Chapter 117: Grandfather Doesn't Like It Messy
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Sapphire thought about it for a while before shaking her head. She honestly had no idea what she should do, except the fact that she had to inform Luci about Oliver's trick, obviously.
'What do you think I should do?" She asked and he raised a brow at her in amusement, she rolled her eyes in return before hitting him on his arm.
'You should continue doing everything you are doing, you can't let him know that you already figured out his identity, he would try to find leverage over you that way," Alexander told her and she nodded, urging him to continue.
'Then you inform Luci about the kind of person he is and let her continue doing whatever she was doing there, pulling Luci out is a major alert to him, he would figure it out sooner or later.
I would tell Zayn to dig up some dirt on that idiot and tell him to find all about him in the underworld, people like him usually use another name, and find out if he has some sort of drug that he would like to expose to the public, that would make sense since he wants to use his ex-fiance as the face of advertisement, his only mistake is trying to include mine in his crazy Schemes," he told her and she nodded with a smile on her face.
It feels foreign to let another person decide for her after solely depending on herself and her instinct since all these years but with that foreign feeling comes a sort of satisfaction that is very welcomed.
'Does that mean we are still going on that trip?" Sapphire asked and a teasing smirk pulled up on her lips. 'What?" She asked when he said nothing.
'Tell me the truth, you are eager about this trip, you want it more than I do," he told her and she scoffed at him.
'What are you.."
'We solved a problem and the next thing you do is confirm if we are really going on that trip as planned, that is not suspicious at all."
'We are not going on that date anymore," she told him shortly and he stared at her in surprise.
'What? Why?"
'Because obviously, I am the only one eager about this trip anyway. It is of no use to drag you on a date you don't want to go,"
'What?" he asked in disbelief.
'It is not like I am the one crazy over you and I learned through looking at the mirror that I am not half as bad so I would easily find a person to take me wherever I want to attend, I only have to attend those rich galas and charities once or twice, by the third time I would have found a perfect person," she answered with a shrug.
'Wow.."
'Or maybe I should call Sean, in case you have forgotten, he is rich too. Not as rich as you but I didn't marry you for the money so I can manage, I would miss out on some things but it is what it is," she said using the phrase from their first date on him and he scoffed in irritation.
Sapphire smirked at him, it was obvious that the man didn't like Sean because he used to be close to her and she allowed a lot of physical contact from him to her.
'We are going on that date," he told her as a matter of fact but that only brought a smirk on her face.
'Oh really~" she asked. 'I don't feel like going anymore."
'Too bad the choice is not up to you anymore."
'There wasn't an option to begin with, Mr. Aldine."
'You are doing this on purpose right, you know that I hate it when you bring up other men, especially that ‘Sean'. I don't like that guy," Alexander said with a grimace and Sapphire chuckled in amusement.
'You know that he is a good man, you are only jealous. Now what kind of businessman lets his personal feelings cloud his head when it comes to business," Sapphire teased.
'You are not business to me, you never were and you would always be more than it, when it involves you and other men, I can't help being irrational. I don't want to lose you. No, I can't bear losing you," He told her and she raised a brow at him and he nodded.
'I think you haven't been showing it very much lately how much you are in love with me," She told him, her voice lowering bit, she had this daring but affectionate look in her eyes and a hum of approval was let out of her throat when he bent down to take her mouth in his.
It was going to be a long night and they both knew that, that thought was welcomed though.
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Oliver stared ahead and glanced at the bottle of whiskey that was on the table and reached over after much thought, he poured some into the glass and down it in a shot.
The door slammed open and he stared at his new partner through blurry eyes. He wasn't in the mood for one of her mood swings but he would tolerate it today.
He had to admit that Venita is the most favorable partner she had ever done business with, Heather at that time when they drew all that plan was meticulous but too smug, if he had realized it any sooner that she was like that he would never have chosen her.
Pride comes before fall, and a woman like her was bound to lose her smartness when she got what she wanted and she had done _ in a terrible way that made him want to execute her once and for all.
But she reminded him too much of himself, they were really like two peas in a pod at that time, he isn't so sure anymore. Plus he had Venita to worry about.
'Oliver, I think something is wrong, Grandma must have got some sort of lead on the fact that I had something with Heather sickness," Venita said, her mouth curling in distaste when she said the last word. She likes to refer to her condition as a sickness.
'You got out late at night even though there were some crazy ass reporters on the loose, that definitely is not suspicious at all." He stated simply but she only rolled her eyes at him before sitting on the stool beside him, she reached for the whiskey and poured some for herself. 'But you should be more worried about Melissa, she has some good guy on her hand and that man knows how to find his information,"
'You are saying this as if I would be the only one affected if things tip aside." Venita said in an even voice. 'We are both in this, it would be a mess if Alexander finds out what we have in plan for his wife, from what I know, Zayn is the devil himself and he is only loyal to that man," she said as she poured herself the third glass that night.
'Because you would be the only one. Grandfather absolutely hates it when there is a lot of mess, he gets agitated." He paused and raised her head to stare into the woman's eyes, her cheek was already red and puffy and her eyes were glazed over, it was a bit but anyone could see that she just drank.
'You see the way I dealt with Heather, you let others know too much through you and I would cut you off, never mind hypnosis, I would put you in a car and tip it over a cliff then let it burn to ashes," Oliver told her and she swallowed bitterly. 'I should at least tell you the truth since we are both from hell," he told her and turned back to his drink like he wasn't just threatening her.
He had to be clear with this one, he couldn't make the same mistake he made with Melissa, he had failed to establish what would have been a fine boundary and she had messed all around, trying to get him to answer to her.
'You are agitated about something, normally you are not this cruel, and the possibility of all this coming to light spook you too."
Venita stood up and started walking out of the place, her heels clicking and making a noise that gave Oliver a migraine. She was almost at the door when she stopped, the abrupt silence soothing to his cloudy head, he wished she would get the hell out.
'Nothing should happen to the goods, if it does I would have no choice than to get her involved, then you would have what would make you thank god for a mess," she said calmly and walked out, the loud slam was the only thing that indicated her anger.
'Did she just . . ." he trailed off before he started chuckling, then came the sarcastic laughter. 'I would have to just take care of her soon."
