"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
"Hello," Ryan answered the call languidly."Ryan, you got to help me," Aaron said in a panic. He couldn't control the trembling sound from his voice because right now he was really tense. Cold sweat began to appear on his forehead and his eyes were still staring at all the pictures inside the tiny box."Why? What happened?" Ryan asked, pretending to be clueless."It's Kathy. I think some people kidnapped her.""Kidnapped? Are you sure?""Of course, I am. They sent me some proof. Pictures of her unconscious and tied on a chair. There's a note... A note saying that I shouldn't call the police or else they would let Kathleen starve for a day."Ryan cupped his mouth, almost laughing. 'Make her starve for a day?' He felt ticklish inside. 'What kind of crap did Rodney write on the note? That didn't sound threatening at all,' he mocked that guy internally."Why are you silent?! Aren't you worried at all?! What should I do now?" Aaron got irritated when Ryan was not responding."I am. I am. O
The next morning, Aaron and Ryan came to the company early to have a meeting with the microchip engineering team. It was Saturday, so the building was empty and only security guards were there at the entrance. After discussing for over an hour, Snyder and his team concurred with Aaron's decision."We would try our best to persuade the kidnappers for another kind of ransom instead of giving the microchip data. Giving that project would only be our last resort in case they try to harm Kathleen in any way that might endanger her life," Aaron said his final words.The others nodded in agreement, although they were a bit disappointed that this unexpected situation happened out of the blue. It was just two weeks more before the launching event, so they really wished the matter could be settled without having to sacrifice the project that they had worked on for years.Ryan just stared at Aaron in silence. He did not intend to interrupt any of his plans to rescue Kathleen. The way he saw it,
Nora chuckled wickedly and moved her mouth closer to Kathleen's left ear."You see... daddy still makes all of us have dinner together every night. It would be such a shame if your mom suddenly fall sick for no reason. She won't notice it if I put some poison in her food every day, helping her die slowly each day..." Nora whispered darkly.Kathleen gritted her teeth in resentment. She slowly turned her head to look at Nora, having her lips shaking and her nose flaring in redness. She couldn't believe that Nora would go to that extent, using her mother to threaten her. Nora totally went too far this time."Now... if you really care about your mother and wish for her to live long, you better eat, bitch..." Nora smiled maliciously and offered Kathleen the dirty meat she just picked from the ground.Nora gaped her mouth, pretending to teach Kathleen how to eat. Her eyes showed malevolent intention. Kathleen had no choice. She reluctantly concurred with Nora to make sure of her mother's sa
"Stop! Fucking stop it! Don't you dare touch her!" Aaron yelled furiously. But Rodney just turned his face to the camera and laughed again."Oh, don't worry, dude. I already touched her enough..." he said provokingly.Aaron slammed his palms on the meeting table. He felt like he wanted to throw a chair at that disgusting bastard who was touching Kathleen right now. If only he could do that, he would have done it and maybe done even more than just throwing a chair. Ryan pretended to calm him down by hugging him from behind."Keep it together, Aaron. Ask them what they want first," Ryan said. When he saw Rodney playing around with Kathleen in such a filthy way, even his heart was provoked by it."What do you want?" Ryan asked Rodney as if he didn't know what they truly want.Upon hearing Ryan's voice, Rodney stood straight again. He went behind Kathleen and wrapped his hands around her neck, making her gaze up to the camera. Kathleen began to tear up when she saw Aaron and Ryan from a t
"What? Are you serious right now?" Ryan pulled his arm from behind making Aaron turn around to face him. He pretended to be mad with Aaron's decision."They're going to torture her. She had been with them for three days, I can't just let her be with them any longer. I can't just do nothing anymore," Aaron replied like a person losing his mind."But the microchip was your major investment. Our company's major investment. Do you realize how much money we spent to fund that project and you simply wanted to give it away for Kathy? Aeroxx could go bankrupt after this. For those clients who wanted to use the microchip, you need to return their deposit money. And not just that, you need to pay twice the amount because you're breaking the contract agreements with them. You knew Aeroxx don't have that much money. This could be the end for us," Ryan intentionally pressurized his mind. But Aaron refused to listen to him."When do you want it? Where should I send it?" Aaron asked Rodney, turning
A few minutes after Aaron left the company building, Ryan went back to the microchip lab. Snyder and the microchip team were no longer there. He locked the door and checked the computers in the lab, deleting all the files related to the microchip project. Then he installed a drive to the main CPU and downloaded a virus to all the computers. Every operating system in the computers instantly crashed down and could not be recovered anymore.Ryan unplugged the drive from the CPU and got out of the lab immediately. He headed to the security room to delete the CCTV footage of him entering the lab. He bribed the security in charge that day and all the footage of the microchip lab from an hour before was deleted successfully."Aeroxx is going into bankruptcy. You better apply for a job in another company," Ryan advised the security guard that helped him. The man just nodded in understanding with his face showing gladness that he knew the news beforehand.An hour later, Aaron returned to the c