Set things right

"Hello Karl" Irene greeted, got up and walk over to sit next to him. She tried to sound friendly as possible. "It's been a while" she moved closer to put her hand on his. Karl held her hand for a while not wanting it to look too obvious that he wasn't interested in such closeness. Irene was a sweet girl and Karl doesn't have problems having her as a friend but, his family wanting him to court her made him to start developing some resentment for her. Karl shook his head "Yes, I have been very busy for some time now" Karl responded and gently let go of his hand.

"Too busy to make out time for us to hang out?" Irene asked with a sensational voice looking straight into his eyes. Karl felt his body became stiff hearing Irene's question. He had totally forgotten he made promise to her for the two of them to go out. He had actually planned to set a date with her after they met at his party but when his mum told him of the both families' intention to bring the two of them together, he lost interest. He had not given going out with her on a date a thought after then. Besides he has not also been able to spend good time with his beloved. Karl sigh. He did not know what to say to her. He has truly been busy but could have been able to make out time for her if he wanted to. "You have not said anything Karl... : how about we meet this weekend? Irene proposed :she was not someone who easily gave up on her quest. Uhmm Karl was about to say something but as he raised his head his eyes met with his mum's. His mum smiled and gave him a gesture to say yes.

" That will be fine but first I will need to look at my schedule for the weekend and then call you" Karl responded.

"But you are the boss in your office why can't you just set a date already," Irene pushed on, not wanting to give him any excuses. How could she not know that Karl was trying not to embarrassed her in the presence of their family. This was a good chance and she would not miss it.

Karl felt a bit unease, seeing how pushing Irene was. He had work to do over the weekend and he also wanted to set a date with Isime : so it was almost going to be impossible for him to make out time for Irene but seeing how his mum looked at him, he didn't want to turn her down at first request.

"I am not the boss. I am only an assistant in the survelence department" Irene eyes poped out with disbeliever.

"What do you mean by assistant" are you kidding me? Irene looked into Karl's face. "you are joking right? Irene asked and laughed afterwards. Karl must be joking she reasoned in her head. There was no way Karl will be working as a subordinate in his own company. Everyone knows that he is the heir to the Donald's family empire. Karl's dad had told her parents that he was going to step down for him when he finished his masters program and he has now completed his master degree so why would his father allow him to work as an assistant? "impossible" Irene blinked at him and smiled. She felt that he was joking around.

"am not kidding" Karl's words brought Irene back to reality. "Are you serious" ? Irene's eyes went round the table and fell on his mother's eyes. His mother who had been acting not to be listening to them turned and nodded to confirm Karl's statement.

"Why?" Irene did not know when the question came out of her mouth. "well that was Karl's decision. He said he wanted to grow in the company like every other staff if the company were not his family's business. I didn't consent to it but since he and his father were able to come to an agreement, I had to support. Freda explained.

"That was not such a bad idea" Mr Sylvester caught in. It shows he want to learn about the company if he's willing to do the dirty work " Mr Sylvester was impressed by Karl's decision. He felt even more confident to allow his daughter marry him.

As a man who has been in the business world for so long, he knew that a person who is not afraid of a little hardship would have a bright future.

Irene looked sad. She did not know how to continue with the conversation. Mr Sylvester saw the look on his daughter's face and decided to help her out.

"Karl, you are still young, you can't work too hard, take out time to make friends," He said. He did not mentioned for him to accept the date but Karl knew what he meant.

"That's right, I don't think it is compulsory to work on a Saturday, so you can just take a few hours off and have fun. Irene would be a good partner," Freda said.

Karl pursed his lips, if he refused, it might be a bit disrespectful to his mother. "I will just make myself clear to her when we go out," Karl thought. He did not want to keep leading her on. He had a feeling that if he rejected today, there would be next time. So why not make things clear and be free, if he wanted to go after the woman he truly loves, he must not have ambiguous relationships with other women.

"So it's a date then?" Irene said, her voice was so excited that it made everyone sitted happy.

"Sure," Karl nodded. He wish he could leave the party that minute, unfortunately he was late to the party so, leaving too early was bad.

He was forced to sit back and listened to Irene's chat on and on.