The next day, Kathleen went to work as usual. On the journey to the company, she stopped by a coffee shop to buy Tiara's favourite coffee and some pastries for her breakfast. Thirty minutes later, she arrived and headed to the top floor immediately. Kathleen tiptoed out of the VIP elevator and peeked at Tiara's desk. The woman noticed her arrival and instantly shot her an icy glare while pouting her lips sullenly. "One Caramel Macchiato for the most beuatiful princess Tiara..." Kathleen said flatteringly while putting the coffee cup on the desk. "That's not enough," Tiara replied coldly, having her eyes only on her laptop, avoiding looking at Kathleen who was now standing beside her desk. Kathleen smiled and squatted down slowly. She was holding a brown paper bag in her hands that was filled with different kinds of pastries. Tiara inhaled naturally and the delicious smell of the pastries instantly hit her nose, making her gulp some saliva. "Princess Tiara doesn't want to forgive m
"Now?" Kathleen responded while meeting his gaze. He just nodded and so she followed him into his office room. Tiara gave her the look as if asking what was going on, but Kathleen just shrugged her shoulders."Aaron told me about his plan to move abroad after launching the microchip project. Are you aware of that?" Ryan asked directly right after the door was closed.Kathleen stared at him with uncertainty, wondering if she should answer his question. Her brows knitted slightly, clearly showing that she was not comfortable with the topic of the conversation."He had told you, hasn't he?" Ryan spoke more. He too just observed Kathleen's expression to try reading what was on her mind. Still no response from her."You knew that he's going to bring you along with him, right?"She looked down instantly avoiding his gaze, and it was a clear sign that what he guessed was true."Are you sure about that, Kathy? Did you really agree to leave with him? He said the other day that the two of you a
"Honey, what's wrong? Why are you looking so tense?" Aaron circled his left arm around her waist while his right hand went to rub her back. He stared at her anxious face, feeling confused by her worried expression."Fine... If it's going to make you feel better, I won't tell Ryan anything anymore about our plan. Just the moving part and that I'll give the CEO position to him. That's all that I'm going to share with him. I won't tell the rest, okay?" He tried to soothe her. Kathleen just nodded slightly, feeling a bit better but the unsettling feeling was still conquering her heart."You know what... I think I know how to make you feel even better," Aaron suddenly said seductively."How?" Kathleen replied senselessly, hadn't thought anything about what he might try to do with her. He grabbed her body and led her to the bedroom behind his office and she instantly knew what he meant. 'Of course. Sex was always his main antidote for stress,' she mumbled internally, just going with his flo
"Nothing. I should get back to work," she said while showing a faint smile."No... stay here for a while. You haven't chosen your engagement ring yet," he was reluctant to let her leave."Ryan was right. We're at work right now. I shouldn't spend too much time in your office. I'm distracting you. You said you need to prepare a lot of contracts before. Do it then."The man looked sullen instantly, yet he concurred with her. He pointed his hand on the computer screen again, asking her for the last time to choose her engagement ring, yet Kathleen just shook her head, still firmed with her opinion of not having one. She could hear him sigh slowly before she left the office room.Kathleen went to sit on her desk again. She took out her phone having the intention to call Liam. The things Ryan said to her before bothered her mind. That thing about why Rodney Shaw was still after her even though she had been outcasted by the Campbell family. She also wondered what Ryan meant when he said that
After ending the call with Liam, Kathleen returned to her desk with more trouble filling her head. She did not know what she should do. There was nothing she could do to protect Aaron without exposing her secret identity. The only thing she could do was to let it be and just hoped everything turned out exactly as planned.Since that day, Kathleen paid extra attention to the progress of the microchip launching event in fear that there would be some people who might ruin it. She kept in contact with Liam to ask about Nora, just in case that woman tried to plan a scheme against Aeroxx, but nothing. Liam knew nothing about Nora's plan. It seemed as if Nora didn't even have her eyes on the microchip project. That caused Kathleen to slowly had her guard down. She believed that Campbell was the most significant rival of Aeroxx so when Nora seemed uninterested in the microchip project, Kathleen thought the launching event would go smoothly as planned.On Thursday of the same week, as usual, K
Ryan laughed scornfully at him. He shook his head in dismay, looking at Aaron like that man was some kind of idiot."You know what... I don't care anymore. I was concerned too much about you but ever since you're with Kathy, you disregarded a lot of things, a lot of red flags. You ignored your friends and I don't even think you wanted to focus on Aeroxx anymore. Your main vision changed, you're chasing over something uncertain. You don't even know this woman for real. You ignored my advice when I told you to make a background check on her. You trusted her too much that I'm starting to think that you're blind." "No... You just said that because you still liked Kathy. You're just jealous of me," Aaron denied his bitter accusation."Jealous?" Ryan sneered.It was hard for him to swallow but it was the truth. Deep inside, he knew he was jealous of Aaron in so many ways. He never realized it before but after Kathleen chose Aaron over him, suddenly his eyes got opened. He began to desire o
"Great... then there's no problem to do it tomorrow," Ryan said and took a sip of his drink again."Are you sure the microchip project was done?" Nora went closer to him and whispered in his ear flirtatiously as if sending a double meaning to that question. He turned his face slowly to her and stared at her coldly that the woman instantly gulped in nervousness."That kind of trick won't work on me," he said and drank his whiskey in one go."And yes, it's done. I saw the final prototype myself. It's in Aeroxx secure lab," Ryan added later, pouring another whiskey into his glass.Nora slowly scooted away from him. She smirked at the man in irritation, wondering why he acted disgusted with her. Ryan took out a cigar from his pants pocket and searched for the lighter in his suit but he couldn't find it. Out of a sudden, a hand holding a lighted lighter came close to his face, trying to help him burn the tip of his cigar."I don't know why you hated me so much. As far as I remembered, I ne
"I just wanted to talk..." Rodney said while approaching her slowly. His hand was holding a handkerchief that was sprayed with some chloroform earlier, intended to be used on her so he could make her unconscious effortlessly."There's nothing to talk about," Kathleen replied boldly, maintaining her composure and getting ready in case they attacked her."I'm really sorry, honey. But you can't have dinner with Aaron tonight," he marched to her and quickly cupped her mouth. The woman fainted in mere seconds and he quickly shoved her into a black SUV that had its windows fully tinted. There were some people who saw what happened but then Rodney's men threatened them to stay quiet. Since it was a poor neighbourhood, the people stayed put and didn't do anything for fear they might get in trouble with an unknown powerful person."I got her," Rodney told Ryan through a phone call inside the SUV. The vehicle then drove straight to the abandoned factory that Nora mentioned before.Aaron looked