Quincy blinked his eyes to be certain he was seeing right, but then, he still saw Bertha standing, and giving him a straight expression.“I didn’t give an order for them to release her. Why the heck is she outside here?” Quincy voiced out, looking perplexed.“Quincy, what’s going on? Who are you talking about?” Scott asked, looking around to spot the person he was talking about. “Quincy?” Scott called out to him again.And then Quincy held Scott’s shoulders, and his eyes were wide open.“Bertha! Bertha, she is here!” He voiced out feeling so anxious.“Bertha? Bertha isn’t here, Quincy. She is still locked up behind bars.” Scott voiced out and tried to shake Quincy back to reality.Quincy looked back at the spot he once saw Bertha, and she was no longer there.“She is no longer there! Where did she run to?” Quincy voiced out, feeling disturbed about the issue, and was almost breaking free from Scott’s grip.“No, Quincy. She wasn’t there. You know what? I’ll call the cops to confirm, no
That night, Quincy sent a text to Scott, telling him that he would be leaving for a vacation to clear his head.“I would be going on a vacation, first thing, tomorrow morning. And I do not want you to track me, because I'm not going to be telling you where I'll be going. And if you do track me, I'm going to ensure I destroy that tracker. So, choose wisely.”Quincy was frustrated. At this point, he just wanted to be alone, and away from everything, because he knew that if he was still around people, he could say or do things that would only make them look at him weirdly or even change their attitude towards him.He placed his phone on the bedside desk and then turned to the other side of his bed to sleep.Sleep was another thing that made him happy, and feel less burdened, but he couldn't sleep for 3 days, straight without wakingSo, the only thing he could do was to take a break.Due to the stress he had gone through for the day, his bones were tired, and his body was ready to retire.
Lauren served the food on the table, and while she was doing that, Quincy stared at her, trying to be certain that there wasn’t something he had to be careful of.“Why did you come back?” Quincy asked, without taking his eyes off her.“Like I said, it’s because you need me.” She uttered and sat opposite Quincy.“And who said I needed you? How am I meant to trust you, when you tried to fool me?”“Quincy, I would appreciate it if we eat dinner first, and then later, we can talk as much as you want. I will answer all questions which you need me to answer.” She assured Quincy.“How am I certain that there is nothing in this food?” Quincy questioned again.Although, not like he meant the attitude which he was displaying to her, but because he didn’t want to seem cheap, and all, that’s the reason he had to make her know that he could be a tough nut sometimes, and she wasn’t to forget that.“Come on, Quincy. You should know I would never do that. Look. I know I did something that you never t
Quincy woke up from bed, and he had discarded the fact that he had decided to go on a vacation since Lauren had insisted that he shouldn’t go, and she had offered her support to him.He understood that what she did was because she was jealous, and wanted him to herself, but now that she had reflected on her actions, he trusted that she had done that, for real.As he got down from the bed, he washed up and then headed to the living room.He could already smell the aroma that was coming from the kitchen, and he smiled to himself.“I guess I’m going to be fat in a few days. You keep cooking.” He uttered as he sat in the dining room, then Lauren came out of the kitchen.“Well, don’t you deserve to be fat? And If you don’t want to, you could build up, you know.” Lauren smiled.“I see,” Quincy spoke, and then Lauren went back into the kitchen, and in a short while, she came out with a tray of plates of food.“Breakfast is ready!” She said, in an excited tone, then placed the plates of food
Lauren nodded her head after Quincy had told her the tactics she just needed to deploy to get Alexander to have interest in all she had to say, and she was set to work.“Alright, so I think we're ready to get to work,” Lauren spoke, and Quincy smiled.They both rose to their feet and went back to their respective rooms to prepare for what was ahead of them, that day.As soon as they were done having their baths and doing the necessary things, they rode their respective cars, as some people shouldn't see them together for the time being.Apart from that, they were headed to different places and would only delay the other if one decided to drop the other at work.While Lauren was in her car, she put a call through to her secretary who answered the call, almost immediately she called.“Good morning, ma’am.” She greeted.“Morning. I need you to cancel that meeting which was meant to go on with Kohler, today.“Alright, ma’am. Is there a specific reason you need me to give to her?” The secr
Lauren’s eyes blinked, and then she looked back at the receptionist.“Uhm… You know what? I’ll be back later to book an appointment with him. Thank you.” She said to the receptionist and left immediately, and left with her manager.As soon as they were out of the company and had gotten into the car, she let out a relieved breath.“Oh, my goodness. That was a close call.” She said, under her breath, and looked at her window, only to see Kohler, and Alexander, walking out of the company.Then she turned to her manager, who was looking like he didn’t understand all that was going on, especially since the moment she said she wasn’t benefitting anything from meeting Mr. Alexander.“Remember. I do not want to hear this from anyone else. Everything you’ve seen and heard or will hear about this case, I do not want to hear it from someone else, neither do I want you to think about it too deeply.” She cautioned her manager.“Yes, ma’am. I won’t let you down.” He assured her, and she smiled.“Go
Lauren walked into the bar and collided with some drunkards who ignored the fact they had hit her.“Ugh!” She grunted in disgust and held on to her bag.If anyone wanted to steal her bag from her, it could be very possible in the midst of the crowd.So, the best she could do was to hold on to it, since there were valuables in it.While squeezing herself out of the crowd, who were on the dance floor, she hoped she wouldn't have to go through this again when she was stepping out of the bar.“Finally.” She said to herself as she managed to get out of the happy crowd.Then she spotted Alexander sitting on one of the bar stools and quietly drinking his alcohol.“Good evening, Mr. Alex.” Lauren greeted, with a smile as she sat on the bar stool which wasn't far from his.Then Alex raised his head and looked at her.“Didn't know I would come across you, right here,” Lauren uttered, trying to make things seem coincidental.“You are…?” Alexander asked.“Oh! Pardon my manners. I'm Lauren Shane.”
Lauren stared at the message for a while, before a slow smile played across her lips. She had gotten him. He was in her trap already. Finally, she took off her things, and headed into the shower, letting the cool, relaxing water wash off the stress of the day. Afterward, she fell onto the bed, allowing it to caress her, and lure her into the land of dreams. The next morning, she awoke and dressed up immediately, getting ready for work. Only when she got to work, did she remember she had bagged a meeting with Alexander that night. “I should tell Quincy.” She muttered, dialing his number.Quincy picked on the second ring. “Good morning, Lauren.”“Good morning, Quincy. Guess what?” “Okay. What? I'm having this feeling that it might be good news.” He replied, and she smiled. “Alexander asked to see me again tonight. I think he's completely taken the bait.”“Like that quick? No restrictions, he didn't act hard to get?”“Hard to get? He was a fairly easy man. I just walked up to him a