When We Meet Again

After Charlotte met with one of her clients, she headed to her office, wondering if her husband had ended his lunch meeting with his uncle and had returned to the company; she overheard him in the morning promising to meet with his uncle during lunch break at the Italian restaurant close to the company. She also saw him heading out a while ago.

"Is the General Manager with anyone?" She asked Bella who looked confused. "I mean is he having a meeting with the president?"

Bella shook her head. "I don't think so. The president has not returned yet."

Charlotte sighed. She had wanted to know if he was back and asking Bella directly didn't seem like a good idea to her so she asked an indirect question which has given her the answer she needed. She sat on the chair to go through some documents but when she felt pains in her stomach, she realized she needed to eat something no matter how little it was; she had skipped not only lunch but also breakfast.

"Bella, can you get me something to eat, please? I think fast food will be okay."

"Do you have anything in mind?"

"Hmmm... Maybe a hamburger and any soft drink. That will do." She answered.

Bella headed quickly to the cafeteria to get them and when she returned, she handed them over to Charlotte who ate so quickly. She needed to prepare for her next meeting; there were also documents on the table that she needed to work on. She will then send them to the General Manager before he leaves for the executive meeting.

"You do not forget your meeting at the broadcasting station, ma'am," Bella said.

Charlotte was done eating and is now working on the documents. She furrowed her brows. "What meeting?"

"You don't remember? We are investing in a variety show."

Charlotte could not understand what Bella was talking about. She did not remember scheduling a meeting with any broadcasting station today. And what variety show is she talking about?

"A Variety show?"

"Yes ma'am. You don't remember? The meeting was scheduled for last week but we shifted it because you had to go to a wedding."

Charlotte groaned. Though she still cannot remember the meeting Bella is talking about, she still feels guilty about rescheduling a meeting because of a wedding. If she had not canceled her schedule to attend a wedding that had nothing to do with her, she would have met with the broadcasting manager.

"I can't remember, Bella. Hope you will brief me on it?"

Bella nodded. "I wrote some important information. You just have to go through them."

Bella handed over a piece of paper to Charlotte. "Are there other meetings scheduled for last week that were canceled?" Charlotte asked.

"About three of them. The broadcasting meeting is one of them."

"Have you scheduled these meetings for another day?"

Bella nodded. "Yes, ma'am. Broadcasting is scheduled for today. One of the meetings will be held tomorrow. And the other one is scheduled for next week." "Who am I meeting?"

"For tomorrow, you are meeting with a model, Mira Scott to renew her contract with our fashion house and the last meeting is with L&K Enterprise."

Charlotte smiled. "What can I do without you, Bella? Thank you.". Bella smiled but said nothing. "What time is the broadcasting meeting?"

"In two hours."

"Is that not the time I am meeting with the executives?"

Bella nodded. "Yes, ma'am."

She groaned. She can't afford to miss this meeting with the broadcast manager and she can't miss the meeting with the executives either or Melvin will have more reasons to doubt her potency.

"I can't miss any of the two meetings. What will I do?". She stared at Bella. "Do you have an idea, Bella. I can't seem to think of any."

"I...". She stared at her phone. "I think there might be a solution."

Charlotte furrowed her brows. "Which is?"

"I sent a message to the manager pleading to reschedule the time and he said he was going to get back to me."

"Did he?". Bella nodded with a smile. "What did he say?"

"He has agreed to meet us an hour earlier. We..."

Charlotte stood up. "We have to start going if we want to meet up."

Bella nodded. "Yes, ma'am."

**

"Thank you for giving us this opportunity. We will not disappoint you, Mr Lawrence." Charlotte stretched her hand to shake the broadcasting manager.

"You're welcome, Mrs. Charlotte." Mr Lawrence answered.

"I will send you the details through an email."

"I will be expecting it."

"Thank you, once again."

Charlotte and Bella headed for the door after exchanging one last pleasantry with the broadcasting manager but were stopped by a man who walked in. He had hit Charlotte slightly but did not care about that. Charlotte wondered who the rude man was; she waited.

"Mr Lawrence, I am here for the meeting." The man said.

"I am so sorry, Mr Frank. The meeting just ended."

The man frowned. "What do you mean by that? Isn't the meeting supposed to take place now?"

"Did you not receive the mail? I sent a message informing you that the meeting has been rescheduled."

Mr Frank shrugged. "I saw it but I was busy with my girlfriend and I couldn't leave her. We can still talk about the promotion plan right?"

Mr Lawrence sighed. "Well, the deal is off.". He pointed at Charlotte. "Their firm got the deal."

Mr Frank stared at Charlotte. Isn't that the wife of Melvin Martin the CEO of Avion Corporation, who treats his wife indifferently? He wondered. "How much did she offer? A billion dollars? I can give you more." He said.

"I am so sorry, Mr Frank but I can't renegotiate with you. Maybe you can negotiate with her but from our end here, the deal is done."

Hearing the broadcasting manager say that, Charlotte left the meeting room with Bella; she wasn't ready to listen to what Mr Frank had to say but he went after her. "How much do you want, to let go of the deal?" He asked but Charlotte ignored him. He hastened his steps and grabbed her by the hand. "I am talking to you." Bella frowned, pushing his hand away. "You can't hold her that way."

"Who are you to talk to me that way?" Mr Frank flare up.

Bella was ready to give him a piece of her mind but Charlotte stopped her.

"I am not going to give you the promotion deal no matter how much you offer."

Mr Frank smiled. "You do not want your assistant to know right? You don't have to worry. I will visit you at your company. We can talk more about it."

Charlotte shook her head. "It doesn't matter where you meet me. I will not..."

"I get that. I get that. See you around."

Charlotte stared at him, realizing there was no point talking to him about it, she sighed.

"Let's go, Bella. We can't miss the executive meeting for a person like him."

Bella nodded. "He isn't worth it."

As they headed to the door, they could hear him call his girlfriend claiming he had an upper hand in winning the deal but Charlotte care less because she had no plan to change her mind. Bella was also confident her boss would not give up the deal too, so she turned.

"In your dream, Mister!" She yelled with a smile.