My fated damnation

CHAPTER 2

I don’t mean to brag but the name “Jayden Jose” is famous in the business world. The term “Renewable Energy” cannot be completed without J&J Groups being mentioned. Currently, I am the COO of J&J Groups of Company. We are more focused on Solar Energy and Hydropower. I graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with first-class honors in Electrical Engineering. Asides from that I have a degree too in Business Administration and to date, my parents wonder how I came about the second degree when I am just only 25. While studying at MIT I opted for an online course alongside it in Business Administration. It wasn’t an easy feet so I wouldn’t advise you on doing it because there can only be one Jayden Jose.

Throughout my years in college I was one you would generally term a nerd though I didn’t look like one. Not like I was intimidated or anything like that I just chose to be that way. I only had one person in my life then and that was Blake. Just so you know I am straight to you all and Blake has been my best friend since childhood. He understands me and I do the same with him so we just stuck together. Girls always flocked around me because I have got the face, the body, the brains and the money so who wouldn’t want me?

I have been on the Forbes magazine so many times as the richest eligible bachelor though some haters always say that I only came thus far because of my family’s wealth. I have tried to prove them wrong so many times by working tirelessly hard to raise the company and expand it more than it used to be. Ever since I joined the company our profit and expansion have increased by 45%. My dad seeing my achievement for the company thought it wise for him to step down and let me lead but most of the board members are against it on the basis that I am too young and inexperienced to lead the company.

I know that I exude intimidation, charisma, and intelligibility wherever I go and that’s why I am feared more by the employees and have gained much respect too. I try to keep a straight face so that people will take me seriously. I have learned one thing while growing up and that is when you show people that you are weak they thread on it and pull you down.

In a matter of 6 months, I have bagged more deals and carried out more projects than my dad would do in a year yet those greedy old men still think that I am too young and inexperienced to lead the company. I know that they are intimidated by my success and achievement so they don’t want to see me surpass them but I would always give them the benefit of the doubt.

Always being in the spotlight isn’t as great as people think it is. You will always have to be careful and act in very cautious ways so that you would not make mistakes. Any mistake is tagged as scandalous and will ruin either your reputation or the company’s. All my life I have threaded on cautious grounds not to make any mistakes and I think that’s how I turned out to be the cold and arrogant person that I am now.

Asides from my parents who have been a great support system are my best friend Blake. We started as diaper buddies and here we are now still together. He is just like the brother I never had and has been the only one that doesn’t judge my actions till this point. Between us both he is the more fun and outgoing one and most times girls have approached him just to get to me. All those times he knew damn well and yet he still played along to see if any of them will catch my fancy. Unfortunately for him and them, none of them did. At some point, people speculated that we were lovers in the guise of best friends, but I am so used to people's assumptions that it does not bother me anymore.

Despite my very busy schedule I still have time to get laid once in a while. That I am a very successful busy guy doesn’t mean I am a saint. I had my first s*x in my sophomore year of high school. It wasn’t something so memorable or precious because then I was trying to satisfy my teenage curiosity. I overheard my senior colleagues discussing s*x and how great it was, so I wanted to try it out and unfortunately, there wasn’t anything great about it unlike how I anticipated the outcome. Another thing I hated was how clingy the girl I did it with became. Just because we had it that one time she tagged herself as my girlfriend for that whole school year. It took a miracle for me to get that leech off of me. Ever since then, I have avoided any form of commitment or attachment with the opposite gender. So whenever I want to get laid I do it on my terms.

Unluckily for me, there is a psycho that has been on my case lately. She is a runway model with a killer body and looks but trust me her looks don’t match her personality. Just because we slept this one time she keeps parading herself as my girlfriend and warns any girl off that comes ten feet of me. At first, I found it hilarious but it is becoming more serious than I thought. She has resulted in stalking me both on social media and even physically. Her name is Ashley and I met her at a club.

I just closed up a deal with a newly finished hotel that wanted us to install a solar panel for them and I thought it wise to have fun with my bestie and celebrate the win in one of the clubs where we hang. I mean we needed to release the tension and the stress we went through while preparing for the bid, right? About five prominent companies were vying for the deal and the hotel was a very huge five-star hotel so you can imagine getting a solar panel that could power such a huge building was going to be a whole lot of money. So we worked tirelessly to get a proposal that they can never refuse.

After ordering my usual drink which is a martini with rum, I and Blake sat down at our usual position which is at the topmost of the club. From there you can have a full view of the club, so we were looking down at the young men and women that came to have fun when a beauty caught my eye. At first, I wasn’t interested but it seems like she kinda noticed that I fancied her so she came up to me.

“Look who we have here," she said twirling her hair with her fingers while acting all seductive

“I presume you know me", I said, trying to make small talk with her

“Who doesn’t know Jayden the most eligible bachelor in New York City," she said slyly

From the corner of my eyes, I could see Blake eyeing me and giving me the look “someone is gonna get some some" tonight. I overlooked him and continued with the beauty that was right in front of me.

“I think it’s unfair that you know me whereas I don’t know you,” I told her

“if that’s the case then I guess we can change that,” she said sitting too closely to me

The talk drifted from whom she was and what she does and as you can guess the rest was history. I took her back to the hotel room, we both got laid and hence that started the misery that I am in at the moment.

It's been 2 weeks since I met Ashley and ever since then I haven’t lived it down. She should be the worst mistake I have made in my entire life. I strolled into my office after having lunch and Blake was right behind me. I sat on my chair while Blake made himself very comfortable on my couch.

“What’s it with you and that Ashley girl anyways,” he asked me laying comfortably on my couch

“What Ashley?” I answered pretending not to know what he is talking about

“She posted on her IG page this morning that you will be soon off the market and that is arousing suspicions that you guys might be dating as she said”, he rambled off

“That girl is just a hungry attention-seeking b***h and I have nothing to say because all she is saying are all lies and you know it", I explained casually

“I know which is the truth and not, but people would think otherwise since you are keeping mute on the matter. Remember silence always means affirmation” he completed

“You are speaking as if I care what people say or think about me. I stopped caring a long time ago and Ashley is just chasing clouts. Once she gets tired she would stop" I said

“Could we stop talking about this Ashley girl for a second? There are much more important things that we could discuss other than her” I inputted

“Your secretary forwarded a mail from an Asian company to me. According to them, they are into supply of solar energy equipment and materials and they would love to be our supplier. I want to reply to the mail and tell them that we already have our suppliers and we are planning to go into the production itself but I still wanted to hear your opinion first before sending out the reply to them" he said in his business tone.

One good thing about Blake is he knows how to separate business from pleasure. He reads my body language and knows when to take me seriously

“Just forward the company details to me so that I can run a background check on them and know how efficient they are. You know we are about to go into production but we don’t have enough people with the skill and technical know-how. Even if we might not go into business with them we might as well recruit some of their staff" I replied him smirking

“Jay that’s so underhanded of you man" Blake stated

“That’s the more reason you should be mindful of the kind of people you employ in your organization. Always go for the very loyal ones, they would never disappoint”, I said

I was still talking with Blake when my office intercom interrupted me

“Hello sir, your dad is here to meet you" came the voice of Mia my secretary

“Alright send him in" I replied dropping the call

“I will be on my way then, I will catch up with you later,” Blake said standing up to leave.

Seconds after he left my dad strode in and peeps he wasn’t smiling at all

“Good afternoon Dad", I greeted him

“Good afternoon son, though there is nothing good about this afternoon” he replied to me grunty

“What is it dad, as far as I know, the company is in good shape and I haven’t made any mistakes so what’s with the disappointed face," I asked him

“Did you just say that you haven’t made any mistakes recently? Then what’s with the news about you and that model girl?” he asked me seriously

“Dad that news is fake. It’s just a deranged girl seeking attention probably because her modeling career ain’t selling well. So don’t sweat it too much Mr. Jose okay, I got this"

“That’s where you are wrong son. You haven’t got this at all. You haven’t even made an official statement denying the girl’s claim, so in what way have you got this"

“If you must know this is not going to blow over anytime soon and I think it might blow up to be a scandal if care is not taken. You very well know what scandals do to a company’s stock, right” he completed

“I get what you are saying Dad, but trust me it won’t get to that extent because I have everything under control” I assured him.

But looking at him I know he wasn’t satisfied with my reply and it looked as if he had something else to say but he is finding it hard to voice it out.

“Dad, is there anything else you want to tell me?” I asked him

Just as he was about to reply a call came in through the intercom again

“Okay Mia what is it this time around can’t you see I’m with my dad," I said immediately as I picked up the call

“I'm sorry sir, but I think you should check the internet,” she said fretting

I dropped the intercom and quickly went online. Behold there are pictures of me and Ashley all over the internet. It started with pictures of us talking together in the club, down to the hallways of the hotel room, and when we were entering the hotel room.

“s**t!” I couldn’t help but cuss

“What is it son?” my dad asked me perplexed

“It’s nothing Dad" I replied to him

I called Mia through the intercom asking her to connect me with the PR team and within minutes the call connected

“ Could you take down those damn pictures all over the internet? Contact every media company that has my pictures on their site and threaten to sue them if the pictures are still up in the next 20mins" I ordered

“What pictures are on the internet?” My dad asked me

He couldn’t wait for me to explain he immediately picked up his phone and went to the internet.

“Son, I thought you said you had everything under control. You can’t even control an ordinary w***e. You are only giving the members of the board more reasons to be against you can’t you see it" my dad shouted at me

“Dad now that you have said this I am beginning to think that this was all a setup. At the club, she was the one that approached me first and I didn’t think much about it” I told him my thoughts

“Who cares what you think and what is true? What they see is what they believe to be true. I think you sometimes forget the son of whom you are. You should be very discreet and cautious with your actions. If you had a wife, then all these wouldn’t be happening in the first place.” He seethed

“Come on Dad, what does having a wife have to do with this?” I asked him in disbelief

“It has everything to do with this, because if you had a wife at home then there won’t be any reason for you to be seen at such places with people like that gold digger that is out to get gullible people like you” he stated

“Really Dad, I haven’t got a girlfriend yet and here you are talking about a wife. See, you fail to understand that all girls are the same. They are the same gold-digging ladies out to get vulnerable and gullible men", I argued.

“No son you are getting it all wrong. There are decent girls out there and your mum is living proof of that” my dad said indirectly praising his wife. He never lets a chance of praising his wife slip by him

“Dad, you and I both know that good women ended with Mum's generation. All we have now are just walking s*x goddesses looking for whom to devour”

“Dad please can we talk about this when we get home? I have some important issues to deal with right now before more damages are done” I told him standing up.

“Dad please pardon my manners but you will have to see yourself out. I need to speak with the PR team and our lawyers” I told him politely before leaving.