Chapter 166“Shit!”, Andrew cursed. Elena was hurt and she tried to squiggle out of his grip.“Let me go”, she said in a slightly breaking voice“Calm the fuck down I said!”, Andrew shouted, spitting in her face.“Now you listen to me! You, are going to help us get Asher”“What?”“You heard me”, Andrew said, releasing his grip on her shoulders. He straightened himself up like nothing had just happened and went back to undoing the buttons of his shirt.“I don't.. I'm sorry… umm.. who?”Her father didn't respond. He just moved into the bedroom area.“Would you freaking answer me?”“Shut the hell up! Ok? I'm not going to tell you again”“I don't understand. What does Asher have to do with all this and why the hell do you need my help with him?”“Oh God. This child!”, Andrew gritted his teeth together in frustration.“Can you just freaking do what I say?”“No! I can't just do what you say, Father. I'm a lawyer's daughter. You should have known better before bringing me into this”Andrew
Chapter 167Gasp!Elena woke up with a harsh shiver. Her body ached and her eyes hurt badly - a consequence of tears that had lasted too long. Her eyes squinted in the dimness of the room and she sat up on the couch, her whole body sore. She sat up, her body feeling icky since she was still in the dress she'd had on yesterday and some weird hoodie jacket that was most definitely not hers.A deep breath. Exhalation. Elena felt her head. Heavy.She stayed still for sometime, her mind a little hazy from the previous night. She couldn't quite remember how she had landed on the couch or what the events of last night even were. She rubbed her temples, trying to get the blurred images out of her mind.Suddenly, the lights came on. It was her father. “Urghhh…”, Elena groaned. She held up her hand, using her palm to shield her face from the light.“Elena, sweetie. Are you okay?”, Andrew asked, dropping the cup of coffee on the table top near him.“I'm… I'm finee”, she stuttered, her hand stre
Chapter 168Asher stood on the second floor, hands folded, his expression very unhappy.“And what did you say happened here?”, Asher asked, looking at the broken pieces of shattered glass, paint and cement on the ground. “Umm…we are not really sure sir… The”“You are not sure?”The worker kept mute, feeling dumber than ever.“I asked that these windows be replaced? Why weren't they?”“They … they … they were sir”“Are these the replacements?”“No sir. We… I had the replacements done the day you instructed that they be replaced but..”“But…?”“When we came in the morning, this… this was what we met sir”Asher raised a brow. “And that is to imply?”“I..”The vibration of Asher's phone interrupted their conversation. Asher dug his phone out from his pocket to see who it was, his eyes still very much focused on the construction worker standing before him.“Hello?”“Boss. Good day Boss”“Lego?”, Asher asked, looking at his phone again.“Is everything okay? How is he?*Asher heard Lego tak
Chapter 169The automatic gates rolled open as Asher long teased the control on his device. He eased the car into the compound, the gate closing behind him. Soon enough, Asher parked the car in the garage.“We are here”Asher got out first before Sofia did. He opened the back door of the SUV and helped her with some of the files.When they got to the door, the face scan verified Asher's facials and he had his fingerprint taken by the sensor. The doors opened slowly and Asher walked in, Sofia tagging behind.Asher went up the stairs with the files. He placed his right hand on the biometric scan and the doors opened. Asher went in and switched on the lights then pressed a button on the walls of the door so they stayed open.Thump!The files landed on the desk. “I have a meeting now, Sofia. I'll be downstairs. You can just set up your computer then and do whatever it is you have to do”“Oh.. urr.. okay..”, Sofia said, taking her steps stealthily.“Do you need anything?”“Urr…”“Like a d
Chapter 170Asher must have controlled it from inside because when she got near the gate, it slid open without her even touching it… or so she thought. That was more or less her problem though because now, the delivery guy knew the house. And that was strange because she hadn't given direct directions to the house.“Hey”, she called out to the delivery guy. He was already getting back on his bike. He turned his head to see who was calling. Sofia waved her hands.“Yes ma'am?”“I'm the one… the one for the delivery”“You are…”“Sofia… Sofia Brown.”“Oh… I am so sorry. I hadn't seen you there”, he said. He took off his helmet and Sofia was completely taken. Damn!He ran a hand through the middle of his glossy dark hair before moving to the end of his bike so he could unpack the delivery box where her order was packaged. His muscles bulged in and out, like they were enlivened and breathing differently yet what he was doing didn't even require much effort.Sofia just stood there, struck by
Chapter 171“It’s done Boss”, the delivery guy said, adjusting the air pod in his ear as he rode. The bike bent as he maintained being on the bend, the wind flapping in his ear. When he got onto the straight road, he had to reduce his speed for the traffic ahead.“Good”, the voice responded. “Well done Ryder”“Yes sir”The call terminated and Paolo set his phone down on the table. In front of him were three monitors and a slim guy sat in front of them, moving from one screen to another.“What’s the update, Raphael?”, Andrew asked“I'm in. I have successfully gained access into the facility now”, he replied, zooming in on one of the screens. On it was a live recording of Asher's gate, which was still open even when Asher had closed it. So he thought.Raphael switched to another monitor. On the monitor display, the different controls that were sectioned to the different parts of the house were shown. Raphael zoomed into each room, and the door controls, studying the signals. From there,
Chapter 172It was dark out. Asher glanced at his watch as he went up the stairs. It was past seven already. He walked into the office room where Sofie was still working.“Are you done?”“Almost sir. Let me just tidy up this document”“Alright”He left the room and came back with two small glass bowls of fruit salad.“Here”, he said, handing it over to Sofia.“Oh.. thank you Boss”“You deserve it”, he said, taking his over to the mediun sized sofa. Pink flushed on her cheeks and she had to bend her face so he wouldn't noticed. Asher smiled, noticing before she could even hide it. In all his life, he didn't know a person more shy than Sofia.He settled on the sofa, balancing the fruit salad bowl in his hand.“I've been willing to ask something, Sofia”Sofia raised her head immediately, unnecessarily in alarm.“How has your mum been?”“My mum? She's fine. She's.. perfectly okay”“Is she still at the hospital?”“Oh no sir. She got discharged about ..two months ago? Yes. It should be two
Chapter 173Sofia let out some air, obviously exhausted. Her boss, Asher, paced the room as he gave instructions over the phone. “I want ceramic used in those spaces, Travis, not wood. Did you…”Asher paused, listening to what the voice over the phone had to say.“Travis, Travis….”Another pause.“Listen.. listen to me. I don't want to know if it is or if it is not possible to get the ceramic tiles today. Whatever it is you need to do to get them today - this night - do it. Do it now. When I come by tomorrow, and just note I'll be coming in very early, I want the exact type and quality that I asked for. Can you get that done, Travis?”Asher paused for longer this time. “Okay. Let me rephrase that. Get it done Travis. Thank you”He ended the call. “What's up? Are you done?”“Yes sir”, Sofia said, letting out a sigh of relief at the end of her sentence. Asher did too.“Finally”, Asher said to Sofie, a slight smile on his face.Meanwhile, after minutes of wasted efforts going in the w