Alex went back and forth from mopping the floor down and going to the kitchen. He really tried to keep his mind busy. But after a prolonged time of avoiding Shantal, he finally could not take it anymore so he mustered up his courage to face her. He pulled a chair and sat right across Shantal on the table.
"I know that I sat across from you back in the train. But I can't help but find it strange that you followed me here."
He pointed that out and Shantal was unable to refute his words. When Shantal refused to say a word, Alex continued to speak. But each time he tried to speak, the more indignant he sounded.
"Do you know that it is not normal for a girl to follow a man to his place of work? Let alone say when they never knew each other?!"
Again, unable to find the right word to say, Shantal remained silent and only chewed on her lower lips.
"Based on your expression, this was not
"Who is she?"Auntie Hersia questioned Alex as soon as the other party got to the kitchen. But Alex denied having anything to do with Shantal."I don't know her.""Should I call the police?"The old lady suggested and when Alex heard that, he quickly shook his head."Certainly, not. There is no need for that, really.""But Is he not bothering you? From how I see it, she was harassing you."Alex was silent for a while as he tried to consider things but it did not take that long before he made his mind and revealed the truth to Auntie Hersia."Actually, it was me who bothered her first when she did not wish to have anything to do with me."There was an obvious tone of despondency at the edge of his voice when he said that and so the old lady nodded her head in understanding.
"Hello, I just called to inform you that my team will arrive anytime from now. So be ready."Jodi's voice sounded so sweetly from the other line. It was obvious from the tone of her voice alone that she was in a good mood. However, it did not seem that the man he was talking to, shared the same feeling. On the contrary, Harold has a grim expression pasted on his face."This is as far as I could do."He whispered next to his phone as softly as he could because he did not want anyone from his team to notice that he was on his phone; talking to someone."No worries. This, by itself, was already a great help."Jodi replied having the same level of energy as before.Meanwhile, oblivious of the thing that their leader was forced to commit in order to save their team, Sam and the other continued to mind their own businesses.Sam was busy tinklin
"Come in!"Harold invited them as well although he did not exactly move from where he was standing. The team, on the other hand, seemed to know what they have to do. They no longer have to be told what has to be done and they took out their tools as soon as they got there. One of them even has his eyes glued at a USB slot right away."You came here a lot earlier than expected."Samantha commented in an attempt to strike up a conversation with the newly arrived team and one of them was considerate enough to reply to her."We tend to get things done pretty quickly."" Do you need any help?"Meanwhile, Rico offered a helping hand to the technician standing right next to him. However, the other party declined kindly."It's okay. This is our field of expertise. Rest assured that we got enough manpower to get this job done."
Meanwhile, the youngest among the technician's got his attention hooked on the model robot that was put on display. This was actually 1096, less the face because apparently, Harold's team was still in the middle of fixing some of his inner parts. But the robot could already do as much as talking."1096"The guy read the tag written on the robot's chest plate and he almost jumped to his feet when the robot suddenly started talking to him."Do you know me?"The robot inquired. But the other party was simply too stunned at that time that it was as if his ability to talk was momentarily thrown at the window."I would like to get to know you as well."1096 resumed talking when he did not get a response from the man before him. As if put in a trance, the man, who the author no longer bothered to name, stared back at the robot with a completely dazed look. Amazement
On the other hand, Auntie Hersia was left to attend to the new wave set of customers that arrived, all by herself because Alex chose to remain hidden in the kitchen. From the current look of it, it was as if Alex was determined not to do anything for the rest of the day. He would rather bore himself to dead or squat on the corner and draw circles than talked to Shantal.However, when the old lady saw Shantal's patience, she could not help but get moved. She has been observing the other party from afar and she could see how faithful the girl was on waiting for Alex to give her a chance. Unable to take the situation any longer, Auntie Hersia tried to convince Alex otherwise. When she got back to the kitchen, she saw Alex sitting on the floor with his knees tucked close to his chest."I don't know what is going on between the two of you. But you should not make a girl wait for too long."Auntie Hersia gave Alex a piec
'If she insists, then treat her like a crazy lady.'Out of the blue, Alex heard Michael words ringing inside his head like a psychedelic ringtone. It was as if the earlier conversation that he had with the other party was haunting him because he did not heed their first advice.'What do we do when a stranger approaches us?''We ignore them.'The voice inside his head was the mix of his and the others and it was like they were creating a music played in a loop."You know what, you should seriously go to the hospital."Alex blurted out."I will tell you the address of a nearby hospital, you should go now."Alex no longer waited for Shantal's reply and he abruptly rose to his feet so he could leave. But before he could even ge
Not long after, Shantal could be seen being kicked out of the inn."You psychopath, what do you want to look at?!"Alex said while pointing at Shantal's face as if a maiden being perverted by someone."Are you a rising star of the stalker world?!"He added but instead of getting offended, Shantal started laughing like a fool."You are laughing? Are you nuts?!"There was an inexplicable expression on Alex's face when he saw Shantal laughing at his mean words. Meanwhile, who was also watching them from inside could not help but doubt if the girl simply had a loose screw in her head."It seemed like you still have not learned your lesson, yet."Alex held Shantal's on both sides of her shoulders to make her looked straight at him."Listen up. My face is mine and the robot you are thinking of is not me
Meanwhile, it was already too late when Sam and the other realized that someone hacked their system. If it was not for their team leader pointing out the anomaly, they would not have noticed. Little did they know that Harold was behind all of that and it was actually part of his plan. He only agreed to Jodi because she left him with no choice. But there was no way, Harold would betray his team.He only promised the other party that he would help them get easy access to their main office and it was all up to the other side's technicians if they could infiltrate the firewall. In exchange for that, Jodi would stop blackmailing him and give her every evidence she has in her hands.However, it was not specifically included in their deal that he has to make sure to see the hacking process to its end. Now that he already got the flash drive from Jodi and he got what he needed from the other party, he could not be bothered to care anymore whether they were able t
"Gosh it's good."Harold said when he got to taste how refreshing the drink was. When he looked at the other two guys, he saw them gesturing to their head but he did not give them much attention."Yes.Sam repeated the same thing with a voice and face devoid of emotion."Something needs fixing."Harold told Sam afterward and so Sam fought back to urge to do and eye roll before replying flatly to him."Okay."This time, Harold noticed that Rico and Michael still keep on doing the same thing so he asked them instead,"What? Is your scalp itchy.""No."The two answered in unison. Jodi on the other hand who was watching all of this farce unfold right before her eyes, could not help but let out a sigh."You sure are made for each other."She said to no one in particular and it was also as seemed she was only talking to herself."Anyway. Michael, I need you to go to Casterly."
"I am right here. Respect my existence."Michael insinuated afterward before he sarcastically added,"Do you guys want be to get you a room instead?""I should not have fallen asleep that night."He muttered to himself as he recalled the night Jodi asked Rico out for a date. He believed that if only he was not asleep that time, then maybe Jodi would also consider dating him.On the other hand, Rico seemed to be out of it and oblivious of him."Lover."The other party mumbled to himself as he observed the tarot card in his hand.'"I did not know this will happen. I feel so lonely."Michael muttered to himself out of despondency and while he was in the middle of self pity. Someone walked into the room.They though the one arrived was some random girl who was in full glam and obviously had just gone to salon for her touch up when it decided to have some coffee."Wow! I told her she would be pretty."
"That robot was sometimes human and sometimes a robot for me and that was why others who can't understand my situation mistakes me as someone who hallucinates and believe a robot as a human just because I am treating it just like one. But for my opinion, my situation was no different from those who loves their pets so much, they even considered them as their child and called themselves as furparents.""My emotions were input into that robot and that person. That is how this miracle happened. That fact completely changed the way I view things. This will be yet another scoop for the reporters present. Nordstorme Corp will go from financing mergers and acquisitions to investing in futuristic industries that involved human sensibilities. Just like what Alpha Tec Inc pioneered years ago.""This is your first change in business strategy in 15 years. Do you have anything mapped out?"One of the reporters raised a question just like what a normal press conference should
On the flip side, just like what Shantal assumed, Mr. Takashi with Mathilde's instruction called for an emergency meeting on that afternood. Which happened to coincide to the time when Shantal will hold her press conference.Moreover, since Mathilde would not be able to make it there since she was still held in prison, her secretary presided the meeting."We shall begin the emergency board meeting."Secretary Ye declared loudly and her voice reverberated in the room. Jiro was also there along with other board members."The agenda is the dismissal of Director Shantal Nordstorme and the cause is as you were all informed. An illness."She continued while everyone was silent and anxiously prayed so they could ever this meeting once and for all. On the contrary, Mr. Takashi was nodding his head on the side and though he was anticipating for this day come.Mr. Takashi nodded his head toward Secretary Ye to signal her to start it once and for
In there, Jodi found a list of shares under her name as well as a soft copy of memorandum of renunciation address to Shantal with her name on it and it was then that Jodi realized that her mom had already long planned about it ahead of the time.As it turned out, Mathilde was thinking of using her influence to oust her cousin out of the position.In addition, inside the flash drive she also found an old email account with records of bunch of emails and it took Jodi more than four hours to go through all of them.But by the time she finished reading the exchange of chats Mathilde had with her hitman, Jodi's eyes was bloodshot.It was unsure if this was cause by her prolong exposure to the screen or if it was exhaustion that was doing this thing on her body, but when she get up from her chair, Jodi balled her hands into a fist.She slammed the door shut behind her back as she left the office and on the screen, the last conversation
It was late in the evening when Jodi received a call out from nowhere. When she checked that registered on the caller ID, she was surprised to see Jiro's name.Truth be told, he was the least person he would expect to contact her. After all, the two of them never talked to each other for ages.Jiro used to be a good friend of hers as well. Just like how she and Shantal were cousins, Jiro and and Zorens were first cousins too so naturally all four of them get to know each other and as a child, they eventually became acquaintances in no time.Besides, since Zoren's parents were a family friend of the Nordstorme they often had an opportunity to hang around during their childhood.However, ever since the day Zoren committed suicide due to the incident regarding the Nordstorme controversy, Jiro also stopped communicating with them.So this made Jodi wonder what had come to Jiro to decide and phone her at this time of the night.But
"In other words, she wants me to become director and cover up all his shortcomings?"Mr. Takashi insinuated after his contemplation. He did not exactly declined the offer this time, unlike before. Although he also did not directly implied that he would do it.Nonetheless, Secretary Ye considered his response as a good sign. At least, the other party was no longer adamant at turning them down.So with the same insinuating manner, she answered him back."That would make it easier for you to do your duties once you become a director. All that was left for you now is to leave Ms. Shantal Nordstrome no other choice but to step down and abdicate the position of board directory to your hands.""Ousting her is not enough. He will just come back. We must make sure he loses the will to come back."Out of nowhere, Mr. Takashi declared with conviction and for a second, the secretary was taken aback by this.One moment, he almost drove her a
"You told Jodi about everything?"Mathilde asked her secretary as soon as the two of them were finally allowed to have some private conversation within the prison hall where she was currently detained. Panic was noticeably present on the other party's face when she raised her question. Meanwhile, the secretary remained silence yet that was all enough for Mathilde to guess her response and not long after that, her shoulders dropped on the side when the realization hit her."I guess she was bound to find out about it sooner or later."She muttered under her breath with despondent undertone.An exasperated sigh escaped Mathilde's lips afterward. But then, she suddenly tenses up when she recalled about something else.Leaning towards the other party all the while grabbing a hold to the iron bars, Mathilde looked around her warily first to make sure that no ears were on them.Only when she confirmed for the umpteenth time that no one was listenin
Adelaine Smith's P o V~~~~While Jodi and I were driving down the road looking for any sign of the robot, I received a call and when I checked who it was, I found out that it was Amanda so I accepted the call right away."Ms. Smith, the robot just got on the bus number 707."I heard her voice telling me the moment it picked her call"Great! Thank you for the information."I replied and not long after that, she hung up on her because I reckoned that it would be best if I could relay this news to the other search parties. In this way they would also know where to start looking. Of course, the first one that I tried to call was my lady boss. However, to my dismay, I was only redirected to the voice call feature of the phone.'The number you have dialed is busy at the moment. Please try your call later or leave a message aft