Novel 543
Chapter 43
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“This is my first meeting with you all as the event in charge,” Marissa glanced at her audience who were nodding their heads.
“Yes, we know, Kate gave her a sarcastic smirk. “Till yesterday you were sitting here not even listening to what Dean was telling us. And now look at you. You are our in charge without any courses and certifications.”
For a minute, Marissa felt her head spinning. The audacity of this woman to say rude words to her, in front of anyone.
“Ms. Kate. You are allowed to zone out in my meeting. Believe me, I won’t mind. But for certification courses and all that rubbish you better go and talk to the president of MSin and challenge him for his decision…”
Kate rolled her eyes and started shaking her head mockingly.
She was the one who talked to Rafael about making an in–charge. She was the one who gave the idea.
She was a fool for not trusting her fiancé. He told her that Marissa would snatch everything from under her nose and she would be left with nothing in her hands.
Amir was right.
She jerked a little when participants around her stood up. Mr. Rafael was there to keep a tab on the meeting’s progress.
“Hello, sir,” Kate greeted him with a smile along with others and noticed how smexy his dimple looked right under the corner of his
lips.
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“How is everyone doing?” he then turned to Marissa, “How is everything, Ms. In charge? Any problem?” NôvelDrama.Org owns this.
Marissa shook her head and pointed towards her audience, “That’s a cooperative lot I have been assigned to. They all are easy to work with, Mr. Sinclair.”
Rafael tried to have a look at the whiteboard where Marissa had jotted down something, but she was quick to turn the board around making everyone present there, chuckle.
“Mr. Sinclair. The event is in your honor and I’m sorry, but we can’t overshare things,” she then gave a meaningful glance to her team, “What do you all say?”
They all either nodded or raised their hands to show her their support. Only Kate was the one who didn’t find it amusing.
She wished… she wished to have a chance alone with him. Once she got that single chance, she would easily convince him that she deserved all this more than Marissa.
Marissa wasn’t even beautiful but just an average woman and Kate was sure she had a much more pleasant personality than this prude woman who was teasing the president like a fool.
The poor woman didn’t even know that cracking such jokes was only allowed if you were a direct relative of your boss. Like his daughter or his wife.
Marissa was neither.
However, she was taken by surprise when before walking away,
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Mr. Sinclair eyed her, “Ms. Kate. Can you come to my office when you are done with the meeting?”
“Sure, sir,” she said with suppressed excitement.
Maybe Rafael Sinclair did realize that she might be an asset to the
office and Marissa didn’t deserve all this.
The poor man just made a hasty decision and might already be regretting it.
This time when Marissa started speaking, Kate didn’t even bother to listen. What was the need when till evening she would be the in charge?
She was aware that good multinational companies usually didn’t demote anyone in front of the audience.
These types of decisions were taken in the confines of the offices or conference rooms. Because for them self–respect of their employee mattered a lot.
She couldn’t wait to meet Rafael. In her excitement, she typed a message to Amir.
“Listen, honey. My presence is expected in the boss’s office today.
Just wish me luck. I think he has realized that Marissa was a
mistake.”
She rolled her lips between her teeth when she got the reply.
“That’s great news. Just don’t let him see your physical beauty. You are mine. Remember that. Lol.”
Kate controlled her laughter. Amir sometimes used to act as a possessive fiancé, and she liked that about him.
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“Don’t be silly. I’m the one who has those certificates for that position. I need to start planning for my first meeting as an in charge.”
“And why do you think he wants to make YOU in charge, honey? What if he is offering you something better, something classier?”
Oh, God! Why didn’t she think that?
What if Dean was overburdened and Rafael needed a secretary?
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Rafael was talking to Joseph when after a brief rap on the door, Marissa opened it.
“Ms. Aaron?” this was unexpected for him.
“It’s ok. I’ll come later,” she noticed Joseph and was about to close the door when Joseph got to his feet.
“Please, Ms. Aaron. I need to attend a meeting in a hotel and leave immediately. Otherwise, I’might be late. Please come,”
Before Marissa could stop him, he had left the room leaving two of
them alone.
Rafael motioned towards the couch placed in the corner of the office and rounded the table to approach her. She took the sofa and sank into it letting out a contented sigh.
“Coffee?” he asked her before sitting across, but she quickly shook
her head.
“No, please. I usually prefer a cup in the morning. No coffee after that.”
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Of course, how could he forget this thing about her?
“Mr. Sinclair. I’m just here to say thank you,”
When he gave her a confused look, she shook her head, “I know you asked that dentist to attend us. We were immediately ushered in his office, and Alex… I mean my son…” she hesitated again, “I
mean to say… your son…”
“Ours!” he said softly.
“Yes?”
“I said ours. He is our son,” Marissa nodded, her face flushed, and stayed silent.
“So, what were you telling me about our son?” He reminded her.
“Oh, yes. He was treated promptly.”
“Ok. That’s good to hear, Ms. Aaron.”
“Mr. Sinclair. I’m here… because I need to ask you a favor,” For some reason, Rafael looked pleased.
“Yes, please.”
“About the meeting with your kids…” she was again at a loss of
words.
“Ours…”
“What?”
“I said ours. Our kids.”
Marissa tried to hide her nervousness by intertwining her fingers, “Yes. Our kids. Whenever you meet them, can you keep it to
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yourself? About this meeting?”
“Why would I tell anyone, Ms. Aaron?”
“No. I’m not talking about other people. It’s just if you can hide it for some time from your family… like your wife and your mom,” she saw him frowning and quickly explained,
“I know it’s natural to share this with them. But I just want you to get closer to the kids first and once you all develop a bond, you can tell whoever you want.”
He kept staring at her with an unreadable expression but then his face broke into a grin, “Sure. Why not!”
“Great!” she stood up clasping her hands, “You can visit them this coming weekend then…”
She then reached out to shake his hand and he didn’t take time to
hold it, “I’ll be there this weekend.”
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