Chapter 7 - The Marriage Contract

The Director Manager's jaw dropped as he heard that. He looked around and saw a couple of staff looking at them. He ignored them and follow the President.

At a corridor, they saw a guy in a white uniform talking over the phone. They heard someone call his name. "Lance!" another guy in a white uniform approach him then they entered a door.

Jacob frowned, the guys' name is Lance and he's talking on the phone. He had a sudden urge to punch the guys face. He turned to the Director Manager and ask. "Where is that door heading?" "President that's the laboratory".

He walked towards the laboratory and looked around. The Director Manager introduced him then everyone greeted him. He scanned the area and found the Lance guy still talking on the phone. "You! You're fired!" he suddenly exploded with anger then turned to look at everyone who was shocked by what happened. "From now on, no phones are allowed while working!"

He left leaving everyone speechless.

James looked at his watch. It's now 2 pm, they are not done yet. They already missed lunch. More and more staff getting scolded. He sighed, with his temper looks like it's going to last for a couple of days.

He reminds Jacob about their 3 pm, Board meeting. Then they head back to the office. Ah the board meeting, James hopes that it's not going to be a catastrophe.

At the office, James looked at Jacob questioningly. He asked him. "What happened at the Surgery?" Jacob replied with "Nothing." with a pissed look. "That doesn't look like nothing to me."

"Damn that girl!" Jacob mumble. James heard it with astonishment. All this temper is because of a girl? James could not believe it. This never happened before.

"Let's go to the meeting room," Jacob said. Urgh… It looks like no lunch for them. James thought to himself. They arrived at the meeting room. Jacob gets more and more pissed as the other shareholders appeared late. Well, technically they're not late. Jacob was just earlier than them.

Plus, the non-appearance of the 2nd biggest shareholder made his temper worse. That's not unusual. Even his father never met this shareholder once. This act makes Jacob feel disrespected.

To sum it up, Jacob's day started good and ended up with a catastrophe. Well, everyone's day ended up in a catastrophe.

Jacob went back to his own villa which is an hour away from the hospital. His Evergreen Villa is a combination of white and black interior. The addition of wood elements and plants gives it a relaxing atmosphere. He heads over his bathroom to take a shower.

After taking a quick shower he changed into a comfortable white shirt and pants. He went to his library adjacent to his room. As he sat down to his chair, he thought about what happened the whole day. Today he felt like he was not himself. Did he just felt jealous over a phone call to a girl he just met a couple of hours ago? Did he just fire a staff named Lance because he has the same name as the one who called the same girl? The whole day, a lot of scolding and shouting happened.

He laid his back at his chair as he brushed his hair with his fingers.

He took out some of the documents from his bag, opened the drawer to put them in when he noticed a brown envelop. He took it out from the drawer and try to remember what's in that envelop.

Ah.. this was the envelope his grandfather gave him 5 years ago. He was not able to open it because during that time he was busy preparing for his flight abroad.

He opened the envelop curious as to what is inside it. He unfolded the paper inside it. His eyes were wide in surprise.

His hands are trembling, he doesn't know what to do. Not even sure if what he read was real or it was just his grandfather playing a prank on him.

It' a marriage contract!