Lauren looks at him. "Yes, what are you doing here?" Dylan asked again. "Business! That was the only word he said...""Here? A place I put on a reservation?" Dylan asked the man who had already pulled a seat to make himself comfortable, Mandy couldn't raise her head, she was still very scared of Lauren, Lauren didn't reply to Dylan, he ran his eyes around Mandy's body, he didn't get a closer look at Mandy at the condominium but here, it's closer and a full picture of her sheen he could get it now. "I asked...'"Why did you leave work yesterday?" Lauren asked Mandy making her raise her head, he wanted to see her face, if it continued to remain down, he would not get what he wanted, that question of him had given him want he wanted. "Go on!" "I was supposed to have a date with him and I needed to...""Leave work to go shopping for an irrelevant date?" Lauren asked, Dylan didn't try to say anything, he understood that Lauren was trying to ruin his date with Mandy, Mandy's eyes didn't
"Pick your call, Larry." Lauren's frustration is at its peak. "Lauren, isn't it too early to be calling?" Those were Larry's first words, taking Lauren's call. "Will you keep quiet, Mandy, have you or Tessy..." He hasn't finished the words and the call disconnected. "Damn! I might need Dylan's help, maybe I should call him instead of this stupid Larry." Fighting with his brain, he places a call to Dylan, the first ring, Dylan answers. "Hey, bad idiot!" "Mandy is missing, is like she has been kidnapped," Lauren said, Dylan was surprised where Lauren got that stupid idea from, he raised his head and looked at the same missing Mandy on his couch, feasting on pizza. An hour early, Mandy had shown up at his Mansion with all her luggage. "Dylan, open up." She is hitting on the door, one of his stewards was the one who opened the door. "Ma! You are..." "Where is Dylan?" Mandy asked, the steward hadn't replied to her before Dylan stepped down. "Hey, what are you doing here?" "You don't
"What did you say?" Lauren asked Mandy as he dragged her laptop, only to see that Mandy had dug out the history of the man whose name appeared on the account.[Malcolm Beans was one of the most popular chocolate producers in the early nineties, he was a very rich business tycoon, his product is far known apart from Singapore, and his product is everywhere he is the founder of Mal chocolate, and everyone knows him as a single for years because he had never talked about his family nor had they appear on any social function with him but on his dying bed, he declares he had a child but he never discloses if it's a boy or a girl, he died of heart disease but most people said he was poison by his best friend.] "What?" Dylan yelled as Lauren took the last part, "How could a dead man have access to their company and be using his account after death?" "This only means one thing, someone related to him might be working in your company but why target your company?" Mandy added Lauren's gaze sta
"Oh, my child, you are so sweet, you just take me back to memory lane, I love all of them, and I wish Shehan was here." "Who is that?" Mandy asked. "My son is very handsome, he is also a reporter, I am sure he will be happy to meet you, he loves girls like you but...""Oh, so he is married?" Mandy asked Lauren's face darkened. "No, he is single and he doesn't even have a girlfriend, you can still meet him, he will be here by the weekend, I am sure, he will like you because you are pretty and know how to keep stuff, he is just like you." Mandy's facepalm, Lauren is out of patience, first of all, this woman didn't give him what he wanted, secondly, she had to ignore him like they were not there, thirdly, she is trying to match her son with his bonbon. 'Mandy, let's go." Lauren said in anger. "You two know?" Mrs. Smith asked if she didn't observe that they did because Mandy didn't pay them attention when she entered, and Mandy nodded. "Your boyfriend?" Mrs. Smith asked again, she shoo
"You didn't tell me, you were coming with him?" Mrs. Smith asked Mandy. "I was... No... I wasn't..." She stuttered, Shehan smiled, he never thought that the man, he was dying to have an interview with was here, right at his mother's house. "Welcome sir Lauren Daniel, my name is Shehan, nice to meet you." Shehan stretched his hand to Lauren but Lauren didn't take his hand, he was just staring at his face. His mind wanders, he is having a mental fight with himself, he just can't imagine, the boy in front of him, whom his mother had called handsome. "He is not even handsome." He said mentally, you shouldn't take Lauren to heart, the man in front of Lauren is handsome, he only said that because he felt Shehan was no match for his handsomeness but who calls someone handsome when you have no idea about his face? Mandy hit him. "What are you thinking?" Mandy said in a whisper. "Oh!" He takes Shehan's hand in his. "Nice to meet you two too." Lauren corrected himself, Shehan nodded, pointi
"It's painful to trust someone and then find out, that person makes a fool out of you, anyways, it's fine, I am fine." He sips on the wine. "Mandy goes home, I will be fine." "No, you don't expect me to leave you like this?" "Nothing is worth the trouble, whoever...'"Mandy is not just some random person, is Leah, Leah is Colm Lea, she is the same person, that has been taking money from the company. The one woman that I did nothing wrong to." Lauren echoed her name with pain, "Yes, it hurt to be betrayed by the one person you never did wrong." Mandy stares at him, she can't say she doesn't understand the pain. Lauren is going through nor does she know the exact way Lauren is feeling. She has been there, been hurt by the ones, she loves, Lauren had found out that the person behind the mess is Leah, the love of his life"Lauren, you need to calm down, and put yourself together, like you said, shit happens." "Do you think it's that easy, I have been a fool so many times, it's only a st
She was about to pull it, and Lauren grabbed her hand. "Don't do that." He said in his sleep. "I thought, you were drunk and sleeping already." "Tsk! So you want to take advantage of me?" The man's eyes are closed, he knows every fucking stuff going on around him. "Don't be silly, I don't want to take advantage of you." Mandy sighed and went back to the couch, staring at him. "Stop staring at me." Lauren's voice came up. She jumped in shock, how did the man Know that she was staring at him when his two eyes were closed? "I am not staring at you." "You are and it's irritating when you try to compare me with Mrs. Smith's son." "Oops! How did he know?" She whispered it, that is the thought in her head, she is curious if Shehan is far more handsome than him. "I know that is the reason you want to take off my mask." "Fine, sorry go to bed, I will not do that again, you need to sleep so you don't have a headache." "I am not drunk." This time Mandy tittered at his words and then ro
Dylan has no choice but to leave, he is coming out, and Mandy sees him and runs to him. "Let's go." "No oh! He needs you." "No, he is very selfish and ungrateful, he talks to people without thinking about their feelings, I only wanted to help him and then he felt I was doing it for my selfish desire, I don't even love the boy in question, and Lauren, I hate him." Dylan looks at her and then smells her. "What?" "I don't think so, if you hate him, you will not be smelling him," Dylan said. "I am not smelling him. why will I smell him?" Dylan didn't move his gaze then she inhaled it pushing her nose closer to the t-shirt, Lauren's cologne was strong and intoxicating, she could feel him, something in her moved her to hug herself, closing her eyes like she was imagining him in her hand. Dylan looked at her and then caressed her face. "Stay with him, help him calm his troubled heart." Dylan hugged her. "I will get you some wears tomorrow." "Thanks!" She said but she didn't move. "Wha