Chapter 7: Cold Like Ice

"Hello, sir, I have found her," the informant's voice sounded through the phone.

"You are a minute late," Edward said to him while ignoring what he had. just said.

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"Sir, I'm so sorry. I tried my best to get back to you before the end of the thirty minutes, but there was much information. Not only did I find out where she is right now, but I also found out the reason why she came back from where she has been staying all this while," the informant said to Edward with a trembling tone.

"And why did she come back?" Edward asked the informant with an interested tone that made the informant to heave a sigh of relief.

"Well, according to what I found out, there's a modelling competition that will be taking place very soon, and she is among the participants, so that's likely the reason why she came back, and for the apartment that I sent you the address of earlier, I think that's where she will be staying till the end of the competition," the informant said to Edward.

"So you mean she will be going back after the competition?" Edward asked the informant.

"Yes, I think so. The modelling agency she works for isn't here. If she came back, it's just because the competition was hosted here in New York City, so once it's over, I think she will be going back," the informant said to Edward.

"Well, not while I'm still alive," Edward said to the informant, forgetting that Adrian was still sitting right in front of him.

"Tell me, which agency has she been working for?" Edward asked the informant.

"Sincerely speaking, sir, I don't know; all her information for the past five years has been hidden. It's difficultly that I was able to get this information that I sent you," the informant said to Edward through the phone.

"Well, I wasn't expecting you to get it easily, after all, since all this while, I haven't been able to trace her down or to even get any single information about her," Edward said to the informant.

"So should I send you the address of where she is right now?" The informant asked Edward.

"No, there's no need for that. Since I already know where she lives, I would rather go and meet her at home. What I want you to do is to dig more and see if you can gather more information about her," Edward said to the informant.

"Okay, sir, I will get on that immediately, and thank you for sparing my life," the informant said to him.

"Whatever," Edward said to him with a scoff before hanging up the call.

"Who was that?" Adrian asked Edward after he hung up the call.

"None of your business," Edward said to him, his tone laced with disinterest.

"Let me guess, you are still searching for her," Adrian said to Edward, who didn't give him any reply.

"There's something I want you to do for me," Edward said to Adrian after some minutes of silence.

"Is it work-related or..." Adrian tried asking Edward but was immediately interrupted by his cold voice.

"Yes, it's work-related," Edward said to Adrian in reply.

"Okay, what is it you want me to do for you?" Adrian asked Edward as he sat up on the chair.

"There was a modelling company that asked for our company to sponsor an upcoming modelling competition earlier this month, right?" Edward asked Adrian.

"Yes, and you rejected the request just like that of every other company that had made a similar request," Adrian said to Edward.

"Well, I want you to contact the company and tell them that we have accepted the request, that we will be sponsoring the event," Edward said to Adrian.

"What?" Adrian asked Edward with a furrowed brow, earning himself an angry glare from him.

"Adrian, you of all people know how much I hate repeating myself, so just go and do what I asked you to do instead of waiting for me to repeat what I have just said," Edward said to Adrian with a straight face.

"Can I at least know why you changed your mind? Because the Edward that I know never goes back on his word; when he says no, it's no, so what suddenly prompted you to change your mind?" Adrian asked Edward, who was now glaring daggers at him.

"Let me guess, a lady that you like is among the models, and you want to use this opportunity to approach her, or am I mistaken?" Adrian asked Edward.

"Adrian, can you for once in your life do what I ask you to do without asking questions? You know, there are many people out there who are dying to become my personal assistant, so if you go on questioning every one of my decisions, I will soon replace you with someone who follows all my instructions, and maybe later on, if I need someone who will always be questioning my decisions, I will hire you. What do you think?" Edward asked Adrian with a fake smile.

"I don't think anything. I'm going to do what you asked me to do, but don't forget that even if you don't tell me the reason why you changed your mind, I will still figure it out on my own; after all, this won't be the first time I'm doing that," Adrian said to Edward, who has returned his gaze towards his computer.

"Well, I know, and that's the reason why I won't tell you, so try and figure it out yourself, Mr. Detective, but before you begin your investigations, make sure to do what I asked you to do," Edward said to Adrian without sparing him a glance, and with that, Adrian scoffed at him before standing up.

"Always cold like ice; sometimes I even wonder why you always switch on the AC. Normally, with your cold attitude, you aren't even supposed to be using an air conditioner because your cold attitude alone is enough to make everywhere cold," Adrian said to Edward, who slowly raised his head only to see that Adrian had already rushed to the exit and closed the door, and with that, Edward shook his head in disbelief before returning his gaze towards his computer.

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To be continued...