The older man chuckled darkly and slowly sat back on the chair as a cold glint flashed through his eyes. He also knew how dangerous those boys had grown to become after many years that is why he had been acting so meticulously.
"Recruit more men, I don't care how you do it, and make sure they are well trained, we can't lower our guards."
"Yes, boss." The masked man replied while nodding rapidly as he wiped the sweats off his forehead. Then after some seconds said, "But Boss... I think they'll find this place soon, as that girl had gone back to that organization, she might leak out our secret."
"No, she can't." The older man chuckled darkly while slowly shaking his head. "After that chip is removed, there's only a slight chance that she would remember anything, which I doubt would happen, " he replied calmly and the masked man nodded in realization while sighing inside in relief.
So that was the reason why his boss had asked to plant that chip in the girl's head, knowing that she would eventually get caught. However, it was not a problem as they had already known their leader's weakness.
"That girl..." The older man mumbled lazily, now staring calmly through the window. "You just have to wait for the right time to strike." He continued and the masked man slowly nodded, knowing that if they finally have that girl in their grasp, then everything was going to be easy.
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__ The Next Day __
Clara sauntered toward the living room with a small smile on her lips. Her gaze landed on the guy who was busily drawing cartoons on her tablet and she chuckled softly.
"Big brother, this is not fair... How can you be my employer and also carrying out my works at the same time?" She slowly grabbed the tablet from him and her eyes widened at what he had drawn.
Another comic of her again!!!?. Clara glanced at the guy helplessly then turned back to the tablet and sighed exasperatedly. Too bad she couldn't sell it with the ones he had drawn of her babies as he had told her not to.
Glancing at her expression, Carl chuckled softly and took out his phone then dialed his assistant's number.
After giving instructions at the other end, he turned to the girl with a soft smile. "Clara, can you draw me?" He asked while looking down at the comic she had started drawing.
"Huh?" Clara stilled for some seconds and laughed softly. She glanced sideways at his expectant expression and chuckled, then started scrolling through the tablet and stopped at a portrait.
"See..." She showed him the screen and watched as his eyes widened slightly.
Carl slowly took the tablet from her hand and stared into the screen then beamed. "When did you draw it?"
"A few days ago," Clara replied while glancing down, remembering the day he had started guiding her on how to properly draw the comics. She had actually made his portrait after he left her apartment.
"Very good." Carl chuckled and nodded at the picture. Her skills are really meticulous. He patted her head and watched as a small blush appeared on her cheeks.
Clara bit her lips while trying to hide the blush on her face. She couldn't believe that she's actually falling for this guy and had thought that she can never forget the guy in her dream.
She continued drawing silently after taking the tablet from him while his gaze lingered on her face with a small smile.
Several minutes went by before the serene atmosphere inside the leaving room was suddenly disrupted by the constant ringing of the doorbell.
Clara snapped up from her work and rushed toward the door before Carl could react and he watched her back with a chuckle.
Reaching the door, she slowly opened it then her forehead suddenly settled in a small frown, as she watched the haggard-looking man standing in front of her, with a suitcase in hand.
"G... Good morning Ma'am__ I mean good afternoon," David muttered anxiously while glancing down at his wristwatch. He looked up at the girl who was still watching him with a small frown then sighed inside, wondering why his boss had not wanted to propose to her yet.
He cursed Zach inside, who had landed him into trouble then cringed at the punishment his boss had given him.
Clara watched the huge eye bags under the assistant's eyes, wondering if he was sick. and she slowly opened the door wide then he followed her inside.
When they entered the living room, David's gaze landed on his boss who was sitting down on the couch and staring down softly at the tablet in his hands.
His eyes widened tremendously, watching the small smile on his boss's face and he glanced at the girl who had already sat beside his boss. Seems like she's the only one that can tame this ice-cold CEO.
"David." Carl snapped the assistant out of his stupor and gave him a dark look, wondering why he was staring intently at his woman.
"S... Sir, good morn__ good afternoon," David greeted frantically while rushing toward his boss with the suitcase.
"Mm." Carl nodded, then took the suitcase from his hands before standing up and walking inside the bedroom. and the assistant's gaze followed his back as he had noticed a ghost of a smile that had appeared on his boss's face again, and he went into another whirlwind of shock.
All the while, Clara who was now sitting on the couch, kept staring at the assistant in confusion and still wondering if he was sick, judging from the guy's weird behavior.
She was still in her thoughts when the assistant suddenly rushed to her side and knelt on both knees which made her eyes widened with a gasp.
"Lady boss... I'm so sorry about the proposal thing, please forgive me," David pleaded frantically while glancing back now and then in the bedroom's direction.