The Royal Contract

Chapter 32 – Done Deal

"What do you want?" She hissed at the phone, avoiding making a loud noise. She had tried to ignore his call, but after the tenth ring, she decided that she had to put a stop to his madness.

She already knew what he wanted and she was not interested as she already stated in their last conversation. As far as she was concerned, they had nothing more to talk about.

"I need to see you tonight." Saying his purpose direct to the point, not wanting to make a fuss and beat around the bush.

He never felt this desperate before to have a date with someone. But he needed her cooperation. She was his last option. The only option that looked appealing to him. The rest were too complicated for his liking.

"I already told you that I am not interested in your stupid proposal." She shouted, quite frustrated with the man on the other line. She had never met a man that could be so insufferable.

"I have something new to discuss with you." He pointed out as if that was enough to convince her to meet him.

She stood up from her seat, about to tell him what she thought of his plans. Even scraping noisily her chair on the floor because of her sudden movement when she realized that she was in a meeting with a client.

"I'm sorry about that. Will you excuse me for a minute?" She lifted her finger to signal to her clients that she just needed a minute to deal with this jerk. She walked out of the room, hoping to end this conversation once and for all.

Her clients were very important to her because this was her first pro bono case in this job. After several weeks of dealing with corporate accounts, this was the first case that was making her heart beat faster with excitement.

"Stop calling me because I am not going out with you." She repeated what she already told him so many times before.

"Please, just meet me this one last time. After, if you don't like what I have to say then I would never bother you again." He had to convince her because failure was never an option for him.

She thought about it, looking at her watch. Her minute was already up, she had to go back to her clients. She debated whether it was a good idea to agree with him. Then again, why was she even considering it? She should have blatantly said no to him.

However, the thought that he would stop bothering her was sounding more appealing. Then her thoughts went to the other reason. She might be interested in hearing what he had to say.

"Shall I pick you up at six?" He suggested without waiting for her reply if she even agreed to the date.

"Let me think about it. I'll text you my answer later." She pressed the end button before more was said between them. She placed her phone back in her pocket and walked back to the meeting.

In his office, he wore a satisfied grin after her last statement. That was better than she blowing him off instantly. At least, she was considering it, which based on his instinct was almost a yes in his book.

"What's the deal with you and Dani? Why did you ask me to leave during our dinner?" Evan entered his office, waiting for his response while making himself comfortable on the seat in front of his desk.

"Good afternoon to you too." He answered sarcastically, without even taking his eyes from the papers that he was working on.

"Did I hear it right? You left me to deal with Mr. Dwayne, while you dine and wine with our new lawyer." Another voice just came from the door. Then, two more men entered the room.

"What are you guys doing here?" Alexander asked, ignoring their questions, not liking the way his day was going so far. Seeing his friends David and James, joining Evan inside his office.

"Who's this Dani we're talking about?" James, my best friend since childhood interrupted.

"Dani is our new junior lawyer," Evan said. "I was welcoming her to the company when our good friend here showed up last Friday night."

"Wait." James paused to think. "Friday night, aren't you out with Tyra that night." Remembering her recent girlfriend mentioning the gossip news that was trending on the net.

He figured that these three idiots would not leave him alone unless he supplied a plausible explanation for his impulsive behavior last Friday night. Well, he had no plan in putting them in the loop with his current plan, unless it was necessary. As of now, he was keeping it to himself.

"I only wanted to welcome Ms. Hamilton to my legal team. There was no need for you to stay since I saw that dinner was almost over." He pointed out.

It already sounded believable in his mind, but he needed to make it more solid. "I just needed to discuss a few things with her and make sure that she was comfortable working with my account."

"What about Tyra? Are you two back together?" James asked excitedly.

"It was just a coincidence that I ran into Tyra at the same restaurant." He added, glad that the conversation was diverted away from Dani.

"Who's Tyra?" Evan asked, having no idea of the girl they were talking about. Evan only knew Alexander this last year, so his past was still a mystery to him.

"She's Alexander's, first love," Marcus announced as he walked into his office.

"Are we done discussing my life? What are you all doing here anyway?" Alexander leaned on his chair and eyed his friends, feeling quite exasperated. "State your business and leave, I still have a lot of work to do and you do too, I presumed."

"Oh. There is a problem with the contract with Mr. Dwayne. He wanted to proceed with the construction but move up the period of completion. Just want to give you a heads up. We need to discuss this with the Planning Team if it is even possible." Marcus reiterated.

It still did not explain the presence of his other friends. Anyway, he had to get rid of them soon because he still had a few more works to be done. He still had to prepare for his date with Dani.

He was confident that after this night was over, his plans would be a done deal.