The Mysterious Women Series:Blackmail
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Chapter 3
"Good morning, gentleman, I think it's your first meeting with the Raven Smuts and I'm extremely sorry to have had you waiting. Well I think my secretary Miss Aaland must have given you the brochures of the project that we have planned, from our side off course", Zack addressed the meeting with a friendly smile. Looking at the brochure Ryan, the CEO of Jenson's clearly knew that the project from their side had been planned precisely and they were ready to counteract any trouble put in front of them. He was present there with his secretary and lawyer, he raised a question "Everything is alright but why are you interested in a collaboration; I mean what are the probabilities that the project will be successful?"Anyone who hadn't known Ryan enough would think this as a foolish question, but Sara knew Ryan better to understand that he wanted to manipulate Zack's thoughts. Zack was not a vulnerable person either; he knew the way to control the situation, "Mr. Jenson you are one of the best in the corporate world and you know it quite well that business always runs on risk and I'd prefer, you put a penny to this project it seems quite interesting to me."Moreover since both the companies have been rivals for a long time so none of the other opponents would think such a team up is ever possible", Sara had given him the reasons and now the ball was in his court. He turned to face her, his expression unreadable. She had observed this person for a long time to miss any reaction. For a moment both of them kept staring at each other. His strong jaw line, baby blue eyes, blonde hair and a properly worked out body made him a good competitor for Zack. She could still remember the way he was concerned for her when he left town yet she could not make herself listen his moral lessons, but with Zack it was a different thing no matter how hard she tried to ignore him her mind kept on lingering on his thoughts. Now the way Ryan was staring at her she felt like he would grill her later about Raven Smuts. Although Ryan was a friend yet she couldn’t let him know of the company's secrets, it will only be her treachery to Zack. The man himself was busy thinking about her until he saw her staring at Ryan with great intensity, suddenly an eerie jealousy irked in him; he had to break her silent gestures, so he elbowed her. She felt the dream world converting back to the boardroom where she had been sitting close to Zack, yet so far from him. He shoved a file towards her while she seated herself properly; the file fell from her hands as she took it absent mindedly." I'm sorry Mr.Robenstein", she said "here let me pick it up"." I would like you to go through this record of Jenson's last year sales "he pointed while she picked up the file. She nodded curtly but didn’t reply lest she should make some other mistake.
While Ryan and his men were busy discussing Sara handed the file back to Zack" They had done a great job last year , making it to top of the sales report", she whispered to the latter, who nodded. "I think I would like to collaborate with Raven Smuts for the next project," Ryan finally said."I'm looking forward to a dinner with you tonight Mr. Robenstein and would be glad if your secretary joins us as well". This guy is unpredictable, Zack smiled while signing the agreements "Umm... a beautiful lady can always be a good acquaintance," Zack kept his eyes at her who was still busy going through the files, today the blue suit that she had worn showed off a few curves but in a decent way. Her hair had been tied to a ponytail, to the length of her shoulders. How she mesmerizes me every time I see her. "Miss Aaland I would like you to bring us some coffee" he said "as we're likely to conclude the meeting here" still in the dreamy state. "Alright sir," she moved towards the board room door and literally ran to the elevator to reach the canteen which was in the 2nd floor. She found Michelle standing there brewing her coffee, they had been very close to each other for the last two months, after Mitchell had lost a few important files and Sara helped her cover up. "So how was the meeting", Michelle asked while sipping the cold coffee. "Well it's not over yet I'm here to serve them coffee", Sara brewed her coffee."You know it's great that the company has its own coffee maker", while taking a sip of her own cup" otherwise I would have to run blocks to the star bucks."Fill me with details during lunch," Michelle grinned "here take this tray you can't handle all these cups alone, unless you have six hands." Thanks for this, I got to run now", Sara placed the cups on the tray and made her way back.
When it was lunch time she checked her phone to see 5 missed calls; one from her mom, one from Ryan which she knew he would do the moment he glanced back at her while leaving the board room, the rest two were from some other acquaintance and the last one from Michelle' the penny-pincher' who never spends a penny to call people, she must have been waiting for quite sometime, as she was about to put her phone back into the bag her phone beeped, it was a message from Zack-Meet me at my cabin immediately, there are some important matters to be discussed-Z .She sent Michelle a message asking her to wait for a few more minutes and headed towards her boss's chamber. She laughed at the thought of Michelle's fury as the latter read her message.