Chapter - 59
A new day, a new beginning. When Alex woke up, he looked a bit drained. Though he slept like a log, throwing away all his concerns, the moment he woke up, he remembered Karen's husband and his unkempt appearance. Just thinking about it, Alex could not help but shudder. How could she marry someone like him? The two of them were so apart. Karen was like the only shining star on a cloudy night while her husband was the dark, black cloud trying to hide it.
"Yuck... What the Fuck!" A strong stench penetrated his nose. Covering his nose, he looked around for the source of the smell, but nothing seems to be rotting in his room. Alex lifted his blanket and smell it.
"Fuck! What's this shit?" The smell was coming from his blanket.
'Don't tell me I peed in the bed," Alex was scared shitless. If his mother came to his room right now, what face will he have?
Just when h
Chapter - 60 'How about Prey among Predators?' Amber suggested. She had this sly smile on her face looking at Alex's confused face. 'What?' Alex was confused by this name that sprouted out of nowhere of which he could neither make a head nor tail of. 'Brilliant,' 'Wait... wait... wait... What am I missing here? What's this all about prey and predator? Who's the prey? Who's the predator?' Alex wrote in the chat. 'Why don't you guess?' It was Hazel again in the chat. 'Are you guys sure the Prey is not the Predator?' Ellaine asked in the group. It was evident that she was still holding a grudge against Alex for yesterday. 'Don't be a spoilsport, Ellaine. You are taking it too far,' someone wrote in the chat. 'That's true. I like this new name,' Hazel wrote. 'Yeah. I also think it's quite funny,' Jennifer also expressed her approval. 'I concur.' 'Me too.' Everyone expressed their agreement. 'So it's decided, the new name is 'Prey among Predators,' Hazel said, and soon the name
Chapter - 61Soon the group drove out of the company and was on the road. The unknown woman, who Alex was presuming to be Jessica's secretary, was driving the car while Alex was in the passenger's seat. Jessica and Karen were talking about some work-related stuff, while Alex, on the other hand, tried to initiate a conversation with Jessica's secretary only to get no response. Alex did hear and knew about the women in Theation, but to his relief, no one in the PR department was like that, but everyone else in the company was so stiff and poker-faced.Silent and bored, it took some time for Alex to realise that they were heading towards the underdeveloped and abandoned part of the city. Alex had never been to this part of the city, and as they drove by, Alex saw the difference between the two worlds in the same city.This area had many buildings that had collapsed, and the few still standing were on the verge of collapse.
Chapter - 62Alex now desperately wished for Karen to come back as soon as possible. He was beginning to feel suffocated. But today looks like God wanted to have fun watching him tread on glasses around Jessica. As the clock ticked, every minute looked like an hour, and Alex had to endure the overbearing atmosphere around Jessica.Finally, Karen showed up in half an hour or so, and when Alex saw her, he almost ran up to her like a puppy to his master. He complained to her, which she obviously paid no head to and closely followed behind her back to Jessica. When Karen reached Jessica, the latter put her phone away and averted her attention towards Karen."Do you have everything you wanted?" Jessica asked when Karen was close enough to her.Karen nodded, "Just a few things to sort out.""Alright. Let's go then," Jessica said and didn't ask much about the details.Soon all of them were on their way back to the company. The car was not that silent this time. Amanda was busy driving while
Chapter - 63When they reached the PR department, Alex followed Karen to her cabin, ignoring everyone else. As she sat down to relax, she found Alex looking at her with a questioning gaze."What is it now?" Karen asked. She wanted to relax and wanted some peace, but all she got was a curious newbie."Chief, I want to ask something, can I?" Alex asked.Though Karen was not really in the mood, she knew that she had to keep her personal and professional lives at arm's length, which she had been unable to do all day. So she nodded for Alex to continue.Getting her approval, Alex hurriedly sat down on the chair in front of her, "Boss, what were we actually doing there?""What do you mean? We went there to think of ways to get that company up and running. What assets and resources are at our disposal? What more we need, we have to be prepared by the end of next month," Karen sai
Chapter - 64"Come in," Karen gave her permission to Amber.Amber walked in and raised her brows, looking at Alex, signalling him,'Why am I being called?'Alex shook his head in return.Karen looked at them, signalling each other before she intervened, "Alex, Amber, I have a job for you guys," Karen said to the two of them. She then looked at Alex, "From Monday, Next week, I want you both to go around the area of the publishing company and do a survey for me. I want you to prepare a questionnaire or somet
Chapter - 65 "Mom! Dad! Hurry up! We are going to be late. Hurry Up! Hurry Up!" A boy no more than five or six cried out for his parents as he ran around the house in excitement. "Coming... just five minutes," the boy heard his mother's voice. The boy sulked when he heard that it was going to take more time for them to leave. "Champ! Here I am," A man walked from behind the boy, picked him up and twirled him in the air. The frown vanished from the boy's face, and he was giggling again. "Dad! Put me down. Hehehe... I feel dizzy," The boy said, giggling. "No... no... no... no... no," the man, instead of putting the boy down, supported the boy with his hand on the boy's tummy and made him fly like an aeroplane around the room, "Here we go, and now we are going to land in front of your mother. Let's get her on board," the man said and still flying the boy like an aeroplane
Chapter - 66The weekend was over, and it was Monday, time to get back to work.Alex spent his Saturday with Rachel while his Sunday was packed with his commitment to playing FIFA on his PlayStation.Enjoying his weekend, Alex finally understood why his father hated Mondays. Leaving his home, instead of heading to Theation, Alex straightaway reached the site of the project. Amber and Alex had decided to meet there instead of 'Theation'. By the time Alex arrived there, Amber was already there waiting for him. Alex picked her up, and they arrived at the nearby marketplace.Parking his bike near a convenience store, Alex and Amber finally got to do some work. They hurriedly pulled out a bundle of sheets given to them by Karen. Both of them looked at the bundle in their hand with helplessness. This was so old fashioned, time-consuming and distressing. Karen was clearly trying to make it difficult for the
Chapter - 67Buying the snacks for himself and Amber, Alex was waiting for the traffic to come to a halt when he saw a little girl chasing a cat. As his gaze followed the girl, a smile crept on his face. Alex was quite fond of small kids. He would occasionally spend hours looking at the kids playing in the park with their parents. While he was busy watching the girl, his smile soon turned to fright. Although the girl caught the cat, she was now standing in the middle of the road with cars rushing past her at full speed.Alex yelled his lungs out as he asked the girl to run back, but the girl stood rooted at the very same spot with fear. Alex wanted to run in her aid, but he hesitated looking at the fast-moving cars.** honk! honk! beep! beeeep....Amid the traffic, Alex saw a car coming in the direction of the girl at full speed. Finally, not hesitating anymore, he dashed towards the girl as fast as