“Why are you so quiet?” Archer asked me when the waiter left to let us decide what we wanted to eat.
“It would do you good to remember that I’m not here on my own free will.” I said plainly.
I glared at the menu in front of me as if it was the reason I was forced to dress up nice the day before I was supposed to go on a mission where I could actually die.
I wouldn’t die tomorrow would I?
Because if that was the case, I didn’t want my last meal to be a boring salad!
Oh god! I guess, I really am nervous about tomorrow!
“I know that I forced you to come here with me but I had a reason for that.” Ar
“Mia, are you ready?” Archer whispered as we observed the scene in front of us.I couldn’t say anything as I took in the scene in front of me.It was all just like the fight at the club I stupidly decided to go to with a fake ID. The only difference was that I wasn’t drunk at the moment.And that small fact made it all more than a gazillion times scarier!Good god! Save me!Archer hadn’t even let me wear my heels for self-defence!The people from our team were fighting the people guarding the warehouse while me and Archer waited for the right moment to help me sneak in.
“What do you think this meeting is about?” Oliver whispered to me, fidgeting in his seat.That’s the million dollar question, isn’t it?Well, not really but okay.“I can tell you what it’s not about. Promotions. Because there is no way that Archer Knight is promoting me in this life!” I huffed, leaning back in my seat as I stared at the plain white ceiling.I’m bored…“You know what this is about, don’t you?” Thea raised an eyebrow at me.I know everything. I’m awesome like that!“Yup!” I s
“Can we have pasta for lunch today, Marcus?” I asked the chef as he served chocolate-chip pancakes for me on a plate.These pancakes smell like heavens!I wish I could’ve just lived in this kitchen!“Sure, Mia! Why not?” He smiled at me. “What kind would you like?” He asked me as he poured some juice for me in a glass.Is that even a question?“Umm… Arrabbiata! Duh! Is there any other kind of tasty pasta?” I snorted as I sat down while Marcus served me my breakfast.“I’ll make some for you then.” He answered with a smile.
“And do you remember what he said when I said that he might torture us?” Lucas asked between laughter.“He was so fucking scared that I was afraid that he might actually wet his pants!” Thea laughed.“You guys are so mean!” Oliver pouted, crossing his arms.Aww!He’s such a little baby!“Hey! Don’t bully poor Ollie!” I said, wrapping my arms around his shoulders.Oliver was just like a little brother to me. He was someone I loved to tease but also protect when someone else teased him.We were all enjoying our lunch, chatting about the time Thea
“Why the fuck did you turn right?” I grunted in pain as I held onto my arm. “You fucking left me unguarded while I hacked into their system, Thea!” I screamed out in pain as Thea cleaned my wounds with some antiseptic.Fuck! That hurts!“Because according to the file with the mission details, the layout of that place was different!” She hissed. “And don’t worry, you’ll be okay.” She reassured me.I know that, woman!But I have more pressing issues to worry about at the moment…“I’m hurt! I’m bleeding for god’s sake, Thea! If Archer found out, he wouldn’t let me go on any other field missions!” I
“Where is he?” I demanded from Amanda who was in Archer’s room, doing something on his tablet.This bitch!Good thing I changed the passwords of all his devices to something that even he doesn’t know!Ha! Take that, boss!“H-he told me t-that he w-was going t-to a-a m-meeting.” She stuttered as her eyes looked between my furious face and the group of people behind me.Now that I see her clearly, she is not that good of an actress…I could see the signs of nervousness cracking through her shy persona like she was afraid of something and it wasn’t us in general but our presence at the
“Hey, you okay?” I turned around to see it was Lucas who asked that question.“Yeah, I’m fine.” I huffed, turning back to look out at the garden while I leaned against the railing of the balcony, sipping on my coffee.I was feeling sleepy after all the work I did till late last night only to wake up super early today to get more of my work completed.My goodness!I’m becoming a freaking workaholic!Ha! As if…“I’ve noticed that you haven’t really been talking to me.” He remarked as he came to stand next to me.Already?
“It’s nice.” Archer commented as he walked into the kitchen. “Well, make yourself familiar with the place then. You’ve been living here for a little over a month according to my story.” I gave him a look. “I was familiar with the place before we got here.” He replied. I raised an eyebrow in question. “I had Lucas pull up the layout of your house for me to study.” He shrugged. “I was supposed to know the place well since I have apparently been here for a month.” He smirked at me. “You knew the place well by just looking at the layouts?” I asked. “I used to go on field missions almost everyday. I am used to getting to know places by studying their layou