Chapter 30 - The Next Move (1/2)

Wirata walked to the back of the penthouse he had pointed out for her. At the end was a big and tall glass wall with a double-glazed sliding door. The curtains were pulled fully open and tied at the sides so when looking out she saw a big swimming pool. It looked like... a garden...? Garden with a swimming pool in the middle of it.

She looked to her left. She could see from the opened door that it was the kitchen. Wirata did not look around anymore, she walked in there. It was beautiful. If she was not in a bad and upset mood. it would have stunned her.

The room was big. The kitchen units were black and white. There were counters along one wall with a modern and beautiful design to suit the luxurious penthouse. The island in the middle had lots of draws. There was a dining table with ten chairs near the other glass wall which was able to see the view of the city outside. Everything was... beyond description for this place.

However, Wirata did not care. She saw a coffee maker and walked to it. Well, it was not just one machine, but there were three. The modern automatic coffee center she saw at first, a drip coffee maker and a kettle full of hot water for making an instant coffee. Opened the cabinets above her head to find a coffee jar. She decided to make an instant coffee as it the quickest one. What she cared right now was to get out of here.

Wirata put two spoons of coffee powder in her mug, and for his, she put ten spoons! Now pressing the water from the kettle to fill the mugs. Her head had stopped spinning so she was back to thinking mode.

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The tall figure wearing a soft blue robe walked into the living room as James and Ben opened the penthouse door and walked into the room at the same time. The two bodyguards bowed their heads to greet Stefan.

”Good morning, boss.”

They said. Stefan looked at his men. They were in a dark suit ready for their job as usual.

”Get the car ready.”

Stefan told his bodyguards.

”It's ready, boss.”

Ben said. He could predict a little what's going to happen today, and now just waiting to see how much he would be accurate.

Stefan glanced at his men and nodded, shoving a hand in his hair, his brows knotted as he was thinking something in his head.

The bodyguards looked at the boss who walked to the bar, poured the whiskey into a thick glass then walked to stand near the wide glass panels, looking out. His unsmiling face had indicated that he was not in a good mood.

”Should we be worried?” Ben whispered to James while watching the boss lifted the whiskey glass and drank the whole lot in one swift move.

”Hm, not looking good, isn't he? Only one night and he looks like a Goner.” James whispered back.

”I think you're right. He looked a little bit off.”

Ben said in low voice. They were standing about five meters away from their boss and made sure the boss couldn't notice that they were talking about him. They were very good at talking in low whispering tone with their mouth hardly moved but they heard and understood each other very well.

”A lot off! He is behaving very weird.” James replied.

”Like what?” Ben continued the conversation as it was their fun routine for starting the day, gossiping their own boss.

”Firstly, the boss never wastes his time following women around and never got beaten by a woman.”

James responded. They both glanced at Stefan's bruised face.

That's true. Stefan didn't have to waste time chasing a woman. There were a lot of beautiful models and movie stars queueing up ready to jump into his bed. Even one of Bernardo's sweet birds had escaped from her godfather's cage to Stefan's bed. But Stefan only welcomed her once just to make Bernardo angry and bruised his egos. Bernado was very angry indeed, felt losing face and his reputation damaged for a long time from that incident.

”Secondly, the boss has never brought any woman up here. Thirdly, the boss doesn't last with any woman the whole night.”

Last night they didn't get a call from the boss to send the woman back to her place as he normally did.

Ben nodded in agreement with his friend. It was true. He was thinking the same in this case. Stefan wouldn't sleep with any woman all night long. He just wanted a woman to release his natural desire and that was it.

”You two take Wirata to her place.”

Here came the first order of the day. James and Ben bowed to acknowledge and turned to meet each other's eyes, communicating in a silent language that only them two understood each other.

”Another thing, I've fired her. She won't work at the company anymore.” Stefan told his men.

Not a surprise to James and Ben in this case. They could read Stefan's game. It was because of his motto 'THE ABBOT DOES NOT EAT THE TEMPLE'S CHICKEN'.

So it meant if he wanted to eat the chicken, the chicken had to be rid of the temple first, getting fired to be free for Stefan to swallow her whole. Then the company employees couldn't say that the boss had lost his high spirit.

”Yes, boss.”

The bodyguards acknowledged.

”Pack her stuff from the office as well.”

She had worked there for over one month so she probably had her things on her desk.

”Where to, boss?” James asked his boss.

”Here! Since when are you stupid hah, James?! When she finishes packing. you bring her back here!”

Stefan snapped with an edgy voice. He didn't feel fresh and his head ached like hell. And his men were making him annoyed with their stupid acts.

”Ah, meaning...you are going to keep her...Are you, boss?”

Ben asked a question which he could guess the answer. But just wanted to make sure. Ben and James had been with Stefan for so many years, so they could see and read their boss's thoughts a little and now they could guess which way it's going.

It's definitely going SOUTH!

Stefan poured more whiskey into the glass and sipped it slowly this time, he was thinking why this morning his subordinate henchmen were asking stupid questions like this. It was too early for him to use his aching head too much right now.

”Please don't get mad yet, boss. If I recall correctly, you've told us to remind and warn you not to raise any woman in a long-term contract. You only want one night stand not even repeat twice.”

James was brave to say out as it was his duty to do so when seeing his boss wasn't likely himself or doing things against his words. And also because he was standing many meters away from the big boss so it was quite a safe distance.

”Ah, and you don't allow any temporal woman up here.”

Ben added to help James to remind their boss of his strange behaviors.

The boss was quiet. James put his head close to Ben in whispering gestures.

”This kind of symptom, it is called ... Falling in love ... isn't it?”