❣️LOVE IN THE ELITES’ WORLD❣️
🌏🌏Her new world 🌎 🌏
📖📖CHAPTER FIFTY NINE. 5️⃣9️⃣
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❣️❣️Meeting the anonymous mafia❣️❣️
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CHAIRMAN HEFLET’S MANSION^^^
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Stanley was engrossed in his thoughts in his room when his mother tapped him.
“Mum, when did come in?”
“A while ago, I knocked, I even called you but you seem engrossed in your thoughts. Do you mind to share?”
“Mum, it’s nothing really,”
“Is it about a girl?”
“And that too,”
“So you have a lot of things bothering you,”
“Mum, I don’t want to bother you with my silly problems,”
“Is it the girl you told me about?”
“Yeah, Jessica,”
“Jessica Lockwood?”
“Yeah, it’s her,”
“Wow. You sure have good taste in women,”
“I’m even confused about the whole thing,” he muttered, and he remembered what happened earlier.
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FLASHBACK***
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Stanley explained the mathematics problem to Jessica, which she obviously understood. He chuckled at the thoughts that she only used that as an excuse to see him.
“Thanks a lot for this. Even if you aren’t in the math club, I can still use your help. I’m thrilled,”
“Jess, is this a green light?”
“I don’t follow,”
“You never asked for my help with any math problems, so I was just wondering if there are other reasons,”
“Reasons, like…”
“Like this?” He muttered, and pecked her cheek.
“Do you think I’m giving you a green light?”
“If it’s not, then what should I call this? You obviously understood the equation, you could ask help from your private tutors if you don’t understand. Everyone at school knows that your current private tutor was a professor from Harvard, your father paid a fortune to hire him, you have many other capable tutors, you could use their help, so why me?”
“If you think that means I’m giving you a green light, then you aren’t the genius they call you. Thanks anyway!” With that, she left.
“What’s that about? Did I made a mistake?” He grumbled, staring at her retreating back.
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FLASHBACK ENDS***
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He concluded, and his mother chuckled.
“You are indeed slow!” His mother blurted.
“What? Are you taking her side? She has been confusing me with green lights, and she suddenly calls me slow!”
“Those aren’t green lights,”
“Then what is it? What? What?!” He yelled.
“How did you manage to have girlfriends? Is this how confused you were when you ask them out?”
“I don’t usually ask them out,”
“Then how…”
“They always make the first advance, and I follow thier move. That’s just it. Mum, don’t twist this around, Jessica will be the first, and I don’t want to get rejected. She has rejected so many people, and I don’t want to be added to her list. If it’s not a green light, then what is it?”
“She just made an advance, is that’s what you call it,”
“What? You mean, she likes me too and… mum, that’s the green light!” He shouted.
“So, what’s next?”
“I’m going to find a perfect time to ask her out,”
“Not that,”
“Then what?”
“She said that’s also a problem, Jessica isn’t the main cause of your problems,”
“Oh, that…”
“Did you pry on someone again? Your friend, perhaps,”
“Mum… my friends always call me a genius, but you’re the real genius here,”
“I know you did, that could only be the cause of your worries. Which of your friend this time?”
“It’s Steven,”
“What did you find?”
“He lied to us about going to his relatives, I have been having doubts ever since, and when I tracked his phone location, he was somewhere nearby, o traced the location yesterday, and I found out that he was at a hotel. A lot of things have been going on in his life lately, and we want to help him together as friends, but he kept running away. What do I do? I can’t tell my friends how I figured it out, and it kept bothering me. I don’t want them to get mad at me, and I also want us to help Steven together as friends. What do I do, mum?”
She exhaled heavily, and patted his back. “Do shah you think is right. You are a genius, son. You’ve been a genius since i was pregnant with you. You knew the right time to kick to comfort me, and also what to crave for at the moment. You never gave me a hard time when you were born; you leaned to do things faster than other kids… you’ve always been a genius son. I’m so proud of myself for being your mother,” she said, and he chuckled.
“That flattered me,”
“It’s all the truth. So what do you decide?”
“I’ll bring it up, but I won’t tell them I already find out. I’ll push them, to see their reaction,”
“Here we go again, my genius,” she said, and he smiled.
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AUSTIN’S SUITE^^^
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Austin curdled Rae’s head on his chest as they lay in bed together, having random conversations.
“So, what are you we now?” Austin asked, changing the topic, and she instantly sat up to look at him.
“What do you mean?”
“This is the second time. We can blame the first on the alcohol, but this can’t be called a mistake,”
“So what? Does this mean we are a thing? Get a life, Austin. We were both caught in the mood, and we merely had fun. We won’t be seeing each other after today anyways, expect from afar,”
“What does that mean?”
“We won’t be studying anymore. You don’t need to improve your grades, your competition is secured. If you have so much time, worry about your competition instead,”
“But that doesn’t mean we shouod stop seeing each other,”
“What’s there to meet up for?”
“I thought we both had fun,”
“And that’s it!”
“We can meet to have fun,” he whispered in her ears, when a message beeped into his phone. “What do they want?” He grumbled when he saw it was from a private group chat that Stanley created with just him, and Micheal.
“You should respond to your message, I’ll go freshen up,” with that, she went to the bathroom.
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Austin clicked on the chat, wondering what he wanted to discuss without Steven.
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💬Stanley:*Guys, I really think skengbubg is off with Steve*
💬Micheal: *what did you find?*
💬Stanley:*what do you mean by that? I just find the whole relative story suspicious *
💬Micheal/ *where is Austin? Call him, and discuss this wigi him*
💬Stanley: *coke on, man. Are you still whining over Lina?*
💬Micheal:*nope! I’m chatting with her right now, and you are distracting me 😖
💬Stanley: *mike! Steve is at a hotel I tracked his phone, and it lead me to a hotel nearby. That dude lied to us again, I apologize for prying without informing you*
💬Micheal:*I knew it *
💬Stanley: *you also suspected it?”
💬Micheal: *I knew that you already know where he was. What can we hide from you? Nothing.
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Austin gasped after reading the message, and he instantly replied.
💬Austin:*what do we do about Steven? He lied to us about being with his relatives, and now this?*
💬Micheal:*where have you been? Are you with your new girl?*
💬Austin: *that’s not important right now. Why do you think Steven is doing this again? What if he tries to commit suicide again?*
💬Stanley:*We have to step in, and stop him like last time.
💬Austin:*that dude is something else. He replies to our messages like everything was fine*
💬Stanley:*he is avoiding us on purpose, because Lina got hurt because of him, he is trying to protect us from himself*
💬Micheal:*Stan, since you already know where he is. Drop the address, and let’s meet up to go together*
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Stanley sent the address, and they agreed on a place to meet up.
Austin wore his clothes immediately, and Rae came out of the bathroom fully dressed.
“Aren’t you gonna shower?”
“There is an emergency,”
“What emergency?”
“Steven might be in danger, so I’m going to him,”
“You are going to meet a friend who is in danger?”
“I don’t have time. Have you called your driver?”
“Yes. He will be here shortly,”
“Alright, see you,”with those parting words, he exited the room.
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They all met up, and Stanley drove them to where Steven was. They got to the receptionist, and it took them a lot of persuasion before getting his room number.
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After Steven little drama of emotions, Stanley helped him up, and they all went in together.
“Who lodges in a hotel like this?” Austin muttered, a little disgusted by the room.
“Steven…” Stanley teased, and they all chuckled.
“Why did you lied to us? To protect us? From who? Your father? Then who will protect you? It’s we, your friends!” Micheal lashed, startling them.
“Mike, take it easy,” Stanley muttered.
“He is right. Do you think you can run forever?” Austin blurted.
“Not you too,” Steven grumbled.
“I…” Steven shuddered.
“No excuses. You either check out today, and return to Austin’s house, or we forget about our friendship!” Micheal blurted.
“Mike, let’s hear him out first,” Stanley said.
“What does he have to say? I’m not in the mood for unnecessary whining!” Austin snapped.
“Then what do we do about my father?” Steven muttered.
“I’ll personally go to him,” Micheal said, and they all gasped.
“What?” They shouted, and the door slammed open immediately.
“Dad…” Steven shuddered, and they all flinched in fear.
“Which of you wants to have a word with me?” Mr. Hearst sneered, and they all looked at Micheal.
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LOUIS’S HOUSE^^^
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Louis returned from work late at night, and Charlotte went to welcome him.
“Why are you still up?”
“Because you are still out. I hope you haven’t had dinner, Ms. Bella and I prepared dinner together, I’ll microwave yours,”
“You shouldn’t have waited for me. I could have been home later than this,”
“Thankfully, you aren’t. Go have a seat while I’m being nice,”
“Yes, madame!” He said, and she chuckled.
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He went to the dinning, and she dropped her phone to go and microwave his food.
“Give me a minute “ she muttered.
“I can wait the whole night, so take your time,” he replied, and a message beeped into her phone. His sight met the screen, and his eyes widened to see it was Paul.
“Paul?” He said, and she looked at him.
“What did you say?”
“You met Paul?” He asked, and what she was holding fell off her hand.
“I was going to tell you about it,”
“It didn’t appear that way,”
“I was truly going to tell you,”
“What did you two discussed? And when did you met?”
“Yesterday,”
“Yesterday? And you even keep in touch. When did you plan to tell me? After he annul his marriage to Grace?”
“What are you insinuating?”
“I don’t have to say it out loud for you to know how I truly feel. We both know how I feel about you, although it might be one-sided, still I don’t care, but it will break my heart if you return to Paul after everything…”
“Louis, it really not what you think,”
“The fact that you met with Paul, and kept it a secret… means a lot. You know that!”
“We only met briefly,”
“Brief enough to exchange contacts! Charlotte, do you still abhor feelings for Paul?”
“It’s really not that!”
“You can’t even answer the question,”
“Paulina was abducted!” She lashed.
“What? Your daughter was abducted? By Grace?”
“We don’t know who put them up to it, but it could only be her,” she muttered.
“Paul came here to tell you that?”
“Yes,” she muttered, remembering her conversation with Paul.
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FLASHBACK***
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Charlotte was in the living room when Jay came to inform her of Paul presence.
“A man named Paul is here?”
“Should we usher him away?”
“No, no, no. I’ll see him,”
“Then, should we invite him in?”
“No, I’ll go out to eat him,”
She followed Jay out, and met Paul by the gate patiently waiting for him.
“Charlotte,” he called
“What do you want?”
“It’s really Charlotte,” he muttered, and she glared at him in disgust.
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They went to the nearest coffee shop, and she glared at him, wondering what he wants to discuss.
“What do you want Paul?”
“Louis told me someone tried to hurt you,”
“Not hurt, Paul! It was attempted murder. I narrowly escaped d€ath! So what do you want?”
“This,” he muttered, and gave her the note Don gave to him. “You aren’t the one who wrote that, right?”
“Uncle Don? This could be dad,” she muttered.
“I know. There is no way you could send a bodyguard when you don’t even know that she was abducted,”
“Mg daughter was abducted!”
“She was rescued in time,”
“Who plotted it? Who?”
“The police are still investigating it, I just feel it’s right for you to know,”
“Paulina isn’t safe in that house anymore, I’m coming to get my daughter back,”
“That might put her in more danger,”
“She is already in danger!”
“If your suspect is Grace, you won’t be safe if she knows that you’re alive,”
“Grace was here,”
“What? She knows?”
“Grace was here, and I thought you told her about me,”
“I didn’t tell anyone, not even Paulina,”
“I’m coming back for my daughter, I don’t care about Grace anymore,” she said, and he held her trembling hand.
“Charlotte, you’ve to relax,”
“How do you expect me to relax?” She snapped, freeing her hands from him.
“Charlotte, I might have failed all my promises to you, but I made a promise to myself to protect my daughter, so let me,”
“How will you protect her?”
“Just trust me, Charlotte. I came to here to tell about Lina so you would be guarded. The bodyguard, is guarding her well,”
“Is that all?”
“Do you trust me?”
“Is that a question?”
“Let’s exchange contacts, so I’ll inform you on the recent updates concerning the case,” he said, and she gave him her phone.
“How is my daughter? She must’ve been so scared…”
“She was. But she felt reassured after I hired Don. You trusted him when we were younger, so I believe I could be rest assured that he would protect our daughter,”
“If that’s all, I’ll leave now,” having said that, she left.
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FLASHBACK ENDS***
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Louis exhaled heavily when she finished her story.
“I’m sorry, Louis, I should have tell you earlier,”
“Why didn’t you tell me? I also worry about your daughter a lot, and this is something crucial, you should have tell me,”
“I didn’t want you to be worried. Dad already sent Don to be with her. You always leave home early, and return late at night, your work is stressful enough so I didng want to bother you with mine,”
“I also didn’t expect working in the VIP section to be this stressful, but you should’ve still tell me about me,”
“I…-“ she was saying, when his phone rang.
📞*Yes?*
📞*what?*
📞*which professor is on duty?*
📞*ok. I’m on my way,” with that, he dropped the call.
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“There is an emergency, Ive to leave,”
“Alright, take care,”
“Bye,” with that, he exited the room.
“This is why I can’t bother you with my problems,” she grumbled, in guilt.
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Grace was deep in thought, thinking of a way to convince the lawyer to represent her father, so had mind instantly went to the president, so she called her father immediately.
📞*Dad, the president. The attorney will always listen to the president*
📲*No, you got it all wrong. The president will always listen to his advisor*
📞*what do we do then, dad?*
📲*you can’t even figure that out?*
📞*dad, what do I do? The election is behind the corners. You promised to make me the mayor, and now all these*
📲*then abandon me, that’s your only choice* With that, the call ended.
“Dad, dad!” She shouted, and looked at the phone screen.
“Mum, what’s this about grandpa!” Ava shouted, barging into her room.
“Ava, we might have to abandon your grandfather,”
“What? How could you say such?”
“That’s your grandfather’s wish,” she muttered, thinking of a way to get the best lawyer to represent her father.
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TO BE CONTINUED…
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