Chapter 142 - Benjamin Phillip Brighton

"Dad! Are they here?" A husky voice interrupted the quietness of the office as a young man entered.

Adam and Stella turned their heads towards the door, their eyes landing on the silhouette of a man who seemed to be in his mid twenties. He was clad in a dull gray coat and matching pants. A stoney gray button-down shirt could be seen peeking out through the lapels of his coat.

"I am so sorry for being late." He added in his deep voice as he ran a hand through his light brown straight hair. 

He sauntered over to where they were sitting. He extended his hand towards Adam as he introduced himself. "Benjamin Phillip Brighton. The Vice President of the company." 

Adam shook his hand firmly. "Adam Levinson." 

"You don't need to introduce yourself Mr. Levinson. I don't think that there's a single soul in Europe who doesn't know about you." Benjamin added, giving Adam a bright smile who just nodded back at him.

"And who is this beautiful lady?" His light brown eyes, which matched his hair perfectly, glinted under the white lights of the office as he looked at Stella. 

"She's Mr. Levinson's assistant, Stella." It was James who replied to him.

"It's a pleasure meeting you." Benjamin extended his hand before her.

Stella shook it as she stood up to show his some respect. Before she could take her hand back, Benjamin turned and kissed the back of her hand.

"You are a beauty Miss Stella." He added, his lips curling up in a grin.

Stella retracted her hand back swiftly as she narrowed her eyes at him. 

Adam could feel his blood boiling as he took it all in. He cleaned his jaws, his hands which were resting on his legs, curled up in fists. Nerves were beginning to pop on the side of his forehead as he glared daggers at the man who had just brought misfortune over himself, on his own. 

'You are lucky that I cannot do anything to you at the moment or it might ruin my plan. But I assure you that you will pay for kissing her hand.' 

The father and son duo could feel the temperature of their surroundings drop suddenly. 

Benjamin shifted his gaze to Adam, a shiver crept up his spine as his eyes met Adam's. He could see the deathly aura which was enveloping him. He gulped a mouthful of saliva as he raised his hands up in the air.

"I didn't have an idea….." He trailed off when Adam raised a hand up in the air. 

"You are getting the wrong idea here Mr. Benjamin. I just don't like it when some men try to act all comfortable with a woman when she's clearly not." Adam gave him a lop-sided smile.

"I was just trying to be nice, I swear." Benjamin replied as he looked at Stella, who was looking down at her knotted fingers which were resting on her lap.

"I am sorry Miss Stella." He added politely to which Stella replied with a nod.

"It's alright." Stella gritted through her teeth. 

"Let's continue with the meeting then." Benjamin smiled and sat on the other sofa chair across them. He looked at hai father who was too busy to pay any attention to what was happening around him as he was too absorbed in reading the file. 

"What's that?" Benjamin asked his father. He could tell that it must be something important judging by the expressions his father was wearing on his face as he flicked through the pages.

"I will sign it." James spoke up after turning to the last page. He had a wide smile adorning his slightly chapped lips. 

"Have you looked at the conditions carefully?" Adam asked him, raising his left eyebrow a bit.

"Yes, I have. I know they are a bit harsh but I know that we can fulfill them." James replied with a proud expression.

"And you do know that the penalty for not abiding by those isn't a small one." Adam added with a lazy expression.

"But the profit isn't too small either." James replied as he placed down the file. "My company has completed orders bigger that this. Although the deadline is a bit short, but I know that we can do this."

"If you are so confident, then what are we waiting for?" Adam took out a pen from the inner pocket of his coat and picked up the file. 

He swiftly signed those pages which required his signature before passing it back to James.

James signed the papers as well with wide grin on his face. He couldn't contain his glee inside.

Adam picked up the file from the table and passed him a meaningful smile. 

"I will send you another signed copy of these papers, you can just sign them and keep them for your records." He spoke up.

James nodded his head up and down. "Sure."

"We will take our leave now. Thank you so much for your time." Adam extended his hand towards James as he stood up with Stella following the suit.

"The pleasure was all ours. It will be good working with you." James shook his hand. 

"Same here." Adam replied taking his hand back to his side. 

"I am sure your father will fill you in with the details." Adam turned his attention towards Benjamin who was sitting like a fool with no knowledge of what was happening around him. He had a confused expression on his face. 

"We will be seeing each other." Adam extended his hand towards him with a faint smile on his face. 'Soon.' He thought the latter to himself as he shook his hand with a firm grip. 

"Let's go." Adam passed the file to Stella. 

The duo walked out of the office, one after the other. 

James was so over the moon that he even forgot to see them out or ask his secretary to do so. 

"Are you going to tell me what was those papers about?" Benjamin couldn't hold it in anymore and almost yelled at his father. "And what's with your happy expressions?"