SWNOVELS Chapter 63
Chapter 63
The ticking of the clock echoed loudly through the board room. The entire room
had grown still and silent and not a pin drop could be heard aside from the ticking
of the clock. The relevant department members had already been seated in their
respective places nearly ten minutes ago but the meeting could not commence.
Not yet anyways.
With every passing tick on that clock which lead to seconds which then bled to
minutes passing by, I had grown more annoyed. Every relevant person who
needed to be here had been all except one person and for that one individual,
the meeting was on hold.
Dante should have been here by now. It wasn't like he was not aware of the
meeting being held today along with the time. He was either not going to show up
at all or he had been running late. Which ever of the two options it had been, it
was unprofessional to leave us uninformed.
I cleared my throat to get every ones attention. “We should commence with the
meeting. The minutes of it would be forwarded to those missing. I suggested and
was met with silence along with doubtful shared glances.
It wasn't like we hadn't waited a decent amount of time before I had made such a
suggestion but every one around the table looked at me like I had suggested the
most forbidden course of action.
“Are you certain? It wouldn't be proper to begin with out the company’s vital
investor present.” One of the two members who would be leading us through
today’s meeting spoke.
4 pinned her with a stare which usually was not like me to be so short with
people in the office. “I understand but we have allocated enough time for any late
comers and now we are simply wasting every ones time.” I glanced at the clock
and noticed that it was now fifteen minutes that had elapsed since the meeting
was set to begin.
She swallowed hard enough that I saw her throat tense up before she looked at
her colleague for some indication of what to do. He nodded at her giving her the
go-ahead and she made her way go the projector screen and clicked the remote
in her hand to display the first page of this progress
report.
She was just about to address every one when the board room door was pushed
open rather loudly. Every head in that room including mine had turned in the
direction of the door to watch Dante. storm in with such a hauty air to him like he
was not late at all.
The dark material of his black suit hugged his b*dy snug as he moved to he last
empty seat reserved for him. He looked around the room before his gaze paused
at me but I kept my
expression neutral not wanting to show how affected I had been by his newly
involved scandal. I
was sure that every one in this office building had read about the news by now
but no one would dare say a word to him.
“My apologies for showing update. There had been an unforeseen circumstance
that I had to deal with.” He apologized more to me than the rest of room but I
looked away from him.
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“Please, begin.” 1 ignored Dante and said to the lady waiting to lead us through
this meeting.
The meeting had commenced at last and my heart rate was all over the place.
My palms were clammy from the nerves and after a while I had began gripping
the edge of my leather upholstered
seat.
I needed the growth percentage to be in my favor. I needed it now more than
ever! I couldn't imagine what a slap in the face losing would be at this point.
The final verdict was approaching and I straightened my shoulders preparing
myself for what ever it was going to be.
“After much analysis and rechecking the stats and figures, the finally verdict is
that the percentages of growth remain the same from the last time. There has
been no percentage change but that is not to say that there has been no
progress. The company has managed a 10 perfect increase thus far and we are
certain that if we continue with the same enthusiasm and drive, we would be
seeing great results by the next six month mark.” Sh it. That sounded great in
theory that there was expected future growth but that did not bode well for me
currently.
Hell to the fI*ppin no. This could not be happening right now!
I had not managed to reach the 15 percent that the bet was set on. The bet that I
so proudly agreed to raising the stakes in fact only to fall face flap. It was the last
straw of humiliation that I could have thought to incur for myself when it had
come to Dable. It was a good thing that no one here aside. from Dante and I
knew what this actually meant because none of them knew about the bet.
I managed by some miracle to sit still in my seat until the meeting had concluded
properly and people began leaving one by one. I could not believe that I had not
been successful at achieving the 15 perfect grown in the past few months that I
had taken over. Sure things were slow at first with the changes but I assumed
that it would be so attainable.
Without sparing anither second, I let the board room followed by the entire
building itself. I knew what came after this and I was not ready to deal with it right
now.
Dante was going to want to buy out the company and take it over as agreed upon
in the verbal bet that we both had made. I didn’t know what to do! There was no
way out of this.
As I stormed to out of the building and to the parking lot, I hastily rushed to my
car to get away from here. I got to the door and fished out my keys from my coat
but just as my thumb hovered over the button to unlock it, a strong arm wrapped
around my chest tightly until I felt like it was crushing my chest.
I opened my mouth to scream for help but a cotton like material was pressed
over my mouth and nose and I nearly gagged from the smell of it but it didn’t take
me too long to realise that that smell was chloroform but it was too late because
my b*dy grew limp as my eyes rolled back in their sockets and that was when
every thing turned black.
I couldn't tell how long it had been that I had been out cold. I had no idea whether
it was minutes later, hours, or perhaps even possibly days. I tried to open my
eyes carefully in hopes that maybe I
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could gauge my surroundings and get some idea of where I was but when may
eyelids refused to open against the cloth tied around them, I knew that I had
been blindholded.
my head has still been muzzy from whatever it had been that I had inhaled
forcefully and I knew my sensors were not as sharp as the ought to be. having
said that it was not rocket science for me to understand that I was in a moving
vehicle that had been taken on a very Rocky and off-road kind of
route.
“are vo
you at the meeting place? I am nearly there. “the most blood chilling voice spoke
and as I waited for another voice to respond to him that did not sound loud
enough in the car I figured that the driver had been on the phone speaking to
someone else.
yes she is still knocked out since we nabbed her so there has been no signs of
difficulty yet not that she would be much of a fight even if she does attempt to
escape.” the man said in a mocking almost macho tone.
“no her child was not with her when I grabbed her but I suppose that's better, the
last thing we need is some whiny child to add to this.” my entire b*dy had ran
cold.
Hayley!
itis not that I had completely forgotten about her but my head was so cloudy and
my thoughts was so unclear that I hadn't had the capacity to think of Hayley. I
could only hope that Nancy would give Dante a call since she never ever left the
house until I was home with Hayley.
my only hope now had been that whoever was behind this was not after Hayley
as well but judging by the sound of it she was not part of whatever plan this was.
“if we play our cards right we will get exactly what we want, now please send me
a pin location so I can meet you at the spot” the man had spoken impatiently but
that only got him an earful which I could hear but very muf fled.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry but it feels like I've been driving for a heck of a long time.”
This gruff, rough sounding man was scared of someone above. What the hell
kind of s hit was I in?!
the vehicle shudded and wobbled as it went on whatever kind of rugged road we
had been driving on. had I not been bound and properly secured, there was no
doubt that I would have been flying
all over.
I may have just jinxed it by thinking that because the entire vehicle jumped up
like it had tried to drive over a boulder. my head hit the roof of the vehicle and I
winced loudly from the pain. it was only after the sound had escaped me did I
realize what a grave mistake I had just committed.
“Sh it, I think she is waking up. I got to go. I'll meet you soon. The man said
rapidly as he hung up.
My entire b*dy grew stiff as I froze not knowing what to expect. It didn’t help that I
couldn't see a thing and all I had to rely on was my hearing. The car slowed
down but not enough for it to be halted but just enough so that the man could
reach over and cover my nostrils would a cloth that smelled stronger than the last
one that was used on me.
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“You almost had me fooled. He laughed to himself but the sound did nothing to
ease my b*dy before I blacked out all over again.
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