Chris
I started searching for Lara’s dad. I was shocked when I heard the news. I don’t know why Heather killed her.
I told my men to find him. As soon as someone found his location, he sent me.
“He is staying in a house near the countryside”
“Okay, I will talk to him,” I replied to him and he sent me his location.I was still in a dilemma about what really was going on with our lives.
I reached him and talked to him. He was disheartened when he heard the news. But in the end, he agreed to visit.
I said the same to Ashley via message.
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AshleyI was scared to meet him, but I had to. Soon, I saw him coming to the hospital and I took him out with me.
“Hello,” I said to him.
“Hello. Are you… Ashley?”“Yes”
“Oh…AshleyI was with Lara. I had no idea about where Vincent must be. I just hope that Chris finds him. Maybe that could mend all the things.It was gonna be night soon. I thought of having a small nap, it could help me.I suddenly received a call from Chris.I picked it up as my excitement reached its peak. Maybe he found him.“hey? Did you find him?” I asked him.“Yes. I found him. But he is not very good…”“What? Where is he?” I asked. “I will send you the location”“Okay”The call ended, but I was worried sick. Why was he not well? What happened?I went out and then at the location he sent. I was scared, as well as happy too. Maybe I will be with him forever, but he should explain to me why he left!I parked my car in front of the location. It was an abandoned house.I ran inside and saw Chris just as
AshleyI had enough reasons to cry. But I didn’t, because I wanted to give a last try to my job.I packed my things as Lara wished for me to win. “Bye, Lara,” I said while taking my phone off the charger.“Bye. Good luck, sis”“Thank you” I left the house taking my suitcase and took a cab for the airport.I am Ashley Jones. I had been a good girl, but not a lucky one. I had been kicked out of my last job and had voluntarily left the preceding
AshleyI woke up and checked the time on the watch that hung on the wall. It was still 6:55 AM and I could sleep peacefully for another five minutes. I swear I will wake up after 5 minutes, I am very sleepy.I dozed off for another nap as laziness took control over my brain and the next time I opened my eyes, fear engulfed me.God, please tell me that I slept only five minutes…I looked up at the same watch that showed me the time… 7:34 AM.
Ashley“Get ready for your task one” he smirked and I nodded.“Follow me” he ordered and I followed him as he led us to some distinct corner. He looked at the small sensor at the corner of the door and it opened. It was… iris recognition.We went inside and trust me, it all felt like I am doing some high-level FBI work.As I stepped inside, he stopped. “You have completely five minutes, find the 56th desktop, and write an email convincing Mr. Houston to agree to 6% shares other than 10%. Only one chance, no mistakes accepted and yes”, he looked at me. “I mean it”Before my brain was able to process any doubts, he left the room. Five minutes, girl.I looked at the room. It was very big, more like a
Ashley“Lower the blinds of the window, Ash” he ordered me.“Okay,” I agreed and lowered them.He called me towards him.“Here. See this. This is the most confidential document of this company, I am showing you this so,” I looked at him. “I trust you” I looked at the laptop screen.I nodded.“I am only showing you cause I need you to study this and know about our strengths and weaknesses. I want you to be aware of our capabilities. Only you are allowed to read and see this. No one, and I mean not another soul should know this”I nodded. “Okay, sir”“And Ash” I again looked at him. “Don’t lower the blinds just because someone told you to. You can’t possibly trust anyone, i
Ashley“The Brown Luxuries,” he said and I looked at the building astonished.The Brown… in the sense his company owns them?“Woah. It is so beautiful” I uttered as we paused in front of a building.He looked at me and I shut my mouth and came out of the car as he did.“I am gonna tell you about this all today. Here carefully. You have your phone?” he said while making his way inside a building.“I guess, sir” I replied.“Take notes if necessary. Or better…” he went to the receptionist.“Mr. Brown! How may I help you?” she asked politely.“Give me a Live Scribe 3 SmartPen”She gave him some pen and damn, it looked expensive.
AshleyI woke up and checked the time as usual.Nothing is as usual.I am definitely fired.I suck.I should die.I think I should stop cursing myself and call him to apologize.I took my phone and hastily dialed his number. I know he must be boiling in anger by now. Oh god, he is not even picking the phone. I am doomed. I AM TOTALLY DOOMED. It is fucking 9:17.He picked it up but the line went silent.“Um… sir,” I said in a low tone.He didn’t reply for a moment but then exhaled loudly. “In my cabin in 10 minutes”“Yes, sir” I replied and the call ended.Woah. Just when I thought that everything was going
Ashley“I apologize for that,” he said.Was it real!?Was the ‘rude’ boss really apologizing to me? The CEO of this heaven?“And trust me or not,” his vision lingered on my eyes for a small moment. “This was my first apology till… now. I never apologized to anyone”The sole sound of that sentence made shivers run across my body. He was here; he was apologizing. Maybe I shouldn’t be that stubborn anyway. Maybe it was just a misunderstanding and I shouldn’t make a big fuss and I should forget.I didn’t say anything as I was drowned in my thoughts and I didn’t even know how to react. I mean, the staff, the people, and Kate, I could feel everyone staring at us. He didn’t whisper anything, he said everything audibly. Everyone heard everything
AshleyI was with Lara. I had no idea about where Vincent must be. I just hope that Chris finds him. Maybe that could mend all the things.It was gonna be night soon. I thought of having a small nap, it could help me.I suddenly received a call from Chris.I picked it up as my excitement reached its peak. Maybe he found him.“hey? Did you find him?” I asked him.“Yes. I found him. But he is not very good…”“What? Where is he?” I asked. “I will send you the location”“Okay”The call ended, but I was worried sick. Why was he not well? What happened?I went out and then at the location he sent. I was scared, as well as happy too. Maybe I will be with him forever, but he should explain to me why he left!I parked my car in front of the location. It was an abandoned house.I ran inside and saw Chris just as
ChrisI started searching for Lara’s dad. I was shocked when I heard the news. I don’t know why Heather killed her.I told my men to find him. As soon as someone found his location, he sent me. “He is staying in a house near the countryside”“Okay, I will talk to him,” I replied to him and he sent me his location.I was still in a dilemma about what really was going on with our lives.I reached him and talked to him. He was disheartened when he heard the news. But in the end, he agreed to visit.I said the same to Ashley via message.-----AshleyI was scared to meet him, but I had to. Soon, I saw him coming to the hospital and I took him out with me.“Hello,” I said to him.“Hello. Are you… Ashley?”“Yes”“Oh…
VincentI was completely shocked when I heard the news. I looked at Ashley as she desperately looked at me and asked, “What happened?”I was not in the state to let her know anything. I held her back here and promised that she would be okay. I couldn’t believe it and even it was hurting because she was my sister-in-law, but I was scared that Ashley would hate me now.What if she really does hate me? she would go around and say that it was my fault.I was more concerned about the fact that the happiness on her face would fade.“Hello? What happened?” She waved her hand in front of me and I looked sideways. She had to know it anyway, so I handed the phone to her.She looked at me and then at the screen, the call was still ongoing.She kept it near her ears and heard. she should have realised what happened.I was scared to know her reaction, so I kept my head down. After a
Vincent“How are you so sure?” I asked him.“It is her hand writing” he threw the note on the floor. “I’ll help you in finding Lara”“Why would you?”“Maybe because I hate Heather” he went out of the house.I picked up the note just in case I needed it later on and then followed him out. He gave me an earphone. “Sure you know how to use it”“Yes”He nodded and went to his car. I wore the earpiece.“can you hear me?” I heard him through the earpiece. “Yes”“Great. You should follow my car, I will take you to her place”“Fine”I knew that he really did hate Heather, so I decided to believe him on this. Whatever the case maybe, I will handle it.“What are we gonna do?” I asked as I sat down in my car and followed his’.&
Vincent“Heather?” I asked him.“Yes! She is the one who sent me all those photos and made me believe all the lies. And I came to know you two were working together!”“We were but not this!” I yelled at the wrong accusation. “The only thing I made her do was to bring Lara!”“Do we believe him?” He looked at Ashley. I raged as he referred to him and Ash as ‘we’.“There is no ‘we’ in us” She swiftly said and a small smile appeared on my lips. “and yes, I believe him”“Damn!” He pulled her but I pulled her back and she landed on my chest. “She is not a toy that you are snatching her like that!”“Same goes for you! She believed me, Vincent. You know I mean more to her!”“There’s nothing like this, Vincent…” I heard her whisper.&ldq
VincentI was going crazy after what Lara said. I couldn’t believe that thought even crossed Ashy’s mind. I mean, we were past this, weren’t we?I started going to my base because it was difficult to stick around while this was happening. As I drove, I remembered that I left abruptly and maybe she would be wondering why I did so. I should have said something that made sense but I was completely fucked up at that instant. It was like all the trust suddenly vanished.I decided to go back and tell her. She would worry about nothing.I reached my house and got out. I sighed. it is okay, everything will sort out as it always has.I rang the doorbell and Lara opened the door. “Hey Lara”“Hey Vincent… uh…”“Where’s Ashy?”“She, uh…” she sighed. “Well, do you want me to be honest?”“Absolutely”
ChrisI was so excited when I saw Vincent walk out of their house, filled with sadness. I of course had a camera fixed there to see the drama. However, I couldn’t fix it inside and actually I didn’t want to: I hate seeing her close to someone else and that would have been a felony; that is, exploitation of right to privacy anyway.I knew this was the time to attack. Lara probably told everything to him, he is the most vulnerable right now.I went to their house in my car, making sure Vincent isn’t around. I rang the doorbell.“Chris?” Ash opened the door and I just went inside and she closed it. “What are you doing here?”“We have to do it now!”“What? No!”“Think clearly, Ash. He was behaving weirdly. We need to do this now so that we can know the truth”“Yeah… uh wait. How do you know he was behaving weirdly?”
HeatherI was in my company and I heard about the headlines. Chris is in the headlines for a fight. Surely, this is a chance to bring him more down than he ever thought he could.An evil idea came to my mind and I called Jason. He came inside.“Yes, mam?” “How about spreading a news? Can you ask our PR Department to do that straight away?”“Yes, boss. What’s the news?”I got up and went to him. He looked at me, quite confused. I smirked at him and he looked at me completely blank.I went near him and kept my hand on his chest. “Still got no clue?”He looked at me and went back. “Ah, this-- this is wrong, boss--”“I make the rules”“But--”“Don’t deny it until there’s something else holding you back” I stared at him. He looked into my eyes. I know I said I will not make a move o
VincentWe attacked the group and they were prepared too. It was a long and hard fight, of course bloody too, but we made it through. We won.I was so happy. The leader was still alive, while some of their men were dead and the others ran away.“Stay away from her” I warned him and smirked. He just breathed heavily, while begging for me to leave him alive. I don’t kill now. I left it since someone enlightened my heart.“Fine”I went to my car and drove to my base. I was covered in a lot of blood. Of course I wasn’t totally fine. I was hurt and shot too. I had a bullet pass through my hand.I went to my base doctor. She was a highly paid doctor. She is here to treat everyone who gets hurt during our Mafi fights because we can’t just go to the hospitals.She bandaged my wound and gave me something waterproof to cover it with while I had a bath. However, she suggested I just dry