Chapter 67

The following morning, Giovanni O’Connell waited for Hunter’s right-hand man to show up at his house for the cheque. The young man paced back and forth in his office, checked his watch and when it signalled one p.m., Giovanni understood Hunter backed out of their agreement.
And that vexed Giovanni.
Lucky for him, he didn’t blurt it out to Wren that she had to stop working for Hunter.
On Wren’s side, the blonde woke up with a frown when she heard a loud banging on her door. She knew it was someone who didn’t know her because they knew how much she hated being woken up to loud banging noises.
She deduced it couldn’t be Gwendolyn or Giovanni.
She opened the door with sleeping eyes and with a moan, and when she came face-to-face with Reik himself, her eyes were instantly cleared as he struggled not to roll her eyes at his sight.
“You might want to change that look, you don’t want Hunter seeing you as that” Reik said with a smirk that made Wren Austin more annoyed.
“Hunter can kiss my ass” she rolled her eyes and went to close the door when Reik called out and his foot stopped her from fully closing the door.
“Why don’t you tell him that in person?” he still held the same sly smile.
Again, Wren rolled her eyes and try shutting the door again, but this time, it was Hunter’s soothing yet scary voice that made her stop in her tracks.
When she turned, panic could be seen in her eyes and fear in the way she suddenly began to shiver on the spot.
What did he want with her and so early in the morning?
To the best of her knowledge, she hasn’t done anything to warrant him taking the pains to come down to her apartment.
“Well can I?” Hunter Tequeido repeated in down to the site, she will stay clear off him and would only speak to him should the need arise. his signature calm and quiet voice that sent panic throughout the blonde’s body.
She raised an eyebrow and tilted her head to the side. “Can you?”
Hunter Tequeido didn’t reply until he got inside Wren’s apartment, then he said; “Kiss your ass” followed by the most creepy smile he could muster.
Wren Austin was speechless. She didn’t know what to say about his comment as she was merely trying to comprehend why he had taken the pains to come down to her apartment.
He never did so with any of his workers and in the years of working under him, the blonde has never heard or seen him show up at one’s place.
It was always the reverse, people visiting his office to pay for the services of his girls.
Most of whose names he didn’t bother to recall.
Hunter Tequeido took in the blonde’s apartment and would occasionally shake his head in a disapproving way.
It didn’t bother her anyways, he’s chosen to show up at her house so early.
“Can I help you with anything, Hunter?” the blonde asked after a while of silence.
She was eager to know what he wanted so he could already get the fuck out of her apartment.
Hunter Tequeido didn’t reply just yet. He faced Reik and made a gesture with his index finger and at once, the bald man was out of the apartment.
Seeing this, Wren didn’t know whether to be terrified or relieved by the fact that they were alone.
“I see things between Giovanni and you are going on pretty well” Hunter began as he trailed his hand through an artificial flower.
Wren Austin frowned. Not at the fact that Hunter was aware of her relationship with Giovanni because the entire town already knew about them.
She frowned because she was trying to understand his statement.
She refused to believe that he left his sanctuary just to ask her some silly question.
“Don’t tell me you came here for that?” Wren folded her arms mockingly.
Hunter chuckled. “Of course the fuck not” he spat out.
“I’m here because your little boyfriend wants to crumble my business” he added.
This time, Wren Austin frowned harder than she didn’t before. What was he talking about?
How did Giovanni plan to crumble his business?
“It’s too early to be high on shit” there was a hint of amusement in her voice as she spoke.
“Don’t act smart with me” he warned and the smile on Wren’s face varnished.
“I have no idea what you’re talking about” she defended raising her hand defeatedly.
“You mean to tell me it wasn’t your idea to send your little boyfriend to come and disrespect me?” now, Hunter was more serious than ever and the tone of his voice was slightly above peach.
"What? I'm lost" We Austin tried to wrap her head around what he'd said.
"What goes between you two is none of my business. But I'll make it my business when it disrupts my business. Tell your little boyfriend to stay away from my business "
Giovanni O’Connell made sure to keep his distance from Sierra.
It pained him, but it needed to be done.
One is because of the way she treated Wren.
Two, because of how he’d handled things with her.
And three because he knew that his relationship with Wren came as a surprise to her, and knowing how she felt about him, he didn’t want to be insensitive to her feelings.
But after days of avoiding Sierra, he realized how childish he handled things.
He couldn’t avoid her forever. They have an ongoing project that needs their collaboration, and more to that, she’s come to Craigsburg to be with him and given the history they have and the respect he has for not only her but her father, he decided to talk to her and clear the tension.
But whenever he tried to talk to her, she ignored him. Purposely. Whenever they had to go
Sometimes, she would openly ignore him. And it didn’t just end there, it extended to when they were on a call with business partners.
He decided he’d had enough after that incident.