Xo Novel
Chapter 62
Chapter 62
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MARK’S POV
I turned with a start as the door to my office burst open. My assistant stepped in, his brows creased and eyes widened in a mixture of fear and worry.
“What did you barge in like that?!” I rose to my feet angrily.
His breathing was uneven and he tried to steady it before he spoke. I wondered if he ran here. “Sydney is coming and with the expression on her face and with her strides, nob*dy could dare to stop her. Not even security. I cou-”
My gaze swiftly slid to the door as it was roughly pushed open again. My assistant leapt away from the entrance way as Sydney barged in.
She made a beeline for my desk and slammed her bag down on it. She directed the thunderous look in her eyes at me and yelled, “Mark, what exactly are you up to? Why are you making things difficult for me?”
I raised my brows and cast a shocked glance at the slight crack she just made on my desk. I wondered what the cause of her anger was as I turned to my assistant who kept a cautious glance at Sydney. I nodded towards the door. “Leave us.”
His l*ps trembled, his gaze shifting from Sydney to me. ‘Do you want me to call for backup security?”
I cast an amused look his way while Sydney shot him a deathly glare. At the look on her face, he nodded and scrambled out the door, gently closing the door behind him.
She must have really scared them, I thought as I turned to a fuming Sydney. “What’s the matter? How have I offended you?” I asked softly.
Sydney scoffed then she roared, “You pretender! You still dare to play innocent.”
I returned her glare with a blank look. “I honestly have no idea why you’re here. I have been trying to stay out of her way since I found out about her and my damned uncle so what could I have possibly done?
She drew back, her brows raised, “So you want to deny that you haven’t been playing disastrous. tricks just to force us to sell our company to you?” She threw her hands in the air, “What have I ever done to you to deserve this, Mark? I left the marriage, I left you and Bella alone. I have done everything to get out of your hair so why?!” Exclusive © content by N(ô)ve/l/Drama.Org.
I frowned as I listened to her. Her company? She owned a company? “What company do you own that you claim that I am forcing you to sell to me?” I asked, puzzled.
With narrowed eyes, she threw a file at me. I raised my brows at her before slowly looking down at the file she had thrown at my ch*st . I placed it before me on the desk and opened it.
I paused at the content of the file before me. My gaze shifted to her then back to the file. I sat up as my eyes scanned the documents. I frantically fl*pped through and the documents before me were the hardcopy of the Luxe Vogue acquisition proposal that I had personally approved. I remembered vividly that I had signed the soft copy that was emailed to them and also the hardcopy that was delivered the same day.
I reached into my drawer and quickly brought out the document of the second mysterious founder of Luxe Vogue and Atelier Studios.
“You’re the second founder of Luxe vogue?!”
She narrowed her eyes, “Don’t play smart with me, Mark.”
“I’m serious, Sydney. I didn’t know it was you. I only knew Grace was one of the founders, the second person’s identity has since remained unknown.” I paused and studied her, she seemed not to be listening to me as she directed a glare at me. “So is it you?” I prompted.
She threw her hands in the air and blurted out, “Of course, it’s me! Who else could it be? I’m always hanging out with Grace; we’re friends. It’s obvious that I am the one who started the
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business with her. Any intelligent person would have figured that out!”
I reclined in my seat as I pieced everything together. Grace….I should have known it was Sydney’s Grace!
I sighed and leaned forward. I dropped the documents on the desk. “Alright, alright, I’m not intelligent, okay?” I slightly raised my hand in the air in surrender. “But the Grace I know now looks different from the picture in her business profile,” I frowned.
“What do you think? Isn’t been years!” She spelt out each word as though I was a four year old. She shrugged, “Besides, we were still struggling then.”
I nodded slowly, taking in this information. “Why didn’t you update any information on you own profile? That would have prevented this huge misunderstanding.”
She rolled her eyes, “I was too busy schooling and looking for my parents and then boom, I became your wife back. Where would I have found the time to deal with that, Mark?”
I regarded her for a while. “You’re right. Updating a business profile must have been the least of your worries. Then I stood up from my seat and walked to the coffee machine placed in the corner
of the room. I went over everything all over again as I made two cups of coffee. Even as I stood there, I could feel her hot glare on my back.
I gently placed a cup of coffee before her. “Sit down and calm down. I assure you, this is all a misunderstanding. Relax and let’s amicably resolve it.”
She grabbed the cup and downed the whole thing. She pinned me with a glare. “Now, let’s resolve it. “How do you plan to solve this?”
me see?”
I smiled at her and returned to my seat. An idea was already cooking in my head. “Did you. bring information on your men’s clothing line? If you are with them, can you let She suspiciously narrowed her eyes at me, the anger in her eyes dimmed. “Why?” I chuckled, “You want us to solve this, don’t you?”
She nodded slowly.
“Then let me see.
She regarded me for a while before she turned her gaze to her bag on the desk and pulled out some documents. “Here,” her voice came out softer. She placed it on the desk and started to point at some things and explained them.
I nodded at what she showed me, secretly glad that her anger seemed to have faded away. When she was done, I took the documents from her and carefully reviewed them. As a man, I was impressed. The designs for the men’s clothing line they wanted to venture into was impressive,I would give that to them. It held great potential and I could easily see the series becoming a household name even more than Luxe Vogue and Atelier Studios.
I closed it and faced her, “I think the designs for this series are amazing. It has great market potential and I am sure it would be one of the best among the elite societies and personalities.” My heart warmed as I saw Sydney’s eyes light up and a bright smile adorned her l*ps. “Right? She perked up. “You think so too, don’t you? It’s really good; we put a lot of effort into it. Grace spent hours on each design.” Her shoulders slightly slumped, “It would be a shame for it to just disappear like that.”
I nodded, “Your efforts cannot go like that. I looked away from her and picked up my phone. I dialed the Executive office. “Halt the acquisition of Luxe Vogue immediately!” I ordered. Then invest a sum of ten million dollars in their company. Prepare the contracts and termination of the proposal immediately; I want to review them.”
Sydney’s eyes bulged as she stared at me, her m*uth slightly agape. Then she asked skeptically, “What are you doing?”
I reclined in my seat and patiently explained to her, “Most of your investors pulled out, didn’t they? They did, I answered myself as she just kept staring. I am filling in for them. Plus, with the capital injection from GT Group, other financial forces would not dare to easily crush you. In fact, more investors will pull in. Companies like yours are easy targets for big corporations. With my investment, I will be protecting you.”
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She farrowed her eyes at ine hes resentment dowly fading. Then you can only invest, der shares are aren’t for cale” She shrugged. “At least not yet. I need to ensure control over the entire company first” She suddenly dealt me with a glare. You or let a lot of things go weng already”
am.”
“Apologies, ma am.” I meekly beneed, the corners of my l*ps tiring in a smirk. “And of course your company, you’re in charge.” I said indulgently. If you don’t want to sell your shares then so be it.”
I gasped how she rolled her eyes and mellowed and I smiled. This was a good chance to win her
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She narrowed her eyes at me, her resentment slowly fading. “Then you can only invest, our shares are aren’t for sale.” She shrugged, “At least not yet. I need to ensure control over the entire. company first. She suddenly dealt me with a glare, “You’ve let a lot of things go wrong already.” “Apologies, ma’am, I meekly bowed, the corners of my l*ps tilting in a smirk. “And of course, it’s your company; you’re in charge,” I said indulgently, “If you don’t want to sell your shares then so be it.”
I gauged how she rolled her eyes and mellowed and I smiled. This was a good chance to win her
over.