Joshua looked at the ti and his hands on the laptop started running faster than before. It was close to nine at night and yet, here he was, in his office, working his ass off.
Reason: Ivy.
Joshua sighed and recalled the threat he had received early in the morning, just when he was about to tell her that he had taken a day off from work. Ivy had forced him out of the mansion before he could sneak in for a kiss and had closed the door on him. Then, he had received her text which clearly stated that if he were to return ho before eleven, he’d be sleeping in the guest room forever.
Having no other choice, Joshua had reluctantly and with a somber mood driven to work, silently crying to himself for not getting any birthday wish from Ivy.
Joshua was heartbroken and he had spent the entire day thinking about her. All his calls to her had gone unanswered. Even though he was aggrieved, he tried to comfort himself as he continued working, only to stop suddenly when a phone call interrupted him.
Excitent and happiness imdiately flashed on his face, making him smile like a blooming flower. However, it vanished the mont he noticed that it was a call from an unknown number.
Joshua beca dispirited at once and ignored the call. He leaned back on her chair and stared at the ceiling, only to snap out of his thoughts when his phone rang again, only this ti it was Ian who was calling him.
"Hello, Doctor. Why did you call all of a sudden? Did you miss ?" He chirped like a happy bird, thanking his friend for calling him. Although he had work to do, he was still bored out of his mind and needed a distraction.
Ian sighed in dismay and rubbed his forehead. ’I swear if I didn’t have sothing important to ask this joker, I wouldn’t have called him at all. I wonder how Ivy tolerates him. She must have imnse patience. I should be more considerate towards her. She needs my support and encouragent to keep going.’ He thought and made it a note to treat Ivy soday. She was the true definition of Wonder Woman.
"Joshua, what will you take to keep quiet for once?" Ian seethed, annoyed at his nincompoop of a friend.
"I don’t know. You tell what you can offer." Joshua shot back, grinning wildly in joy.
"I don’t have ti for your jabs. I have called you over an important matter."
Joshua sensed the solemnity in his tone and he stopped teasing him. His expression turned serious and he waited for Ian to continue.
"Joshua have you noticed anything strange around you."
Joshua frowned, not understanding the aning behind his words. "Strange? As in?"
"Like have you noticed a lot of unfamiliar faces around you?"
"I still don’t understand, Ian. What unfamiliar faces?" Joshua leaned forward, his forehead creasing all the more with worry lines.
"Since the last two or three days, I have noticed a lot of people, n and won both entering the hospital for no reason," Ian explained and Joshua’s eyes widened in realization. "Neither do they consult a doctor nor do they visit any patient. They keep lingering around the hospital premises. It’s not just . Even Aria has observed the abnormality. I’m worried...."
"That they might be Jared’s people." Joshua finished his sentence.
"We can’t rule out the possibility."
"Hmm." Joshua thought about it. "Did you speak to Noah about it?"
"I did. But since it is a public place, we can’t do much except increase the security."
"I agree. We can’t even take any action. They are yet to do sothing. It’d only create more mayhem if we were reckless and attack them first." Joshua analyzed the situation and realized the severity. "What do you think they intend to do?"
"I’m not sure. But the only two things they can do are either create chaos so that they can bring a bad na to the hospital which they did once in the past or they are trying to target Aria or or both."
"This is bad then. We should be careful."
"That’s why I called to ask if you have noticed anything strange around you."
"No. It’s impossible for them to enter the building with an ID card. So, I don’t have to worry about that. And as far as I know, I haven’t noticed anyone suspicious outside the company either." Joshua tried to recall if he had seen soone as such but couldn’t rember seeing anything dubious.
"That’s good then." Ian sighed in relief. "I just hope it’s nothing and is all a false alarm. I just don’t want a ss when we’re finally about to end Jared for good."
"Absolutely. But I’ll still try to find information regarding the people you just ntioned. I might have to use your surveillance system for so ti."
"Not a problem. They are all yours. Thanks. I’ll owe you this."
"I’ll rember." Joshua did not show any formality.
Ian ended the call and Joshua started to look into the matter imdiately. Just as Ian ntioned, he noticed quite a few people regularly entering the hospital with no purpose of any sort.
However, when he tried to run a background check on the people, he ca up with nothing substantial. They were just normal people with regular jobs and were in no way associated with Jared. However, this fact perturbed him all the more. They were too clean for him to not suspect anything.
He forwarded all that he had found out to Ian while trying to look for more details. However, their information was limited and after so ti he ca with a blank. They were just normal people living a normal life.
Scratching his head in dismay, he eventually gave up and sent a ssage to Noah asking him to et him the next morning.
Joshua glanced at the ti again. On noticing that it was almost ten, he got up, ready to go ho for the day. However, the mont he packed his things, his phone rang and it was the sa unknown number he had not answered the previous ti.
Wondering who would call him at this ti, he received the call.
"Joshua, this is Amber. Please do not end the call. Can we et?"
"Amber, I don’t want to see you ever again. Just leave alone." Joshua’s entire mood turned worse and he gnashed his teeth in fury.
"Joshua, please. I have sothing important to tell you."
"I’m in no mood to listen to your nonsense."
"Joshua, do you not want to know why I broke up with you? You may think that I left you for money. But that’s not the truth. There is so other reason for leaving you and if you want to learn the truth, co to Cafe Xtasy. I’ll be waiting for you."
With that, the call ended.
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