Phoenix Reborn - Episode 15

Building And Destroying Bridges

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"It's been a pleasure doing business with the both of you," she says smiling. She'd just completed two transactions set to make her billions of dollars each year. Now that she single handedly controlled the oil belt, she would be giving the Saudi's a run for their money in the energy field.
That book on the six unstoppable trends of wealth creation was really paying off. Now all that was left is getting into three trends, one of which she'd been trying to avoid for quite some time now as it would force her back into a past she'd left behind, for a while at least.
"Congratulations to you . You are now probably the single most powerful and influential person in the continent, among the top in the world. You are basically royalty. So what now?"
"Oh... Keep buying, selling stuff here and there. Keep growing."
"You haven't had enough?"
"Not even close. Since when has money ever been enough for anyone?"
"You are really living up to your reputation...as the modern day Cleopatra."
"What can I say? It's just who I am. Unfortunately I've got to leave now, I've got a very important flight to catch."
"More revolutionary business?" Micheal asks smiling.
"No. My brother-in-law's funeral," she responds and smiles at his frown.
"You're not married," he says matter of factly.
"Yes

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. The world would have chewed that up. Yet even I haven't heard of it," the former CEO of Globex chips in.
"I like to keep my private life private," she says and laughs, "we all do. Now if you'll excuse me gentlemen, have a pleasant day."
She gets up and leaves. Micheal follows her and catches up with her in the lobby.
"Hey, I only sold you my company because I believed we'd end up together. You played me," he tells her fuming.
"Excuse me?!" She asks taken aback.
"Don't play dumb. I always told you I love you."
"And I always told you I wasn't interested."
"I thought you were just playing hard to get."
"That's on you Mr. Abayomi, not me. Besides, hasn't anyone every told you not to mix your personal and professional life?" She says, a smile creeping onto her face.
"You women are wicked. You don't know me so take my word for it, this is not over."
"Don't threaten me Micheal, I can guarantee it won't end well for you. I may not know who you are, but you equally don't know me," she says looking him dead in the eye, "word of advice, don't start something you can't finish," she tells him and leaves him standing there watching her retreating back. 'D*mn, how can this woman make me resent her and desire her at the same time,' he says under his breath.
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"Hello. It's nice to finally meet the other half of my son's family," Max senior says giving hugs to Alexandra and Olivia.
"I missed you mijo," Fernanda says giving Max junior a kiss, " And you must be my name sake, little Fernanda..."
"Actually....it's Diana," Olivia interrupts.
"What?!" Both Alex and his mom exclaim.
"Well, both their original certificates went missing so I had to register them again and I may have changed the names."
"To what?" Alex asks.
"You didn't know already?" His mom asks him.
"He didn't ask," Olivia replies for him, "I changed her name to Diana Alexandra after my mom and his to Maximilian-Oliver Edward after your dad and brother. I did remember you saying how he got on your nerves, so I figured it will piss you off."
"Our son too. I thought you believed he was dead."
"I needed a birth certificate to get the death certificate," she replies dryly developing a scowl on her face.
"So basically you removed my name and that of my son from my grandbabies' certificates," Fernanda says scowling. It so hilarious, Olivia almost laughs to her face but decides to hold it back.
"I didn't see why I had to name them both after members of your family. And since I already named Max after his grandfather, I thought it was only fair to name my daughter after my mom."
"But you already have those charities named after her; The Lady Diana AIDS foundation, The Lady Diana Cancer foundation, The Lady Diana research institute... and those are just the ones I can remember," Alex chips in.
"So... I still needed a living reminder of my mom. You can always have another daughter and name her after your mom," she tells him forgetting his parents and their kids are within earshot.
"But you don't want more kids!" He exclaims flabbergasted.
"You got that right," she replies nonchalantly.

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. Diana laughs. The whole situation was down right funny to her. They had barely settled in and were supposed to be preparing for a funeral yet here they were, arguing about something she knew her mom would never back down from. Even Max had a smile on his face. In the short time he'd known his mom he'd realized she was a force to be reckoned with. One that would do anything for those she loves. And that list was small. At the very top being his late abuela. Just like his sister, he could tell that did not go down well with his grandmother.
"Well welcome to our home my darling. It is after all yours now too," Max senior says to stop the developing argument. He had known his daughter in law only for a few minutes but he could already tell she was good for his wayward son and could anchor him to reality.

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