Darek Sinclair had not become a billionaire by chance, he had worked his way up starting from a simple small town farmer's son to now owner of a very successful tech company. His was a true rags to riches story as he had made his first earnings while in college, where his project was liked by a tech company and had signed a deal with him to sell them for a few hundred thousand dollars. He hadn't known that his project would become such a rage and would earn the company millions, so he decided to start one on his own. It wasn't all successful from the start as he failed many times and the first thousands he earned weren't going to last forever either, but he still persevered.

After years of perseverance and hard work, he reached to where he was now, and even now, he didn't take things casually. When it came to financial decisions, even in his company, he oversaw everything. He did not trust anyone after what had happened in the past and wasn't going to let anyone trample on his trust again

This morning, he was supposed to start his day by 10:00am meeting with a Ms. Amelia Woods from Johnson financial group, who had been requesting him for the past few months for arranging a meeting with him, and just for formality's sake, he had agreed to allot that time to them. But a sudden call from Becka to fetch Jared had messed up his schedule so he had to bring forward the meeting to 8:00am, but since he wasn't expecting Ms. Woods to be in office by that time,he thought he wouldn't need to meet up with her. But boy was he wrong, and when he met her outside the elevator, his heart stopped in its tracks. She had the most beautiful green eyes that was brought out more profoundly by her fiery red hair and had the perfect tan skin that made him wonder if it was natural or she had acquired that with a cosmetic tanning.

His thoughts on her befuddled him and he tried to maintain his composure by telling her that he did not have much time to spare, and gave her only thirty minutes for her presentation. She had mistaken him for his secretary and he couldn't help but chuckle at the thought. He was brought to the present when Ms. Woods said,"Mr. Sinclair, is something wrong? As you can see, I've drawn the detailed statistics of all the funds that are performing quite well now, and the returns are given to you for your referrence. Please let me know if you want to know more about them", she said and when he didn't reply much and simply continued to stare into the projected figures, she continued with her pitch.

Darek was amazed at how proficient she was in handling the presentation and was quite impressed with her work, but he was somehow not convinced at whether he should be investing in whatever she was trying to sell, so he interjected in between,"The statistics you have collected are all ranging from the past few months. What about before that?".

"I have them just right here",she said and skipped to the slide where she had compiled the past five years data and comparisons with other schemes. "Let me think about it and I'll get back to you",he simply said. "But my thirty minutes isn't over yet",she protested. He was amused at her behavior and replied,"I think I have gathered the whole gist of it. I must say you've done your home work well, I'm impressed, but right now, I can't rush into it. My secretary will let you know about my decision".

He offered his hand for a shake, which she took reluctantly and he felt amused at her apparent irritation of having cut the meeting short, but he had heard all he needed to, and now, he had to decide with a clear head, not with his mind on the fiesty little red head that stood before him. "Have a good day Ms. Woods ,it was a pleasure meeting you",he said and strode off leaving her standing there alone.

He knew he came off as rude, but something about her attracted him and he didn't want that attraction to interfere with his sound judgement when it came to his finances. He knew he had to separate his personal interests with his professional interest. He checked his time, it was still early to go to the airport so he typed in his ex-wife's familiar number and dialled her.

"Your son is making a mess out here and demands to see his father. If I weren't his mother, I would have wrung his neck by now",she grumbled as soon as she answered the call. "Give the phone to Jared",he simply said and Becka's voice on the other end called out for Jared,"Jared, your father wants to talk to you".

"Hello, daddy?",came the excited voice of his five year old son Jared,"When are you coming to take me away from here? I miss you daddy, I want to stay with you", he whined. Darek, who was listening to his son whining was about to instruct Joseph to drive to the airport, when he noticed from his peripheral vision, fiery red hair,walking into the cafe nearby. He returned his attention to his phone as he got out of the car, and consoled his son that he would be meeting him later today, and after much consoling, hung up the call, and headed to the cafe where Amelia had just gone in.

When he entered the cafe, he was surprised at himself for having followed her in and saw that she was talking to another tall,young guy who looked to be in his early thirties,much like Amelia's age, and he felt a pang of jealousy to see her with him. There was an older man, seemingly about in his fifties or sixties, judging by his appearance. She seemed to be friendly with both. They caught him looking at their direction and Amelia, realizing who it was, came to invite him for a cup of coffee, to which he obliged happily, though he still maintained the stoic appearance.