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kily for him, there weren't many people in the world that did. He could always do as Gabriel said, forget about the issue, but he wouldn't.

was very particular about how he looked, how he was perceived, and the impact he had on people. He had always had his way, instilling fear, commanding compe

lyn'

* * * *

sitation to her head. The possibility of losing her promotion or worse, her job still scared her. She had seen the boss as an egotistic

se, there was no way he would recognize her, it was indeed too dark. And, the chances of running into hi

l happen if he did recall her bugged her. But then again, he was a busy

sed four tires. She didn't stop until she was a hundred percent sure that it wasn't there. She caught a breather, she rested by the side of a car as s

ies to now feel poised, but she was not. She still felt that strange hook in

he end of her. She knew some of her many flaws were emotionally investing herself in anything or

l Maya got to be with him. Nevertheless, she had considered Gabriel a friend. All these relationships felt like an extension of who she was, she s

riel who seemed to be on the phone with someone. Her heart was thumping fast, and her s

t her view, this was her moment to evade him. She would tiptoe past her location and into the

er peep to make sure he was out of her sight. But there

her insides froze as she stood

* *

Evel

Hi Gabriel. " He

re you d

sounding cold as usual. " Uh

ed to keep going. " Good morning!

ing. " Gabriel f

n opening to leap out from, but t

rying to hid

expressions, Gabriel was straight

He answe

Now came the hardest part, "

o come up with a

, it was time to call a spad

g to recall something. " Then I'll ma

gh of relief, " You

falling off his torso. " So,

over, " Yeah, we're having dinn

he told you about

hbacks, Gabriel's stare pierced coldl

urned to leave, " I hope we do

was a terrible idea, but Evelyn just

ovely day,

she getting comfortable all of a sudden? " Riel! Gabriel! "

* *

e. He had made sure the occasion to carry out his plan was perfect, to heighten his satisfaction. This was just the usuals, it was him getting rid of anyt

anny walke

use his words. an eye

ke's h

lfriend. Well, not really to him, but to the rest of the world, Brooke was. Being who he was, he had a lot of things at stake, he had

them all. Being in the center of it all was scary enough, and surviving the experience was traumatic

on't see eye to eye, they don't need to. He pays her well, and on time, that's all he needs

And when that failed, her next display was trying to cajole him to go on flimsy adven

keeps pushing her luck. He had created ways to deal with his dilemma, and they worked perfec

y, he doesn't want to imagine the stress of looking for a suitable replacement. But anyone can

* *

e her? " Danny asked as he could r

at easy. " Ca

ould I te

" Nothing, we'll handle

ded and h

* *

r, and with a fierce look o

w? " She asked as she positioned he

ever pick up

ave to talk

ou on time and you lea

ur girlf

d, " I pay you to be,

lease. " Her voice now sound

d somewhere

ou get back? we...

cuss with you, if it's more mo

not mon

rtant. " Cameron gla

* * *

s time to get her results, it could either go really good

screamed as she rolled her ch

ally

look prett

ed hard, " N

result, it's not pr

the boss? " Ev

bad is gonna ha

ve you

feet, " I'm off, see

elf a few hours from now, you're in a restroom at Gu, and Danny'

ond embarrasse

o the office to see Alexa sitting on the left-hand side of the room, there was no one else in it. Evelyn became at ease as s

* *

nice to meet

ncerned, but

o meet y

o meet y

used wit

at you both passed the exa

tely as her hands swung over to Alexa for a

m new name tags, " From tomorrow you no longer w

ary! " Evely

en! " Alex

... " Evelyn wished she could

take this call. " Ingri

* *

hought. It was surprising that only the two of them passed out of everyone, she must have narrowly passe

arge crowd gathered at the cafeteria. The person at the center of the crowd almost made her wet herself, it was him. She got the shock of her li

ed, the crowd parted ways for them until they were in the middle. He was cl

* *

t of Alexa with a trenc

? " He as

xa Yu

ameron welcomed her wi

led over to where she stood, Evelyn, gulped

* *

arker. " H

" Evelyn stuttered not re

g to see you again afte

was tragic, he

ber? " Came

. I d

e covered the room, " Clea