Amelia reached home and went to her room to freshen up. After she was done, she went to the kitchen to check for whatever her mom had cooked for dinner. "Mom, have you guys had dinner yet?",she called out but there was no response. Finding it strange that both her parents weren't around, she dialled her mom's number and called her. She didn't answer the call, so she dialled her dad's phone, and after the fourth ring, he answered,"Melia, you home already?".

"Dad, I'm home but where are you guys? And mom isn't answering her call either, is she with you?",she said,wondering where would they have gone at this hour. "Mia, your dad and I are here at the Jones' place. We've already had our dinner here, you fix up something for yourself. We'll be home soon",she said and before Amelia could say anything, she had hung up the call.

Strange, she thought, but didn't bother thinking much into it. Since her mom had not prepared anything for dinner, she decided on cooking the easiest thing to cook, ramen. She boiled the water and added in chopped vegetables and leftover chicken, before she added the noodles. Then when it was almost cooked, she added the seasonings and seaweed. "Smells yum",she said to herself and sat down to have her ramen dinner, while browsing through her insta feed.

At around 10:00pm, she heard her parents' voices downstairs and couldn't help but over hear her mom say,"The Jones' youngest daughter is also getting married. She is even younger to our Mia by five years. Imagine that. Oh Kyle, I just hope our daughter finds someone to settle down soon or she'll forever end up a spinster".

"And what's wrong with that? Its better than ending up like Noelle, divorced and living with her parents with her three daughters", her dad added. Amelia wished she could go down and high five her dad but thought that it was wisest if she just pretended to be asleep. She knew that her parents, were worried about her but she just couldn't make them understand not to worry too much for her marriage, especially her mom, who seemed to make it a priority to link others getting married to her own bleak marriageless future.

"I just worry for my poor daughter. I don't want people to think that no one wants to marry my daughter, when its she who has been friendzoning all the guys who approach her",her mom sighed and Amelia wished she could tell her mom to stop worrying and take care of her blood pressure. She tried to maintain her composure and concentrate on her preparation for the next day, but somehow, she felt distracted after hearing her parents' discussion. So, instead, she left her phone on the table and slept off.

The alarm ringing in her phone woke her up, and she checked the time which read 6:00am. Grudgingly, she woke up and went to the washroom to freshen up before heading down for breakfast. "Good morning Mia",her mom chirpped happily and Amelia knew from her tone that she would start nagging her to find someone to settle down.

"Before you start mom, I heard what you guys were discussing last night and dad is right. What if I get settle down and find out that we aren't right for each other and end up divorcing? Not everyone is as lucky as the two of you",she tried to coax her into avoiding the marriage topic, but it ended futile when her mom replied,"But what if, it really works out and you end in the happiest marriage?"

"Mom, we've talked about this. I'll get married when I'll get married, and if I don't, then I still won't be a burden to you", she said helplessly. "Its not about money Mia. Its about the companionship, the partner for life who'll be with you in sickness and in health", she retorted. Amelia knew there was no way she was going to win an argument with her mom on this, and helplessly tried to divert the topic by asking about her dad.

"Where is dad? I haven't seen him this morning.", she asked her mom. "He has gone to the Jones' place, to help them with whatever help he can give. I'm only waiting for the day when I'll be flaunting my own daughter's wedding. But apparently, that daughter doesn't want to see her mom as a mother-of -the bride",she complained, much to Amelia's dismay. She had hoped to divert the attention but had come back to the same dreaded topic again, so she decided to make her escape.

"Mom,I need to leave for office early today, so I'll head out in a bit",she said and quickly dashed off to her room, with her mom's voice trailing behind her,"Have your breakfast first Mia". She did not want to listen to more of her naggings, so she decided to take her sweet time getting ready and drove off to William's coffee shop, which she knew would be open by 8:00am. She still had an hour to kill, so she headed to her office, and transferred the files required for today's meeting with Darek Sinclair, and googled for any information she could get about him online.

There was not much information available on him, and her instagram search landed her on a dozen David Sinclairs, so not bothering to check out each profile, she posted her selfie on instagram, with a cheesy line, "Waiting for Mr. Right be like...". As soon as she posted it, her pic garnered a few likes from her friends and a comment from Sky, "Early bird catches the worm",with a wink emoji.

She liked his comment, not wanting to further continue the commenting there. Checking the time, she went to the cafe for having breakfast but just as she was about to go, she received a call from an unknown number in her official number.

She answered the call and the voice on the other end said,"Good morning Ms. Woods. I'm Joseph Collins, Mr. Sinclair's secretary. I'm sorry to disturb you at this hour, but would you be able to meet us at this hour? I know its last minute, but Mr. Sinclair needs to go on a business trip today and won't be able to meet at the appointed time",he said, so before he cancelled the meeting, she replied,"It so happens that I'm at my office now. Should I come and meet you somewhere?".

"Give us a few minutes, we'll be there shortly",he said and hung up the call. "Arrogant much?",she thought to herself and quickly gathered all the files with related data, and prepared for the impending meeting.

After five minutes or so, her phone rang again, and she went down to the entrance to invite Mr. Darek Sinclair and his secretary to the conference hall, which was just a small boardroom, but had all the necessary amenities to deliver her presentation. "Hello",she said as she strode towards the elevator to go meet them, when the voice on the other end replied,"I'm here, forgo the formalities you don't have to come down to the entrance. Where is your office in?".

Nice,she thought to herself, stepped out of the elevator amd told him the floor number her office was on, and waited outside the only two elevators in the building. A ding sound indicated the arrival of her client, and she looked up to the most handsome face she had ever seen in her whole life. "Are you Ms. Woods?",he asked and she awoke from her daze and nodded a quick "yes", and led him to the conference hall,cursing herself for losing her composure,even for a brief moment,at such an important meeting.

"Mr.Collins?",she asked,not sure whether he was the Mr. Sinclair or his secretary Mr. Collins. "He's waiting in my car",came his short reply. "I'm sorry, Mr. Sinclair, I had only talked to your secretary before this so I thought it was him I would be meeting as well", she quickly replied to hide her embarrassment.

"When it comes to important matters, I deal with them personally", he said and she could only feel more stressed worrying if he would not like what she had to present. "Of course, matters of the heart and matters of money are better left for the owner to decide",she said and only after she said that aloud, did she want to kick herself. "Matters of the heart? Really Amelia? Are you that close?",her mind began ridiculing herself.

They reached the conference room and Amelia turned on the projector, when he checked his watch and said,"You have exactly thirty minutes to impress me with your figures". Amelia thought he was absurd, but that's just how the rich functioned, and getting thirty minutes was more than enough for her, so she nodded and started with her presentation, not knowing that his mind was focussed on her the whole time, and not on her presentation.