Episode 3 - In my mind

Arthur’s POV

After about 6 hours of extreme torture, that bastard broke. Well, I must say he was hard to open but was worth it. Right now, I am not in a mood to talk as everyone knows what happens when I get in this angry mode. I went to the bathroom to get a cool shower and change my clothes. I always have a spare pair over here for such events. I got undressed and stood underneath the cold drops of water. I wanted my mind to relax but it had other plans. 

My mind started to wander around about that girl. I don't understand why she's stuck on my head. Her voice, her smile, everything… I chuckled remembering the scene when she was punching this bastard. Her soft voice when she was talking to me. There is something about her that’s attracting me way too much, I never thought about a girl after meeting her just once and this gotta be my first.

I came out after getting dressed in a dark grey suit with a black shirt and asked Sam to check about the information we got from the guy if it’s genuine or not. He just told us that Ryder was taking orders from another gang and he just took money to make it look like he needed it. His main motive was to harm me but he couldn’t do it and that’s all he knew. Let’s try him tomorrow to see if there is anything else, he would have for us.

Home is a one-hour drive from here so we decided to keep him there only with the bodyguards and me along with Sam, Lukas, Tyler, and Max left the place. We were hungry so I asked Sam to get some food on our way home and took another car as I wanted to drive alone. The drive was quiet, I was not in the mood to listen to any music but my thoughts were wandering over that girl. I decided that I will go to that place tomorrow to know about her because the curiosity is just killing me now…

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It was 3 at night and I got a call from one of the guards that the guy has escaped from us. Honestly, if the guy would have been here, that would have been his last words. How stupid can one be? I left around 10 bodyguards over there and still, he managed to escape.

I went to Sam’s room and knocked. He opened the door in just 3 seconds which tells me he knows.

“So, I assume you know about his escape?” I asked

“Just got a call. How stupid these guys are?” And there again we both agree on the same thing.

“You know what to do right?” I asked him thinking he knows how to catch him back.

“I have sent 10 more people to the place and they all are searching for him, but I think he got some help from Ryder as he knows about the place.” He was right, it was a dumb decision to keep that bastard on a place Ryder knew.

“I need you to check upon that girl too. He may try to harm her to get revenge so we can catch him by her.” I asked him only to get a confused look from him.

“Which girl?”

“The girl who knocked him out in that washroom,” I Said. How can he forget that? But as soon as he heard me, he burst out laughing and went back into his room. I followed him in and he opened a bottle of scotch and poured it in two glasses giving one to me.

“And I thought you knocked him out,” and he started to laugh again which actually irritated me for a moment but then I got back to the sight when that girl was punching him hard and indeed that was something funny and brave. Wait, I called her brave? I never called a girl brave before, always beautiful, sexy, and such things…

“Well, she is something you know,” I said that with a smirk plastered on my face.

“Sam, get me a report for her. I wanna know everything about her as soon as possible.” I told him which was more like a command and he nodded. With that, I went back to my room and tried to sleep thinking about her.

Ava’s POV

I woke up when I saw the time was past 8 and again, I am late. This is not good but I couldn’t sleep last night as what happened with that criminal haunted me. I quickly freshen up, showered, and got out in my towel looking for something to wear. Well, I have a cupboard full of clothes but I prefer something comfortable for the office. Quickly I got dressed and combed my hair in a ponytail, applied some lipstick and eyeliner and I am done, I took my spare clothes for dancing classes assembled my laptop and everything in my bag grabbed my car keys, and locked my place to drive for my office. Well, I work in a start-up so I don’t usually get a lecture on being late but it’s not good for reputation. I work as a manager here, so I assign work beforehand to my group members so that they know what is required to be done. As soon as I reached the office, I saw people were on their desks working on the tasks given and that was a relief. I asked all of them one by one if they had any questions or needed any guidance and did what was required. We got a new project to work on from a new company so we had to be extra conscious.

“Guys I hope you all know your tasks for the day, and if anyone needs any help feel free to ask me. Once you are done just share it with me and if there are no changes or mistakes, you can leave for the day but if it’s not done by 5 you will be waiting up.” I told them and noticed some of them were happy about it as they are the ones who focus on work, not gossip around, and waste time while others frowned. I mostly leave by 6 or more because I have to check up on all of their work and I directly go to my dance classes. The whole day went by and it was time to leave. I grabbed my clothes and changed in the washroom, removing my makeup, and left the office. I never fail to check up on office boy and receptionist over here because they are very sweet and yet professional.

As I parked my car, the same feeling caught on me. I was again thinking about that incident but shrugged it off and went in. Today we are doing a new song “Bella Ciao- La Casa De Papel” which was mainly about freedom and according to the theme we were doing Salsa with a mix of contemporary and the storyline was changed to freedom to love. Well, that means I would need a partner. 

Shit!

I asked John if I can do that without a partner but he told me he can be my partner if I am not comfortable and I was relieved by that. Most guys try to hit on me here but I ignore them and John teaches us so he is the person I am most comfortable here. 

After warming up, he showed us steps and I quickly grabbed it as I am dancing on John’s choreography for the past 3 years so I know a few steps beforehand and I am the first one to learn it, so we practice again and again and again. John asked all of us to remember the steps and we will do the same song tomorrow and we all leave for the day. I drove back home in need of a drink as my head’s bursting. I need a sound sleep as I couldn’t get enough of it tomorrow. I sense someone following me but I shrugged it off. I opened my lock and gave myself a cool shower so that all the sweat is gone and then changed into my home outfit and opened my laptop. I poured myself a glass of wine and started assigning work for Monday as its weekend and I don’t wanna do that on Sunday night. After that, I just drank the whole glass watching the view from my window which is not too got but okay to relax my mind. I saw a car parked on the street, a black SUV, which was not familiar in this locality. Maybe my neighbors have guests unlike me huh. I made myself some white sauce pasta and patted my back as it was really good and went to sleep. Well, I tried to but the incident kept playing in my head again and again. Looks like I am not getting enough sleep today.