CHAPTER 6
Did You Want To Live?
The girl gagged for her breath as Maurice's hands were still wrapped around her neck and she was gradually losing her breath and when Maurice saw this he released his grip on her.
The sound of a body hitting the floor rang through the office and the naked body of the girl sprawled on the floor as Maurice released her and she could not maintain her footing because she was too exhausted.
"Ahh…ahhh…ahhh," the girl moaned in pain as the pain set in after her body collided with the floor.
"Since you are now free, can you answer my question?" Maurice asked with a face full of disgust as he reached for a handkerchief on his table and he cleaned his hands with it.
He was so irritated that he just came in contact with dirt and at the same time he was full of disgust for the person in front of him.
"It's…someone you…know," the lady says, and Maurice smirked hearing her words. "I don't think you are in a position to play word games with me," Maurice says with a murderous smirk, and the lady cowered in fear seeing that.
"Did you know that I can push you off this building and I would rule it as suicide….and no one would ask me about it?" Maurice asked and the lady nodded her head profusely showing Maurice that she understood his point more than anyone.
"It's Sean! Sean Heather…your cousin!" The lady exclaimed and Maurice's expression was neutral hearing that and he was not annoyed to hear that someone just told him that his cousin just set him up.
"Looks like that rude brat is really acting up recently," Maurice says with a voice filled with distaste as he walks towards his seat.
The girl looked at him surprised wondering why he was not making a fuss as she expected him to at least be angry the perpetrator was his cousin after all.
"What are you going to do with me?" The lady asked and Maurice scoffed hearing her words. "I think your question supposed to be…am I going to live?" Maurice says and the lady gasps hearing that.
She was going to die? After telling the man all the details?
"Mr..Heather please, let me go," she pleaded and Maurice smiled hearing that.
"Did you want to live?" Maurice asked looking at the girl, who was gritting her teeth in fear as she tried her best to stay away from Maurice like he was a demon…
Maurice glares at the girl seeing she isn't answering his questions and the girl panics seeing his fierce gaze. "Did you want me repeating myself?" Maurice asked, spatting loudly and the lady cowered in fear shaking her head.
"No," she says. "Have you heard about double agents?" Maurice asked and the lady nodded her head. Of course, she knew it simply meant she was going to work for Sean and report to Maurice.
"Did you think you can survive?" Maurice asked, and the lady nodded her head and when she wanted to speak a knock on the door shut her up. "Come in," Maurice announced and the door creaked open.
Daniel, Maurice's assistant, enters the office only to see a rather disturbing scene and he is perplexed.
"What is a naked girl doing in the office of my boss who can't stand girls?" Daniel mumbled slowly as he walked towards his boss who looked like he was ready to kill anyone who was near him.
That was not Daniel's first time witnessing such a scene so he decided not to put much meaning to it. It was not something unusual for a family that was always on their back because of inheritance.
"You can go," Maurice commanded the lady and she jumped up in excitement picking up her overcoat.
"Take your souvenir along with you," Maurice says pointing towards the painting that was dimming with a low red light that you would not catch if you did not look well. It was almost invisible.
The lady gasped wondering how the man got to know but she walked towards it and retracted the small camera installed in it and she rushed out before the man found fault in her.
"You are letting her go, Boss?" Daniel asked, but his question was rather funny to Maurice. "Letting her go? Of course not, but getting killed by the person who sent her is the best option," Maurice says and Daniel nods his head.
Of course, his boss was not someone that merciful.
"Was she sent by Mr. Sean?" Daniel asked. "That jerk is really stupid to even think that he could use those riffraffs to pin me down," Maurice says and Daniel smiles.
"Has she settled in?" Maurice asked getting himself busy but the man's next word got his mind sour.
"She asked for some time," Daniel says, and he explained Alexa's plight and after Maurice listened to him he nodded his head in agreement.
"Make sure you attend to her well," Maurice says and he dismisses Daniel saying that he would be staying at the company for the night.
"Good night, Boss," Daniel bade his boss farewell and he stepped out leaving Maurice to his thoughts.
Maurice's eyes went to his locker and he opened it, taking out a file from it. Maurice's eyes lingered on the file that had an indication of a marriage certificate and his lips tugged with a gentle smile as he looked at the two signatures below the file.
"It's the most beautiful signature I have ever seen," Maurice says with eyes full of love but his expression changes immediately being replaced with a cold one which would make you think that his earlier expression was a hallucination.
"How dare that jerk think of playing that trick on me," Maurice says through gritted teeth and the aura in the room drops below average. He doesn't need to wipe the stupid man because he has the perfect wipe for him but he was not going to do it now but much…later.