Chapter 87 - CHAPTER 87: OPEN DOOR

"What are you doing here?" Sonny asked the woman who was lying on the soft couch at Marcus' office. 

"Oh, Sonny! I'm glad you're here. Where is Marcus?" She stood up but her eyes were on the door waiting for the man to enter.

"Sorry but Marcus is in a meeting right now. I came back to get his phone." Sonny saw Marcus phone on top of his office desk so he creased his brow confused. 

As far as he remembered, Marcus told him that his phone was on the couch. 

Did Rachelle scan the phone? Hope she didn't do anything careless. He sighed. 

"Miss Henry, please go home for now. Mr. Hanes is currently in a meeting and he won't be coming back to the office." Sonny advised.

"Oh really? Okay." She was smiling and Sonny could tell she was in a good mood. Isn't she going to insist of seeing Marcus? "Then I'll be going home now. Please tell Marcus that I dropped by and to call me after his meeting." Then she walked out filled with confidence. 

Rachelle chuckled victoriously while walking towards the elevator. She came to the office in order to see Marcus and provoke Jade by flirting with the man in front of her. However, she managed to do more than her plans. 

Earlier, she was about to leave when she saw that Marcus' office was empty. But then she halted when she heard a buzzing from somewhere. She tried to look around and spotted a familiar phone. She can't be wrong, that was Marcus' phone!

She then walked towards it but the buzzing stopped. She picked up the phone and tried to key in Marcus' password and luckily, he didn't change the password to his phone yet. She opened and peered on the twelve missed calls from Jade. Eh? She raised her brow questioningly. Well, if Jade has been calling him then that only means they are not together at the moment. 

She smirked evilly before opening the man's message. One from Jade and another from a new number. She opened the unidentified number's message and found out that Jade was rushed to the hospital. She deleted it. She did the same to Jade's message since it contained the same message as the other text she recently deleted. 

After a few minutes, the phone ringed. Now she was thinking if she will answer it or not. And during the third call, she decided to answer Jade's call. She just thought of a very brilliant idea.

"I'm sorry but Marcus is in the shower room right now…." She made sure that her voice sounded appealing and seductive as if she's ready to make love with her man anytime soon. 

"I'm afraid Marcus wouldn't be able to come home tonight…" She chuckled victoriously before hanging up. 

She laughed mockingly since she felt accomplished. And before putting down the phone, she made sure to erase all traces of Jade's calls and message. 

"Rachelle, that was wicked a move! Good job!" She patted herself before getting out from the elevator. 

MEANWHILE, Marcus entered the restaurant and head straight to the room that Mr. Stones reserved for their meeting. He fixed his tie and exhaled an amount of air before motioning the waitress to open the room. 

"Mr. Hanes, I'm glad to see you again." Barry was smiling as he stood up and extend his hand to greet the young man. 

"My pŀėȧsurė, Mr. Stones." He shook the man's hand and motioned him to sit down. "Did I make you wait for long?"

"No, not really. I just arrived a minute early, since I don't want to keep you waiting. How have you been?"

"Great. Thank you for asking."

"That's great to hear then." 

"By the way, you were talking about your proposition the other day. I'm sorry for the interruption but please feel free to discuss it now."

"Can we discuss it over dinner?" Barry proposed. "Sorry, I didn't eat before coming here."

Marcus thought for a few seconds before nodding. "It's fine with me." 

As soon as the young man agreed, Barry motioned the waitress to hand them the menu. And after placing an order, Barry stared at the impassive man. He didn't give up hoping that the young man remembers him as his father. 

"Mr. Stone, are you okay?" The young man asked when he saw him staring at him raptly.

"Y-yeah…" He faked a smile before gathering back his composure. "I hope your wife won't get mad at you for having dinner with me instead of joining her at home." He tried to strike a conversation about his personal life. However, his words seemed to strike Marcus' awareness. 

The young man met his gaze. His eyes were clouded with suspicion and Barry could sense it so he tried to shake off his reservations. 

"I'm sorry, did I cross the line?" He gave a shocked expression. "I'm sorry, I just heard a few rumors about you marrying a commoner and I just want to extend my late toast."

Marcus faked a smile. "Thank you. But I hope we can discuss pure business here."

"Of course. My apologies." Barry partly smiled before emptying the glass of wine. "Anyway, back to the real business, I hope you can read my proposition." He smiled before handing the young man a file.

Marcus took the file and start scanning it from the beginning but his eyes eventually stopped at a certain page. Barry smiled since he knew what caught the young man's attention.

"A collaboration?" Marcus raised his brow confused as he looked at the smiling man.

"Yes, business collaboration for the product that you had just released. If you will continue to read it, you'll find the idea to greatly increase the sales of the new product and both company will definitely benefit from it." 

Reading a few notes, Marcus can say it will definitely increase the sale and it can even increase its fame. But why does he need to work with the KSAN Co. if he can do it by himself? This man is definitely planning something.

He smirked as he leaned on the chair. Mockery can be seen in his eyes too!

Is he looking down at his proposals? Barry silently clenched his teeth in annoyance. He didn't know Marcus could be this arrogant.

"Is there something wrong with the proposal?" Barry asked while trying to control his ego. 

Marcus exhaled before he spoke. "No." He finally smiled. "Mr. Stones, I never thought you would come up with such an idea."

Barry can sense the sarcasm coated on his compliment but what came next surprised him.

"Anyway, I like it." Marcus closed the folder. "Sure, why don't we work together for a change. I wanted to try it too, so I am going to open this idea to my executives."

Barry lit up as soon as he agreed. This is it! Another door was opened for him. He was celebrating within him when the door to the room suddenly opened and a familiar person came in.

No! Barry widened his eyes in surprise. The door that was recently opened for him, will it be shut immediately because of this person? Dang!