Albert’s Big Mouth That day was the first day of ceremony held by The Western District’s office. They celebrated the coming back of their new CEO after the incident and it caused him with Edward Philippe as the owner, they both should require to be treated and rested at the hospital for recovery. It was a horrible terror among the history of the company, the shot incidents and the protest of the drivers from the transportation division because of the delayed payments and some cut off of the bonuses had been resolved.Eric West rose his champagne glass. His wife was standing next to him, watching him to open the ceremonial speech.“It’s been a new day after a week staying on the hospital’s bed.” He spoke and stared at everyone in the room included Edward Philippe and Bernard Austin with some management staffs from the head office.They were standing at the Western District’s lobby and there were some chairs full of the drivers from the transportation district as they appeared en
“You decided to take the trip, don’t you?” Ashley stopped sorting of swim wears from the hanging display. “I always wonder how to spend a summer vacation on a private yacht.” She uttered. Elena shrugged. “I don’t know,” she sighed and looked away, “but it’s part of my working schedule though.” She crossed her two arms. Ashley squinted her eyes. “I don’t have any ideas what kind of job you’re doing.” She looked at Elena, the young woman just stood by her side, looking dazzled with the model of those swimwear. “Include the summer sailing on a yacht?” The shop looked flooded with its brand new swimwear for the season. “Just gathering some information…kind sort of that.” At the time, Elena’s answer made Ashley’s face changing into skeptical look with her nose and lips were tardily curled. “Gathering people’s information?” Elena made a duckling lips and nodded. “Like researching them, what they like, what they don’t.” Ashley showed her a swimsuit with some lines around only
It was almost reached to the lunch time when they arrived at Edward’s other mansion, away from the urban disturbance…but as they got off from the red Porsche, a helicopter was parked not too far from the front gate and the house’s front door.A mature woman with black and white uniform opened the door for them.“Thank you, Maggie.” Edward smiled at the woman and he turned around to her after walking a few steps. “Would you please cook us lunch dishes? I know you’re great cook.” The woman beamed and closed the door gently. “Any specific?” Edward turned his head at Emma. “Do you have any specific?”“Yes, white meat fishes will be fine. I have a kind of allergies with red meat fish.”Edward heaved up his chest and released his sigh. “Some sorts of noted in the name of preferences, Maggie.” He winked his eye at the woman as they walked into the house.Emma smiled as Edward took her along the lane they should pass. It was so spacious with some classic but high polished wooden furn
The hospital where Jason was having his treatment, one of the private best hospitals owned by The Philippes. Edward gained 88 percent of the shares belong to the hospital and he was in a short meeting with some doctors, they had tried their best efforts in handling him and two other victims of the shooting incident at the Western District’s office.“Can I talk to him?” He asked to the head of the doctor team. Doctor Adam nodded. “Jason will be allowed to go home in a couple of days.”Edward sighed. “Good.”He came out from the meeting room and followed by Bernard. They headed to Jason’s room.“I need to tell you, Edward. There are some reporters from entertainment magazines and gossip channel, waiting for you.”Bernard whispered in his ear and made Edward stopping his steps.“What??!” Edward squinted his eyes, wondering around outside the hospital.There were more or less ten people taking a seat and chatting around in the hospital’s lobby.Some of the flashing lights from t
Edward came out from his red Porsche and he started walking along the parking basement in his office building, those people again were heading off his walking path with their cameras and microphones. They came out from every corner and sporadic just gathering together in a spot where Edward was standing and dazzled by their unexpected appearing.“Edward Philippe, would you give your statement that you are being accused as the third party? Between Emma Smithson and Gabrièl Pinot?” A woman with her eager voice pointed her microphone while the others snap hit him with the flashings.Some men from the security department quickly held those people back, but those news people acted like vultures hunting for their prey.Edward scurried steps into a private access to his office and Bernard at sudden saved him from those people as he distracted their attention to speak for Edward.“We will give you some clarification about the rumors. Just wait.” Bernard yelled at them and those people sta
Elena leaned her back on the long seat of the café after reading the message from Emir Drake.‘He asked me to meet him and he wanted to talk something tonight. What does he want to know?’Elena gulped and she just finished reading the first message when the next one echoed her gadget.‘He asked me where I am now???’She curled up her nose as she was being skeptical.She thought for a few seconds before her fingers typed the Ashley’s café location.She got a reply in a short time.‘He asked me to wait here for a half hour? He sent somebody to deliver me a dress for meeting up with him tonight? And a bouquet of flowers for Ashley? Dude…you really made me question.’Elena caught a heap of fresh air and decided to do what Emir asked her.The driver of the luxurious black newest Mercedes Benz edition car Emir sent for her, dropped her in the front of a classy restaurant with pateo in the front part of the place.The man from the valet parking opened the door of the car for her.
Emir Drake saw Elena had spent the wine too much.He held the hand of the woman and prevented her from taking another glass of wine.“It’s enough. I think I should take you home.”Elena sneered at him and saw him calling on his phone.A waiter came forward and took the card Emir submitted before he returned back.“Would you need a help Sir?” He asked Emir after giving back the card.Emir put the card into his outer outfit and shook his head calm. “I could handle her.”The waiter nodded and asked permission to leave them alone.Emir rose from his seat and stood by Elena’s chair. He helped her to stand and dragged out the chair to give her some space. He wrapped his arm on her waist as they walked to come out the restaurant.The same black Mercedes car which driving Elena to that place had stood by, waiting for them. A man from the valet parking helped Emir opened the door as Emir pushed Elena to get into the car. As she bent down and entered into the car, Emir put his ha
As her eyes opened and hit with a stare of a man, being watched, she saw that figure was standing steadily by the sofa. Shrinking between the realm, glaring through the window outside and the clock on the wall, it was seven in the morning the clock showed. She clutched at that face again. “Woke up already?” His heavy voice greeted and made Elena jumped to sit on the sofa. In curious look, fully she was alert being together with a man, Elena spanned her gaze through herself. Fully covered and didn’t sense anything weird, she fixed her dress that she wore the night before under Emir’s glance. Her head felt quite heavy. Emir handed her a cup of warm tea. His gaze was wandering along the way to the kitchen and any other corners of the house, shifted away from her. “Haven’t you picked up errands?” He asked and sipped his own tea. Elena shook her head and took a sip of the warm tea, her tongue tasted different flavor of tea. It was made by a man inside her house and h
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