"I liked it."
Out of the blue, Shantal declared that as she let out a contented sigh. Then when she looked around the, it was as if her eyes could something amazing that Alex could not see
"Like what?"
Alex asked her with a completely confused expression because he really did not have an idea of what was Shantal meant with her words. However the other party replied with a simpered smile,
"This situation."
Then while still watching her own reflection within Alex's eyes, she added,
Basically everything."
"What did you just said? Your boyfriend would get the wrong idea if she heard it."
Alex insinuated albeit the last time he checked the other party did not have one yet. But he reckoned that there was nothing on making sure whether his resources
***************"Is it the rain that I am hearing outside?"Out of the blue, Shantal asked that question and when Alex tried to listen closely to what Shantal was talking about, he was able to point out its real source."No. The sound that you just heard was from the waves as well as the wind."Alex explained to Shantal and he was able to pick up the sound because they were just one of the common sounds that could be heard within the place during the night; considering that a body of water was just nearby. In fact, Alex personally preferred hearing it before going to bed because he felt like the sound could take away all the burden in his body. Shantal, on the other hand, nodded her head in understanding."It sounds like the rain:"Shantal closed her eyes as she allowed the sound of waves cleansed her so
"Since when did Alex start feeling special to you." That was the first question that popped up at Alex's mind when he tried to think of something that he was curious to know about Shantal's relationship with her Android Partner and he knew that somewhere deep inside him, there was this part that badly wanted to know Shantal's answer to that question. "I can answer that precisely!" Meanwhile, Shantal was excited to hear the first question that the other party asked her because she had long come up with an answer for that. Mostly because she had already asked herself that same question on multiple occasions. "I felt like I started feeling that way the moment I set my eyes on him. From the first day, he came to my house and the rest of the days that we spent together, my feeling only keeps on building up until I was no longer able to contain it." Alex was shocked whe
Against the frigid weather of the night, Shantal decided to go out in search of the source of her coffee as she did not think that she could function properly the next day if she would not get her daily dose of caffeine. So it did not take that long before Shantal decided to go outside again to look for the said vending machine. However, as soon as she stepped outside, she experienced how badly the night draft was biting; it was freaking cold! Yet, it did nothing to stop her from having her drink. If anything it only made her crave more for a coffee. Likewise, the moment her eyes landed on the vending machine, the side of her lips quirked up a little bit."There you are..."She whispered softly all the while rubbing her hands against each other to keep herself warm.Not long after, she was already standing right before the machine and she did not hesitate anymore to put the coin into the coin slot right away. But w
At first, part of Shantal still could not help but shake the feeling of awkwardness in her, thinking that she was only imposing to the other party and Alex was not exactly interested to the story that she was about to tell him. But over time, Alex became more engaged in asking questions, and this in return made it easier for Shantal to tell him more of her stories. Eventually, they got the hang of it that they started losing the track of time. "Oh, I can bet my wrist that you will be laughing your ass out all night if I will continue to tell my story." Shantal declared with confidence in her voice as if she was certain that Alex would love to hear more about her robot. "Try me..." The other party insinuated with a lopsided grin and Shantal on the other hand smiled back at him. "Okay listen. Did you know that Alex left me dumbfounded on the first day that I got him? You wound probably won
"Why is that?"Alex insinuated with his eyes squinted as he was also curious to know how the other party truly felt back when he was still staying with her, pretending as her robot."Well, apparently, when I opened the package, way before my robot, Alex could even step out of his box, he already almost ended up cursing at me. Then later on he claimed that it was because he was set on a friend mode by default."Shantal could not help but roll her eyes when she remembered that moment. But at the same time, a bright smile was still pasted on her face. She went on and on with her story and just like what they have agreed beforehand, Alex allowed her to do as she pleased; he let her tell him the stories and asked her back some questions every now and then. At this point, he could no longer stop himself from getting fascinated by the other party's passion when it came down to talking about her robot.Meanwhile, Shantal continued talking about her first encounte
Meanwhile, the same kind of thought has been going on with Samantha's mind as she was left talking to Harold and Jodi. Apparently, the latter was able to catch up with them to which they deemed to be a blessing in disguise because it allowed them to hitch a ride with Jodi's car going to the Black City. "What do you think would have happened if he had told her the truth?" Samantha asked out of the blue in order to avoid the awkward silence and it was Jodi one who gave her an answer "My gosh, I have already told you numerous times. If he have told her the truth, Shantal might end up dying." Her eyes could not help but to go heavenward when she felt like she was only saying same thing over and over again for who knew how many times already, although in reality, she had only shared this one secret to Harold alone and no one else. It turned out that due to her medical condition, it was not advisab
Jodi was silent when she heard Sam said those words because deep inside, she knew that the other party's words rang true. Meanwhile, when Sam saw Jodi's reaction, she fought back a sneer from breaking out from her lips. She knew she hit a spot there so she resumed from where she left off."You already decided upon yourself that Shantal's love for Alex and you was not enough for her to trust your confession. But how are you going to prove that your judgment was right? Doctors even perform surgeries on patients who do not have a 99 percent possibility of survival and that remaining one percent sometimes makes miracles happen."That one percent...."Jodi trailed off as she was trying to think of how she could refute the other party's words. But after contemplating and still coming up with nothing, she let out an exasperated sigh and hang her head low in resignation."You do have a point there."&
Meanwhile, Alex and Shantal was still deep in their conversation. At this point, Alex became more curious than ever, especially after learning that the main reason of the other party's fascination with her robot was mostly because of the moments that they shared together. It was him who made those memories with her so in Alex's point of view, basically, the one she fell in love with was him. But at the same time, Alex also could not help but wonder why Shantal was suddenly acting as if she was missing 'Alex' so badly as if they have said their goodbye's to each other for good.The last time he checked, Shantal and her robot was doing good and judging by how passionate the other party was in relieving her memories with her robot boyfriend, it did not seem like they ended in a bad note. Besides, before leaving her side, he also made sure that 1096 was there to replace his place. So he wonder what had transpired to them after they switched places. Because from the way how Shanta
"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