All Chapters of The Mysterious Chairman Keith: Chapter 71
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Chapter 71
ANOTHER BATHROOM INCIDENT Manuel pushed the front door shut with his foot, as he went inside. He was tired from all the stress at the office and now he was back home.The servants bowed when he entered, but he didn't bother to look at them twice, he just kept moving inside, to his room.He started pulling his jacket and tie before he got to his room. Before then, he felt an aroma come to his nose and he paused and looked at the dinning, his food had been served and the servants were standing beside it, their head bowed still.He knew it could only be Laura's handwork, she always made sure he had dinner before he slept.He shook his head and smiled and then continued walking like he felt nothing.When he got to his room, he took his towel and headed straight to the bathroom. He squinted, ran a hand over his face, then over his hair. The shower handle turned and water rushed out of it. Manuel stripped out of his clothes as he absorbed the water coming down on his skin.He heaved su
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NAGITS ATTACK The bathroom door opened again. This time Manuel was dressed and he was looking the way he used to as he walked to meet her.He sat across from her, the folder open on his knee.“You did good work,” he said after a moment. “As usual.”“Thank you,” Laura replied.Their eyes met again, but neither of them mentioned the shower or the way they felt.“Hmm… you ain't saying anything?!” Laura said, staring down.She has never felt so shy speaking before, but before Manuel, she was not able to speak properly.Suddenly, Manuel’s phone rang when he wanted to say some, so he paused.Beep. Beep.Manuel reached for his phone, but before he did the call ended, but soon the call came again. He glanced at the phone and saw that it was Christopher that was calling. He sighed and picked it up.“Yeah,” he said, with a low voice, waiting for him to respond.“Boss,” Christopher’s voice came through. “Are you coming in today or not?”Manuel leaned back, pressing his head against the couch.
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AT THE GROCERY Mara stood in front of the mirror longer than she needed to. She was staring at her reflection and checking what she had become in the last few days. She didn’t move, even when there was nothing left to adjust. It wasn’t about fixing her appearance. What held her there was the need to believe her eyes. The face in the glass seemed ordinary and she couldn't tell if she was really the one or her shadow. It started there and the issue showed up right away. Her hands rested on the edge of the basin while she pulled air deep into her lungs. “You’re fine,” she whispered to herself, testing the words. They sounded thin, but she said them again anyway. “You’re fine.” Just then, Lisa called through the door while stepping in
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LISA'S CONFRONTATION That night, Mara lay awake long after the house went quiet. The grocery store replayed in her head, the sound of the van and how she had dropped the basket on the floor.She stared at the ceiling, her heart beating hard in her chest again.“I know you,” she whispered into the dark, but didn't know exactly who the word was for.She kept stirring on the bed until sleep finally took hold of her.****The next day, Lisa dressed up and went to the hotel she and Jamie usually meet.They had agreed to meet, but Jamie hadn't come yet.She wanted to discuss something very important with him, especially about the Nexagens and also about Ivana.She had been trying to reach Jamie on the phone, but he hadn't been picking and it was counting into days already and yet, they hadn't seen each other.So, she sent a message to him because she knew he would see it. She asked him to meet her at their normal meeting point. When she left the house in the afternoon, she didn’t tell any
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DINNER AT TOMMY'S VILLA Lisa stared at him, but she wasn't really surprised by what he was saying, because she knew.“What?”He moved closer, reaching out as if to touch her arm. “If Jamie and Ivana are together, it clears the path. For them and for us.”Her hand moved faster than thought, but she slapped his hand away.“Don’t,” she said, her voice low. “Don’t ever frame your convenience as inevitability.”Orland’s expression hardened. “You’re overreacting.”“No,” Lisa replied. “I’m finally reacting correctly.”She stepped back, shaking her head. “You didn’t fail because you couldn’t do it. You failed because you didn’t want to.”Orland said nothing as she turned towards the door.“Lisa,” he called.She paused but didn’t look back.“This,” she said, “is where I stop believing you’re on my side.”Then she walked out and the door closed behind her, leaving the office silent, and Orland standing alone.“How could I have trusted him?!!” Lisa lamented while leaving the building.____JAMIE
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A NIGHT WITH HER The dinner was over and the plates were all gone. You could still hear people in the kitchen putting away the dishes. The dining room was still cozy and there were candles on the table that were almost burnt out. Jamie sat back in his chair as Ivana was laughing at something her mom said. She had her hand on Jamie's arm like she did all the time. Jamie and Ivana were sitting across from each other at the table. Even though the whole place looked comfortable, Jamie did not look comfortable. Ivana was touching Jamie's arm and laughing still at her mother's jokes.Tommy felt happy and relaxed as he watched them. He had his fingers together in front of him like he was thinking deeply about something very important.“You want to say something??” Tommy said, looking at Jamie.Jamie looked up. "We were just talking about leaving after dinner," Jamie said. He wanted to tell them something.“The roads are really dark.” Tommy said. Ivana turned to Jamie, her eyebrows went
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MEETING WITH MY FATHER ****The next morning, Jamie and Ivana laid still in bed, holding themselves together.The windows to the apartment were widely opened and the morning air came in with ease, soothing the both.Ivana slept on her side, with one of her hands crossing over Jamie's chest. Jamie on the other hand wasn't sleeping, he was awake but didn't want to stand up from the bed.vHe was facing the ceiling, one of his arms crossed over his head as he stared at the ceiling like it had answers to the questions in his head.He didn't sleep well last night and he kept jerking awake, but he couldn't tell why exactly and that bothered him.His mind had been on Tommy's words and questions. “When are you two giving me a grandchild?!” He had thought all of it wasn't something real, but now he was faced with the reality of it all.He glanced over at where Ivana was sleeping, and then he turned his face away.“I'll become the richest man soon, she's my ticket…” he whispered to himself,
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THE UNKNOWN DOCUMENT Lisa looked at her screen and didn't know who exactly was calling her. As she stared at it, her heart started pounding so hard in her chest and she thought of ignoring the call for a moment, but the phone lit up again when the first one ended.A message dropped this time around and she looked so closely at it. The number wasn't something she was familiar with.We should talk. Today. I'll text you the address.That was the message she saw, and her breath caught as she kept staring at it.She heaved and straightened herself, trying to brace whatever it was. She started thinking of who the person might likely be, but the more she thought, the more she couldn't figure out anything.She was just in the car, holding the wheel and staring into distance.Suddenly, she started the car and started moving immediately. She'd find out who ever the person was.____NEXAGEN ESTATES Tommy Lyden’s private office sat at the top of the building like a throne room no one was mea
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A PUBLIC SHOW?! Jamie watched his father sign away something he didn’t yet understand, his chest tightening with every second that passed. When Lucas finally set the pen down, Tommy smiled again. “Good,” he said softly. “We’re aligned.” Lucas leaned back slowly, exhaustion showing all over his face, like he had worked all day without resting. He looked at Jamie, there was something in his eyes Jamie had never seen before. The meeting ended shortly after and they didn't exchange any hard words. But as Jamie stepped back into the corridor, he wondered why his father had signed what he did. He kept one of his hands under his jaw as he thought it through, but nothing was adding up. He hit his head as he paced the little corner he was, not wanting to
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ANOTHER CONTRACT Jamie arrived home late and it was unlike him. Ivana had been waiting for him to come back, and had also tried calling him but he wasn't picking up.Ivana heard the door before he came into view. She was changing her clothes when he heard him call out to her.“Come with me,” he said, moving closer to her.She blinked. “Where?”“You’ll see.”An hour later, they were already standing in the middle of a crowded restaurant as Jamie put his hand around her waist. She wondered if her father put him up to what he was doing and wondered what they might have discussed.Just then, Jamie handed her a bouquet as the people around started snapping them and posting online.Ivana froze as she came closer to him.“For me?” she asked.He nodded, placing a hand lightly at her back and staring straight at her face. “You look beautiful.”People were watching. She smiled because it was expected and because she always wanted it.“Thank you,” she said, smiling so boldly so everyone could