Heather
Jeffery Callum Vincent, owner and CEO of Trace-Tech group, ranking #2 in U. S Tech survey and #14 in the International Roundtable Tech review magazine.
I mean this guy is in leagues with Hubspot, Procore, Facebook, even Google; and a bit of an overachiever.
At the age of 20 he sold his first pitch to Ledlin Tech, and at 24 he had already created his own company. Currently he’s 30 and is rolling with some of the big names in the Tech market.
I know all these because S. Group have been dying to have him on the Decel Digitals project for the past 2yrs now, and all of a sudden, 3days ago I got a call that he went through our proposal and is willing to meet.
I’m sitting at the edge of my company’s conference room table, wondering just how such a successful man could still be single at 30.
Don’t get me wrong, the fact that he had agreed to meet after 2yrs is just marvelous and I wouldn’t do anything to jeopardize that, but I’ve only seen him in business magazines and I must say, pictures don’t do justice to the real deal sitting right in front of me.
He’s not a social bee and you would never see him in the gossip colon of any entertainment magazines. His private life is like top secret and such a mysterious attribute kinda messes with my mind sometimes.
Our business proposal fits his company well, and it went with a tempting offer we hoped he won’t refuse.
Silently and boldly he sat on his chair, staring at the file and it’s content like he was just seeing it for the first time. Only his entourage made comments and inquires on his behalf.
“Does something in the proposal strike you as unsafe Mr. Vincent?” I asked, not being able to hold myself with the way he looked at the documents suspiciously.
“It’s not that, I’m just hoping to find the slightest clause or error in here so I can back out, but nothing. And call me Mr. Jeffery” He spoke finally as he closed the file and finally looked up at me.
I felt my heart skip a beat, but this was strictly business. So Heather, calm down.
“Good then, that means you can’t back out even if you wanted to.” I stated confidently, smirking playfully.
“Don’t be too sure Ms Winfrey, I can do whatever I want at anytime,” he warned.
Ok, he may be handsome, hot and mysterious, but his attitude is way off mean street.
Maybe I’m wired differently, but I can tell when I won’t get along with someone and he is one of those times.
I get it. It’s business and all so we have to be professional, but that’s no reason to be a douche. You’re allowed to smile every now and then at lest to ease off the tension in the room.
But he didn’t want that, so I too got serious since that’s what he wants.
“So does this mean you’re in?” I asked, going straight to the point. He looked at me for few seconds, then at the file in front of him before nodding.
“My manager and secretary will discuss the rest of the details with you, I’ve got other business to attend to, if you’ll excuse me,” he replied rather rudely.
Haaa, no man has ever spoken to me in such tone before, let alone discharge me like we’ve just been wasting his precious time.
‘Relax Heather, it’s for the company, you are doing all these for the company’.
I signaled my secretary to see Mr Arrogant off while I went back to my office, but my manager stayed back in the conference room to discuss further with the people from.
Who does he think he is? No, seriously what an attitude. I know he has to have a tough persona as a businessman and all, but hello?
I’m a beautiful lady who may or may not be indirectly trying to form a more cordial atmosphere for business by being jovial towards him, and he shut me down? What other business does he have to attend to here in Shanghai, that he couldn’t even spare 15mins for a little chat?
I’m exhausted, this will be the first and last time I’ll be seeing him anyway, so no need to get all worked up. I just need to calm down.
From receiving calls to making some myself concerning my impeachment board meeting in 2 weeks time, I really need a break.
So, I pulled out my phone and booty texted Kevin; are you free? If you are, meet me at home in 20. He always knows how to keep me distracted and relaxed.
While I waited for his reply, my mind wondered about Livy, Markian and Daniel. It’s been 2 days and I haven’t heard from Livy since. To be honest, I just wanted to know what Daniel was up to and why the hell he went back to the Caribbeans?
Then the reply came in; I’ll be there in 15, finished early today. And with that, I left the office and headed home to get my mind off everything for few hours.