Chapter 7 Seventh Chapter

"Holding on is believing that there's a past; letting go is knowing that there's a future." – Daphne Rose Kingma

"Okay so are you going to partner with them?" Andrew questioned as they walked out of the conference room after their guests had left.

"Pfft! Partner with them?" Magellan questioned huffing out a little air from his mouth. "I'll just buy most of their shares using different identities and end up taking over whole of the company instead at the end"

"Your father won't be happy with that. It'll be like snatching away their company!" Andrew protested. That was one fact and they both knew it.

"He won't be happy at first, but he'll be happy later on when he sees how successful we are!"

"But you are already a successful well known father and son. What else do you want from the world? For them to hate you?" Andrew questioned. He knew of several business men who had turned out to be cold hearted and ruthless..

He did not want his friend to be in such a state. He knew that such men cared about nothing else but money! They became extreme workaholics and they never cared about anyone's feelings.

Well, that was according to the ebooks he had read online and he was certain that, that was what happened to such men.

He certainly did not want his best friend being ruthless and cold and a don't care well except for money of course!

Magellan stopped, his one hand was holding a slim folder while the other was in the pocket of his trousers.

"Whether they hate or love me, that matters not! As for money? Money will never be enough no matter what your status is. The less money you have, the more problems you have and so you work so hard to get the money to solve all of those damn problems you've got whereas the more money you have, the more fancy things you'll desire and so, you'll work your arse off so as to get what you want." Magellan explained.

Well yeah, he had a point but still, didn't he have all of those fancy things just by the grasp of his hand? Why did he need more and more?

Magellan chuckled at nothing in particular.

At times, he always seemed to amaze and at the same time, worry his best friend Andrew.

If Andrew was asked, he would say that Magellan was one strange person. He was at timed unpredictable and he desired at times to know what the other male was thinking about.

Yes, they were best friends but at times, Andrew saw himself as a stranger towards Magellan instead of a close friend.

It wasn't his fault. He knew that Magellan did not have a beautiful childhood. He knew Magellan had gone through a difficult and hard past but what he was not aware of was what exactly had Magellan gone through.. He didn't know how exactly Magellan came into the custody of Mr Thomas Alladiah. He wanted to know but none of them would open up to him. It was a hushed topic and he tried his best to keep it that way and to not poke his nose into that business though from time to time, he couldn't help but feel that strong urge to want to know about Magellan's origins.

"You know, money doesn't bring happiness. There's no point of working so hard". He stated as he looked at Magellan who chuckled again at his statement and turned his face to look at him.

"Oh? Then I love being sad. I don't need that happiness". Magellan stated back and started walking away towards the waiting hall where the models waiting to be auditioned were.

Andrew started to walk too so as to catch up with his friend. This money topic, they were going to discuss it later on.

"How many women are here exactly?" Magellan questioned as he stopped again and looked at the waiting seats occupied by different women who were whispering amongst themselves.

"Lemme check". Andrew replied as he switched on his tablet where he tapped on several times before looking up at Magellan whose back was facing him.

"Right now, it's seven hundred and eight women though we're still counting. Sixty seven men are also present". Andrew replied.

"That's a lot of figures. They didn't show up in such large numbers the last time we had auditions".

"We both know the answer to that. You were not in the country at that time but still, five hundred and so women had shown up though. But now, they all know that the hot billionaire bachelor is in town and..." Andrew trailed off but he made sure that he had emphasized on his last word.

"Andrew just shut up!"

"You know it takes a lot being your PA, right?" Andrew inquired.

"So?"

"We both know that no one would like this idea of being your PA!"

"What are you trying to imply? That you need a vacation too?" Magellan questioned. He was inwardly debating with himsewhether he should pass through the crowd of women so as to go to the conference room the auditions were taking place, or if he was to go to his office to work and leave Andrew to deal with these together with the other board members who had decided to be judges of the auditions.

"The vacation idea sounds good but you know, if I could also have a PA to help me out with the extra jobs," Andrew responded.

Magellan turned his head to look at his PA. That was one silly idea that he had ever heard.

"You know, my PA is your PA too so in the end of the day, you'll end up having two PA's to help you out". Andrew explained trying to smile at the end so as to perhaps make his friend reconsider the idea.

"Paying the salary shouldn't be a big deal!" Andrew exclaimed.

He exhaled out sharply having come down to a decision. He wasn't going to attend the auditions. He was going to his office to work instead.

"We shall think about it Andrew. No promises". He answered not to disappoint his friend directly.