The continuous buzzing of Ken's phone awakened him. He slowly opened his and went for his phone."9 am!" he mumbled and sprung out of bed with a gasp.He quickly unlocked his phone and couldn't fix his eyes on a particular spot when he realized that it was Adams who had been blowing up his phone."Bloody hell" He muttered under his breath and began taking off his pajamas.After closing from work the previous day, Cassie invited him for a hangout. They spent the night having fun and by the time he returned to his apartment, It was past his bedtime.Ken hurriedly took a shower and began pulling out clothes from his luggage bag. He knew he was in trouble. He was expected to be in the office by 9 am sharp and now, he was still at home trying to pick up an outfit. He was so exhausted that he didn't hear the sound of his alarm.He quickly slipped into a pair of blue jeans and slapped a red cotton tee shirt on it. He tucked his wallet in his trouser's pocket and slipped into comfortable foo
Ken walked out of the office with a sigh and stared at the mug he was clinging to. His expectation got violated that morning. He was hoping to see Mr. Charles in the office after three hectic working days with Adams but when he walked into the office, he found Adam sitting like a god.He got irked and Adams didn't waste time in sending him to grab his morning coffee. He wanted to see Mr. Charles.Ken sensed that there was a problem with Mr. Charles. The day he introduced Adams, he had told him that they'll be rotating daily shifts and now, it's been three torturing days without any sign of him.He decided to confront Shane with the issue. She might be alone at the reception and he wouldn't want to raise the issue among the sales personnel. He got to the reception and sighed in relief after noticing that Shane was alone at the reception, going through her phone.He walked up to her and knocked on the counter. She lowered the phone to her chest and flashed a quick smile at him."Can you
Ken quickly moved away from the door and marched down the hallway toward the restrooms. His pupils kept dilating. They haven't spoken in weeks and haven't crossed paths since the day they wrote their final examinations. Ken cleared his throat loudly and picked up the call after slipping to a corner. "Hello!" he said, still maintaining a bright smile."Ken Trent!" she called out to him and giggled afterward.Ken imagined the name slipping out of her full lips. He smiled while imagining her smile and wondered whether she was tying her hair into a loose bun."Jane!" he replied in the same manner she had called him.They both broke out laughing.Ken felt a sense of awareness starting to envelop him. After he learns about Mr. Charles's condition, he suddenly went cold and had concluded that he was going to have a bad day but now, a phrase from Jane was making his gloomy day bright."How have you been? It's been a while you know?""It's been two weeks and two days," Ken replied. The last
After sorting the files, Ken collected all the papers and neatly placed them in a box. Before leaving the office that afternoon, Adam had given him a task to complete and Ken could only leave for home when he was done.He hurried through the task and completed it in less than ten minutes when it should have taken him about thirty minutes. He placed the box in one of the table cabinets and roved his eyes around the office.Everything was set.He hurried out of the office, shut the door, and slipped the key inside his wallet before tucking it inside his pants pocket.As he marched toward the exit, he stared at the watch on his left wrist. "3 pm" He muttered under his breath and made his way out of the building. He has about three hours to get ready for the date he had with Jane that evening or probably a hang out as she'll say.With a bright smile, he hailed a cab and took the front seat beside the driver. Ken slumped on the car seat maintaining a smile. After what seemed like forever,
Ken dropped his pen and grabbed the letter he had just written, addressed to the CEO of RAZBERRY company. At the restaurant last evening, Jane had advised him to write an anonymous letter to the CEO, putting down in words everything he heard.After he complained about how he was going to get the anonymous letter to him, Jane told him to take advantage of the pigeonholes company CEO's normally have at the door to their offices. He was to drop the letter there.He had appreciated her for providing a solution to the problem and the first thing he did after waking up that morning was to pen down the message.He fixed his gaze on the paper and began reading it out loud. "Dear Mr. Carter, I'm reaching out to you via this medium to communicate a matter that requires an urgent response. On the 5th of November around 2 pm, I overheard two men plotting a scheme. They plan to poison you. This message wasn't written to seek any attention or mislead you but to warn you of the danger ahead."After
CHAPTER 52Ken felt hopeless. However, he was grateful that Adams didn't read the letter else it would have escalated to another issue."Anyway." Adams went on after glaring at Ken. "You need to be at the conference hall right now."Ken lifted his head and displayed a blank expression. Why would Adams suddenly ask him to head to the company conference hall? He had never gone inside the hall but heard from the interns that it was a large auditorium used for conferences and events. "The CEO has asked all the employees to assemble inside the hall right now. He wants us all to be part of the unveiling."Noted sir!" Ken replied. He wanted to know what the unveiling was all about but he dared not ask Adams.The CEO!His senses were immediately alerted. The CEO was going to be at the unveiling and hopefully, he might get the chance he had been looking for to warn him."Now leave and stop loitering around." Adams shooed him away and turned to stare at the pigeonhole.Ken left for the confer
Chapter 53Ken couldn't fix his gaze on a particular spot. He shifted it from the CEO to the critics who have just presented the drinks by the factory guys.He fidgeted and turned with sparkling eyes after someone tapped him on the shoulder.A lady, smartly dressed in the company logistics uniform was presenting the newly launched ginger drink to him. She was leaning toward him.Ken stared at the bottle and shifted his gaze back to the podium. The glasses were already filled and Charlie and the other factory guys were presenting the drinks to everyone on stage."Don't you care for a drink?" The lady demanded and waved the bottle before Ken's eyes.He turned around and noticed that all the employees were being served the drink. He snatched the bottle from her and when he turned, the CEO and his guests were already striking their glasses against each other, making a toast.Ken pressed his eyes against each other and a burning sensation took over his veins. He opened his eyes almost imme
CHAPTER 54Ken hurried after the critics. He had seen them consume the drink without displaying any sign of an adverse reaction. If the CEO wasn't affected, maybe the attack was targeted at them. He had to confirm. He heard several times that some poison takes its course after a few minutes of being administered.The critics were making their way down the hallway in their bid to exit the building when Ken charged toward them. Walking behind them were physically built men who were serving as their bodyguards. They were dressed in black tuxedos.The men heard Ken screaming after them and they turned around to look at the boy calling their attention."Yes. What can we do for you?" One of them said immediately after they turned around.Ken took hurried steps toward them amidst heavy pants. He had been running after them for about two minutes.The bodyguards quickly stepped ahead just when he wanted to get closer to the critics. "Let the boy be.""I'm really sorry for stopping you guys b