Lindsey walked into the Winslow Conglomerate looking lavishly, Joyce had made sure that she looked elegant and outstanding just like the chairwoman Georgina had instructed her. Every staff that walked passed her admired her while bowing respectfully at her. She was putting on a limited edition Louis Vuitton white gown which had a slit reaching almost her thigh. She had black heels to match and a black Louis Vuitton bag, she even had a change of hairstyle. Everything she was putting on screamed lots of money and obviously not something a regular person could afford.
“Oh, glad you are early, the meeting would start in ten minutes,” Georgina said immediately after Lindsey walked into her office. Lindsey nodded her head without saying anything as she sat down. “Oh least I forget, how did your husband, receive the news and have you checked yet to confirm,” Georgina asked.
Lindsey stared at her with a flash smile plastered on her face. How was she going to tell Georgina that she and Keith were in no way compatible and she was already tired of the marriage? After the call with Keith the previous day, she went home feeling very exhausted from everything that happened but Keith was just getting started with her.
When she returned home, Keith strode towards her like an angry lion going to devour its prey and before she could say a word he landed a heavy slap on her cheeks making Joyce who was standing beside her gasp in surprise. “Didn’t I tell you to stop publishing crab online huh?” Keith fired at her.
Lindsey stood still staring at him surprised at his actions “Did she just land herself in an abusive marriage” Lindsey thought without saying anything. “Answer me” Keith yelled getting really upset. Just then Lindsey looked behind him and saw Audrey again. She had a smile plastered on her face and it looked as if she was enjoying the scene. “I didn’t publish any crab” Lindsey managed to say while her eyes were still fixed on Audrey who seemed not to notice she was looking at her or perhaps she knew.
“You didn’t then what is this?” Keith asked showing her an article publish just three minutes ago. Lindsey’s eyes widened as she read the article “I didn’t publish this and_”
“Do not push me so hard Lindsey, don’t” Keith snapped, he snatched his iPad forcefully from her before walking out on her. Lindsey sniffed trying so hard to fight the tears clustered in her eyes. “Keith is a little bit hot-tempered, his not an abusive husband” Lindsey raised her eyes to stare at Audrey. She glanced at her, taking notice of her dress, she didn’t have the opportunity to do that before because she was so focused on staring at her smiling face. “Which married woman wears this type of exposing dress to visit another married man,” Lindsey thought. “Oh, I was coming from a lunch date with my husband, that’s why I dressed sexy for him” Audrey giggled looking from Lindsey to Joyce.
Lindsey didn’t even bother to reply to her and walked out. She had had enough for one day and she just can’t tolerate Audrey. Immediately after Lindsey left, Audrey walked up to Joyce “You must be the new guard assigned to Lindsey” Audrey said sizing her up. “Actually ma’am, I’m Joyce, her_”
“Just shut it, Make sure you don’t blab about what you just saw here, you wouldn’t love the outcome” Audrey shushed her and walked away.
Georgina stared at Lindsey patiently waiting for a response from her “He wasn’t happy?” Georgina asked again snapping her out of her thought. Lindsey fluttered her lashes and cleared her throat. “I haven’t checked yet, I will do so today and Keith…” Lindsey paused a bit sparing Joyce a glance. She had instructed her not to breathe a word of what happened to anyone and she seriously hope she wouldn’t disrespect her orders. “He was happy and couldn’t wait for the test,” Lindsey said making Joyce let out a silent scoff.
Georgina stared at Lindsey, not convinced by her answer before shifting her gaze to Joyce.
A knock was heard almost immediately followed by the sound of the door opening. “Everyone is here ma’am,” Bianca said with a slight bow. Georgina nodded her head before standing up. “Let’s go,” she said to Lindsey as she leave the office she walked beside her while Bianca and Joyce walked behind them.
Everyone inside the board conference room stood up immediately after Georgina walked into the company. Aside from the chairman, and Keith who was the president and CEO. Georgina was one big respected figure in the company unlike Mr. Pete her husband who barely strived to keep his position as an executive director.
He wasn’t part of the Winslow family which meant she wasn’t chairman Winslow’s son neither was he the father of Francis, Harry, and Keith. Georgina lost her husband a few years into their marriage and after mourning him, she remarried under the chairman’s consent with a few conditions. Her second marriage with Mr. Pete brought Thalia and Tiana who took the Winslow family name instead of their fathers.
“You aren’t in the habit of fixing emergency meeting mother, I thought the company was suffering some financial problem” Francis was the first to speak after everyone settled down. Georgina spared him a glance and smiled. “I called the meeting to introduce the newest member of the family” Georgina paused to observe their faces.
“Indeed, she didn’t even call a meeting to welcome me and Vanessa after our marriage, everything is always different once it comes to Keith,” Cynthia thought sipping her water.
“Mrs. Lindsey Winslow, the wife of the president and CEO Mr. Keith Winslow,” Georgina said and everyone began to clap as Lindsey stood up to take a bow. Her eyes met with Keith’s and she could see the anger in them. “Like why didn’t he say no before she signed the contract,” Lindsey thought.
She sat down allowing Georgina to continue “With her presence, a lot of changes have been made with the board of directors. Lindsey is going to assume the position of the Vice-President which makes her a very important figure in the company and she would be handling three companies under the Winslow conglomerate, Ragusang Bio and Ragusang gallery and Warris” Georgina said.
The board room became a little bit noisy as the board members kept murmuring. Cynthia stared deeply at Georgina before shifting her gaze to Lindsey shooting daggers at her, she then stared at Harry, Vanessa and Francis.
“Leaving such high profiled company for a girl who couldn’t even get her event planning company out of an almost ten years debt isn’t really a good decision if you ask me,” Cynthia said. She had observed that the rest were too scared to speak up. “If I ask you but unfortunately I didn’t ask you” Georgina fired at her. “You should wait till the meeting is over I have a lot of surprises for you” Georgina added. She knew that Cynthia was interested in running Warris, Cynthia had approached her a good number of times to ask that she should be promoted to the CEO of Warris and she had intentionally added it to the list of companies for Lindsey to manage after Cynthia displayed her awful character in her office.
“Lindsey would become the CEO of the three listed companies adding to that, some board members have been demoted,” Georgina said making everyone adjust on their seats. Georgina was filled with surprises so no one knew what to expect from her. Georgina cleared her throat before she began. “Mrs. Cynthia Winslow, from today would become the manager at Ragusang Bio and would only attend shareholders meetings as you have been indefinitely dismissed from the board of directors”.
The surprised look on Cynthia’s face didn’t escape anyone in the conference room. “You can’t do that mother, she’s my wife and I’m the first son, I should be the president and CEO, not Keith and now you are dismissing my wife from the board of directors” Francis fired angrily.
Georgina scoffed glancing at him “The rules state that only the wife of the President stays as the board member, your grandfather signed this, maybe you should have been a better son instead of being such a failure” Georgina fired, she didn’t care to sugarcoat her words even in the presence of the board members.
“And you are asking me to go work as Lindsey’s manager?” Cynthia asked surprised. Never has she dreamt that she would be demoted so soon even though she knew it was bound to happen.
“Mrs. Vanessa Winslow,” Georgina began ignoring Cynthia. “You would hence work at Warris, I was informed you have a better experience with perfumes and cosmetics” Georgina paused as Vanessa nodded slightly. Unlike the lioness Cynthia who doesn’t know her place, Vanessa was a bit different. She has never challenged or disrespected Georgina in any way, she had worked as her husband’s manager since after her marriage and she has been respectful but for Cynthia, the story was different. Francis asked that his wife be made a director even before their marriage and the chairman had to approve of it because he was hungry for a great-grandchild. Cynthia was pregnant then and since then she has just been challenging Georgina but not anymore, Georgina has finally kept her in her rightful place.
“With your experience, you would work as a director at Warris but you wouldn’t be allowed to attend the conglomerate board meeting but can attend for Warris,” Georgina said and closed the book before her.
Cynthia scoffed staring from Francis to Georgina and lastly to Lindsey making sure she studied their facial expression before shifting her gaze to Keith who seemed to be less concerned about what was going on.
“Why are you quiet Keith, you need to tell your mother that your wife can’t run a company, Warris should be given to someone more competent,” Cynthia said. “Someone like you I guess,” Keith said raising his brow at her. Cynthia frowned, she wasn’t expecting such a response from him.
“Tell me what you were before you got pregnant for Francis forcing him to marry you?” Keith asked. Everywhere became as quiet as a graveyard. Just like the board were scared of Georgina, they were also scared of Keith and the only person who could stop him, Georgina and Lindsey didn’t bother to say anything.
“Let me remind you, you were just an ordinary girl who lived off her rich parent’s wealth and has nothing substantial doing and you think you are qualified to be a manager at Ragusang gallery or to run Warris. No, you aren’t qualified to even qualified to be a secretary, you should know your place and don’t speak low of my wife ever again, the next time that happens you aren’t going to like the outcome”