"Who was that? Why was she asking you series of questions?" Frank asked as we walked away from the woman.
"I don't know, she just came and began throwing different kinds of questions at me. She said she knew me somehow" I responded.
"And do you know her?" he wrinkled a brow at me.
"Well, I don't think I know her. I guess, the person she's talking about is someone else, not me. I have never seen her face before, not even on social media" I said in an air of finality.
"Okay then, perhaps she's just mistaken. You know, we have different people with – sometimes, same appearance" he said getting hold of my hand firmly. I didn't stop him, after all I had answered my as his fiancee.
"Yes, sure" I nodded my head in acknowledgement. "By the way, where are we going to and when is the meeting starting?" I curiously asked.
"The meeting is starting soon" he responded, "As for where I am taking you to, well we are going to see someone. He's the organizer of this meeting and the only person that knows my true identity" he explained.
"Wow, alright then. But by telling me he's the organizer of this meeting, I am already anxious. Is it necessary for me to follow you to him or can I just, wait for you here?" I uttered in a moderate tone, more like pleading with him to let me stay.
"No, it's necessary" he responded in a robotic manner and kept walking while holding my hand firmly.
"But why?" I feigned angry.
"Because he's been pressurizing me to get myself a woman, a decent woman" he uttered and continued, "I want to surprise him today by introducing you to him"
"As who?" I snapped at him.
"As my fiancee" he uttered in a robotic manner again, this time around while smiling at me weirdly.
Ignoring the crowd of business people around, he walked us to a very handsome middle aged man standing with a very beautiful woman who appeared to be his... wife? Well, I couldn't tell exactly who she was. The two were talking to some couples and they were all holding glasses of wine.
"Hello, Jared!" Frank greeted him.
"Wow, Frank is this you?" The man said as they shook hands.
"Of course it's me!" They gave each other a hug and averted gently. Thus, Frank greeted the woman he was standing with, "Jenny, how are you? It's been a long time!" he shook hands with the lady as well while smiling broadly.
"Yes, it's good to see you here. Who's this, is she your..." she said halfway as Jared chimed in,
"Girlfriend, of course! Can't you see the broad smile on his face? He probably brought her here to tell me he has finally man up to get himself a decent woman" Jared said as he scornfully laughed at Frank.
"Come on Jared, stop teasing the young man" Jenny said as she gently patted Jared.
"Don't mind your brother, Jenny, he's always funny" Frank said, and I didn't know when I wrinkled my brows. Did he just called Jared her brother? So the two were siblings? Wow, no wonder they somehow looked alike.
"You should mind me, please mind me" Jared giggled at Frank as he extended his hand to me for a shake, "I am Jared Wagner"
"Laura Ryan" I gave him my hand.
"Laura? What a nice name" We shook hands gently.
"Thank you" I uttered.
"You are welcome" he beamed at me and gently released my hand.
Thus, his sister extended her hand to me for a shake as well. "I am Jenny Wagner, but you can call me Jenny" she said smiling broadly at me.
"Nice to meet you" I smiled back at her.
"You are welcome" she said and thus, both she and her brother began talking to Frank. They kept talking about business issues until a bold looking guy in black suit with security earpiece came and whispered into Jared's ear.
Jared then smiled and nodded his head in acknowledgement because gesturing to the bold guy to leave, probably a security personnel. "Guys," Jared said, "it's time." he announced to us and then told Jenny to inform others while he usher us to the conference room.
When we arrived at the conference room, we met a very big dining table. It was more like a king-size dining table, the ones that can be seen or found in king's palaces. However, unlike different varieties of food, there were only laptops, microphones and papers.
Jared took us to a seat and then left the usher others into the conference room. "It's big, isn't it?" Frank said and I gently nodded my head.
"Yes it is, I've never seen a big table like this. Looks like a dining table but then it's not" I uttered.
"Let's call it a discussion table today, because it used to be a dining table" he said. Just then people began walking into the conference room, everyone with their partners. They didn't care about chosing the right spot, they just walked over the chairs close to them and settled down.
There was a stage in the room, Jared and Jenny went there and stood smiling and looking at everyone. They were obviously waiting for everyone to settle down and keep quiet before they commence the meeting.
However, it took the people nearly ten to fifteen minutes before they kept quiet and allowed the two siblings to talk. "Hello!" Jared said.
"Hi!" Everyone chorused, including Frank and I.
"Hello" Jenny said.
"Hi!" Everyone chorused except for me, the first time I shouted I felt it in my throat. Perhaps I needed something liquid to gulp in order to moistened my throat. It was somewhat dry at the moment.
"Welcome, and welcome again to our business hub meeting. A meeting that had severally been rescheduled. I hope you guys are ready for the introduction which would be done by my brother, Jared Wagner!" Jenny said, gesturing towards her brother.
"Yes!" Many chorused.
