(Thirty minutes ago)Mr. Alistair walked out of his office, and decided to check out Mr. Charlie, at his office. He walked towards his office, the heels of his shoes clicking the ground. His walking posture commands authority, and also attention.He walked towards Mr. Charlie's office, his hands deep into his pocket. His shades perfectly fit in his eyes. The security at Mr. Charlie's office helped Mr. Alistair with the door, and he walked past Shilla who was busy with her laptop.He paused, and took a few steps backwards to her cubicle, "Excuse me, is your boss on seat?"She stood up immediately and adjusted her brown suit. "Yes he is," she replied with her head bowed."Thank you," he replied, and walked into Mr. Charlie's office. He got in, and found him standing facing his window, he was on call. Alistair cleared his throat, and Mr. Charlie turned back, and his phone dropped with his mouth open.Mr. Alistair walked towards him, and picked up his phone. "Have it," he muttered, stretc
"He's waiting for you, please you can all go in," Leslie replied, as she stepped aside and allowed them to walk into his office.She exhaled, and returned to her cubicle, "I don't think I can keep up with this job. It's draining me bit by bit."Mr. Starling stood up when he saw them walking towards his office. He picked up his laptop, and a file, and also headed towards his office. Alistair, Layla and Nathan were shocked when they saw him walking towards him with a laptop and a file in his hands."Mr. Starling, where to?" Alistair asked, looking confused."I am sorry I have a meeting a few minutes from now," he said and walked away from Alistair, but Nathan stood in his way."What the heck do you think you are doing? The president of Voxx's Group is here to see you, and you don't even want to hear him out. Even after making us wait outside for almost twenty minutes?""I am sorry, but I have a meeting I have to attend. It's important, and I can't miss it," he replied, gazing at Nathan.
The elevator opened, and they all stepped out of the elevator. "It's painful that my stylist Burundi isn't here," Alistair replied as he walked to the table at the far left."Yeah it's painful. Maybe he has to start coming to the office with us. Instead of just sitting back at home. What do you think boss," Reagan asked as he trailed Alistair, and Nathan."What do I think?" He turned backwards to Reagan as she sat down. "I think instead of him sitting at home. Why don't I set him up?""Set him up?" They all echoed looking shocked. Alistair burst into laughter, "Come on guy, what were you people thinking I was talking about?" He asked."For goodness sake, you just mentioned setting him up. What do you think we were thinking of?" Layla, who had been quiet, spoke up, her gaze on the menu book."Fine, I understand what you guys are thinking. I should explain what I mean. When I said setting him up, I mean establishing him, you understand what I mean right?"They all nodded their heads, "N
The waiter was shocked, "Did I do or say anything wrong? Why are you guys laughing?"Reagan was the one who replied, "You won't fully grasp the reason why we are laughing. But truth be told, you are handsome, and you look good."He blushed again, his cheeks went reddish this time around. "No, he just blushed again," Nathan muttered, and they continued laughing.They stopped immediately and found out he was getting uncomfortable with what they were doing."We are sorry, I sincerely apologize on behalf of them also. It wasn't something we did on purpose. It just had to happen," Alistair replied."It's okay, please what would you guys love to eat?" He asked his gaze traveling round the table. They all went through the menu book, and he moved from one person to another, jotting down the different meals they wanted.When he was done jotting down their meals. He bowed his head, and walked away. They stared at themselves once more, and burst into tears. "Nathan, have you ever blushed when so
They all ate to their satisfaction. When they were done eating. "Come on, let's head back home," Alistair replied and they all got on their feet."Are you just going to leave like that? You won't pay?" Reagan asked."Come on Reagan, didn't you hear when he said he was a member?" Layla asked."Take it easy on him, Layla. Maybe he didn't hear what I said," Alistair turned towards Reagan as they walked to the elevator. "Just in case you didn't get what I said earlier. I said we belong to a group, membership stuff.Everything we eat here is free, that's because we pay a monthly subscription f*e. That's more reason why I don't have to pay, or won't be paying."Reagan nodded his head, "Now I understand what you mean. Thanks for explaining, and thanks for breaking it down.""You are welcome. Come on guys, let's all head back home," Alistair said as the elevator closed up. "Thank you for the meal, it was amazing," Nathan said, staring at Alistair."Why the fuck are you thanking me? Was I the o
"Alistair," she replied, gazing at him. "You don't have to speak about your mum in such a way.""Really? I shouldn't have said it. Then what was I supposed to say? Why are you also pretending that you don't have an idea about how she treats me?" She asked as she got on her feet."Come on guys, why do we have to always quarrel over things? Let's just call this a quit, please," Nathan, who has been quiet, finally spoke up.They both turned towards him, they were about to speak. But Reagan was fast enough, "That's the truth boss, if I remember perfectly before we came down from the car. You mentioned when you get out of the car, you are heading straight to your bed.I am shocked you are still here, aren't you planning on sleeping anymore?"Alistair tilted his head towards Reagan, "Are you serious?""Oops, I was just saying," he replied, and walked away."You know maybe that's the right thing you need to do. You need to get some rest after having an exhausting day. Freshen up, and rest,"
(Thirty minutes later)Oliver parked his car at the front of Cathy's apartment. He turned off the ignition of his car and also took off his seatbelt. He exhaled, before bringing out his phone from his pocket.His index finger touching the fingerprint sensor, his phone got unlocked. Oliver tapped on the call icon, and he tapped on Cathy's contact. It rang for a few seconds before she answered, "Are you ready?" He asked with a cold voice.She kept quiet for a while before she spoke up, "No I am not.""What? You are not, what's taking you this long to get ready?" He asked as she sat up gazing at her apartment. "The dress I had in mind to wear got spoiled.""Then get another dress to wear, and stop wasting my time," he blurted out rudely."I can't. That's the cloth I had in mind to wear," she muttered sobbing. That was when he discovered she was crying. "Are you crying?""Why shouldn't I cry? This is my best dress, do you know how much I got it?" She sobbed."Come on, stop speaking as if
"You can say that again," she said blushing, running her hands around her hair. "So what took you much time before you finally decided to wear this?"She looked away, "Can we start going?""Yeah, I wouldn't have to waste my time arguing about why you couldn't make a simple decision on time. I hope that's not the way you do when working with Alistair?""Come on Oliver, what are you insinuating?" She asked, tilting her head towards him."It was a question I asked, it's not like I said something silly," he replied."You could have said something silly. There's absolutely no difference between what you just said, and anything silly that might come out of your mouth," she replied, rolling her eyes."Is that what you now think about me? You think every word that comes out of my mouth is silly right?" He asked, looking at her, taking his gaze off the road."I didn't say something like that. You don't have to put words in my mouth," she replied."It's alright. We don't have to fight over this
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