What are you doing here?" I glared at him. "Aren't you suppose to be in a more classy restaurant since you claimed to be Hardie?"
"That's not how to talk to your crush, you know." He said with a smirk.I scoffs at his statement. "Don't tell me you are stalking me, or are you?" I pressed on further."And what if I am? What are you going to do about it, huh?" He switched to his flirting mood. Gosh! Why can't he be normal for once?I turned around to return to my usual job post and felt a grip around my wrist. I turned back to meet with mr imposter's taunting smile and I was red."What the..."He cut me short. "Please can I get extra package for take home?" He said like he wasn't flirting earlier."Hmm, sure." I gave him a dry smile. "I'll be right back." This guy isn't mentally stable, I guess. How can a man comfortably switch mood with in seconds?Since I don't want to get caught up with his tactics anymore, I arranged his take home package and dropped it politely on his table. Before he could say jack I was back into the kitchen."With the way you were having a conversation with him, it seems like you know Him before." Min Hung said when I went back into the kitchen."He is no one important to me, though." I waved it off."What? You can't just say Hardie is no one important. I'm sure there is more to you guys." She countered."Yes, there is much more to them. Arlington is his newly found whore, that was why he...""Jesse, what did you just call me?" I angrily cut her short."Hardie's whore? So what? Aren't you his new whore?" Jesse taunted with a smug grin. Who made this bitch the manager anyways? Jesse doesn't worth being the manager here."Jesse please, not now." Min hung tried to interfere but earn a deadly glare from Jesse."Jesse, just watch your speech else I'm gon' loose it and I'm sure you will regret it.""Yeah but the fact still remains the same here. You are too cheap to afford Hardie cause he is gon' leave you torn, dear bitch." She continued.And that was it.I got closer to her and gave her a resounding slap, before she could retaliate several blows was landing on her face. The bitch was just busy yelling without any effort to defend herself."What's going on here...?"Boom! That voice sounds like Mr Darwin's, the restaurant owner..."I say, What's all this happening here?" Mr Darwin asked with a demanding voice for the second time. "Why turn my restaurant into a boxing ring?"Jesse and I couldn't utter a word, looks like our mouth was clamped with a padlock. Mr Darwin was getting all worked up with our awkward silence."I really don't know why you both turned dumbed all of a sudden, but anyways..." He paused as he gave us a hard stare. "Meet me in fifteen minutes." With that he walked out on us."Pttf... That's it, we are in for a lot of trouble." I breathe out."Yeah, all thanks to you." Jesse huffed. "But I'm sure you'll be in a greater trouble since you are a mere cook compared to me.""Can you be any worse than this?" I glared at her. "Just shut up already."She scoffs and walked out. "...Crazy." I huffed.***"I see no reason why you'll stoop so low to fight her, Jesse. For Pete's sake you are the manager here." Mr Darwin was surprisingly calm."I'm sorry sir..." Jesse mumbled to our hearing. "It was Arlington's fau...""No, it was. Based on the explanation you guys made, you are at fault and you need to apologize to her." Mr Darwin said. Jesse almost choke on herself and she looks like she's turning pale anytime soon."W-what..." She blurts. "I can't do that.""Why can't you? You are wrong here and you can't utter a simple apology, huh?" Mr Darwin countered. "Just apologize for peace to reign.""Fine. I'm sorry." she uttered between gritted teeth. Mr Darwin gave a sad sigh but said nothing."I'm sorry too." I said."You can go, Arlington." He said with a smile. "I need to have a word with Jesse."...||Unknown Point Of View||I sniffed in the remains of my coke, ignoring the man before me."I've been standing before you for a while but you aren't saying any thing. What's all this shii, huh?" He said rather calmly."I'm not blind neither am I deaf, I'm busy right now. If you really desperate, you should wait longer." I growled at him.He groaned deeply before speaking. "Fine, I'll wait. Cause you know how badly i want this, maybe that's why you are acting this way."I hissed at his statement. "Alright, you can start talking. I'm not ready for your talks now.""Here, this is the information I gathered about him." He handed me an envelop. "The pictures of the last operation is there. Please, I'm handling the rest over to you. I don't want any thing to go wrong at this stage.""You taking me for a kid? I made this happen in the first place, remember?" I glared at him."I know. I'm just trying to... Okay, let's forget about it." The man sighed. "I'll get going, you can give me a call later."I watched ad he walked out in a hasten, I don't really have much to say for now. For all I care, he should keep watching his back.Cause after I'm done with the we both signed, I'm coming for him.Yeah, he'll be my next target on list. I'm taking everyone who knows about this deal down, I don't care what type of relationship we share.Fu.ck relationship and commitment, all I care about is money and more money..._Page 9_||Hardie Madison||"Here, take a look at this." I collected the pictures from Lincoln.Without going through them, I gave him a blank stare. "What are these for anyways?""Go through them first, at least." He pressed. "You might get few information from it."I sighed as I go through the hard copy just as instructed. "The faces here are blurry, what information am I getting from blurry faces?" I asked."They are the faces behind the sudden explosion of your warehouse, I'm still trying to track down the faces though. But for now, these are the information I gathered."At leat he's trying to prove his worth by working his ass to find out about the opposite attackers.I stare hard at the pictures but I don't seems to recognize any of them, though. Who are these people anyways? They did a really nice job in hiding their identity from me. Wow, just wow for a job well done.Am I having new enemies aside from Jamel and Gareth? Why are they after me? I really need to know about these
||Arlington Arlington||The day seems to break faster than user, I sighed repeated as I get out of bed. I just hope today should not hold any drama. For the past two days, things have not be really good with me. I quickly do my daily routine and dressed up for work."Good morning, mom." I greeted my mom who's already at the table with a smile."Good morning, sweetheart." she returned the smile. "You look stressed out, why?""Nothing mom, just that work these days are demanding. But no to worry, I'll manage just fine." I replied curtly."Sure. I know you a strong girl but if things are getting out of hand, do let me know." She said, concern laced in her voice."Hmm..." I gave her a nod and had my breakfast in a hurry. "Good bye, mom."I kissed her goodbye on her cheek."Be safe at work alright?""I'll, mom..."***Trailing down the street, few meters before the next bus stop where I'm suppose to board a cab, a car halt beside me. I decided to ignore the car but the car owner honked to
||Unknown Unknown||I smiled.The type of smile that hold suspense and smirk.Hardie. He is the cause of my smile. Wait? What was he thinking? That he'll be able to get information about me? Did he think capturing and torturing my men will make them rat me out?He is hell wrong if he thinks doing all those will make them rat me out. I own my men and I have full right over their lives and families', they are expected to obey my order to the fullest even if it means loosing their own lives.You call it loyalty? No, cause no one is loyal this. You only use what you have to get what you want.***"Any new information about the president?" I asked as I puffed out huge smoke from my nostrils."For now, there isn't any. We are still looking out for any changes, boss." Jade replied."You can go, get me updated if there's any..." I waved my hand at him to dismiss him. He gave a shirt nod and walked out.I just need to be on my best watch and make sure nothing goes wrong this time around....
||Jamel Jamel||I threw the glass on my hand on the floor and start breaking anything that's I come across. Who could have done this to me? How do the deal get terminated?I made sure to make it private cause I know how much millions of dollar I will be getting from it but now...?Everything is gone in less than twenty-four hours?Fu.ck, I can't take it. This is the most shocking news I'll be getting in the last few year."Call me Gareth..." I growled at my men."You don't need to, I'm here already." Gareth stood at the exit with his hands in his pocket."What..." I was shocked to see him, like I haven't seen him in days and now?He walked up to me. "Hey, you look fucked, what's wrong?""What are you doing here, Reth?" I asked with a raised brow.He looked confused. "What did you mean? I don't have right here anymore or what?""Hmm, I mean I haven't seen you in couples and you just showed up today." I scoffs.He shrugged his shoulders. "Business, I must say. Why did you look fucked up
||Hardie Morrison||The ride was not that long cause Lincoln could see the urgency burning in me and he drove faster than usual. He was at first surprised when I gave him the hospital's location."Are slowly dying and you keep it away from me?" He asked."No, not that. Something more urgent than my own life." I had replied."Tell me, what's it that's more urgent than your life?" He pressed on. The Lincoln I know loves digging in into any situation at hand but I'm not ready to give him the actual answer."It doesn't matter if I tell you, you might get to know with time." That was the reply I gave to him.I barged into the doctor's office with burning rage with Lincoln trailing behind me, I grab the doctor by his collar. "What happen to her? You better start talking now Smith.""I'm sorry, I'm not the head doctor. I don't know who you are talking about." The doctor said with fright."Where the hell is Smith Barney then?" I growled at him."He's currently in the theater room, he's been a
[14]||Hardie Morrison||Morning came much faster than expected and somehow, I was feeling tired and exhausted. For past few days, I deprived myself of proper sleep and now I guess my body can't contain it anymore.I've been escaping different escapades this past few days and finding myself in another one." Arrgh! I need a long break from this shiit that's been happening lately." I uttered with a long sigh."A few hour sleep will do." I managed to convince myself.***Letting out a soft moan, I stretched my tired muscles before getting up bed. Okay, its seems I haven't slept for long or it's the time who decided to stop."Thought you will be sleeping a little longer cause you really need it, Hardie." Lincoln was sitting on the sofa next to the dressing table. I never noticed he was there."Since when have you been here, eh?" I uttered with a frown on my face."Long enough to count the stars." He replied, nonchalantly."Arrgh! Remind me to lock my doors when I'm about to sleep." I gr
[15]||Arlington Arlington||Its been three days since I saw Hardie and its very difficult to forget his existence, even when I tried my best to.Thanks to Min Hung, she always find a way to make me smile and that's seems enough to forget about Hardie for a while. Even if it seems hard, I know I'm gon' forget about him with time."Hey, look what I got." Min Hung flagged two tickets at my face."What's this for...?" I creased my brow."My sister was gift these tickets to see a movie but since she'll be busy, she asked me to give her own out." She explained. "So, you gon' be my plus one.""Oh, right." I flashed her a smile. "When are we seeing the movie?""Tonight. Looks like luck is on us today, cause we'll be closing earlier than usual." Her face was beaming with smiles."Then count me in."***Jesse walked in with red face, anger and tinge of jealousy, visible on her face. She really look like a haunted doll right now and I couldn't help but chuckle."What's funny...?" She fussed, her
His' Bait[16]The ride from the eatery to her home was in silence, not just any silence, but thick and awkward silence. She wasn't stealing glances like she used to and its making me feel uncomfortable.I stopped at the front of her home and she proceed to hop out without uttering a word but I quickly grabbed her right arm swiftly."You angry at me cause I don't attend church service, huh?" I asked."No, why will I? I mean, its your life not mine." She replied slowly.I scoffs at her reply. "Then why the silent treatment? The Arlington I get to know love stealing glances at me and she's much of a talker." I explained."Ahh, that." She let out a dry smile. "I'm just tired, that's why."I gave her a long stare before shrugging my shoulders. "Fine, then.""Yeah. Good night." She uttered before hopping out of the car. "Drive safe, Hardie."I smiled unconsciously, why does my name sound surreal on her lips. "Yeah, I'll."She flashed a wide smile before running just like she used to. "Ahh!