Chapter Three
1107 Words
CARA
I took a deep breath before walking into my bosses office, only to see him stand up quickly. “Good morning, Mr Richardson.” I said with a low voice.
But he just nodded quickly, and then in a blink of an eye, he had rushed out of the office. “Stay where you are, Ellison. I’ll be right back.” He called from outside the office.
I frowned.
Maybe he was going to get something. At least it would give me time to prepare for what was to come.
I took a seat in one of the two chairs available at the front of his desk and took out my laptop and all the printouts I made. It was when I wanted to take out my pen I saw the news paper on Mr Richardson’s desk.
And the picture on the front almost made me pass out. Somehow, my boss had already gotten a hold of the exact news I had worked my ass off to prepare for him.
Shit!
Double s**t!
This was not good!
I could already tell the sweat on my palms as I shakily opened the paper to see the same statement Mila had given to me. The exact same statement.
Someone had gotten to her first.
Although it didn’t explain why she had been in his office.
ADRIAN
I stayed in my car and looked at the building in front of me, completely and utterly angry. The Daily Lines building had to be one of the ugliest buildings I had ever seen in modern day. Especially for a company who claimed to have done a very up to standard renovation, and had also made it a point to have it printed on the very first page of their newspaper for a whole f*****g month!
The building was cringe worthy!
I’ve always known Gabriel Richardson to be dumb, but never this dumb. This was taking it to another level.
I switched off the car, getting ready to step out and make my way into his building so we could talk about serious s**t. I’ve always know that Gabriel held a lot of grudges against me right from high school. But I never thought he would continue to hunt me for the rest of my life.They were always the first ones to get a hold of any little trouble I ran into. And it always turned out to be women issues.
This was the fifth time.
Each time, I always ended up paying handsomely to get the articles removed from their papers and websites. This time I was f*****g exhausted and I wanted us to speak face to face. Whatever he had with me has to end.
I sighed and alighted from my car, shutting the door and was just about to make my way over to the entrance when I saw Mila walk out of the building, a smile plastered on her face.
What was she doing here?
I took a step forward then stopped when I saw Gabriel run out of the building and guide her with his arm towards the side of the building. They said something to each other and laughed like teenagers.
Then right before my very eyes, Gabriel leaned over and kissed her. What!
Since my phone was still in my hand, I didn’t let emotions get the better of me as I quickly opened my camera, zoomed in, and took as many pictures as I could of them, then opened the video camera and recording them as they finally ended their kiss and Gabriel walked her to her car.
After that, I turned and walked back to my car, which was just about five steps behind me. I felt cold down to my bones.
What the hell had I witnessed?
We’re they lovers?
Had they met after she had gone to give her story to him?
Or had they been together before she met me?
Had it been his plan all along?
As I got into my car, I couldn’t help but get angrier than I had been when I had first arrived. Did Gabriel hate me so much that he could afford to pull off such a disgusting act just to smear my name?
Fucking hell!
I knew what to do.
And he was going to pay!
This is the part of being rich I loved. One call and I was going to get this footage all over the news and social media. Yes, I was going to go that low to save my reputation. I was done playing stupid games with Gabriel.
I uploaded the video toy icloud, not wanting to take any chance, and called Theo.
He picked on the very first ring. "Don't tell me you have finished talking to Gabriel. I mean, you just left here." he said. I had left him in the office so he was waiting for my call.
From where I sat in my car, I could still see the two idiots having all sorts of PDA, just in the corner of the building. I wondered if they weren't scared of being seen or they were just too horny. "Even better." I told Theo. "You wouldn't believe me, but I'm watching Mila and Gabriel, shoving their tongues down each other's throats as we speak. The image made me recoil in disgust, so I turned away from them. I had seen enough. "Seems like they are having an affair. I wouldn't put it past Gabriel to set me up, just to have something to write about in his boring newspaper." What kind of woman was Mila, that she could stoop so low to play such games?
"Are you serious? I hope you took a video or at least a picture?" hah! Theo definitely was on the same page as me.
"Of course I did. Please prepare all the media outlets we are close to, this is going as viral as possible. By the time I use her as a scape goat, others will learn." I said, with determination.
"On it. Just forward the video to me, and leave the rest to my capable hands." Theo said, and I could already see him smirking.
I did as he asked, starting my car, and driving away, not eben bothering to look behind me to see if those two were still there.
It was only matter of time before they knew that I had indeed, come around.
For now, I needed to go back to the office, finish up my work, and head over to a club. The day wasn't over yet, and I had already had a long day.
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