Chapter 11: Fate cannot be changed.
"Sighs! Meet me in the study room when you are done here". Chris said to Raymond.
He stood up from the dinning table, leaving everyone behind.
Raymond felt suffocated with the way his father acts.
"Why pretending to be a good father when you aren't? We don't need your love". He said to Chris inside the study room.
Chris felt struck at his son's words, it was as if he had gotten bitten in his mouth, he was dumbfounded to reply on time.
"If you see me that way, how can I change that? Well, I called you here for a suggestion, regarding the company".
He hasn't finished speaking when Raymond fired back. "Excuse me, I don't need you to teach me how to run the company. If you feel like you would like to run it, then come have it". He sat down on the chair looking straight into his father's eyes.
How could a son be so rude to his father? Chris thought within himself. "Listen to me son!" He shouted angrily.
"Remember I am still your father, how dare you speak to me in that manner?". He said and held the table near him.
His heart was beating very fast because of how he had raised his voice at him. Raymond didn't change his expression, his face was stern and hard to predict.
"I want you to start expanding the company to other countries, that should be one of your goal this time around". He said calmly.
He sat down opposite Raymond before he continued.
"Work on that and get back to me". He said and stood up immediately.
"Why do you want me to always have enemies?". Raymond asked in a cold tone.
Chris jerked his hands away from the door knob. He sighed deeply, his son never knew his intention for doing all these.
To Chris, he was trying to push him forward to be stronger, greater and independent.
Paris was left with her father's witch and his son, she got tired of the food she was eating and left in a fury. May hissed at her strongly, her mouth twisted in a horrible way.
"See the trashes your father had for his miserable first wife". May insulted Raymond, Paris and their mother. Thankfully, Paris didn't hear her.
Kelvin smiled at his mother's words, he knew everything they had will later become his in the future.
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A dark night...
After a month suggestion to expand the company to Macedonia, Frances dedecied to give in, not because of the shareholder's pressure, but because she had changed her mindset.
She knew she it is impossible to hide from him forever, fate would still bring them together, colliding with each other.
Frances sighed as she sipped her coffee as she looked outside of the building, she had this project to work on. Her PA had drafted and submitted the proposal to be sent to Luce Group.
She went to her table, staring at the bold letters on the document lying recklessly, "STAFFORD RAYMOND". This is someone who she had fled from, someone she had used as an escape route to plot and began her revenge.
Frances sighed deeply, she didn't know what might be awaiting her, but she was ready to tackle them.
"I will overcome you all". She said as she sat on the chair, swung round on it and smiled to herself. If she could overcome the wiles of life since childhood, why then would she not be able to overcome the future wiles.
"Hello, have you prepared for the flight for tomorrow?"
"Yes ma'am, we would be leaving by 7am sharp, you have a meeting with the CEO of Luce Group tomorrow's morning". Bianca explained to her boss.
"Alright, I am just going through what you drafted. I need you to change some clauses in the contract, I'll send them in details to you via text, Is that okay?". She asked confidently.
"Yes ma".
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Macedonia Airport.....
A young bright lady walked out of the airport into her jeep Versace car, she wore a long gray pant and a gray top suit matching each other. Her beautiful porcelain designed heel rhymed with her reserved personality.
She got into the car as Bianca helped her to shut the door from outside.
"Ervin, drive straight to Luce Group, when we are done, we would visit our company here". She ordered her personal driver.
"Yes ma". Ervin answered and nodded his head.
Stafford Raymond sat down in his office, he had heard of the company from Lichfield England, coming to have a collaboration on a project with them. He had studied the contract and reports sent by the company's staffs.
He smiled as he realised he was about meeting that woman that had eloped with his money. His smile widened as he unconsciously recollected how beautiful and elegant she was.
He drove back to reality when he realised what he was doing.
A knock came from the door. "Boss, it's time for the meeting, the other parties are already present". Sky informed his boss.
Raymond picks up a pen on his table. "Aright, tell them I'll be there in some minutes". He said reluctantly, he wanted her to wait more for him.
"Her punishment and his revenge starts from now on". He thought and smiled.
Sky couldn't understand why is boss had purposely planned to delay the other parties. "Or was he trying to get back at Miss Frances?". He almost burst into laughter, keeping himself in check.
Raymond raised his head up, he saw Sky, still standing with a swollen cheek. "Why are you still standing there? And why is your cheek out like that?". He asked with a deadly glare.
The glare made Sky came back to his senses, his composure returned immediately after seeing his boss' expression.
"Nothing sir, I'll take my leave now". He quickly ran out of the office filled with a killing intent.
"Hah, what a life saver?". He looked up, raising his hands up as if asking for something.
He quickly left to deliver his boss' message.
He cleared his throat as he walked into the huge meeting room. "Emm, Ma'am, the CEO would join you in some minutes". He said avoiding the woman's rage too.
He could tell Frances had changed in a lot of ways, she was now like the second version of his boss. He was about retracting before he heard from the person he was running away from.
"Wait! Are you saying that Raymond sent you to tell us to wait for him?". Frances smirked and smiled. She looks so beautiful and charming at the same time.
Her long straight hair slept on her back to her waist, she watched Sky bowing his heads like a salamander.
"Tell him we also have a lot of things to do, he should get here now". She said fiercely.
Sky was surprised, he felt like responding back to her on behalf of his boss, but he remembered how his boss had cherished her in the past.
"Has she forgotten how his boss had showed her care and kindness, so because she now has a big company under her, she thought she could order him around?" He thought within himself.
He doesn't want any issue that would get him at the bad side of his boss, what he could do was just to nod and leave.
"Alrigh ma". He said and was about leaving.
Unexpectedly, a cold voice alarmed everyone in the meeting room.
"No need for that Sky, follow me". Raymond walked in like a dragon. His long suit blown to the back as he walks, it was as if an hero appeared to shut everyone up.
He sat down gently on his own chair, everyone stood up in respect for him. They all feared him for how ruthless he had been from time past.
Only Frances sat down confidently, she knew she owed him, but that? She can even pay twice of it back to him.
"I see, is this how you treat your partnering companies? How bad and rude could the Luce Group go?".
Frances said calmly while flipping the contract document in her presence.
Raymond deadly aura intensified, he held his anger as he decided to respond to her.
"Miss Frances, long time no see. Is this how you talk to your beloved husband you left alone and ran to another country? Is this how a responsible wife should behave?".
He adjusted his tie. "Well, I won't like us to discuss personal matters here at work, we can do that later right?" He smiled wickedly to her, seeing how angry and composed she was.