C4 The Argument

Hours Later and they were still on the talk.

“Alright then, Let me go to the main point.” Lucas stated. “You've been given the fortune of the Alejandro's BB Company.”

“Oh Lord! Did he pass away?” Sapphire asked as her eyes almost started draining holes.

“No Miss teacher! Sorry to tell you this, but he is not dead! My grandpa is still agile and strong, got it?!” Jade warned as Lucas pinched Jade by the side again, but he flinched.

“Ummm, no. That's not it. He just included you in his will--” Lucas continued, but Jade interrupted his words again with anger and deceit in his eyes.

“In other words you are getting his entire fortune.”

Thinking about it was unbelievable. Especially with the crappy guy that had a blabbed mouth. It's no doubt, but Sapphire already hated him. She tried to think about the proposal, but it wasn't making sense.

“Umm, I think you've got the wrong person.” She muttered.

Hearing this brought a happy look on Jade's face. “You mean you're not the girl in his will?”

“Well, I'm Sapphire Blac, but the person on the list might be another Sapphire Blac.” She explained.

Lucas checked his file-bag and brought out a document. He went through the will to confirm.

“Well, I don't think so. The person on the will is you, Miss Blac. If the person that's mentioned in this document isn't you, then you're definitely the one we're looking for.” He handed the file over to her.

Going through the documents, Sapphire's eyes went widened in amazement. On the paper was her name, address, phone number, email address, parents name, date of birth and in fact, place of birth. Every single detail about Sapphire were clearly stated in it.

“Oh, this is me.” She stuttered at her passport, pinned to the top-left of the file.

Watching her admit that she's the one brought a deeper scar to Jade's face. He looked at her and muttered 'liar' in his mind.

"The chairman would like you to inherit some shares if you meet with some conditions. Of course, this won't take effect until Mr. Alejandro passes away." Lucas continued.

“Some shares?!” Jade turned to Lucas. “How can you say some shares?! Do you even know what the price of BB Company stocks are, right now?!” He fired. Lucas tried to calm him down but, he continued.

"This is what I'm saying, she's gotten herself in a nice little fortune. It's not ordinary, Lucas! And please, stop calming me down because I won't calm down! This tiny little bitch can seduce a man properly. It's obvious that she must have seduced the chairman and now, she has tons of money handed to her! Are you happy now, Miss talented teacher?! You must be good at what you do, right?”

“Yeah, right!” She replied to him, accepting all his accusations. “If this is really true, but it looks like I've become a billionaire overnight. So, can you do me a huge favour?”

“Wow! She's even asking me for favours!" Jade hissed and rested his back to the chair to take a clearer view of her. "You're even more shameless than that I'd imagined. You're an annoying little bit--”

Sapphire looked straight into his eyes and stopped him from blabbing.

“Can you shut up your mouth already?!” She warned with so much seriousness in her voice.

Jade just swallowed. No one has ever had the courage to tell him that. Let alone look straight into his eyes and command him with such boldness. Let alone a woman? An ordinary elementary school teacher?! He just stared at her in amazement. Trying to understand it all.

Although, Lucas tried not to laugh, he just looked away and adjusted his tie while Jade watched her with so much anger burning in his heart. He so felt like tearing her apart that very minute.

'Ugh! So annoying!' He hissed mentally, as he watched her think.

After a couple of seconds, she stood up and faced them.

“What?! ... Are you playing, dumb? After all the explanations we gave!" Jade asked.

Sapphire looked at him with anger boiling in her. She hated this Jade guy so much! Every word out of his garbage mouth was so annoying! She thought as she frowned at him. He frowned back, too.

“As we mentioned before, I'm a legal consultant for BB Company." Lucas explained as he intervened.

“If you're trying to scam me, then do it properly! How did you know my email address? My passwords? My date of birth! Place of birth and even my parent's name?! This doesn't sound normal to me at all, there's no way you're a real attorney! But if you were, you can't just use other people's personal information as you please!” Sapphire cried once more. Making them see reasons with her.

Lucas looked at her confusedly, it seems she doesn't know anything about the will or who his grandfather is but how is that possible?

“Don't worry, I won't shout anymore! Since you now scam people in person, I know who to call!” Sapphire took her phone and dialed a number.

“What are you doing?” Jade asked.

“Calling the cops!” She replied him, but it seems they weren't picking. She dialed the number again, but Jade snatched her phone from her trembling hands.

“What? Are you going to steal my phone too?!” She cried at him.

“Are you going to finish all this off by getting on the news too? Why? Are you scared? Are you scared that I'd post your unprofessional scamming skills on social media?!” She hissed and grabbed her phone back.

“Oh... Please. Don't misunderstand us, Miss Blac.” Lucas pleaded and handed her his Identification card. "If you must know, the chairman was the one who provided us with your information."

“But how does he even know me?”

"That's what I'd like to know!" Jade butted in. "I have no interest in how you seduced my grandpa, but I'm very curious to see what kind of trouble you'll cause next!”

“You know what? That isn't the opposite to what I feel. I'm really curious to find out how I seduced this Chairman of yours. But I have a good idea of what will happen next!” She smirked.

“What do you mean by that?!” He frowned.

“I thought this was luck for you but no! You're not even appreciative! I must say, people like you are the worst!!” he spat at her face like a piece of shit.

“I feel the exact same way, Mister! People like you absolutely sicken me! How can you come to my work place and start calling me names because of one stupid will of some random chairman I don't even know about?!” She moved closer to him a bit...

“It seems you have trusting issues. The people surrounding you don't like you very much right?” she raised an eyebrow at him as she asked the question while Jade's angry eyes widened with more fire.

Lucas nodded to the truth in her words.

Jade was already tired of arguing with her. He faced the table like a bored student, being lectured by his mathematics teacher. Lucas in the other hand was trying to make her understand.

"I don't think you guys understand what I'm saying!" She whined. "I have no relationship to BB Company whatsoever, and I don't need any shares! I don't know this Mr. Stephen Alejandro either! I don't need his money or his charity. Furthermore, I'm satisfied with the kind of life I live... Can't you understand me?"

"It's too late to wiggle out of this now Miss teacher, you said that you knew him just now so why are you pretending?!" Jade fired up while his friend touch his arm to calm him down.

I'm, I think you did acknowledge that you know him ma'am. Lucas explained.

"Don't you know who the President of the United States is? You must have heard of Bill Gates, have you met these people? I know other prominent people in the world, but I don't expect them to know me in return."

"Then... You've never met him in person?" Lucas asked.

"Who? The President of the United States or Bill Gates? I haven't met these people personal, I've only seen them on television of course! You must have also seen them on television too! The chairman of BB Company is also on television and the radio sometimes, right? I'm not even a business person, so I'm not interested in your company! Why don't you believe me? I'm telling you, I don't know him!" She cleared.

"Alright then, sit down let's continue our conversation." Lucas smiled understandingly.

Both Jade and Sapphire were pissed, but they just had to seat.

"Um, this is definitely not a mistake of any kind." Lucas expantiated... All of these brings nothing but pains and headache to Sapphire. She just grabbed a handful of her silky hair out if frustration.

"If you must meet with these requirements, you will be the owner of these documents!"

"You know, those 'requirements' have been bothering me for a while. What are they?" She clutched her face and begged.

"Umm, well... Umm. They're umm, fortune..." Lucas tried to explain, but he couldn't find the words to use.

"Is it hard for you to tell me what the condition is?" She asked Jade that turned away anxiously. It was as if he had Gale hissed somewhere on his mouth. He couldn't swallow it yet, he couldn't spit it out.

"The condition is... You must get married in order to inherit it." Lucas said clearly.

"W...what? What did you say?" She asked quirking an eyebrow.

"If you get married to someone of the Chairman's choosing, you will inherit his fortune. Of course the details of the proceeding will--"

"Wait, whoa! Hold up!" Sapphire closed her eyes and took in deep breaths. "So, this is kinda contract is a marriage stuff? I've only read of this in books and probably movies! For goodness' sake, I'm not even related to this chairman of yours so why am I involved?! Perhaps, who does he wants me to marry?" She asked, interested.

"Well, umm, the man that Mr. Alejandro has chosen is Mr. Jade Alejandro. If you're against that, however, the next person would be Ace Da--" Jade immediately stopped Lucas from talking any further.

"What? Just stop it already, could you?!" Sapphire exclamations abruptly.

She huffed in disbelief. She tried to control her deep breaths once more. It was getting unbearable for her.

"OMG!" She turned to Jade and read the expression on his face.

"Wait! Are you that... Mr. Jade Alejandro by chance?" He raised his gaze at her, still fuming by her reactions.

"Wow! What a nightmare?!" Sapphire rolled her eyes at him.

"Same here, bitch!" He hissed at her and turned to the attorney. "Alright, what do we do now?"

"Mr. Jade Alejandro is the eldest grandson of Mr. Stephen Alejandro and the most closely related to him." Lucas tried to make Sapphire see why Jade is a cool guy to be with. "He is the CEO of Blue Bird Hotel for now, so... He's very capable. If he marries you--"

"Stop spouting nonsense!" The both of them stopped him at once.

"No way... Not now, not ever! Ugh!" She let out a soft sigh.

Jade turned to her... "What was it with that sigh just now?"

"It was a sigh of relief. At least we've agreed on something important. I don't have the slightest intention of marrying you!"

"What do you mean?" He asked her.

"What do you mean by what do I mean?" She replied as they share awkward glances towards each other.

"What are you planning to do?! That's what I'm asking, obviously! You should have taken care of the marriage business when you seduced grandpa!" He blurted out, hitting the table the way he used to do in his office.

Watching him do this made Sapphire terrible.

"By chance, do you have any learning disability?"

"W...what?" Jade stammered to her question, dumbfounded while Lucas covered his nose.

He couldn't help but to chuckle at her words and actions. For some reasons, he thinks Sapphire is the perfect girl for him.

"How many times do I have to tell you? I don't know your grandpa! Why would you accuse me of something I didn't do?!"

***

It had been a long day. And the clock just stuck 5:00 p.m. Jade and Lucas had to take their leave because it was already getting late. Their faces weren't friendly at all, especially the look on Jade's face. It looks as if he later swallowed the Gale in his mouth. He felt so offended by the visit.

"I really think that she don't know anything about this." Lucas explained as they walked out if the school premises.

"You're not falling for her too, are you? Don't tell me that you believe all what she said." Jade muttered with a suspicious look at his friend.

"Well, I don't know if I actually believe her completely or not. But judging from what she's saying to how she acts... It seems she really doesn't know." Lucas explained.

Getting to the car, Jade turned to his friend. "If you're trying to scam me, then do it properly! It's always the scammers that seem more believable!.... Like seriously, scammers!" Jade broke into laughter. Lucas laughed out loud as well.

"Scammers? No way! Judging from my experience, that teacher didn't really know what's going on."

Jade wore an annoying smirk at his friend's words.

"That's why you're a lawyer and not a judge..." He hissed at him and got into the car. Lucas couldn't help but to laugh even more.

"Hey, wait up man! Why are you so pissed?" They got into the car and zoomed off.

Tired of what just happened, Sapphire went into the staff room to rest a bit before going home. On the table she saw a newspaper and decided to check on it. At the cover page, she saw the charming photograph of her very cute Gabby. As she read the front lines 'Gabriel Anderson, the Rising Star!'

A bright smile immediately lightens her face as she started reading the article.