By admin Burn those Who Burned Me Novel Ch 17
-Rabena’s POV:
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It had been over a week since I came back to Covington. Uncle Pete and Sean decided I should become Priceland’s new president since Sean was the CEO. In addition, they would bring Damon on as an engineer and inventor after he received his certifications. After meeting with my new staff and getting settled into my office, I pulled out all of the contacts I set in motion for Thomas. The only thing that remained was the finalization of my divorce. Pera informed me Thomas was trying to play hardball. I decided to give him a call myself.
“This is Thomas Lockwood.”
I froze for a brief moment. A rush of bad memories came flooding in my mind. Five years of being abused and ignored by my family. Over two years of being abused and ignored by my husband. Shaking my head as if to clear my mind, I began to speak.
“Hello Thomas.”
Pause.
“Rabena? Rabena is that you!? Where are you! What’s going on? Why did you-”
I cut Thomas off mid–sentence, I wasn’t here to play 21 questions or catch up.
“Thomas, when do you plan on signing the divorce papers?”
Thomas let out an exasperated sigh.
“Did your lawyer not inform you? I’m not si-”
“Yes you are. Sign the papers Thomas. I’m trying my best to be as amicable as possible. If you don’t sign the papers, not only will I inform your grandmother of your affair with Danielle, but I’ll also go straight to the press and tell them all how you almost murdered me for her. Think your reputation will be able to withstand that?”
Thomas almost grinded his teeth to dust. When did Rabena get so bold; but she was also right. If she went, to his grandmother and the press, he would be ruined. Thomas had no choice but to relent to her demand.
“Fine! I’ll sign the got damn papers. Mark my words Rabena, you will surely-”
“That’s all for now Mr. Lockwood, thank you.”
Rabena hung up her phone before Thomas could finish his thoughts. The next call she made was to Aaron Michaels of MGT Corp. This was the first corporation Rabena had a set a meeting up with for Thomas.
“Thank you for calling MGT Corp, this is Allison speaking, how may I direct your call?”
“Good morning, my name is Rabena Price. I’d like to be transferred to Aaron Michaels if possible.”
The receptionist paused for a brief moment before speaking.
“Absolutely Ms. Price, allow me one moment to transfer you.”
As I listened to the hold music I began reminiscing about MGT Corp. MGT was a major hotel and resort conglomerate. I’d been to their hotels and resorts many times growing up with my parents and the designing was amazing. Priceland actually handled all of their Techware including keypads, TVs, computers, etc, I originally thought of them for Thomas because the Lockwoods specialized in architecture and design. I figured getting him a huge contract like this would help them go global. Too bad he was such a dick because that ship sailed. A few moments later a male voice answered knocking my train of thought.
“Hello Ms. Price?”
“Yes! Am I speaking with Chairman Michaels?”
Actually, my name is Vincent Holmes, I’m chairman Michaels’s assistant. The chairman would like to apologize for not being able to take this Immediate call as he is currently in a meeting.”
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“Oh, that’s alright, I know I called at short-
Vincent cut Rabena off before she could finish her sentence.
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“He would however like to meet with you for dinner to discuss the purpose of your call.”
Rabena eyes bulged from shock. She hadn’t expected a dinner invitation. Nervously, she began to speak.
“U–Um, sure. I can do dinner. What day was he expecting?”
“This evening if it’s not too short a notice.”
This evening!
“Y–Yes, I can do this evening. Please send all of the details to my assistant.”
“Will do. A pleasure speaking with you Ms. Price.”
“You as well, please tell Mr. Michaels thank you.”
After I hung up with Vincent, I immediately called Pera.
“WHAT!!! You have a dinner date with Aaron Michaels!!”
“It’s not a date! It’s a business meeting.”
Pera let out a loud scoff.
“Meeting my butt! If he wanted a meeting he could have just had you come to his office.”
Pera had a point, why did he want to discuss something so trivial after work hours, still, maybe this was just how the great Aaron Michaels conducted business. I’d only met him once, but I knew a great deal about him. Aaron was the youngest chairman of our generation obtaining the title after his grandfather passed and his the current chairman at the time retired following a triple bypass surgery. The oldest son to Alvin and Lina Michaels, Aaron was basically a prodigy. Our parents were actually close friends, but because he was a few years older than me and studied abroad, we never got a chance to cross paths. Although she was younger than me, I’d been pretty close to his sister Lisa up until my parents passed from a tragic car accident. Shortly after, I was taken to Banton to meet my family from hell.
d feel my nerves rising from the thought. I hadn’t seen him
Now I was about to have dinner with the infamous chairman prodigy himself, I could feel since I was 15. Suddenly, Pera’s talking knocked me back to reality.
“Do you have an overall plan of what you’re going to do once you meet with him?”
That was a good question, I hadn’t thought of anything past voiding a meeting, but that wouldn’t be enough to take Thomas down and ruin his chances of being CEO. I would need to do something that would really piss Grandmother Lynn off, I wasn’t sure if divorce would be enough.