Bella's POV
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I can't believe this dog actually came to me and spat out his rubbish, how dare he make such a threat.
I can't believe I've been with a snake all this while, I need to cut all ties with him including his impact in the company.
I sat back down then grab the office line and called my secretary to come to my office and some minutes later she entered.
" Ma'am" she said as she entered.
" I need you to look for some potential businessman we could sell some of our stock to cause we're going to need shareholders" I said.
" Ma'am, I'm sorry but I'm not following...why do we need a shareholder?" She asked.
" I need to remove Mr Gary Willis out of the company's shareholders" I said.
" Ma'am, but that will be very risky, Mr Willis hold 35 percents of the company's share. where do we find buyers?...."
" Ma'am....please I think you should reconsider" she said.
" Listen to me Stella, I am the boss here and I'm telling that's what I want so do so immediately" I said.
" Yes ma'am" she said dejectedly then went out.
I know it's going to be hard but I just can't stand that guy, I really hate him with every bit of me.
Throughout the day at work all my anger are focused on him, but I still can't get his threat out of my mind.
I know he's rich and has so many connections which allows us to gain some more business partners.
He holds a very large stock in the company which is why I need to find replacement for him just in case he decided to pull a fast one.
Without replacement his departure will shaken the company and make it unstable which will affect the net profit.
I won't let him ruin this company have worked so hard for.
I can't inform my dad about this cause he doesn't know much about things that happen here.
He controls the headquarters and he wouldn't let me go on with this if I decided to inform him about Gary.
I took it upon myself to carry this out on my own and be as fast as possible.
I began working on it immediately till the end of the day and I went back home, even when I go home I continue working on it.
It's not as easy as I presume cause everything I've been trying seems to be abortive.
{Next Day}
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After my driver drove into the company I got down and made my way into the company and went straight to my office.
Just immediately I entered my secretary followed as well.
" Ma'am, we've got a situation" she said and I wondered what she's talking about.
" What do you mean?, What happened?" I asked.
" Ma'am, I got report this morning 35 our business partners has withdraw their contract with us" she said and I was shocked.
" Whaat!, what the hell are you talking about?......how is that even possible?" I asked surprised.
" I don't know ma'am, we just realized they started pulling out of contract, I really don't know what happened" she said.
' oh my God, what's happening?'
" I need you to call each and every one of them and find out what the hell is going on" I said.
" Okay ma'am, I should also informed you that Mr Gary Willis sent a file to your email" she said and looked at her.
" What's it about?" I asked.
" He separating himself away from the company" she said.
" I'll deal with that later" I said still confused about all of this.
" What about what I asked you to do?" I asked.
" Ma'am, I'm still working on it...still haven't found anyone yet" she said.
" Work faster Stella, we are running out of time" I said.
The mentioned of Gary pulled my mind back to what he said yesterday about getting to me.
Is this his way of getting to me?, Could he be responsible for all of this?.
If he is then how the hell is he doing this?, How is he making them withdraw without consulting me.
I need to find the root of this and make sure I stopped it immediately.
" One more thing ma'am" she said.
" What again?" I asked.
" The shareholders are holding up an urgent meeting this morning ma'am" she said.
" When?" I asked.
" Nine ma'am, it's in about thirty minutes later" she said.
" Why am I just being informed?" I asked.
" I just got the message this morning" she replied.
" Fine, you can go" I said then she left.
Why all of his happening suddenly?... what's going on?.... This is not expected at all.
Imagine, 35 contract lost all in a day. I'm still confused, this isn't supposed to be happening, not in a time like this.
I heard my phone vibrating then checked the caller ID and see that it's Mrs Barkley, God hope it's not what I'm thinking.
" Mrs Barkley, Good morning" I greeted immediately I answered.
" Miss Richmond, I can't believe you're this kind of person, I'm so disappointed at you" she said and my heart skip.
" What's going on Mrs Barkley?, what happened?, I don't understand" I said confused.
" Enough with the pretence, you dare have the audacity to call me a fornicator?...how dare you?" She said furiously.
" Excuse me, I think you're mistaken cause I seriously don't have any idea of what you're talking about" I replied.
" I never said any of those things, why would I even say that?" I added.
" Oh please Miss Richmond, don't even denied it, you accused me of having a sexually relationship with your director Frank, which is why you sacked him" she said.
" Whaat!, ma'am that's a false rumors, someone is trying to split us up" I said.
" Tell me something Miss Richmond, is Frank still in the company" She asked.
' oh God'
" No" I replied.
" You sacked him right?" She asked again.
" Yes I did but it has nothing to do with you or our contract" I replied.
" So it's true then... it's all true" she said.
" Where are you getting all this information from?, it's all a lie" I said.
" Despite the way I told you how the boy only convinced me professionally you still have the gut to went behind and label me an adulterer?" She said.
" Mrs Barkley, you got it all wrong, someone is pulling this on me" I said back.
" You know this could actually ruin my marriage if my husband happen to hear about this, it seems this is how you run your company......"
" Ma'am..... please"
" I'm sorry Miss Richmond, I have no choice but to withdraw from my contract and please don't call my line or show your face at my doorstep" she said then ended the call.
What the hell is going on? What's the meaning of all this?.
I'm still trying to let in all that's happening then my phone started ringing, I check the caller ID and realised it's my dad.
' I guess he must have heard about it already, Damn'
" Hello Dad" I said.
" What's this I'm hearing, Annabelle" he said.
" Dad...I have no idea, I'm confused myself" I replied.
" What do you mean you have no idea, our stock are dropping rapidly and massively and we are loosing millions and you have no idea?" He said.
" Dad, I'm working on it, I'm working on it" I replied.
" You better do Bella before the millions turned to billions, and if you know it's out of your reach call me immediately so we can do something about it" he said.
" Yes Dad" I replied then ended the call.
I was so confused at this stage then a knock came on the door.
" WHAT" I shouted.
" I'm sorry ma'am, but the shareholders meeting is about to commence and they are waiting for you" she said.
" Fine..., I'm on my way" I replied then pick up some file and went out.