Chapter 80“Oh shit”Her phone beeped ominously, an indication that her battery was pretty low and she hadn't brought her charger. She had her second interview the next day. She held up the blanket, not wanting to wake Jerry. Turning to the bedside table, she picked up her phone again. Five missed calls.“Oh f***. Must be the interview lady”She pulled up her call application and just then the same number popped up. Her phone rang loudly. She reduced the volume hastily. Jerry turned on his side, still very much asleep. If he woke up, she was as good as late for that interview.She peered her sleepy eyes into the phone screen to read the name.“Shit!”A hand ran through her shoulder.“Hey babe”Sasha shoke first with fear, quickly turning the face of her phone down. He kissed her, from the nape of her neck to her bare, naked shoulders, not noticing her surreptitious action. His hands cupped her naked breasts, his legs moving between hers.“Hey you”, Sasha said, touching his hands lig
Chapter 81“I like that you said that, Sasha”, Lena said, her eyes still on her laptop. She casted the screen on her laptop to her big screen desktop and turned to face Sasha.“But I'm afraid your records say otherwise, Miss Sasha. You didn't leave Skyrock, Sasha Bills. They laid you off. And with a pretty controversial reason too. Care to talk about it?”Sasha moved uneasily but didn't show that she was bothered. She straightened herself up on her seat. “I think there's been a miscommunication somewhere, Miss Lena.”“Oh really. From what end?”“With all due respect Miss Lena…..”“Ma'am to you”, Lena cut in sharply.“With all due respect ma'am, I believe your there must be some inaccuracy in your research”“Oh!, is there?”Lena said, sarcastically. “Because, I requested for a report from your office on your work behavior and it wasn't a very good report I got. I still have the document here if you'd like to go through it"“That wouldn't be necessary,ma'am”“Oh, why not?”“Because I d
Chapter 82Riccardo cleaned his hands with a towel.“What are you up to, Signorina?”“Oh..”, Sofia said, almost jumping in shock. “Didn't see you there Signore Riccardo. Riccardo smiled. “Apologies Signorina. Hope I didn't scare you too much”Sofia smiled. “Not so much”“You were…”“Just admiring these flowers”“Ah, the lilac roses ei? Got them myself”“Oh really?”, Sofia said, a bit impressed. “You got it for Mr. Emilio”“Yes. I noticed he liked the scents so I got the flowers from the Magarit Flower Shop”“Magarit? Really?”“Yes. They sell nice flowers”“I know right? I got some white roses for myself the other day. Though, they were really on the expensive side.”“They are bit expensive but I'm friends with the owner”“The owners are your amicos?”, Sofia said, wide-eyed. Riccardo chuckled.“Yes. Magarit's mother. We happened to know each other”Sofia just stared at Riccardo, dumbfounded.“Why are you so surprised, Signorina?”“I don't know Riccardo, you just seem to know everybody
Chapter 83Sofia's phone buzzed. She was across the room, sorting out some files that she wanted to work on at Asher's mansion.“Sei pronto? (Are you ready)”, Riccardo said, coming out from the adjoining room.Sofia raised her head and smiled. “Hey Signore Riccardo. I'm just sorting a few files”Riccardo shook his head, smiling.“You work too much, Signorina. Troppo (too much)”Sofia gave a short laugh. “I don't work too much. Non lavoro troppo. Is it?”Just then, her phone buzzed.“Who the hell is calling me?”, She said in frustration.She picked the call. “Hello?”“Hello. Good day. Please, am I speaking with Miss Sofia, acting director of Skyrock Corp?.”“Yess…”“ Good day Miss Sofia. How is your day going today?”“Good”, Sofia said in an unsure way, a bit puzzled. “Who's this if I may ask?”“I apologize for not starting with introductions. I'm Miss Lena from Maston Incorp. I'm head of staff and operations and I am currently running a background check on an employee”“An employee?
Chapter 84“Dear Sasha Bills, we express our regret….”“What the…! They rejected me?!”Sasha exclaimed as she glanced through the rejection email. “That ….”She grabbed her phone angrily and dialed Laura's number.“Urghhh… this…fucking b***”, Laura said as she turned over her phone to see who was calling. She took a deep breath wondering what it was now.“What's up bae?”“What's up? What happened to the assignment?!”“Lower your voice, I'm on a date!”, Laura said, eyeing the phone. She smiled at her date who didn't seem to even be interested in what she was saying. She excused herself to the restroom.“What is it this time?”, she asked, removing Sasha from hold.“Oh, I'll tell you what it is!. You…”"Let me guess - they rejected you?" Laura said flatly as she answered.“First of all, don't you ever interrupt me.”Laura's eyes widened. “Is she talking to me?”"Secondly, what the hell just happened. I thought you were the best hacker at the company. I thought you updated the profile li
Chapter 85Sasha played with his chest hair.“You know that I got fired from Skyrock Corp and I was out looking for a new job…”“Okay. How did the interview at Maston Corp go?”“It was going well… until… that wretch of yours spoiled it all for me”Jerry squeezed his face trying to think who she was talking about.“Wretch of mine? Who?”“Who else but that low class wretch called Sofia"“Sofia?”, Jerry said, not wanting to show his immediate uneasiness. “What happened between you two?”“She sabotaged my interview and gave my interviewer a lot of bad reports about me”“Are you serious?”“Yes and that's why I got rejected! If she hadn't done that I was obviously more than qualified for that job. She ruined my chances.”“I didn't know that bitch was capable of doing such”, Jerry said, eyebrows up in surprise. “Who does she think she is?”“The little rat. She's not even up to half my qualifications and they made her acting CEO. With people like that, Emilio is going to surely ruin his com
Chapter 86Her gasp filled the room with immediate cursing following.Maria cursed loudly. “Good for nothing scallywag!”She scoffed, looking disgustedly at the ugly picture of Scar on the news blog she was reading. The red bold “Wanted!” was diagonally labeled across his photo and a lengthy summary of the police' report lay underneath.“What's the matter, mother?”, Andrea asked from across the room, picking up his expensive gold and silver ring from the dresser table.“This idiot named Leonardo who was supposed to get the job done for me, ended up casting himself on the news! Now he is wanted by the Italian police and even seems like some other countries wants the same ” Maria said in anger.“I'd like to see them ask for their remnant pay. The bastards!”“Leonardo?”“Well,Leo is not here yet but Scar is. And it's only a matter of time too! Look at this!” She said, showing him the blog write-up on her phone.“I thought you didn't want to work with this guy”“I told Leonardo countless
Chapter 87“Yes, Father”, Asher answered Vincenzo, walking out of his room. Consecutively, Andrea walked out of his own room in a black sueded customized Brioni suit. He adjusted the end of the hand of the suit as he walked down the passage to where they were, Patek Phillippe watch in hand.“Your love for kaftans and thobes these days, Father”, Asher said amusingly.Vincenzo laughed. “Am I not a little too old to be wearing suits, Emilio?” Asher smiled broadly. “Of course not, Father” “What about you, Andrea? What do you think?”Andrea raised his head from where his eyes had been.“I think the gold thobe looks fantastic on you Father”, Andrea complemented as he fastened the watch.He admired it for a while before raising his head.“It suits your age”“Aha.. You see?”Asher laughed immediately and shook his head. “Of course not,Father. I totally disagree. And I never said it didn't look good on you, I only said I noticed you loved wearing them”“I do, actually. They are all gifts fr