🌹R O S E III🌹

🌹CHAPTER TWENTY - NINE🌹

The next day I sit in a meeting with Alexander and Mrs. Ryder by my side. I'm only there to watch but this meeting isn't going according to plan. A woman is trying to buy our company but I'm not going to allow that to happen. Despite how much I feel like the company isn't mine, it is.

And I will defend it from anyone who tries to take it. I was the one that built it and I will be the one to control it and it belongs to me. "We are not selling" Alexander says, at least for the fifth time to this woman but she isn't having it. Somehow she wants this company.

"I will pay good money for it" She says. That's it, I've had enough. If she doesn't get it then someone will have to make her understand it. "Look, this company is in my name and I am the CEO. I say what can and cannot be done here and I will never sell it. So, take your money elsewhere and leave this place or I will be forced to call security" I tell her as kindly as I can through my anger.

I want her gone and out of this building. "You're going to regret this" She says and stands up. I roll my eyes. When she walks out of the meeting room, I stand up and walk to the window and look outside. "You didn't have to be this rude to her" Alexander says to me.

"What?" I ask as I turn around to face him. He has stood up. "I was handling this in a better way. Do you even know who this woman is?" He asks me. Why is he blaming me for defending this company? He might be the Co-CEO but that doesn't mean that he owns it.

He knows very well that the only reason I signed half of the company to him was so my image was not ruined and the company along with it. "Why does it matter who she is? You weren't handling anything, she wasn't learning nor was she giving up" I tell him.

I feel that he's growing anger... at me. Why? All I did was defend this company and what I had to go through to build it. He doesn't know how hard this is and how proud I am that this company is still standing. "You know what, if you have this so well then you don't mind that I leave" He says in anger and then turns around and storms out of the room.

Was this a fight that we just had? I sigh as I turn around to face the window once again with tears in my eyes but I'm not going to cry. I need to be strong. I notice that Mrs. Ryder is still in the room. I turn around to face her. "I'm sorry you had to see that" I tell her but she only gives me a reassuring smile.

"Nonsense, this is normal in a married life. If my husband and I did not fight every so often then we would not be normal. He will come to his senses soon and will go on his knees to beg for forgiveness" She tells me. Is fighting normal for married people?

I smile at her. "Thank you. Who was that woman?" I ask her. I really have no clue who that woman was, then again I don't really care about it that much as she has no business here anymore nor ever. "She's the mayor's wife" She answers and I roll my eyes.

I've heard that the mayor's wife wants to be on the top of everything, she has been buying everything that she can get her hands on. I've even heard that she doesn't love her husband, but I've also heard that their marriage was an arranged one when she was only sixteen.

Perhaps that is why she wants to be on top, because when she was still a child she had to give up everything and she was forced to do things that she did not want to do. "You know, I think it was great what you did. For the record. Now many would stand up against her as she's known to be quite mean every now and then" She says and I giggle.

"Well, I can handle someone who is mean. After all I'm about to marry the meanest of them all" I tell her and that was enough to make her laugh. The two of us go out of the meeting room and walk to my office once again. "Do you think I was harsh to her?" I ask her.

In my opinion I wasn't that mean towards her but perhaps it looked like I was mean and everything as I was a bit angry. "No, you just made it clear that this company wasn't for sale and I think she got it now" She tells me. As we enter my office I sit down on my chair.

"What do we do now?" I ask her. I look into my computer at the schedule and we have a meeting in about an hour so we have barely anything to do now here. "Well, I can go over what the next meeting will be about since Mr. Knight is not here you have to be the one in charge at the meeting" She tells me.

I nod my head. "I'm not sure I will be able to do this but I can try" I tell her with a smile. Staying positive about this must be something that I have to do. "I'm sure you'll do amazingly" She tells me. I'm not sure which one she's trying to convince, me or her or perhaps both but I have to believe her.

"The meeting is with Mr. And Mrs. Williams. They're actually nice people, at least in the last meeting they were" She begins. I smile at her as she is telling me all I need to know. "What is the deal about?" I ask her and she giggles. "Somehow I knew you were going to ask that. Here is a copy of the deal that they had proposed and Mr. Knight still hasn't signed it" She tells me.

I suppose he had not gone to more than one meeting with them and a deal is not signed on the first meeting. Unless it is about something petty and something that doesn't need much thought. I read over the contract and think about it for a minute.

"Is Alexander interested in this deal?" I ask her and she grows awkward for a moment. "He said that he was unsure about it. That he feels like there is more to this deal than we think. He had it investigated but then you woke up and he hasn't really been doing many things about it" She says.

If Alexander was wary about this than I should be too. This deal is about expanding the company national wide but like him I feel like there is something more to it than what is written here. "Is there any way that the meeting can be delayed some time?" I ask her and she nods.

"Of course it can" She tells me and then she picks up her phone and she makes the call. Getting into this role of being the boss after so long is hard but I think I'm able to do this. The only reason why I want it delayed because I need to know what is going on with this deal and since Alexander isn't going to do it then I will but I will need time.

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Picking up my phone I dial my mom's number as the only ride that I had to get here was Alexander and he left to go somewhere, I hope to cool off. I spent the day still learning on the new company that is still the same but different. It's rather confusing for me to get used to and I'm trying.

"Hey, sweetie" Mom says as she answers the phone. "Hey, mom. I was wondering, could you come and get me at the company?" I ask her. Feeling a bit awkward for asking her since she knows that Alexander is always with me, well expect for now.

"I figured, I'm pulling into the parking lot right this second. I can see you" She tells me and my eyes scan the parking lot to see that my mom's car is in view. Before I could ask anything else she hangs up as the car rolls around and stops. I get into the car and my mom hugs me.

A driver is driving in the car and my mom and I are in the backseat. "How did you know I needed a ride?" I ask her as the car starts driving once again and we are off. She smiles at me. "Mrs. Ryder called me. She said that you would need a ride as your ride left. Can you tell me something about that?" She asks me as she raises an eyebrow at me.

I feel a bit awkward. "We had a fight or I think we had a fight" I tell her and she smiles at me and takes my hand. "Trust me, this fight is only going to make your love stronger for each other when you both realize how much you need each other" She tells me but it sounds like she is speaking from experience.

Though, I can't remember my parents fighting when I was a child, they were always happy and joyful. "It was stupid. I know" I say. She looks at me with a knowing look. "I think I'm the wrong person to say that to" She tells me and I nod my head.

She is right about that, she is the wrong person I should be saying it to but I still feel like I need to talk to my mom about this. She is the only one that can understand. She has been married for so long and she knows it all. I've not even married him yet and we are fighting.

A minor fight but a fight nonetheless. "I don't think we've ever had a fight that he just storms out of the room. It is strange and I feel horrible about it" I say. My mom holds my hand even tighter and I look up at her. "Sometimes we forget the love when anger takes over but once the anger disappears and the love shines through, forgiveness is not far" She says.

I don't really understand it but I will, I can feel that. "Just give him some time. This has been such a tough time for the both of you that perhaps a little space will make him realize what he did was wrong" She tells me and I nod my head at her words.

Soon we arrive to his house and I feel a bit nervous about entering the house when he's not beside me. I notice that his car isn't here so he's not at home which makes me feel even more nervous. However, they do let me inside despite me not having him with me.

Walking inside feels strange but I do go to our bedroom and sit down. I'm not sure what to do now. Being here without him is strange but it is also strange because of the fact that we did fight a bit and I wonder if he is going to be angry at me when he does get home, if he does get home.

Mrs. Ryder told me that when her husband is angry he often stays with his friends or at a hotel until he has calmed down but then he begs her for forgiveness. I sigh as I still sit there, waiting for him to arrive. Knowing that there is no way that I will be able to sleep without him here with me.