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Closing the door behind her, Marie quickly stepped into her office and closed the door before jumping in the air to celebrate her new position. She was going to be his son's new PA. this was one of the greatest news that she ever heard. but she quickly calmed down and decided to get to work. And made sure that this files were dispatched to their respective departments in the company.As Marie made her way back to the main department to submit the files that her boss had given her, she was accosted by her fellow employee Aurora who was unbearable to say the least.Aurora had a 'I am better than you attitude' which seemed to corrode with almost all the employees in the department. she wasn't really liked so people avoided her as much as they could. Maria had it worse as Aurora had been eyeing the position of the CEO personal assistant before Raymond handed it to Maria. Let's just say, Marie became her number one target she hated.She had barely submitted it for dispatch when Aurora came to her, and said,"What are you doing here, Marie? Shouldn't you be in the CEO office helping him as usual?" She said as Marie resisted the urge to roll her eyes. She knew that Aurora could be nasty when she wanted so she wasn't going to give her the chance to insult her."I was just coming from there, I thought you had grown over your Little jealousy about me taking the position that you wanted so badly."She replied as she was pleased with the red flush she saw on her face which she knew was embarrassment."I am not jealous of your position. Besides with the way you do your things, it won't take long for the boss to notice that you are incompetent and then he will find a better replacement aka me. But till then I will leave you be and do my duties. " she said and walked away as Marie heaved a sigh of relief.Hopefully if she was lucky, she wasn't going to see her today again.Aurora was what you would call a pain in the ass.******He watched the traffic signs turn red, as all the cars paused while the pedestrians started crossing the road. Holding his cup of black coffee, he walked as well, enjoying the early morning breeze and chatter sounds of the city.He made his way to his street, walking the short distance to his mansion where his guards opened the door for him and he stepped in. He handed over the coat that had spilled coffee to the guard and said,"Send this to the drycleaners. I need it by tonight so make sure you inform them that they should be quick with it" He said as the guard took the coat and nodded his head before taking off leaving his accomplices behind who stayed for further information.He took a sip of his coffee as he checked his time..It was after 10am. He was expecting a report by then and wondered if Kelvin had arrived."Boss, there is a man waiting for you in your lounge. He calls himself Kelvin and had been here since 9:50am." One of the guards said as Adrian nodded his head."Right on time as always. Make sure that we are not Disturbed until I am done with the meeting." he said to the guard who bowed his head again and he left.Opening the doors he saw Kelvin seated already on the couch who immediately stood up and stretched his hand in a greeting."Good morning Adrian." He said as they shook hands before they both sat down."Kelvin, I hope that you have something for me." he said as Kelvin nodded his head before bringing out the file and handed it to him.Adrian took it and peered through his contents as Kelvin gave him a summary of the report."I was able to confirm the presence of the jewelry and also confirmed that it was indeed the original. He has them and takes great joy in them. Simon wears them all the time. " he said as Adrian tightened his hand into a fist. How dare Simon, that lowly church rat steal his mother's belongings and desecrate them.Adrian looked through all the pictures. He could see the Blood Tear Necklace that was worth 45M in his hands, his Mother's most prized possession. His filthy hands was contaminating it. He flipped through the rest.He saw the earrings he had gifted his mum from Egypt from the best jewellers. The De Costa Hairpiece that his dad had given her when they were dating, which made up for a lot of stories, his mum told him growing up. Each picture only made him more angry and new ways to revenge. Simon wasn't going to know what hit him until he was done with him.He was going to make sure that he suffers for what he has done."Any visuals on his location at the moment?" he asked as Kelvin replied,"Yes Adrian. We have eyes and ears on him 24/7. We are waiting for your orders. About what we should do next? Should I go ahead and steal it from him? Killing him in the process or do I turn him to the cops"He asked as Adrian shook his head."Not this time around. I want to be the one who gets to see him. Just make sure he is in the company after work hours..I do not want any disturbance."He said as Kelvin nodded his head."that will be all for now." He said dismissing him as Kelvin took a bow and left the study as Adrian pulled open his drawers and took a pack of cigarettes before lighting one of it."Soon Simon. In less than twelve hours I will have my revenge on you. And in your next world. You will know best than to steal from me" He said to the empty room as he exhaled the smoke.3Maria yawned as she glanced at the clock. It was after 4pm. She was done for the day and by the moves in the boss offices, she knew that Raymond was rounding up as well to leave.As a rule, she could not leave before the boss unless the boss explicitly told her to, in case he needed her help for anything. She had gone through her timetable again and was relieved to find out that she had carried out the plans she had for the day. All the appointments that was supposed to be for the next days had been written down in red pen so that she would not forget it."......will be leaving now." Maria jerked up when she realized that she had been lost in going through her calendar, she didn't hear Raymond open her door and speak."I am sorry sire. Did you say something?" She said standing up as Raymond replied,"You have worked hard today Maria. Head home. I will be leaving now as well." He said as Maria nodded her head with a smile."Of course, I was just leaving as well." she said as Raymond
Chapter 4Maria thought that she heard something. She looked around her and waited to see if she would hear that strange noise again but she didn't. She chucked it up to fatigue and decided that she was over tired which was why she was making things up.As she got to the ground floor, she saw shadow movements in the wall on the ending of the dark corridors..she knew that place. That was where the old and outdated copies of files that the company owned was kept.She wondered if there was any department that was on a deadline to meet their targets and needed things from the archive room but her mind came up blank.She was at a loss. On one hand she was very exhausted and wanted tod o nothing else but head home and sleep for hours without thinking about anything else because she was so tired and she deserved it.But on the other hand, her curiosity drove her to find out what was happening. She was never one to turn down a challenge. And hell was easier to freeze than getting her to leave
Chapter 5Maria had barely gotten far when she was being grabbed by Ryder and Kenny who caught her easily. She tried to kick herself out of their grasp but it was too tight."Let me go, you crazy people" She yelled as she bite Kenny's hand who was holding her and he gave her a back hand slap as the other Person stopped him."Dude take it easy. She is just a lady. She doesn't need to be maltreated. Besides boss didn't say we could beat." He said as Kenny replied,"Then she should keep her fucking teeth to herself or I am going to rip it out." He said as they dragged her back to the basement.Adrian was seated on his chair when they came in dragging her with them and they threw her to the ground in front of him, almost three feet where Simon's dead body laid as Maria resisted the urge to throw up."Well seems like we have an issue on our hands. All because you couldn't stop your curiosity now you have in bigger soup." Adrian said as Maria looked at him, anger overtaking the fear as she
Chapter 6Kenny was the one driving the car while Ryder was seated in the front as well. Their boss and Kelvin were both seated at the back seat while their target was in the booth. He was livid with the mistake that he made. He was the one in charge of making sure that the whole building was empty and yet that girl had our a clog to his plans. His boss wasn't going to let him out of this so easily. He wondered what he was thinking about. Even Ryder was giving him a disapproving look but Kenny wasn't in the mood to listen to his wordless complaints. He knew that he wasn't happy with the fact that he almost slaughtered an innocent back then but he needed to understand as well that Kenny was first and foremost a hitman. Their job is to kill people. Bodyguards like Ryder wouldn't understand the need.And right now he knew that it was best that she remained dead although he did not know why his boss hasn't asked him to kill her as well. Were they going to kill her in a different location
cHAPTER 7Adrian made his way out of the club after he had some bottles of wine. His bodyguard Kelvin had called him, telling him that he had found more information on the girl, in his house, so he decided to forego staying out all night again.He called an Uber which came to his area in the next five minutes and he dropped the address for him, which he nodded his head.He got inside the car and laid his head on the headrest when his phone rang. He frowned, Kelvin wasn’t the type to call him, or message him more than twice, so he picked it up and saw that it was Raymond, who was calling.His dad, great, could anything get more worse than this. He knew better than to ignore any of his old man’s calls, no matter how annoying they may become, so he picked it up and placed the phone on his ears.“Dad, you should be asleep.” He said without greeting him.“And you should be at home, not drinking, especially when you have a big day tomorrow.” He retorted as Adrian sat upright.“How do you kn
Chapter 8Her eyes fluttered open as she tried to make out where she was. Everything looked strange, certainly it wasn't her small cozy house. The lights were turned on as she stared at the king-sized bed she laid on.Her eyes also darted to the big wardrobe and the blinds on the window that was built from up to the floor of her room. "This can't be," She muttered and shook her head in disbelief. Slowly it dawned on her that she had been kidnapped. The memories of what happened earlier in the office flooded her mind causing her to let out an enraged scream. She was very sure that the man she saw at the office had kidnapped her. "Let me out of here, you monster!" She yelled and climbed down from the bed. She stumped towards the deep brown wooden door, clenching her fists and banging at it with all the energy she had. With the aim that her little fists would do a lot in bringing it down. No one listened to her which further frustrated her. Her whole world was crumbling before her v
Chapter 9 The brightness of the day caused her to jerk up from the bed hurriedly. She had no idea of when she slept off after crying herself to sleep. She hissed after remembering that she would be living with a murderer that had no human sympathy in him. It was so easy for him to kill the man she saw at his office and if she didn't behave properly, he'd do the same to the people she loved. "Dammit!" She cursed and laid on the bed again, covering her face with the duvet. She lacked the energy to get off bed and prepare for work even though she was supposed to be ready. If everything was normal, she was supposed to be done dressing and humming her favorite song 'Dressed in black' by Sia. But it was the opposite, and since Adrian thought he could take away her life, she was going to teach him a lesson by revealing the feisty part of her. A knock sounded on the door but she made no effort in trying to know who was knocking. It went on continuously until she was forced to get it. S
Chapter 10 She wiped her face with her handkerchief, panting heavily after sprinting from the mansion to the office. It looked like a herculean task at first, but she was determined that nothing would stop her from getting to work, so she spurred her ahead. There was something else that made her happy, and that was the fact that she was going to make Adrian suffer. He had hurt her severally in less than twenty four hours of their meeting, and she didn't have any plan of letting it slide. The sound of a door being slammed got her attention, revealing that Adrian was already settling into the office. It wouldn't take time for him to call all the staffs so he could address them. It wasn't long before she heard the bell go off. He sent for them faster than she expected, so she dressed the sleeves of her blouse and braced herself for the address of the monster in human form. The workers had already filed up in front of their desks, most of them had worried looks plastered on their fac