"Why am I here with you?""I know you hate to admit but expressions don't lie. You're envious of Lily, no?" May questioned, looking through the window."I have no idea what you're talking about""Look here, through the window. This is one of the biggest Groups in the world, topping the world business chart. It is the most influential Group in the country and 80% of companies thriving around the world are affiliated with the Group. The CEO behind this magnificent building standing before us, as well as controlling the power and wealth from the Group is your ex-husband, it is normal to feel jealous and abandoned" she sighed and brought out her cigarette."Remind me, why are you doing this to Jason? Did he reject you?" Vivian asked, turning to face her as they sat in the back seats of the car.May chuckled. "Why? Are you worried I will be a rival?" She quizzed, dragging the blunt and puffing out smoke."I'm not allowed to be curious?""Doesn't sound like a curious question to me.....""A
She brought out her phone and tapped on the fingerprint sensor, taking the call."You're there already, yeah?" A voice asked over the call."Hmm"And the caller hung up.She brought out her mirror and took a last glance at herself before walking into the company.She wore a very short flared floral dress at her thigh level, a flared long sleeve and a sandals heels. She held her purse and adjusted her looks.Just as expected, the staffs murmured to one another as she walked in."What is she doing here?""Doesn't she have shame?""How dare she walk in here? What if it upsets Mr Jason?""Do you think they reunited?""Aissh! That's impossible. Lily and Mr Jason looks good together"They all murmured."Excuse me Ma'am" one of the staffs called out. "Who are you looking for? Are you here to shop?"Vivian raised a brow at them."I'm sorry ma'am" the staff apologized with a bow.As she walked into Jason's office, her eyes met the nameplate on his table. "Jason Yates, CEO of Yates Consortium"
Lily was struck.Vivian smiled. "Gi ahead, call him, put it on loud speaker and I will talk to him myself. You can call him after that and let's see who he will save first""Why will I want to do that?""You should. I know you have your doubts about me. You don't have to hide your curiosity, I'm dead curious as well. Go on, my phone doesn't have a password" she convinced, passing her phone to her.Lily stared at the phone for a long while."Go on, hurry" she whispered cheerfully, playing drumrolls on the table.Lily stretched her hand and picked up the phone."He's in my recent call log" Lily went to her call log and saw his number saved as, 'My vow'. Hesitantly, she dialed the number, placed it on loud speaker and returned the phone to the table."Vivian?""Hmm" she responded, laying her head on the table."What do you want?""I'm wasted and currently at a restaurant. I do not own a car so I can't go home" she explained softly."Why did you call me?"She chuckled softly. "The fuck!
"Oh, fuck! So what do we do? What's the plan now?""We can go with the first option""But I don't have the passcode.... How long does it take you to get to the garage?""5 minutes""Can it not be stolen?""Nah.... That will be too complicating and very risky. Jason already believes you are with the duplicated file, it's very easy to duplicate it now""Give me 4 hours. I will get back to you in 4 hours with my final decision. In the meantime, keep thinking about other ways we can get our hands on it""I feel like coming to where you are right now""Why?""Dunno. Just felt like it will be easy to think in your presence over a plate of food""Are you hungry? Have you eaten?""Gosh, he guessed right" he whispered."Hold on a bit, I will ask Nathan to wire you some money, I'm very busy now""Sure, I understand"He hung up and called Nathan. "Hey, meet me at the ho
l"What does that mean?" Jason asked, his voice tinged with concern, removing his hands from his pockets."I don't know but this has never happened before according to her neighbor. He said he tried calling her, but her number is not connecting""The cafe.... She was in the cafe yesterday, after I walked in, she left and you said you didn't bump into her, yeah?""Nope, I didn't""Let's go. We have to check the street's footage""Can we do that? We're running late""Hurry, drive!" He ordered. Arriving at the cafe, it was difficult to get the footage nor the street's footage because of a policy they all adhered to. Jason was quite upset that the Cafe's manager kept requesting for a consent from the police or a detective before releasing the footage. After arguing and explaining, Nathan quickly reached out to a Detective who hurried down and got the footages from them."We're running out of time. We need to
"Come on, Tee. I trust you" Nathan whispered nervously, tapping his feet."45 seconds left"Nathan proceeded to chewing his fingernails. "You got this, you've got this" he kept muttering.The elevator's door swung opened and they all walked out. Martin's men ran towards them, searching Tee and the men behind him."It's intact sir" one of his men announced to Martins."Let's go" Martins ordered.Tee looked up to the camera and gave a nod.Nathan relieved a sigh and sank on Jason's chair. "Thank goodness!"Jason busied with tapping his fingers on the table."What? Are you still nervous?""Nope. I'm wondering.... Who must have kidnapped Lily?""Ah! You're worried about that. Is it not Kristine? Thought you stepped out to pay them a visit?""I can't say""You must really be worried""Not worried, just concerned and that's because no one will want to hurt her, exc
"What? Got who? Jeez! Why does he hang up so easily? He's so full of himself, always..." She sighed and threw the phone on the table next to her chair."Untie her, I'm bored" she commanded.The man removed the rope from Lily's mouth as well as the blindfold, covering her eyes."You still haven't gotten the guts, huh?""I'm not a nice person either. Just so you know...." She warned in a low tone. "For boredom sake, I think I can spare having a conversation with you""I will start, you like Jason do you not?"May scoffed and took the glass of wine, she sipped a little and returned the glass to the table. "You mistake me for Vivian""No! I may not know who you are but I know when a woman li....""You think falling in love with Jason gives you the right to stereotype on how women react towards people the love? Why will I kidnap you if I'm in love with Jason?""Who knows? You tell me"She sighed and dragged the blunt in between her fingers. She dragged it so hard that she absorbed it's con
He turned his wrist to check the time and smiled. "I don't know if Vivian can hear me or if she has had any conversation with you but I will say something quick, you have 100 minutes to release Lily. It will be disastrous if I find her myself"May laughed at his ego. "Ouuuu, Look at that! But I don't get it, why does everyone mistake me to be Vivian? I'm not someone you can threaten with such silly claims. You and I know that we both have something to lose here but if you want us to attach timelines to this, I really don't mind. I'm not a great fan of games but I think I will love to mess with you" she smiled and sat opposite Lily. She played with the smoke from her mouth and shaped it into a circle, she blew a little air and Lily was covered in smoke, coughing loudly."If you touch just a strand of her hair, I promise you, you will be bald for the rest of your life""I think we should start with a fistful of her hair" she whispered, pulling out Lily's hai