41 Leave the royal families out of this.

"Oh, what an odd assignment." 

"After you have your afternoon tea, come up to my office. You'll be working with me for the rest of the day and I'll explain more." He gets to the point and we hang up after fixing our arrangement. 

With the rest of the time at hand, I half - finished fixing up my draft and it was almost ready for me to write up an official proposal. Happy with myself I decided to give myself a little treat and take some time off the document load. My eyes were getting teary and my visions were foggy from staring at the computer screen all afternoon. However, there was one last bit of information I had to uncover before I did anything else. I dialed the IT extension of Team B and as my luck would have it, just the person I was after answered. 

"You've reached Lucas" 

"Hey, it's Hayley."

"Hey, How can I help? Fire away!"

"You said you are a computer expert right..?" 

"Of course, why else would I be here?"

"Right, I mean of course yes. I have an important job for you which is kind of job related and may not be completely legal…"

"I'm all ears, so are you trying to make me your crime buddy?"

"Haha great! And call it what you want. So listen up, I want you to investigate a thorough background search on 'Caroline Ferragni' and her daily activities. Can you do that for me?"

"Wait, that's the influencer...Ah easy! When do you want the information?"

"As soon as possible but only if you have time."

"No Problem!"

"Thank you!" 

We hang up the call and I feel less burdened now that I have the possibility of holding strong evidence to support my case.

*Inside Prince Elijah's office…*

"Don't you think this might be a bit difficult for Miss Hayley to handle on her own and that to as her first assignment? Should I help her, Your highness?"

"No, She'll be fine. She's made for solving puzzles and I know she's going to enjoy this." He said with a proud grin on his face.

"Why else would I give this task to team B to solve on their own."

Robert found it extremely unusual and was confused as men who were desperately in love would usually want to hide their woman from such scenarios and not the opposite. Alas, he was now more convinced that his Boss was truly the man he would always look up to and of course the woman of his choice should be strong; on par and reflect his Boss in ways other women could never. Not that he didn't already have a great liking for Miss Hayley. 

To answer Prince Elijah; he simply nodded. Satisfied with what he just heard. After-all, he was the one who uncovered Hayley's past for his Boss. She had wanted to become a lawyer and maybe, this was the perfect start. Prince Elijah was simply just helping her in his own twisted way. 

*

Rest of the afternoon felt like a blur and the fifteen minute break was over in the blink of an eye. I picked up my files and headed upstairs to Prince Elijah's office. He was silently typing away on his computer and his fingers stopped moving once he noticed me standing in front of his desk. 

"You're here." He spoke and walked over to me while fixing his ridiculously expensive watch in place. Once he was only two feet away from me, he cleared his throat and ushered me towards another smaller room inside his office filled with chairs around the large table. 

Mr. Gonzalez along with a few other board members were already seated on the far end of the large table and noticing us enter they stood up to give a nod of acknowledgement. 

"Thank you for taking the time off your busy schedule to see me but time is of essence." Mr. Gonzalez spoke, using his confident voice and ushered his assistant to hand over the files. 

"No need, I'm glad to go forward with this in the fastest time possible." Prince Elijah replied back with his authoritative voice and flipped through the pages. "It seems everything is intact. Now please be seated everyone, Robert will begin with the presentation shortly." 

"This is one of my smaller emergency meeting rooms for my utmost important clients and business partners." He whispered to me and on cue Mr. Robert walked over to the large projector and put the PowerPoint on screen. 

"Robert will give us a short PowerPoint presentation about our latest business endeavour." He informed me again, trying to ease me. 

He pulls out two chairs and we take a seat. Mr. Robert takes no time to start presenting; covering every single slide in detail and with all the correct calculations. Any business partners would have been jumping to shake hands as he made this seem like it would 100% succeed. There was not a single flaw that could be identified, each slide was extremely detailed. The only word that escaped my lips was "Wow" because I had nothing more to add or comment on it. 

Once the light turned back the conference room filled with claps from everyone; Prince Elijah included. One by one the board members congratulated Mr. Robert, Prince Elijah and Mr. Gonzalez. Prince Elijah then faced me and said "This short presentation will definitely be a great help to you on your upcoming project." 

"Yes." I turned to Mr. Robert. "Thank you Mr. Robert, you did an amazing job!" 

"Glad I could be of help." He bowed a little and took a seat beside us. 

The employees assigned to serve drinks and snacks arrived at the exact moment and it seemed everyone was eager to try those delicious looking desserts which were neatly placed in front of us all. "Could I interest you in some tea, coffee or cold drinks." One of the male server asked and the others followed suit serving each of our preferences. I got myself cranberry juice, while Prince Elijah asked for Black coffee. 'Of Course he had to choose black.' I internally spoke to myself. 

"I agree to all your terms and conditions, however I have a proposition." Mr. Gonzalez began. 

"If it is within my ability." Prince Elijah replied. 

"We leave the royal families out of this. What's your thought on this? If you agree then it's a green light from our side."