Chapter 26
I waited for Keian to get out of the room since I knew he’s got something important to do.
He stared at me for a long time before suddenly carrying me in his arms bridal style.
“Hey! Where are you taking me?” I brought up. I immediately held on tight to his neck, fearing that I might fall. Am I not heavy?!
He quietly walks out of the room, still carrying me without answering my question.
“Hey!” He glared at me as I was struggling to get out of his grip.
“Stop moving or else…” I rolled my eyes.
“Or else what?” I bravely asked. He drew his mouth to my ear and whispered.
“Or else I’ll kiss you.” His words suddenly made me blush and kept quiet.
I also noticed it just now that everyone’s eyes were on us as we crossed the guards and men.
This suddenly made me blush even more, who knows what’s going on in their minds at the moment.
He went inside an elevator yet he still didn’t put me down.
I hit his chest lightly.
“Hey, put me down.” His eyes are just staring straight and didn’t do any movement.
“Keian,” I said in an irritated tone. He also gave me an irritated look.
“Baby, you’re still not supposed to be walking. You might get down and be dizzy later, your wounds aren’t that healed yet.” He said in a serious tone as if lecturing me that I should know that. I understood what he said but I just rolled my eyes at him.
I suddenly got dizzy so I placed my head on Kei’s shoulder. He glanced at me for a second. Maybe it’s because of the elevator.
I stayed leaning on him and once again, I got to smell his manly scent. So I relaxed myself in his arms. I’ll just let him if he ever finds me heavy.
*Ting* I saw that we arrived on the fifth floor as the door of the elevator opened up.
He casually walked out of the elevator.
I was stunned to realize there’s an office in this whole floor.
There are partitions in the whole floor and in the middle there were chairs around a large table. That must be the conference area.
There are also wide stalls and there, I saw all of Keian’s friends all looking towards our direction.
Every stall has a different design and different stuff in them.
It’s either knives, guns, bombs, nunchucks etc. I think whatever is in their stalls are their specialities.
My eyes widened, returning all of their stares.
Steven walked over to us, smirking.
“Boss, newly wedded?” He asked, laughing. Keian ignored him and walked towards the center of the floor.
“Sorry I had you distubed, Kei.” Zeke teased which made me shot him a glare. Keian still ignored him.
“Ohhhh. What did they do, Nic?” They both laughed.
Kei let me sat on a chair near the only swivel chair in the table.
“Ouch!”
“Ow!” The two cursed as Devon hit them on the heads and quietly went to our position. He sat on the third seat on the right, same line as me.
The others folllowed and went to their designated positions.
Erick walks in front of me and bows.
“Miss Nassandra,” he greets and since I was too shocked, I struggled to find words to reply.
He stood up properly and sat in front of Devon.
Following him was Dale who just smirked at my direction. He looked into my eyes and winked as he passed by me.
Another guy was also walking and I bet he’s the shortest of them all but still taller than I am. His eyes are fixated on his phone which never left his sight.
A woman rolled her eyes at my direction. What’s her name again?
It’s nine of us here and there’s an extra three empty chairs.
“Where’s Theo and Katie?” Dale asked. Keian replies blankly.
“They have business to do so they’ll be late.” Dale nodded. Keian turned to Zeke.
“Where’s your sister?” He asked. Zeke sighed.
“She have school, remember?” He grunted and sat back with his arms crossed.
“Start.” He commanded.
Huh? What are they gonna do?
Erick suddenly spoke which made all of us turn to him.
“I tried getting information from the bastard but he just kept his mouth shut. He’s won’t budge at everything I’ve done to him.” Kei furrowed his eyebrows.
“Make him rest for tomorrow.” Erick looked confused at what Keian said but still nodded.
“Maxence? Nic?” He gestured at the two who looked at each other in unison. Maxence dropped his phone and shifted his face into something serious.
“I’ve tracked every place that he’s been through.” He handed a folder and it seems to me those are the information he got about the guy. Kei opened it and checked it out.
“He’s been changing his name a lot and there’s a particular place that will lead to where he’s going through.” Maxence nodded at the folder while Keian lets out a sigh.
“I found out about his family.” It was Zeke’s turn to hand out his folder to which Kei also checked out.
“Good. Call them. You know what to do.” Zeke smirked at nodded at Keian’s command.
He turned to the woman then to Devon.
“Any intel?” Devon shook his head.
“Unable to. We can’t figure out for sure who he’s working for. We can’t find any records. He seems like an ordinary person.”
“Hmm. Any clues you’ve found?”
“Except for the places Maxence found, not yet.” The woman replied. What was her name again???
“How about our consistent enemies? Who can’t ever bring us down?” Steven punched in which made the woman glare at him.
“I had men watching ever one of our enemy, they who she fought is not with them.” She stated with emphasis as if she was scolding Steven for not knowing anything.
“Woah! Chill, Laiza.” Ahhh, her name is Laiza. They all dug their minds and think.
I stayed quiet, not bothering to intervene in their meeting. Everything just put me back to the events in that room.
That man, he almost strangled manang but I stopped him. His whip, it has a familiar structure and symbol… hold it! Symbol!
The symbol is familiar and I know exactly what mafia it is. But that’s impossible. Those jerks are dead a long time ago!
I observed all of their looks, thinking if I should tell them what I know.
Keian noticed me and raised a brow.
“What is it?” This made everyone’s eyes on me. I took a deep breath.
“There’s a symbol in his weapon.” I only said which made Kei look at Erick.
“Is this true?” Kei asked at the large man. Erick thought for a second till his eyes glimmered.
“There is indeed a symbol.” Then it got noisy as everyone muttered out their own possibilities on what they might find in that symbol.
“Quiet.” Everyone shuts up as they heard Keian’s cold voice. I noticed Dale’s eyes that screams suspicion.
“Do you know anything about this symbol, Nass?” Everyone in the room turned their eyes back at me upon Dale’s question.
I raised a brow. What’s his problem? I know about this symbol but I can’t just spill it to them directly. I can’t reveal my true identity.
If I tell them what I know, they might get suspicious of me. I will not risk something like that. Especially I have a few people close to me in here.
I gave Dale a cold expression.
“I saw it when I used his weapon to fight back to him.” I stated. But it seems like Dale was still trying to get through my defenses.
“Okay. Dale, know everything about that symbol.” Kei commanded to which Dale replied with a salute and a smirk on his face.
“Yes, boss.” Then he winks back to me. Is it possible that he’s somehow aware of my past?Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.
I ignored the thought as I felt the feeling of slumber.
They started talking about different topics regarding their mafia or even about the Marques Manufacturing.
I didn’t bother to listen anymore and closed my eyes. I felt Kei holding on to my hand to which I just let him. His hands are so soft.