Chapter 2
After a long day, Cody Martin didn't have the energy to even sit through the drive back home. He thought he was insane to still want to stay in his office when he was so drained out. That place was his home. He felt like nothing from the outside world would hurt him if he was within the boundaries of his office. This company meant more to him than he showed and on his part, he did do a pretty good job of showing how important it was to him. To take the Martin Empire on heights of sky was his father's dream and now all Cody cared about was to fulfil that dream.
Yes, along the way of his struggle, he got rude, became one of those hot tempered rich men who couldn't care less of other people. But that was just an act he had put up. He thought having this kind of attitude was must if he had to face the big guns in the world of business or else, he would get crushed like an ant. He was satisfied with his life's choices and didn't regret a single thing. The only problem was that his mom never got off his back. She wanted him to loosen up, date somebody, see the world outside of his office and for once care about other things besides business. But something that his mother didn't know was that he just wasn't interested and was happy with his life just the way it was. And he actually hated girls. He hated them because he thought they were nothing but a distraction to men from doing work and from succeeding. He also knew that love was just a myth and he was sure of one thing, the sun could rise from the west but Cody Martin could never fall in love. He was too smart to let such a stupid thing as love to take over him, too practical to be falling for fake ideas of love. Cody Martin waa not a piece of cake to have. There was nobody in this world who could change him or his ways.
"There you are...come on in, Cody. I made dinner so go and freshen' up and we'll eat together."
Cody was greeted by his smiling mother and an invitation to a dinner made by her. He loved his mom more than anyone. He would go to the ends of earth for her but he knew that even at that time, all she would talk about was how he was wasting his life. He was tired of that conversation. Besides, he was exhausted and only wanted to sleep...
"Thank you, mom. But I've already had dinner. I had an official meeting and I ate there. I'm really tired, mom. I'm going to bed. Good Night"
"Cody wait..."
Cody was about to head up but his mom's voice stopped him. He sighed and turned around to face her and waited as she spoke...
"Why can't we have at least one meal as a family? When was the last time we ate together? You wake up early and leave without having breakfast and usually come home way pass dinner time. You even miss thanks..."
"Mom, please!" Cody hated this...he hated how bad his mother made him feel everytime. Why couldn't she realise he was doing all of that for a reason? "I don't want to get into this AGAIN. Look I've had 3 meetings today and I'm really tired, can we do this whole, "Cody Martin is the worst man on earth" debate any other time?"
Carrey was stunt, she never meant he was a bad person. She only wanted him to learn to keep a balance in his life..."Sweetie, you're the best...and I'm so proud of you...but you know you really need to..."
"Thank you, mom! I know what I need and I'm working exactly for that...I'll talk to you later. Good Night and love you, mom."
And just like that, their conversation was over without Cody hearing another word and walking towards his room. Carrey sighed, she only wished somebody would come along in his life and make him realise there were more important things in the world than making money.
Pickett's ...
Bailey woke up early. It was a long day for her, today was her submission of her report in college, then at the hotel she had to hand in the accounts for the month. And after that she had to stay back for 3 extra hours to help out Mrs, Heather with the up-coming event. She only wished for today to go by smoothly...
She got dressed and left for her college. It was a usual day there and when she got free, she took the subway to the Tipton. Her train stopped at a station that was a block away from the Tipton Hotel. She always walked and this time was no different. However without realising, she started reading the magazine she had in her hand while enjoying little sips of the juice she was having. But this was Bailey Pickett we're talking about, something had to come in the way of her peaceful alone time...she didn't know on what she tripped because before she'd know what happened, she found herself sitting flat out on the ground.
"WHAT THE FEATHERS?"
She exclaimed in annoyance...but right then she noticed she was not the only one annoyed, she looked up and saw a man in a suit standing there, drenched in...she made it out herself was the juice she spilled...she also made out that the person was not too happy about their little accident. If the anger in somebody's eyes could kill, his eyes were down right dangerous at that point...Bailey immediately stood up and brushed the dirt off of her clothes before turning her complete attention to him...
"I...I'm so sorry, sir. I didn't see you there."
"WHY? Are you BLIND, or what?"
The man shouted in anger, this was not going good, Bailey thought...
"What? I'm not blind. I didn't mean literally didn't see you. I mean...yes I did mean it literally but not like that...i mean...I could see you but...oh you know what, never mind...I didn't see you..."
"So you're blind and stupid?"
Stupid was one word that Bailey hated to her guts to be associated to..."HEY! Don't you call me stupid." Bailey glared back...
"Then you decide a synonym and I'll call you that. I mean who the HELL READS WHILE WALKING?"
Bailey thought it was pointless to argue with this man so she just decided to apologise and get the lousy moment be over...
"Look I'm sorry. I didn't mean to...I tripped over..." Bailey looked on the ground to see what caused her to fall but didn't find anything..."Okay...so I don't know what I tripped over but it was something..." She gave out a fake laugh..."So I'm really sorry..."
"Sorry? Why do you people think sorry could make everything alright? Are you going to pay for my suit? Huh? Or are you going to come clean it?"
Bailey laughed..."Hey, you know you sound just like my uncle Earl...okay so one time he was walking down the street when a tractor passed by and got mud all over his wedding suit that he was wearing..." Bailey paused to laugh a little harder..."God, he was like so mad...he shouted the same thing..."Ya'll gonna' pay fo ma suit or wha, eh?" Except your nostrils aren't as big as his...and..."she looked closely at his nose before continuing..."and its also clean...unlike his...eghhh...don't make me say that..."
The man just looked at her...he had a look on his face like what the hell was she talking about?...
"Wait what? Uncle who?" He touched his nose..."my nostrils? Huh?" Then he got angry once again..."are you out of your mind or something? Or do you happen to be a run-away from a mental hospital?"
"HEY! That's rude...I said I'm sorry...why are acting like a total...ass?"
"Oh am I? You've seen nothing yet. You know what? People shouldn't even be allowed to walk on the streets like that..."
"Well not all of us have a car like you do..."and right then Bailey noticed the luxurious car he was standing by and couldn't help but marvel at how beautiful it was..."sweet mama, that's a fancy ride"
The man looked between his car and Bailey before he turned back his attention on her..."Okay you're seriously like the MOST STUPID PERSON I'VE EVER MET"
Any light headedness that Bailey was showing before was now vanished and she was fuming with anger...she shouted back..."AND YOU ARE THE RUDEST GUY I'VE EVER CAME ACROSS IN MY LIFE"
The man in front of her laughed..."After seeing you, I hardly believe you met ANY guy at all"
Bailey now turned red...who the hell did he think he was..."You know what? If I was not worried about going to prison, you'd be dead by now..."
"Not unless I beat you to it."
"HUH!"
They both uttered to each other together before going in their different directions...and for both of them, they never met anyone who they could be so mad at.
Martin's...
Cody Martin felt his phone ringing in his pocket as he entered the building of his office. He sighed, the last thing he wanted at that moment was his mom calling him to repeat the same things...He took the phone out and saw it was Zack calling...He immediately answered the call...
"Yes, Zack?" He asked...
"Cody, I hope you're not busy, got a sec?"
"I'm not busy for about 10 more minutes so go ahead, tell me what's up?"
"Okay...so you know how mom is always telling us to change our ways?"
"Yeah?"
"I've decided to finally get a serious girlfriend and settle down."
"So...you mean you've found someone?"
"Not exactly. But I'm willing to give it a short."
"Good for you, Zack. But I'm not exactly in the mood to talk right now...specially about girls...(I hate girls)" he mumbled...
"But I really need your help, Cody"
Cody just sighed..."What can I do for you, Zack?"
"I got to know that you're signing this contract with the Tipton Industries, right?"
"Yeah...I was just there to talk to Mr. Tipton about it. Why? You never take any part in the business, why do you wanna know?"
"I'm still not taking any part...you see, Cody...I heard Mr Tipton has a daughter about our age...but I know she's really hard to get a hold of...at least I can't do it...but you can, my dear little brother...you're Cody Martin...you can do anything. I just want you to arrange a little "date" or in your business terms a "meeting" with her."
"Do you want me to ask Mr Tipton to let his daughter go on a date with my brother? Wow! That's original, Zack"
"Look, I know how huge our empire is and I know that Mr Tipton would do anything to make sure he earns this contract. Might as well be this, huh?"
"Fine, Zack I'll think about it...I really have to go right now. Talk to you later."
And with that Cody hung up the phone. He could only sit back and think what exactly Zack wanted. Even though it felt weird to actually ask someone you're doing business with for such a things but Cody could never say no to his brother. And the way he felt about his success was already a bit upsetting to Cody so he decided if that was what Zack wanted, he'd get it.
Pickett's...
After her encounter with possibly the weirdest and most annoying guy, Bailey couldn't wait to call it a day. She had all of her files ready that she needed to turn in...so she rushed to her desk to pick it and then went straight to the hotel's manager, Mr Mosbey's cabin. When she got there, she couldn't find him anywhere...she marched her way to the reception and asked the lady...
"Where's Mr Mosbey?"
"He won't be coming here today. Mr Tipton has assigned him to another task." The girl replied...
"No replacement?"
"Well its just one day. But Mr Tipton himself is handling anything that Mr Mosbey would've if he was here. He's sitting in the restaurant. You can go meet him there. "
"Perfect! Thank you."
Bailey said before turning back to go to the restaurant to find Mr. Tipton and there he was, reading the newspaper. Bailey went up to him and simply said..."Hey Mr Tipton"
"I don't help poor people. Specially beggars."
Bailey was taken a back...what did he mean by that? Did he think she was a beggar? "What? I'm not a beggar."
This time Mr Tipton looked up from his newspaper right at Bailey and observed her briefly before speaking again...
"So you mean you dress this way on purpose? Or wait...is this some kind of a designer costume for a beggar."
"Neither...I mean, the part of dressing like that on purpose is true but...HEY! You can't say all of that to me...oh what the heck, I got these from the $1 store, what else can I expect?"
Mr Tipton was looking at her bluntly with the most surprised expression..."please stop talking."
"Kay. But you need to look into these accounts I prepared. This is the manager's job but since he's not here, you'll have to do it or else I won't get my salary and I'd have to downgrade my wardrobe with clothes from a 50 cent store..."
Mr Tipton took the file from Bailey's hands..."I'll take a look at it and do society a favour by not letting you go any below than a $1 store."
"Aww! Mr Tipton, you thought about the society..." Just then, Bailey realised what he actually meant..."wait! So even by being a little nice you still managed to insult me..."
Mr Tipton gave out an audible sigh..."Again, please stop talking. I don't like people talking."
Mr Tipton said while he was still focused on the file Bailey handed him. She couldn't help but conclude that this was officially the day she was insulted the most. She didn't care because she never took any of it to heart. She just decided to sit but the moment she did, Mr Tipton spoke again...
"I don't like people sitting with me either..."
Bailey immediately stood up and pouted at what he said...she was still waiting for him to get this done so she could leave...but right then Mr Tipton's phone rang and he left Bailey's work in the middle to answer it...She couldn't quite make up what was going on since she was able to hear only one side of the conversation...
"This deal is really important, Jake."
"What? Who asks such a thing?"
"My daughter?"
"I don't know, Jake. She's..."
Bailey suddenly felt Mr Tipton's gaze on her and he stopped what he was saying...at first she thought he just meant why was she hearing his conversation but he continued...
"She's right here...I'll send her tomorrow, Jake. Tell that Martin the deal is on..."
With that Mr Tipton hung up the phone and gestured towards the seat in front of him..."please sit down"
Bailey obliged..."I thought you didn't like people sitting with you..."
Mr Tipton just smiled..."Only poor people."
Bailey looked at him weirdly..."I'm still poor, Mr Tipton."
"Well yes. But you can sit with me considering you're going to be my pretend daughter."
"What?" was all Bailey could say...she had no idea what he meant...
"Okay now listen up. And please don't interrupt me with your silly questions in the middle. I don't have time..."
Bailey just nodded and Mr Tipton continued..."My secretary just called. He told me that Cody Martin, the head of Martin Empire wanted to see my daughter before we go sign this contract..."
"He asked your daughter out through your secretary? What kind of a fool does that?"
"A fool with tons of power and money. Never mind that...I don't know what he wants with my daughter but all I know is I have to let him meet her or the contract is canceled...because what Cody Martin wants, he gets..."
"Who the hell is Cody Martin anyway?"
Mr Tipton just glared at her and she got the message that she was not supposed to ask questions...and he continued..."London, my daughter is not in the state at the moment and he wants to see her tomorrow...I just can't loose this contract so I want you to be London Tipton and meet him."
"WHAT?" Bailey stood up shocked..."I can't pretend to be your daughter...what if he has already seen her..."
"He hasn't" Mr Tipton said quickly...
"Okay so he hasn't seen her. But still...I can't do that...its actually illegal...What if I get caught? And I just..."
(Cutting her off) "I'll pay you as much as you want."
"What do I have to do, daddy?"
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