The News
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It was another busy day at Catriona, when a man walked in.
"Can I help you sir?" a girl approached him.
"Is Aubrey here?"
"Yes, she's in her office"
"I want to meet her"
"I'm sorry, but who are you?"
"Thomas Ambrose"
A few minutes later, Aubrey approaches him with a big smile and he gives her a kiss on cheeks.
"Is it too soon to get another suit?"
He chuckled "I don't need a suit, I need a dress"
"Oh, who's this lucky girl?"
"It's not like what you think. She's my boss's niece and she's twelve"
"Okay. What kind of dress?"
"I don't know. My boss asked me to buy a dress for his niece for her birthday and that's it. Oh, yeah here is her size and she loves green"
"Okay, I'll show you the collection, follow me"
She showed him some dresses.
"So, which one?" he asked.
"Shouldn't I be the one asking?" she said.
"Hold on"
He takes his phone and dials his boss.
"Which one?"
"Which one, what?"
"The dress"
"Anything green" the boss said.
"Anything green" he told her.
She took a few green dresses.
"Which green?" he asked his boss.
"All"
"What?"
"I said all!"
"All" he said to her.
"Are you sure?" she said.
"Just do it"
A few minutes later.
"All's done. Do you need anything else?"
"One thing" he smirked. "Your smile"
She rolled her eyes. He left with shopping bags in both of his hands. After he left she came back to her office, but once inside she saw someone sitting on her desk.
"What are you doing here?" she asked.
He turned around.
"Checking on you" he said.
The man in front of him shared the same hair and eye color as her.
"Why? What's the matter now?" she asked bitterly.
"Listen" he gets up and walks towards her. "As a brother, I just want to check on you"
"As you see, I'm perfectly fine"
"I know, but I need to warn you about him" he stands in front of her.
"Who?"
"You should stop being friends with enemies"
"Which enemies?"
"Thomas Ambrose"
"He's my friend"
"He would kill you if he knows who you are"
"I am not Aubrey Vincent-Acker here, I am Aubrey Catriona. And he's your enemies not mine" she opens the door. "Now, left"
"He works for Randerson"
"I. Don't. Care. He's my customer"
"Don't tell me I didn't warn you" he said while leaving her office.
"Never" she said as she slams the door.
The man got into his car and dialed someone.
"Leo" the man on the other side says.
"Grandpa"
"You've talked to her?"
"Yes, but she didn't listen"
"Did you told her about this?"
"No"
"How about grandma?"
"She's fine, she's freaking mad, but she'll be fine"
"What if she comes home and learns about everything?"
"No one will tell her anything, your father will make sure of it"
"Grandpa, I need to tell you something"
"What is that?"
"Thomas Ambrose knows her and I think they are friends"
"Oh, no"
At night, when she arrives at her apartment. After cleaning herself, she turned on the tv and watched late night news.
"According to several sources, the Vincents company has chosen its new successor, she is the second child of Josephine Vincent, Leonor Vincent-Acker who will be the heiress of Vincent company after Edmund Vincent. This is quite surprising because Leonor is very rarely discussed and almost never even appears in the media. This is in contrast to her older brother, Leonardo who is expected to be the future CEO of Vincent company"
"You gotta be kidding me" she mumbled.
The next morning, she walk with full rage into the Vincent company.
"Can I help you?"
"Is Edmund Vincent here?"
"Mr. Vincent is having a meeting, did you have a reservation?"
She left the receptionist table and walked to the elevator. She open the door.
"I'm sorry mr. Vincent I tried to telling her..."
"I need to talk" Aubrey cut her.
"Gentleman, thank you for coming, if anything is unclear you can contact my secretary"
The men leave the room with the receptionist as she closes the door behind.
"Josephine, can you come to my office" he said.
"I...."
"Before you get mad, I want to apologize. It's all just a misunderstanding"
Suddenly, the door opened.
"Papa, you called me? Aubrey, what are you doing here?" Josephine asked.
"I'm the one who should ask you all. What the hell is happened?"
"Sit down, please" Edmund said.
She sat down next to her mom.
"Mom, I know you turned down the position, but giving it to me isn't the answer and without telling me or even discussed with me. Leo is willing to accept the position, happily" she said.
"It's a misunderstanding" her mother said.
"What a misunderstanding, they talk about it on the news and you didn't tell me anything"
"They...she heard the wrong name" Edmund said.
"How could they hear the wrong name? I had a completely different name from him, and no one told me anything. I don't know how I am supposed to react about this"
"It's a misunderstanding, sweetheart. We meant Leonardo"
"How could Leonardo become Leonor? They even forget the last letter"
"I was talking with your grandma when the paparazzi were around and when I said Leonora the heir they thought I mean you will be the heir, they cut the last words I said" Josephine said.
"What the..... That's the most silly things that could happened. And the f**k are they....I don't know if they could be that dumb" she sighs. "That's why Leo came to my office yesterday and why his men are following me"
"It's because your grandma" Edmund said.
"Oh my goodness"
"We're sorting it out, new news will be published ASAP" Edmund said.
She rest her head on the wall.
"Can you publish it right now? You are so powerful, you can start a press conference anytime you want" she said.
"We will do it tomorrow" Josephine said.
"Tomorrow? Really?"
"We can't do it today, sweetheart. There's a lot of meetings today"
"Just for 5 minutes!"
"We can't"
"Mom!"
"Aubrey, that's enough! You always ignore this family because you hate all the spotlight. I understand you don't like all that, but this is too much. You have to wait until we had time or wait until next week. End of discussion" she gets up and about to leave, before she turns around "And don't beg to your grandma about any of this, she had enough" she slams the door.
She turned to her grandpa.
"We'll do it ASAP" he said.
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