Maybe she lost her memory, I mean, we should eat instead of turning this dinner into a puzzle solving showroom." Talkative Brenda said.
It was Brenda's turn to draw everyone's attention."What?" She asked innocently. "I just want to enjoy my meal and stop talking about dead people." The kid said in a somewhat rude tone."Have some respect, Brenda!" Mrs White scolded."Dahh, aight." She agreed stubbornly and continued her meal."I'll head upstairs." Announced Brant as he stood up from his chair."Why honey, you have barely touched your food. Don't you like it? I can ask the cook to make something different for you." Mrs White asked with genuine concern."Nah momma, I'm just tired." He said. "I said earlier that I had a hectic day right?" "Ok, if you insist. Good night then." "Sweet dreams momma." He kissed her on her forehead and headed upstairs."Did you find her?" Brant asked Randy, over the phone as soon as he got into his room.Despite the fact that Mila made it clear that he should not go digging into her past, he still went ahead. There were a lot of things he had to get straight, especially why she hated him so much and wanted to kick him out of the company instead of teaming up with him as it were per her birthright."Sir, I swept the arena, but there was nothing there.****************3 hours earlier.She checked her watch again, it was past office hours already, but she still had a bunch of unopened files on her desk. She wasn't stupid. The moment she decided to confront Brant, she knew that he'll want to find out everything about her. She was surprised though, that he did not do it earlier but rather today.The last time she paid a visit to this company was a couple of weeks ago and she made sure everything about her coming was all set.You cannot fight and win a battle without knowing your enemy's strength. She had taken enough time to survey him and know his in and out, including the time he'd walk out of the office.She stood up from her desk and headed downstairs. Her car was still parked in front of the building.It was a Subaru legacy, probably not as fancy as anyone would expect but it was just perfect for her."I hate these kinds of visits." She said as she got into her car. She did not have to turn around to notice that there was somebody behind or to confirm who it was. She knew his scent."Grand Master is not pleased." The voice said."I know, you do not have to remind me." She answered coldly and began driving.The last thing she wanted was for some of the exiting employees to spot her talking with someone in the car, not that it could cause an issue though, but for precautionary motives."Do you want me to take care of him?" The voice asked."Dom, I am capable of handling that ant, thank you." Said Fabiola, aggressively."He tried assessing our database today." Dom said, unbothered about her attitude. They all knew that she had anger issues."I noticed that too Dom, and I took care of it." She said unenthusiastically, "and it's not him you should be worrying about, it is that stooge of his." She said as she continued driving."Randolph?" Dom asked. "I checked him, he seems dumb to me." Dom said.Fabiola abruptly stepped on the brakes, causing a loud screeching sound as the tyres forcefully pulled the car to an abrupt halt.She turned and stared at him for the first time since the 5 minute ride."How the hell are you still employed?" She asked in annoyance.He just stared at her. "I guess I'm wrong again huh?""Fuck!" She inhaled sharply as she cursed out loud."He paints Randolph as an idiot, but trust me, he is far from being that."Fabiola said, still with a frown but less aggressively."Do you want me to make him disappear?" Dom asked."Jeez, Dominique, No!" She yelled. "Infact, get out of my car." She ordered."What? Right here?" "Yes! Get out !" She yelled again."I got your clothes." He handed her a bag with the clothes she had requested for earlier.She shook her head. "Find, close the door." She drove to a dark alley and parked. In less than a couple minutes, she was done changing.Dom leaned on the car, with his back facing her, giving her privacy to change."Take care of this!" She tossed her work clothes to him. "Let's head back to the company." She ordered. "Huh? But we just left." Dom protested in confusion."You drive." She tossed the car keys to him and walked around the car towards the passenger's seat, ignoring his question.She instructed Dom to follow them discreetly from a distance, when she left some minutes later in Brant's car.She knew what would happen if GrandMaster decided to take things in his own hands, Brant would be dead before anyone could say Jack Robinson.But her aim was not to kill him, not yet. She wanted to play with him for as long as she desired. The first thing she had to do to make that happen was to scare him.When Dom sent her a text about Randy following this boss' car, she was not alarmed, but decided to use it as a stepping stone against Brant.She wanted him to fear her, she wanted to break his morals and spirit as slowly but effective as possible. And she was gonna get there.Dom was waiting for her at the other side of the road, but there was a huge hedge of elephant stock grass separating both roads.She quickly disappeared into the thick bush, her black outfit made it easier for her to blend in with the darkness.She and Dom did not drive off immediately, they stuck around a little longer, she wanted to prove to Dom how dumb Brant was.Any smart person would have driven around the hedge easily, but he did not, and to make matters worse, he began screaming out her name.She face palmed herself over and over again before
"You are late again, I hope this is not an attitude that would continue to run through?" Brant said sternly as soon as Fabiola rushed into the office. He was leaning on her desk and immediately stood upright as she got in.She opened her mouth to say something, but decided to swallow her words, reading his countenance, she could presume that something was pressing."Grab the file on my desk and follow me." He said without looking at her.She nodded obediently and went ahead to get the file. She was kind of pissed that he went all 'serious mode' with her this morning. Meanwhile she was just about 15 minutes late, unlike yesterday where she was an hour late… plus, she was hurrying her balls just to meet up with the time, only for her to meet her boss acting as if he were on his period.She hurried her footsteps to catch up with his long strides."You are not allowed to say anything, your job is only to jot down notes." He said to her as they descended in the elevator."Yes Sir," she re
Linda McGraw was the only daughter of the McGraw family, one of the big five families. Just like Brant and Randy, Mila use to play with Linda back when they were kids, when everything was milk and honey, when innocence ruled.Now standing in front of her childhood best friend, she knew that she needed to act as if they never knew each other…. technically, they don't right now.Each woman had grown up to fit her own definition of womanhood.This is Fabiola, my girlfriend." Brant said. "Babe, this is Linda McGraw, she is the one I told you about last night." He wound his hand around Fabiola and lied smoothly, smiling down at Fabiola.Fabiola remained stiff as she stared at the familiar face before her."Is she Ok?" Linda leaned close to Brant and whispered with a disgusting look on her face.Fabiola heard her sound and clear. "I am ok. How do you do?" Fabiola tried to keep a straight face, ignoring the fact that Brant just said that they spent the night together.Well, since Linda ha
"Your laugh is very familiar, just like someone I knew a long time ago." Linda said in an unexpectedly soft voice, stunning the others."Well, do I look like that person?" Mila asked nonchalantly, aa she folded her arms and leaned forward on the table."Never mind." Linda said. The softness that flashed across her face disappeared almost immediately. She sipped her coffee once more, cleared her throat and straightened herself one more time. It was like there were two different people now, and a few seconds ago."You were gonna say something." Brant reminded Linda, seizing the opportunity to deviate from the topic."My company needs this deal just as much as yours does, so we need to find a way to please both our parents for the sake of the companies." Linda stated.Brant nodded, neither in agreement nor denial."I propose we go in for an open marriage, with no conjugality between us except for the title of husband and wife." Linda proposed boldly, ignoring Fabiola's presence."Wow, so
"I never bet on you to be the jealous type." She was totally immersed in her work so much so that she did not notice Brant walk in until he spoke.It was the moment she had been patiently waiting for for the past 2 hours.She raised her head and stared at him straight in the eye."Why won't you want me to marry another woman, would you marry me instead?" He asked sarcastically with a mischievous smirk on his face."Why did you take me along?" She asked, ignoring everything he said. She was not in the mood to harass him for the useless comment he just made."Because you are my secretary of course, what else.? He replied confidently, accompanied by a shallow Scuff.She pushed her chair backwards noisily, creating enough room for her to stand up. "I'll ask you one more time, Brant, why...the… fuck...did you take me along?" She closed up the distance between them.Goosebumps emerged all over his body, but he held his ground. "Whom else should I have taken?" He asked, concealing his nervo
She wound her arms around him, raised herself on her toes and leaned in as he deepened the kiss.A soft muffled moan escaped her lips.Brant did not hold back as he explored her mouth with his tongue, drowning in her sweetness and leaving no part unattended to.She relaxed in his arms, drowning in the moment as the knot in her lower abdomen tightened.They stood there, locked together for about a couple of minutes, with their tongues dangling against each other.His breathing hastened, so did Fabiola's. This wasn't their first kiss, they'd taken things further to the end before, but this was actually first time they were kissing without each other trying to take advantage of the other....or so Brant thought."Brantley?" Fabiola called out in an out-of-breath voice. She placed her hands on his chest and pushed him back, creating some distance between them."Yes." He replied in a shallow lust filled tone, without letting go of her."You are to have a meeting now." She managed to say wi
Unlike his other meetings where he'll usually ask her to accompany him... even though she was not obliged to, this time he did not mention anything related to that. Instead he left her with tons of work to complete.She left the office pretty late that day, on getting home, to her greatest dismay, she discovered that her fridge was as deserted as that of a bachelor's.With the hope of getting a quick bite perhaps from an all-night diner, she made her way down the lonely streets of Limesville. The distant chirping of the crickets and cracking of the mid-road trees as the night wind whipped their branches.Fabiola had herself wrapped up in a gray shore, shielding her from the crude night cold.The dinner wasn't a long way from home, just 7 blocks, so she decided to beat it on foot. After all, she had not done any exercise or worked out in almost a week. She needed to at least get some cardio."A chicken sandwich please!" She said when she finally got to the dinner. "And chips with ketchu
"Where'd she go?" She heard one of the men ask his partner."I don't know," the other man replied."Com'on, let's find her.""I'll go this way, you go that way." She heard them say.She took a deep breath, waiting for the coast to be clear before she could grab her takeout and leave. She listened attentively as the two pairs of footsteps gradually faded.Her eyes bulged out when she saw a young Irish setter."Shsh!" She placed her finger hoping to silent the little dog from barking and selling her out.It stared at her wagging its tail."Hey cutie, go on, shoo! She whispered, with a nervous smile as she tried to shoo the dog away.It stared at her and fortunately it wagged its tail and turned away.She breathed a sigh of relief, only for her heart to skip a beat in fright when the cute puppy turned back to her and barked."No, no! Don't you dare!" She ground her teeth together as she threatened the poor dog.Her threats were not enough to silence it though."Boss we could not find her