Chapter 14: RICHARD
My grin vanished and the thoughts that geared on how to make Sofia suffer braked as my steps echoed in the hallway.
Michael Patel, the Marketing Director rushed towards me.
"Sir! Sir! Could you halt for a moment, I need to run something by you. Please Sir, I have been waiting all morning."
"Just keep everything for the board meeting, I don’t have time for any of it now" I called back, halting him from coming any further.
Apparently, Vera wasn’t joking. Men and women formerly seated in the boardroom rose as they saw me pass.
"Had I really accepted that number of applications?" I found myself asking as I waved and smiled at them even when all I wanted was to banish them all from my sight.
"Well, I’ll have to make this brief. I barely have two hours before the board meeting. God, I might just die before the estimated time" I hissed, regretting why I didn’t appoint anyone to handle the interviews.
"Welcome Sir, can I take your coat?" Vera asked, trying to match my stride.
Not even caring to spare her a glance, I
snapped, "No!, and please tell me you finally did something for that crowd, I just saw in the board room."
Still trying desperately to match my stride and talk to me as I hurried along, she panted,
"Your suggestion worked excellently, Sir. Harry was able to take them on a brief tour, before entertaining them with some facts about our esteemed establishment. That’s what they’re still doing in fact."