THE LIE: DECEPTION TO THE CEO

Hanging up the call, Christopher stared at his cell phone for a few seconds and smiled. Then, he placed it on the bedside table next to the bed and went to sleep.

Again, the next day he asked again for the bouquet of red roses and the box of chocolates, this was obviously returned, because Amber was not in the City, he also received a call from the owner of the flower shop.

-Mr. Christopher, Miss Amber is on a trip and they don’t know when she will be back, if she returns, according to the information given by her secretary.

-Thank you! -replied the astonished and dumbfounded, without finding any explanation to this, hanging up the call.

Definitely, this news fell like a bucket of cold water, it was the least he had imagined that she had left Santiago. Arriving at his office, he ordered his assistant to investigate all the phone numbers where he could reach her.

-Elian! Find me the phone number of Attorney Amber Tovar Marin, her office, her apartment, as well as that of her mother, Sabrina Marin.

-Yes, Christopher, I already do it! And look, the planning, logistics and control team that you summoned three days ago is waiting for you in the boardroom.

-Yes, that’s right! -He exclaimed, remembering this, “I’m coming! In the meantime, you will be in charge of finding and getting me the phone numbers I asked for,” he requested.

-Perfect! Remember that now, in the afternoon we have the appointment with the Ambassador of Saint Lucia. He asked me to be punctual,” he assured me.

-What time is that? I didn’t remember. I have two days lost with my agenda -commented Christopher, hesitant and disconsolate with the news that the owner of the flower shop gave him.

He, reflected that since he had been with Amber, he had not had a head for anything else, he had only been remembering what he experienced that night. She was insatiable and exhausted him completely, that’s why she was late in the bathroom, allowing him to escape without saying goodbye.

-They only work until three in the afternoon,” he said, remembering the information.

-Okay, please, Elian! Make a reminder on my iPhone for fifteen minutes before the hour,” he ordered, handing him his cell phone to program it.

Elian took his boss’s iPhone in his hands and programmed it at once, running after him to give it back to him so he could quickly do what he asked him to do.

-Thank you! Now, go get what I asked for,” he ordered again, as he opened the door to enter the meeting room, greeting his staff.

In this way, Elian, using his contacts in the right places, got the numbers his boss demanded.

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That same morning, Amber, accompanied by Dylan, arrived at the offices of Constructora Lugo, where his lawyers’ office is located. He introduced her to the two lawyers, Heli Mayor and Piero Martucci, who were not very satisfied with this incorporation.

She, like any self-confident professional, greeted them cordially, without being intimidated by them. Dylan immediately began citing the cases and asking about the status of each of them.

-Hey! Hey! If we had known you were coming, chief, we would have prepared a brief report with details, this one! To give you an account of each case,” Heli said in a trembling voice, looking at Dylan nervously and Amber with suspicion and distrust.

-That’s true CEO, if we had known you were coming, we would have even prepared a presentation to illustrate more clearly the status of each case,” added Piero.

“Although I can assure you that they are all on the right track,” assured Piero Martucci, as nervous as Heli Mayor.

-I don’t want those answers,” Dylan shouted, “I WANT RESULTS! -He growled, at the slowness and calmness in their way of speaking and acting. To him, they were charlatans.

“To strengthen the defense and protection of my interests and my rights, I have hired the best lawyer in Santiago de Leon.

“I believe without fear of being mistaken, she is the best in the country, Miss Amber Tovar, she will work with you and she will be the one to whom you will render account of all my affairs.

The two looked at each other with anger and disgust, putting her above them, who were lawyers with years of experience. For them, logic dictated that they would only be accountable to the owner and not to an apprentice. Strongly disagreeing with this, they got up from their chairs and demanded to speak with him, but alone.

Amber without needing Dylan to ask him to leave him alone with them, got up from her chair. At which, he begged her to stay seated, because what they had to tell him, she could perfectly well hear.

As she sat back down, she sensed a cold and hostile atmosphere, with sincere feelings of anger and disgust on the part of the two professionals. As she did not know for sure the situation she was going to face until she had made the pertinent investigations, she preferred to remain silent.

-Tell me what you have to say,” Dylan expressed with courage, looking at both, inviting them with his gesture and look.

-Boss, this seemed to us a dirty and treacherous move on your part, because if you didn’t trust us, you only had to fire us, why this confrontation? -Heli questioned, taking the floor for both of us, “We have always given you results.

-This is true, I agree with what Heli said,” replied Piero -with an icy voice and look, which did not intimidate Dylan at all.

-Who said that I can’t supervise them, control them, or in any case, ask for an accounting of the work they do for me, at any time? Who imposed that rule? When and where? -Dylan consulted angrily with them.

“The idea of hiring the lawyer, was never to fire you, but simply, so that you have another support, another way of perceiving and resolving matters, totally different from how it is done here, which is at a snail’s pace.

-Yes, but he has put the newly arrived lawyer above us,” said Heli, who did not hide his anger at this decision.

-Who is the owner of the company? -Dylan asked, looking challengingly at Heli.

-You are the CEO. I know that, but my seniority also gives me rights,” he replied.

-What rights? -He asked, intrigued and disgusted, because they are supposed to be the ones who know the law…