Katherine and Damien's idea of a crazy date? Breaking and entering. How oddly sweet and exciting! Who would have thought that just less than a month ago, she never wanted to drag him into her world? But here they werepartners in cri.
She squeezed his hand back and smiled at him. She was already so used to having Damien everywhere she went and whatever she did, that being with him right noweven if it's committing a cri like thisjust felt so right. She wondered what the future has in store for them. It made her excited just thinking about what they would have when all of this would be over.
Out of nowhere, sothing ca to her mind, and she knitted her brows. "By the way" She looked up at him and t his waiting stare. "Do you rember that ti you found in the company's pantry that first week I worked for you?"
The sudden reminder caused his brows to furrow. Images of the mory from months ago flashed in his mindit was when he caught her in the pantry drinking water in the middle of the night. He was suddenly craving so chips when he couldn't sleep. He didn't usually keep junk food in his place, and he knew that he could find them in the company's pantry. So he went there only to find Katherine in the dark. A shocking yet fortunate discovery.
"Yeah How could I ever forget?" He cocked his brow.
She gave him a small smile before she continued, "Well I rember you told it wasn't the first ti I snuck around in your territory. What did you an by that?"
"Ahh" Damien faced forward as though he was trying to recall sothing, glancing at the control panel and seeing the red number indication of which floor they were already at. The elevator was ascending to the top floor, and they were almost there. "That happened a few weeks before we last saw each other. I received a report from Markus that an unidentified woman was caught acting strangely in the hallway of my hotel late at night. The surveillance footage was brought to and guess who I found?"
"Which hotel?"
"Aurora Hotelnow renad to Crown. The one in 7th street."
The mory hit her when she realized what he was talking about. The hotel's previous na was Aurora, and she guessed that Damien had acquired it soti around five years ago. "Oh, yeah I think I was following a lead to a personal investigation, and I ended up there. I guess I wasn't careful enough."
"Well, you did try to avoid the caras, but there were a couple of mirror reflections that caught your image."
"Why didn't you tell that last night we saw each other?" Katherine recalled that the one Damien was talking about happened before they last t and shared a precious night together.
"I didn't know until a month later when the monthly reports ca and that incident was also reported. You were already missing then..." The elevator ca to a stop, and the door opened to the top floor. The two stepped out and waited for Styles's signal, leaning against the wall by the corner.
Before she could answer, Styles's voice ca through their comms. "Alright, Agapornis, the coast is clear"
"What is Agapornis?" she questioned.
There were tapping sounds of the chanical keyboard as the other answered, "It's the real na of lovebirds! Pretty cool, huh?"
"It's unusual," she responded just as Damien shook his head.
"I saw that King Charming! Anyway, security is pretty basic hereno offense You shouldn't have any problems," said Styles.
"None taken." Katherine looked at Damien and nodded her head towards the CEO's office. Turning on her flashlight, they headed down the hall to the furthest door. Then, he took the flashlight from her as she worked on the smart lock using a high-tech device.
When the door opened, they got inside the office and started checking out the whole place. She looked through the desk while he searched the shelves, both of them wearing gloves. Katherine, whose mind was still thinking about what they talked about in the elevator earlier, realized sothing. "Wait, so if you saw there You also saw that..."
Damien glanced behind his shoulder and nodded even before she finished her sentence. "You knocked on the guest's room and punched his face as soon as the door opened."
She softly chuckled upon hearing his response, slightly embarrassed that she was caught acting like a hoodlum in his territory.
"In my defense," they exchanged looks and she continued to search the desk, "he started it. I ca to see him in his house the day before that and I was only going to ask himwell, nicelybut the idiot probably thought I was after his money or sothing so he pointed a gun at , fired a shot and then ran."
"Were you okay?" Damien's brows instantly knitted, the thought of her being in a dangerous situation worried him even if it happened a long ti ago.
"Yeah He has a bad aim" Katherine's voice trailed off when she spotted sothing familiar on the right corner of the desk. She reached for it and saw that it was an invitation for an upcoming gala that weekend. "Damien, check this out."
He strolled towards her and looked over her shoulder. "That's an invitation to my family's event."
She swallowed. "Do you rember when I first t my aunt was when I t William too? You were on a trip at that ti" He nodded in agreent and she began to speculate. "Has she always been a friend to your family? I wonder how she and your uncle t"
"I'm not sure about that. My uncle knows a lot of people and as far as I know, he invites business leaders in all his functions." He held up a flashlight to illuminate her hand as she picked the lock of one of the drawers.
"Oh, my god Look This looks like..." Katherine held up an old photograph and showed it to Damien. His expression was unreadable as he stared at the pictureprobably taken decades agoof what looked like a couple. The woman was definitely Deborah Young, while the man was soone he knew his entire life.
"That's sothing I did not expect at all" he muttered in a cold tone when he t her eyes.
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