"Please wait here young Miss Davis, your father will receive you in a minute." asked Isabella's father's secretary.

Isabella could only stare at the shining floors, the ironed suits worn by every passing person, and Chelsea and Clarks shoes rhythmically hitting the floor as people pass by carrying stacks of files.

Isabella fidgeted with her own hands, waiting for her father outside his office. She used to visit the company once a year but after turning twelve, her father has been inviting her here a lot.

The translucent glass doors of Mr. Davis's office opened, and a crowd of old people in tailored suits rushed out, talking in hushed voices.

"Isabella?" Mr. Davis's voice questioned, as he stood holding the glass door of his office.

"Yes, Father." Isabella answered, alert going inside his office.

"Did you complete the tour of the company with my secretary?" He asked, sitting down on his leather chair.

Isabella sat opposite him, sweat trickling down her neck even in the ac room. 

"So, any thoughts on the company? You will inherit it after me, I need you to start training for it. A few years later, you can start working like a normal employee and make your way up to the CEO position, just as I did. Your grandfather made this company with his blood, sweat, and tears, it is our duty to continue his legacy and bring this company to an even greater height. You understand me?" Her father lectured.

"Yes father, I understand." Isabella answered, putting up a confident front.

"Now let's start with the basics, bring your chair next to mine and observe me today. You have to only see what I am doing today and understand as much as you can." Her father instructed. 

Isabella dragged the leather visitor chair near her father and sat down with her back straight as her father started reading and signing all the files in front of him.

"These are the projects starting this year, you will hear about them in the news soon." Mr. Davis said proudly.

"Father, can I ask you something?" Isabella asked in a timid voice, not confident if she should voice her inner thoughts.

"Sure, but don't tell me you stopped watching the news." He questioned in a stern voice, of course, Isabella did not stop watching it, it was the only thing that made her father talk to her when he came home sometimes, and the only thing he personally added to her daily routine. They always discuss some news whenever he is not busy with calls.

"No Father, I just wanted to ask about something I saw on the news a few days back, about the LL Constructors," she answered.

"Oh yeah, they might have realized how we are better than Gabriel Groups, it's no big deal our company has always been better than them." Mr. Davis answered, proudly boasting about his company. "You know, your grandfather and Gabriel Group's founder wanted to start a company together, but Mr. Gabriel conned my grandfather and ran away to make his own company. They never expected your grandfather to make this big on his own, but here we are, ruling over all the companies."

It had been years since this debate started of who actually betrayed whom. No one knows but both of them say they were conned. Isabella has stopped paying attention to this story a long time ago.

"But father, won't that be a problem since we have already partnered up with so many companies, won't it be difficult to manage all of these projects?" Isabella asked. 

Her father looked a little flustered by the question but composed himself and said,

"It will be alright, Locusta Groups is not a small company we are very big and powerful, the employees might have to work overtime for some days but we will manage it, you don't have to worry Isabella." Her father reassured her again.

She is concerned for the employees and potential loss but there is a corner in her heart where she could feel herself worrying for Alexander's company. They would face losses for at least some months, what will Alexander think of her? Would his father make him hate her? There is no way he had not heard of this, he might have started to dislike her already.

"Isabella, we have to attend a meeting now. You will sit in a corner and observe everything, I'll ask questions later to see if you are paying attention or not. Ok?" Mr, Davis asked to which Isabella nodded obediently.

The rest of the day flew by with work. She could see how much effort her father put into his work. She admired her father a lot for his hard work and the work he put in for his family. He sent her home before her bedtime but continued to work nonstop himself.

Isabella went to bed with the resolve to work for her company when she is old enough. This is her dream now, to work like her father and not let her company down. In her dream, there is Alexander, too, holding her hand, but no one will know about that, never.

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