78: Chapter 78 – Late on her first meeting.

Chapter 78 – Late on her first meeting.

At Robin's office, he received a call from Daniel when he was in a very important meeting. Whereas since Daniel never called unless it was very important, Robin answered it and Daniel said,2

"Robin, the Interpol got Stanley."

"Who is Stanley?" Robin frowned and asked with irritation, while he excused himself from his executives for a while to his inner room. 

Daniel was dismayed at how Robin forgot after tasking him to do a job.

"The guy Mara paid to mess up Matilda's life," Daniel responded in annoyance.

Robin smiled after the understanding sank in. "Good. They should bring him over. I will send you a location to take him to," he instructed.

"Then what will you do?" Daniel asked curiously, not able to guess what Robin had planned again and what he intended to do.

"Nothing. I will send the location of the culprit to Devin and General Saint. Whoever gets there first, wins."

Robin sounded like he was having fun in a game of chess. 

He loved to create panic and suspicions and right now, he was loving himself for all that he was doing.

"Robin, I don't know where you are headed with all this," Daniel complained. Robin has always been a puzzle to Daniel but this was even worse.

"Well, I so wish the general gets there first but I will give both parties an equal chance. I'm afraid Martin would try to protect his sister and sabotage things if Devin gets Stanley first.

"Then don't inform Devin," Daniel suggested but Robin wanted to hit two birds with one stone.

"As I said, I'm doing this for Sabrina. I want Devin to carry the news about Stanley being found to Sabrina and her best friend. A pregnant woman should be happy at all times, don't you think?" Robin smiled and asked.

"I will wait and see what happens," Daniel said before he hangs up. He was just happy with the fact that Robin wanted Sabrina to be happy. 

While Robin got back to work, joining his executives at the meeting and muting his phone, Aria walked in with an emergency.

"Mr. Jewel, six of our subsidiary companies have signed a partnership with JC Minerals and there has been a request for an emergency meeting between all the companies at the Crystal hotel. Should I add it to the schedule of your assistant?"

Aria knew that his boss never liked to attend those meetings. He usually left it for his assistant but this time around, Robin asked a question which made her assume that he was interested.

"When is the meeting?"

"In an hour," Aria reported while jotting down a few things on her iPad.

"The crystal hotel is closer to me so I will attend it myself," Robin said directly. Aria nodded professionally and responded,

"I will send the confirmation to them."

"Please do," Robin agreed. 

Robin rounded up the meeting and quickly made his way to the Crystal hotel, eager to meet with a certain someone.

Having arrived thirty minutes earlier, he was surprised to see all his six CEOs already seated around the conference table in the conference room. 

Only two seats were remaining so Robin sat on one and left the vacant one which was at the head of the table for a certain someone.

"She is late for her first meeting," one of the CEOs said in annoyance. 

"Indeed, another one agreed."

Robin checked the time on his wristwatch and remained quiet.

"She is not taking us seriously," another CEO said. Since their boss was there, they wanted to show him their punctuality. 

Again, Robin did not utter a word and sipped water.

A minute to the time, Sabrina walked in hastily, looking stunning in her black suit but also tired. She froze when she saw that there was only one chair remaining, which was at the head of the table. 

The person on her right was also Robin. She frowned bitterly, before hastening to her seat. She was not sure that Robin would be here and since he was, he should have sat at the head of the table but did not.

"You set the meeting at 11 am and you are late," one of the CEOs alleged as soon as Sabrina sat. In a world of men where she was the only woman, she felt intimidated since these were her partners and not her staff members.

She had to operate discreetly. Sabrina pursed her lips, about to apologize when Robin lifted his wristwatch to eye level and said,

"She's not late. She's still thirty seconds early. You decided to come early because you are not as busy as her."

The six men were shocked that their President was defending his ex-wife.

Sabrina found the statement funny since she knew that all those men were equally busy. She saw how her accusers lowered their heads and was grateful for Robin's help but she did not thank him or anything. 

Not after how he stopped her from dealing with Zayla.

She directly went on to address the menfolk at the meeting, all dressed in black suits. If she had known they would dress in black, she was sure to have dressed in something different.

"Thank you all for making it on time. This is our first meeting and I am happy you could all make it. I intend for us to have it periodically and my suggestion, is once a month," Sabrina said confidently but the men around the conference table frowned and one of them asked,

"Miss James, can you explain your reason for requesting a once-a-month meeting and not a bi-weekly one?" 

Sabrina's main reason was because of Robin since she knew that she had to work harder to gain their trust after agreeing to the partnership. 

She was just not ready to be seeing Robin every two weeks. However, that would be a lame excuse to give so she quickly crafted a different one,

"By then, I intend to give a detailed report on what your resources are being used for, and how you are going to benefit from it all."

There was a look of discontentment on the faces of the six men present and she knew this was not going to be easy. Only Robin remained unreadable. Sabrina maintained a calm frontage but internally, she was so exhausted.

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