love over blood episode 35

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© Sir Zach

EPISODE 35

Somewhere in the VIP lounge at the Saphiro Gentz Company, a young man and a middle age man was having a cu-p of coffee.

“So how’s your first mission Kian?” the mysterious man asked.

“Ha-ha! Of course I did a very good job! getting close to that woman is pretty easy!” he br@gged.

“Just be careful. Don’t do anything stupid that would raise any suspicion. Your main target is to get close to her friend.” The man reminded him.

“Don’t worry Father, I know that full well.” Kian chuckled
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It’s been two hours when Lisa decided to go back to the office. She went directly to her desk without seeing Aisha. she decided to focus on her work since she has to do a lot of things since Caleb has been in the hospital for days now. She covered her eye bugs with concealer so Aisha won’t notice her paleness. She was sure that her friend will pester her once she noticed her feeble look.

Lisa simply hates that man! Why should she bother to look after him anyway? Caleb has been a pain in her. There was never a day where he didn’t annoy or insulting her. she hates it but she kinda miss it too. But why bother to think about such dumbas-s guy! He doesn’t even care about her. She paused when she recalled the scenario in the hospital.

She looks for her cellphone. She remembered that it was dead since she went out of the office. she was thinking to plug it when she reaches the hospital but unexpected things happened.

“Lisa! You back so soon. How’s Caleb?” Aisha came out holding a stack of folder.

“Oh, he’s just doing fine. I came back early since I still have a lot of things to do.” Lisa simply perfected her lies earlier. She didn’t dare to look at her friend as she continued to face the monitor.

“Oh I see. I’m sorry that you have to do Caleb’s job for the meantime but don’t overwork yourself, okay?” Aisha told her. Lisa chuckled.

“Of course. I work to live and not to die.” Then they both laugh. After a minute, Aisha places the folders on her desk.

“By the way, I already reviewed all these docu-ments. They’re good to go.” She smiled at Lisa.

“Sure!” she exclaimed. Aisha was about to return to her office when Lisa suddenly remembered something.

“Aisha, I received a message from Mr. Salemander’s secretary. He sent an invitation for the masquerade ball this coming Friday. I’ll send you the details.”

“Masquerade ball?” Aisha cringe her forehead. Why does she have to attend such a ball? It was never her thing! Guess it can’t be help.

“Sure. Thanks Lisa.” She sighed as she entered her office.

She was fixing her table when her phone rings. Eli? She saw the caller id. Why did he call all of a sudden? Is he at Ethan’s office?

“Hi sweetheart! How are you?” Aisha greeted him cheerfully.

“Mom! Come home early, okay?” she heard Eli on the other line. He sounded ecstatic.

“Ohh, Mom has a lot of things to do today, I might come home late sweetheart.” She tried to explained.

“Mom, please! Just for now.” Eli begged softly.

“Okay dear, I will try to come home early for you.” She smiled.

“Yehey!” she heard Eli’s overjoyed voice over the phone, she smiled. “Mom, please be here for dinner. I will wait for you!” then Eli hung up.

Dinner? But she was planning to go home by eight in the evening. Well she still has some time to finish some of her work before dinner. Guess she nee-ds to do the others the next day..
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At the Lockwood residence, Angel threw everything that she tou-ched when she heard what happened to the men that she sent to dispatch Stacy. She was told that they were beaten badly and that the police got them arrested.

“How dare you sent some dummies who can’t even catch a mere weak woman!” She shouted at the middle age man before her. “Did you tell me that your men were as skilled as you are?” she was aggravated.

“I’m truly sorry Miss Angel, I’ll make sure to get all the best men that we have next time.” The man answered.

“This is your last chance to prove your skills, or I will definitely fire you all!” she yelled.

“Yes Miss.” The guy sighed a relief as soon as he got out from Angel’s presence. That woman, she was not like that before. She looks so innocent and kind that everyone thinks that her name suits her very well but what is he seeing right now? she looks like the opposite! The man was puzzled.

And who is this Stacy who beat his men? Did she really handle them all? All five of them? If yes, then she’s not just an ordinary woman then, he thought. He must see her personally.
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Lisa went to see Aisha in her office to bid her goodbye since Eli informed her about their plan to surprise her for her birthday. She must go home ahead of her.

“oh, why don’t you wait for me? I’m about to finish this one then we can go home together.” Aisha proposed. Lisa thought of an excuse.

“I’m sorry Aisha but I nee-d to send some money to my sister right now. she really nee-ds to pay her school fees as soon as tomorrow.” She partly lied. Well it’s true that she will be sending her sister some money but it’s not actually an urgent one.

“Oh is that so? Okay then. Just call me if you want me to pick you up.”

“Sure I will.” Then Lisa set off. Aisha was left alone in the office.

Lisa was about to exit the building premises when someone called her. she looked back only to see a man whom she just met earlier.

“Kian?”

“Hey! You were walking fast! I had a ha-rd time catching up!” he was exhausted.

“I’m sorry I was rushing.”

“Busy?”

“Uhm, somehow? I nee-d to get home as soon as possible. We are actually preparing a surprise birthday celebr@tion for my friend.” She chuckled.

“Oh, I see. I could lend a hand.” He offered.

“It’s not actually necessary. Everything is set, I just nee-d to be home before her.” she kindly declined.

“How about a ride?” Kian insisted.

“Oh it’s okay I can manage. I have to drop somewhere first before going home.” she resisted. She can’t possibly reveal where she is staying right now to a stranger whom she just met. Kian is about to speak when someone called from behind.

“Lisa! You’re still here?” the woman asked in surprise.

“Aisha!? are you going home already?” Lisa tense a little when she saw Aisha approaching them.

“Yes. who are you talki —-” Aisha paused in shocked when the man suddenly faced her.

“K-Kian?!” She exclaimed.

“Aisha, this is —-” Lisa was about to introduce Kian but she halted.

“Stacy?!” Kian gave the impression that he was also surprise to see her.

“You know each other?” Lisa was puzzled.

“Yes! we were friends before. We both worked at the White Lotus department sto-re as salesperson!” Kian explained. Aisha fake a smile and Lisa was anxious since she called Aisha in her real name.

“Did you just call her Aisha?” Kian asked unbelievingly. the women held their breaths as they stared at each other as if doing mental telepathy.
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“How did you know that she was in Paris?” Ethan was sitting in his study room with the phone in his ear.

After he accompanied Eli in the jewelry sto-re, he decided to do his works at home instead since they were planning to set up a surprise birthday party for Stacy – the present Stacy.

“Yes! and I have the evidence in my hands right now. So why don’t you just blow off her cover?” the man on the other line raised his voice.

“Grandpa, No! We can’t, not now. we must know first her intention of doing such things like these. We nee-d to know if she is a spy or what.” he spoke with finality.

“Ethan! What if she is an enemy? What if she’s one of their puppets? It will cause more harm than good for you and also with Eli!” Master Omni objected.

“Not now grandpa. Just trust me. I will uncover the truths first. And I just know that she won’t do anything that could harm Eli…” his voice soften a little bit. The old man heaved a sigh, Then he hung up.

Master Omni called Ethan to warn him about Stacy. Master Omni instigated an investigation about Stacy when she suddenly disappeared before. But he never expected that his simple intention before would uncover some big secrets that no one can ever imagine.

Master Omni doesn’t hate the current Stacy right now. in fact, he likes her especially when he saw how she takes good care of Eli, his grandson, even if Eli was not Stacy’s flesh and blood. Also, according to Eli’s stories about the current woman, she is a great person. Indeed, he has seen that side of her. but when he discovered the truth about her identity, he became pas-sive. Why would she pretend to be Stacy? Are they planning something? is she working for someone? He didn’t know. All he knew is that, the woman is a con and can be a dangerous person.

Ethan, on the other hand can’t allow his grandad to exp-ose the current Stacy. He knew that she isn’t the real Stacy but he also doesn’t un-derstand the reason why she chose to live her sister’s life. Did they plan this together? Why? why? why? he is full of questions. He just wanted to hear the truth from her own words. He will patiently wait until she decided to tell him the truth.

Just who is she exactly? It was said that her real name is Aisha. No wonder he felt that there was something odd when he found her in the hospital. He noticed her eyes at first but he didn’t give a damn about it back then. Then suddenly, she changed her outfit, he noticed her height. Did she drink a miracle bone growth that she at least increa-sed in height even if it is just some inches? Also the sudden change in her personality towards Eli and Master Omni. But it’s not just them, it’s definitely her personality. She was like a totally reborn person.

He wanted to conclude that she banged her head somewhere and that the Erika he knew when he was young resurfaced but he never thought that it was definitely a new person.

But Ethan’s doubt also resurfaced. He became suspicious of her secretive action. What is it that she is hiding? Is she a part of an organization who wants to destroy the Williams? They have a lot of enemies; the Williams knew that. There are lots of people who wants to destroy them before, so he was thinking if the twin sister were a member of some organization who wants to destroy them. Ethan doesn’t know. Part of him believe that she is not but part of him says otherwise.

Once again, Ethan brou-ght out the envelope that his private investigator provided. All of Aisha’s information was there. Not all, but I guess enough to exp-ose her anytime. But Ethan wanted to hear it from her.

“Are there things more about you that I have to know?” Ethan whispered to the picture in his hands. “Aisha,” he spoke of her name.
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Aisha smiled half-heartedly when she heard Kian asked a question. Kian was one of his nice workmates before when she was a saleslady at the WL department sto-re. They knew her as Stacy and not as Aisha.

“Sorry for the misun-derstanding. Aisha was just a pet name I gave her when we first met. It’s in memory of my beloved dog.” Lisa made up a story, but Aisha nodded as an agreement to what she just said.

“Oh I see. sorry for asking though,” Kian apologized.

“it’s okay.” Lisa smiled as well as Aisha. “Please excuse us for a while, we really nee-d to get home now.” Aisha said then they exited the building.

As soon as they exited the building premises, Aisha and Lisa heaved a heavy sigh.

“phew! That was close!” Lisa said..

“yeah you’re right. I think you should call me Stacy from now on whether in private or public.” She for-ced a laugh.

When the girls exited the building, Kian bought his cellphone out then dialed a number.

“Positive. It’s Aisha.” he hung up then he let out an evil grin. “Checkmate!” he whispered.

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