"Okay, it's time for undercover spies to go into that party," Jace stood upright with his well ironed black suit and trousers to match.
"Jace we have been telling you for almost a billion times, WE ARE NOT SPIES!" Janice said dressing her hair, Mr Fred also agreed to what she was saying.
"says the people who weren't invited" he muttered the words
"what did you say?" Mr Fred asked with eyes wide opened
"nothing Sir," to run away from situations were Jace doing. "I was complimenting you all"
"guys I have a secret lover or admirer, he invited me to a party and this is the only chance to see who this is" Lydia told them with a serious face.
After dropping the moment, everyone was already prepared. Lydia wore a cocktail gown, Janice an a-symmetrical gown, while the males wore the formal style.
Moving in slow motion purposely, they walked towards the car. With a smile decorating their faces, they were looking fabulous. When all of a sudden, the thunder rumbled....
"Rain!!!"
Mr Fred quickly started the car and all sat down. Within minutes, the journey started.
The rain, was actually threatening and any moment from now it would be raining cats and dogs
"so, where is the venue?" Mr Fred asked driving to no specific direction.
"sir, I read it to you hours ago!" Lydia replied, "it says xxxxx estate"
"WHAT!" he immediately stopped the car, "that means there was no location!"
"give me the card" Janice took it from Lydia's bag. Looking at the card, the words were actually written boldly, Venue: xxxxx.
Lydia took the card from Janice, flipped it over and peeled off the paper which stuck to it.
"it says venue..." she couldn't say the rest words out of shock, everyone was already prepared to hear something, but there were no words.
"Lydia, what happened to your voice box, a frog got stuck inside?" Janice asked with a raised brow.
"I'm just confused why it's this particular venue, of course it was from the company..... But I never knew it was in the CEO Mansion!" Lydia said giving it to Mr Fred who wanted to crash into an unseen vehicle.
"Why did this person or should I say 'secret admirer' hide the address behind the invitation card?" Mr Fred had another confused thought killing his mind. And that was also a good question.... Why?.
"That means to say" Jace swallowed a lump of fear, "we are going to an invitation in Mr Ivan's mansion!"
A sudden cold chilling sensation ran down their spin, also the invisible sweat which poured from their skin was purely endless.
Mr Ivan aka the CEO!, was a hell of a man. Not only was he cold, feared, a slow poison, emotionless, but his rumoured past which was spread around like wide fire still installed fear in the heart of many.
Some say he was an assassin, while others say he was a top killer, but the main rumours which made it to the next level, was that of which he was said to be a Mafia boss.
The most terrible at a time, when he was said to ruthlessly killed without a string of consideration, smuggle illegal drugs, and lots more.
Of course, rumours must be rumours, there have to be something people come up with to bring top companies to it's knees. Even with that, his attitude seems to be towards those rumours. He was a feared CEO but also a filthy rich man, with his companies producing more than it spent in only minutes. His employees always seal shut their mouth and his PA, she was one of a kind who always secretly wish to have never taken that position.
"looks like it is that CEO, Mr Ivan's party" Mr Fred didn't hesitate to turn around and reverse back home.
"Sir!" Janice called making him grunt
"what now?"
"we can't just pretend to not see an invitation, this is from a high class man. Lydia's secret admirer is there and he invited her alongside, it's not a good idea to push this aside, I know it's in Mr Ivan's mansion but we should just spare a minute or two to check who this is, he might come from nowhere and introduce himself, talk to Lydia, blahblabla, then we will all get out before Mr Ivan notice we are low graded humans moving around his highly expensive mansion!" the speech Janice stated, changed Mr Fred's mind for the first time in history.
"looks like you are right, maybe!" Mr Fred said with a funny face waiting for her to explode in anger.
"Maybe! Maybe!! I'm maybe right or I'm right!!!, MR FRED!!!".
.....
Immediately, their car drove into the mansion, the rain started drizzling.
It was a mighty structure, with the cost of about a million. Everything outside was so expensive and beautiful, it sparkled with the night.
The butler opened the door just before they knocked or pushed the door bell....
"we....."
"Yes, do come in" the butler said before Lydia completed her words.
With a confused look at the butler, he smiled and told them it was about the invitation....
"I know you all are here for the invitation, no human in his or her right mind would come into this place without a solid reason!"
They all smiled nervously at the words. The butler however allowed them in.
Ever item, furniture, everything was priceless. Enough to build another mansion twenty times, over and over again.
"don't break anything!" Mr Fred instructed trying to mix with the crowd but his employees didn't want to leave his side. "scatter everyone!".
"But Sir,what should we do?" Jace asked looking around at the unfamiliar faces.
"one, don't act creepy. Two, don't talk without knowing the reason. Three, minimize your talking. Four, sit in a particular spot. Five, don't touch anything! and the last, when you see the CEO around, leave that place..... Now, Scatter!!!" Mr Fred had spoken his part and now it was time for them to play theirs.
Moving swiftly, they all mixed with the crowd.....
"Lydia!" Mr Fred called before she left
"Yes sir?"
"be careful, okay!"
"I'll be, thanks Sir" she skipped ironically into the ocean of pure strangers.
JACE PART....
"Okay, I'm alone here in this strange place. What should I do?" his eyes spotted the table filled with various delicacies and his mouth was watering.
Without a second thought, he took a fork which was layed elegantly on the table. And started tasting every bit of food...
"yum! this is sweet" he took another bite, "this is spicy and juicy," then another, "this is hot!"....
Jace was busy enjoying himself when his eyes again spotted another table filled with fruits, all kinds of fruits were there....
"Best day ever!".
JANICE PART....
"Boredom!" she screamed mentally. "what should I do?"
From afar, she saw a group of people chit chatting. But it looked like they were gossiping.
Eavesdropping, she heard almost everything that was said....
"Yikes, I hate to admit it but the CEO is the devil!" a woman in her late twenties said with angry eyes.
"You are right, he is so cold and emotionless.... That's why he hasn't married yet!" a man who was within their mist contributed
"what woman would agree for his proposal?, How will he propose to a lady without forcing her with threatening words?" yet, another woman said
With all Janice was hearing, she knew truly well the CEO was really hell.
MR FRED'S PART.....
"I just hope my adult children are doing good and not messing up, especially Jace," Mr Fred was actually the one who was heavily worried. Sitting down with a glass of red wine in his hand, he took little sips...
"Or maybe, they've broken something rare..... My bank account would be empty!" he cried inwardly but his face was totally fine....
But nervous.
LYDIA'S PART...
"I love this food!" she munched on every piece, making her mouth hug the tasty food.
After that, she drank the best flavoured water and also ate another delicious delicacy.
With a slightly filled stomach, she decided to explore the mansion.
"Whoa, where does this door leads to?" she opened it and saw a mighty bedroom, the king sized bed was so adorable she decided to jump on it.
It was quite bouncy and also soft.
"what am I doing?, jumping on someone's bed, have I gone insane?" getting down, she dressed the bed again, neat and tidy.
Leaving the room, she didn't notice the security camera.
The rain started falling heavily and the thunders were blasting without stop.
Doors after doors, she opened but was careful not to touch some which was looking official.
Then when she opened one door, regret overtook her when the the CEO also opened the door.....
"ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" she screamed but he casually dragged her into the room with a hand covering her mouth.
"why are you up here in my house, opening my room door?" his eyes were shooting anger and don't forget the icy tone, but she couldn't do anything but mutter a word under his hands. He removed his hands and what he heard her say was amusing....
"I'm so sorry, please don't kill me"
"why would I kill you when you've stolen my heart!" his thick cold voice echoed through the room even with the heavy rain.
"Hmmmm! What???"