"I... I was just gaming," Nancy said nervously.Yaacob did not seem to believe her. He put on his slippers, walked toward her, and saw the game Plants vs. Zombies on the screen.It was an old game from years before. Nancy had too much stuff on her own laptop, so she transferred some of her games to Yaacob's laptop."I thought you said you need to catch more sleep? What are you doing up at this hour?" Nancy asked."I just remembered that I have some unfinished work," Yaacob replied."So you need your laptop?" Nancy asked."Yes," Yaacob answered."Okay then. I'll go use my own." Nancy handed over the laptop, pouting her lips.The first thing Yaacob did when he had his laptop was to check his mailbox. Good thing the email from the private investigator remained unread.Nancy stopped after taking a few steps and looked at Yaacob with a complicated expression.The next day, Nancy got in touch with the private investigator, for she had memorized their email address. It seemed that t
Yaacob's phone suddenly vibrated when he was about to get into an important agenda. He showed annoyance and was about to terminate the call when he saw who the caller was. His expression changed immediately.Five minutes later, the meeting was suspended.Yaacob left the conference room to return the call in the spacious corner by the corridor."Hello? Any news?" Yaacob blurted out anxiously as soon as the call was connected."Josiah, no, not yet. We may not be able to continue to provide our service. We've given you the lowest fee, seeing that you are Randall's good friend. Seven hundred thousand dollars for the deposit was the agreed sum. However, the remittance we received was short of 100 thousand dollars. This puts us in a difficult position. As you well know, the person you are looking for is declared deceased by the police of the United States. This greatly increases the difficulty of our job," said the private investigator.Yaacob was confused by what he just heard, and he
Then, Yaacob knew why she had so much to drink.Yaacob could not help himself from smiling. "So you know a lot, huh, including the fact that I hired an investigator. So were you the one behind the missing 100 thousand dollars this afternoon?"One of the reasons Yaacob kept Taya as his secretary was because she was not very smart. She was only capable of doing what was asked of her and would not trouble herself beyond that, meaning Yaacob had fewer things to worry about.Taya was dumb enough to admit that she may or may not have typed in the wrong amount when Yaacob asked about the issue with the payment.If Nancy had not brought up the matter, Yaacob would not have known that Nancy was the culprit."You do know that a woman has a very accurate sixth sense when she suspects something. There's nothing that you can hide from me," Nancy said proudly as she tilted her head to look at Yaacob.Then, lowering her head just as fast, she said, "Don't try to change the subject. Are you goin
Nancy was still holding onto the bouquet after arriving at the restaurant and ordering. "Yaacob, do you know the meaning represented by seventeen stalks of roses?" Nancy asked him."No idea.""I searched online, and it meant, forever be with you. Are you confessing your love to me?" Nancy said as she waved her phone to Yaacob.Yaacob smiled and said nothing, pouring a glass of white wine for Nancy."However, it also carried another message, which is merry meet, merry part," Nancy said with a descending voice."The florist was the one who recommended me to buy seventeen stalks of roses. If he wanted to repeat business, I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have meant to convey the second message," explained Yaacob."Besides, all those sayings and messages about what the flowers represent are superficial. Flowers themselves won't have a clue that they mean anything else to people, right?" he added.Nancy knew Yaacob had always been eloquent in explaining himself, but she was not at all sa
Two days later, Nancy was blocked by a black sedan when she came out of the campus.The window rolled down to reveal Benjamin's elegant face. "Hello, Ms. Lawson.""Mr. Cabrera, what are you doing here?""You haven't given me an answer to my invitation. I was passing through the neighborhood, so I thought I'll try my luck to see if I can bump into you."It was only then Nancy remembered Benjamin had asked her out to a banquet. She scratched her head out of embarrassment and said, "Sorry. I've been so busy that I forgot all about it.""It's okay. I know you young people have a lot on your plate, so it's understandable you'll forget some things. By the way, why are you calling me Mr. Cabrera. I thought I told you to call me Uncle Benjamin," said Benjamin kindly."Uh… That's because you call me Ms. Lawson, so it's only fair I call you Mr. Cabrera," said Nancy jokingly."You cheeky girl. Fine, I'll call you Nancy, so will you call me Uncle Benjamin?""Of course!"Nancy realized she
The next day, Nancy agreed to attend the party. However, she was not going to let the Getsons know about it. Thus, she brought her clothes to the campus and changed after finishing her lectures.As promised, Benjamin would send a driver to pick her up from the campus. Nancy waited at the agreed location.Meanwhile, Lola saw her from the corridor on the first floor. She waved to capture Nancy's attention. "Nancy! Where are you going?"However, Nancy could not hear her. Just then, a car with no car plate number stopped where Nancy was. The driver came down and opened the door for Nancy respectfully.Suspiciously, Lola took out her phone and captured that moment.When Nancy arrived at Benjamin's house, she took a deep breath unconsciously as she stepped out of the car. His house was not as big as the Getson Estate, and the design of the house was more simple and unsophisticated.The thing that shocked her was a sentry around 30 feet apart, and there were two rounds of soldiers stand
Yaacob brought Nancy to the backyard. The chaotic and frightening screaming was far from them."Yaacob, that killer…" Nancy was going to say something."Over the years, Benjamin's policies had affected many people's earnings, and he is also one of the most eligible presidential candidates. It's normal that many enemies want him dead. That's why I want you to stay away from him. I don't want to see you die without knowing the reason why," Yaacob explained.As he talked, he wanted to send Nancy away from the back. However, Nancy stopped and refused to walk anymore."I think I saw that he was hurt just now," Nancy said."That's none of your business!" Yaacob stressed."But I'm his guest. I shouldn't just run off when he's hurt. It's not good." Nancy did not know what was the right thing to do."So what? Do you want to be a heroine and go back in there and rescue him?" Yaacob teased.Who knew Nancy would struggle away right after he finished his sentence and ran back inside? She wa
She quickly stood."You scoundrel! Pervert!"Nancy had her dignity, too.She turned around and left, slamming the study door behind her."That's too much! It's really too much!" Nancy muttered angrily as she prepared to return to her room.She felt like Yaacob's condescending attitude made it seem like he was not treating her like his wife.What was up with that wild request? Was she a prostitute?Nancy was feeling incredibly angry when she bumped into Julian in the hallway.She walked to the left, and the man went in the same direction. When she turned to the right, he did, too."Do you have a problem? Don't you know how to just stand in place? Why are you trying to block my way?!"Nancy was furious, even daring to risk offending the Getson scion.However, after she had finished shouting, she did not dare to look Julian in the face. She quickly walked past the man and returned to her room.Nancy did not know when Yaacob returned from the study that night because she was al