Vengeance is a sweet fruit

CHANGE IN TACTICS

Nicholas’s P.O.V.

It was been a week and Andrea was showing good progress. She already had filled herself what she missed in the last 6 months. I knew that she was very capable but this much? It amazed me. Her other skills like decision making, proposing the new ways to solve the problem, and her negotiations skills, they were … wow. I never had seen this side of hers. She was getting a better grip on business tactics day by day.

I was in a meeting with one of my investors. The person had invested a good amount in one of my projects. But, it seemed that he had some other plans and was now wanted to talk with me. The person who spoke to her on behalf of him refused to tell what would the agenda of the meeting. So, we had no clue.

“What do you think about what he wants to talk with us?” I asked her while waiting for the person. He was 10 minutes late and I really hate waiting for someone.

“I think that I have an idea on this”, she told me and I looked at her with raised brows.

“I did my homework”, she sang in the end and I knitted my brows while narrowing my eyes.

“What do you mean by your homework?” I asked her in an accused tone and she raised her brows on me.

“Sorry”, I gave her a puppy look and she groaned.

“Fine”, she said to me while putting her glass of water back on the table.

“I gathered some information on him and found that our rivals, Chris & Company, has approached them and offer him a very good percentage of profit. They need capital for their forthcoming project and they are head to toe to get the funds by any means”, she informed me and I hummed. I lowered my gaze down to my hands on the table. Wow… she was smart but never did anything like this before.  I wondered what encouraged her to improve herself to this extent.

“He is doing this on purpose”, suddenly she said to me and I looked at her again. Who was doing and what?

“Mr. Casper is late now and he is doing this on purpose. He never late for any of his meeting before. He is a kind of time freak person. Let me call his PA”, she said to me and picked up her phone.

I was really upset with Mr. Casper now. He made us wait for him for more than 20 minutes.

“Hey Andy… how are you”, she said to the person on call in a very informal way and it led me to raise my brows. Something was really changed in her. She never talked with anyone like this during official timings.

“Yeah… we are waiting for you, guys…… No.. No… it’s okay… but we can’t stay for long…. You know that we have won two government projects recently…. Yeah… yeah…(she laughed a little… what was she up to)… Actually… Nicholas Sir thought that it will be good if we talk with you guys for investment first due to our good relations till yet…. Yeah.. yeah… but it’s ok…. Some investors approached us…. And… you know… No.. no.. Andy… don’t get me wrong…. Mr. Casper will always be our first choice to talk …. He has helped us a lot in past and still he has invested a huge amount in our project….. How can we??? You really think like this for us …. (her tone was a little sad now.. I was doing nothing but listening to her while blinking my eyes rapidly as dumbstruck)….. We have to go for another meeting in 30 minutes…. So…. Okay Andy…. I will adjust that meeting …. But don’t make us wait more, please…. Yeah… yeah.. for old time sake… bye”, she hung up the phone with a winning smile.

She looked at me and instantly her reactions changed from a smile to ..duh..  “What”, she asked me while shrugging her shoulders.

“What was that?” I asked her with the same expression on my face. She was full of surprises now.

“A change of tactics, I guess”, she said to me while jerking her head a little.

“I didn’t know that you are capable of alluring someone like this. I mean… you are… of course… beautiful… (she raised her brows with a cute smile on her lips)…. But …. Like this… you not only showed him that we are not depended on them but also you made them sure that we would consider them first… it’s … it’s … really a new thing for me”, I stuttered a little while making a statement.

The amusement in her eyes…. That was something else … that I have never seen before…. The green side of her eyes was shining a little that was making them more beautiful.

“They came”, suddenly she said to me while standing up from her seat. I followed her and stood up from my chair.

“Good Afternoon Mr. Anderson… Sorry to make you waiting for us”, a short height person in suit greeted me with a wide smile on his face. A little taller man was behind him who also greeted me.

“Good Afternoon Mr. Casper…. It’s okay… I assumed that there must be some genuine reason behind this. The thing is at last you come”, I said to him while smiling and shaking his hand.

“You know my PA Ms.  Hudson”, I introduced Andrea to him and he immediately went towards her.

“Aaaahhh… Ms. Hudson… it’s nice to finally see you”, he said to her while forwarding his hand for a shake. She took his hand and shook a little.

“It’s my pleasure to finally meet you Mr. Casper. I have heard about you a lot”, she patted her eyelashes at the last word.

“I am sure whatever you heard about me would be good things”, he passed a smile to her and I felt a pang of jealousy in my chest. He was flirting with her and she was buying it.

“Well…. As we are already late… we should start our meeting. I told Andy that we have another meeting in the next 25 minutes. But…. I made a delay of only 10 minutes for that as I promised because whatever our decision we will take after this meeting, will have an impact on another”, she said in a very formal but stern tone. I went to her side and now both the gentlemen were sitting in front of us. I sensed that Mr. Casper wanted to sit with her but how could I allow anyone to be comfortable with her. She never liked anyone to be close to her much to her comfort.

“Thanks”, she murmured while tilting her head a little to me.

“Always”, I smiled while looking at her and again saw that shine in her eyes. I felt that there was a pull in that shine.