Chapter 21: "You certainly enjoy dragging me around a lot Mr De vries""Luuk! You scared me." Tess's hand gripped her chest in fright. "Eyyy mother, you shouldn't peek secretly at other people." Luke said in a mocking tone. "Come here." Tess chased him around her office. She finally caught up to him, she placed him atop the couch and tickled him nonstop. "Hehehe m-mothe hehe… mother stop it hehe." Luke giggled. Their playful interaction was interrupted by a knock on the glass door. Tess straighten her clothes and maintained a stoic professional face while Luke burst into laughter at the sight. "Miss Janssen, we have a meeting at De Vries company in 30 minutes, we have to leave now." Jude spoke, stifling the laughter that threatened to escape his throat from watching Tess's childish interaction with Luke. "Alright, i'll be out in 5 minutes." Tess replied. Luuk's eyes lit up at the mention of De Vries. "Mother, I will take care of the files here and give you a summary later" "O

Chapter 23:"If you have nothing reasonable to say I would take my leave now" Tess enjoyed a warm cup of ginger tea and confirmed Luke was sleeping well before she headed for bed. She recalled Lucas asked her to text him when she arrived at her place but she didn't feel the need to. She felt tired both emotionally and physically and soon fell asleep. The next few days went by blurry for Tess, very depressing and everyday felt tortuous. Her healing wounds were once again torn open. The immense pain tore her soul apart and shattered her will to live. Although heartbroken, Luke had been very understanding, he gave Tess space and frequently changed her cup of tea, water, fruit juice and the meals she didn't even take a glance at. He and Luuk had been communicating via phone calls."How is mother?" Luuk asked calmly. "Still the same as yesterday, huddled up on her bed. I'm worried because she didn't eat yesterday, only half a glass of orange juice and water… her pillow was soaked this

Chapter 25: "It's fine, since cousin wants a competition, I'll give him a competition.""Luke is the director of Software engineering and that's final." The Old master spoke in fury. "But-" Liam protested but hesitated from a glance by the old master. His whole body shivered from the overbearing aura the old master emitted. "Great grandfather." Luuk spoke, walking to the center of the room. "It's fine, since cousin wants a competition, I'll give him a competition." A ray of hope shone in Liam's eyes and was instantly concealed with malice at the thought of Luuk looking down on him. "Our initial agreement was to develop a prototype of the virtual shopping assistant father mentioned in a recent interview. Is that a good subject for a competition cousin?" Luuk turned to Liam. "Y-yes…yes." Liam replied, shaking his head like a lizard. Blood dripped down from his forehead, staining the white tile red. "It's settled then, in a month another competition will be held but until then, I, L

Chapter 27: " Yes, a sting operation. "Tess and Lucas had a great time together, Lucas planned the entire date so they had the entire day to themselves. They first had a light lunch at a nearby snack shop, a rom-com movie date at the cinema, two rollercoaster trips and finally a walk round the cherry blossom path in the park then a drive back home. Luke came to open the door gloomily and sent Lucas back with an unfriendly gaze. He had been so bored all day watching Korean dramas himself. Tess pacified him with kisses all over his face and a bag of snacks she bought along with. Tess finally resumed work the next day, she blamed her absence on a sudden illness and her superiors and team members ate it up. She resumed working on Jamie's case with Luuk. Luuk, being skilled with acquiring information and hacking surveillance cameras, provided Tess with video clips of all the cameras within thirty radius to Mr Williams, the commissioner of police's home. Tess's current dilemma was la

Chapter 29: "HI Mr Williams."Tess stepped into "Club Highland " with two bodyguards clad in black walking on her both sides. She garnered attention as soon as she stepped in donning transparent stiletto heels complementing her shimmering red sequin, tight-fitting, mini dress with a face full of makeup. A refined beauty. Her bright red lipstick and smokey dark eye makeup made her appear seductive and wild, just like Mr Williams liked it according to the Intel provided by Luke. A charming smirk lingered on her face as she strode in confidently. Her eyes travelled to a specific corner of the room and she smiled inwardly as she sighted her prey. She calculated her steps and angle at which she would drop her bracelet in front of the old man to create a reason for conversation and turned to her bodyguards and initiated a farce conversation to appear busy and avoid eye contact with Mr Williams. As she walked past, she dropped the loose bracelets dangling on her wrist and between her finge