Then Vince followed his Queen. His steady steps allowed him to catch up to Yve who's taking her time to ponder on what just happened. When she arrive outside Vince's office, she finds herself unable to open the door even if it isn't locked. Vince saw his Queen's pitiful state and instantly ran to open the door for her.
"I'm sorry." Yve said and went inside the room.
"Don't be." Vince said as he followed Yve inside his office.
Yve walked towards the couch and sat down and placed her her arm in front of her eyes covering the lights.
"Are you okay?"
"Physically yes. Don't worry much about me. Just do your work."
"Hmm...."
Vince went to his desk and looked at the pile of paper works he needed to do and glanced back to Yve. Seeing her bothered by the confrontation with Nyelle, he decided to play some piano instrumental songs to calm her down. Instantly, Yve looked at him and smiled at his kind gesture. With that smile, he began his work with the most urgent file which he failed to finish last night.
As the song calms Yve, she didn't realize that she was brought to dreamland. Vince noticed that Yve hasn't changed her position and was starting to worry about her so he decided to put his works into pause to look at her. What he saw made him smile. Yve fell asleep.
'As always, music can put you at ease.'
He carried Yve carefully like a princess and brought her to his private suit in the hotel. Since there were no people on the top floor with Edward gone, nobody saw this kind gesture. As soon as he placed Yve on the bed, her phone rang and instantly Vince answered it afraid that the noise will wake Yve up.
"Ms. Yvory, I'm sorry but I need you in the office."
"Sylvan, what's wrong?"
"Primo?"
"Hmm.. She's asleep. What happened?"
"I finished checking the finances of SkyMu under Young Miss' order...."
"And?"
"It's the worst!"
"What do you mean?"
"Everything indicated on their record books were manipulated. The only real records were the time Ms. Yvory took over the company."
"So what's the status?"
"It's nearing the bankruptcy."
"How that can be?! Sylvan bring all the documents here in the hotel. I will personally review it."
"Yes, boss!"
'How can this happen?' He thought as he looked at Yve's sleeping face. Without hesitation, he called Slayne.
"How is everything on your end?"
"Nyelle arrived successfully and is now waiting for the mastermind."
"Make sure to capture them. Send Eybelle to the Smith's Mansion. I want her to watch over Amira and Airis."
But to Vince's dismay, Slayne didn't answer him. So he began to worry.
"Slayne?"
"There's no need to have the surveillance on Airis, Primo."
"Why is that?"
"She is the mastermind." Slayne plainly answered.
In the coffee shop, Airis arrived wearing sunglasses. Eybelle is on the car they will use as a get away vehicle while Jaleb and Slayne are directly across them as customers under cover.
"So why do you want to see me? You're such a failure!" Airis said.
"I'm quitting."
"Oh, I see. Then there's no need to tell me. Just make sure I will never see your face again." Airis said.
"One more thing."
"What is it?"
"They have already discovered that I'm the mole. They even talked to me just before coming here." Nyelle said.
"WHAT?! Are you not followed?!" Airis raised her voice.
"Sad to say for the both of you, but we followed you as clear the daylight." It was Edward who stood in front of the two astonished women.
"EDWARD!" Both of them said.
"Now, please don't make a scene in here. I just want to ask questions. Care to go out for a talk?"
"Why don't we talk in here?" Airis asked cautiously. She can't help but feel scared hearing Edward's tone and seeing the look on his face.
"I believe the media will love a gossip about the famous Airis Smith, don't they?" Edward continued to trigger Airis' anger.
"What kind of gossip?" Airis asked but fear is now evident on her face.
"The reason why the board decided to replace you as the president of SkyMu... Like revealing who is the current president and her real identity." Edward said with a smirk on his causing a final push on Airis' bottom line.
Airis abruptly stood up and found herself being walked out by one of the gentlemen sitting across them. Seeing what happened with Airis and noticing how cold and scary Edward is, Nyelle also stood up and the other man followed her out.
'They followed me all the way here. This must be what the last chance Yve was telling me about. Am I suppose to offer Airis to them? Heh... I'm really stupid until the end.' Nyelle thought to herself as she saw the car where Airis was pushed to and will also be done to her in a short while.
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Author's additional note:
To all of my valued readers:
Sad to say we didn't reach the goal for the month of July as stated in one of the earlier notes I wrote as a chapter. But thank you so much for all of your undying support.
I also noticed that the number of readers are steadily increasing which motivates me in writing the upcoming chapters.
I'm sorry for worrying you because of the note I posted yesterday. Well, someone I know neglected me because of his infatuation and I got mad at him so once again I apologize for the short chapter yesterday.