Navigating Love and Legacy

Chapter 2

Changes

Chirping bird sounds and the clanging songs of metal pots hitting against each other woke Aayla up while she drowsily headed toward the direction of the sound; are you fully awake now? Nanna asked her with a smile, Aayla walked over to the tabletop and tried stopping her from any physical activity. You should be resting she said while taking the salad bowl from Nanna, I can fix my breakfast and take care of you just don’t do anything else her voice slightly raised with concern,

Alright Alright, I promise to sit around and have you pamper me Nanna smiled at her pulling her to the already made dining table. When did you do all of this? Aayla exclaimed with surprise at the tea filled with dishes, Sit down honey, you won't be eating with your eyes, would you? Aayla sat next to her Nanna and squeezed her hands reassuringly and they both smiled.

I’ll be getting another job soon so don't wait for me to get home before you eat, lay down when you feel tired, press 1 for a long time on your cell phone, and you'll reach me no matter what, take your supplement, and…. Aayla! Nanna hushed her quietly. I'm gonna be fine by myself and you don't need to get another job honey, I don't want you stressed there isn't much that chemo can do for me so just…. No!!! She yelled there is a whole lot and I'm gonna make sure that you get better so please don't say all of that.

Black fleets of luxury rides drove into the corporation and parked right in front of the entrance a man stepped out looking like he'd pass for the second lead of a romantic movie he is Liam the PA to the biggest conglomerate ceo in the whole country, he moved to open the back door of the car to let out the CEO… a tall and incredibly handsome man with shoulders broad enough to cry on, pitch dark hair, icy blue eyes that would have you lost in them, jawline as sharp as the edges of the black card in his wallet, who has a tiny dark mole underneath his eyes, with a face and body structure that seemed like God had spent all week creating him Trevor Williams stepped out of the car changing the aura of the environment as soon as he entered the company, he could pass for a celebrity as most female staffs idolised him in their and the males wished they were him.

He walked towards the escalator even though all eyes were on him his facial expression remained ever-motionless and stern

and that has always made him completely unapproachable, it's the second year since his succession and the company has been thriving exceptionally well that he ranked 1st in CEOS UNDER 30 in the world, Trevor had a series of accolades and awards to his name since taking over the company but today his mood was not good as some of their stocks plummeted due to some inside news and every staff knew what to expect when such news comes up, As the grasses suffer when two elephants fight so do the staffs of BW corporation do when the boss is in a bad mood. Liam shut the door behind his boss and some staff who had been staring at the boss gathered around him asking a series of questions but the one question Liam could answer was the current mood level of his boss. The staff had trained themselves to know how to react around Trevor as he was never one to smile he always had a stern look that made it difficult to tell if he was pleased with you or mad at you so they came up with a solution of making a code colour for his mood sky blue for when his mood is calm, yellow for when his mood is neutral and grey for when he is in a bad mood, all of the colour behavioural patterns they had experienced but the one mood anyone had not seen except Liam is the red colour code meaning Trevor is beyond livid and at times like this his Ocd reactions was over the roof making him less approachable and irritable.

The sudden wave that rocked the company was a result of his uncle Anthony’s interference.

Anthony Williams is the only brother of Trevor’s father and was now the 3rd largest shareholder since the transfer of shares by his brother to Trevor aiding him in taking over the company. Since the takeover, Uncle Anthony has been trying everything to take over the company from Trevor even though he had full control of two department shops and the hotel, he still wanted everything to himself as he has always been rather greedy than ambitious while growing up.

At the cafeteria

Some head of department staff are seated with Liam trying to find inside gossip regarding the power tussle and how their new boss would handle it. Do you think he can handle these new changes considering how he was just handed the company? said a Mr Richard who looked slightly over 50 even though he was just in his 40s. He is the HR and doesn’t like Trevor as he thinks Trevor is just a child that was handed a well-prepared table and as such he doubts his competence and is finding ways to be Mr Anthony Lackey.

Liam smiled half-heartedly asking everyone to patiently wait on Trevor’s decision and desist from spreading rumours as he already knew why some of them were there to talk to him. He felt a vibration, checked his phone, and saw just one word LIAM!! And he knew he was needed.

Hurriedly, excuse me he said while already walking away.

Back in Trevor’s office

A knock on the door and Liam let himself into the office.

Terminate the contract of my steward and find someone suitable as soon as possible he said without lifting his head from the pile of unsigned documents on his desk, knowing Trevor to be very irritable at times like this Liam still dared to ask for the reason for the sudden dismissal.

A reason you say? Trevor said with a deathly stare well

He replied regardless, my bath this morning was the wrong temperature, returning to his work like he hadn’t just cut off someone for such a flimsy reason.

He knew better than to oppose Trevor's decision, Alright sir I’d be on it Liam said as he left the office with the instruction to terminate her contract even though he felt sorry for her.