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Laurel was already beginning to feel extremely uncomfortable with how tensed the air around her was. She had thought that telling Eden about how Eliana was planning to get the treaure would make him get closer to her. However, it ended up taking him far from her, and rather than calling her to have conversations with her like before, he totally ignored her.She was left all to herself and she needed no one to tell her that it was a very bad place to be. Since her heart and attention was still on her treasure, there was need to be close to either Eden or Eliana. But then, that turned out to be going sour.She tossed on her bed for the hundredth time and almost immediately, an idea slipped into her head. She picked out her phone and quickly dialed a number, with a big smile dancing on her lips. Since there was no way to get close to Eden or Eliana, she needed a partner and she knew the perfect person to have that position in her life.Laurel agreed to meet with one of the top business m
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Eden woke up to a phone call that sent his heart dropping in fear and anxiety. He had lost most of his investors and his company was already at the brink of collapsing.He bumped into Laurel at the doorway. Clearly, she was paying attention to his conversation and beginning to feel guilty about all what she had done to him.Everything was her fault and a slight introduction of Eden to the man she called her boyfriend caused Eden his company.She knew that she needed to make things right. She was blank on what to do or how to go about it, but she promised herself to put everything back to place.Eden walked into the company, with a big frown on his face and his face red with anger. He barged into his office and met Matthias who was sitting on the chair, with his legs crossed. He had a mischievous grin on his face and this stood as an indication that he was up to something.“Why are you here?” Eden asked as he tried so hard to stop himself from hitting him almost immediately.Matthias l
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“I would prefer to be alone”, Eden replied, not willing to stare at Laurel who was looking at him intently.Laurel took in a deep breath and stayed mute. They seemed to be lost in their thoughts and after what seemed like ages, she finally spoke up.“I think I should tell you that I’m the only one you can trust in all of these. This mission is so hard and you need me to help you in it”, Laurel said, trying so hard to sound convincing.Eden scoffed and turned his head to look at her for a minute. Memories of how Eliana had told him to keep watch and observe Laurel came rushing into his head and for a minute, he was blank on what to say or how to react.“You were with Matthia earlier”, Eden said to Laurel who widened her eyes in surprise.She never thought that he would see her and at this point, she tried to think of the best answer to give to him.“Well…I saw the news that trended about you and how you turned out to be a mafia lord. I knew that Matthia must have caused it”, Laurel exp
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Eden was walking around the house the next day. This seemed to be his frequent form of therapy since Eliana was not close to him and he was yet to make Laurel someone who he could freely talk to.At this, he walked around the house to free his mind from the countless thoughts that swirled around it.He entered into a room in the house which he never saw before. He was quite shocked, especially because he had thought that he had a tour around the house before he moved in.Apparently, the room was in a hidden part of the house and this made it quite difficult for anyone to catch sight of it without proper observation.“What is this?” He asked himself as he peeked into the room to meet a place filled with darkness. He flipped the switch and to his utmost shock and surprise, it wasn’t functioning.It seemed as though that was the only room that got disconnected from power supply since every other room was properly lit.“What is this place?” He asked himself again, turning on his phone lig
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They got to Arnold’s house and Eden quickly made his way to the secret room which he had seen the drawing on the paper.Laurel followed him closely, with a book and paper in her hands since she had become his business manager.Eden had only given her that role since he wouldn’t want her to feel so lonely. Eliana wasn’t in the house and Osvaldo had died.Giving her that job would be a form of therapy to help her relieve her misery. That was his thoughts and idea…Laurel tried so hard to hide the excitement that was burning within her. She couldn’t recall the last time she felt this elated and this was because she was close to finding a treaure that would change the course of her life forever.Eden picked out a paper and pen which he had in his pockets, causing Laurel’s eyes to widen in surprise.She stared at him intently, trying to decipher why he had a paper and pen in his hands when she was there to record things with him.Eden only smiled at her and got busy with what he was doing.
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Eliana wasn’t having the best of times in the village she was at the moment. Someone was watching her and that person had made it possible for her to lose the only clue she had.She sat on the end in her room as she tried to think of something else. There had to be a way because the map didn’t lead her all the way to this village for nothing.She wondered if the person who had taken her bag was going after the treaure. Her heart sank when she tried to think of how she was going to feel if the treaure gets into the hands of someone else.Just then, she heard slight chatters coming from women just down the stairs of the house where she lived in .One good thing about the house was that you are freely entitled to listen to the conversations that happened in the next room to you. The walls were built thinly that anyone could easily listen to conversations nearly.Just then, she heard the woman talking about Arnold and abruptly, she jerked to her feet.Her heart was beating heavily at this
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Eliana was in her room one morning, pondering over everything that had happened in past few days. A big frown made way to her face when she recalled the video Osvaldo made and how difficult it was to believe everything that was currently unfolding.Just then, she heard a small knock on her door. Her heart skipped as she went over to the bag of the door and grabbed a log of wood she had gotten to serve as a weapon.The village was quite small, but still, with enough reasons to be in fright. The warning letter she received from the minute she stepped foot in the village simply made her realize the need to be extremely careful.“Who’s there?” Eliana asked, with her hands tightly on the log of wood.“It’s the woman you spoke with yesterday. Hope I’m welcomed?” She asked from the other end of the door.Eliana took in a deep breath and opened up the door, quickly dropping the weapon at the corner to avoid looking paranoid.The woman walked into the room and looked around, with Eliana lookin
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“Wait! I would love to have a moment with the bride”, Eliana suddenly said as she stepped out of where she was hiding, causing them to give her a suspicious gaze.“I’m no threat or anything of such, but the bride would want to hear every single thing I have to say at the moment. It’s related to not wanting to get married to a man you don’t love”, Eliana explained and this triggered the bride’s interest.Inasmuch as the ladies around were giving the bride some signals and eye gestures, she wasn’t willing to walk away without hearing what Eliana had to say.“Let’s go back inside”, the bride said and walked back into the room, with Eliana following her.The moment they were inside the room, Eliana locked the door behind them and stared at the bride intently.“I know what you are going through. And permit me to say that I understand too because I passed through every bit of it,” Eliana said as she looked at the bride who was staring at her as though she were a lecturer.“Really? Did you g