Emma sighed, she put the dish on the table.She had cooked a dinner for him but he said he had some at Emir’s mansion.She crossed her arms and glanced at the table. Two plates of grilled cheese chicken with potatoes and carrots seemed to get colder slowly. It seemed devastating tasteful…She sucked a deep long inhale. Trying to be patient, from Edward’s roasting attitude, she smiled and rubbed her temple.“Why you often visit Emir’s house?”She poured the tea into two different cup and peeked at him.He took one cup and put some brown sugar into his tea.“I know it’s not my business but why you don’t spill a little tea?” She stared at him, ignoring his snuffs before taking a sip of his tea.“I have something to discuss,” Edward wiped his tiring eyes, he glanced at the time on the clock.‘It is one a.m. already.’ He covered his mouth as he yawned, he put down his cup back on the table. He rubbed his lips with left thumb from the tea.“I think I need my sack time…” Edward ros
The silence nearly ate the moment of having tea. As Emir just arrived and wanted to have some tea moments with his daughter alone, when he found Elena and Helen were having chitchat in the patio. He realized she was there, Elena’s mother, Helen Rouge. He knew they both loved to spend time together, mostly after Helen’s return from the senior hospital. The patio was aired by evening breezes. They could watch the flock of birds starting to return back their swarms as the sun went down. “Then, how did you get that ring?” Emir began to crack the ice with some sips of his warm tea. Helen Rouge sighed, pointing her eyes at the pendant of Elena’s necklace. “Jane Dovey gave it to me while she asked me to take care of her daughter. She said there would be a man looking for the ring, someday...Then…” she paused, took a deep inhale before breaking her fear to tell about it. “Let Elena, her daughter comes to her someday, if there’s no man coming to seek for the ring, Elena should not com
“You are going to have dinner with Gabrièl Pinot tonight?” Emir drew a breath and directed his stare at Elena as they finished having tea time in patio. His stare aired the room with some judgmental blowing up about his thought at her, he looked up and down to gaze at the dress she wore. “Linda,” he voiced up, called Linda. Linda came in a hurry, her rushing steps thudded the floor with her heels. “Anything could I do, Mr. Emir?” She was likely assigned to work as Elena’s personal assistant. Emir sighed, looked at Elena and then, returned back at Linda. “Send her to my boutique, ask Carla to make over her for dinner event. She’s going to have a dinner with some people of fashion industry.” He rubbed his forehead and swayed his hand to point at Elena. “She can’t be miserable with that dress to come for dinner.” He sounded anxious as he looked at Linda. The woman was standing next to his chair. “I can’t see that.” He frowned and rose from the seat, walking into the house.
Elena parked the car at the basement. She was waiting for Edward come out from his Maserati car. Just some minutes then, she saw him, bringing with him a leathered case for his gadget. Elena sighed. ‘He looks so fresh and gorgeous.’ She put a strong grip on the car’s steer. Her eyes kept following him from his car to the private accessed elevator. She found a lady opened the elevator door for him. She thought the lady could be Edward’s secretary. The door of elevator began sliding off, she could see Edward give his bag to the lady and he took some files the lady brought for him. They seemed talking to each other, Edward’s face started seriously listening to the lady. She inhaled and grabbed the coffee glass. She took some sips. She got her gadget ringing. ‘Dad is calling…’ she wiped her nose, turned down the volume of the music. “Hey, you have missed up your breakfast.” Dad told her and the sound of clashing of cutlery aired as the background. “I got something to do
Elena came out from the restaurant as she was surprised to see Brandon.He was standing by her car. Elena squeezed her eyes and looked around.He was talking with a police officer. They were examining the car she drove.She scurried her steps to approach.“What happened?” She looked at Brandon and he also stared at her. She assumed the man had followed her to guard her. Dad sent him since she was suspected being followed and stalked by a man for some reasons.‘How come I didn’t sense someone following me while I was following Edward…?! Incredible.’ She was rubbing her head, standing next to him and glaring at the man with curious mind.“We caught somebody was trying to hurt you.” Brandon sighed and replied as he rubbernecked at her. “Are you okay?” He asked curiously and attentively.Elena gasped at him and nodded fast move. “Tell me, what’s going on?”Brandon sighed, he grabbed something from his jacket pocket. He pulled out a small thing and showed it to Elena. It looked l
Elena found her dad was taking a seat behind a set of sofa with soft ivory leathered color. The lightning inside the room came clear but not too bright, with a big screen from each room camera and entrance access next to Emir’s working desk. She was amazed the lightning coming in more natural way, through the open space separate with some big window glasses. There were some lampshades made from wooden materials.Emir was sitting on a swiveled chair and monitoring the big screen. He asked Elena and Brandon to seat themselves on the sofa.“Brandon said you have been stalked.” Emir opened the conversation and made eyes at her. She nodded, rose from the seat. She sneaked behind his chair to take a look at the monitor.She grinned after seeing it. Emir stared at her before he changed his gaze at Brandon.He saw the young man look being mystified. Brandon uncomfortably watched the two of them, he probably thought Emir was talking something private to her. “Thank you, Brandon
Johnny Sly gazed at her.“What you find out?”Elena sighed and looked away. “I think he now is getting closer with a model.”The café they met up in its front patio for enjoying the coffee break was so shady with some interior plants.He stirred up his tea. “Not Emma Smithson?”Elena shook her head. “Nope.”Johnny squinted his eyes as he sipped the drink. She gazed at him and rested her two hands on the table. Her hands were clenched into one as she talked. “Belinda Jay.” “Belinda Jay? Gabrièl’s model?” Elena nodded.Johnny smirked. “Are they working together for promotion?”Their conversation stopped, Elena rose from her seat.“Emma?” she greeted at the young woman walking past her table and Johnny.Emma Smithson put a big smile as she turned around and saw Elena was standing behind.“Elena?” She widened her big eyes. She approached Elena and gave her warm hug.“I just stop by to grab a cup of coffee.”She looked at Johnny. Elena introduced him. “What a coinciden
“Hey, thanks.” Emma closed the car’s door as she got out from it.“Would you come in?” She turned around and saw a woman opened the front door of the mansion.Elena stroked her hair into her ear. She gazed at the woman standing by the front door then back to make her eyes at Emma. She shook her head. “Perhaps, next time.”Emma beamed as Elena drove back the car to the house’s front gate and waved at her.The green landscape of suburban with big trees slowly disappeared and the scene of dusty, crowded street became the scenery, in a way Elena drove to go back to Emir’s house.Elena found her gadget echoing and Dad’s call coming into her earbuds. “Yes Dad?”She heard her daddy sighed. “Where are you?”“I am going home.”Again, she heard him inhaled. “Brandon saw your car has been followed. I think he’s the same man that Brandon caught by eyes a couple days ago. Could you go out and exit from the route you’re taking now?” Emir sounded so anxious and he knew his daughter coul
Edward looked so coming into his edge as Elena came out from the house. He exhaled, he felt some butterflies were dancing in his stomach.Granny looked at him and gave him a support as she rubbed his back warmly. Grandpa and his dad were attending and talking with Emir Drake. Curtis Falcon was there with his wife, after he spent a long haul of finding out Dante’s manipulative games that he wasn’t the father of the child his mistress had. He was glad that his wife could carry his seed eventually, though it was a long process of advance medical technology, what people called In vitro fertilization.Bernard patted his arm and whispered in his ear. “She looks pretty, Boss.”At the moment, Elena wore a floral dress with her braided hair decorated by some flowers. Edward was wrapped in his black suits and they were holding each other hands.They were going to announce their engagement.Edward sighed as he put a diamond ring on Elena’s finger.Jane Dovey was watching the moment. Sh
Edward dragged the chair, he gave Belinda Jay a space to sit on it.They met at a resort as Belinda arranged for them. It was a place with a quiet but beautiful white sand beach.“You look wonderful.” He smiled and seated himself in front of her. They were going to have a dinner at restaurant belonged to the resort.Belinda smiled, she swayed her hand. “Thank you.” She looked around and saw a waiter coming to approach their table.He served their order and poured the best wine into their glasses.Edward sighed and grinned clumsily.They had dinner and Belinda looked so excited as Edward asked her to take a fresh air after they finished having dinner.“I think the night is amazing.” Belinda tilted her head, she watched the sky and inhaled.The night breezes blew quite chilling. Belinda looked quite shivering as she was wearing a night dress quite sheer with the black color.Edward inhaled. “Yeah.” He crossed his arms.Belinda beamed and stared at him before she leaned her on
Edward stared at Elena, they spent two hours or more in talking about the execution plan.“You said before on the phone, there will be a compensation I should pay?” He took another cracker from the table.He turned his head around and watched the back of Angelo as the man was leaving. He and Elena were sitting along the table, enjoying their drink and the scenery.Elena sighed. “Yes.” Edward put a smug grin. “What kind of compensation you want from me?”Elena sighed. “Listen, it’s gonna to help someone’s business. He got his business facing, we could say…business has been lame and he needs some investments.”Edward looked like he was curious. “Could you tell me who he is?”“He’s the person I am working with,” Elena sighed and looked into his eyes. “His name?” Edward rubbed his nose and rested his jaw in a hand.“Johnny Sly, he’s the owner of…” Elena couldn’t finish her words.“I know Johnny Sly is…” he interrupted and clenched his jaws then.They were silent…each of them
Edward approached the table. Elena and Angelo had waited for him there. It was a private location Angelo had arranged for them to talk about the plan.The place was near the mountains area and it was a villa with a wonderful background.That morning, they were sitting around a large wooden table, surrounded by shady trees as the backyard was built on a hill. The mountain breezes blew quite chilling, the sound of rustling from the leaves could be an incomparable sounds of nature. “Am I the target?” Edward pointed at himself after Elena explained what happened to him and the target of the assignment. He came at the meeting with casual outfits, t-shirt and an old pair of jeans. He smelled like nature with the scent of musk combined with citrus.Elena nodded to affirm about it. He scoffed and rested his back to lean towards the seat.“Since you are the only man Emma Smithson can count on and you will be willingly to help her. With every capacity you can give it to her…” Angelo add
Elena parked her car and came out to enter Johnny’s office. She took a glimpse of her watch, it was 09.30 in the morning.She looked at her projection as she entered the elevator. Her new haircut was amazing with some layers, she got extended hair to make it longer than it was before. She put some additional moisturizer lip balm and moved her lips to moisturize.‘She really has a good taste in fashion…’ Elena grinned as she reminded her mother, Jane Dovey.As she came out from the elevator, every eyes were staring at her and turning their heads around at her. She wore a medium skirt combined with a pair of high heels in brown honey color. A classic but chic green apple upper outfits and a tote bag were her partners in fashion that morning.Johnny was talking with Jeanette when she popped up.Jeanette gasped as she gazed at Elena. She beamed and started to become more friendly than she was before. “My dear, you look so gorgeous.” She turned her head around and was scanning Elena
Jane put a smile on her face, her two arms were opened widely as she approached the man.“Sweet heart, I am sorry to make you waiting…”The man seemed stopping to text on his gadget, put it back into his pocket and rose from his seat.Jane gave him a warm hug and a sweet kiss on his lips.Elena gasped. ‘No way, Mommy called him ‘sweet heart’…are they…’Jane turned her head to Elena and was followed by the man.“Elena…this…” Jane stopped, pulled her arms away from the man’s neck and perverted her stare at both.Elena and the man looked gasping at the same time as they gazed at each other, locked their stare in confused look.“Johnny, do you know her?” Jane wrinkled her forehead.Johnny Sly sighed. He turned around to Elena, Jane pulled her hold on his waist.“Yeah. We have worked together.” He gave a sly grin, looked away and returned to sit back on his chair.Elena awkwardly rubbed her forehead. “Are you dating?”Johnny rubbernecked at her and Jane chuckled to hear that. “
The day had shifted. Morning had come to shine again, Elena stopped walking along the park when her gadget echoed.Jane Dovey sent her a message. She invited her to have coffee break.‘What a wonderful news…’ she smiled. Quickly she texted the answer. Fortune was impatiently wagging her tail, asking her to walk again.“Be patient, please.” She said and stared at the dog to sit down. She was busy texting.Jane replied to her message. She mentioned the place’s name, a studio café in the city. It was known as tropical dishes and of course for their coffee brewings. The time they had coffee break, Jane gazed at Elena. She still put her caress on her daughter’s face.“I should teach you how to shine yourself.” Her stare looked gloomy as she sighed. Elena beamed, kissed Jane’s backhand gently. “I’ll be glad to.”“May I ask you?” Elena dipped the croissant into the white coffee.Jane sighed, looked at the way Elena eating the croissant. She rested her chin on a backhand while
Chapter 112The Games just BeganElena looked around as she entered the place where Ms. Jasmine telling her. She had Edward was holding her hand but she saw one table reserved for four.“Are you sure it’s about a promotion event?” She made eyes at him. She sighed after finding him look so gorgeous with black suits he wore. She put on a strapless gown in silver shade with a pair of black heels. Edward sniffed her on the neck. “Yes.” He whispered. He dragged her a chair at the table he reserved then he took a seat in front of her.He smiled. Without any predictable actions, he tossed Elena’s hair gently. He grabbed something from his suit jacket. It seemed like a piece of jewelries case. There was a pair of tiny white gold earrings with some diamond grains.“You look great if you wear these.” He put each earring on her.Gently, he did it one by one and what he did, unfortunately, it made her blood rushing fast as her heart was thumping fast and warmer her cheeks.She beamed
Ashley was surprised at the time Elena popped up in the café.“Elena, long time not to see you. Everything’s okay?” She widened opened her eyes as she wiped off the table in Elena’s sight.Elena shrugged. “A little accident happened.”“Gosh…!” Ashley covered her mouth with a hand and she gazed at her bestie, picked every details on her head to toe.“What?” Elena skewed her eyebrows. “But you’re okay, aren’t you?”Elena nodded. “Just sprained my two ankles. Nothing worse.”Ashley hit her with a cleaning cloth gently. “You must be kidding.”She inhaled deeply, looked in gloomy eyes at Elena. “What do you want to have? A cup of latte cream or cappuccino with a plain of croissant?”Elena sighed. “I wanna try different one. White coffee will be okay and a chocolate stuffed croissant.”Ashley nodded. “Okay. Wait for it.” She walked away and disappeared into the room behind the food display near the cashier table and take away order.Elena threw away her eyes through the window a