Bittersweet Revenge (FINISHED)

Franc Sebastian (Chapter 2)

"You'll do that?"

"Of course Mr. Herrera so eat and I'll teach you after."

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"Good morning Ms. Venus." Gail said as Venus enters her office.

"Good morning Gail." Venus answered.

"Your coffee is already there and the reports you wanted is also in your table."

"Thank you very much Gail. By the way, please clear my schedule from 11 am to 3 pm. I have an important matter to attend to."

"Yes Ms. Venus."

"And by the way, get Grey on the line. I need to talk to him about something."

"Okay Ms. Venus."

After a few minutes, Gail called over the intercom to say that Grey is on the line and ready to talk to him.

"Venus, your assistant said you want to talk to me about something." Grey said over the phone.

"Yes Grey. If you don't mind, I have a favor to ask." Venus said.

"Anything for you. What is it?"

"I have this friend. He wants to know how investment companies operate. And I am hoping you help him know a thing or two about your company. And if it's not too much, maybe take him under your wing for just a few weeks."

"Is this a boyfriend?"

"Of course not. You know Grey I don't have time for that. He's just a friend I met years ago and he just needed help."

"Okay I will but you owe me dinner."

"Thank you Grey. You're such a doll. And when it comes to the dinner, sure, just call me. I'll go ahead Grey. Again, thank you very much."

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 "Ms. Venus, Henry and Mr. Herrera are already here." Gail said over the intercom.

"Tell them to wait. I'll be going out in a few minutes." Venus answered.

Venus fixed her things, got her bag and went out of her office.

"Let's go eat. I'm starving." Venus said.

As they arrived in the restaurant, Venus immediately ordered.

"One grilled salmon steak, one Salisbury steak and the usual for me."

"How about your drinks Ms. Venus?" the waiter said.

"Lemonade and water would do."

"Right away Ms. Venus."

The waiter then leaves.

"How's Franc Sebastian for your new name?" Venus said to Martin.

"Why do I need a new name?" Martin said.

"I will pretend you didn't just ask that question. But for your satisfaction, it is so that Mr. Tan wouldn't recognize you."

"I'm fine with Franc."

"Very well. After we eat, we're going to the salon and the mall to get you a new look."

Martin was about to ask why he needed to have a new look but then he suddenly remembered that one of the rules was to not question Venus. After they ate, they went straight to the salon.

 "I want his hair to be shorter and lighter to make him look younger. We're about the same age but he seemed to look older than me." Venus said to the hairstylist.

"Yes Ms. Venus." The hairstylist said.

After a few minutes, the hairstylist was done and Martin had a new look.

"All done Ms. Venus. He looks younger and more handsome." The hairstylist said.

Venus approached Martin, studied him closely as she walks around him and said, "Excellent. Thank you very much Mara."

Venus then got bills from her wallet and gave it to the hairstylist.

"Let's go. I only have a few hours left." Venus said.

And lastly, they went to the mall to buy clothes. They went to this boutique for men's clothing where you can find everything that you need.

"I want every piece of clothing here in this store that looks good on him and will make him look like a million bucks." Venus said to the sales lady.

"Right away Ma'am." The sales lady said.

So for about an hour, all Martin did was try on clothes.

"Ms. Venus, I think Mr. Herrera has already fitted all the clothes in this store." Henry said seeing that Martin was already tired from all the fitting.

"Okay. We'll take everything. But before anything, I would like to see him put on a suit." Venus said as she gives her credit card to the sales lady.

Martin goes inside the fitting room and puts on a suit while Venus was picking out a good piece of necktie. After a few minutes, Martin went out of the fitting room looking very handsome. Venus approached him and looked at him to see which necktie goes well with the suit. When she had already chosen a necktie, she stood closely at the back of Martin.

"This is how you tie a necktie." Venus said as she demonstrates to Martin from behind how to tie a neck tie. "Better remember it for no one will tie your necktie for you again."

Venus then walks and stands in front of Martin to fix his tie.  Martin immediately blushed so he turned his face to the other side not meet Venus' gaze.

"Did you just blush Mr. Herrera?" Venus said.

"No I did not. Why would I blush?" Martin said still looking at the other side and not looking straight at Venus.

Venus just smiled and said, "Maybe it was just my imagination."

Venus then takes her bag and said to Henry, "I'll go ahead. I still have a meeting. Henry, take Martin to the clinic. Have his face cleaned, have his teeth checked, do everything that needs to be done. We need to make it believable that he's from a rich family."

"As you wish, Ms. Venus." Henry said.