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Chapter 44
Keith stared at the headquarters of the Skylar mafia group that stood majestically in front of him, along with the sound of his car door closing. His left hand took off the sunglasses he was wearing and stuck them in the pocket under his jacket, raising an eyebrow. In front of the building were several formally dressed people with perfectly trained bodies on guard with their arms crossed in front of their torso, wearing a harsh face that managed to intimidate anyone who tried to enter the premises without any interest.
Except for him, of course. Also, Alan, who had already stood beside him with enthusiastic eyes as the man must have been hoping that their sudden encounter would end in chaos—something that man had always liked."Listen, Alan," he leaned close to Alan, whispered. "Don't do anything stupid until you get instructions from me. Understand?"Alan grumbled, followed by a long sigh of disappointment from the man. "Boring. But I will try."Kaugnay na kabanata
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The man asked the burly man that escorted Keith before, to leave him and the man in a fairly large and spacious room. The man then invited him to sit down, while the man himself still sat on his chair, rested his hands on his desk and forming a pyramid. The man's eyes remained fixed on him as if the man was observing him like a jewel to make her stifled. Only the clock in the wall near the windows at the right side of the man's desk ticking, with the clean sound of the air conditioner doing its great job of cooling the room, while at the outside of the room he was right now, he could still hear Alan arguing with Skylar's men.Ah, it was happening again. Looked like his hot-blooded best friend was making a scene again. He could only hope that his friend would still remember his warning before entering the building properly, so as not to cause trouble for both parties."Frankly, I still can't believe the news of your marriage to that woman named Clark," the man sai
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Keith was surprised when the man, who also took a deep breath like him while he was looking at the man, in amazement.“Damn it! It must be Ivan again! That jerk ... always does nothing but creating troubles!" the man grunted and cursed whoever it was who had the name Ivan before looking back at him. "I'm really sorry for making a stupid scene like this and make you feel uncomfortable. Ivan is always like that, so irritable. Usually, he is the one who always replaces me doing work in the field because I'm busy taking care of my company."His position, oddly enough, was the same as him. Perhaps, the rumours he had heard were not really about Derek, but Ivan—if he dared to believe that man's word."You can take what I said earlier and rely on me whenever you want me. I'm willing to help you any time," said the man as he walked toward the door of the room, opened the door to the room and invited him to go out ahead of the man while the man walked after hi
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Marie watched the share price of her company move in an increasingly sinister direction on her computer screen. She kept tapping the pen she had been holding for two hours to calm herself down, which had become a habit whenever she felt anxious. In the past, when she was a child and always got worried easily, she grew a bad habit of biting her nails, making her mother angry. Her mother thought it was a bad habit that would damage her nails and not good for a woman to built that bad habit as her mother was a traditional woman who thought that woman should act just like society always told her. So her mother taught her to transfer the bad habit to another place, tapping things, just like the pen she was holding right now.Still not seeing anything good from her computer screen, she took a deep sigh, stopped tapping her pen and move her attention to the piles of documents on her des
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Keith let out a lethargic sigh when he saw the message he had sent half an hour ago had not yet been answered by his wife. There was only a sign that his chat had been read by the woman, and that was all. Yet, he had already taken the time to hurry back to the cafe, hoping that he could see his wife, who might be already waiting for him and spend her lunchtime at his cafe like she did yesterday, before returning to her office.He already spent his time to came up with a lot of reason if Marie asked him the reason why she did not find him or maybe making her waiting for a long time. And now, his effort was in vain as Marie did not show her face at his cafe.Would they soon return to a time when that woman was busy thinking about herself and ignoring him like the beginning of their marriage?No, no. Marie must have had other reasons for not being able to reply to his text. Should he pick up Marie after his shift ended?It might be a great
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Keith got out of the cab, which had now disappeared from his path, dropping it off in the parking lot of the Clark Corp. building—his wife's company—which he had not had a chance to visit since their wedding. For a moment, he spent his time staring at the majestic building. He tightened the oversized white jacket with the accent straps around his shoulders and arms, which was quite successful in dispelling the cold air around him, remembering that the season was now entering autumn, then entering the building. A black-and-white short-collared sweater with upside-down small black triangles patterns, black semi-formal trousers and ankle boots made of vegan leather made his appearance look much younger than his actual age. So many times he found people there looking at him in astonishment. Some even greeted him in a friendly contrived voice, asking the reason for his presence in the building. Many of them thought he was visiting the building to meet his parents. He only rep
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He snapped out of his mind when he heard Marie's voice calling out to him, running quickly over to him in his high heels (which always amazed him how all the women did without falling). The woman's bright smile behind her tired face made him feel even more guilty."Gosh! I'm sorry to make you come here," the woman immediately hugged him tightly, then kissed him on the cheek as if they had not seen him in a long time. "My iPhone's battery is dead, so I can't reply to your text earlier. I was just about to go to your cafe when Felicia announced your arrival. Did you wait long?"For now, it was better to pretend he did not know the matter, afraid of hurting Marie's high self-esteem. "No. I just came.""Oh, that is good. I th
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The Saturday he had not been waiting for had finally arrived.At his family home, which the last time he had visited his parent was two months after his marriage to Marie, he found his house much busier when they entered the house. Then they greeted by both of his parents, who immediately hugged them full of excessive enthusiasm, especially from his mother."My son doesn't make any trouble for you, Marie?" his mother suddenly coming up with that question while throwing a sharp gaze that always succeeded in making him unable to move when he tried to refute his mother's question."No. Absolutely not, Ma," Marie laughed softly in response to his mother's question. Instead, he found Marie successfully adapting to his family very quickly, seeing how Marie addressed his parents with 'Mama' and 'Papa' without hesitation, while he himself still had trouble addressing his father-in-law as 'Dad'. But considering Marie's family background
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Keith returned to mingling into the crowd of people parties, still finding that Marie was strangely able to keep up with the conversation his parents always managed to bore him, but not with Marie. His eyes returned to their task of searching for Caleb's whereabouts near the glass door connected to the back garden, which was also busy and crowded. No need to wait too long for him to find the whereabouts of his younger brother, who apparently brought his friends to the house — including Thomas.As soon as he called out his younger brother's name, his younger brother immediately distracted himself from his friends and jumped into his arms as soon as he spread his arms, welcoming his little brother warmly."I really miss you, Keith!""I remember that the last time we spoke was last week over a video call, Caleb. How exaggerated are you…," he said, rubbing the top of his younger brother's head, only realizing that compared to the last time they met, his
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