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“Now! Here we go ” She flips the page, goes to the kitchen to bring out the needed ingredient. “Egg, butter, wet cream, Apple, macaroons, batter, white cheese and what else?”
Mwiyin rolls her sleeves up and get the baking powder and starts to bake.
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After Two Hours.
“Done!” She quickly brings it out from the oven with a cloth and drops it on the table. “Now for the finishing touch, wet cream, but how much?”

“I hope he like wet cream like I do ” She murmurs and pours the cream on the desert.

“I did not know it took so long just to make a desert. So tiring!” She went into the bedroom to change into a comfy shirt and trouser.
She sat down in front of the television and turned it on. Yawning she looked at the time, he still had not arrived, it was almost 11pm and yet no sign of him.

“Why isn't he back?” She yawned loudly, chewed her empty mouth and scrolled through the channels. “Ling Rui?”
A bright smile appeared on her face and she ran to get the desert. Opening the door, she smiled but was replaced with a frown when she saw Jimi.

“Miss, you are awake?” Surprised, he asked.

“Where is Ling Rui? Is he hiding from me?”

“Yes and no..... He said I should give you this and also said you should not be careless with things that worth lots of things to you ” He opened his blue briefcase and brought out her mother's necklace.
After tired less effort, they found the necklace at the bottom of the pool.

“He found it? My mother's necklace?” She collected it and caressed it. “Is he still mad at me for my words?”
He coughed and shook his head
“I should not be telling you this but the big boss was hurt when he heard your words. He went to find it all morning and did not agree to to take a break or have his lunch until he had found the necklace.”

“You might think I am making this up but it is the truth. I just hope you be more reasonable to the boss next time”Jimi annoyingly said. He was displeased with the boss's attitude in searching for her necklace even after such insult.
And at the same time, he was starved! That pained him the most.
Meiyin stared at the necklace in her palm. She really felt bad.

“Can I just see him even if he does not want to see me?”

“No, I can not help you with that.”

“Then help me take this to him. He must not have taken his dinner, let him have it ” She gives him the desert. He peeks at it and nods.

“I will, see you tomorrow, have a good sleep ” He left the resort and entered into the car and drove off.

“I hope that is enough to show you how sincere I am ” She locks the door and goes to sleep.
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In his private room.
“Boss, the young miss asked me to deliver you this ” He dropped the desert on the table.

“She asked you to take it to me? Trash it, I don't want ”
He growled at the big boss. These two were empty brain and would only cause disasters.

“I guess that would not be a good idea seeing she must have put a lot of effort into this and stayed up all night waiting to give you ”
Ling Rui stood up from the bed and collected the desert.

“She did? Are you just sugar coating words to please me?”

“Oh please boss! Drop this high ego of yours and have a bite of it! She had baggy eyes when I saw her. I wanted to shoot her but I realized that won't be the best idea.”

“She couldn't even phone me!”

“How would she when you broke the sim card and threw it in the waste?!” He face palmed himself. His boss has a high IQ but a really low EQ.

“So it is my fault? Jimi, you need beatings!” He took the chopstick, picked up the apple and took a bite of it.

“How would she when you broke the sim card and threw it in the waste?!” He face palmed himself. His boss has a high IQ but a really low EQ.

“So is it my fault? Gabriel, you need beatings!” He took the chopstick, picked up the apple and took a bite of it.
He froze at the spot. His eyes widened as his mouth.

“Is it that good?” Gabriel asked in excitement and brought out his own chopsticks to taste. He knew it would be delicious as it looked.

“Where did she get this recipe from?!” He dropped the cutlery and threw the food on the floor. The food pack broke into pieces and the food poured on the white creamy floor.
He stood up and fanned himself uncontrollably.

“What recipe?” He took a bite out of the remaining apple onRay's chopstick. “Audrey?”

“Boss calm down! I didn't tell her about it! I didn't let her know that she even existed. I swear!” He fell on his knees. He knew so well that the boss didn't joke about this name and also grew furious when the name was said.

“It could be that it wasn't part of the things you burnt?”

“If tomorrow should pass and that book isn't in ashes then consider yourself a corpse!” He walked out of the room to the lounge.
He could not believe that her recipes could be revived and tasted the same way that she made it. Right proportion of wet cream and butter. Not too soggy and not too thick.

“Alexa..... Alexa.....I really don't know where you got that book from but making that food just made my patience for you cut!”
He cracked his knuckles and glared at her face. The sorrow and hatred for her passing away ignited back in his heart.

“Boss!” He knocked before he entered the lounge. “Your grandma has arrived in Beijing and is headed straight to your resort, and Alexa is all alone with a child in her stomach. If she finds out that you are married by a contract then I can only imagine the worst to come .

“Why can't I get peace again! Arrange a hotel for her to stay in for the night. Tighten the security around Alexa and instruct them that she should not be allowed unless permission is given ”

“Yes boss, ” Gabriel noted in his head and said. “Boss, everyone knows Audrey died in a car accident but you seem to know more about it.”

“Do you really think I can't cut you in half? Leave and never try my patience ” He brought out a pack of cigarettes and lit up. “You are still here?”

“I will be going boss.”
He picked up the food pack and ran out of the private room. Gabriel sighed and sulked, so bad such good tasty food had to go to waste. If he did not want it, he would have simply given it to him.
The death of Audrey remained a mystery to them yet Ray seemed to be more affected. The more suspicious he act, the more Gabriel wants to know
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In Emily's lounge.
The two women sat down on a black chair. One filled with fear and anxiety and the other acting so nonchalant.
Sweat drops form on Arya's head as Emily's personal detective delivers the news. Anxiety broke her down as she grabbed Emily's hands.

“Please! I don't want to go to jail. What if she doesn't wake up?” Arya said with her hands trembling.
She was really afraid of being put in jail. Murdering someone is a great offence and required on to be sentenced to life imprisonment.

“Are you this scared? If I knew you were not this strong then I would not have made you do it. ” She sipped on her coffee and rolled her fingers on the hot towel. So what if Ray has started his investigation? Would he even find any clues?
Emily dropped her brows and grins heavily.

“He has little problem on his plate that he has time to focus on those minor issues. Contact me, Mr. Benson. ”

“Yes boss!” The lady bent her head low and went out to ring his number. Less than three minutes later, she comes out with the phone call connected.


“He has little problem on his plate that he has time to focus on those minor issues. Contact me, Mr. Benson. ”

“Yes boss!” The lady bent her head low and went out to ring his number. Less than three minutes later, she comes out with the phone call connected.
Mr. Benson mumbled up when he did not hear a response from the caller. He was enjoying a bubble bath and manicures when his phone rang.

“If you are gonna call me then at least say something!” Irritated by the silence over the line, he clicked the end call button with his right thumb but was stopped.

“Mr. Benson, I heard you have a biased hatred for my son? Ray?”
He straightened up in the bathtub and looked again at the caller ID. It was a foreign number used by black marketers and only a few knew how to use them.

“I guess this must be the great mighty Mrs. Hudston. What do you need?”

“You want to have your revenge on my son, right? I have a little trick to spare ”
He burst into uncontrollable laughter. He tapped the water heater to warm the bath.

“Trick?” He kept on chuckling at her statement. To anyone, they would have accepted this deal but it was directed at Mr. Hudston, the big boss of the underworld.
He needed to be smart unless any slight mistake could put him and his business through a tough road. Besides they were not talking about a fool but a master, tricks could not be used.

“How am I even sure you are not on his side? What kind of mother sells her son out for her selfish needs? You truly are amazing!” Mr. Benson ridiculed her.
Moreover, he could not trust anybody who had Hudston's blood flowing through their veins. They were all wicked, ruthless and bloody Prevaricators.
You are one with them if they benefit and quickly dispose of you when you are useless. Those were the anthem of the Hudston's.

“The kind that I am. I wouldn't need to do that if he was so obedient to me. Still, he wants to have it his own way. Can't a mother teach her son some moral life lessons?”
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“I remember that is not what I called for. Mr. Benson, I want you to sell your 2% share to me!”

“You really are a maniac like how the rumors pictured you to be! Sell my shares to you? Impossible!” He disagreed with her.
What if things go wrong in the plan? He would be on the losing side of the stick and he hates to be the one on the loser side.
In business, it is either you gain or loss. There is nothing like in between them. Furthermore, he did not have the guts to accept the deal.

“Mr. Benson, you speak like I am the demon himself ”

“You are not the demon, your son is. But you could consider yourself as Lucifer's mistress ”

“Don’t try my patience!”

“How much do you want for me to get those shares?”
After critical thinking he gave up. At least with such a high amount of money, it would not be considered a loss to him, right?

“£ 50,000,000 per 0.5% shares so the total would be £200,000,000 for the total shares I have in LR. ”

“Done. Check your account. Don't go back on your worlds, Mr. Benson!”

“I won't! I am a man of my words! Meet me at the stock market tomorrow. My agent would be waiting for you. Just tell them you want to find me and they will lead you there ”
He grinned as the alert kept coming in.

“I hope what you are saying is exactly what you are preaching about. We will meet tomorrow, right?”

“Sure. It is nice doing business with you ” The call disconnected.

“It is only a matter of time until I show you who is the master between the both of us!” She sneered and sipped her latte.
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Next Day, In Rui's private room.
“Big Boss. I went ahead with the investigation and could not find anything. The venue's CCTV has been cleared overnight and the stunning fact is that only that day's memory was cleared.”
Dunlop Gabriel reports everything to Ray. After two days of investigation they were stuck at a dead end.
The mastermind behind this accident must have planned it so well that no clues were left behind and no loopholes.

“Nothing? Seriously?” Ray sighed. Whoever this person was had a strong backing and had planned this from the beginning.
No loopholes at all! Everything is very clear and normal. They had to catch this person before they got to Alexa.

“Could it be that you offended someone in the past and they are taking their revenge on you?”
Though the question sounded stupid but it could be possible. To reach such heights, the big boss gathered many enemies and allies who would do anything to get his head slaughtered.
Moreover, the mastermind behind this incident must have borne thorough hatred for him in order to harm his contract wife.

“I have so many enemies! How do you want me to remember them all?” He shot him a deadly glare

“Just a guess! What of your mother? She has been silent since and becomes suspicious ”
His mother! That person just flew out of his mind. That is the only person daring enough to go after him. After all she is his mother by title yet from attitude, they are more of enemies than mother and son.

“That cunning sly! Get me her nearest location. It is time to see that human fox!”