"*Ugh* that annoying brother of mine" said Lulu in annoyance as she groaned, Dom was unfair, now she had to be the one to tell Grandfather the bad news, and it was not like she could ignore him and not tell Grandfather, because knowing Dom, she would end up being forced into a corner.
"I am so going to get you for this Dom" said Lulu in irritation as she scoffed and picked up her phone from her desk. Her brother was such a coward.
Lulu scoffed as she decided to stop thinking about it, she would totally get back at him soon she could, but for now, she still had a nice day off to enjoy, and enjoy it she would, she needed to get someone fun to go out with her, and she knew just who to call.
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"Benjamin could you remove my car from the garage and park it in the driveway? I am going out soon" said Natasha as she looked at Benjamin.
"Sure no problem Natasha" said Benjamin with a smile.
"Thank you" said Natasha as she smiled and threw Benjamin her keys as he caught it and his phone suddenly rang and he removed it from his pocket.
Benjamin visibly frowned when he saw who was calling him… it was none other than the current bane of his existence Lulu.
Benjamin just stared blindly at his phone contemplating on what to do, he was in such a tempting situation right now.
On one hand he could easily avoid her call and switch off his phone, but on the other hand, he remembered the promise he made to her just yesterday that he would pick up all her calls no matter what and knowing Lulu if he didn't answer her call, as soon as she came back home, he would be dead.
"Are you going to answer that or?" asked Natasha as she had been watching Benjamin stare heavily at his ringing phone.
Benjamin looked at Natasha and sighed, hoping that he would not regret this, to which he knew he would.
Benjamin reluctantly answered the call and brought his phone to his ear as he took a deep breath and spoke.
"Hello" said Benjamin in the most nonchalant voice ever.
"Hiiii Benji, what a nice friend you are, I thought you were not going to answer my call, that would make you a promise breaker which I know that you are not" said Lulu as she laughed and Benjamin shook his head, she was crazy.
"What can I do for you Miss White?" asked Benjamin as he wanted her to leave him alone already, but little did he know that Lulu had no intention of doing that.
"What are you doing right now? Are you busy?" asked Lulu as she searched through her black handbag.
"I am very busy yes" said Benjamin as he gave it no thought at all.
"Doing what?" asked Lulu as she raised an eyebrow.
"A lot, I have many duties to carry out, I am not just being paid to sit around and do nothing" replied Benjamin.
"Ahh I see, so you are currently busy right now?" asked Lulu.
"Yes I am" replied Benjamin.
"Oh how unfortunate, I need your help with something, let me just call Natasha and ask her to let you off only for today" said Lulu and as soon as she said that Benjamin's eyes twitched as he looked at Natasha who shook her head, she obviously knew who he was talking to.
"I am not going to help you lie" said Natasha as she whispered and walked away, she was sure that Benjamin would be alright, Lulu wasn't that bad.
"I don't think you should disturb her" said Benjamin.
"Oh really now?" asked Lulu in amusement.
"Yes" said Benjamin.
"Then I don't think you are all that busy as you claim" said Lulu as Benjamin sighed.
"What do you want Miss White?" asked Benjamin as he was tired of this.
"I need your help with something, meet me at an address I will send to you, and don't stand me up, see you in twenty minutes bye!" said Lulu happily as she ended the call and Benjamin hated that he had picked up her call.
Benjamin groaned, he was sure that Lulu was out to make his life miserable, he was so tired, he didn't know who to report her to.
"Natasha can you please tell your sister in law that I can't go anywhere?" asked Benjamin as he caught up to Natasha who turned to look at him.
"Not a chance, tell her yourself, she is not that bad" said Natasha.
"She is annoying" said Benjamin as Natasha laughed.
"You will be fine, you have my permission to go out" said Natasha as she smiled and walked away as Benjamin groaned, no one was willing to help him, what sort of problem was this??
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"I brought lunch" said Michael with a smile as he entered into Dom's office with bags of takeout.
"*Ugh* Michael, you are lifesaver" said Charlie as he groaned and dropped all the files he was working with on Dom's desk and he threw his head back on the chair.
"And you are lazy" said Nine as he shook his head and looked at Charlie and Michael laughed.
"We all have so much work, but that doesn't mean we can't neglect that we need to eat right?" asked Michael with a smile.
"Well spoken Michael, well spoken" said Charlie.
"Right Dom?" asked Michael as he looked at Dom who was focused on his laptop screen.
"Right" replied Dom idly, he wasn't paying attention to them at all.
"Dom you need to take a break, let's eat" said Michael as Dom looked at him.
"I'm serious, have lunch with us first then we can all go back to work" said Michael.
"Alright" said Dom as he sighed and Michael smiled in relief.
"What did you get?" asked Charlie.
"Well fried rice among some other things" replied Michael as Charlie beamed in happiness.
"Dom there's something on your mind what is it?" asked Michael while they were all eating, it was clear to see that Dom's mind was elsewhere.
"True, what's wrong with you?" asked Charlie.
"Nothing" replied Dom as he looked at them.
"And yet you look like that" said Nine as Charlie agreed with him and Dom sighed.
"Is it Natasha?" asked Michael.
"Partially yes" replied Dom.
"When is it never Natasha?" asked Charlie as Nine and Michael shot him a nasty glare.
"I thought that things were calm between you two" said Nine.
"They were, but not anymore, not after what I said with my big mouth" said Dom.
"Ahh so that's it, Lulu told me about it, you really did mess up Mr I never broke anyone's heart" said Charlie as he laughed.
"That's cold Charlie" said Michael as he shook his head.
"But true *sigh*, I honestly wish that she had never fallen in love with me" said Dom with a smile.
"Don't you think that she wishes the same?" asked Nine as they all looked at him.
"I mean Nine is right, look at us, it's been years after the incident and we are still dealing with the aftershocks of everything" said Michael.
"I hate to admit it, but if there is anyone that was at the worst receiving end of everything, that would be Natasha, I honestly don't know how she can still look at you, or even be in the same room as you, you were really a jerk" said Charlie.
"You're one to talk, who was the one that said if any woman did what she did to you, you would be brutal" said Nine.
"Hey I only gave my opinion, Dom could have easily took it or left it" replied Charlie as he spoke with his mouth full.
"I know I'm a jerk, thanks Charlie" said Dom.
"Anyway, I think you should focus on fixing things now and not from the past" said Michael.
"I agree with you, the only question I have is how" said Dom as there was silence.
"So how is the whole illegal firearms issue?" asked Nine as he broke the silence and changed the topic to something less depressing.
"Ahh well that, Natasha handled it" replied Dom.
"How?" asked Michael in curiosity.
"I don't know how she did it, but she involved the FBI somehow, and an investigation is underway, they are going to intercept the cargo before we even have a chance to" said Dom.
"That's good, and what about publicity? Because this is going to be some bad news" said Charlie.
"It's a private investigation and Natasha somehow got them to believe that the company had nothing to do with it, which we don't" said Dom.
"Natasha really handled everything" said Nine.
"That she did… and I really thank her for that" said Dom.
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Benjamin sighed as he looked at his phone and then at the address that he had just stopped at, there was no way he would take out one of the cars for something that was not part of his official duty, so he had just taken a taxi over here.
And baffled he was when he realized that he was dropped off right in front of a bowling rink, which made no sense to him at all.
He wondered if he had the right address or if Lulu sent him the right address, but he soon received an answer to his question when he heard Lulu call his name.
"Hiii Benji!!" called Lulu happily as Benjamin looked around to see her waving to him from her car parked in the parking lot as she called for him to come and meet her, as he reluctantly did so.
"Oooh you are still in your uniform" said Lulu as he stopped in front of Lulu.
"Miss White, what exactly do you need my help with?" asked Benjamin as he wanted to get this over and done with, but little did he knew that Lulu had no intention of making this a quick incident at all.
"You should have changed into something more casual" said Lulu as she ignored his question, it would be rather ominous for a tall serious man dressed in all black to be following her around.
"I'm not on my day off Miss White" replied Benjamin as he was trying his best to remain calm, just what was this all about?
"Well you are now" said Lulu as she paid no attention to the confused look on his face and she literally held his arm and dragged him to enter the building with her.
"What are we doing here? What am I doing here?" asked Benjamin as he rephrased his question when he entered into the bright bowling rink.
"Isn't it obvious?? We are here to have fun" said Lulu as she turned to look at him and she smiled.
Benjamin looked at her, and then at their surroundings and then at her once again as he pulled his arm out of her grip.
"You cannot be serious" he said in a visibly irritated tone as he looked at her in disbelief.
"I am very serious, come on let's go have fun" said Lulu with a smile.
"You literally called me, and told me to meet you here for this??" asked Benjamin in disbelief, he did not know whether to be angry at her, or himself for even coming here in the first place.
"Yes I did, I don't see anything wrong here" said Lulu.
"This is absurd, I am not doing this, I am out of here, I have better things to do" said Benjamin as he turned around to walk away when he heard Lulu's voice call out to him.
"Oh well you can go, what a bummer, I wonder what my dear brother will say when I call him and tell him that one of his employees is disrespecting me" said Lulu as Benjamin turned to look at her in utter confusion as she just smiled innocently.