COFFEE LOVE

Chapter one

Morgana's POV

"This feels like a slap." I stated hitting my desk with my fist.

"Benjamin Black......." although our parts never had to cross, some news and rumors had touched my ears. The little i heard went along the lines of uncompromising, stoic, efficient, the women on the other hand just sound entirely thirsty when they talk of him. they call him eye candy, incredibly hot and sexy as a CEO..... like me.  They say he is one of them investment geniuses, indulging in the high-risk, wealth-tripling business deals but never has he once had a loss, failed, or backed down from a challenge. That's how he climbed the ranks fast, Bagged Forbes under thirty and now on his way in joining the top fifty richest investors alive.

I had to deal with him now.

I want The Starok for myself, a 50 story sky scraper, an architectural beauty in the heart of New York City. My research showed it was just the sweetest strategic real estate for marketing and stationing, every brand's fantasy, a magnificent structure that attracts over five hundred thousand people a day both locals and foreigners. For three years it had been my biggest goal as i wanted to make it the head quarters of my company just in time for my first global launch. I had done the work, I expanded, invested, I had positioned myself to buy it in full only that it was suddenly put off the market.

BB building and real estate management, the property firm under BB's empire, couldn't even send a formal rejection to my mail, they replied insultingly with an email of one word:

"No."

Buying the Starok isn't a small negotiation so we sent to BB's exclusive mail, a direct reach to that man himself and he rejected my offer with just a "no?"

"It is a slap Paula.... No......What do you mean the email contains nothing but no.......No?, for such importance of a negotiation this is to me right now." I was seething.a bruise to my ego wasn't something i handled gracefully, especially one directed to my company.

"Do you want me to contact him again, we could write another email for him to reconsider......we could forward......"

"No. find a way to fix a meeting directly with him. I must meet with Black himself."

"Well mam, I discovered we aren't the only ones seeking to get Starok, Desot International, Rockage, the big players are also on the chase for it,  maybe thats why we are denied, one of them must have bided first.

"That doesn't mean we do not get a proper response and if that's the case we'll raise our bid. We need that building Paula, we must have it before the launch. Putting out our next project as well as owning Starok would put a gap between us and our competitors that would never be closed in my next three generations to come, we would make ten times the amount we spend on getting it within a month. I want total background information on Benjamin Black and BB in general. Go now and ensure you come back with positive affirmation that I'll be meeting one on one with that man do you understand?, this is the biggest goal right now and we are getting it no matter what, by no matter what you understand what I mean?

"Yes mam."

Uncompromising? Stoic?....No, it seemed to go along the lines of proud, unprofessional, rude with no regards for business dealings. Well it wasn't going to be the first time dealing with an insolent man at the top, it truly was one of my favorite types of satisfaction bringing them down to my own tune and having my way in the end.

I let out a deep breath, easing down a bit of my anger, i stood up pacing, staring out through the glass walls of my office into the city, I turned bringing my focus back to my secretary, her evident concern formed deeply on her features."