Chapter five
"Okay, tell me, who's going to pick you up? Do you have anyone we can give a call?" Dean asked and was not ignorant of her reaction, immediately she heard his query, she became all moody.
"Cindy please say something, I know you have a lot going on in your mind right now, but you can still share it with me or are we, not friends yet?" He asked and as he was just looking at her, she replied,
"I don't know why my mind is unburdened with you to share my misery with you, I trust you and I'll tell you everything." So she stood up from where she was sitting and folded her arms.
"I don't have anybody, my parents died in an accident years ago, but..." Saying that she hesitated and raised her head looking into the space.
"But what? Cindy?" He wrinkled and asked all patiently.
"Yes, I have relatives who had always taken advantage of me as a maid, my uncle had never in his life taken care of me, even when people tried to help me because of my academic excellence, he warned me never to accept any of them.
It's only his son Desmond who has been assisting me, but this time he wasn't at home and my uncle made an effort to force himself on me, so I was left with no option but to run away from the house." She took a deep breath and continued,
"I don't know what to do, I'm lost and I'm not gonna go back to that house, even if I'm dying." Saying that tears started pouring down her eyes.
"Because I was lucky to have evaded yesterday..., maybe... by next time I won't be that lucky, I hate rich people with passion, they are always cruel and scornful." Dean turned to her and wiped her tears with his index finger.
"Including me?" Dean asked jokingly to ease her sulky mood.
"Oh come on..., you're not included," She moved her hand in the air and continued, "At least you showed care to someone." She responded quickly.
"Really?" He asked.
"Yeah..., sure," Stretching her torso she continued,
"Even if you report them to the cops they would sort everything out with money, so I believed that running away could be the only way to give myself freedom from my uncle's grip."
She said with a creaked voice and Dean knew that all he needed to do then was to console her, so he stretched his arms and asked,
"Can I hug you?" She smiled and while nodding she said, "Yeah..., we are friends after all." He hugged her tightly and rubbed her back and both of them stood there for a moment, before letting her go.
"Cindy, I don't have a brother or sister but I think I've found one, will you like to be my sister?" He asked and listened to her to know her mind.
She looked at his face smiling and hugged him, "Yeah..., I'll like to be your sister, Dean, thank you."
She thought to herself, 'Here I am saying he's my friend while he has taken me as a sister, wow.'
Cindy became emotional and unknowingly to her a drop of tears fell from her eyes.
"Hey, please don't do that, you gonna make me cry too," Dean said as he wiped her face with his thumb, she forced a smile and hugged him again.
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The next day was very good. For a very long time, Eduardo has been waiting for an opportunity to get a better contract, though they worked on many products lately but he needed a bigger contract for the quick growth of the company, reaching his company he walked into the building gracefully.
"Good morning, Mr Eduardo." The receptionist greeted him immediately she looked up and saw him entering the building, but as usual he didn't even look in the direction where she was, he only waved his right hand in response to her greeting, so she looked at him fixedly and shrugged as he went into the lift.
The lift halted at the sixteenth floor which was the tail end floor of the building and that was also part of the building where CEO Eduardo, his team and managers stays, he slowly strode out of the lift.
Walking into his office, he removed his suit jacket and placed it in the wardrobe. Whenever he's in the office he prefers wearing his sleeves only, despite the air-conditioning, he is an elegant and fashionable young CEO, and he has a superfluous of items that he needs for his care in the office.
That same morning before Eduardo came, Fredrick searched through the company platform and found a contract message and it was a new product that needed a front page for an advert. So he went to see Eduardo and as well submit the contract message.
"knock, knock, knock." Fredrick knocked at the door.
"Come in," Eduardo said, Fredrick entered and closed the door, more steps to his table Eduardo stopped what he was doing with his laptop and gave all heed to him.
"Fredrick, please sit down." He said while pointing at the chair opposite him.
Then Fredrick sat down and gave him the contract file which he printed out earlier so that he could go through it.
Doing that he explained, "I found this contract in a platform this morning and the benefit is much, I think we should give more attention to it."
Eduardo collected it reluctantly at first, but as he went through three lines on it, he was impressed with what he saw, then he uttered, "Wow, this is interesting, I guess we have what they needed."
"You know the right step to take Fredrick, just go ahead and get in contact with them before 24 hours and whatever you guys conclude with just let me know."
Eduardo returned the file to him and continued with what he was doing, and then Fredrick gradually went back to his office.
After the third meeting and some other work that day, Eduardo decided to go home and rest.
On his way home, he looked in the side mirror and discovered that a small red car was following him, he knew it was one of the groups that wanted to kidnap him but he knows how to treat their fuck up.
"Cain!!!" Rock called his name with anger.
"Yeah, you don't have to yell at me, I told you that this guy is ready for this game, it won't be that easy for us," Cain said and leaned back on his seat.
"Shit..., I don't even know how he disappeared," Rock said on their way back to camp.
Immediately he got to their camp he g****e about Eduardo and It was then he discovered that the task was not going to be easy for him.
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Dean doesn't belong to any force like the CIA, but he has always acted like one. That same day he noticed that someone was trying to steal from Eduardo's company and immediately, he demanded more security service from his men.
Eduardo got home at full speed, he entered his house looking more dangerous and merciless, and he walked straight to his room, his mind ran back to the red car that was after him as he paced around his room.
His eyes were shining completely red in anger, he would definitely not spare anyone who was involved in trying to harm him.
Dean was sitting in a restaurant, waiting for his order and immediately he started eating his phone buzzed, he removed it from his pocket and it was Eduardo calling, so he picked it up on the first ring.
"Hello, Dean I want to see you now."
"Now? You mean right now?"
"Yes Dean, right now," Eduardo responded angrily and Dean knew what to do.
He was the last person to extend their conversation whenever he heard the sound of his voice.
"Sure thing, I'm coming over now." Saying that he stood up and gave the waiter a sign to pay his bill.
Reaching the parking lot, Dean sensed that some people had been monitoring him as he walked out of the exit to his car, so he stood there and looked around but found no one, he thought it was nothing, then he quickly entered his car and sped up.
On his way to Eduardo's house which was a bit far away from the restaurant, he scrolled down his contacts and clicked on Cindy's number so that he could hear from her since in the morning he left the house.
Right in Dean's house, Cindy was bored as it was only her in the house.
"Oh my God..., how does he cope with the loneliness in this big house, nobody to talk to and all the workers leave the house immediately after they are done with their work."
She was still murmuring when her phone started ringing, she removed her phone from her pocket and it was Dean's call.
"Hello, Dean." Saying that she wrinkled and pouted at a time.
"Hi Cindy, how are you doing over there?" He asked while smiling because he knew how bored and upset she would be by then,
"Mmm...." She sighed and took a deep breath.
"Looks like someone is bored to death," Dean said as she didn't answer his question and only sighed.
Chapter six"Oh come on..., you already know how bad it is, this house can automatically hide someone for eternity, Dean," He couldn't suppress his laughter anymore after hearing her banter, so he let it out.She heard his laughter and was gripped with anger, but she controlled her emotions and asked, "How was your day?""It was good..., anyways I'm on my way to see my boss and after that, I'll be coming home straight away." He knew that everything she needed was in the house, so he only needed to get ice cream and chips for her.She also felt like demanding for ice cream when she heard him say that he would be home very soon, 'Should I request for ice cream from him? No..., he must be very tired by now, let him just come back and rest, it's night.' then giving it a second thought she decided not to request for ice cream, so it was then she came out of her thought and she remembered that he was driving so she asked, "Aren't you driving?" "Of cause I am." He uttered and she said," Jus
Chapter seven "Yeah, I do..., I want to be great in life, I want to be like you, to live a better life, to work in a company or have my own company if possible and make cool money." Hearing her response, he stood up from where he was sitting and held her hand and asked. "So, why not go for it?" "What?" She asked all excited. "Yes, I said go for it, I'm gonna provide whatever you need for that, Okay?" he asked and squeezed her hands gently. "Like seriously..., you're going to do that for me?" She asked still after and tears started streaming down her cheeks. She hugged him and both of them hugged each other tightly, gulping his spit he said, "Yes of cause I'll do that for you Cindy, you don't have to cry, it's nothing, okay?" He asked and patted her back. He released his grip and cleaned her tears with the handkerchief he removed from his pocket and both of them sat down on the same sofa. Playfully he ran his finger through her hair, so she felt so relaxed and didn't know wh
Chapter eight Kate knew why he was saying all that but she didn't feel bad in any way because she somehow liked her. So she stared in the direction where Cindy was going, she tapped Dave on his shoulder and tilted her head, "Is that so?" Kate asked and gasped for air, "If we can't fight her, then let's make her our friend." She said and followed the exact direction where Cindy was heading to. Cindy was deeply in thought that she didn't know what was transpiring around her, but she jolted back to presence immediately she heard someone's voice behind her. "Hi Cindy, am Kate... Kate Williams." Saying that she sat down on the pavement that was just beside her, Cindy face palmed, and looking at her, she asked, "You know my name... huh? You were not in the college before I left, so how come you know about me?" Cindy asked peacefully. "Like seriously? Are you asking me such a question?" Kate asked arrogantly as she smiled wildly at Cindy who was fully surprised by her arrogant behavio
Chapter nine 'Why is this girl so innocent? There's something special about her.' Thoughtfully he asked and reshuffled his hair and shortly she stopped laughing. "Okay..., sleep tight." She said calmly and he was like not yet because he still want to hear her voice, but he didn't know what to ask her again so he kept quiet for a while before he said, "It's alright Cindy, good night." And disconnected. He took a deep breath as he laid back on the bed, staring up at the ceiling, he didn't know when he slept off. ****** She woke up the moment the reflection of the sun stroked her eyes through the window, slightly she opened her eyes and with the back of her palm she rubbed her eyes, 'O my God, am late.' She thought and swung her legs down from the bed. She hurriedly went to the bathroom and took her bath, immediately after she was done, she quickly dressed up not bothered about her breakfast, then picked up her purse and rushed out of the room. On her way, she collided with some
Chapter ten 'Never..., I'll rather die than let anybody know the truth.' Mr Black said in his mind, clearing his throat he stepped down from the bed slowly and strode close to a drawer that only he knows what was inside, And slightly he tap on it with his index finger, after awhile he went back, laid down on the bed and looked at the ceiling. He knew that it was only Cindy that can fight him if she has the means, but now that the whole truth was still hidden between them, he was going to die and be buried with the hidden truth and nobody would discover it. He didn't know that the original file of ownership to the company was with someone that he never thought of and the person has been working in the company for many years. He didn't know that the assistant manager of Mega Link Limited knew the whole truth about everything. She knew that he was the one behind the terror that befall his brother and his family and yet he took over his company. ****** Mrs Rose has been the one tak
Chapter Eleven"That's good, just do the necessary things, and let the managers know about it... anything else?" Eduardo asked."That's all, Sir," Fredrick answered and left.Later on, Eduardo mulled over what Fredrick said, so he decided to host a party for all his workers.All of them had been faithful to the company and hard-working, the sweet part of the whole thing was that non of them has ever make any attempt to steal from the company.He didn't let them know about the preparation, he planned everything to be a surprise for them.******Cindy later joined the dancing group and they were doing very well, even lecturers were recommending the group to friends and family.They've gone to different events to entertain people. Anytime they are presenting, it surprises many because they do it with passion and agility as if they were born into it and that makes their group so different.They grew to the point that they were only invited by wealthy and well-to-do people all over the sta
Chapter TwelveHe was putting on a black shirt and black pants, with a long black jacket that made him look more dangerous and as handsome as inhumanly beautiful demons in fictional books.Immediately, Dean dropped the device driver on the table and smiled seeing how he was standing at the fireplace and his appearance looked fearful.He stood there for a moment before he walked to him and asked,"I hope you're not expecting me to run away from my own... house."Dean said as he strained the last two words."And where did you think you'll run to, you rascal?" Edurado asked lazily, went to a sofa and sit down."Like seriously, you look like an assassin on a mission," Dean said teasingly. He went closer to the table, carried his laptop and gave it to Eduardo."Just pray that you are not the next target," Eduardo said as he smirked at him and collected the laptop from him.Hearing his banter, Dean laughed and sat down close to him and said,"I pray so boss...but before that, I think you sh
Chapter Thirteen"Don't worry about me...mother, I can take care of myself, besides, I'm no longer a kid, I'll be fine." Saying that he ran his fingers through his hair."It's alright my dear, enjoy your day." She said and Eduardo left.She went back and sat down, so the Butler served her meal. She ate till she was satisfied and went into her room to prepare for her day to days activities.Eduardo reached his office very late and as the party was tomorrow he had to let all the workers know.He called Fredrick and immediately he saw his call he picked up."Hello, Sir," He greeted."Meet me in my office," Eduardo requested and disconnected. A few minutes later Fredrick knocked at the door and he answered,"Come in," His voice sounded so peaceful. Fredrick walked into the office and greeted him."Good morning, Mr Eduardo.""Good morning, Fredrick... I want to speak to everyone, just make it quick." Eduardo said and continued with what he was doing, then Fredrick went and informed others