LOGINLauren’s P.O.V. (Continued)“Yes.” Vincent answered, and I growled, stomping my heel in the process.“I need some more time to get more information on them, love. Be good and be my bait for now.” My eyeballs almost popped out of their sockets in shock.A bait?Did…. Did he actually call me a bait?He chuckled teasingly.“You dare.” I threatened him, but he laughed this time.“Go now. They are searching for you,” he urged in a very low voice.I took a few deep breaths to calm myself down first.“Fine.” I rolled my eyes and looked at Carla, who was now looking at me curiously.“We are going to the reception. Tell the receptionist to take Mr. Westfield to the first meeting room there.” I instructed her in an irritating tone while marching towards the staircase again.“We…. we can take the elevator,” Carla suggested in a low voice.“I am feeling like walking,” I yelled, startling her in the process.“I am not talking to you,” I yelled at Vincent this time, and hung up.I stomped my heel a
Lauren’s P.O.V. (Continued)We were being watched.So what are we playing now?Sherlock Homes?It seemed like this.Xander’s expression froze for a few seconds.The fear in his eyes was genuine.Still, trusting him was a question.He tried to smile again, but it looked so fake that even I looked at him in disgust.“You are a psychologist, Xander.’ I scolded him, and he still smiled nervously.I rolled my eyes and took a deep breath.“So, tell me about the first patient that raised suspicion in your heart,” I asked him nonchalantly, eating my salad, but my fingers were now running on the screen of my phone.Xander gulped down the contents of his mouth and looked at his phone screen before answering me.“His wife—she said something during her interview that both Dr. Bennett and I felt suspicious about. She said that they have already waited for so long. The way she spoke this phrase, it felt as if they knew from the beginning that we would conduct this experiment.”For a second, I forgo
Caellum’s P.O.V. (Continued)“Alright, Mr. Shaw. There is something else that I need to report to you,” Bowan replied to me in the same way.“What is it?” I asked him, moving my gaze from sky to the road.“Liam Sterling. He is an illegitimate child of one of the three branches of the present family. Which one, it’s hard to find, but he is a Sterling. He came back to the family three years ago. Before that, no information is available, and this felt like a meticulously prepared deceit.”I listened to him while watching the traffic afar.“After going through the footage of the lounge, it felt as if he wanted to be noticed, and there was something odd with his eyes.” I furrowed my brows, intrigued by this report now.“Ms. Shaw said that he had the same eyes as the assassin, but that’s not possible.” I furrowed my brows tightly this time.“Why?” I asked him, interrupting him.“I…. I am still investigating, Mr. Shaw, but one thing that I am sure of is that Liam Sterling’s eyes aren’t natur
Caellum’s P.O.V.“These are calculative moves, and I am sure that all of them are directed to Ms. Shaw. She handled them very well, but I am afraid that they still have a few moves left.” Nathaniel gave his opinion, his brows knitting so tightly that they seemed like a thick black line on his forehead.I listened to him intently while going through the documents that were related to the termination of the contract with our biggest dealer and how they tried to pressure Lauren.“Ms. Shaw has already shortlisted a few small suppliers, and I also think that we should have more than one supplier now. We always look for a long-term partnership, but these people took this for granted.” He continued, and I took a deep breath before closing the document.Lauren had a few meetings with her different teams appointed to select test subjects for her project.So, I came to the company today and called Nathaniel.“They dare to threaten Lauren, huh?” I asked sarcastically, and Nathaniel smirked coldl
Lauren’s P.O.V (Continued)“Office footage. He was in the lounge for a long time, and I remembered that he looked at the camera a few times. That’s why I saw his eyes clearly.” I told them, annoyed by Vincent’s grip on my body.“We will take care of that, kiddo. For now, rest well. You have a meeting to attend tomorrow morning, remember?” Caellum reminded me about the meeting that I was going to attend with the guardians of all the patients who were about to go to the lab as the test subjects.“God!” I exclaimed aloud because I totally forgot about that, and I had a lot of things to prepare for that meeting.“I am off now, guys. I have a lot of things to take care of.” I told them and finished the drink as quickly as possible.“Take your time, kiddo. It’s not like someone is going to snatch that drink away.” Caellum grumbled, but I ignored him and ran towards my room after putting the mug down.To be honest, I wanted to be alone for the time being.I admitted that having Caellum and V
Lauren’s P.O.V.“Here. Drink this.” I looked at Vincent in a daze and saw a hot chocolate mug in his hands.He raised his other hand in my direction and took my hands before thrusting the mug inside my palm.The heat of the palm warmed my cold palms, but I was cold overall.He sat down beside me, and wrapped his hand around my shoulders, pulling me into his embrace.“Why did he come this time of all the time, Vincent? He could have shut his mouth for life long.” I mumbled in a daze, holding the mug tightly, and put my head on his shoulder.“And then?” he asked me, and I sniffed.Caellum also came back after attending his call.“He should had come earlier than this. May be at the time of your accident so that I wouldn’t agree to give you that drug.” He spoke angrily while taking the single couch.I closed my eyes and sobbed.Liam’s wounded body was still replaying at the back of my mind.He said that it was only the upper part. He can’t show the lower part because they had worse than t







