Seducing The Ice Queen

James Faye paced the length of the office while Samual sat back deep in thought. His dear grandmother was really smart. In spite of the threats and the emotional blackmail the old woman had refused to let disclose the owner of the shares other than the fact that she was only the holder of the power of attorney to vote on behalf of the owner. While his father was cursing Alice, he himself was very pleased. He had been pretty disappointed when his mother had not let him touch Alice. What man would not want to subdue a fierce piece like that? He had been no exception. But the blood relation had been a big obstacle in his way.. not that he would have been too concerned about that in the past.. 

While Samual was imagining doing all sorts of nasty things, James sat down in the chair with his mind running at a mile a minute. "Samual, even if we can't get the shares we can get mother to vote against Alice in the board meeting. She does have the power to vote. Most of the shareholders are already pissed off and would support us unconditionally. Recently Alice has been paying more attention to expanding the projects that she has introduced- the cafe's, resorts, etc. But Faye Group's primary business is departmental stores and supermarkets. 

If we can get consensus that Alice is more concerned about her own personal businesses then we can get a vote of confidence to throw her out." James Faye looked excited at his son as he pitched the idea. Though James had worked for Faye Group all his life, his biggest problem was his narrow thinking and lack of vision. All his life, he had depended on being his father's son doing only minimal work but expecting high returns. He would rather attend social gatherings and parties to 'make connections' than understand the basics of business management.. It was also the reason why Elder Faye had hesitated and kept the reins of Faye Group in his hands until the last moment. 

Samuel looked at his father and thought that it was no wonder his mother had let this close. He could be really dumb at times. Yes, Alice was expanding the other businesses but she had already merged them with the Faye Group thus increasing her own capital but also that of the company. This would naturally lead to more profits for Faye Group and in return for the money grubbing share holders. But he naturally did not tell that to his father because even if it did not mean getting Alice off the chair of the CEO it would create trouble for her which was what he wanted. And of course if didn't hurt that she was openly using the company's money to fund her boyfriend's band.

Samuel scoffed at the fact that Alice would fall for a beautiful man was like that. She was probably using him to make name for herself and because she could probably order him around.

As Samual gave this idea to his father, James Faye nodded and went about to get in touch with his people and get them to help.

While James Faye was busy with this, Samual Faye dialed a number that his assistant had recently found for him and waited for the call to connect.

In the other end of the city:

Heavy hip hop music with upbeat drums and instruments was playing in the recording studio where a young man of about eighteen stood before the microphone and sang. He was recording a song for his debut album but was so nervous that he kept making mistakes, much tot he frustration of the vocal trainer and the producer. They had been working with the guy for two years and knew he had no talent. Yet he was the cousin of the CEO of their agency so they had no option but to continue. They had even been toying with the idea to get a ghost singer for the guy.

They had finally reported to the CEO they were ready to record the final song but see in the quality of the guy's performance today which was even worse than usual they dare not turn their heads. Just then, the crooning sound from inside stopped and they almost felt their ears wilt in relief under the headphones. They waited for the CEO to give his comments until finally the man leaned forward and pushed the button to speak, "Bennett! You will practice here until you get it right. With the current quality of your voice no one would even give you alms if you beg forget buying your music!" After saying this scathing sentence, the man left the recording room leaving behind a dejected Bennett.

He looked at the other two people with a sad face and inquired into the microphone, "Was I really that bad?"

The two people wanted to comfort him but knew that they could not lie. Thus they nodded their heads and the vocal artist even said, "Bennett, even K has said that you need to work hard. They want to see their juniors get off to a good start."

Bennett heard that the idol he looked up to had also said such encouraging words and was immediately cheered up and said," I will practice well!"

Actually Bennett was a fabulous dancer and his instrumental music was something that could sway the hardest of hearts but the man had no voice control. However, the CEO had been intent on launching a group with Bennett and thus the man was being forced to sing well. On good days, he did well but on bad days.. he was really bad. They could only pity the boy.

The CEO who walked out of the studio, walked into his own office on the top floor of the building and kicked the table in frustration! He wanted Bennett to surpass K and his group SKY! But that boy was too weak! This person who at present looked like an angry fox was the current CEO of BP Entertainment- Lucas Ivy. A young man in his early thirties, his eyes were cold grey while his figure was muscled and tall that made him look more like a wrestler than a businessman. His biggest dream was to create a band that could surpass SKY. He had been so near his dream but then that Alice Faye had interfered and now he had no choice but to push Bennett to do better!

Just as he was about to create more ruckus in his office, his assistant knocked on the door. "Sir, we have been contacted by a person named Samual Faye. He is the Chairman of "Sammy's" that chain of fast food restaurants. He says he has something that might interest you.."

Lucas Ivy frowned at this and wondered what it was about but then the man's name caught his attention and he ordered the assistant to accept the call. Samual Faye...His biggest enemy at present was named Alice Faye...Well Well.. It seems his arch enemy's friend had an arch enemy as well."

As the phone connected, Lucas gestured for the assistant to answer the call on speaker phone. Once connected Samual Faye's voice echoed in the room,"Mr. Lucas, My name is Samaul Faye and bu now you must have guessed my reason for contacting you. You want to bring down someone and I would like to help you with that. Would you be interested?"

A smirk graced the face of Lucas Ivy. He liked people who cut to the chase. "And how do you propose to do that, Mr. Faye?"

"I have some dirt on SKY."

This caused Lucas Ivy to let out a roar of laughter as he said,"If you had said you have dirt on me I would have believed you but those boys are so squeaky clean.." After all he had been trying to find something to suppress them from the beginning.

But Samual simply smirked and answered," Sometimes there are things just under our noses that we miss out on. Mr. Ivy, you want to suppress SKY and I want to suppress Alice Faye. And since the two of them are holding each other up, we should also join hands, don't you think so? If you are interested in knowing more, we can meet up tonight at the Black Wave Club. Room no. 1450."

As the call was hung up, the assistant looked up at Lucas Ivy and asked tentatively,"Sir, are you planning to go to the club?"

"Of course I am."

"But Sir, it could be a trap. K has become even more smarter and cautious after the accident. What if he is planning to trap you and get rid of you?"

This time the laughter that echoed in the office was even more sinister as the man finally said, " K wouldn't do that. It is not his style to attack from the back. That is for people like me..."