The one thing Derek hated about Eugene Leviathan was the smug look which he always had on his face. He had one now and it definitely was triggering for him."Sorry I'm late. I should have been here an hour ago but the traffic held me down," Eugene Leviathan said to the manager and the others that weren't Derek in the room.At first Derek had thought that the man was in the company on short notice. But now that he looked at it, the company actually invited the man over.He couldn't properly establish what the man was there for. However, he sure knew that it had to do with the deal that Derek was trying so hard to put off."I don't expect you to admit to taking advantage of Cora Limited. I mean, aren't you the son of the owner again?" Derek asked that so casually before moving to step out of the room for them.It was clear that he wasn't there. And he didn't want it to seem like he was the one delaying their meeting. So he was taking the initiative to leave."Me being the son of the own

It didn't look like a good thing he was doing. The idea of stalking his wife wasn't a quest he saw himself doing. But he was curious and desperate at the same time.He wanted to see for himself what it was that was keeping her out there. He wanted to know just why she never had her mind in their marriage. That one thing that kept her away from actually being his wife.It was too late for her to be heading out, he knew. The timing and every other thing was just not right. And he wanted to see for himself what it was that she was looking for.Although he could still see her far from the distance he was, he decided to put a call through to her. She picked up after the second ring."Where are you? I'm almost home now," he told her immediately."Uhm, I'm not home. But I will be soon," she said."Are you still at work? Perhaps you would like me to come pick you up.""Don't worry. I'm with my car.""Alright then."He hung up the call right after that. At least she did not lie about being at

"How did it go?" Gina asked that question immediately she saw Derek stepping out of the restaurant. All along, she had been beside his car waiting for him."Not good," he told her. "Although they kept denying that they were there on a date.""What was their claim then?""Something like a business discussion. My wife works at the Jackson and Sons so she's about to be promoted. And what comes with that package is the overseeing of the deal they just agreed on with our company."Gina didn't look pleased. "That sounds as awful as knowing your wife is on a date with another man. She's literally going to be the head of something you are completely against," she said icily with an edge to her tone."Unfortunately that's what it's going to look like. I don't even know what to say or how to feel at this point," Derek lamented."Didn't you tell her to back out of it?""How am I supposed to convince her to back out of an opportunity as big as this? It's the first ever for her and she made it cle

Thay question Derek threw at Catherine wss what he knew he could use to have an upper say at that pointHe was already short of ideas and was also looking for a way to redeem himself. That was his best call and he was going to make good use of it."There as his plaything? Are you even listening to yourself, Derek? Why would I be the plaything to someone like Richard Langston who doesn't know how it is to take care of a woman?" Catherine fired back at him."And how do you know he doesn't know how to take care of a woman?" Derek narrowed his eyes as he asked her that. His expression harbored confusion and he wanted to exude that as much as possible."Because Richard Langston was never faithful in his marriage. I'm not surprised his wife divorced him…" Catherine said and then looked like she recalled something which she then let out. "And how do you know about his divorce? Are you his confidant or something?""Don't divert the discussion here, Catherine. You still haven't answered my que

"Can you rephrase your question? I don't think I understand what you mean," Eugene Leviathan said to the man who asked him the last question."Why does your company want a collaboration with ours at this point?"Eugene had to stand up again to address the entire team. He didn't look too pleased though but he remained composed."The Jackson and Sons was just referred to as one of the biggest companies in the global market and that's a fact that's well known.We didn't just attain that position without working toward it. We got it by trying so hard and by trying so hard, we have everything to show for it.You ask why now? If not now, then when?"His response to the question only left more questions lingering in the mind of others. That was his goal… to not be straightforward.This was because he realized how less being straightforward has helped him in the meeting.From where Derek sat, he couldn't help but commend the man. As much as he was beginning to hate his guts, he couldn't deny