At a different fashion company a man got out of the Porsche Boxter car wearing navy jeans, boots, and a black shirt and suede leather jacket, who followed by his secretary as they walked quickly to avoid the journalist's crown, which was intercepted by his bodyguards to try approached him.
"You know Eli I don't like it, if they ask questions when I'm in front of the company entrance, every week I make time for interview but why still..." he grumbled as he walked in and was accompanied by his secretary who carried a black folder and rolled his eyes when he heard his secretary's answer
"I know, but you know they're like black sheep, I can't do anything, anyway you can still avoid them with your guards..." He scoffed back while opening the black folder in his hand.
Sighed as he waited for the elevator doors to open he glanced at his secretary "-what is that?-"
"Didn't you ask me yesterday to find out about the owner of the company's stock-" the man entered his private elevator while interrupting his secretary
"Explain to me when we are in my office room" looked at his secretary with raised eyebrows when gesturing him to take the same elevator as him and made Eli silent before shout his mouth and enter the cubical elevator
"And do you know if it's a woman-"
"Eli..." he groaned as he pressed the only button for heading to the top floor of the building after hearing his secretary's rambling again.
"Okay-, Okkay I zipped my mouth." Eli responded as his eyes opened wide by showing his zipped mouth with the help of his own hand.
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"Hello ... my name is Angellily A-, Lockhart, hmm… just lily, please...and I'm from France" I’m sorry ‘oldpapa even I love you more maybe grandma name more safe, Lily thought after finished it her words as she says with a sweet smile, covering the nervousness that comes from her voice. She closed her eyes for a moment as she hoped people wouldn't be interested in her name but she was so wrong because-
“What a beautiful country like you!” Someone shout startled Lilly begin to make noise in classroom
"What's your lucky number !!!" a male student shout suddenly when she finished her words
"Sit next to me!" exclaimed another male student, and the others students were showing enthusiasm, every students shouted making a noise in class, while the female students were only seriously staring at her, some were friendly and there were also staring sharp at her.
Only small smile attached on Lily lips when she get warm attention for a girl sitting on the left alone front of the class. That morning She stood in front of the classroom which was crowded with other students. She turned to the right with a pleading look, to a woman who wasn't far away standing near her.
"Okay ... everybody stop! we are not at the auction" Prof. Viola Lockhart said approaching Lily while stroking her blonde hair "Here dear, you can sit in the front seat today" Viola said slowly as she is leading Lily to her seat and make male students sneers "Now, open chapter five, I hope no one's asleep in my classroom today" her eyes lashes to all the students in class that morning.
"Hey, nice to meet you" A girl Lily glanced at her warmly before greeted her warmly and in a small voice as her eyes didn't take her eyes off from her aunt Viola, Lily took a binder from her backpack just smiled at the murmur of the girl next to her "-Valerie btw" The girl mumbled continue when writing what Prof. Viola wrote on the whiteboard made Lily just stare at her, not hearing what she was said before.
"Huh?" Lily whispered when she stopped doing her writing
Valerie smiled before whispering into Lily's ear "My name is Valerie, but you can call me Riri by the way" Riri made Lily smile shyly as her brown eyes looked at her gratefully.
"Nice to meet you too, you must have known my name, but yeah, you can call me Lily" Lily mumbled while wiggled her eyes making Valerie laugh startling everyone including Prof. Viola but quickly, as quickly as Prof Viola turning her body also Valerie and Lily took notes back like nothing had happened, before they smiled silliness but kept their focus on the whiteboard.....
If She lived in a world with no mirrors maybe she have her to show her how she really is, She did bе louder, She did be honest. Probably wouldn't bе self-conscious…“Wanna come to my party?”"Huh, did I hear you wrong?" Lily stopped drawing her design arts when she glanced at Riri who was suddenly sitting beside her on the school park bench"No you heard right, I invited you to come to my party, my birthday party-"“Oh, really when? Is today your birthday-” Riri just nodded as she smiled before Lily hugged her with a surprise as she whispered in her ear “-happy birthday, I wish you’re the best one” Riri smiled as she hugged Lily Back, she had never found someone friend like her before, she don’t know why her feel she’s so special thought from her another friend even she just knew her."So do you want to come to my party..." Lily's expression changed as Riri confirmed her reference and let go of her hug "why, is there a problem, don't you want to?" Lily shook her head as she thought lo
Jane placed her handbag on a gray leather office chair in her office room, took a breath as she stood by a large window, she could see the beautiful peaceful scenery for meditation purposes now, folded her arms she turned around while looking around the room where her father used to work. So this is the CEO's office. Admittedly his father designed this very perfectly, the CEO's office is not only a place for CEO to work but also as a place to welcome business partners, thus showing the face of the corporation. Jane could see that the CEO's office was in the best place in the corporation. This room is 60 square meters wide with Luxurious space to show the power of the leader design style, a dashing door is displayed from the east opposite where her stands, The colour scheme matches this building of her to be the leader to attract luck and fortune to this business. The desk is one of her favourites, because the full-large and shallow desk creates symmetry and unity but is also comfortab
Lily turned her head and looked out the car window, seeing a big, sturdy mansion so cool to her. Wrinkles appeared on her forehead and her lips parted when she saw the flow of water from her eyes? what is a swimming pool, water pool? Fence!? She had never seen a house with such a design even when Riri's car had stopped with the driver opening their door, she still gazing the building from the opposite side of her standing, maybe her house you can call it mansion was one of the most magnificent houses in this area, but the building there was truly breath taking."So, you like the building too?" Riri nudged her friend's shoulder, very focused in awe without blinking, getting a response to what had been predicted. Lily nodded when gulping saw a design she had never imagined with Riri’s smiling proudly leaning in her car staring at the building in front of them "Yup, I'm crazy about that house too? That's my uncle's house by the way... he also designed my house, he- He's great at it, I do
The night has come, the decorations are done and the cake is ready in the garden. Riri was walking wearing her dress, she was trying to put her earrings as she’s walking back and forth, Lily on the other hand was sitting in front of the dressing table tidying her hair and had finished wearing her dress. She glanced at Lily as Riri stopped behind her staring at her in amazement."Okay, maybe it's my birthday, but I'm not lying if you look amazing in that dress..." Riri whispered quickly as her mouth opened looking intently at Lily "Maybe that dress was really designed for you..." she continued when Lily smiled shyly at her"No, you're the one who's so beautiful in that black dress, that headband on your head fits perfectly-" Lily paused for a moment when Riri took off her headband and put it on her head, tilting her head she chuckled happily.“Now it's just perfect" the black flower headband adorns Lily's blonde hair "I was very confused before, because the black flower didn't match my
Lily was relieved when she came out of the restroom, stepped down the stairs her steps stopped when she saw a guy leaning again at the front door of Riri's house, wearing party clothes but Lily had not seen him at the party before, his face was also old enough not to be said to be a student at her school "So... you are the granddaughter of Pinault...." he said gruffly making Lily gulp 'who Pinault, who is he talking about?' Lily had a lot of thoughts henceforth, So the feeling is right that she was being watched earlier, she had frozen under the sudden attention of his word. Her relieved feeling became a feeling of fear and anxiety in an instant. When people said Fear is your best friend or your worst enemy. It's like fire. If you can control it, it can cook for you; it can heat your house. If you can't control it, it will burn everything around you and destroy you... but that's just a philosophy because what Lily is feeling and thinking right now is just to run away from this guy 'We
The word 'go home' always sounds much more beautiful than 'go'. But one must long to be able to enjoy the beauty of going home. But now Jane can only sit restlessly with her legs shaking in anxiety, Andrew from the front seat looked at her boss from the rear view mirror and began to worry about his boss, who from day to night seemed out of focus."This is it, we arrived ma'am..." Jane turned to Andrew with a sigh of relief while mum her mouth noddedThe iron gates was opened with the car entering the yard, Jane immediately looked her focus at the car that was parked in her yard with a doubtful look.Andrew quickly got out of the car to open the door for Jane "Thank you Andrew, good job for today..." with a nod as she walked out of the door Jane headed to rush into her house, the five meters high door opened as Jane stepped on the patio in front of her house, Jia immediately greeted her by taking the coat that Jane was wearing with a slightly scared and worried face"Est-ce que Lily es
Lily took a deep breath trying to get her breathing back to normal as this man was still stroking her back gently trying to calm her down."Where are you staying-" Lily tried to hear his voice clearly when it echo in her ear and tried to open her mouth but had no strength at all, so she just nodded even though it was a mistake as her head seemed to be spinning wildly. Her arms and legs felt heavy and the sensation of pins and needles flooded her slipping legs, she opened her strange eyes try to looking and staggered left and right looking this way and that – but Lily's eyes were too fixated on the light to notice it – before her head felt very heavy and her vision was filled with black marks – she blinked like an idiot."Hey-" he mumbled softly, the man was a little disappointed when his voice was not noticed. But this man felt that this girl suddenly gripped his arm tightly, and also felt that even her entire body was as still as a stone. Lily could barely see anymore but that was ok
Let everything go as it is, pass as it should, and end as it should because When she feels like giving up, she may not know how close she is to the bright light. Lily then nodded and slowly drank it while looking at the man who was walking looking up at the night sky from the window full of glass walls, staring at the side of his body Lily thought more about why his face seemed familiar to her somewhere... jeans and a plaid shirt, perfect on his body not only that his boots made her realize maybe it was only in her childhood imagination when she dreamed of having a father with this style even though she had never met him, not only that his brown eyes looked honest and calmed her down as his smile curled under his moustache, his hair also looked perfect in a shaggy combed over style... this feature expression-"Ugh..." Lily suddenly grimaced as she closed her eyes, she felt dizzy in her head. Oh my God, her head is spinning."Did you hit your head before?" the man asked and there was n
Jane changed into her thin black lace pajamas with see-through and went about her nightly routine, replaying that night's events in her mind. After they returned to the table, Richard continued to explain, taking every opportunity to point out similarities and common interests between Herself until Jane could barely speak to one another; Richard had said all there was to them. while Jane is tempted to look at her past lover, but forces herself to be a good poker face, relaxing and sipping her wine. There would be time to think about Richard later.She was beginning to suspect Marisa had been talking more to Richard in her absence too, because by the time they all said goodbye it was clear he had the impression it was indeed a date, no joke. he. She pulled him aside and told him in a charming tone how wonderful it was to meet her, and would hope to see her again sometime, to talk business, or…. Jane groaned closing her eyes, for in her memories of being with Richard distracted by the i
Luckily, the orchestra chose that moment to finish the song and the couple in the ballroom stopped dancing, applauding their final performance.She took that as an excuse and checked the watch on his wrist watch “Oh, I didn't notice the time. It's very late," she said to him, "I have an early meeting tomorrow, with your team"Richard looked surprised and disappointed but just nodded at her. She knew it was a lousy excuse and probably one of the worst performances of her life, and they returned to their table again when they wanted to finish the bill."You understand that I invited you to dinner just to not piss me off, right?" he said.Jane laughed at him gently, "Yeah, that's pretty obvious.""So officially, I still owe you another dinner," he smiled, after he waved and silently asked the waiter for the bill, "But we can make it dinner in Chicago if you want," he said as casually as he could and waited for her to answer.Before she could say anything, the waitress returned with the b
He chuckled but pretended to look offended, “Of course! In fact, I am a great dancer. I'm the grandson of the British Ambassador, remember? I started taking ballroom dancing classes at the age of four, just in case Queen Elizabeth stopped by New York,” he said as she joined in on the laughs, irony isn't it? and she'd be dealing with politically strong, it was too complicated Jane thought"—Oh wait. I understand. It's a car thing, right? You don't think people who own automotive companies can dance," he continued the conversation, following another song.More like a robot linker and an airplane, Jane's mind thought with a smile.Out of the corner of her eye she saw a pregnant girl in her twenties dancing with a friend of Richard's who she knew was in his late fifties and her smile faded. She asked herself again, for the thousandth time, how a man could do such a stupid thing.Richard noticed the change in her mood and followed her gaze, “It's Hiko Yamato and his wife. You've probably s
-0-0—YESTERDAY“-uhm, and why do you like roses?” Jane tried to break Richard’s gaze too fixated on her“Well, it’s different with you I guess I should explain first—” Jane smirked as Richard teased her before he continued “Apparently my father is an American businessman who grew up in Europe and my mother is British,” he began after tasting the wine, “They have nothing in common, just the fact that they’re both fresh. Students from the same university in France. My father is a student engineer and my mother studied Literature. Dad loves numbers, and mom loves words. Dad is brown hair, and mom is blonde. Dad is friendly and talkative, mom is shy and introspective—” Jane laughed looking at him“and it’s very specific The other way around” Jane laughed making Richard smile happily“In every way imaginable,” he nodded, “They met at one of those student meet and greets once. “He said he was instantly smitten by her, while mom wasn’t impressed with him at all,” he laughed, “Instead of givi
“I thought you want to help me?” Gary said speaking up. “You said you need me for a mission to get all this started so what do we have to do?” She wasn’t surprised Gary was the first one to ask that question. He had the most experience working with the CIA after all.“It will actually be two missions,” Sia said turning back to the image. “This place belongs to you leader of one of the stronger factions but you hold on it is gonna through black mail and you are assisted in this by your father whom I believe you are familiar with.” An image of his father appeared on Gary mind.“Yes me is leading a Fashion businessman?” Gary said clearly shocked. “I mean I know he’s ruthless enough but I didn’t think anyone would follow him.” She could understand their disbelief but one Gary know the whole picture of his father done then he migh be understand. “He has control over the Command system ship through it’s Dark control systems,” Sia said bringing up the image. “He has allied with his brothe
She glanced at Gary and looked uncomfortable with what he was about to ask her and she did her best to look supportive when his eyes found hers. “I know you would prefer to take some time to deal with leaving your home world again but we don’t have time,” Gary finally said. “We have an important matter to discuss, if you’d tell them what you asked me to do.”She took a breath as She look at him again “Some time ago I asked myself to consider putting myself in contention for this Mission alone.” She could see the understanding look on Gary face. “I agreed to consider it and discuss it with the rest of the truth but when Chief mantion you it kind makes me challenge Doing my job”“This is why you not stepped down to this mission isn’t it?” Gary asked looking at Sia. “You’ve agreed to go along with this mission idea of you take me in to this?” Sia nodded and Gary glanced over at his other side. “You knew about me accidently?”“Only after Chief be seen supporting you behind” Sia said afte
The silent level in the cafe was deafening; so much for the belief that a meeting of the him was always conducted in a decorous fashion, hah. Sia exchanged glances with hm. Of the people present on CIA, she is must to meet him, and here she is. And the only two who weren’t currently expressing their opinions at the top of their lungsDespite the seriousness of the situation, Sia had to stifle a grin as Gary rolled his eyes and whispered, “Now I know why Captain has resisted being promoted for so long!”“I certainly would go insane if I had to deal with you on a regular basis,” Gary agreed. She looked around at the room; to her left. At her immediate left, before She was glad she couldn’t make out more than a few distinct phrases from that particular ‘conversation.’“Gives you a greater appreciation for how tough it is to be CIA agent,” Gary said. “It’s not just I’m who’s unhappy, though I think most of the others were all right until this brought up the plans for the colony.” He shift
“Although their motives appear to be pure,” Gary said with only a trace of irony disappointed in his voice, “but why my dad assets been included to them?!”Sia nods when sigh “That’s why we’ve decided that it would not be prudent to have you going back this job. I’m sending a second ship with you-the Odyssey.” Sia pause considering “but I do want to help you” Gary closed his eyes grunts in annoyed This was exactly what he didn’t want to know about his dad done or his assets... even the Dark Auction wasn’t any worse“Who will be in command of the selection of this mission?” Gary asked slowly“I am but you will be in charge of the overall mission if you join me,” Sia said immediately, answering his unspoken question. “Captain Effic La Farley will be in command to help in France. He’s an excellent officer. Although he’s never held a field command before, he’s headed up a variety of research teams, plus garnered immeasurable experience serving on senior staff for nearly fifteen years befo
“Do they have any other purpose other than making a living for their group?” he asked after awhile “After much effort and time I don’t think so but if the Federation cooperates in their business I’m not so sure” Sia said it made sense because people need dark political funds “There aren’t many easy worlds for illicit or unclaimed business that fit in, especially in that area,” Sia said leaning forward in her chair. Suddenly she had an insight. “Do you think there are the size of the hands of the higher ups in France?” she remembered how the Humans there offered arrivals a chance to settle down if they had sufficient funds. And this must be how the new ship got involved. The more she thought about it now, the more sense it made. Gary’s eyes met hers. “Ahh I think that’s how They claims her Retail is easy since Ms. Arnault’s father is from and settled in France.” Gary sat back, stunned. Many images and memories of his time in France – with Jane, for what they thought would