Thomas looked at Danielle with love and admiration.

“Still, writing a business proposal on my ibehalf /ito iMGT /iCorp! I don’t know what to sayi!/ii” /i

Danielle was extremely confused, she had no idea what he was talking about, she’d never even wrote a term paper let alone a business proposal, and to MGT Corp. Making sure not to give away the truth, she shyly probed him further.

“Oh, my goodness, H–How idid /iiyou /iknowi? /iiI /iiwas /iitrying /iito /iikeep /iiit /ia secreti./ii” /i

“iI /igot a call from ihis /iiVP/ii. /iiHe /itold me iMs. /iiCrest /iiput /iin a word in iand /iisent /iimy /ibusiness proposal, said it was impressive! I can’t believe you did ithis/ii!/i”

Danielle’s eyes bulged with surprise, she wasn’t the ‘biCrest/i/b‘ they were talking about, but she wasn’t about to let Thomas know. Smiling, she innocently looked at Thomas.

i“/iiI /iknow you’re married to imy /iisister/i, stilli, /iiI /iijust /iwanted ito /iihelp /iiyou/ii. /iiPlease/ii, /iidon’t /iitell /iiRaby/ii, /iI idon’t /iiwant /iiher /iito /ibe mad at me.”

Thomas‘ eyes darken, he’d cursed his grandmother everyday since she forced him to marry Rabena. Now, he was forced to keep something this big a secret to avoid causing trouble for her.

But that was all behind them now, Rabena was gone, leaving him and Danielle the opportunity to finally be together. His grandmother would cool down once he secured this deal. Learning Danielle was the one that set it up, she would have no choice but to give them her blessing. After getting into his car, Thomas opened the glovepartment and pulled out a small silver box. Inside was an engagement ring with a pink heart shaped diamond, Danielle’s favorite. Today was the beginning of his new life, whatever guilt he’d felt regarding Rabena was now a thing of the past.

Thomas arrived at The Regency Hotel at exactly 8:30am, the meeting was at 9am so he wanted to get there early. Suddenly, he began to feel nervous, he had heard stories about the shrewd businessman Aaron Michaels, he’d hope he would be able to impress him.

‘Shit! I should ihave /iiread /iiover /iithat /iproposal more ithoroughly. /iWhat iif /ihe asks ispecific /iquestionsi!/ii‘ /i

Thomas began to fret; he pulled out a copy of the proposal that was emailed to him by Michaels‘ assistant. He decided he could at least do a quick over, as he read through, he became more and more shocked. This business proposal was amazing! The outlined details regarding thepany revenue, business expansion, she even predicted the grossed general sales and designs for the next five years. Not mention, with this merger, he’d be able to expand his family’s architecture corporation throughout the western continent. How had Daniellee up with all of this? Though it was true she went to college, Danielle had never been much of an intellect, that was always Rabena, though it went unnoticed. She’d went to her family’s alma mater and studied literature. It was a simple enough elect; besides, she would have eventually married someone prominent and lived her life as one of Banton’s most popr socialites. Thomas took a gulp of water to calm his nerves. Suddenly, a tall man wearing sses walked over to the bar. Vincent, Aaron’s assistant smiled politely while extending his hand to Thomas.

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“iMr. /iLockwood I presume? A ipleasure /ito meet you, I’m Vincent Holmes, Chairman iMichaels /iiassistant/i. iAllow /ime to escort you to the conference room.” fn8d22 Content originallyes from fin?novel/fn8d22

Thomas followed Vincent into the conference hall, ‘this is it! My moment of truth!‘ With his nerves kicking, Thomas strutted with pride as they entered the room. Suddenly, a tall man wearing a tailored Italian royal blue pinstriped suit, faced Thomas with a slight smile. Extending his hand, Aaron’s tone was smooth but filled with authority, Thomas instantly felt intimidated.

i“/iiMr. /iLockwood, ipleasure /ito meet youi, /iI’m Chairman iMichaels/ii./ii” /i

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