ELATEDIt annoyed her that he was wasting his skills on low paying work.For the first time, she felt his lack of income was through his own laziness rather than an unfortunate absence of skill and intelligence.He opened his mouth but couldn't find any words to improve the situation.“Did you come up with this yourself?” She asked quietly.“No”, he replied impulsively.“Then how do you know so much about the workings of the company?” She asked.“I noticed some things from your notebook and paid attention when you told me about work, " he said, hoping it sounded like a decent explanation.“So you put this together from random scraps of information?” She asked.His heart raced as he tried to talk his way out of the corner he had backed himself into.“Plus, jeffery talks about business stuff with me a lot. He mentioned a method like this the other day, so I thought it could be applied here”.Relief filled Brian as Samantha's expression changed.She looks disappointed that he hadn't had a s
JAZZYShe offered her cell phone .The energy in the room buzzed with the implied intimacy between the two.They couldn't understand why Brian was being so cold toward her.Brian didn't accept the phone from her.If she wanted to send the photo to Samantha, she would have done it already, he thought.“No thanks, I'll take your word for it”, He said in a flat tone. “Great”. She said in a trippy voice. She stood up from her seat, proving the only reason she had joined the group was to talk to Brian.“You have my number.Don't forget to use it”, she said as she winked invitingly.Brian felt baffled as he watched her walk away.“When did we exchange numbers?” He wondered. He looked at Brandy’s retreating figure and saw her grab a cell phone from the bouncer.She turned toward Brian and waved the cell phone at him before disappearing.“She set me up”, he realized.Brian cursed under his breath.He stood up to follow and confront Brandy, only to have his path blocked by 5 young men that apparently
CAUGHT“Don't tell me that you haven't been listening to me talk this whole time”, she playfully admonished him.In reality, she had been patiently waiting for him to take himself off of mute.“How did you get my cell phone number?Why are you calling me?” He asked.The car speedometer steadily inched forward as concern for Liam filled Brian. He wanted to ask about Liam, but he didn't wanna risk exposing him if he hadn't been caught.“I already told you that I had your number, remember?”She reminded him smugly. “Speaking of that, did you know some guys tried to jump me at Raymond's Pub because of that?” He snapped.“But did I lie? Look, we have each other's numbers”, she said in a singsong voice.Brian realized it was pointless to argue with her, so he switched subjects.“So why did you call me?” He asked.“Security noticed the guy sneaking around my room.I recognized him from Raymond's Pub.I thought you might know him, but it sounds like you're busy. No big deal”, she said.“Who is it?
THE PICTURE Jeffrey and Jordan shook their heads. “Not sure it's really any of our business”, Jordan said. Liam rolled his eyes. “In that case, I guess I'll go return the phone. Stealing is wrong after all”, he said. Liam reached for the phone, but jeffery smacked his hand away. “Stop messing around”, jeffery snapped. “Let's just go through it together”, jeffery suggested.Nobody objected to his idea.Liam grabbed the phone, even though he was the most eager to go through it, he still felt nervous about what they might find.He tilted the screen toward his friends and swipe to unlock it. The four men simultaneously recoiled in surprise.The home wallpaper was a picture of Brandy and Brian eating together.Brian wasn't facing the camera, but Brandy had a MW smile. Based on her expression alone, they looked like a deeply in love couple dining together.It was no longer difficult to understand how some people could get the wrong impression. Brian's three friends all glanced at him cau
PRETENCEWhat was it?It's fine, she said, rolling her eyes.It turned out that being late had saved Brian from an argument.She had gotten so angry because he hadn't returned as she was ready to hit him.Though she calmed down by morning, she no longer felt the need to talk too much.A good night's sleep had put the problem into perspective.She realized she didn't need to discuss it, she only needed a little more time to solve it.Besides, Brian wouldn't know enough about what had happened that day to be of any help to her.“No, tell me, please”, said Brian.“OK”, she said reluctantly.“There were two things, actually.Firstly, Catherine told me she was going to be away for awhile and not to worry about it”.“OK”, said Brian carefully.Not sure what the problem was.“Surely it's normal to say that to your friend?I definitely say that to my friends.But she also told me that I should be nicer to you”, she continued, ignoring his reply.“Why do you think she would say that to me?”Brian was su
SUBMISSION“Please come in, Sir”, a guard said, his attitude changing instantly. “Mr. Parkinson is waiting for you in his office on the third floor.Good luck”, Shadow, One of the guards said after him. “We're counting on you to keep our company afloat”.Brian wave to the three of them and drove into the parking lot. He got out of his car and found a staircase inside a nearby door. He ran up to the third floor, two steps at a time. Doug's office was the largest room on the floor. Seeing no one was at the assistance desk. He entered the office without knocking.Not worried about formalities.He looked round the door to find Doug in a compromising position with his personal assistant.The man jumped up and smoothed down his suit. His face brims in with embarrassment when he saw a strange man walking in.“Who are you? What do you want?” He demanded, pushing his personal assistant away.She ran out of the room, buttoning up her blouse. Never before had anyone entered his office without kno
SECRETThe one thing he thought he had buried had come back to the surface again, and the man from SAKA TOSH Tech was chatting to him about it politely, as if it were nothing more serious than a splinter in his thumb.He had to play very carefully if he was going to turn this situation aroundUnfortunately, panic set in first.He got out of his seat and walked toward Brian.As he approached, he fell to his knees.“You can't tell anyone about this”, He begged, his hands. “brian.If you want Northern Lights International to work with your corporation, just tell me what I need to do”.He looked as if he was about to cry.He never before met anyone with such a thorough knowledge of his past.He was sure that the man might even know about his secret bank account that he used to launder money.He desperately hoped that the strange man sitting in his office might show him some mercy. “All you have to do is say something very easy”, said Brian. “When miss Madison comes in to meet with you, hand
MEETINGGina, her personal assistant, walked in.And all thoughts of checking up on Brian vanished from Samantha's mind.“Stephen Meyer and I are going to have lunch at Jacques Bistro across the road”, said Gina.“Would you like to join us?”Samantha wasn't hungry, She was just about to refuse when she had an idea. She hadn't picked a restaurant when he arranged to meet with her.Perhaps if she took him to Jacques Bistro she would have some colleagues to help her deal with him if he became difficult.“How many of you are going?” She asked.“Is there a problem?”.“It's just that Doug Parkinson of Northern Lights International wants to meet me to discuss this collaboration.If I take him there, we can all discuss it together”.“Good idea”, said Gina. “I'll just go tell Steven and the others”.Samantha heaved a sigh of relief.Couldn't have been better.Gina left the office.She pulled her cell phone out of her purse and wrote a text message.She sent the message, a smile playing on her lips.J