Jessica point of view.
“That’s what they do, most of these rich and wealthy people don’t see human lives as anything unless the person is in higher position than them”
“You are so right, continue investigating more, find out everyone and their secrets and send to me, make sure it’s the worst secrets they are trying to hide, be careful though okay ”
“Yes Mrs McCartney ”
We were still talking, I was so distracted I didn’t hear the footsteps behind me till someone touched me, I nearly fall down in fright, I looked at Xavier unbelievable facial expressions, he looked so shocked I knew why, (shit he heard my calls and everything I said ),
“What is he saying, Jessica?”
“Ah Xavier, you are back?”
“Yes, I am but this isn’t what I asked you ”
“Okay, fine, after the anonymous person told me about what you did, I started investigating who it was, I found out it Marcus, his underlings to be exact… ”
“Okay, go on”
“So when I heard your story about your suspicions about your parents death, I had a hacker and detective investigate for me and he found some disturbing things”
“Okay, tell me all without skipping any, I have found out some things for myself but it doesn’t hurt to hear from another source so tell me what you know please ”
“Your parents death was actually intentional, it… it was planned by your main board members 4 people but the other one exempted himself when he found out murder was involved but he didn’t warn your parents, he just excluded himself ”
“I didn’t know they were four, thank you ”
“Am not done, of course they can’t wake up one day and decide to murder your parents, they had an instigator and mastermind, its your rival company’s CEO”
“What? It doesn’t make sense, Marcus was my age then so it isn’t possible that he is the….. You…. you meant his father who was the CEO at that time”
I nodded and he held his hair and head in his head, he massaged his crown and looked at me again before continuing,
“This is more complicated than I thought, I thought it was just the board members, he wiped his traces quite well”
“Yes, if Blac wasn’t skilled he wouldn’t have found out about it ”
“Blac? Oh the hacker, yes you are right, Mike and I found out only about the board members being involved and being only three”
“Yes that’s possible, for you to find the fourth one, you would have followed Marcus’s father”
“What about the assassination attempts in me?”
“Well…. That was Marcus’s father too, he is the one behind it all, the board members watched from the sidelines ”
I watched him as he paced up and down the room, he was very distraught and restless, I understand, though the Metro and the Universe were rivals, the founders are quite friendly if not friends, it was only in business that they were enemies and they never did anything too severe to each other, just exploiting each others weaknesses but this is another height of rivalry, no wonder Marcus hated Xavier so much for rivalry.
“What are you going to do now Xavier?”
“I honestly don’t know, I need to have them arrested and sentenced”
“Calm down, we have all these information but you and I know that we can’t just do that now just like that because we are now facing someone of almost equal standard as us”
“You are right, I have already planned on what to do to the board members but this now is another factor to consider ”
“I suggest we gather evidence about the murder of your parents and other evidence of corruption against them and pile it up together in such a way they can’t avoid it”
“What do you suggest we do?”
“Let’s work together and unveil everything, Blac and your teams hacker should work together to get evidence of their crimes and we will also use the media to our advantage, we will expose them slowly in a small way till we get to the big part and pile everything together ”
“Okay, that sounds like a good plan, why are you helping me, I thought you are angry with me?”
“I am angry with you but I know how it feels like to lose one’s parents early and I don’t know how you are feeling now that you found out that they would have stayed with you longer if they hadn’t been murdered, so that’s why and also for grandpa”
“Thank you though it kinda sucks that you are not doing it because of me but I will take whatever am given”
“Better do because that will be the last time…. Just so you know, I haven’t forgiven you…. yet”
“Yet? Which means it’s negotiable?”
“I don’t know, you know”
“Jessica?”
“Yes Xavier ”
“…. Thank you ”
I smiled at him and went into the bathroom, my heart was beating rapidly, I felt so full and warm, I think I have already forgiven him (lucky bastard), I smiled at myself, finished my business and went to bed, he was removing his work cloths to get ready to bath, I blushed at his naked upper body but I still couldn’t tear my eyes away from his body, it was…. hot and a delight for the eyes.
Minus the carnal desire I have towards him, I know I have feelings for the fool but I wouldn’t tell him, he may not be feeling the same and I don’t want to bare my heart out only to have it broken like a paper.
“Like what you see”
I looked up at him blushing furiously that I was caught staring, his eyes has always been mesmerising but tonight under the light’s hue it draw me in, I can feel the familiar heat pooling at my below, I continue looking at him and he approaches me slowly making me wanna to close my legs together to feel some relief.
“You make me feel strange things when you look at me with those eyes “