At this point, Aaron's no longer showing his irritation. He just looked closely at the two in silence, wondering who they were. He was determined to investigate them later and destroyed them the way they did him. He vowed to himself to do that in order to recover his pride and dignity as a man. He knew at some point the microchip would show up again and the company that launched it would reveal the real bastards who schemed him right now."You better get here fast before some random stranger took her first. I mean... she looks very tempting right now," Rodney said provokingly. Kathleen's upper chest was exposed because she was wearing a low-cut dress, so Rodney purposely caressed her skin there just at the top of her bosom to annoy Aaron. Yet, Aaron gave no response to it and just showed a cold expression on his face."Why is she not waking up? What did you two do to her?" Aaron asked instead."Don't worry. It's just a sedative. She'll be unconscious for a few hours. You know... to ma
"Backup. There must be a backup at the lab," Kathleen said in hope but Aaron shook."They're gone. A virus attacked the main CPU and everything was gone," he told her dejectedly."Why did you give it to them? I told you in the video call not to give it. Why did you do that? They won't kill me. I know they won't kill me," Kathleen broke down."They might not kill you, but they will torture you, Kathy. I can't just let you go through that without me doing anything. Tell me... who were they?"Kathleen shook her head, refusing to tell. She couldn't. She felt so guilty for it yet she couldn't help Aaron at all."Did they threaten you? They threatened you, didn't they?" Aaron made a guess and she was silent, only sniffing her nose a few times and wiping her tears with the back of her hands. She couldn't even meet Aaron's gaze because the guilt was really killing her from the inside."I'm sorry..." that was the only thing she was able to do right now, saying her apology to him.Seeing her br
Kathleen told him the two conditions carefully. The first one was the original condition they had agreed on before, that no one should know about the wedding. But this time, Kathleen told him that even his mother shouldn't know about it. It should be a secret to everyone that they knew including their own family members and friends, no exception.The second one, Kathleen requested that he made no investigation regarding her kidnapping incident. She wanted to make sure of her mother's safety because Nora threatened her before that if she dare to expose them, Nora would poison her mother and make the old lady die slowly due to unknown sickness.Aaron agreed with the first condition, although he was a bit disappointed that his mother won't know about him being married. But as for the second one, he was a bit confused about it. He didn't understand why Kathleen wanted to let her kidnappers off the hook after what they did to her. He did ask her why but she couldn't give him any explanatio
That night, Aaron got a phone call from his mother, Lily Castell. He had been expecting that since his company's condition and the rumours about him going into bankruptcy were all over the news now. Aaron picked up the call inside the bedroom with Kathleen sitting on the bed resting while reading some magazine. He sat on the bed beside her and put the call on loudspeaker mode so his wife could hear it too."Aaron, for fuck sake! Why the hell didn't you tell me anything?" Lily lashed out annoyingly first thing at her son."Mom... why are you yelling at me out of a sudden?" Aaron replied calmly."You got into major trouble and your mother only knew about it from the news. Really, Aaron? Am I that insignificant to you?""I don't want you to worry about it. Everything was under control...""Under control, you said? Aeroxx stock price had dropped to negative values. How can you call that under control? Tell me how much debt you have to pay? Mommy will pay it for you," Lily was determined t
Kathleen gazed up and just smiled at her. She nodded a while later to tell Tiara that she was fine."Did everyone know?" Kathleen asked and Tiara slowly squatted down beside her."Yeah... The rumours had spread, but looking at the company condition right now, everyone was convinced that it was not just a rumour. Everyone believed that you got kidnapped and Aaron gave up the microchip project to the kidnappers to save you," Tiara explained with a sombre tone."A lot of people must hate me then. I made almost a thousand people lose their jobs..." Kathleen replied dejectedly."Uh uh... nope. Don't you dare blame yourself, honey. That incident must be traumatizing for you. Don't you dare feel bad about what happened. You didn't ask for this to happen. This is something out of your control. It's not your fault," Tiara soothed her. She could see that Kathleen started to have reddened eyes."Aren't you mad that you lost your job because of me?""It was unfortunate... But Mr Thompson had trie
She didn't know how to feel about his words. It sounded like he was trying to tell her that he would be a safe place for her. But at the same time, it sent some kind of malaise thought to her mind. It was confusing.Half an hour after Ryan left, Sandra Wilson suddenly showed up at the company. She came out of the VIP elevator unexpectedly and rushed directly into Aaron's office room. She just ignored Kathleen and passed her by rudely.Kathleen stood up and followed her, trying to stop her from entering the office. She knew that right now, Aaron surely wouldn't want to deal with this kind of situation. But the woman had already gone inside and so, Kathleen just stood by the office door, looking at Sandra who approached her husband shamelessly."I read the news..." Sandra said while grabbing Aaron's arm casually. He looked visibly uncomfortable by it, especially when Kathleen was there looking at him. So, he brushed off Sandra's hand that gripped his arm and he took two steps away from
A black Lamborghini car stopped in front of the Castell Corporation building early in the morning and a woman with the most domineering character came out from it elegantly. The people inside the company building didn't even have to guess it. Just looking at her silhouette was enough for them to know who she was.Lily Castell walked confidently into Castell Corporation, wearing Gucci sunglasses with a Hermes Birkin handbag in her right hand. Her black turtleneck sleeveless dress was giving a vibe as if she was going to a funeral, spreading dark energy across the lobby of the building. Everyone instantly looked panicked upon seeing her unexpected arrival. Today, she came to meet her husband, Edward Castell, the father of her son and also the Chairman of Castell Corporation. She was determined to force him to help Aaron get out of trouble with the situation at Aeroxx Corporation.The receptionist at the front desk instantly called Edward's secretary, Noah, telling him that the big madam
"Pay all Aaron's debt and call him. Invite him properly to return to Castell Corporation," Lily said boldly."Do I really need to do that?" Edward replied with annoyance. He felt humiliated to even think about doing it.Back then, Aaron left the company stubbornly even after Edward offered to raise his salary. Edward even threatened Aaron, warning him that Castell won't help him if he ever got into trouble with his new company. Yet, Aaron still walked away and left Castell Corporation in confidence, truly believing that his talent and his capability alone would be enough for him to start his own business. Strangely, despite how impossible it sounded back then, Aaron managed to prove that he was right. Aeroxx was established without any help from Castell Corporation. But a father was a father after all. Later on, after Aeroxx's name began to rise inside the business industry, Edward slowly transferred some funds to the company in order to support his son. He lowered his ego and wanted