Chapter 10 : His to hurt

Author's POV

The atmosphere in Smith International has been heavy since midnight when Nova Brandon got missing. All the major meetings and conferences are put on hold when David has been trying his best to locate Nova. At a moment, Olivia insists on taking the case to the high department of the police commission when Nova finally shows up in the office.

Relief gets back to the surroundings, not because all the employees like Nova, but Oliva had forced everyone to worry about her and stopped all the major work.

As soon as Nova steps into the office, everyone gets back to work.

"My goodness, Nova. Where have you been the entire night?" Olivia snaps at Nova, seated in her cabin with her head hanging down.

"I'm talking to you, Nova. Do you have some sense left? We had been worrying about you the entire night and I don't know where you were messing up with"

Nova heaves her head up towards Oliva with her burning gaze.

"It was all because of you", a groan escapes her mouth, leaving Olivia s