Semua Bab Chasing Poisonous: Bab 71 - Bab 80

I pull my tie up, buttoning my sleeves. I am at Max's place right now, getting ready for our appointment. Today we are going to have the final meeting with the Browns to get our deal done. The deal that all of us have been working so long to get done. Today we are going to talk about the funding and finalize them to get their investment done in our company. We had a couple of meetings before with Joseph Brown, the CEO of the company, and from that; we are pretty much sure that this contract is going to be in our favor. Max got all the contractual formalities done and had also arranged all the necessary documents required for the meeting. As it's Friday, Nicole left for her clinic in the morning, and soon after that, I arrived here. We have been discussing all the things to be carried out since I got here at Max's house. I and Max have rehearsed everything thoroughly and we are pretty much confident that it's going to end well for us and of course for Peter. An ugly scowl instantly ap

Emily and Becky gawk at me with a ghostly look plastered on their faces, not uttering a single word out of their mouth. I shrug and raise an eyebrow at them, giving a what-the-actual-fuck look, but it seems to get unnoticed as they keep staring at me blankly as if I've suddenly grown two heads. Jesus! They are so dramatic! Then they divert their gazes towards each other in a super slow motion and the very next second what I see is them together bursting into a peal of very hysteric laughter. What the hell? How the fuck they can behave like this? I mean, I just told them every single freaking detail of what happened with me in the last two months and all they could do is laugh it on my face? Is this what I get in return?"Are you sure you are not narrating some bizarre movie story, Nikki?" Becky says wiping her eyes as she tries to suppress her laughter.She then turns to look at Emily who is sitting next to her and then again they start laughing in unison like they have just witnesse

I keep staring in front of me in absolute shock with terror swiftly taking over my complete body. My forehead covers with thick sweat and my palms turn clammy. I open my mouth to utter something, but nothing comes out of it. And for a minute it seems like I have been choked by my own voice. No, this can't be happening! I blink a few times trying to decipher what's going on and before I can clear my throat and try once again; I hear Richard's strong, raspy voice bringing me back to the actual world."Ahh Nicole, I was expecting you to be here..." His gaze scrutinizes me entirely before settling on my face. "Why are you standing there? Come...have a seat..." He looks at me with a cigarette in between his lips and says with a visible smirk striking on his face. His features scream a kind of sinister semblance that looks more horrifying in actuality than I could have ever dreamt in my worst imaginations. I notice that he has taken off his suit jacket and kept it aside. He looks extremely

I don't know how, but when I examine the surrounding with my weary eyes I find myself seated at the same place where Richard and Sophia were sitting a while ago. It's been 3 hours since they left, but I can still feel their mortifying presence lingering around me.I don't think I could be able to sleep now with all the violent thoughts engulfing my mind into a torturing storm. I don't know if I could even manage to carry my body back to my room in this mental state. I feel utterly sick to my stomach when I repeat the discussion that took place hours ago exactly here. Even after my mind not allowing me to entertain the thought of getting any sleep, my eyes unknowingly fall upon the clock and discover it being past midnight already. So without even realizing it, my eyes drop, signaling my body that it's time for me to have some rest. I lean back on the couch, feeling completely exhausted. Shit! I feel like it's going to be a long night for me.I close my eyes and Richard's deep terrori

My fingers repeatedly type on the phone as I dial Christopher's number again for the hundredth time. I have been desperately trying it since he left the house in frenzy, abandoning my mind in complete havoc. What happened to his phone? Why is it switched off? Where did he go? How am I supposed to find him? What should I do now? A fountain of unbridled tears streams down my pale cheeks as my blurry eyes stare at the phone screen, thinking about possible ways to reach out to Christopher.Why did he leave like that? What did I do to make him so angry? Is it really my fault that I wanted to know the truth? Is it really my fault that I wanted him to be honest with me? That I wanted to know the reason why he lied to me and broke my trust like that? Is it too much to wish for a relationship built over trust? I don't think so.I just simply assumed that I would try to seek answers from him and in return, Christopher would tell me the truth, assuring me that I have nothing to worry about, and