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Vince's office
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After lunch, Vince returned back to work and read the reports that badly needed his attention. He needed to catch up as the work for him are piling up. Yve knew about this and didn't want to disturb Vince.
"Vince, I'll go out to walk around?"
Vince stopped typing and looked at her, "Where?"
"Just within the resort."
"But either of your bodyguards are here."
"It will be fine. Just within the premise."
"Okay. But come back before it gets dark. I'll be finished by then."
Yve sighed and approached Vince.
"You don't need to hurry things up. If you need to work more, do it. I can ask Sylvan to report to me at your private suite and we can sleep here tonight."
"...."
"I'm not compromising. I just felt like it would be better to stay here for the coming days. The house is too big for just the two of us."
Vince turned around to hug her and said, "Anything you say. Then I'll ask Jaleb to get some of our things from the house and bring it here."
"Hmm." Yve said before kissing Vince's temple. Before Vince can react, Yve ran as fast as she can outside.
'How cute!' Vince thought as he smiled for a second before continuing his work.
Using the key card given to her by Edward way back, Yve waited for the Executive elevator. She called the Smith family lawyer for a meeting. She wanted to know more about SkyMu's current situation. She doesn't want to inconvenience Vince as she knows it isn't easy to supervise a corporation such as Gray Group. With Maddie, fashion week is fast approaching and with alone her schedule must be packed.
"Hello, Uncle?"
"Ms. Yve?"
"Yes, it's me. Can we talk now?"
"Of course! It's been awhile."
"I'll be waiting at Cozy Bell."
"Sure. I'll be there in 20 minutes."
"Thanks, uncle. See you later then."
'20 minutes, ei. What should I do?' Yve thought when the elevator came. She went inside and pressed the floor below.
'Maybe I should conduct my own study.' Yve said to herself.
'Now, I've got to focus on getting Stones back.'
Yve walks back to Vince's presidential suite and called Jaleb.
"Ms. Yvory?"
"Where are you?"
"I'm on my way to your house to get some necessities that Mr. Gray requested."
"Okay, perhaps can I add something on that list?"
"Of course."
"Please bring my laptop as well as the books piled on my desk in the study room. I need them as soon as possible. Will that be fine?"
"Yes, Ms. But if you need it now, I think Mr. Gray has another laptop at his suite."
"Really?"
"Yes. He seldom uses it. You can ask Mr. Gray for it."
"Okay. Thanks, Jaleb. Take care."
"No problem, Ms."
Jaleb ended the phone call. He increased his speed towards the house while uttering to himself, 'I just hope you will not drown yourself in work like Primo and Secondo because of that unworthy Nyelle.'
As they have different things to do and nothing has been finalized, several things were kept secret. Edward and Slayne are still digging about Nyelle's past while investigating the location of her mother. Vince is focusing on his work as the CEO of Gray Group. Sylvan is fulfilling his tasks as Yve's secretary back at SkyMu. Eybelle and Chrysthe are on surveillance for Amira and Mr. Williams.
The past few days, during his off-shift as Yve's bodyguard, Chrysthe saw that Amira and Mr. Williams would often meet at a bar. It has VIP privileges which offer private rooms and because of this, Chrysthe had no other choice but to work at the said bar for further surveillance. Tonight was no difference. He noticed that these two would reserve the same room, so he planted a listening device inside. He will finally know what are these two plotting. It doesn't look like business because of the time and place for their meeting.
Eybelle, after being assigned to survey Nyelle, received a e-mail from Sylvan on her phone.
'Now that the mole is captured. Resume to your previous assignment and investisgate these things, tonight.'
Eybelle looked at the pictures attached. They look like precious items and based on how the angles, they must came from an auction.
'Tonight? These items are quite big. I need to infiltrate the place.'
'Contact Chrysthe for details.'
Eybelle did as instructed and Chrysthe discussed his discovery as well as what will happen tonight.
Back at the hotel, Yve texted Vince about the location of the laptop and was told it was inside the safe. Vince gave the password which happens to be her birthday. Yve smiled for that Vince's small gesture. The laptop was protected with the same password. As soon as the laptop's main wallpaper flashed on the screen, the laptop automatically connected to the hotel's administrative wireless internet connection.
"Not bad." Yve said as the speed of the internet was what she needed.
Yve called the front desk to inform her as soon as the lawyer arrived at the hotel. Once the call was over, she opened SkyMu's financial report once again and using some of Vince's office materials, she started to read.
"Time to review the terms I don't quite understand."