"Are you back in Berlin?" Richie asked the man on the other side of the car. His right hand was busy turning the steering wheel. His left hand was busy holding his cell phone to his ear.["I just got into Berlin an hour ago," the person on the other side replied. ["Looks like you're looking forward to meeting me."]Richie, who was emotional, squeezed the wheel. He was in no mood to play around. If he couldn't remember Sharlynn, he could shoot Heinz and his whole family."Get me a new car! Bulletproof!" he ordered Dante.["What's the new car for, young sir? Is it for Sharlynn?"]Richie exhaled heavily before answering Dante's loud question. "Just do as I say! I'll be waiting at the former station headquarters!" Richie did not want to prolong his argument with Dante. He immediately ended the call.A few minutes later, Richie was already standing in front of the abandoned Stasi building that had once been the East German police station. It had been repurposed several times, but there wa
Kaufmann Mansion.Three women of different ages were gathered in the front pavilion. Right next to a small garden filled with roses and orchids.Sharlynn could be seen repeatedly looking at the watch on her left wrist. Her expression was worried. Also, her eye was already showing the exact number five. It was as if her body and mind were out of focus.Yolanda, chatting happily, looked at Sharlynn, who looked worried. The little girl suddenly smiled nosily."Mommy, it looks like someone's restless," Yolanda chirped, making Adriana and Sharlynn look at her. "Who, honey?" asked Adriana. "Mommy's not fidgeting from earlier."Sharlynn was silent, wondering if Yolanda was talking to Adriana about her. Of course, it was because she was the worried one."Who else is scared? My beautiful aunt, of course, whose husband hasn't come to pick her up yet." Yolanda made a curious face as she crossed her arms over her chest. Meanwhile, Sharlynn's face instantly turned red when Adriana looked at her.
Sharlynn reflexively tried to push away Richie's two hands that suddenly cupped her face. Somehow, her heartbeat was beating abnormally at that moment. This made Sharlynn feel weak in both knees. Also, Richie's breath was warm as it hit her face."How dare you contradict me?" asked Richie sternly."I wasn't going to contradict you. I'm the one who doesn't understand why you forbid me to wear such clothes," Sharlynn replied boldly. "Are you afraid that I will force you to break our contractual agreement?"Richie's eyes began to scan the beautiful face of the woman in front of him again. He ignored the words that came out of Sharlynn's mouth.This look coincided with Richie cursing himself. Remembering Heinz's treatment of him, he wanted to make hell for Sharlynn. But his thoughts soon changed when Heinz also threw away his daughter like old garbage."Richie, let me go!" pleaded Sharlynn, trying to keep Richie's hands away from her face. Richie gasped when he heard Sharlynn's voice, wh
"Dinner is ready. I'll meet you in the kitchen." Sharlynn left the two men and headed for the kitchen.Dante breathed a sigh of relief, but the man next to him gave him a stern look. Feeling the attention, Dante turned his head and looked at Richie."If you dare mess with him, I'll have you out of here right now!" Richie threatened."Young master, don't you just love this woman? Why do you get mad when I stare and admire the beautiful and kind Sharlynn?" Dante's question made Richie stare at him even harder.Richie's nimble hands tugged at Dante's shirt collar. His eyes flashed. This made Dante a little surprised, and his goosebumps bristled."Right now Sharlynn's status is my wife! You know what I mean? A wife belongs to her husband, which means Sharlynn is mine and if you dare touch mine, I don't care who it is, even if it's you. I will still throw you into hell right now!" The emphatic tone was accompanied by Richie's piercing stare like an eagle ready to tear its enemy to pieces.
Sharlynn looked so excited as she started to look through several women's clothing stores. She stopped when she saw a blouse with a large bow accenting the belly. It was sleeveless, white, and looked elegant.The blouse was displayed on a mannequin in a store. Richie approached Sharlynn and saw that she seemed interested."Do you want the blouse?" Richie asked. Sharlynn turned her head, a sweet smile on her beautiful face. The beautiful woman nodded firmly. "But it's still too sexy. Look for a plain t-shirt or blouse with less transparent material," Richie snapped.Sharlynn's smile immediately disappeared from her pretty face. She was really disappointed. However, she complied and didn't want to argue. She left the place disappointed.Richie did not move from his seat. He was still staring at Sharlynn's staggering back. "Sharlynn." The owner of the name turned to the owner of the baritone voice calling her."What? Shouldn't we look somewhere else? You decide, I'll just obey," Sharly
Sharlynn's eyes were starting to look dull, but her feet still wanted to walk down every aisle of the Mall of Berlin. Just like she did almost every day, and for nearly a whole day to avoid seeing Odette's crocodile tears when she asked for something."Are you still hungry?" The baritone voice seemed to wake Sharlynn, who was walking while remembering her past."You're like a psychic; indeed, my stomach is still hungry after walking around the mall," Sharlynn answered honestly. "But I haven't found what I'm looking for yet."What item do you mean?" Richie wrinkled his brow in curiosity.Sharlynn stopped walking and turned ninety degrees to face Richie, who was walking on her right side."Don't worry, it's not a big item that can fill your apartment. I just want to buy some work supplies to get my project done quickly," Sharlynn replied. "We'd better get going." The two of them got moving again. After going to the stationery store, Richie accompanied Sharlynn to Hashir Burger to fill
The alarm clock read seven minutes past five. Richie was already awake that early and had just opened the bedroom door.His dark brown hair was still wet, showing the glitter of water droplets between his close-cropped hair. This morning, a white press body t-shirt and light blue jeans wrapped his body.As he entered the kitchen, his eyes fell on the beautiful woman still sleeping."Looks like you need to learn to wake up earlier," Richie muttered, undoing his steps to the kitchen.The man sat crouched, balancing his position to be lower and more in line with Sharlynn.Richie's hand itched when it wasn't touching that beautiful face. He gently rubbed Sharlynn's cheek, trying to wake her up.Sharlynn's nose slowly began to move. But she seemed reluctant to open her eyes."Sharlynn wake up, don't you want to make me some coffee or tea?" hearing Richie's baritone voice, the woman immediately opened her eyes. She blinked a few times and rubbed her eyes.Her nose didn't want to miss the a
"Richie, what did you get from Heinz's corporate database?" asked Keenan.The four of them were already in Keenan's office. They were sitting on the round sofa—Mr—Madison, Richie, Keenan, and Sharlynn, who were still listening to their conversation.Sharlynn knitted her eyebrows when Keenan asked Richie. She had never seen her contract man fiddle with the laptop or ask him about the company database. She had almost forgotten about it and had lost hope in Richie."I found a lot of irregularities here." Sharlyn's brow furrowed further at Richie's answer. The man fiddled with his eleven-inch tablet computer device for a few seconds, then showed it to Keenan.Keenan took the sleek, flat object and examined each document Richie had managed to retrieve and secure. Then Keenan showed it to Mr. Madison.The older man looked puzzled; it turned out that the problem was not just embezzlement of company funds."Looking at this, it looks like Heinz doesn't know anything about embezzlement," Richie