Chapter 5 What do you think of me now

Three years later

Emma

"I hope lunch is to your liking, Miss Weiss," Killian Armstrong, an attractive gentleman, said to me sympathetically. His gaze was tender, and his roguish smile showed that he was clearly flirting with me.

I smiled at him too, returning the malicious look in equal measure. "Yes, I like it, Mr. Armstrong. You have good taste in food. How did you know Italian food is my favorite?" I asked as if I were a fool.

The man chuckled and raised an eyebrow. "Let's just say I did my homework," he replied, elegantly undoing the button on his coat as he and I sat on a cozy sofa in a private, edgy place with live classical music and only our lawyers and guards back following us.

This was a business meeting-an important meeting with representatives of a competitor to close business between their company and ours. Weiss Corporation was famous and desired by many in the business world. Several companies had the dream of partnering with us, but we only chose those who were at the top to do so, and Armstrong's company was the one at the top of the market. It was a company with huge potential, and with its owner, this attractive and personable man, I could tell it would be a pleasure to work with him.

I smiled at him. "So I must say that I appreciate men who are dedicated to their work," I commented suggestively, leaving the ulterior motives of my words in the air.

The smile he gave me immediately afterward made it clear that the message was well understood by him. "As for that, my beautiful Miss Weiss, rest assured that I know how to do my job masterfully. I'm sure you'll love it when I'm doing it," he said. I smiled mischievously, enjoying hearing that.

Those words of his were loaded with sexual content, not only that, since we had seen each other, there had been a sexual tension hovering between us, and I couldn't deny that I wasn't tempted. It had been a while since I had sex. Between work and taking care of my kid, I didn't have much time left to liven up my sex life, not to mention that guys these days were a joke, but I could see that this man wasn't a jerk, and I bet he would be able to get me there without much effort.

He was young, perhaps in his thirties, elegant, had a seductive smile, was as rich as me, and didn't seem compromised. I thought I could have fun after all.

"To be honest, I see potential in this partnership between my company and yours," I said with a smile. "Just like this lunch, I hope that the projects we have planned will be very successful." Weiss Corporation was already a successful brand in itself, but it was always good to form more million-dollar partnerships.

Lunch and business continued to go well, with the gentleman throwing sips at me whenever there was a chance. He wasn't evasive and always knew how to use the right words to make me imagine him and me in a less-than-decent way.

In the end, he gave me his personal number. "In case you need to call me. Who knows if there is an emergency?" he said, giving me a wink and then leaving with his men.

"Wow, I'm dead!" Robin Lester, my best friend, exclaimed into the earpiece that was plugged into my ear. "That's what I call a man with attitude," she commented, looking pleased.

In addition to being my bestie, Robin has been my assistant for a long time. She was not present at lunch but listened to everything via the audio call so she could do her job as my assistant.

"He really is, isn't he?", I commented as I walked to the restaurant toilet to touch up my makeup. My two security guards stopped outside when I entered, and since I was a very important person, they followed me everywhere. "And I must tell you, girl, he's a bad guy!" I exclaimed in front of the luxury bathroom.

My blonde hair was cut in an attractive bob that reached my shoulders, and some highlights in the hair that highlighted my gray eyes. I touched up my lipstick while talking to Robin. I didn't like to brag, but I could see why Killian, that handsome man, was so into me when he saw me. With my somewhat angelic and somewhat naughty face, it was nothing new to see men losing their heads.

Robin was squealing with happiness on the other end of the line. "Aww, I'm so happy. I'm glad you're finally going to remove the cobwebs that have been in your pussy for years," she laughed, making me roll my eyes.

"Oh, just shut up, you bitch," I told her. "Do you think I'm like you in that you give it to every man that appears in front of you? I know that you've already given that pussy to Oliver. So shameless!"

"Aww, stop scolding me, I'm needy, okay?" she whimpered on the other end of the line. "Please, bestie, tell Oliver to give me a chance. I can't take it anymore!" She made a huge fuss, and I laughed about it. It was true that she had always been in love with Oliver, my bodyguard.

At that moment, while I was fixing my hair in front of the mirror, my cell phone signaled that I was receiving another call. When I checked, I saw that it was my boy calling me. "Stop whining, bitch. I need to hang up the call, my son is calling," I told her.

"Um, I'm just accepting because I like little Matt, okay? Kiss in your ass, your hottie bitch," she said to me.

"Argh, see how you talk to me. Have you forgotten that I'm your boss?" I threatened her, but she ran away, hanging off the call immediately. I laughed. Robin and I had a similar spirit and shared the same kind of humor, one moment we were yelling at each other, and the next we were crying and saying how much we loved each other.

"Hi, my little boy," I said in a cute voice as I answered my baby's call.

'Hi, Mommy," the three-year-old replied in his adorable voice that filled me with love. "Grandma told me that you were going to come and pick me up from school today. Is it true?" The boy asked innocently.

I rolled my eyes. My grandma was a big cheat. She had promised me she would pick Matt up from daycare today, but I bet she ended up scheduling the yoga class with her friends again for today. She was always clumsy at that level.

"Oh, of course, my love. That would be great," I replied, looking at my watch. There was still time to go back to the office, finish some scheduled work, and then pick him up from daycare.

"Yay! Excellent. So we can go get ice cream together," he suggested, all happy.

"Of course we do, baby boy. Whatever you want," I smiled genuinely.

"I love you, Mommy," he said, and my heart warmed with love.

"Mommy loves you too, my treasure," I replied. As soon as he hung up, I stared at the phone with a silly smile, thinking about how precious my son was to me.

Moments later, I was back at the Weiss Corporation offices to fulfill my schedule and ended up noticing a certain commotion on the administrative floor. When I approached the employees, they all stopped arguing and became tense, addressing me with respect.

"What's going on here?" I asked, and one of them promptly answered me.

"It's that the manager of the finance department just had a stroke and was immediately taken to the hospital," he said.

"A stroke? Oh, my goodness!" I was shocked

"Oh, don't worry so much, Miss Weiss. His condition is now stabilized," he said.

"Oh, I'm glad," I thought.

"However, he had an appointment to meet the representatives of a company that submitted Weiss Corporation's investment request months ago. And now, without him here, we are afraid that this could tarnish the image of our firm..."

I nodded, already knowing what I should do. "Right. Send flowers to the CFO, and you can send representatives from that company to my office. I will attend to them," I ordered and then headed towards my office room. There was still time to send these people away and pick up my kid from daycare.

So it didn't take long for the door of my office room to open, and representatives from that company entered. But at first, I didn't even get to look at them properly, as I was looking at some emails in my mailbox.

"Welcome to Weiss Corporation, the right place for you and your firm. Please sit down and tell me your proposal," I said the words of protocol before even looking at them.

"Emma? What are you doing here?" A voice asked me.

I looked up immediately to see Jasper Parrish right in front of me with a shocked face as he looked at me.

"Are you the owner of the Weiss Corporation?" Kaylie Abbott, the woman who destroyed my marriage, asked with a completely surprised expression.