A luxurious car stopped in front of a lavishing restaurant and a lady in black stepped out with grace. Removing her sunglasses, the lady stepped inside the restaurant heading toward the designated table, where her friend was already waiting for her.
Racheal who was bust scrolling down some message on the phone raised her eyes and saw Cassandra approaching her.
"I thought you were going to make me wait," Racheal said with a grim expression.
Cassandra ignored her remark and took a seat before she fully turned her attention to the lady, who asked her to meet urgently.
"You think, I that indecent to make anybody wait for me," Cassandra said with a plain tone making Rachel twitch her lips in annoyance.
"Now come on, don't give that look and come straight to the point. Why did you ask me to come? Did your daughter again fail to woo my nephew" Cassandra spoke nonchalantly, putting salt on Racheal's wound.
Racheal knew she was purposely bringing up that topic, informing her about how useless her daughter is, that she could even allure Adrian.
"Anyways, tell me what you want to talk about. I don't have enough time to waste on you" Cassandra smirked watching Racheal face turn ugly. If she wasn't in debt to this woman, she wouldn't have batted an eye at her.
Racheal wanted to strike back giving a fit reply to this rude lady but gulped down her anger because it wasn't the right time to waste arguing with her.
Taking a deep breath, Racheal closed her and said," Clara is back and is currently working as Adrian's assistant". Before coming here she had asked one of her informers to get Clara's detail and guess what the girl was back and not only that she even managed to get Adrian's assistant job.
She cursed herself for being ignorant about her stepdaughter returning to her hometown. After all the humiliation she went through, Racheal never thought, Clara would even have the courage to show her face.
But now with her return, the threat around them once again began to surface and they had to take care of it before its too late.
Cassandra's body stiffened the second Racheal mentioned Clara's name and not only that, she was even working at Skylar that too as Adrian's assistant.
When did all this happen and why isn't she aware of it?
Cassandra was at a loss for words as her mind tried to grasp the piece of news she just received from Racheal.
"We need to do something, Cassandra. You promised to get Regina married to Adrian in return for our help. Now you have to keep your promise" Racheal reminded me about the deal they made back then and now it's time for her to fulfill it.
"I know... I know. Don't keep reminding me about it. If I wasn't bound by my words given to you I wouldn't have introduced your daughter to my family" Cassandra creased her brows in fury. She wasn't someone who back down on her words because she knew if she did this stupid woman would end up disclosing her every crime.
Composing her running thoughts Cassandra heaved out a sigh and calmly stated," First let us find the reason behind her sudden visit. I am sure the girl is back with some motive. If we managed to find it, it would be easy to build out a plan"
Cassandra stated and Racheal bobbed in agreement. " I will ask my informer to keep an eye on her" Racheal mentioned and they ended the meeting parting their ways.
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[Adrian's cabin]
After having lunch, Adrian and Clara indulged their attention in their respective work.
Clara was feeling a lot more enthusiastic as she was given the work, she had mastered in, finance. Doing something valuable, Clara couldn't stop herself from feeling happy as she enjoyed her remaining day of work.
Soon office hours came to an end with Adrian informing her about their departure. Amused with his instructions, Clara quickly arranged the files on the table neatly and picked up her handbag before following Adrian out of the cabin.
On their way out of the corridor, they saw Austin approaching them as the three of them stepped into the private elevator.
"Boss, we found the culprit Austin voiced, as soon as the elevator door slid close.
Opening something inside his phone, he showed it to Adrian." It's her, the team leader. She was seen meeting our competitors a day before we submitted our designs to Mr. Quin"
Adrian's eyes turned darker watching the video where he could clearly see Agatha Wards, the leader of the designing team meeting his rival Augustine Bardot.
No doubt the lady looked scared when he leaked the news that they were trying to find the culprit who was behind the exchange of their designs.
Clara peeked through his shoulder looking at the video and her eyes grew large watching the lady inside it. It didn't take her long to recognize her as she had already seen her in the meeting that took place the day before yesterday.
"And boss we also have the proof of Agatha receiving hand full of money in exchange for our designs from Augustine" he then went on to show the transaction details between two accounts that belong to them.
"Send all the proofs to Mr. Quin and let him be the one to decide and for Agatha, fire her and make sure the woman doesn't get recruited anywhere" Adrian informed keeping his words short and clear, and stepped out of the elevator once they reached the lobby.
Following his boss's order, Austin bid them bye before he walked out of the building making a call to Mr. Quin's assistant.
Clara was highly impressed with Austin's quick reflex. No doubt Adrian trusted him blindly.
Following Adrian outside the company, she saw Anthony and passed him a polite smile. He quickly opened the door for Adrian while she went to the other side and stepped into the car and soon they drove away.
Inside the silent car, Clara looked outside the window. Her thoughts drifted to the incident that happened in the morning. Feeling the heaviness inside her chest Clara slowly turned her head to see the man next to her.
'Should I tell him' she thought feeling torn all of sudden, but then she remembered his unfaithfulness and retreat from her thoughts.
'No, he doesn't need to know anything about us'
Clara held a big secret in her heart, something about her that no one knew except for Abby and she would not want him to ever learn about it because he didn't deserve to be known.
"Miss Clara is there something you want to say" Adrian's deep voice broke her trance and she realized that she had been staring at him for some time now.