“That I am the secret shareholder having less shares than your aunt yet still holding the most power because of the contract. Yeah, it’s me.”
“Oh.”
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*Kat’s POV
So after all this time the person I was searching for was right beside me? Wait, Did dad know about this? If yes, then no wonder Dad said on my letter ‘to find him’ and on Ry’s letter ‘to help me’.
After the revelation, we both decided to call it a night. Though Ry was fast asleep I couldn’t sleep a wink, so many thoughts were going through my mind. Why did Ry’s father had the share? Was the contract made for a purpose? When I heard about the contract I myself was shocked.
At that time I was searching for ways to get my dad’s company back that is when I remembered Aunt Carol saying about the secret shareholder holding more power than the one having most shares. I was confused when she said about that and when I searched about it, that’s when I found out about the contract my mom signed with the secret shareholder aka Ry’s dad. Since mom was the company’s real owner and not dad, otherwise known as the great bet gift. Apparently when both were drunk one night they made a bet on the company. Yup my family is ‘that’ crazy.
The contract states that ‘he who has that 20% shares will have the greatest power even more than the person holding greater shares.’
As crazy as that sounds that was legal. And now Ry had the power more than the current CEO of Marshal Co.
“Are you still awake?” Ry asked in his croggy voice.
I turned towards him and said no. He was about to turn on the lights when I said no and snuggled into his side. He brought his one hand over my head and started massaging my hair while the other hand wrapped around my waist.
“Why did you wake up?” I asked.
“Well, there wasn’t your usual snoring and the fact that you were tapping your forehead made me woke up.” He said smiling into my hair.
“Well, for one I do not snore, and two was I really tapping my forehead?” I asked not raising my head from his chest, too comfortable and tired to raise my head to look at him.
“Yes, you do snore but it is cute, and yes you were tapping your forehead but for your unasked question no that is not what woke me up. I usually do wake up in the middle of the night but fall back asleep again but this time when I saw you awake and tapping your forehead I know you hadn’t slept and was thinking about the whole ‘secret shareholder thing’.” He said punctuating with his hands in the air.
I just hummed and hugged him listening to his heartbeat was peaceful and usually I sleep just by listening to it but today sleep doesn’t come to me.
“You know tomorrow is Monday, we got to get up about-” He turns his head to look at the clock which reads 4:00. “2 hours from now to get to work at 8’o clock, which wont be possible if you are still not asleep now. After 2 hours I will be meeting zombie Kat then.” He said while massaging my head.
I snuggled more into him whinning. “These two days went so fast. So many things happened that it feels like 5 days has passed instead of just two. Can we take a leave tomorrow?”
“If you want to you can but I don’t want to. I have lots of work to be done. I was supposed to be working even in these two days but kept it aside for your dad’s laptop now I have all that plus the regular shitty Monday works to be done. So I got to go.” He said and I happily snuggled more into thinking I can call leave tomorrow.
“All you got to do is call sick tomorrow and keep your project undone and keep it loaded till the last day. What excuse will you use then?” He asked more like sang to me instead of saying ‘if I am not staying at home you will not to’.
Stupid Randy always right.
I moved my head to the side to bite his arm showing my annoyance to which he just flicked at my temple. But after he did that he also kissed my temple which made me smile and he pulled me more into his chest while massaging my head which was a lullaby putting an end to my thoughts and I slept off.
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“I don’t want to go!!!” I said for the umpteenth time from the stool in the kitchen while stuffing my head in the scrambled eggs.
“And for the umpteenth time I also told you, you don’t have to go just inform your boss about your unfinished project.” Ry said smirking while eating his bacon.
I just glared and completed my breakfast.
We both got ready and got in the car by 7:30 and reached his office at 8. We headed up to his floor. When I was about to walk up to my office he pulled me by my arms causing me to crash into his chest. He cupped my face and gave me a breathtaking kiss. Before we could get too deep into it we heard a cough behind me.
We both turned around and saw Raven poking her head out of her office to which I fake screamed causing Ry to close his ear with his hands.
“Raven’s head is cut and hanged on her door.” I squeaked to which Raven just rolled her eyes.
“What the hell Katherine?” He Ry groaned. “It was not her cough that ruined but that stupid act of yours.” He said shaking his head. Walking to his office.
What can I say my head just doesn’t work properly sometimes and causes me to do stupid things like this.
“Miss. Marshall there’s a guy waiting to see you.” Raven said causing me to stop in the tracks of my way to my office.
“I don’t remember any meetings today.” I said confused.
“He doesn’t have your appointment but says you know him very well.”
“Who is it?”
“That would be me.” said a very familiar voice from the waiting area. I gasped realising who it is. Wrong Timing, very wrong timing.
“Richard.” I said with a blank face to which he just smiled and shrugged.
“I guess an introduction is pending.” said a voice from the office beside me. Didn’t he enter his office already?