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Alexa turned around and hissed at him. She was not that stupid to eat a cake that has been here for the past twelve years, what was she like, five?

“Just asking ” He went over to the couch and bent down. Though the cake had some roughness of it, it still maintained its beauty.

“I do not think I have told you how my mother died ”
He smiled and sat on the couch.

“You don't have to say it if it hurts to say. I would not force you okay?”
His words made her to be flushed. She rested her head on his shoulders as her ears became rosy hot.

“You have told me half of your past. if I don't tell you mine, that will make me guilty .”
Alexa went ahead explaining the tragic death of her mother caused by her uncle. Although, She hated the fact that her mother wasted her love for a man who loved her and also the fact that it pained her when she talked, but that was who she was .

“You lost your mother at an early age and you also have not mentioned your father to me at all, are there some hidden secrets behind him?”
He asked. if he was to protect and love her then he should at least know her past.

“Father? I have no father! only a sperm donor ” She instantly snapped at him and then calmed herself.

“The only worse mistake my mom made in her entire life was getting married to a bastard who did not deserve her love in any form ”
She said with sadness in her eyes and got up from the couch. The atmosphere was getting too suffocating for her and she needed to leave before her flushing cheeks becomes too noticeable.

“I guess that will be all. Go wait for me in the car, I want to get something real quick. I promise I would not take time ”
Alexa pushed him out of the house, ran to the basement and opened the dusty carton.
Carefully, she had it searched one more time and after seeing what she needed, she reached for the seal to close the box, suddenly an olden picture frame fell from the shelve and landed in front of her.

“What is this?” She sneezed uncontrollable and picked the photo up.

“Mrs Hudston?” She mumbled under her breath while taking a better look at the picture. The frame had a long taken photo probably when her mother was small but the shocking fact was that, Ray's mother was inside the photo too.
Alexa could not help but ask Why Emily was present in her mom's family portrait? Ray honked the horn and when Alexa heard the horn, she packed up the box, his the photo in her jacket and ran to the car.
Was there some kind of hidden mystery in her mom's family? Was Emily the long lost culprit of her mother's death?

In The Car.....
He picked his ringing phone after honking the horn, swiped connect and put iron speaker. He had his head laid on the chair before speaking.

“Boss, Georgina is back!”
Gabriel spoke up when the call got connected. His voice was filled with anxiousness and worried.

“Georgina is back?” Ray sat up straight with his brows creased together.
She could not be back! A dead person can not still be alive! First of all, they had failed to capture the man who was responsible for Audrey's death, now, a member of Xizhao is confirmed alive after the explosion.

“Impossible! What do you mean back? Jocelyn shot her dead!”
All this news made no sense to him!

“That is what we all saw. She is back and the one responsible for Jocelyn's broken and paralysed arms and also the base hardware system that was hacked. We ran a check and the result is evident. The virus was a long lost one that only underground people had access to. All this are evident that she is back. ”
Gabriel hurriedly informed the boss. Alexa was down and so was their system too. These were more reasons to be thrown into panic .

“Double the security base of the system and tell the team to lay low for now especially Mifei, since she is the one going to be targeted. ”

“Felix is there with her for now. She is safe I guess. I will call for other details. ”

“Hmmmmmm ” He cut the call. Troubles just kept multiplying every single day, first from loosing his investors to the rise of Xizhao again.
He straightened himself up, breathed out and turned to the right door when it was pulled open.

“You okay?”
He inquired when she came in with a gloomy expression on her face. Alexa smiled to assure him, laid back and drifted off to sleep.

In Armis's Group.
Olivia yawned tiredly with her chair swinging back and front. Her mind pondered on the conversation she had with her psycho EX husband. Her finger scrolled through the contact which called her in the morning.
She sighed and stretched her arms. As far as she knew, He would not do anything to harm his son but only feared what he might do on Anthony.
Vivian pushed the door angrily, walked into her office and dropped the coated black file on her table allowing it make a loud bang.
Her attention was diverted from her thoughts and focused on the fuming Vivian.

“What may I help you with?”
With calmness she demanded. Vivian who was currently fuming, paused and maintained a grin on her face. The two women stared at each other for two minutes waiting for the other person to quit.
Olivia rubbed her chin awkwardly, stamped the document and passed it to her.

“Mrs Jonnes, or should I say Mrs. Noville? Mr Armis has requested you go have the meeting with Mr. Lu ”
She lied. There was one person in the investment sector that was hard a but to crack and that person was Investor Lu, so giving her a little difficult task would not be called wicked, right? Besides, she asked for it.

“Me?........ You sure about that?”
She asked suspiciously. Ever since the news of her dating the boss got leaked, Vivian had been sending her ridiculously tasks that were beyond her job.

“I will make a call to confirm that