"Come to think of it, we all have secrets. Don't you?" He asked as he took her hands."Yes I do," she nodded her head."Do you know what will happen if those secrets of yours get into the public?"She kept mute for a few seconds before she spoke up. "Don't worry about the outcome of it. What are you saying concerning my Dad?"He withdrew his hands from hers, "I am sure I don't have water in my mouth. There's absolutely nothing I can do about it."She shook her head, "Do you know what? I am going to give you time to think about this. I will be back for a reply. I know this is too much for you to process.Take your time to think about it. I believe you are going to find a way to get my Dad back to his job. I trust you Alistair, besides I also want to propose something to you.""Do you want to propose marriage to me?" He asked, and they both chuckled."Come on, you know I can't do that," she replied. "Well, I want to ask you out for dinner.""On a dinner date? Won't your boyfriend be mad
"That girl must be high on something. Despite knowing the gravity of her father's crime, she still wants him to get reinstated. That's unbelievable," Nathan muttered as he walked to the fridge to get bottled water."Yeah, that's unbelievable. You know I feel this is a kind of trap. Yeah I know I might be wrong, yet I don't think I am wrong. But if I am to analyze this, I will say they want you to reinstate him, and then use it against you," Layla muttered as she sat down."What do you mean by that, can you please explain in detail" Mr. Alistair asked as she sat down."Sure I can, remember I said I might be wrong. But we can't just turn a blind eye to everything we need to take a look at things critically. If you do, bring back her father to this company.It's going to make others think you are in support of what you did. Or you both are partners, that's the reason you brought him back so he won't expose you.Or better still, it's going to give a bad image or interpretation of you to t
Mark strolled into his office looking sober, "What's going on, are you well?" His female colleague asked immediately after she saw the look on his face.Mark ignored her and walked to his cubicle. She stood up, and walked to his cubicle, "Talk to me Mark what's going on? I have never seen you in this mood, did something bad happen?"Mark kept mute with his head bowed. She sat down staring at him with different thoughts running through her mind. "Mark talk to me, what's going on?""Can you just let me be? Can't you see I am not ready to talk? You said it, you haven't seen me in a mood like this. Aren't you supposed to know that something is wrong?You asked me a question, and I didn't reply. Aren't you supposed to know that I don't want to talk about it for now?""I am sorry, I just thought...""You just thought what? Please let me be, just let me be. I want to be left alone, this is more reason I would have loved to stay at home. But I can't stay at home because of work.Please do me
When he was done having his bath, he stepped out of his bathroom and proceeded to put on his clothes.(A few minutes later)He drove straight to Voxx's Technologies office without informing her. The bouquet of flowers and chocolate was in the back seat. His plan was to surprise her and make her smile.He wasn't necessary after rekindling the old flames between them. Without a doubt, he is aware of the fact that they are both madly, and deeply in love with each other.He drove to the parking lot and parked his car. He felt a strong urge to call her and inform her he was around instead of just waiting till she closed from work.He knew Fiona, she didn't love many eyes on her. If he was to go into the building with the flower bouquet and chocolate. Anxiety would kick in, that's what he wanted to prevent.At the same time, he also has to be at the office. Mark thought about what to do for a few minutes before he came up with an idea. He got down from his car and walked towards the securit
Mr. Wilde woke up breathing heavily from a bad dream. Immediately he reached for his phone and dialed Mr. Charlie's line.It rang for a few minutes before he answered, "Good morning Charlie, we need to meet.""We need to meet? Why?" He asked, sounding shocked as he sipped from his coffee."When I get there I will explain everything to you. But for now, we need to meet. I will send you the location, and the time," Mr. Wilde hung up.Mr. Charlie was confused, he had never seen him act in such a way since how the past two or three decades they had come to know each other. He shoved it aside and dropped his cup of coffee as he went through the internet surfing for news.Just then, a Whatsapp message from Mr. Wilde popped in. The content of the message contained where they would meet, and the time of the meeting.He shook his head and dialed his line. Mr. Wilde quickly answered, "What's going on, talk to me.""What's going on? We will talk about that when we see," he hung up. Mr. Charlie w
Oliver paused, as he exhaled. "What do I mean right?Here's what I mean father. Yester Elara reached out to me, and asked that I speak to Alistair.""Speak to Alistair? About what?" His father asked as he stayed put in the car."She asked that I speak to him about bringing her father back to the company," he replied."What? Does she have an idea about what she's saying? I mean, we all know what her dad did right?" He asked, sounding confused."Yes, Dad. But let's look at how this is going to be of benefit to us. If we can convince him to bring back Mr. Wilde. We can then pass a vote of no confidence just because he took that action."Mr. Charlie kept quiet, as he thought about what his son was saying. "That's true, wow I am proud of you. But how come I didn't even think about this?""I don't know Dad. That doesn't matter right now. What matters right now is that you can be of help to me. You know I called to ask for your consent right? But instead of that, I want to ask that you accom
Oliver, who has not been diligent with his job in sourcing weekly reports from the different heads of departments, felt uncomfortable. At the same time, he knew he couldn't mess up.Maybe, just maybe Mr. Alistair was looking for a way to kick hike out of the organization. Just like they did to Mr. Wilde in a different way. Besides his father was seated beside him, he wouldn't want to embarrass his father.Reasons because his father has always told him to take his job seriously. Since there's every tendency that he might end up as the president of the company one day. Oliver cleared his throat and spoke up as if he had been diligent in his line of duty. "I want to start by apologizing for not acting professionally. You know a lot of activities sprung up in the past weeks.I am not in any way using this activity as an excuse for not meeting up with my work. No, that's not it. Let's put that aside, and attend to the question you asked."He paused, and took in a deep breath, "Dear Presid
They both shook hands, their lips curved with a smile. Mr. Charlie was more than impressed with his son. Within he felt his son was ready to replace Mr. Alistair, all that's needed is for their plans to go through."That will be all for today Mr. Oliver," Mr. Alistair turned towards Mr. Charlie, "I am dead sure you are proud of your son right?"Mr. Charlie nodded his head, he couldn't hide his excitement. "Yeah, I am. It shows he's gradually growing from a boy to a man.""Exactly, that was the same thought I had within. Well, I am glad this meeting took place, if there's nothing else, I am afraid this meeting has come to an end," Mr. Alistair replied as he got on his feet."This meeting has not come to an end, president. I would like to discuss something very important with you if you don't mind?" He asked.Mr. Alistair was taken aback by that. Oliver wants to discuss something important with him, in the presence of his Dad. What could the discussion be about, and what's the motive be
Alistair brought the boat cruise to a stop. Just when he decided to take his mind off the chaos happening. Elara was killed, and he found his way to a hotel room.Nathan, Layla, and Reagan were with him. "I think this is the right time to let the authorities in on this," Layla muttered."Yeah, this was the same thought on my mind as we exited the boat. Tomorrow morning I am going to head back home, gather all the evidence, get Mark involved in this, and report this to the authorities.""Exactly, this is the best thing to do if you ask me. We can no longer contain this. It would have been you, but Elara took your spot.Who knows who would be next? It could be me, Layla, or you. That's more reason you need to get Mark to go with you tomorrow morning. It's time to bring an end to this madness of Mr. Wilde, and his partners."(The next day)Mr. Alistair quickly rushed home and got hold of the files. He already informed Mark about his plans and asked him to wait for him at the police stati
Layla was briefed about what she needed to do by Alistair. Unlike the last time, Nathan agreed to this, he was in full support.The plan was for Alistair to call for a meeting, he made it for Mr. Sterling to attend. Making sure Layla won't have any problem retrieving the document.Layla arrived early at Voxx's Technologies. She waited for him to leave for the meeting. Immediately she was sure he had left. She immediately went into his room, Fiona was at the door watching out for her.Just in case her brother or anyone tries to go in. Layla went straight to the shelf and did just like Fiona explained. The shelf moved away revealing a safe.She smiled, and quickly imputed the code which Fiona gave to her. The safe opened, but to her amazement the safe was empty. She was confused, and immediately she brought out her phone and took a photo.She sent it to Alistair and quickly closed the safe. The shelf went back to its position. She came out of Mr. Sterling's office, Fiona was expecting t
Alistair, Nathan, Layla, Burundi, and Mark stepped out of his study room. Mark came to submit some files of illegal acts Mr. Wilde has been engaged in the past.They were all tired after accessing each case one by one. But none of the cases has to do with Voxx's Group or his father's death. The only information they found useful was the fact that he possessed a certain USB key.They all retired to their different rooms, while Mark went home. Alistair couldn't get sleep, so he brought the file to the dining room, sat down, and went through it once more. Hoping he would find something.Mrs. Tricia, who came out to make a phone call to someone, was shocked to see Alistair seated in the dining room. Before she could retrace her step, Alistair sighted her. She composed herself and walked towards him."You aren't asleep, what's going on? You also look worried, are you fine?"Alistair shook his head, "I ain't fine, a lot of things are going on."She sat down, "Do you care to share what's goi
(Three weeks later)Kathy was present in the office of her boss, Mr. Alistair. She had a little bottle which Oliver gave her to spike Alistair's drink. She was a bit scared, but at the same time, she knew she also needed to be careful.She paced to and fro in his office, waiting for a particular time to do what she had in mind to do. Her gaze was on everyone in the room, all she was waiting for was Mr. Alistair to request coffee or tea."Kathy, please get me tea just before the meeting starts." She smiled at him, but it was a dry smile. "Yes boss, I am on it."She walked out of the office and went straight to her office. She already had the tea made, all she had to do was to pour in the liquid that would spike the drink. She got a mug, poured the drink into it, and poured in the liquid.She did the sign of the cross and walked out of her office heading back to Mr. Alistair's office. She tried to compose herself, she knew how observant Mr. Alistair and Nathan were.If she acts in a sha
Ethan walked out of the bathroom, he was shocked to see the three ladies lying down on the bed.He wanted to shout at them, but then he remembered this wasn't his home. It was just a brothel. He picked up his shirt, phone, and car keys, and walked out of the room.He wasn't watching where he was going, and he bumped into a guy. He got annoyed and was about to retaliate only to find out it was Oliver."Oliver.""Ethan," Oliver called out. Ethan's gaze moved to the lady beside him, "Kathy? Wait a minute, can someone tell me what's going on here?""Man calm down, you don't have to get confused. She's my girlfriend, you know the ethics of the common, you can't date your colleagues.Well, it just happened that we fell in love with each other, and we just couldn't throw it under the bridge because of some dumb organization stuff.""Wait a minute Oliver, for how long has this been happening?"Oliver looked at Kathy, "Two tears.""What? You mean you guys have been dating for a good two years,
(Few Hours Later)"You look really tense, and should I say unhappy, what's going on?" Elara asked as she reached for Mr. Alistair's hands.Mr. Alistair smiled, this was one of his tricks to get her into doing whatever he wanted her to do. "Let's just say I am extremely tired, you know what it means to work as the president of Vox's Group right?"She nodded her head, "Yeah I partially have an idea. There are times when I see my Dad in a terrible state just because of work. That's one of the reasons I said to myself I was never going to work.Not like work work, I mean get into the corporate work. I saw the torment it caused to my Dad, that shit pissed me off. That's more reason I decided to follow the career path of my Dad."Mr. Alistair was taking note of the things she said about her Dad. "Do you think your Dad has something special he's hiding? You know maybe a special property in his safe?"Elara smiled, "I don't fucking have an idea about that. How am I supposed to know if he does
Mr. Alistair turned towards him, "What, and what have you found about it?""Well I have found someone who can be of much help to us," he answered as he stepped out of the elevator."Really? How come I didn't know about this, and what if this so-called person is one of Mr. Wild's loyal fans?"They got into his office, and Layla was asleep. "Come on man, don't you trust me anymore? I did my research, and he has definitely nothing to do with Mr. Wilde. Besides, he's an undercover CIA agent. Trust me when I say he can be of much help.""Wait a minute, did you just say ah undercover CIA agent?"Layla woke up due to the pitch of their voice. "Yeah, you heard me correctly. An undercover CIA agent.""If he's an undercover CIA agent, how did you get to him? Don't you think if you can find him, whosoever he was made to watch won't also have a problem in finding out that he's a CIA agent?"He chuckled, "I think I didn't really explain things to you. Well, there's this friend of mine who I used t
(Few Hours Later)Fiona and Mr. Alistair were seated in the restaurant as they were both having steaks and juice. "What is it, you wanted to tell me?"Fiona smiled, "I know this might sound crazy, but I think this is what we need to do."Mr. Alistair was confused, so he sat up. "What do you mean, please explain."She cleared her throat and reached for his hands. "I know this sounds funny, but I want to propose something.""What's that?""I need us to act. I mean I want us to act as boyfriend and girlfriend. I am tired of my father nagging about getting married to you.Truth be told, I don't like you one bit. But I am just doing this because of my Dad, nothing more, nothing less.""Really? Do you want the both of us to act as couples? Do you think that's the way out?""Yes, that's the way out. If you ask me, it's the only way out. There's no way out than this," she replied, raising her voice."This is the reason why you called me right? To propose this piece of shit to me? Come on, are
Elara sat down on her bed smiling as she gazed at her phone. Her mum walked into her room without knocking."What's with that look on your face?" She asked, resting on her door."It's none of your business, Mum. But if you must know, it's just some random chat with a friend," she replied, her gaze not leaving her phone."A male friend, I suppose right?" She asked as she walked towards the bed."Come on Mum, what's with all this question?""I am glad you asked. Dear Elara, you aren't getting any younger, don't you think it's time for you to settle down? It's high time you need to get married," Mrs. Wilde muttered.Elara burst into laughter, "Mum, is this what you wanted to say? Come on, you don't have to worry about it, I am already working on it.""Wait a minute, do you mean you are already in a relationship with someone or what?"She nodded her head, "Yes mum, but don't ask me for any details. I ain't going to tell you anything, but be rest assured that your lovely daughter is in a r