chapter 39

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Fred smiled at his secretary. She has worked hard to get the information he had requested yesterday. He read some of the information again and knew that the only thing he needed now was tangible proof that Mr Smith committed those crimes.
"Miss May, thanks for this, working hours are over, it's getting late now. You can go home" Fred indicated.
"Alright, I will go first" May bowed slightly and left.
"This is an act of wickedness! Why are people so heartless? Someone that trusted him the most and gave him everything, now look what they get in return! Justice must prevail!!" He packed all the documents inside a big envelope, put it inside his briefcase and got ready to go home.
He checked everything and put all that needed to be arranged in order before he carried his briefcase and grabbed his car keys and found his way out.
He can't wait to be home, kiss his wife, carry his kids and be the man he loves to be, the big daddy and perfect husband outside work, that's the best man for him.
He smiled at the thought as he locked his office and whistled downstairs. His hand was on the knob when a bullet hit the door right beside his hand. He ducked back upstairs in surprise.
How did someone invade his office without the security guards knowledge? After this, he will sack him for sure! Maybe the danger alarm has malfunctioned.
He listened as footsteps came towards him, he hid in a darker place and waited for the intruder.
He saw the shadow of a hand gripping a pistol, maybe the idiot thought he has already run back into his office.
He quietly placed his briefcase on the floor, removed his jacket and waited for him to fall into his hands, he can't risk goin to get him, there might be another person hiding somewhere ready to shoot him if he tries to fight the other guy.
The person came out fully, he is short, he guessed that the face behind the mask is round and rumpled.
When the guy came upstairs and went towards his office, he obviously didn't see him in the dark behind him, he jumped at him and blindfolded him with the jacket.
He twisted the gun off his hand and kicked him down, he was about to remove his mask when another gunshot came closer to him, he dodged the bullet and it hit his office door.
The guy he managed to bring down stood up immediately and charged towards him, his guess was right, he shot at them but they are already gone.
He sat down and panted as if he just run a marathon. Of course he did, he was close to being shot and that is the worst sport in the whole world.
Knowing they are gone for good, he grabbed his briefcase and ran downstairs to see the three security guards tied to the gate.
"I thought as much," he muttered. He untied them immediately, got into his car and drove away before they even had the chance to say thank you.
He got home immediately, his heart was racing, his wife and kids�� many what ifs ran through his mind as he climbed up the stairs and heard no noise.
"Honey?!" He called. "Babe, where are you?!" He kept calling when silent greeted him.
"Hey, sweetie! I didn't hear you drive in" his wife's voice broke in from downstairs.
He released a deep breath and rushed down to hug her, she was surprised at how hard his heart pounded.
"Are you okay?" She asked worriedly.
"Where are the kids?" He grasped looking past her.
"They are with our nextdoor neighbors, he brought his children home, so I took them there to welcome them," Angelina explained curtly.
"You have to go bring them in now!"
"Honey, what is wrong with you? Look at you, you are sweating, what happened?" She wondered.
"Don't stand there and ask me questions, Angel, go bring them here" he hushed and went upstairs. He knew she has gotten her worried now, but he will explain later.
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"You guys are amazing!" Miss Lola praised these two as the best partners she has ever come across.
"Wow, I would love to go on another round again!" Pearl giggled.
"What? You had better start going home before Mr Smith looks for you. I don't ever want to see that man's face angry at me again!" Cynthia said.
"Yeah, I don't usually withstand his scary eyes, I wonder if anyone will ever want to live under the same roof with him as a wife or child" Miss Lola choked.
"His son was living with him before the accident, so I heard his mother took him from the hospital. I think he doesn't go hard on him like he does us, after all, he is his only son" Pearl drawled.
"Well, he might be someone soft inside," Cynthia said.
"Never! That man? He's not, I think he was only cool to his son because he wanted to impress his wife or so, and so that boy won't go away" Pearl blurted out.
"Well, you two can go outside and argue about that man, I just want to sleep right now and dream about my fantasies!" Miss Lola jumped in.
"Oh, I should start going" Pearl stood up from the bed and went to dress up. When she was done, she kissed Miss Lola goodbye and Cynthia saw her off.
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Sophia switched off the photocopying machine and was arranging the copies of the booklet in order when Justin came to her.
She looked up and saw him, she smiled ever sweetly and wished he wasn't so goddamn hot and she has already started nurturing undeniable feelings for him.
"Hi, how do you feel today?" She asked and stood up.
"Who exactly are you? You could have done well in the acting school, why did you come here?" He asked so seriously.
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