Chapter 2 FOVE

The Pierce's, Chicago, 12:02pm

Tyler ***

I heard a knock on my door and I looked up.

"Come in" I replied and turned my gaze to my laptop typing quickly on it.

I heard the door open and the sound of a heeled shoe clicked on the ground.

"Sir" a feminine voice called and I looked up to see Cherry, my secretary.

"What?" I called sharply

She sighed and clicked on her tablet.

"Sir, your meeting with Mr Pierce is about to start" she replied not daring to look me in the eyes.

"How long will it take?" I asked

"12:20 to 1:30 pm sir" she replied reading from her tablet

" Cancel it" i replied almost immediately.

I cannot waste so much time on some ungrateful person

"Sir?" She called looking at me shortly

"Do you have problems with that?" I glared at her

" I'm sorry sir, but-" she started to say

" No buts, cancel the appointment" I cut her off sharply

" Yes sir" she said and typed some things on her tab.

" What else do I have today?" I asked

She scrolled on a tablet before turning back to me

"You have an appointment by 2:00pm with Mr Curran , from Curr Modelling Company, to finalize the deal with them" she read out

"Great, get everything ready before two " I replied

" Yes sir" she replied with a thin smile

" You may leave" I dismissed her.

She bowed slightly before walking out of my office.

I sighed immediately Cherry walked out.

My phone rang out loudly and I glanced at the caller's ID

"Father" I muttered

Why the he*k is this old dude calling me. I'm sure he knows he can't force me to do what I don't want, those days of him doing that is over.

I ignored the call and focused on my work.

It rang about two times again and when it rang the third time I was about smashing the phone on the floor when I took a glimpse of the caller's name.

'now, this is someone better'

"Dude" I called

"Tyler, how you doing" Gael asked. Gael is my best friend and should I saw only friend, we've been friends since diapers,and he's the only one I'm so free with , well also my little sister and Mom , they are the only three people in my life who gets me, his mom and my mom were best friends from highschool even till now.

"Not so good, I've been bored as h*ck" I groaned

" Aww, someone who missed his bestie" he teased

"You can call it whatever you want, but I didn't miss you, well how's Newyork?" I asked.

He recently travelled to NewYork for some businesses, he's also a business man , but still it's his dad company , dude be trying to get the company in his name.

"I'm back in Chicago" he replied excitedly

"Seriously dude?" I asked

"Yup and infact I'm driving to your company now, let's go out, I'll treat you to lunch" he replied.

" I have an appointment, maybe next time"

" Seriously dude??, All you do is work , work and work, have some time for yourself, go out and have fun !"

" Here comes the preaching" I said sarcastically

" You're going out with me and that's final" he replied

" I have meetings to attend to , I have load of files to work on" i tried to explain

" Gosh Tyler, let Cherry handle all that, that's why you have her" he exclaimed

I sighed

I knew there was no way to talk him out of this again.

"Fine, you won this round, Gael 1, and Tyler 0 " I grumbled

" Yes!!" He half yelled

" So I'll meet you soon, bye" he said and hung up before I could utter a word.

I dropped my phone on the table.

Gosh, sometimes Gael is just to stubborn and won't listen to my opinion, well I still love the dude that way.

I picked up the telephone and dialed cherry

"My office now" I said and returned the phone back in place.

Some seconds later I heard a knock on the door.

"Come in"

The door opened and cherry walked in

"Sir?" She called

"I have something very important to do now and I'll probably not be back until late so you'll go instead to Curr Modelling Company, make sure he reads every part of the contract before he signs , and finalize the deal, whatever documents that needs to be signed by me, send them to me, okay? "

" Sir? "

" I do not like to repeat myself Cherry and you know that" I snapped angrily

" Sir-"

" Do you really want to question my orders Cherry?, Or have you found another job" I questioned sharply

She was really getting on my nerves lately

"No sir" she quickly shook her head

"Good, now leave and you must keep to time" I said

"Yes sir" she nodded and walked out.

.....

" So where to ?" I asked Gael as he drove through the streets of Chicago to Goodness knows where

"You'll see" he said with a sly smile

"Do not take me to the club Gael" I said in a serious tone

" It's too early to go to a club, we are just gonna have lunch now, so chill" he said still smiling

I stared at him in amusement

Why is he just smiling like someone who won a lottery, I wonder what this d*ckhead is up to now.

He stopped the car and I looked up to see a not so big restaurant, it had a huge stand with a label on the top, by the side of the building.

It had a weird logo of love , and plate with some cutlerys

"Fove?" I read out

"What kind of a name is that?" I scoffed

" You do not expect me to eat in this cheap and disgusting restaurant right?" I asked again when he removed the car key from it's hole

" Dude, swallow your ego and let's have fun, for once, besides it's not cheap, the food here taste great" he replied

" I'm not"

" Suit yourself but I'm going in " Gael replied and made to go out of the car

"Fine, I'll go in" I muttered and got out of the car.

I sighed as soon as we walked in

Gosh, I hope things don't get worse than it already is, the last thing I want is someone calling the press or someone messing up my -

"Good day Sirs, welcome to fove , what may I help you with" a charming, soft, beautiful voice interrupted my thoughts and I looked up -