âYour father is really nice guy.â Mom sliced her grilled chicken and chewed it slowly.Elena spread the berry sauce on her chicken slice. âI know and I am glad to find it out.â She smirked and glanced at Edward.Mom covered her mouth as she looked at Edward. âHow long have you got along?â she pointed her hand, swayed it from both sides of Elena and Edward.Fortune was woofing as she stopped eating her food. She seemed to answer Momâs question.Mom turned her head around and saw the little dog wiggling her tail. Mom curled her forehead, her eyebrows were raised. âYou know their story better than me?âFortune woofed and looked at Edward.Elena covered her mouth, looked surprised with what a cute creature behaved. âSheâs so smart.â She complimented in soft tone. She giggled and watched Fortune woofing at Mom.Edward cleared his throat. âFortune made me bumped Elena on the way of sheâs working. Fortune was hit by a motorcyclist. I rushed to save her, and accidentally spoiled Elenaâ
Dante was surprised as Mark came to inform about his last finding after tracing Elena for a certain of time, as Dante instructed him.âElena Rouge is staying in Emir Drakeâs house?â He blew out another smokes. His eyes pointed at Mark, shadow of curiosity were sparkling inside his eyes.Mark nodded his head. âYes, boss.â He rubbed his nose, âSheâs been staying there since she got fallen from her motorcycle.âA woman was staring at Dante, âYou smoke so much, honey. It endangers the baby I am carrying.âShe was the woman, working as a pole dancer at a bar belonged to Curtis Falcon. She was a mistress of Curtis.Dante smirked, pushed the cigarette but onto the astray.Mark was taking a seat in front of him while the woman rested her legs on the long couch behind.She overlapped her leg on the other leg. She smiled in a relieved way and caressed her big belly.Watching the scene had shifted, from working report to switching stares between the woman and Dante in the room, since she
âElena, could you come to my office?â Johnny called her in phone. Elena chewed the bread and put its leftover to Fortune. The dog was with her, running around the patio, enjoying the morning as Elena finished to do her treadmill.âYou are still working, arenât you? Want to do an assignment?â He continued to ask.Elena sighed. âWhy you ask me such question?â She rubbed her forehead, âI am still in need of money, boss!âShe heard Johnny was giggling.âIsnât Emir giving you much money?âElena puffed, âHe provides me some grants for my college expenses. He pays me for some works he asked me to do.â She paused, âBut I need to make my own money.âShe rubbed her nose. â What time you need to see me?âJohnny paused. Some seconds were runningâŚthen, he exhaled. âLunch time. I have assignment for you. Nice salary, two hundred thousands dollars, excluded bonus. It could be half millions if the client is satisfied.âElena widened her eyes. âOkay, Iâll see you there, boss.âShe closed
Johnny had left the cafĂŠ and let Angelo with Elena were talking to brainstorm the scenario. He would listen to them and they would come to his place to discuss about it as usual.âAre you sure want to take this assignment?â Angelo bit his double burger and chewed it slowly.Elena played the fork and stopped to swirl the spaghetti using it. She looked out and rested her chin on a clenched hand. âDo I have a choice?âShe gazed out at Angelo. âDad hasnât made any official announcement about me. I donât want people like Johnny ruin his personal lifeâŚyou knowâŚthose people are nosey and if they smell something odd, they could arrange some scenariosâŚlike what happened to Emma Smithson and Gabrièl. I think it can affect his businessâŚâ She sipped her coffee. âI should behave normally as I used to be, I donât want to provoke their stickybeaks.âAngelo smirked. âYour dad, Emir Drake, is very smooth man. Johnny or Gabrièl Pinot can not harm him.âElena nodded. âI know.âAngelo wiped his s
âElena, are you the agent who execute assignment I gave to Johnny?â Gabrièl looked at her and he stopped giving the instructions to his assistant.Johnny was taking a seat next to him. He glanced at her, âA charming woman who refused to become a model, isnât right, my dear?âElena smirked and saw Gabrièl was gawking at her. She sniffed, looked away as the man stopped his stare at her triangle body part, between her breasts, waists and hips. The tight old jeans she wore imprint her silhouette plus a fit in leathered jacket Edward gave her. She half zipped in the jacket and the black t-shirt she put on appeared pressed on her chest.âYou have a good posture to become a model for women wear. I can hire you and polish youâŚâ Gabrièl looked at her and he rubbed his chin as he made sure about her. âYou look like a pearl in my eyes.â He smirked, so captivating but also seductive with the way his hazel eyes stared at her.Elena grinned and crossed her legs. âThank you but I am not intere
Emma sighed, she put the dish on the table.She had cooked a dinner for him but he said he had some at Emirâs 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 tastefulâŚShe sucked a deep long inhale. Trying to be patient, from Edwardâs roasting attitude, she smiled and rubbed her temple.âWhy you often visit Emirâs house?âShe poured the tea into two different cup and peeked at him.He took one cup and put some brown sugar into his tea.âI know itâs not my business but why you donât spill a little tea?â She stared at him, ignoring his snuffs before taking a sip of his tea.âI have something to discuss,â Edward wiped his tiring eyes, he glanced at the time on the clock.âIt is one a.m. already.â 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.âI think I need my sack timeâŚâ 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, Elenaâs mother, Helen Rouge. He knew they both loved to spend time together, mostly after Helenâs 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. âThen, how did you get that ring?â Emir began to crack the ice with some sips of his warm tea. Helen Rouge sighed, pointing her eyes at the pendant of Elenaâs necklace. âJane 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...ThenâŚâ she paused, took a deep inhale before breaking her fear to tell about it. âLet Elena, her daughter comes to her someday, if thereâs no man coming to seek for the ring, Elena should not com
âYou are going to have dinner with Gabrièl Pinot tonight?â 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. âLinda,â he voiced up, called Linda. Linda came in a hurry, her rushing steps thudded the floor with her heels. âAnything could I do, Mr. Emir?â She was likely assigned to work as Elenaâs personal assistant. Emir sighed, looked at Elena and then, returned back at Linda. âSend her to my boutique, ask Carla to make over her for dinner event. Sheâs going to have a dinner with some people of fashion industry.â He rubbed his forehead and swayed his hand to point at Elena. âShe canât be miserable with that dress to come for dinner.â He sounded anxious as he looked at Linda. The woman was standing next to his chair. âI canât see that.â He frowned and rose from the seat, walking into the house.
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 Danteâs manipulative games that he wasnât 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. âShe looks pretty, Boss.âAt 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 Elenaâs 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.âYou look wonderful.â 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. âThank you.â 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.âI think the night is amazing.â 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. âYeah.â 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.âYou said before on the phone, there will be a compensation I should pay?â 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. âYes.â Edward put a smug grin. âWhat kind of compensation you want from me?âElena sighed. âListen, itâs gonna to help someoneâs business. He got his business facing, we could sayâŚbusiness has been lame and he needs some investments.âEdward looked like he was curious. âCould you tell me who he is?ââHeâs the person I am working with,â Elena sighed and looked into his eyes. âHis name?â Edward rubbed his nose and rested his jaw in a hand.âJohnny Sly, heâs the owner ofâŚâ Elena couldnât finish her words.âI know Johnny Sly isâŚâ he interrupted and clenched his jaws then.They were silentâŚeach 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. âAm I the target?â 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.âSince 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 herâŚâ Angelo add
Elena parked her car and came out to enter Johnnyâs 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.âShe really has a good taste in fashionâŚâ 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. âMy dear, you look so gorgeous.â 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.âSweet heart, I am sorry to make you waitingâŚâThe 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. âNo way, Mommy called him âsweet heartââŚare theyâŚâJane turned her head to Elena and was followed by the man.âElenaâŚthisâŚâ Jane stopped, pulled her arms away from the manâs 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.âJohnny, do you know her?â Jane wrinkled her forehead.Johnny Sly sighed. He turned around to Elena, Jane pulled her hold on his waist.âYeah. We have worked together.â He gave a sly grin, looked away and returned to sit back on his chair.Elena awkwardly rubbed her forehead. âAre you dating?âJohnny rubbernecked at her and Jane chuckled to hear that. â
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.âWhat a wonderful newsâŚâ she smiled. Quickly she texted the answer. Fortune was impatiently wagging her tail, asking her to walk again.âBe patient, please.â She said and stared at the dog to sit down. She was busy texting.Jane replied to her message. She mentioned the placeâs name, a studio cafĂŠ 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 daughterâs face.âI should teach you how to shine yourself.â Her stare looked gloomy as she sighed. Elena beamed, kissed Janeâs backhand gently. âIâll be glad to.ââMay I ask you?â 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.âAre you sure itâs about a promotion event?â 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. âYes.â 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 Elenaâs 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.âYou look great if you wear these.â 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 cafĂŠ.âElena, long time not to see you. Everythingâs okay?â She widened opened her eyes as she wiped off the table in Elenaâs sight.Elena shrugged. âA little accident happened.ââGoshâŚ!â Ashley covered her mouth with a hand and she gazed at her bestie, picked every details on her head to toe.âWhat?â Elena skewed her eyebrows. âBut youâre okay, arenât you?âElena nodded. âJust sprained my two ankles. Nothing worse.âAshley hit her with a cleaning cloth gently. âYou must be kidding.âShe inhaled deeply, looked in gloomy eyes at Elena. âWhat do you want to have? A cup of latte cream or cappuccino with a plain of croissant?âElena sighed. âI wanna try different one. White coffee will be okay and a chocolate stuffed croissant.âAshley nodded. âOkay. Wait for it.â 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