Is this destiny?

~ Los Angeles, in front of White corp. HQ ~

Sarah and Aiden are in the car, parked across the street of White corp. HQ. They drove separately to meet with Jeff and Oscar. Plan is that they will meet at the main entrance and walk toward the nearby restaurant for lunch.

"You told Jeff to instruct his security to let Regina through?", Sarah's eyes were sparkling.

"Yes. Are you sure she will come?"

"She is in that café." Sarah pointed at the café on ground floor in the building opposite from White corp. HQ building. "I'm sure she is on a lookout."

"Shouldn't she be working at the resort?"

"Well, that is not… Shh… the show starts.", Sarah gestured toward main entrance through which Jeff and Oscar just stepped out.

"Are we going to stay in the car?" Aiden asked.

"Just a minute… we can watch from here." Sarah gave him her phone which was streaming security camera from main entrance. "Anna and Elanor went in the underground garage a minute ago… it will take them a bit to get out. They should reach first, and we enjoy the show." Sarah giggled.

"Why are you doing this?"

"Because Anna is avoiding this troublesome woman. I'm just helping to push things along. How much I know, Regina is desperate, and it's escalating. I'm sure she will do something outrageous… Look! Look!"

Aiden made an exaggerated face when he saw Regina run from the coffee shop toward Jeff while practically ignoring the incoming traffic.

Sarah was beaming. "If you accepted my bet that she will rush within two minutes after Jeff comes out, I would be rich now!"

"I learned a while ago not to bet against you."

Across the street, Jeff glanced at his phone. "Anna and mom are in the garage. They found parking and are on their way up to meet us. Aiden and Sarah should be close as well."

Oscar nodded in understanding.

"CEO White! CEO White!", Regina screamed breathlessly while running toward them. She stopped two steps from Jeff and huffed few times to catch her breath. "CEO White, it's difficult to get ahold of you."

Jeff frowned. "I'm a busy man, Miss Heaven."

Regina was all smiles. "Of course, you are! A man like you must be busy. How come you are out at this time?"

"Lunch." Jeff responded in his usual one-word-response.

"Oh? Lunch?" Regina turned to Oscar who observed her with an unreadable expression. She flashed a smile and looked at Jeff. "This must be a business partner? Business lunch? A man like you is always thinking about work and making money, very commendable. While on the topic of making money, as an expert in finances, I can offer my insight at any time. I can even join you now for lunch, my calendar is free. What a coincidence…"

JoAnna walked out of the garage with Elanor and her face darkened in an instant. She saw a scene of Regina happily chatting with Jeff. Just what is going on? How come this woman is here?

JoAnna extended her steps. "Miss Heaven, how come you are here?"

Regina froze for a moment before turning to JoAnna. "Miss Hill, I'm on my lunch break."

"It's quite a drive from the resort here. Even if you take full hour for you lunch break, that covers only one way trip." JoAnna did her best not to lose her temper.

Elanor caught up at this time and stood next to Oscar to watch the show.

Regina glanced at Elanor who linked hands with Oscar and responded to JoAnna. "I'm working remotely today."

"You are not authorized to work remotely, Miss Heaven." JoAnna coldly said.

"What are you trying to say?" Regina's arrogance was obvious.

"I'm saying that you are fired." JoAnna had to admit that it felt good to say those words.

Regina was outraged. "You can't fire me."

"I'm your employer. I can fire you."

"You will pay penalties for terminating me without a good cause."

JoAnna smirked. "Miss Heaven, you abandoned your job post and neglected your duties. I'm confident that is a good cause according to employment contract you signed."

Regina looked at Jeff. "CEO White…"

JoAnna wanted to smack Regina silly. "Why are you looking at my fiancé? Are you hoping he will hire you? Why would he hire some mediocre financial advisor who is neglecting her work and abandoning her job post?"

"Mediocre? My work record is impeccable!"

"The only thing impeccable is your persistence in pursuing my fiancé. He is obviously not interested in you. When will you give up?" JoAnna sneered.

"What makes you think he is not interested in me?"

"I'm not interested in you." Jeff coldly said without any hesitation.

"See?" JoAnna rolled her eyes.

Regina was not ready to give up. "He said that only because you are here! If it's just him and me, I'm sure he would be saying otherwise!"

"Kids these days are bolder and more shameless than I thought." Elanor told Oscar.

Regina snapped at Elanor. "What do you know? Who are you to judge?"

JoAnna was stunned that Regina is snapping at Elanor. "Show some respect, Miss Heaven."

"Respect is earned, Miss Hill." Regina sneered.

Elanor spoke sternly to Regina: "Young lady, you are lacking basic manners."

Regina lifted her nose defiantly. "Hmph! If I concern myself with opinions of any random hags, I would…"

"Regina!", JoAnna snapped and grabbed Regina's shoulder, forcing her to face her.

Regina pushed JoAnna's hand away and rubbed her shoulder. "What are you getting all worked up? She is just an old woman… I'm sure CEO White can find many more business partners…" Regina looked at Jeff's dark face and swallowed the rest of her words.

Regina assumed that Oscar is a business partner, and seeing how Elanor was close to him, she must be Oscar's wife. Why would she show respect to some random older couple, just because they want to do business with Jeffrey? Hmph! No way! And that old woman called her shameless and said that she has no manners! But why does Jeffrey look so upset?

"Miss Heaven, you are talking about my mother…", Jeff said in a dangerously low voice.

Regina thought she is about to faint. Did she just big time insult her future mother-in-law?

"I'm sorry, I didn't know…" Regina weakly said.

"So, you would go and be rude to anyone else?", Elanor coldly asked. "No manners."

Jeff ignored Regina. "Let's go. We have a reservation…"

He turned to leave, and Regina latched onto his elbow. "CEO White…"

JoAnna stepped in and grabbed Regina's hand. "Miss Heaven, keep your hands off from my fiancé."

JoAnna looked at Jeff. "Have someone take her to the safe house. She will not resist. And she will follow voice commands."

Jeff turned to one of his nearby man and in less than a minute two men escorted Regina who obediently followed them to underground parking without a word.

At that time Sarah and Aiden approached them.

"You staged this, right?", JoAnna glared at Sarah.

Sarah made a step back and hid behind Aiden. "What makes you think that?" She blinked few times innocently.

"Come here and talk to me!" JoAnna's glare became more dangerous.

"Nope. You might touch me, and I know that you can make people do funny things… I will keep my distance, thank you very much. We can talk from here." Sarah grinned.

Aiden tilted his head toward Sarah. "Why are you hiding behind me?"

"Because you are my rock!" She gave him a meaningful look.

Aiden flashed a smile. He likes that. To be her rock.

"Ah!" Sarah exclaimed while nimbly moving to the side, avoiding JoAnna's advances. "Why are you like this? I helped you! You are avoiding that bed climber for weeks now. If you don't deal with her, she will ruin your wedding. You should be saying thank you, and not trying to catch me."

JoAnna huffed few times and pouted her lips. "Fine… thank you."

Jeff shook his head thinking how silly these two sisters are and pulled JoAnna close to him. "Let's go and eat."

Oscar and Elanor followed them and enjoyed watching their interactions.