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Fooler and the Fooled.

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I promised you all a full chapter on my Birthday... So here it is ❤️

Happy Birthday and Happy Graduation to Samantha Whyte...

And Happy Birthday, (fiduciarily) to all of you guys...

(Black Rose, I see you right there...❤️ Please find me on F*, please.)

And others, your following is noticed.

I love you all, I really do.

So... Here's the Chapter.

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That day, Bethany arranges the paper in front of her, laying them out piece by piece, a calculator on her left hand and a pen on her right as she marks some points over and over again.

She finally leans up, sighing and drops her pen. "It's all too damn neat, I need the documents from Jade first before I can determine whatever the problem is here."

There is a slight knock on the door and Jade opens the door and walks in. "Ma'am, you have a visitor."

Something about Jade's demeanor screams it's not someone that she'd want to see with the whole documents and paper around.

"Tell them to wait two minutes, exactly two minutes from now, send him in."

Her guts tell her who it is and she's sure she knows who it is.

And as Jade nods slightly and heads out, she peeks the back of his head standing a bit away, pacing around.

Bethany packs all the documents the same way they had been handed to her and folds it back in her envelope, putting it on the shelf behind her table.

As she takes her seat and takes off the glasses, the door opens and Kevin Fitzpatrick waltzes in like it is his own place. Infact, she won't be surprised if he's ever sat in the chair she's currently sitting in.

"Good afternoon ma'am. Lovely place you have here."

"Mr Fitzpatrick, Come on in." She smiles politely as she motions him to have a chair on the hard ones in front of her table.

Oh no, she's deliberately not offering him the couch, he's not that much of a person to her that she would offer him the chair meant for people she wants to relax with.

His face clouds but he masks it professionally, sitting down. "I came with regards to the documents you asked for."

"Oh yes, what about them?"

"I was curious to see if you ever went through them by yourself? And your questions and doubts and any criticism or praise you have about how I run the finances department?"

"You know, I have been meaning to call you in about that. I really did look through it and the finances are nothing but flawless. I mean, they are perfect. I haven't seen such perfect accounts in all my life, which of course, is still a short one." She laughs and Kevin does too.

What better way to confuse a person than to get all hot and cold on them? Or better still, what better way to throw off a person's balance than to let them think they are safe and secure?

Kevin laughs as well. "I'm happy to hear that you love what you read. Since I found out what I came for, I'll be on my way. The account books don't fill themselves up, you know?" He jokes and Bethany chuckles even though it's a pretty dry one.

"One more thing before you go, Mr Fitzpatrick. I have just a question."

"Sure, I'm ready to answer any questions you might have." He replies cheerily.

"It's simple really. Up until two years, we had been using Trust Auditing Firm, but after you came into the picture as the Director of Finance, we switched immediately to Unique Auditing..."

Kevin laughs humorlessly even though there is a tiny bead of sweat above his ears. "Ma'am..."

"I'm not done yet, Mr Fitzpatrick." Her voice has no humor now and is completely businesslike, almost accusing but she does not want him to get any inkling that she's suspecting him for anything.

"Why them? Was no digging done on the company?"

"We did our research and did not find anything dirty on them, Trust on the other hand had a scandal that year and we lost trust in them so we had to change immediately." He explains, slightly shakily.

"I see. The thing is, I heard some news from a fellow CEO that Unique is filled with thieves so I would just advice you to be careful in your dealings with them. If we can switch back to Trust, that will be beautiful. But for now, please be careful with Unique."

Kevin Fitzpatrick visibly relaxes, giving himself away and he does not notice but Bethany has noticed, and she notices quite obviously and well.

"We'll do just that ma'am, we'll be very careful in our dealings with them."

Few minutes later, Kevin Fitzpatrick walks out the door, a small smirk on his face and as the elevator doors close, he bursts into laughter, thinking he has fooled Bethany.

But the person who has the other fooled is Bethany Worth.

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