"Are your muscles very tense, master?"
With feigned ignorance, Alex asked Shantal the most obvious thing. But the truth was, deep inside him, he already has an idea how sore the other party's body could possibly be feeling at that exact moment.
It was for that same reason why he carried Shantal in his arms, in the first place. Then he brought her and made her rest on a massage chair.
"I am getting a massage because I ache all over because of you!"
Shantal snapped at him.
Alex was sincerely sorry about what he had done to Shantal. He knew it must have been painful for her. But the thing was, he was not supposed to show that kind of emotion, because again, he was acting as her a robot.
"Shall I adjust the mode?"
He suggested because looking after her was the least that he could do now. Then Alex no longer waited for Shantal's consent and adjusted the intensity of the massage right away.
Shantal, on the other hand, seemed to feel
The next day, Shantal purposely made her robot watch Hachiko."What kind of situation is that?"Out of the blue, she raised an inquiry at Alex while at the same time allowing him to watch a certain part of the movie."A dog is saving someone."Alex was not sure why Shantal was asking him the obvious thing but he still responded to her question using a matter-of-fact tone."That' is right! And theoretically speaking, you should be the equivalent to that dog."Shantal answered back with the same matter-of-fact tone. Then she added,"That dog is risking its life for its owner. Just like that dog, you need to protect me with bravery."She declared and sat on the sofa with crossed legs. She looked at Alex and told him,"Now, I want you to input that mission into your system."'So it turned out that this was still all about that incident'Alex, on the other hand, thought to himself. He held Shantal's gaz
"Is there anything else you want me to do master?"Alex asked Shantal as soon as he was done cleaning the other party's room.Shantal has a lot of servants that were available all day long to follow her every beck and call. Yet for some reason, the girl seemed to love the idea of making Alex her personal nanny.As such, she instructed Alex to clean her room first thing in the morning.Meanwhile, Shantal happened to be having her breakfast when Alex approached her.As soon as the other party got close enough to where she was seated, she lifted her gaze and looked at her robot, all the while chewing on her food."If only you were a human, I would gladly let you have a taste of my food."Alex, on the other hand, fought back the urge to salivate in front of Shantal. The girl deliberately showed him how she was enjoying herself over a bowl of creamy soup and garlic bread.She even let out an exasperated sigh as though she was really
"Lest you forgot, I am talking about the robot that you gave me!"Shantal felt the need to remind Jodi when the other party started showing her the face that suggested she felt more conflicted than she actually was."I am just also equally frustrated just as much as how you are."Jodi said as she placed her left arm over the table and used it to support her head. The other party even had the audacity to shook her head and exhaled a deep sigh of lamentation as though she was the one who experienced receiving the shorter end of the stick.Meanwhile, when Shantal saw that expression on her face, she almost tried to erase her cousin's face right here, right there."You can't be more frustrated than I am."She started to argue with her and with a synchronized timing, the both of them turned their head in the direction where Alex was, almost at the same time.They observed Alex who happened to sit at the corner trying his best to pretend th
"Go ahead, and charge your boyfriend. We can continue this conversation some other time."Shantal told Jodi to go home in a roundabout manner."Alright. Let's talk about our robots then. You can tell me about your progress with Alex the next time we leave. I'm sorry I have to leave in a hurry."Jodi sounded sheepish when she replied to Shantal. She felt like leaving Shantal just as when they were starting to have their common interest was as good as wasting a good opportunity to get close to her cousin.But then just as when she was considering letting Arvin's battery getting drained for a while she shook her head to clear her mind and with hurried steps, she assisted Arvin outside.Meanwhile, when her cousin left, Shantal remained seated on the same spot. As she was left alone to ponder over Jodi's word, she tried to give her advice, a careful thought."Input my emotions, you say?"Shantal muttered under her breath and then later tha
"Don't get me wrong, Aunt Mathilde, I am very grateful that you always sided with me when it came to making business decisions. But Ironscapes must choose between bankruptcy or a sale. This is purely business, nothing personal."Shantal already made herself clear and the more that her Aunt Mathilde was trying to persuade her, the more irritated she became.This was one of the reasons why Shantal hated talking to her relatives. She even refused to attend most of their family reunions due to that same reason.Because whenever they come to see her, they would always talk about their business with her.People always want to gain something from her and if not for their ulterior motive, they would not even think about asking Shantal how she was doing."Your late father chose to expand the company and was open to the idea of bending some of his ideals if needed. Don't you think you should do the same occasionally? I mean, there is no harm.""No, I'
"What?!"Harold almost went hysterical when he heard the update from one of his teammates.It turned out that the needed part to fix 1096 was sent to the wrong address, which in return would delay their work in a considerable amount of time."The part went to Africa?"Mikael, on the other hand, repeated the very words that Samantha just told them. He could not believe his ears."It takes one day for it to be sent from Japan. Why did it go all the way to Africa?"Harold asked in a mix of vexation and agitation."I accidentally put down the wrong address."Rico's size almost shrunk smaller than how he already was when he saw how his colleagues were eyeing him."Come on, guys. This is just the first time I made a mistake. I'm sorry. Okay?"He added.Mike, on the other hand, raised his hands in the air as a form of surrender and before he shouted,"My goodness!".......\(-_-)/.......
One sunny day, while Alex was busy cleaning the room, Shantal suddenly approached him from behind."Get stripped"The other party issued such bold command without even batting an eyelid and Alex was taken aback when he heard that.He put his arms protectively across his body and looked at Shantal with wide eyes. Alex did not expect that Shantal was harboring such adult thoughts about him.Just the thought of Shantal wanting him to remove his clothes and get naked in front of her was enough to make his ear turned red.Shantal, on the other hand, has no idea why her robot was acting weird but she handed Alex a set of new clothes."Let me bring you out today. We are going somewhere so wear this."She added"Ahhh..."Alex, scratched the back of his head awkwardly when he realized what Shantal really meant by her words.'She should have made it clear from the start so that I did not end up putting another meaning b
"Anyway, how are you guys supposed to retrieve me here without raising suspicion from anyone?"Alex suddenly raised another concern."Don't worry, we already come up with a plan before contacting you."Samantha butted in and then Rico added,"We will get you out of there and swapped you with 1096 without anyone knowing.""Don't worry, Alex. Trust us, we got you covered. Nothing wrong will happen."This time, it was Mike who gave him his words of reassurance. They thought that Alex was concern that they would get caught that was why he seemed to sound reluctant.But little did they know that the other party's reluctance did not have anything to do with that. Rather, part of Alex was simply unprepared to leave Shantal's side yet.""I thought your team would personally get me out of this house with the pretext of a recall notice? Is it not the plan anymore?"Alex asked in confusion.They had already discussed their i
"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