Finding her out

Lorenzo's POV

“Take them all away” I pointed at the apparatus that had been used by the media team. With hands placed akimbo, I took large strides toward the window, staring at the booming city, the very one I had built, and I ruled over, before running a hand through my hair as what the old man had said hit me again.

"Come with your fiancée today, Lorenzo, or I will hand over the company to Jaden'' I pulled at my tie angrily, before yanking it to a side, as the word he had said resonated.

I didn't know how at age twenty-seven, I was being considered old, I had earned the respect of all, both young and old and everyone feared me except one person. The young lady who had slammed me with a hundred dollar bill, even when I had given her more than that.

Somehow, she had impressed me with her actions. I had done what I wasn't supposed to do, have sex with a random stranger unprotected at that, but it had happened in my moment of weakness.

I had seen her, Trisha, my first love, and yet again, she had told me to my face how undesirable I was to her, making me want to get stronger, and I had let her words get to me. Yet again.

“F**k” I grunted out, sweeping all the items off the table, as her words came back, hitting me as hard as a running train would.

“Grrrrrr” I flipped my head at the office phone which has been ringing nonstop for a while now, grunting slowly, I took steps toward it, before placing it on my ear.

“Lorenzo” a sharp, feminine voice shrieked from the other side of the phone and I exhaled deeply, running my fingers gently on my temple.

“Speak, Helena” I should have known that she was the only one who would be calling me at such a busy hour when she knew that I was supposed to be working my ass off just so we wouldn't climb off the top of the food chain.

Because if we do, all of our enemies would come crawling in, demanding my head as payment for all I had done to them.

“You were looking so handsome, Lorenzo” I puffed out my lips, letting out a whiff of air.

" Cut to the chase Helena, or I am cutting in three seconds, I,2…” I started counting.

“ You don't have to be that shrewd to me, Lorenzo, anyway when are you coming over? Father has been stomping his staff on the ground waiting for you ever since you ended your press conference"

I gazed at the wall clock before slamming the telephone back on its hold. I should have known that the old man had put her up to this.

I picked up my blazer which I had left hanging on the coat hanger before attempting to walk out of the office when my secretary yanked the door open with a huge bulgy file in her hand.

I raised a brow at her, curious as to what was in those, my eyes wandered to the wall clock which indicated that I was late already but who cares? I didn't have a fiancée nor have I seen anyone yet who would stand in for her.

“Yes…?” I gazed at my secretary, waiting for her to speak.

She swallowed before staring at me, “These files came in not too long ago when you were having the press conference and I had to bring them in”

“Fine” I stretched out my hands on the table at her.

“Drop them there, I will attend to them tomorrow” I tried walking past her when I felt a hand around my wrist, sparks went off in my head as I tried to wrap my head around what was happening.

“What do you think you are doing?” I asked irritatedly, before she pulled her hands away as though she had been scalded by something hot.

“I am sorry, Sir” she apologized, her head bowed to the ground, in such a way that her cleavage was in front of me, and it disgusted me, I knew that I needed to chase her away soon.

“It had a note of emergency on it and…”

“Get out…!” I was trying as hard as I could to keep my cool, what nerves does she possess that she has to act unruly?

I watched as she scrambled away, shutting the door behind her, before I threw my blazer to the side.

Somehow I couldn't stop myself from searching for what was inside those files, what exactly had been placed in there?

I placed a finger on top of the documents, my touch lingering on it for a while before flipping it open, and my heart flipped.

I picked up the pictures that had fallen to the ground, gritting my teeth angrily, how could I have been careless?

I slumped on the couch beside me, squeezing the picture angrily, everything was pissing me off lately, and now this, somehow, everything finally made sense

“ Hahaha" I chuckled softly as that bitter sensation I felt lingered, penetrating all of my senses.

“So she was a spy? One that has been planted just so that I could lower my guard?”

I placed my index finger on my forehead, massaging it gently, it was beginning to ache suddenly, and I could tell that it would worsen soon.

Standing up abruptly, I yanked the phone from the holder,

“ Come up Jack” I spoke into the phone before slamming it back on its hold. I tapped my feet on the ground while waiting for Jack to step in.

The door was flung open, and my shadow guard stepped in, looking Stoic.

“Here” I shoved the picture I had received into his hands.

He ran his gaze on it for a while before looking at me,

“Boss…what do I do? Do I need to protect her or…”

I shook my head at him,

“ All I need you to do is to get her for me, I want her here, kicking and screaming because I need her to spill why exactly she had accepted to do so”