Beauty Divine

Chapter (22):

"Dad!! Hey!!..." She went hugging her father. "What are you doing here?"

"The same question, what are you doing here?" He shrugged her off gently.

"I-I'm here for work, a business trip"

"Ah, I see. Good. I have a meeting here"

"A meeting? With who?"

"Mr. Anderson, how are you?" Came Wren shaking hands with him and Madeline stood still confused.

"I'm fine Wren, how are you?"

"Good. Good, thanks for asking..." She looked at Madeline then turned her eyes back to him. "Shall we begin?"

"Yes, I was just telling my daughter here that I'm having a meeting"

"Y-Your daughter?" She let out a nervous chuckle. "I'm sorry but who are we talking about?"

"Madeline" He stated as he put an arm around his daughter and Wren looked at her with raised eyebrows.

"Oh!! I see... Well, that's great!" She chuckled nervously.

"Yeah, dad... because Wren here is my boss"

"Really?" He looked at both of them and then he laughed softly. "That's great!!" Both Wren and Madeline joined him nervously.

"I'm her personal assistant"

"Oh, honey I'm happy for you" He looked at Wren and pointed at her. "And you got a really good assistant here"

"Yes, she is" She looked deeply in her eyes and Madeline blushed slightly.

"The boardroom is ready" said the receptionist gesturing for them to enter.

"What are we waiting for? Let's go" said Joseph.

He headed towards the room and Wren turned to Madeline and muttered under her breath. "We need to talk, later" Then she went following him.

During the meeting, everything went smoothly, as if Joseph was an ordinary client, although both of them were nervous, they did a great job in the meeting and as usual Madeline said her opinions and both Josef and Wren were satisfied that they sealed the deal.

"Wren" He stood up. "It was a pleasure doing business with you" He shook her hand.

"Likewise, Mr. Anderson"

He looked at Madeline. "Excuse me Wren, can I have a word with my daughter?"

"Sure" She gave her one last glance before exiting the room.

"I'm really proud of you" he said proudly.

"Thanks dad"

"When are you coming home? Your mother misses you, we all do"

"I miss them too but I got busy with the new job here but I promise you that whenever I get the chance to visit, I will"

"Okay sweetheart, I'm really happy that I saw you" He gave her a hug.

They went outside and Wren was leaning against the reception desk as she was standing. She locked eyes with her, and her father thanked Wren once again and left to catch his plane.

"Your father is Josef Anderson?!!" she asked.

"... Yes"

"Why didn't you say that before?"

"Because..." She couldn't complete as she heard someone call her name.

"Maddie" Came Eva with Paul. "Hi Wren" said Eva.