Episode 3

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Maria yawned as she glanced at the clock. It was after 4pm. She was done for the day and by the moves in the boss offices, she knew that Raymond was rounding up as well to leave.

As a rule, she could not leave before the boss unless the boss explicitly told her to, in case he needed her help for anything. She had gone through her timetable again and was relieved to find out that she had carried out the plans she had for the day. All the appointments that was supposed to be for the next days had been written down in red pen so that she would not forget it.

"......will be leaving now." Maria jerked up when she realized that she had been lost in going through her calendar, she didn't hear Raymond open her door and speak.

"I am sorry sire. Did you say something?" She said standing up as Raymond replied,

"You have worked hard today Maria. Head home. I will be leaving now as well." He said as Maria nodded her head with a smile.

"Of course, I was just leaving as well." she said as Raymond smiled and said,

"See you tomorrow." With that he was gone as Maria sat back on her chair. Immediately she decided to leave as well, as she packed her own bag hurriedly and shoved everything back into her cabinet and closed it.

She stood up and closes the door behind her before heading for the elevator. Due to the transparent elevator, she could see Raymond's car driving away from the premises.

She sighed as she watched the car leave her sight. She was very protective of that man, always seeing him as sort of a father figure. He had been the one who believed in her all this while and helped her to her current status. If not for him and his persistence to save her, from that rebellious late teenage phase, she wasn't sure that she would be proud of where she was now.

Which was one of the reasons why she always helped and did things for him, just to make sure that he was comfortable. And now that he was soon leaving the company to go on his retirement. She knew that she was going to miss his presence around but that won't stop her from paying a weekly visit to him.

She walked out of the company. It was already deserted and there was only a guard left at the gate where they used to be two.

She didn't recognize this face but assumed this was the guards on the second shift that stayed from late afternoon till night.

She greeted them and stood in the curb waiting for a cab. As her eyes wandered across the street, she saw a man who was leaning on his expensive Lamborghini Aventador LP. She was in awe although something tugged at her mind that she had seen that man somewhere before.

The cab arrived in front of her as she got in and told the man her address. The cab driver nodded his head before he drove off.

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Adrian was leaning on his Lamborghini Aventador LP waiting for the all clear message from his trusted bodyguard Kelvin when he saw that woman, walk out of his father's company. He frowned at this but removed his gaze and stared at his phone. What are the odds that he would see her again. Maybe one day he would ask around and find out her identity but for now, he had to focus on Simon and him alone.

The message came less than two months later and Adrian crossed the empty road striding into his father's company to meet the thief who had stolen from him.

He entered the company and made his way to the base level where Kelvin was waiting for him.

"He is in there." Kelvin said as he led him towards and empty office that was used as storage as he opened the door and they both walked in. The man was tied up in a chair and looked fairly beaten up by his guards. Seeing this, set his heart up in flutters. He was happy that Simon was already in this state.

Maria was at her door trying to magically open it out of frustration when she realized that she had left her house key back in the office, and the spare was with her friend who wasn't in town.

She sighed, the only thing left was to head back to the company and take her keys. Luckily the company wants locked at this time so she could slip in and out in less than thirty minutes.

She wasnt happy about it but there was nothing that she could do. Sighing, she picked up her bag again and made her way back to the front gate where she was lucky enough to see a Cab.

Another thing was that the company was about fifteen minutes ride so she knew that she was going to be there very soon. And once she is in, she will get her keys and make her way out.

She made her way up the elevator, as she hummed underneath her breath and once the door opened, she walked to where her office was. She unlocked it and made her way inside before she started looking for her keys on the table. Feeling frustrated, when she didn't find it, she checked the CEO office before making her way back and then she saw it hanging on the cabinet that she had locked and had forgotten to remove it from the lock.

Cursing underneath her breath, she took the keys and shoved it down her bag and made sure she replaced all the previously scattered items back to their normal position and then flattened the crease in her skirt.

She took her bag and left her office locking the door behind and made her way to the elevator when she heard someone scream out in pain. She jerked and turned around wondering if she had imagined that noise.