Chapter 8. Golden Gate

The annual party was held around eight p.m. in the Plaza Hotel, New York City.
As soon as Jonathan and Sienna entered the room, their eyes scanned the golden interior. The champagnes were being served on each table. And this party was exclusive only to the people who were important to the Wilson Enterprises.
Jonathan surely felt lucky to be invited here. But when his eyes explored the people who just arrived in the room, his self-esteem was dropped. The party filled with people dressed in expensive gowns and suits. They looked like rich people with good investment for the company. Unlike Jonathan here, he was just about to begin his business journey.
Sienna was well-aware of what Jonathan felt. She kept caressing his back gently. She wanted to support him as a good girlfriend.
“You’ll be okay, Jonathan,” Sienna whispered to him. “Or if you want to go home…”
“No, we should greet Daniel Wilson before we go home,” he insisted. “Besides, we have just arrived here. I’m just feeling a little bit gawky with the unfamiliar environment. That’s all.”
Sienna half smiled at him. “Okay, then, we should hurry to meet him.”
She quickly gazed around to find that man. Some people here were the employees of the Wilson Enterprises. She had seen Maddie talking with a group of people from afar. Maddie immediately waved her hand when she saw them.
Soon, Maddie approached them and greeted them in a friendly manner, “I know you both will come to our party! Mister Wilson will be here in no second. Just wait…”
“About the business…” Jonathan wanted to talk about it with Maddie.
Afterward, Maddie shouted out, “That’s right! Mister Brown, I will guide you by myself to learn about the basics of becoming part of the Wilson Enterprises. Are you ready for it?”
Jonathan quickly nodded. He looked excited.
“I will introduce you to the people who have been helping the company in the stock trading business. And you should learn from them to be able to adapt in our office later,” said Maddie.
Jonathan fixed his eyeglasses and said, “Of course, I’m a quick learner, Miss Mulligan.”
Maddie grinned widely at him. She quickly touched the tip of his collar, making Sienna glanced strangely at her flirty attitude.
“Ah, I know you are a quick learner, Mister Brown. I can see that very well,” Maddie half blinked her eyes at him. And she smiled quietly at Sienna.
It was just like the last time; Maddie was acting all flirty with Jonathan. Sienna noticed that. This old woman really had no shame.
Sienna wanted to warn Maddie in her face. But of course, Jonathan would be angry at her for doing something like that. Eventually, she just had to follow Jonathan everywhere behind him. And she wouldn’t let go of his arm.
“Come on, let’s go greet Mister Wilson first, then I will introduce you to the investors,” Maddie said to them.
Afterward, they followed Maddie to find the man who owned this multinational company.
In the middle of the room, people surrounded a handsome man in a black tuxedo. He was Daniel Wilson. And Hamuza was there to guard behind him as usual.
Daniel smiled and raised his champagne glass in the air. He proposed a toss to everyone who had attended the party.
“Please, drink along with me. Be happy and cheerful for this golden party we have here!” He exclaimed out to everyone.
Soon, he drank the champagne in one rough gulp. The guests followed to drink with him.
“Thank you for coming. Thank you for celebrating this annual party of our company…” People clapped their hands to give respect to him as the company’s owner. And then he continued talking, “It has been thirty years the Wilson enterprises established. I want to thank you all for the hard work. And of course, to my father, who inherited and trusted the company in my hand.”
Everyone glanced at the man across the room. He looked so much like Daniel, except for his wrinkles and grey hair.
Sienna just realized where Daniel inherited such a strong charisma from. His dad also looked so charming, although he had grown old, probably in his late sixties. He was standing there across the room with his pretty wife in a glittering silver gown. She was Daniel’s mother.
Then Sienna looked around the room. She just noticed the people in black suits and sunglasses looked weird. They stood in every corner of the room, looked well-aware of their surroundings.
Why would Daniel need to hire many bodyguards everywhere he went? Especially in this party room. Daniel was just mysterious. And thus, Sienna wondered what was his motivation for doing all the unnecessary stuff like that. Was the rumor about him being a mafia true then?
The moment her eyes paused at him; Sienna’s heart skipped a beat. They exchanged a silent stare at each other. Sienna gulped her nervousness down her throat.
Daniel was standing across from her. He kept on giving her such a weird longing stare. As if his eyes were trying to tell her something. There were also strange charms that lingered in his eyes. And Daniel’s eyes looked naturally glossy as if he was about to cry all the time.
He didn’t look away from her until Hamuza whispered in his ear. Soon, he nodded alertly and went away with him. Sienna wondered where he was going with his bodyguard.
“Oh, no, he walks away from us,” Jonathan was pouting.
Maddie immediately looked at him and said, “Don’t worry, Mister Brown. He will come back. There are a lot of people that want to meet him in person. Just wait and be patient.”
Sienna whispered to him, “Jonathan, are you sure you want to do this?”
He stared at her firmly. “Yes, of course. I’m telling you, I will.”
Maddie heard over their conversation. She immediately shouted after, “Oh, Miss Moss, don’t you worry so much for your boyfriend. Mister Wilson is a good person. He is a man of his word. He has promised Mister Brown to have a position after the internship trial, right?”
Sienna faked her smile in front of Maddie. She could only nod helplessly.
About thirteen minutes later, Hamuza came to greet them in person. He told them that Mister Wilson invited them to have a dinner together in the private room.
Maddie quickly stared back at them and whispered, “See? Just like what I told you,” and then she exclaimed excitedly, “Oh, come on now! Let’s go meet Mister Wilson!”
They followed Hamuza to the private room which he mentioned earlier.
Once they arrived in front of a door, Hamuza raised his hand to let them enter the room, “Please, Mister Wilson has been waiting for you two.”
“Thank you, Hamuza,” Jonathan said happily.
Soon, they entered the door. It was a medium-sized room, an exclusive one.
Daniel sat down in the middle of the dining table. He immediately raised from his chair to greet them, “Please, sit down with me here, Mister Brown, Miss Moss.”
Jonathan and Sienna quickly sat with him at the long table. While Maddie followed Hamuza to sit down oppositely from them.
Maddie then informed them, “Mister Wilson also serve the dinner food for all of the guests in the party. But for you two, he wants to have a special dinner together.”
Jonathan giggled awkwardly as he said, “Oh, my, of course, we feel delighted to have a dinner with Mister Wilson here.”
“I’d like to talk about some things with you, Mister Brown,” Daniel said after he drank a glass of his white wine. “You said you want a serious job in my company. I’m currently in need of someone to take care of the private stuff. But I need to be assured that you are the right person to handle the job for me.”
Jonathan stared anxiously at him, but he tried to look confident. “Go on, Mister Wilson. Let me hear more about it. I’m interested. Let’s see what I can do for you.”
Daniel nodded and spoke, “That’s a good spirit you have in you, Mister Brown. So, about the job…” he slightly stole a glance at Sienna, who sat beside Jonathan. Then he said again, “I will have to put you into a series of tests and interviews if you don’t mind.”
“I’m not at all, go on,” Jonathan was excited this time, although he was nervous.
“Our company is all about money. We focus to generate stable income each month by investing our data and shares with the investors who work along with us,” Daniel explained to him carefully. “Your job is to investigate these investors. Do they have the good to back them up?”
Jonathan gawked for a second. He was confused. “Excuse me, are you saying that you want me to be your eyes? You want me to investigate these investors?”
“It’s not an easy job, huh? And the wrong move, can put yourself into a big risk, and also myself as the owner of the Wilson Enterprises,” Daniel warned him.
Sienna immediately caressed his back and whispered, “Jonathan, please. Just back off.”
Jonathan stared back at her. He was contemplating his own decision at the time. Soon, he declared himself, “What’s the odd, huh? I have to try my luck. I can get the golden gate from here.”
Maddie clapped her hands for his bravery. And Hamuza smiled friendly at him.
While Daniel secretly stared at Sienna. She felt uncomfortable whenever he did that. She was afraid if she might fall for his charm. She didn’t want to be manipulated by him.
Jonathan added, “Okay, I hereby myself agree, Mister Wilson. I can be your wingman.”
Daniel smiled, relieved to hear that. Then he said, “Congratulation, Mister Brown. You just have to sign the paper to confirm your work agreement for us.”
As Maddie handed over the paper for him, Jonathan agreed to sign it.