Even though she did not say anything, from the look in her eyes, Rhys could also tell that Elena wanted one of the villas but unlike Jonathan, she did not clamor for it. The auctioneer continued. “But this villas would be gifted to the person in VIP room number one.”The auctioneer words made many people angry, they didn’t like this sort of behavior as it went against the whole concept of an auction. But no one opened their mouths to voice their opinions and dissatisfaction first. Why? Because they needed to know who the person sitting in room number one was before saying anything. There were quite a lot of experienced people who had seen enough in life to not make a mistake of challenge someone without knowing their true identity.But one person who didn’t think hard did not place a filter in his mouth and said. “Auctioneer this behavior of yours is inappropriate, are you sure you are not going to give the McAuliffe family some face.” Even if the auction went on, Callan knew that th
The next day, the lunch date with Nathaniel really started off well but midway, it went south. Elena enjoyed catching up with Nathaniel but soon realized that he had changed a lot, so much that she almost couldn’t recognize him anymore. When he first picked her up and drove her to the restaurant, he was attentive, nice and sweet but midway, he started getting distracted. He would glance at his phone for minutes as if he were expecting some sort of a call or a message. When she would ask him what was the issue and whether there was some place he’d rather be; he would force out a smile at her, trying to reassure her that everything was alright. To Elena, it just didn’t feel right anymore but with a smile on her face, she tried to let it go and bring life to the conversation on the table. He gave half-hearted response whenever she asked him a question, sometimes he gave vague answers which was quite annoying. There were a lot of things going on in Nathan’s mind at that moment, he had p
At that moment, she began to wish that it was Rhys that was sitting before her, sure, he had never taken her on a date and mostly tested her as a friend when they were together. She wondered how Rhys was like if he truly loved her. Elena was lost in her thought and didn’t hear most of the words that Nathaniel was saying. “I hope you can forgive me for today, Elena. Some of my work related stuffs were nearly stolen moments ago and I got worried about it.”Elena snapped out of her thoughts at the right time to hear the last statement he was making. She tried not to cringe at the mention of her name coming from his mouth, yesterday it was alright but at that moment it was off. “It’s fine.” “Are you sure? I can understand if you want to leave, we can catch up some other time.”Hell noElena was already tired of hearing him speak, she heard her notification sound and casually glanced at her phone. Her calm expression suddenly switched to shock before distress. She dialed a number and rai
Her emotions were all over the place, her heart was beating faster than normal. Elena had to place a hand over her chest, took deep breaths as she tried to relax. When could still recall the strange look in Nathan’s eyes, it was like the one a predator gave it’s prey. It was scary.The hair on the back of her neck stood at that moment he glared at her, her sixth senses warned her of impending danger and as soon as Johnathan’s call came in, she took advantage of it and used it as an opening to get away. The sound of her phone ringing snapped Elena back to reality, the phone was right besides her but she was still scared to take it, worried that it might be him.Her stalker.Elena was well aware that she had a stalker. He would call her and not say a word, only the sound of him breathing in the background would be audible. The sound of the phone ringing once again reminded Elena of where she was. Her driver glanced at the rearview mirror before asking with concern laced in his voice. “
The clock ticked slowly, its hands was inching towards noon, a man suddenly walked out of his bedroom, he called out a name angrily but there was only silence. He called multiple names but there was no response. Then he got angry and began to yell.Then, a figure dressed in black with a cap which blocked his face from view appeared before him, The man couldn’t see the intruder’s face, but he saw that the intruder was carrying a gun. His mind raced, thoughts tumbling over each other. He tried to speak, but the words wouldn’t come. The figure was standing in front of him, the barrel of the gun aimed towards his heart.Fear was rising in his chest and the man could feel his body tensing and his muscles stiffening. At that moment he knew that there was no way he could avoid death so his only choice was just to face it bravely. He closed his eyes, waiting for the inevitable, he heard the unmistakable sound of a gun cocking. Suddenly, a blinding pain shot through his chest. He felt his li
In a completely different location, a man in a white coat was staring at a test tube in the middle of the room but this time, he wasn’t alone. There were two other people with him and if Rhys had been present at the scene, he would have been able to recognize one of them as his uncle. “So Doctor Mikhail, what are we looking at here?” The other main present aside from the doctor and Christopher was clad in a suit and held a suitcase close to his body. Even though they were just three present in the room, he still looked around warily, prepared to bolt if necessary.“We are looking at evolution of science sir, one that is going to change our world for good. A breakthrough in human evolution.” There were dark circles under Doctor Mikhail’s eyes and it was certain that he had not slept for days but irrespective of that, he still looked energetic.“What are you talking about Mikhail, I haven’t got much time and I have a plane to catch in an hour.” “I have been working on a new drug,
Upon stepping out of the well concealed building, Christopher could not describe what he had seen. Even though the second test subject had not lasted for more than an hour, the experiment was still successful and it had broadened his mind, opening his eyes to various possibilities. He touched his Jack a few times, smiled as he felt the small bottles hidden within it. With a high price, he had purchased a few of the serums that can immediately kill a human and he had the perfect set of people to test it on. Upon arriving at the Fernandez mansion, he found his son Atlas, standing outside the mansion. He was scolding one of the bodyguards with him but the other party simply looked away, ignoring him.“What is this meaning of this attitude? Is this the way you treated a direct member of the family?” Christopher didn’t care to know what had transpired, all he was concerned about was his son Atlas.“How can you scold me without knowing what happened?” The bodyguard did not stay silent and
Christopher looked at his son in disbelief as he inquired once again. “What is happening?” This was the first time the intruder alarm was going off on him. But why? Last time he checked, he was still a member of the Fernandez family, why then would he be treated like an intruder in his own home.“That was also what happened to me earlier, I asked that dumb guard to find out the reason for the sudden glitch but he said I should deal with it all on my own.” Atlas eyes narrowed as he tried to come up with various reasons for the alert.‘Could it be that my activities have been discovered?’ Christopher asked himself inwardly, he looked around but did not see any changes in the guards stance, they just pretended as if the father and son pair were inexistent. Christopher quickly shook his head at the thought of that. He tried once again but neither his fingerprint nor iris were recognized by the security sensor.“What happened today? Did you do anything to offend your grandfather?” His gaze