Victoria was finishing up work for the day when she heard a knock on her office door. She sighed as she organised documents on her desk, making sure everything was in order for the following day.“Come in,” she said. She heard the door open and then close, but she didn't look up to see who it was; her eyes were still fixed on the documents she was organising.“You look so serious, Victoria. What’re you doing?” Roland said as he inched closer to her.She paused her movements once she heard his voice. Suddenly, it felt like there wasn’t enough air in the room for the both of them. Slowly, she lifted her head up to face him, her heart racing.“Roland… I’m organising,” she answered, then continued to organise her documents, but her pace had now increased as she tried to maintain her composure.Roland placed a hand on hers, stopping her movements. “You’re trembling,” he said, amused. “What’s wrong? Are you scared of me?”"No,” she said, her shaky voice betraying her. “I’ve just had a lot o
Jason had finished work for the day. He closed his laptop and began to pack his things up when he heard a knock on the door.“Come in,” he said.The door opened, and Reuben walked into his office. He wolf-whistled and looked around the place in awe as he walked inside.“What’re you doing here?" Jason sighed"Hey, don’t you dare even pretend like you aren’t happy to see me” Reuben warned Jason as he plopped down on the couch.“Oh my gosh, Reuben! So nice to see you, what brings you around these parts,” Jason exaggerated in a high-pitched voice.Reuben smiled. “Now that’s more like it.” He stood up from the couch and then sat on the spinning chair. “I’m here to check on you. Your latest episode gave me a real scare, even though I should be used to you getting into trouble by now,” Reuben said as he spun around in the chair.“Really? Because it looks like you came to play in my office,” Jason said."Hey, two things can be true at once, you know. And besides, I’m offended that you didn’t i
As Franklin stormed out of Victoria’s office and walked into the hallway, he realised that the last thing he said to Victoria was more to himself than to her. His mind reeled as he wondered whether or not he had made the right decision with what he discussed with Mr. Harringron.Before he could finish his train of thought, he felt a body collide with his."Sorry,” he murmured as he crouched to pick up a few of his things that had fallen to the ground due to the collision.When he was done, he got up and looked apologetically at the person he had bumped into and offered a second apology. “Sorry again…” but once he locked eyes with Kent, his words caught in his throat.“What, you're not going to apologise anymore because it’s me? How rude.” Kent said with a smirk.Franklin simply glared at Kent, then kept walking, but Kent held him by the shoulder to stop his movements. "Hey, I’m still talking to you. Why are you in such a hurry?”“What the hell do you want?” Franklin seethed as he turn
Once they heard what Amelia said, they all decided to go to Jason’s office to make sure that Kent or Roland couldn’t hear and so Amelia could sit and calm down.“Amelia, are you sure it was her?” Franklin asked as he handed her a glass of water.Amelia took a sip of the water and answered, "Yes, I'm positive. At first, I wasn't sure that it was her, but then suddenly it clicked in my head. It was her. She had a scarf and sunglasses on but when we fell the glasses came off and I saw her, only for a moment but It was her.”“Why on earth would she come here?” Reuben wondered out loud. “Isn’t it obvious? I’m sure she came to pay her boss a visit,” Jason said. “How did she look? Was she scared? Agitated?” he asked.“She was running; we bumped into each other, and by the time that I looked up to see her face, she was already running off. It all happened so fast, and I was only able to catch a glimpse of her face, but I'm almost certain it was her,” Amelia explained.The men nodded as they
The next day, Jason arrived early at the Elysian Syndicate to check the security footage.“Good morning, Mr. Grey,” the guard said.“Good morning, Richard. I need your help with something,” Jason said.“What is it, sir?”“I need to have a look at the CCTV camera footage from yesterday, around noon.” Richard nodded. "Okay, sir,” he said.He led Jason to the room where the footage was kept and showed him the footage from the day before.Jason waited for the blonde woman to walk in, and his head jerked up when he finally saw her.“Stop there,” he said.Richard paused the footage at the point where the blonde woman walked in. She was wearing a scarf and was about to put on sunglasses. The video was paused right at the point before she put on the sunglasses; she had already raised them to her face but hadn’t put them on yet. Jason took a picture of the frame with his phone and then told Richard to press play on the video.Now the woman was clad in her scarf and sunglasses. The camera did
The entire table erupted in mutters and whispers of disapproval after Jason said that he had invested in Noratz; some people even looked horrified, their eyes threatening to pop out of their sockets.Mr. Harrington blinked and cleared his throat. He was about. to say sim, but the analyst spoke before he could.“That’s…that’s all. The meeting is over,” he stuttered, still taken aback by Jason’s choice to invest in Noratz.Everyone left the room after the words left his lips. They were all still whispering about Jason’s decision, some of them staring at him in disbelief and disapproval. Others went to congratulate Kent on his wise investment choice.Jason walked out of the boardroom with his head high; he wasn’t affected by the news. He still had full confidence in his decision to invest in Noratz, and he was sure that soon everyone would take back their words.“Jason” Franklin called out from behind him."Yes,” Jason answered, stopping in his tracks so that Franklin could catch up with
The next day was a Saturday. Jason sat in his living room with a picture of his mother and his father in his hands.“What’s wrong, mom? Why did you look so upset? ”Jason asked the photographer as he traced his mother’s features with his fingers.Flashes of the memory of his grandfather came to his mind as if answering his question.Was he really so awful? Jason thought to himself.He felt like his mind was split into two parts: one part wanted to know exactly what happened with him, his mother, and the Greys when he was young, and the other part was scared of what he would find.There was also the issue of not being able to trust anyone to tell him what really happened. Timothy didn’t seem to know the full story, and even if he did, his loyalty to Michael would hinder him from telling the whole truth.Michael was out of the question. Jason was convinced that he would lie about things just to make Jason come into his life.The only two people whom Jason could trust to say what really h
For lunch, Renee chose a quaint restaurant nearby. Jason arrived after Renee, his mind still reeling with thoughts about Lana’s health. His eyes roamed around all the tables at the restaurant till they landed on Renee’s blonde tresses. She waved at him as he made his way to the table.As Jason walked to the table, he couldn’t help but notice how pale Renee looked."Sorry, I’m a bit late; it took me a while to find the place. Funny how it’s so close, but I've never noticed it,” Jason said as he took his seat.“I know, right? It’s like it’s been hiding itself away. Their goulash is amazing; you should get it,” Renee suggested. She smiled at Jason, but it didn’t reach her eyes. It was clear that something was bothering her.“I’ll take you up on that,” Jason said as the waiter approached their table. The waiter swiftly jots down Renee and Jason’s orders. For the goulash, he nods with a smile, confirming the choice, before moving to the next table.After the waiter left, Renee heaved a si