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049 THIRTY MINUTES TO FREEDOM
Miss Thatcher dragged her skirt downward as Ryan left for the nearest chair.His face was distorted with something that looked like disgust. She smiled as she sat down on her desk.Her moans had been so loud, Ryan had to stop touching her. At least there was a reasonable excuse to leave someone who wanted to give you money for pleasure.He was pissed at himself, angry at his condition, that he had become so weak this kind of person was making him do things he didn't want to.Miss Thatcher was sweating profusely as she composed her clothes."Give me my upfront salary. I've done what you wanted," Ryan muttered disgustedly as he saw her lips curl with a smile. What was so good about this, God? How he wanted to run out of this office and retch his lungs out.He hadn't tasted food for almost two days. His strength was diminishing. He wiped the dust staining his only suit at its ankle. He got that from the company bus he now spent the night in.At least, if she gave him his salary, he would
48 THE GAME BEHIND THE GAME
The meeting progressed like nothing happened. At least, that was true for others, not Mr. Jude.His head stayed down. His fingers wrapped around his thighs. His legs shook beneath the long table. Alex glanced at him occasionally, his eyes beaming with satisfaction.They were all corrupt. Few of them were saints, and he would use that to his own benefit."Mr. Philip will be charged for false claims about partnership with the company and also using falsified company signatures to back up his claims," Alex muttered.A man folded his fists on his desk, obviously one of Philip's henchmen. Another hissed silently.None escaped Alex. He would use them. He began to flip through the document, which contained details of their unruly acts.The records he had would destroy them completely. But he wasn't ready to fight them. Not yet.They would all get their punishment for betraying his father, but definitely not now.He waited for one more objection.None came."The conference ends here. Have a s
47 THE INCOMPETENT CEO
The next morning came faster than expected.Alex stood at the podium in the conference room. It was five minutes till the meeting's starting time.He adjusted his black suit that caught every light in the room.The board members were already settled in their seats, including Jessica. She was sitting at the far end of the room, her eyes fixed on Alex.Logan's words resonated in her ears. After a while, she broke her gaze and began working on the papers in front of her.Thomas was at the head table, engaged in a discussion with one of the board members. Alex remembered his name was Jude.Philip's seat wasn't vacant. It was occupied by Xavier.The projector began to show their faces one after the other.Reporters were not invited this time since it was a confidential meeting specially for the big shareholders and the board members in Kane Industries.Alex looked around at the prestigious faces of over a hundred men.Which of these people knew about his father's death? How many of them wa
46 LINES THAT CAN'T BE CROSSED
The door to the Torres mansion opened wide.Jessica stepped inside the sitting room, her face empty of any expression.Victor followed closely behind. The silence had been suffocating since the drive from the hotel.Victor kept trying to strike a conversation, but all she ever did was stare blankly out the car window.His hand curled into a fist. "Wait. You're not going to your room until you tell me what went wrong last night. What were you thinking to make you decide to sleep in a hotel?"Jessica halted."All I want now is to get locked up in my room and rest. I don't have strength for all this.""Sure you don't. Not after the ruckus you caused. Do you know how worried I was?" Jessica scoffed at Victor's raised voice.It angered him more, his breathing coming out in ragged bursts."You don't know how much I'm protecting you. You think you can survive alone outside without me? You must stay where you belong if you're going to remain safe!"The words echoed around the room, bouncing h
045 THE LAST PLACE TO PLEAD
Emma hastened her steps as she walked along the hospital car park. She loosened her apron and folded it on her arm.She kept glancing back. No one must know she was here. At least not until she found the car owner.Her last hope.She didn't care about the odds, if the person was luring her to hurt her. She didn't have the luxury of time to think deep about it.She needed help, and she would stop at nothing to get it.She checked her wristwatch again. Mrs. Cat had made it known she had only two hours, since she took an excuse of having a headache and needed to visit the hospital to check on her baby.Her hand went to her stomach as she rubbed it gently, eyes on every plate number.If only she could see it. She had a lot of questions floating already in her mind.She was almost at the end of the parking lot now.Her mind was starting to cool down.What was she thinking? That the car driver would be somewhere in the hospital waiting for her?"Fuck it." She threw the apron on a car. It be
043 BETRAYAL WEARS MANY FACES
The heavy stomping of footsteps on the ground broke the silence. Alex turned his back to see a furious Victor coming at them."Your father..." Alex couldn't complete his sentence.Victor had already reached them.Jessica felt her face snap to the side before she registered the pain. Heat spread across her left cheek. Her jaw throbbed. She stood frozen, hand pressed against the burning skin."Where were you all night?!"Alex pulled Jessica behind his back and took a step toward Victor.Thomas and Xavier dragged Jessica away from him, making her stay as far away from Victor as possible."Thank you, Alex, for finding her. But you need to stay out of this.""You don't have to scare her like that if we want to hear the truth," Alex suggested, but Victor wasn't taking it."She's not a kid!" he muttered."Why do you even care where I go to, huh?" Jessica shouted as she struggled to free herself from Thomas's grip. "Just leave me alone. It's none of your business, and since you said I'm not a
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