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Soon 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
Chapter - 68Soon the trio saw the lady come back with a box in her hand. When Annie saw her mother walk towards them, she stood up and gave her seat to her mother. Everyone smiled when they saw Annie act so considerate. The lady sat beside Alex and opened the first-aid box in her hand. She took out cotton, dressing, gauzes and disinfectants from the box to attend to the wound.The lady grabbed a cotton swab and tried to disinfect Alex's wound. When Annie saw the cotton swab inching towards him with a worried face, she took a step forward.When Alex saw this, he also played along. Alex closed his eyes and made faces, letting out weird voices, acting as if afraid of the stinging pain. Annie, when saw Alex make painful faces, walked up to him and took his big palms in her small hands, trying to make him feel relaxed. Alex smiled and pulled Annie in a big hug and showed her his biceps.Seeing this, the
Chapter - 69Claire and Amber helped Alex to Claire's car while Annie silently followed behind them, worried for the uncle who just saved her life. She wanted to hold on to his hand, but because of Claire and Amber, who were on either side of Alex, she could not.As they were heading towards Claire's car, Alex remembered about his beloved bike."Wait a minute... We can't leave just like that. I have my bike parked over that store," Alex said, pointing towards the convenience store, "How about I follow you guys on my bike?" He suggested."I won't advice riding your motorcycle in this state, Alex," Claire told him her opinion."But I can't just leave my bike here," Alex said. He loved his bike more than anything, well maybe not everyone, but he did love his bike a lot. The last time it was the police who took care of it, but this time it won’t be there. What if someone steels