" A hospital ? "
" I know , it would be a bit problematic but yes our next target is a hospital . " , Aaron replied .
" Okay , I get it . " , Ryan replied after a moment .
" Another information , the angels have increased the number of guards around the area where the hospital is located , so we have to be careful . "
They discussed the plan for some time before Aaron left to his room .
Ryan was about to leave too when Shawn spoke up , " You took so long to come back . Everything must be sorted out ? "
" About what ? " , Ryan asked .
" With that woman . "
Ryan frowned and said , " And who told you I was sorting out something with her ? "
" That's not hard to guess . That woman was waiting at such a dangerous place just to have a talk with you , you are not that cruel to leave her there alone . " , Shawn remarked .
" I see . Aren't you too interested in this matter ? " , Ryan asked .
" Not at all . I just felt pity for that woman , that's all . "
" Really ? By any chance , you weren't the one who gave her the idea of waiting there , were you ? "
" Of course not and your girlfriend is silly enough to come up with such idea herself . " , Ryan frowned but before he could say anything more , Shawn left .
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Pierce was staring at the ceiling . Riley's words were still ringing in his ears .
.... Flashback ....
Pierce saw Riley standing at the doorstep , as usual his face was devoid of any emotion .
Pierce was about to go past him when Riley remarked , " I hope , you finally realised that sometimes it's better not to bring the unhappy past in the present . "
Pierce looked at him with a frown and said , " What ? "
" Today , you behaved normally with her , keeping all the past memories aside . I'm talking about that . That's the most expected behaviour . "
Pierce looked at him and said , " What do you even know about our past ? "
" I know enough . "
" Really , She told you ? "
" I have my own ways . Anyway , whatever happened in the past , always sticking to it would only stop you from moving forward . "
" I've moved on , a long time ago . " , Pierce said with an unknown expression .
" Really ? It doesn't look like so . Anyway that's not my concern . What's important is that she is trying to move on , and I don't want you to be an obstacle in her way . "
" I didn't know that you can think about others . "
Riley didn't reply , Pierce said again , " Answer my one question . Did she choose you herself or it's just one of your tricks ? "
" Have you taken it for granted that she won't choose anyone other than you ? ....The answer is simple , you could never become the one she needed in her life . She found the one , she wanted , in me , so she chose me . " , he said in a straight voice .
Pierce looked away , Riley continued , " Just remember , you've lost your chance . So now try to truly move on . "
" Why do you mean ? "
" Simply speaking , even if you want her back now , I won't let her choose you again . " , with that Riley left .
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At present , RS Enterprise was the most successful and influential business empire in the entire country . It is really hard to believe but the company used to be a very small company .
The company has a long history . It is said that the original owner of the company passed away a long time ago . After that the business was put on a long hiatus , finally nine years ago a young man took over the business and started everything anew . From then on the empire never had to look back again . It went on flourishing until it became the number one business empire of the country . Almost everything about the company got changed in the last few years , but the name remained the same .
Currently in an elegant cabin of the main office of RS Enterprise which was situated at the southern part of the mysterious town , a handsome man was carefully studying a document . A sly smirk appeared on his face as he finished reading the document . He closed the file and elegantly hit the bell , placed on the table .
In a moment his assistant entered the room . She approached the table and said , " Sir , you called for me ? "
" Yes , reject this project . "
" Sir , is there any problem with it ? "
" Didn't you check the project before passing it to me ? It's just a waste of time . "
" Sir , actually I didn't check it . It was checked by your manager . "
" He checked it ? And he still passed it to me ? "
" Yes , sir . " , the assistant meekly said .
" Anyway , reject this . "
" But sir , today , you have a meeting with this company , about the project . " , the assistant said .
" Meeting ? "
" Sir , have you forgotten about it ? I informed you about it , this morning . "
" Whatever . Cancel the meeting too . "
" But sir , how can we cancel the meeting at this time ? They must be on their way by now . "
" I don't care . Did you take my permission before setting the meeting ? "
" But this meeting was also set by your manager . "
" He ....." , he said through greeted teeth , " Send him to my room , now ? "
" Sir , he didn't come today . " , she said in a low voice .
" Absolute ******* "
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In the conference room .
" Mr. Cedric , what do you think of our deal ? " , Ms. Tiessa , the CEO of TN group , spoke up as Mr. Cedric finished reading the document , provided by the TN group .
" I am not up for this deal . " , Mr. Cedric said in a straight voice .
Ms. Tiessa frowned , her assistant spoke up , " Mr. Cedric , is there any problem with the plan ? "
" I already made my decision when I saw your previously sent document . Your newly added terms are nothing special either . I don't see any prospect in it . So the deal is not possible . "
The assistant said again , " Sir , if you want to change some points , we can discuss about that . This project is really beneficial for the town people . Directly rejecting..... "
" I'm afraid , that's not possible . "
The assistant was going to say something more but Ms. Tiessa spoke up , " Mr. Cedric , are you intentionally playing hard to get , because you know very well that this project is really important for us ? "
" I . Am . Hard to get . Ms. Tiessa . " , Mr. Cedric straightforwardly said .
" But at least tell us your reason for rejecting this deal . If you are unsatisfied with some points , you can tell us about them . We can work on those problems . " , she said .
" I think , you know the problems of this project better than anyone else . Still , If you want reason , it's that I don't find any profitable factor in it , as I said before . "
" I know , it won't bring much profit . Actually the main purpose of this project is to help a certain community of the town . You see , we were working on a project for the Rainbow orphanage , but that project couldn't be executed because of the disaster . So , I want this project to be successful at any cost . "
Still Mr. Cedric didn't seem to be convinced , Ms. Tiessa looked at him and said , " Can we talk privately for some time ? "
" Only our assistants are here , I don't think we need more privacy ? " , he said coldly .
" Okay then , Mr. Cedric , this project is very important for me . So , in order to make it work if I have to take some extra effort , I'm ready for that . "
" And what extra effort , do you think , can change my decision ? "
Ms. Tiessa said , " I've heard that Mr. Cedric takes great interest in beautiful women ? "
Cedric raised his brows elegantly . His assistant's expression becomes uneasy . She didn't expect Ms. Tiessa to bring this topic .
Very few people were unaware of the fact that the most successful businessman of the country was an infamous playboy .
" You heard right , Ms. Tiessa . "
" I can present you the best beauties of the country , please just accept this project . "
" But , I can get them myself too . " , Mr. Cedric said nonchalantly .
Ms. Tiessa was getting irritated . Mr. Cedric said again with a smirk , " Anything else ? "
" Yes . I've some other things to say . " , Ms. Tiessa said in a straight voice and continued .
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A small cafe .
Enilese was silently looking out of the window .
" Anything wrong ? You're looking stressed . " , Shawn said looking at Enilese.
Enilese turned to him and said , " I'm not well ... I am really tensed . "
" Why ? "
" The town is becoming more and more dangerous . There's a new kind of creatures , they are attacking people in the broad daylight and the attacks are very serious . "
Shawn remained silent , she continued , " The dark souls ...." , Shawn raised his brows , " Can't they stop now ? Haven't they caused enough harm already that they had to bring a more problematic type of creatures ? "
A moment of silence .
Shawn said , " Why do you think , it's their doing ? "
Enilese said , " Shawn , in all these years they've destructed several public properties , caused so many problems , taken countless lives . You're still asking why it's them ? "
" I see . "
" You know , yesterday , a kid got severely attacked by one of the creatures . We took him to hospital .... I'm not sure , if he'd survive or not .... I can't take this anymore ....." , she said weakly . After a moment , she spoke up , " I really hate those dark souls . "
Shawn's eyes turned cold .
Enilese continued , " Can't they understand , what they're doing is wrong . They really should stop now . "
Shawn still didn't say anything . She said , " Won't you say anything ? "
He looked at her and said in a straight voice , " I always believe that people have their own reasons for their actions . And we shouldn't judge someone's action if we don't know the reasons behind it . "
She said , " Well , I know their reasons .....They want to take down the angels . " , Shawn looked at her without much expression . She continued , " I've heard that the leader of the dark souls used to be an angel but his actions were extremely cruel . One day , he murdered someone from his own group , so the angels drove him out of the group . He wants to take revenge for that . That's why he created the Dark Souls .... he wants to spoil every mission of the angels ..... and in that way he'd fulfil his revenge . This is their reason . "
" Where have you heard all these ? " , Shawn asked .
" Why ? "
" Just asking . "
" From the people who know about these things . "
" So you heard these from some random person and you believed it all ? "
" It's not just one person , I've asked many people and all of them said the same thing . "
" And that's enough ? "
" Sorry ? "
" I said , just because a few people told you the same thing , you took it as the absolute truth ? "
" Shawn ...."
He continued , " Absolute truth does not exist , Enilese . People look at an incident with their own perspectives . When you hear about the incident from them , you just come to know their version of the incident . There can be many points which had been unseen , unknown and unrealised in their parts . "
" Are you trying to say that all the town people who believe that the dark souls are doing wrong , all of them had failed to see the truth ? Are their opinions not enough to know whether something is right or wrong ? "
" All the town people ? Enilese , even the entire universe is not enough to say what's right and what's wrong . "
Enilese frowned and said , " Shawn , I don't understand why you are trying so hard to defend the dark souls . "
" You are mistaking . I'm not defending anyone . I just stated certain facts . "
" I'm sorry but I cannot accept their actions just because of some facts . Whatever reason , there might be , doing harm to innocent people is always wrong . "
( Pause )
" You have an amazing sense of right and wrong , I see . So what's the right thing , according to you ? " , Shawn said .
She remained silent for a moment and then said , " The dark souls should forget about the past and stop their destruction game . One can't achieve anything by harming innocent people . "
" I see . Enilese , have you ever taken any wrong decision ? "
" Wrong decision ? "
" Like , a decision which is against your ideals . "
" Never . "
" Are you sure ? "
" Yes . But why are you asking ? "
" You did make a wrong decision , Enilese . "
She frowned and said , " What wrong decision are you talking about ? "
" You are dating a gangster , Enilese . " , she looked at him .
He stopped for a moment and then continued , " Gangsters are one of the worst enemies of the society . Their actions can never be considered as just . Don't you think , accepting a gangster is also doing wrong to the society ? "
" But....."
" Enilese , I've killed a lot of people and most of them were innocent . And I told you about these at the very beginning . Shouldn't you , as a responsible citizen of the town , have reported me to the police ? "
She frowned .
" But instead of doing that you are dating me . Isn't that wrong too ? "
After a moment she started , " Shawn , I wasn't saying anything about you . I was talking about those dark souls . Don't compare yourself with them . They ...."
" We . Are . No . Different . "
( Silence )
Enilese started , " Please try to understand ..... "
" I understand everything and I really didn't mind your words ... I respect individual ideals . You are always free to do what you feel right . If you ever feel that dating me is wrong , you can report me to the police anytime ."
" You are just angry ....."
" I'm not . "
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" I hope , you'd consider everything that I said , Mr. Cedric . " , Ms. Tiessa said .
" Of course . " , he said .
As Ms Tiessa and her assistant leave , Mr. Cedric's assistant asked , " Sir , whatever she said ....." , a knock on the door interrupted her words .
" Is very interesting " , Cedric said , " Come in . "
The next moment a young man entered with an irritating smile . Seeing him , the assistant looked at Mr. Cedric nervously .
The young man said maintaining the smile , " How was the meeting ? "
" Um , sir , I'd be leaving now . " , Cedric nodded , she left .
" I hope , you've enjoyed the meeting . " , the man said again .
" If I didn't , that irritating smile of yours would've stopped by now . "
" Hehehe , I know that the project has no potential but don't you think , she has a lot to offer ? "
" Yes she does . "
" That's why I didn't reject the project right away . Now that you've got all the details ..... see if you want to play with her ."
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Enilese and Shawn were walking in silence . She looked at him , his face was emotionless as always . Though Shawn assured her that he didn't mind her words , Enilese could feel that he was not in a good mood . She was feeling bad but she chose to remain silent for the time being .
After a while , Enilese stopped walking as her eyes caught a familiar figure a bit far from them . Shawn also stopped beside her . Before he could ask her anything , she hurriedly started walking towards the figure , standing at the side of the street . Shawn also followed behind without saying anything . Enilese stopped in front of the little figure . The little figure noticed Enilese and instantly a layer of terror spread over her face .
It was the little girl , Enilese had taken to her base . She was really surprised to see the girl here because just a few days ago she was transferred to another base where other people like her were being treated .
Enilese squatted down before her and gently held her hand , then she asked , " Why are you here ? We sent you to a good place , did you run away from there ? "
The girl didn't reply but she pulled her hand from Enilese .
Enilese frowned a little as the girl took a few steps back from her . There were so many questions in her mind like why the girl was behaving that way , why she was there in the first place , did she escape from the base ? Even if she did , why nobody had informed them about that ? The girl was looking more hazardous than before .
Enilese touched her face and said again , " Don't you remember me ? I took you with me last time . Why did you run away ? Look , how weak you are looking ! Come with me , I will give you food ...."
The girl pushed her hand and spoke up , " Y...you are b...bad .....I don't b...believe you . I don't w...want food ....I won't g...go with y...you . "
" What are you saying ? Last time you went there with me , don't you remember ? There are other good people ? They would treat you well . " , but the girl didn't seem to believe her words .
Enilese looked at Shawn , who had been standing there silently , his face was devoid of any emotion .
" Look , it's not safe for you to stay out like this . Okay , I won't send you anywhere again . You will stay with me all right ? Will you come with me , now ? " , Enilese said again , approaching the girl . But the girl moved towards Shawn and grabbed his hand , tightly . Enilese frowned . Shawn looked at the girl without much emotion .
The girl said , " I won't go w....with you . You a...are s...scary . "