Chapter 2 meeting with her family

“Welcome, Mr Williams, it’s a pleasure to have you “ Pedro gave Williams a handshake as he laughed loudly

Capri came down looking all dolled and wearing a rather seductive dress

“Hi, Mr Williams, nice to meet you again” she bit her lips, looking at him seductively and stretching forth her hands for a handshake but he ignored her.

Feeling quite ashamed and disrespected, Capri sat down next to her dad.

“Emerald is always late” Capri said again as she giggled sheepishly.

Emerald finally came, looking pale as a ghost.

She went straight to the table without looking at anyone nor exchanging any formalities. She tried her best to avoid eye contacts

“Shall we eat?” Pedro giggled

Gary, the family chef, brought the delicacies for that afternoon.

Immediately he put the food down, Emerald started gobbling on it like some hungry pig.

This was one of her attempts to make Williams disgusted

All of a sudden she choked. ‘ shoot’

She coughed. Her father gave her a stern look

A cup of water was handed to her by Williams, she collected and emptied the cup without thinking twice

“Are you okay”

The voice came as a boomerang. Emerald dared not look up to the man asking her that question.

“Do you need more water?” He asked again

Emerald suddenly looked up and was met with a brown set of eyes, they had a little bit of concern in them but they were cold, it sent shivers down her spine.

She looked at this man, he exuded a regal air and looked dominating.

Emerald suddenly felt intimidated

Emerald slowly finished her food feeling ashamed of herself and praying for the ground to open and swallow her

“Mr Williams , how about we finalize the deal today, you can sign the papers now” Pedro suddenly spoke, urging Williams

“Let’s prepare for the wedding first, after the wedding we can finalize the deal” Williams countered with a cold voice

pedro laughed awkwardly

The lunch was an awkward one , nobody spoke to each other the entire time.

Capri who sat opposite Williams kept eyeing and giving him occasional glances.

….

The meeting finally came to an end

Emerald who had planned to confront Williams immediately she comes across him stood there, with her family, outside their big door as they saw Williams off.

She felt like she had her tongue tied. The man she just met intimidated her with just his looks that she couldn’t say anything.

The rolls Royce cullinan drove off into the streets.

—————-

“She’s so naive” Williams muttered to himself

“Did you say something boss ?” Zach asked

“Focus on driving” Williams replied savagely

The meeting with Emeralds family was finally over. That was one heck of a meeting, not just for Emerald but for Williams too, as he couldn’t eat much.

Williams is the ceo of a big cuisine and snacks company. He’s a critic that everyone wants to associate with but he has one secret that nobody knows.

No one would ever believe that the almighty Williams has an eating disorder.

Willams stared at the streets as they drove home.

————————

“What am I gonna do, what am I gonna do?” Emerald walked up and down in her room.

“Geez, calm down girl, you’re making me feel dizzy with all your complains”. Maddie, Emeralds best friend said.

She was sitting in a corner of the room with her eyes glued to her phone.

It was the next day and Emerald’s best friend came to visit immediately she heard about the entire situation.

“Maddie, this is MARRIAGE!!, I can’t calm down. Do you know what if feels to be married off”

“To an handsome man?? No I don’t” Maddie replied jokingly

“Stop!, this is not a joke. Yes he’s handsome, even more handsome than I thought but that doesn’t mean…he’s a mean man Maddie, I heard he once fired a staff just because she put sugar in his tea”

Maddie walked up to her and held her on her shoulders.

“Your father has made the decision, you know how he is”

“ he made the worst decision this time around” Emerald said as she hugged Maddie

“I’ll only advice you to get to know this man”

“What?!” Emerald exclaimed

“Try and get to know the man you’re going to marry”

“No amount of time would be enough. We’re probably getting married in a few weeks or months. I don’t just want to marry Someone I don’t know”

“What if he’s not as bad as people say… you know…people carry false rumors”

Emerald rolled her eyes at Maddie and said

“ are you still my friend??”

“Of course Emme boo” Maddie replied giggling

“If he’s not as bad as people say, why does he want to forcefully marry someone who doesn’t want to marry him?. Who does that these days” Emerald whined.

“And to top it all, Capri is on my toes like some angry cat. She acts like I’m about to steal her husband”

Emerald felt exhausted, this wasn’t how she planned life.

Emerald was lost in her thought for a sec, she didn’t hear Maddie calling out her name

“Emerald Emme! Emerald!!!” Maddie called out multiple times

Just then Emerald realizes Maddie has been calling her name

“Yeah?” She answered

“ oh so you’re back to reality now ?” Maddie retorted

“let’s go out and clear your head. Let’s just go for lunch or go shopping or something”.

“You’re such a sweetheart Maddie my love” Emerald smiled cheekily

————————-

“Williams!! You dare not marry her. She’s the second daughter, what happened to the first?” Evelyn, Williams stepmom yelled at the top of her voice

“You don’t tell me what to do” Williams coldly said

“But Williams… I was so happy when I heard you wanted to get married but to HER!?, not happening”

“And what gives you the right to think so” Williams was now facing her. His eyes were emotionless

“Williams baby…I.. you know, I know the first daughter very well. She’s a respectful girl, she’s charming, she’s beautiful, she’s everything you’d ever want in a woman”

“ you do you not know what I want in a woman,I will not condone this conversation. Now if you’d excuse me”. Williams walked out of the house

“Boss do you have anywhere in mind you wanna go ? Zach asked.

“Just drive” Williams responded

————————-

“oh my God! Emme look at these plushies, they look so cute!!” Maddie squealed

“Let’s go to the other side, I think there are cuter ones there” Emerald said

They went to the other side of the mall and saw more plushies and both girls squealed like babies.

They decided to check different shelves and look for more cute things

Emerald just walked through the lane, she didn’t see anything of interest. Just when she was about to give up, she saw a blue turtle plushy. She raised her hands to get it but it was too high up

“I have never one day regretted being short until today. Curse my height “ Emerald muttered to herself

She tried to reach for it again, just then a man’s hand went above hers and took the toy.

“Hey, it’s mine, I saw it firs….” She looked at the man and was dumbstruck

‘Mr Williams? What in the world…, wait what is he doing in a plushy section of a mall’