Chapter 2

I prepare myself for the unannounced and unexpected meeting. I don't know any details about the meeting but I still prepared myself, mostly mentally. The stress is eating me alive not knowing what is going to happen. I never felt this helpless in my life, I always had control over things in my life. I always trust my gut feeling and it never betrayed me and today it is swaying towards both sides. Clearing my mind. retouching my makeup, I left my cabin to gather everyone. ' Good morning! Miss. Hayes, everyone is gathered in the conference room and we have 15 minutes before the meeting." my assistant Neil informed me while I made my way to the said conference hall. I just hummed and slightly nodded my head in acknowledgment. Everyone was busy whispering to each other and I could feel the tension and fear in their voices. I am having the same feelings but years of discipline and teaching which were forced upon me made me hide them better than anyone. I cleared my throat to gather their attention and straightened my already straight back and tilted my chin up and made eye contact with everyone present in the conference room. It is necessary to maintain eye contact to intimidate and dominate anyone and I mastered it. " I hope everyone knows why they are gathered here and as I always say and expect utter discipline and dedication and today I expected them too from you all and I do not tolerate any error or clumsiness so be prepared and do well," I uttered each word with authority and power. I may look like a small pretty girl but I demand respect for my speech and posture. They all nodded and scrambled through the door to prepare everything. I stayed back in the conference room to prepare myself for the inevitable. I don't know why but something is telling me that something is going to happen and it will change everything. I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn't notice that my father had entered the conference room with his secretary high on his tail. The same Secretary he cheats with on my mother. Disgust crosses my face seeing her all sweet, faking an innocent smile. I can see her real ugly face behind her fake innocence and makeup. " I have prepared everyone and as you instructed the meeting will start in ten minutes," I informed him before busying myself by randomly checking files on the laptop to avoid talking to my father and seeing the homewrecker's ugly face. Everyone starts to gather one by one into the conference and I start feeling nervous and my palms get all sweaty with me clenching them so hard. Almost all gathered in the room and waited patiently for my father to start the meeting. The nerves in my head are ticking so fast with the suspense that I am afraid they are going to burst. " I hope everyone is present here, so I can inform you of all, the decision I made which benefit our company and make it more successful than it has and will be." My father started directing his words to everyone more precisely towards me with a stern voice stating whatever he made the decision is final and sealed. Why does it feel like he has sealed my fate? It makes me more nervous and impatient to hear what he decided. "As you all have heard about Noah Anthony Parker and I decided to merge Haye Constructions with Parker enterprises. I and Mr. Hart decided to give my post to him so he can run this company smoothly. I hope everyone welcomes him. All the other details were finalized and understood by both parties." My father ended his speech with his proud and greedy smile which I hate most about him. As always my father never ceased to amaze me with his actions that he doesn't believe in me and the decision he made today is the nail in the coffin. I worked so hard to reach the place where I am now and he knows that I wanted to run this company and he promised to make me the president of this company once I complete everything he asks. I bagged every project which had high competition and completed them successfully. I forgot to eat, sleep or bathe for days to complete the project. I dedicated myself to making this company successful and my father's bank balance high but what did I get at the end of the day? Nothing. I was tossed aside like I am nothing! Am I not worth anything? He would have treated me as an employee, not as a daughter, and had made the decision. I have never got a real betrayal in my life than this. I am betrayed by my father who knows what this company means to me. He humiliated my worth, my work, my hard work, and my dedication. I am not going to forgive him for this and I am going to fight him on this. If I know how to make an empire, I sure know how to crumble it. I hate Noah whatever, more than my father. Everyone knows who I am and how much hard work I invested in this company and I will make him pay for this. I left the conference room knocking down the chair I sat in and closed the door with a bang showing my anger at his decision and the deal. Maybe I regret my actions later but for now, I don't care if I get punished for behaving like that and leaving the meeting in the middle. I don't care if everyone gossips about me whispering and spewing nonsense about me. Many of the male chauvinistic pigs are happy with the decision of my overly obsessive and greedy father who only cares about himself and nothing else. Every male in the office felt their egos crushed whenever I ordered them or gave them the work they think they don't deserve to do just because they were male species and the said works were only done by females! For the first time in my life, I don't care about anything. No rules, no boundaries, no ethics, nothing. I want to forget everything and break every rule my father and mother made for me. If my father doesn't see my worth regarding proving myself again and again fighting off everything in my way to success then I don't know what to do to make him recognize my worth. I'm tired of constantly trying to prove my worth to everybody, trying to show everyone that I deserve to be there where I am now. From now on I don't need to prove anything to anyone. I am going to make Mr. Hayes regret his decision. I am going to be so reckless that I will forget who I am and what I am doing. Maybe breaking rules and being reckless is going to be fun. I left the office premises in fury and first I need to cool myself down and I know the place where I can be at peace for now. I started my car and drove through the busy roads where people were busy with their problems and struggles but for society, they hide the mask and paint their lives as butterflies and roses. I hate those kinds of people. Parking my car, I gave myself a minute to calm my nerves, I don't want to take the negative vibes of my father and his fake world to the place where I find peace. No one knows that I visited this place. If my parents get to know this they are going to shut this place forever and I don't want to lose my peace. This is my favorite park, yes park. I love this park because I feel at home whenever I visit this place and my parents always prohibit me from visiting this place. They considered this park as dirt but for me a breath of fresh air. I took my favorite seat consisting of a bench further from the crowd under a big tree. Children are playing with beautiful laughter adorning their faces and seeing their laughs made me content. A devious idea was forming in my head to get back at me. Hayes and this serene place helped me. With a smirk, I dialed her number to share my plan with her, and she is going to be so shocked at first but happy with what I am going to do. She answered on the third ring and without hesitating, I said ' I am taking up the offer you made, are you ready?" hearing the expected answer from the other side I ended the call and breathed the fresh air, and enjoyed my surroundings till the time to execute the plan. This is going to be so much fun.