continuous. It confuses me sometimes. The next chapter shall be a dive into their more personal lives... vote, comment.... I'll update as soon as possible...love from Angel 1182 words
