'Sir the email has been sent out' My PA Lewis informs me from my open office doorway. Lewis has always been a trustworthy employee of mine, which is why I appointed him to this very special task for me.
'Hmm'. 'Any replies?' I ask.
I'm not too familiar with relationships, I've messed around with women but on a casual basis, this upcoming marriage is down to my grandfather, he wants to see me with a wife and is hoping I have a child within the next few years. His getting old and wants me to have a stable home before he passes away. I'm 100% sure his got another twenty years left but I wish to please him. He raised me like a son while my father worked full time at Scope Entertainment after my mother passed away, my father retired quite young at the ripe age of forty five, when I had just turned twenty, since then, I've been running Scope entertainment.
It's long hours and a lot of hard work but I wouldn't change it for the world, I've traveled around the globe, pinched artists from other agencies and seen the good, the bad and the ugly from this industry.
I now rule the industry with an iron fist, just like my father and grandfather did, nothing stops me from doing what I want. Nobody has the balls to question my leadership and nobody likes to fight with Scope, 99% of the time, they end up losing.
My artists have always and will always be at the top of their game, I ensure all artists have contracts and plans that suit their individual needs and goals, all contracts are abided by from the day all signatures are on the paperwork, making them part of the family, as at Scope Entertainment everyone is family here. This is why Scope is where all artists in this industry wish to be.
The reality is, if they don't catch my attention I'm not interested. I take in winners and I take in those I believe to have potential to become stars. Nobody else gets through my company doors.
'Yes sir, when do you want me to reduce the number, you have 12 replies so far' Lewis informs me gleefully, I think his more excited for this marriage than I am, I don't blame him to be honest, Im fair but I work him to the bone.
'Friday, ensure you have a full background check' I instruct sternly. I need to ensure my new wife is responsible, trustworthy and someone that's not going to cause me trouble, I have enough on my plate to deal with, I want a wife! Not a child to babysit!
'Of course sir, is there anything else before I leave for the evening' Lewis calls quietly, it's as if he believes I'll make him do overtime again, it's amusing to think he knows me well.
'No Lewis' I say while shaking my head, 'see you tomorrow' I shoot him a small smile from where I'm sitting, behind my desk, as he walks off, getting his things ready to leave the office
'Good night president Shark' Lewis calls from the adjoining office before he leaves.
To be honest, I should have made his office further away, his seen and heard multiple women in my office performing unsavoury things that definitely should have been behind closed doors.
I admit I was young and reckless to begin with but I had to stop sleeping with my artists, since a scandal was released when I was twenty four, I've had no one since! It has always been to risky, if I had kept a closer eye on the company, on my staff, Scope would never have been infiltrated by an undercover reporter! I've learnt from my mistakes through, I changed my attitude and got rid of the artists I'd slept with. It cost me a lot of money but I had to release them, the damage had already been done!
Lewis walks out of leroys office, taking the elevator down to the basement, getting in his car and driving home.
Leroy still sits in his office, in his black reclining chair sitting behind the large mahogany desk. He continues signing off documents and then sits there thinking to himself
'It's only 5 years, it's not going to be a real marriage, especially not yet, these women were picked randomly from a list, at the moment they are all just after the title of Mrs shark, most women fall at my feet, they will definitely open their legs in no time, I can only hope the woman I choose on Friday will fall for me'
It had always been the same for Leroy, women loved him, his masculinity, his confident and strong aura, women fell for men with power and control! He had it all, everything was perfect, apart from the fact he had never found love.
It sucked, he wanted to find love but his job took most of his time up, he worked hard, managing artists, managing his company and ruling over the entertainment industry! This was the reason he had chosen a contract marriage, he would have women lining up around the corner if he had made it public knowledge, instead he had asked Lewis to form a list of eligible women, invite them in for a meeting and he would be able to choose one of them to be his wife.
A contract marriage!
Who would have thought Leroy would make such a hasty decision just to please his grandfather! He wasn't very hopeful on the love aspect for this marriage but he would at least try.
Leroy had watched his grandfather dote on his grandmother since he was a young child! He wanted that!
He would cherish the woman he would pick on Friday.
As long as the woman abided by the contract, keeping their marriage a secret for the first six months, no sleeping around, moving into his home and acting like a wife should, he would dote on her, hoping she would eventually fall in love with him.
Just like his grandparents did, their marriage was also contractual, after a few months the contract was torn apart and their marriage blossomed from that day forward.
Leroy wanted that!
He needed it!
He was thirty! it was time to settle down and have a family, he could still work hard but he could still dote on his new wife.
By 1am Leroy took his last sip of his whiskey and fell asleep at his desk, drained from the chaos the day had caused. He couldn't wait for Friday, his life would change, hopefully for the better. He wholeheartedly wanted to please his grandfather. Maybe he could even fall in love.