"We have footages from the neighbours and-"
"How did you get that?" Alex interrupted Josh and the purple-haired man wore a dagger-like look for a second. "We are still trying to persuade the neighbours on our end and-"
"Maybe you asked them in a really stupid way." Josh placed a foot against the table where papers upon papers were kept and he bent a little, his elbow resting on his knee. "I bet you waved money in their faces."
"How dare you suggest that?" Anna's head swerved in Alex's direction, she never thought she could see him look so irritated.
"Well, given-"
"Enough, both of you," Anna sternly said and the men shifted their hard glares to some object in the room. "Alex, don't question where and how Josh and I get our information, that's none of your business. Your business is using the information we give you to your advantage. Josh, watch the words that come out of your mouth."
"But-"
"Continue with your talk, Josh."
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“You are late.” The grumpy voice of the old man reached Drake’s ears as he walked into his office. As he approached his seat, he noticed that the room was brighter than usual.The old man must have ordered someone to lift all the window blinds, Drake thought.And then, he thought that it would be wise for him to keep his anger at the man at bay and not erupt violently just because the man touched his window blinds and introduced an immense amount of illumination.As he had his seat, Drake got engaged ina very fierce eyelockwith his grandfather. Drake could tell why the old man was there andhe prepared himself to make sure the man didn’t get a chanceto ride over him. He can threaten him all he wants, Drake was going to make sure his grandfather doesn’t have his way.“The gang has denied the annulment of the contract. Why?”Drake’s brows slightly raised, his fingers gently tappin
Before she put it down, Anna took one more look at the threatening text, the last text her sister got. She had finally made up her mind to let Josh know about that particular finding, but at that moment, she felt so attached to the device.Perhaps she felt that letting Josh know about Darcy’s phone would severe the emotional connection to her sister she had been having ever since the device fell into her grasp. Perhaps, she was afraid to let it go because she did not want to feel the same way she did when she learned that her sister was dead.“Anna?” Her father called from the entrance. “You are going to be late for work.”Anna signed and threw the phone into the black midi-sized bag she had in her grasp to complement her formal yet chic look- a penciled red skirt into which a grey turtleneck was tucked. She stood taller than her father as she turned and approached him and that was thanks to the boot heels.“I don&rsquo
"What are you doing?" Anna asked Drake who strutted into the room, his working laptop in his hold, his shirt untucked in a rather sexy way."I'm coming to work in my office?"Anna sat up with a frown on her face. "I thought you gave me your office to use.""It has been two days, Anna." Drake stopped in front of her. His eyes darted across the paperwork she laid out on the small desk in front of the couch. "I need my office now. And I am sure you are fine now.""Are you insinuating that I'm lying about the pains I feel from being shot with a bullet meant for you?""Your guilt-tripping won't work on me this time, Anna Hendrick. I'm pretty much immune to your doe eyes now.""I don't have doe eyes, Mr. Blunt.""Yeah, right." He dropped his laptop and bent to gather the files on the table. As he arranged them, Anna watched him with a certain amount of seriousness.For the past two days, he was hell-bent on taking care of her.
Drake felt like something tangible was removed from his entire being as he heard what his friend just said. He definitely wasn’t prepared for that result.He was so confident that he was his father’s son. Never could he have thought that he would come to view his mother as a woman who possibly cheated on his father. Such thought wouldn’t have come to him if not for his grandfather’s words the other day.He lost his mother at a young age but he remembered a lot about her and there was no way he would have thought that she had him for another man.“Drake?” He heard Alex call him and, with a small forced smile on his lips, he glanced at Anna who was looking surprisingly concerned, then, he locked eyes with his friend.“I guess my grandfather was right,” Drake said as he rubbed his palms together to aid him hide his true emotions at that point.“Drake, this doesn’t mean you have been living a
As Anna closed the door that led to Drake’s office, she replayed the earlier moment in her head and something inside her wondered if the man was doing fine. “Ugh, I’m sure he is,” she spoke out instantly , shaking her head to get rid of that thing that was trying to act like she cared about the man. Soon, she was downstairs, her bag slung over her shoulder, her feet tapping the ground gently as she walked slowly so as not to worsen her injury. After a quick and satisfactory look around the space, Anna made for the elevator and soon, she was on the streets, waiting to flag down a taxi. Once she got one, she resumed her journey to her house, thoughts about lying in bed for the rest of the day raidingher mind and delighting her. And, she really needed the rest. For some reasons, her sleep always got interrupted by some unknown force ever since she came back from the hospital. The lack of adequate sleep sucked, but what sucked more w
Her right breast was squished by something and Anna jumped out of her hasty reaction. While furiously questioning her action, Anna successfully pushed the drunk man off her, hoping that he was already on the path of becoming sober.With the nasty situation that just happened, she needed him out of her house before something crazier happens. And, she can only kick him out when he is sober.But, first, she had to stand upright, stay a few metres away from the man who was still sprawled on the floor. That thought was cut short before she could enact it.Drake pulled her into his chest with a force that she could not resist. With a frown, as Anna fell onto his chest and looked into his eyes, she tried to get off Drake whose lips were now wearing a smirk of victory.She tried once more, it didn’t budge.Then, all of a sudden, something lifted her from Drake’s hold, as gently as possible. But, when she landed on her feet and turned to see who
Anna was so concentrated on what she was typing, she did not sense Drake’s entry. Even as he stood right above her and stared at her, she didn’t suspect his existence.“Hi,” was all he said and she jolted out of the trance she was thanks to the document she was furiously working on.“Oh.” Anna sat up, correcting her slouched figure. “Good morning, Mr. Blunt.””Hmm,” he hummed and she wondered what his deal was.“Is there something I can help you with?” She was hoping he wouldn’t mention how he showed up at her door. It must be really embarrassing for him.Drake pocketed his hands into his brown shorts and…Anna frowned for a second as she realized that the man wore shorts to office. He is the boss, of course, he can wear a bikini if he wants to but Drake never struck her as the type of CEO to dress to office like he had fishing plans at dawn.&ldq
"What were you thinking, Anna? Were you trying to prove a point by going down there?" Drake was visibly trying to hide his anger as his gaze fell heavily upon Anna who was still trying to recover from the little heart toggle she had just experienced. "I know you hate me. I know you are constantly trying to show me that I should be suffering for my sins, but do you have to harm yourself to do so? Why are you so stubborn? Huh!" Anna said nothing still. Her eyes darted across the room which was part of a small building behind the main one. That small structure was where their running led them to and it didn't seem like they would be leaving anytime soon. Drake Blunt held her by her shoulders with a firm grip, Anna looked to the side. "Anna, speak to me. Say something." "I've been so unfair," came Anna's tiny voice. "How?" Drake was ready to forget the chaos in front of his company for a second. He was willing to hear words from the depth