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Dangerous Games Chapter Twelve: Lacks the Confidence
“YOU’RE ALIVE!” I don’t think there has ever been a day gone by since Tobias and I met that he hasn’t shouted something absurd. But I loved that about him.“No thanks to you,” I teased, it was the early morning, and there weren’t many customers at the restaurant it was more of a lunch and dinner venue anyways so I thought I’d pop by to make sure that Tobias hadn’t burnt the place down.He grinned at me, leaning against the counter, “You want to know something awesome?”“When have I ever been anyone to say no to awesomeness,” I chided and his smile just widened.“I passed the LNAT, I’m officially going to go to law school, get that degree and kick some ass like you.”“That’s amazing!” I gushed genuinely proud of him, this had been his dream forever, “But what do you mean like me, I’m not a lawyer.”“Yeah, but your really great at breaking boundaries, you know women in business, must be hard.”“Then what are you worried about?” the concern was fragrant in my voice, as his face fell dipp
Dangerous Games Chapter Thirteen: Guilty as Charged
I was so grateful I wasn’t in my stalker's shoes at the moment. If looks could kill, scratch that if looks could obliterate into nothingness, the man in the leather jacket would have been pulverised by now.I tried to focus on that more than the insults about me not putting effort into the way I look and lacking confidence. I mean it was kinda true but right now I wanted to see just how angry Mr Emerson the walking stone could be.“I mean no harm mate,” the man spoke almost hurriedly, his voice a sort of gravelly tone like he had chain-smoked a hundred cigarettes before trying to grab me off the street and do God knows what with me.“Mate? I am far from your mate, and I would advise you to leave before Security has to get involved.”“Security isn’t going to scare me man,” he sort of puffed his chest out, trying to be all masculine but the little machoness he had summoned was destroyed by a single scalding look from my boss, and his blistering declaration, “Oh the security would have t
Dangerous Games Chapter Fourteen: Partners in Hell
It was needless to say I was the pettiest person out there. After my revelation and psychoanalysis of Mr Emerson how it was his own guilt pushing him to do absolutely absurd things. I had marched myself into my office, and half slammed the door.I couldn’t commit to a full slam because you know it’s glass, and I don’t want to shatter something. Especially when that something, is the only thing separating our two offices.I was playing the silent game, I wasn't going to talk to him until he got his shit together and realised what an awful idea it was to test me like that. I’m a corporate assistant not part of MI-5, for goodness sake. I shouldn’t be worrying about being tailed. I was shuffling through the papers left on my desk, some needed me to enter data into the unified cloud server that was fortified and held most of the clients’ information. Though, Mr Emerson was extra safe with more sensitive pieces of data. Paper always was safer than anything electrical. It would be terribly
Dangerous Games Chapter Fifteen: Bundle of Joy
This was it, I was convinced this was how I was going to die, holding a thousand things and chasing after Mr Emerson. It was almost comical like I was straight out of one of those movies where the comedic relief was merely some poor assistant who was trying to juggle the world, whilst the savvy no-nonsense boss was spouting a bunch of stuff they somehow needed to remember when all their brain power was focused on not tripping over their own two feet and spilling all the clutter in their arms straight onto the floor.“Miss Laurence,” his voice cut through my thoughts as he sternly asked, “Are you even listening to me.”“Yeah of course I am listening to you, why wouldn’t I-”“Then tell me what I just said.”I grinned, “Easy, you just said, Tell me what I just said,”He was not amused.But I was and isn’t that what matters the most?There was a low chuckle sounded from behind me, “You’ve got a funny one this time,”I spun on my heel to be met with one of the most breathtaking men I had e
Dangerous Games Chapter Sixteen: Connoisseurs and Liaisons
“Where have you been?” he had his serious voice on. Who am I kidding? His voice was always stern, that low drawl that demanded to be respected.“I was having lunch, you know that meal you have in the middle of the day so you can not die. You might not have heard of it because you are a robot. Don’t really need food, just oil.”“You are not as amusing as you think Miss Laurence,” he spoke without a hint of a smile.“And I don’t trust you to be the connoisseur of humour,” I quipped, sitting myself in the chair opposite him because I was so tired of standing. His eyes followed my every movement in that analysing and scrutinising way that I had become all too familiar with.“No, but I am the connoisseur of punctuality something that you lack, entirely,” “What? It was lunch break, you’ve worked me to the bone you can at least let me eat, surely?”“Your lunch break is an allocated 45 minutes, you took 51 minutes, that’s 6 minutes I should dock off of your pay,”I stared at him dumbfounded,
Dangerous Games Chapter Seventeen: Cat and Mouse
“I’m keeping this dress you know,” I announced as I pulled my skirts from beneath me, ready to exit the car, “As compensation, for you dragging me to this event,”“Like I would have much use for a dress,” he drawled, the sound smooth and dipped in honey.“Who knows you might have a secret girlfriend, lurking around here somewhere, you sure they won’t mind that your taking me to this fancy ball?” I joked.“I have no secret girlfriend, Miss Laurence, I do not know where you get these absurd ideas from,”“You sure are lonely aren’t you? Having to take someone you're paying to be your date…”I trailed off at his pointed look, just a hint of amusement and my statement unravelled itself, “Oh my god, I sound like an escort,”“Don’t think too much about is Miss Laurence, we have a plan to enact,” I grumbled as he held out a hand, taking my palm in his and elegantly pulling me out of the sleek black car. He straightened his shirt with his free hand, making sure the buttons on his blazer were f
Dangerous Games Chapter Eighteen: Fall from Grace
We were in a quiet room, off to the side, one I hadn’t even noticed, It seemed that Kendal Groves knew a lot of things people didn’t. I had seen the looks int he womens eyes as they followed her and I. There were looks of contempt, of pity but there was an overwhelming amount of awe.She had the whole business world wrapped around her fingers.The betrayer, some called her.A bewitcher that had two powerful men fall at her feet.She was everything I wasn’t and that wasn’t a bad thing, I think I would hate myself if I ended up like that. So consumed by the game, that it was all my identity was.I wanted a quiet life after all of this was over, escape with some guy who was just as crazy as I was, drop off of the map, well that was only what part of me wanted. The other half of me wanted to stay here, start my own business one day, do what I was good at.Leading.Though it was Kendal thatwas leading me through her maze, not knowing that I already knew the path to the exit.“Do you want a
Dangerous Games Chapter Nineteen: Crescendo
With probably one of the most stressful situations I had been in this past year done and dusted with, we walked out of the room at the back of the hall. I tried not to make it obvious that my eyes were searching for Mr Emerson but he was nowhere to be found. I caught Niklaus’ gaze and quickly looked away, I was embarrassed at how fast I had tilted my head and dreaded that Kendal had seen it, seen recoil at the man I had spent the last hour convincing her that was better than Emerson.Though she seemed to be so entrenched in the idea that I was helping her, that I would be the key to the fall of Emerson Industries.It was going to be her hubris that caused her downfall, and I would watch with glee.“He doesn’t seem to be here,” she murmured, in that tone, I was very sick of it at this point.But I needed to lay it on thick, “I wouldn’t be surprised if he left without me,”“Oh hon, I’m really sorry but it will be over soon, and I don’t know if I should tell you this yet,” My ears perked
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