Amelie took a few steps back as she felt shivers run down her spine in the drenching rain, but before she could do anything more, the back door of the van slid open and two masked guys jumped out.One grabbed Amelie from behind and placed his hand over her mouth to stop her from screaming.The other guy then began to tie a piece of rope around her hand, which he had pulled from his pocket.Amelie struggled against them, trying to break free, but she was no match against the two strong men and soon enough, they forced her into the back of the van and drove off."Who...who are you people?" Amelie asked as she managed to scramble to a corner away from the men's reach.At her question, the two delinquent looking guys glanced at each other and chuckled.Yeah, like they were going to blindly open their mouth and spill the fact that their contractor was Odette Aubert who had hired them to follow her fiance after he suddenly left the LaCroix mansion a day ago while looking upset, and after fu
"Ouch!" Amelie yelped out in pain as she was shoved into a room."Now just stay put and wait for me, well have some fun when I come back.”'Like hell I would!' Amelie bit back those words as she watched the male stalk away.As soon as the door closed, Amelie sprang into action, trying her best to undo the rope.She tried undoing the rope by herself but failed. She then looked around the room and founded a rusted scissors.Making her way towards the table, Amelie grabbed the scissors, tried to cut the rope around her wrist."Ah, yes." She breathed a sigh of relief as the rope loosened around her wrists and eventually fell onto the ground.However, the relief was short lived when the door swung open and the guy walked back into the room, a lecherous grin stretched over his face, which soon faded as soon as he saw that she had gotten free from her bondage."The f*ck, how did you get loose?!" He yelled and began to approach her.Amelie, who had frozen for a brief moment upon his arrival,
Zacharie was seated in his office, his back slouched as he rested his head in his palm and stared blankly at the screen of his tablet.His mind was too clouded to concentrate on the project he was meant to oversee. Images of Amelie's previous distraught state flashed in his mind.He couldn't stop thinking about it, but more so than anything else, his mind was clouded by a mix of emotions.Worry and Anger.For one, he was angry at himself. If only he had not lost his cool and flared up after what she said, Amelie would have been in his room a bit longer and probably would have avoided the kidnapping. Or so he thought.On the other hand he still felt irritated over what she had said. A scowl marred his face each time he remembered her words.She chose to love the father of her children, even though the bast*rd had turned heads and ran with his tail in between his legs.'f*cking Coward.' He cursed the unknown man and sighed, leaning back in his office chair and allowing his gaze wander t
Back at LaCroix Empire, Odette sat in one of the VIP lounge, leisurely drinking a cup of tea to calm her anger after Zacharie had walked out on her. She took the last sip from the now empty cup before placing it down with a sigh.In the corner, Eric stood with his hands folded behind him, waiting till she was satisfied so that he could escort her out."Eric." She called and the said *ssistant looked up, acknowledging her."Yes, Madam Aubert?""Can I ask you a question?" She asked.Eric didn't really want to answer such question, but as per his obligation to Odette as the soon to be Mrs. LaCroix, he answered."Yes, Madam, ask away.""Have you noticed anything strange going on with Zacharie as of late?" She questioned, having noticed several new behaviors present in her fiancé usual strict and stoic demure.Eric blinked his eyes in confusion, somewhat caught off guard. "Pardon?" He asked."You heard me. Has anything strange happened around him?" She asked once more."Well...no. Everythi
Amelie gawked, confusion written all over her face.Did she just hear right?"W-wait, I'm sorry, but what did you just say?" Amelie questioned, needing to clarify if what she heard was correct.Florence grinned brightly and said. "You're our team leader. Or did you not know?""Huh?""I knew you were a genius and all, but not the type to be air-headed." Florence turned around and picked up the attendant roster from the table, handing it to Amelie so that she could see what position each person occupied. And she was indeed listed as the team leader...the head doctor."Or did Director Arthur not inform you of this?" Florence questioned further when realizing the sheer surprise on Amelie's face."Uh...not exactly." Amelie responded with a light chuckle.From the corner of the room, the vice captain, Diana, scoffed in disbelief, muttering underneath her breath. "I knew those f*cking rumors were too good to be true."Amelie who had caught on, immediately felt the mood around her dampen, cau
Amelie shook her head and scoffed. The so called 'information' that Diana had claimed to have gathered was nothing more than untrue rumors put together by only God knows Who."Where did you hear such baseless claims?" Amelie asked, tilting her head to the side to size up the girl who had her chest puffed out in an arrogant manner."Baseless? It's true and you know it.""Do I? After all, this news to me." Amelie retorted."Oh, now you're playing dumb, aren't you? What a great way to defend yourself." Diana spat, her eyes glued into a hard glare, the edges of her mouth curved downwards in a deep frown.Amelie inhaled to calm her nerves and not succumb to the temptation to slap the hell out of this rude brat. "You're lying and I know it!""Listen, whatever it is that you've heard, you can choose to believe or not, but I can *ssure you that none of them are true."Diana's eyes widened in pure anger and she was ready to go off at Amelie when the conference room door opened and in stepped F
Amelie stared at the screen of her phone as it rang with a call from an unknown number. Although the number wasn't saved on her phone, she knew who was calling. This was because she had found and installed on her phone an app that showed the caller's registered information even if the number isn't saved on her phone.Thanks to this, she knew exactly who was calling.Chloe Arnuad. The wicked witch of the south west.After staring at the phone for a few seconds, her lips curved into a frown and she pressed the green icon, answering the call."What do You want?" She asked in a rather bored manner, not wanting to entertain any sort of conversation with someone like Chloe."Now is that anyway to greet your dearest stepsister, Amelie?""Cut the crap. Get to the point." Amelie spat and sighed in annoyance, pinching the bridge of her nose."Fine, fine." Chloe responded and giggled. "I want us to meet up."Amelie scoffed. "Yeah, right, so that this time around you guys are going to what? Sell
The weekend had breezed by rather quickly.Amelie returned to work on Monday feeling surprisingly tired.Florence who was just coming back from the lab, spotted her and greeted. "Morning Doc, how was you weekend?""Oh, hi Florence." Amelie greeted back. "My weekend was okay, what about yours?""Just there. And oh, I've ran the test on the blood samples as you requested." She informed."That's great. Have the results sent to my office." Amelie instructed."Sure thing, Doc." Florence said. "By the way, are you okay?""Yeah, I'm fine." Amelie said."Are you sure? Because you seem a little off." Florence pointed out and Amelie shook her head."Don't worry, I'm perfectly fine.""Okay, well, then, have a nice day.""You too." Amelie responded and headed towards the director's office, as he wanted to see her."Good morning, Director." She greeted after stepping in."Ah, Ms. Arnaud. Please, sit."Amelie nodded her head and sat down."How's the new team treating you? You must have been surpris