I trailed behind him. I have never liked being the center of attention. Dad running MNC does not benefit much, making me yet again, the focal point. Putting up the poker face is all I could bring myself to do. Being confident is not my forte. We ceased our steps right in front of the meeting room . He turned and asked me nervously.
'You ready ?' Was I? Was he? Has anyone ever been ready for these kind of deed.
I nodded keeping my eyes fixed on the big bold letters that said 'MEETING ROOM'. Dad clicked the door open. I could not see anyone. Since, I was trying really hard to keep my backbone straight. I held my head high as I walked towards my seat . Dad took the center chair or whatever its called . Without sparring a glace at any human being, I took my seat beside dad. I needed to be strong to do this . I needed to be unaffected, composed but all I am right now is terrified. I looked up from the admirable table, as someone cleared their throat. Clearly, they needed cough drops. My eyes wondered around a little before it fell on to the source.
'Thought you were going to boreholes into that' Angelic face but ass-holic, smug look. Made me want to slap the smirk out of that face. His eyes were the size of coconuts, bigger, if that is even possible. So pathetic, that it felt like a sin starring into those .
' haha... I don't mind making holes on pretty faces too.'
'Clark Lint' He held out his hand in front of me. I glared at it like he had grown stalks instead of fingers.
'Alexandria Walter' Strange enough, he had indescribably soft palms. Revoking all the laws of masculinity. I embarrassed myself by holding it too long, for which I apologized immediately.
"This is my brother Jeremy Lint " The shaggy guy, with lots of hairs and friendly face shook my hands now. What is up? Why do they have the soft hands? I couldn't bring myself to think of anything else. I needed boundaries. This brother guy had this cunning smile plastered on his face. Made my palms twitch. Its just not something I can withstand.
Finally, we settled ourselves comfortably. No more handshakes. Then, It was my dad who broke the silence.
'So as you know I am into every industry. Textiles, oils everything. We are a MNC that never had any competitor......' I zoned out after that. Somewhere in the middle of all these people, exploding their ideas out on that very table, I resumed my face reading. Everyone was quiet. They were all listening intently to what my dad has under his sleeves. Then, there is this Clark guy. Sharp and mysterious. Why is this man even here? His brother doesn't even look like someone who would do 9-5 jobs.
Scammers. Out of nowhere that popped in my head. Are they?
'So do we have the deal ?' My dad asked . I missed every detail.
'Dad? Could they be potential scammers?' I whispered loudly. I had to squint my eyes, to make it even, for dad's goggling one. One can easily predict that he wanted to staple my lips shut right away.
'No, Alexandria. We are not. You can look it up. I thought we were suppose to research each other, before joining for this meeting. You clearly did not do your homework'
'You mean stalking? No thanks. I have better things to do on weekends. I am sure our employs kept dad up-to-date'
'Yes...yes very well. They are not scammers, my child. In fact, they are our competitor. The only one. Rodrigo will keep you up. Thanks for caring, honey.' My dad smiled. Although it hardly felt like a smile. It was the cue for me to zip myself, before I make things bad.
'Do we have the deal then Mr. Lint?' we all shifted our gaze towards MR LINT. To my wonder, his eyes were fixated on me. It made me uneasy. I shifted under his gaze. Then, quickly he shifted his eyes back to my dad. A cunning smile had played its way to his lips.
Suspicious.
'Yes... definitely. I am glad that we are signing this deal. Thank You.' they shook hands. Dad had a relieved look on his face. It was nice. But one thing bugged me, why did he bring me here? when he could've done this alone. What am I missing out?
'But before Jeremy takes care of the paper work. I would like to have a conversation with you Mr. Walter' he looked around and added 'alone'. The smile on my dad's face was replaced with distress. His jaw tightened.
'Very well. Everyone, give us a moment'
We all went outside. It felt wrong. We were suppose to celebrate. What more could he need? Didn't he say he knew 'EVERYTHING, DID HIS RESEARCH' crap? What is the point? when eventually, you are going to end up doing 1 to 1 session. People were murmuring. Apparently, they thought the same thing.
Few minutes had passed. Slowly, the door opened, revealing both of them still indulged in a hearty conversation. Now, I wanted them to stop but I am not in the position to do so. I stood there with hopes in my eyes. In all of our eyes, asking both of them to say something.
They nodded each other goodbyes. But then something strange happened. Mr. Lint nodded me goodbye while SMILING. What did I do to deserve that? He walked past me still smiling. Seriously, What the fuck did I do?
'Alex'
'Yes dad, What's up?'
'We need to talk' his guilt washed face told me, I am not going like this talk. So we were back inside the meeting room again.
'Is he not doing the deal? Do I need to fuck him? What is it?'
'You might need to get married to him'
'ofcou- what?'
'I'm sorry. I know this is asking too much-'
'Then don't ask!'
'I don't think, I am left with choices. He is an excellent guy, competitive, compassionate, handsome I might add and-'
'Did you two go on a date or something? Stop advertising him. What am I suppose to do with a competitive person? See who can run fast to the bed? eat first? what? what?!'
'You are furious right now. Please go home. Think. We'll have an adult discussion about this'
'Discussion? I am done talking about this. I did everything you have ever uttered. Sorry to disappoint you but I can not do this'
I walked out, slamming the door after me. The hallway was cluttered with living bodies, eagerly waiting. They were rather surprised, when they saw me. Tears fell down my cheeks as I made my way through them.
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