The next few hours passed by in blur as the family of five along with Forren toured the entire land, discussing the ins and outs of the plan Forren had prepared beforehand.
By the time Adrian and Clara finished their negotiations for the land price with the officer Angel had arranged to resell the Land to them, it was already 5 in the evening.
Finally, after a long and brutal negotiation from Adrian and Clara's side, the finally bought the land in $1.6 million under the great persuasion of Sarina and Forren.
Looking at the deeds as Adrian signed them along with the string of additional zeros in her account, Sarina and Forren sighed in relief at last.
The land was successfully bought and now they just had to wait for the design to finalize so that the construction could begin as soon as possible.
"Mr and Mrs Rowan, you can be rest assured now. I have already contacted the best construction company and thy will be done with their designs very soon as well. As soon as you approve of it, they will begin the construction as soon as possible."
Standing at the hotel entrance, Forren informed before passing the car keys to Adrian and bidding her farewell for the day.
Since they already had their dinner on the way and were already very exhausted after such a long and tiring day, Clara and Adrian rushed the three children to their room before going to their own room to freshen up and go out again.
But this time, just the two of them.
Initially they wanted Leo to sleep in their room and let their two daughters share a room but Sarina firmly refused. No matter how much they tried to persuade her, she didn't listen at all.
"Mom, dad come on. When was the last time you both had the chance to go out and spend time together. Take this trip as an opportunity to go out and spend some quality time together. Leave the twins to me. I will take care of them. You guys go and enjoy."
After listening to such words, how could they refuse. Especially Adrian who had always felt very guilty on not being able to fulfil all her dreams.
He knew how much Clara loved to draw and design clothes, jewelry and other related stuff. She had always wanted to go to university and study fashion designing but because of her maiden's family financial conditions.
After they got married, he had tried to persuade her to not give up on her passion and dreams but under the pressure of his mother she had to give up on her dreams once again.
Though their lives did turn better after they adopted Sarina, but under the responsibilities of the three children, Clara decided to give up completely, instead focusing all her attention on raising their children.
Not being able to fulfil her dream had always been the biggest regret of his life.
Not many people knew that most of the clothes she and the twins wear were in fact designed and sewed by Clara herself.
Sarina also knew about Clara's dream and talent win fashion designing and highly supported her in it as well.
'Soon mom. You will achieve your dream very soon. With me here, no one can stop you anymore. I will never let any obstacle hold you back. You will shine brighter than anyone in the fashion world as the whole world will witness your talent and brilliance. I will make sure of it.'
Sarina vowed, staring at her parents' back as they returned back to their room.
Turning back, she gently closed the door behind her and calmly stepped inside the room.
Gazing at the twins who were sleeping like a log on the bed, Sarina smiled. Correcting the duvet covering them, she took a quick shower and quietly tiptoed out of the room and entered the elevator.
Stepping inside the small restaurant in the hotel, her eyes roamed through out the room before stopping at the familiar silhouette of Forren who was patiently waiting for her.
"Sorry to keep you waiting." Sarina sincerely said while taking her seat in front of her.
"Please don't apologize boss. As your subordinate it is my pleasure to wait for you."
Flustered yet honored by the sudden sincere apology from her boss, Forren frantically exclaimed to which Sarina nodded.
"How is task I assigned you going? Have you found any company that meets my criteria? Also, about the list of names I gave you to poach, how is that going?"
Gone were her usual cheerfulness and gentleness, as she leaned forward, her eyes cold and indifferent, piercing straight through Forren's trembling heart.
Forren could literally feel goosebumps on her arms as she felt the temperature around her suddenly drop with just one glance from her boss.
Having been working in the ruthless business world for seven years, which type of businessman she hadn't seen but sitting in front of her 10 years old boss, she could confidently say that even the aura of those old monsters that have been ruling the business world for decades couldn't compare to a single glance of her boss.
The much power Sarina was holding inside her eyes.
Taking a deep breath, Forren took out a file from her bag, respectfully presenting to Sarina. Taking a small of water from the glass in front of her, she waited patiently for her to open the file before starting with speech.
"Based on the criteria you have briefed me, after a thorough and detailed market research, I have shortlisted these three holding companies that are on the verge of bankruptcy."
Forren exclaimed, pointing at all the companies one by one in the file.
"The first is Larren Holding. Co. It majorly focuses on national and international stocks exchange. It is located at the famous Westmere Plaza district. Initially they were quite famous and sought after but with the passage of time their fame died and are now in debt."
Forren explained in detail, point out all its advantages and disadvantages at the same time.
"The second Capital Investment firm. This company is the biggest of three and have the most advantage. It is also in Westmere Plaza district and focuses on multiple domains like fashion, real estate, stocks and technology. They even have their own office and had built quite a name for itself. But unfortunately, they didn't last long."
Forren continued to speak, her voice clam and clear as Sarina continued to turn the pages of the file, her face straight without any change in expression leaving Forren uncertain and at loss.
She simply couldn't understand whether her boss her satisfied with her work till now or not. Sighing, she just decided to go along the pace and continued with her explanation.
After all, the third one might actually pique her boss' interest because of a certain someone.
"The third is in the least favorable of the three but since it met your criteria, I still decided to add it. It is called Titan Ventures. It mostly only focuses on internet and technology. Oh! And also, the boss of this company is Dester Lewis, one the many people you had instructed me to poach."
Sure enough, her words immediately caught Sarina's attention. Her hand flipping the file paused as she glanced up at Forren for a second before diverting her attention back to the file.
Forren patiently waited, drinking her coffee, stealing continuous glances at Sarina who was focused on the file in file in her hand.
Seconds passed by as Sarina read through the last page before returning the file back to Forren and comfortably leaned back in her chair, her index finger pressed above her lips as she stared intensely at her; amusement clearly flickering in her eyes.
A little confused and bewildered by the turn of events, she looked at Sarina inquisitively, doubtful on how to interpretate her actions.
"Forren which company do you think I will choose among the three?" Sarina suddenly asked, her question immediately catching Forren off-guard.
"From profiteer's view, you should definitely choose the second one but my instincts tell me that you would definitely pick the third one and that to because of that Dester Lewis."
Forren described her view based on the understanding she had of her boss till now. For her to give a list of unknown names she obviously didn't personally know, she was sure Sarina had a very massive plan in her mind.
"Not bad. You actually had made quite good observation about me. I want Titan Ventures and even more than that I want Dester Lewis. You should know what you have to do next, right?"
Sarina somberly exclaimed, all her earlier playfulness gone as she once again adapted to her previous role as the chairwoman who had in her previous life singlehandedly led Montclair family to a success that they hadn't even dreamt of.
"Yes boss. One week and Titan venture will be reformed as Ash Global Investments."
Forren confidently replied, her brain already running on its fastest speed as she thought about her strategy to acquire titan Ventures as soon as possible.
"What about the people I had asked you to poach? How many are left?" Sarina curiously inquired.
"About half of them have already agreed to work with us while the rest are still in negotiating terms. By the time we are done with the acquisition and other paper work, they will also be most likely done with. Their position will be allotted as per your instructions."
Forren replied, feeling immensely proud of herself only to be stumbled by Sarina's next question.
"And what about him? Did he agree?"