Board meeting

Iyare and Shelley walked into the board room and the fourteen board members turned to look at them. Iyare has never had so many eyes looking at her at once in her entire life.

She had a strong sense of insecurity, so she walked looking at her feet. The board room immediately became noisy. Some of them were admiring her beauty, while others looked at her with complex emotions.

"She looks like her father, I don't need DNA to prove it," one of the board members said while his eyes were fixed on the lady that just walked in.

"She is so beautiful" a young board member commented since he was already lusting after her looks.

Iyare walked beside Shelley and took the vacant seat close to the CEO seat which was also vacant. Shelley sat down beside her. At the same time, the door to the board room was opened again and a doctor walked in.

The doctor greeted the board members and displace the DNA result on the projector. The result clearly proves that Iyare was the daughter of Mr. Onosa.

"Since it has been proven that Miss Iyare is the daughter of the late chairman, she will take over the position of the chairman as well as the president of Ona group as the largest shareholder." The legal team representative announced.

Iyare's heart misses a beat. She knew next to nothing about running a company. Will she not be ruining the hard work of whoever built the company? She asked herself.

"How can we hand over the company to her just like that. she knows nothing about this organization or how we do business. This is clearly going to ruin the company," Mr. Jay one of the board members voice his opinion.

"I totally agree with Mr. Jay, this lady here may be the daughter of the late chairman but that does not qualify her to take over the position of the president. In my opinion, Mr. Charles has worked hand in hand with the late chairman, so he is the best man for the job" another board member supported Mr. Jay.

Mr. Charles himself was not willing to say anything. He has already bought the majority of the board members to his side, so he expects a smooth handover.

Iyare sat down there not knowing what to say. The entire board members seem to be on the side of Mr. Charles as they thought that was the best decision. She did not want the position of the president anyway, because she felt they were right she could not run the company.

Iyare felt like someone hit her head and darkness came over her for a few seconds. Her hands shake for a bit. She felt like something new entered her body and she suddenly felt very confident and bold.

"Gentlemen let us talk about the position of the CEO for this organization after my father's funeral tomorrow. my father is yet to rest and you are already making unnecessary demands. The position is not something to debate about. It is the position of the highest shareholder or whosoever the shareholders appoint. Since you all have your opinions. We can vote with our shares, and the person with the highest shares on his side will become the next president. The voting will take place at 9 am on Monday," Iyare stated with no room for the board members to argue.

Iyare blinks her eye when she was done talking. She had no idea where those words came from. If she did not hear her voice she would have argued that she was not the person who just spoke.

The whole board room fell silent. Nobody thought the shy-looking girl can talk with so much authority. She looked like a pushover just some minutes ago, that was what gave them all the confidence to voice their opinion.

"Meeting adjured," she said and walked out of the room. Shelley recovered from her shock and ran after her. She was still confused as she closed the distance between them. Iyare appeared like a calm-headed person, who could easily be pushed over. She even noticed Iyare looking at her feet when the board members were talking. She could have sworn she saw Iyare quiver a few seconds before she spoke. She was shocked at her sudden transformation, "or did I see wrongly?" Shelley muttered to herself.

Back in the board room, the board members were still quiet after Iyare left the room. "She is her father's daughter" a board member whispers finally snapping out of his shock.

The other board members nod in agreement. Mr. Charles who thought that the position of the president will become his, felt very irritated knowing that he would have to fight for it now. Iyare was not a pushover like he believes. His face lost all color at this thought.

He got up and left for his office knowing that he has work to do if he wanted to still sit on the president's chair.

The voting she suggested will make no difference as the shares Iyare has inherent were larger than the entire board member share put together.

Mr. Onasa was not someone who likes his authority questioned, so he made sure to hold the largest share of the company. That is why he was never able to snash away the position of the president.

He knew that even if he got the fourteen members voted, Iyare had seventy percent of the company's shares which means the position will still end up in her hands. Except she handed it over herself.

He has carefully betrayed his friend Mr. Onasa to steal his position. Who would have thought he would have a daughter from nowhere. He curses his luck as he got into his office.

Maybe he would just have to deal with this daughter the way he dealt with her father, he concluded within himself. He took out his phone to make a call.

.....

Iyare felt whatever possessed her a few minutes ago leave her body again as soon as she got into her car. She was back to herself.

"Wow!" Shelley finally found her voice. "I am sure you shock the hell out of those board members. I mean who fights for the position of the CEO when they don't even have majority shares" Shelley commented.

Iyare nodded her head not knowing what to say. She can not even explain what got into her in the board room that gave her so much confidence.

"Miss Iyare would you like to pick up the phone yourself or should I have someone deliver it to the mansion?" Shelley asked.

"Get it delivered," Iyare answered. She was feeling tired, shopping for anything has never been her style. "Would you like to visit anywhere else ma," Shelley asked.

"Can we just drive around this city? I want to take a look around" Iyare answers. She was yet to make up her mind about the Louis deal. If she decides to reject it she wants to at least go on a short tour of the city.

The driver made a turn when Shelley gave him their new destination. Shelley pointed out the different places. They visited the museum and the best art gallery before eating their dinner in a fancy restaurant.

Iyare enjoyed her tour and could not help but giggle each time her eyes meet a man who was lusting after her body. It was a new experience for her and she felt happy that she was wanted by so many men, unlike her formal self.

Doing the dinner, Iyare caught sight of a familiar figure. He was looking as handsome as always.

"Greg," she muttered under her breath. She could not believe she was seeing him.

"Are you okay?" Shelley asked when she noticed that her boss spaced out looking in a particular direction.

"am fine" Iyare answered looking back at Shelley. she did not dare discuss her fail crush, it was too embarrassing.

Iyare got back to her new house at nine pm. Her phone was already delivered with a new number.

"Your father's funeral will be held in the morning tomorrow. I will be here by eight am to pick you up." Shelley informs her. She nodded her head before going up to her room.

She sat at the dressing table and search for her new father online. If this was going to be her new life she needed to find out more about this father of hers.

She read the information about him online. He had arrived at Ua County 26 years ago. Rumors have it that he was a criminal from another country, who arrived in Quee city with a lot of cash. Someone has suppressed the news and hid the country he came from or anything about him before he arrived at Quee city.

At that time praise group run into some problems causing their shares to fall and the company was about to close down when he bought it over and changed the name to Ona group.

A lot of people thought it was a wasted investment but Mr. Onasa reestablish the company and it improves over a period of time. After eight years of handily things the company was back to the top, it even surpasses where the company used to be.

Mr. Onasa then put out 20 percent of the company shares for sale. It took him 25 years of dedication to build the company into what it was today. It was worth billions and the company is among the top five in the country and the very best in Quee city.

After reading through most of the things available online about Mr. Onasa, Iyare got into the wardrobe to get night ware before heading into the bathroom to have her bath.

When she came back to the room she called for a maid to get her coffee. When the coffee arrived she decided to check out each board member of the Ona group while she sat comfortably on the bed.

She started with Mr. Charles, the man was quiet all through the board meeting and she found it strange since all the board members seemed to be on his side. She did not really mind about the CEO's sit but since she already spat out otherwise in the board room, she decided to know more about the company.