Shikera’s excited voice heralded her presence in the room, making her teammates pause what they were doing in order to listen to her.
"Reporter Anderson got the solution to our problem again!"
"Which of our problems? Personal or professional?" said Vicky, her fatigue vividly expressed on her face.
"Like you have personal problems Vicky, I was talking about the MD’s article..."
"You found that? Then why haven’t you submitted it to my table?" Team leader Zuresh’s chipped in from behind Shikera.
"Uhm...because it’s kind of a special situation." Shikera whispered, though her voice was still loud enough for the others in the room to hear her.
"Special situation?"
"Yes... MD’s real na is actually Mignon DeLoach who is Ethan DeLoach’s sister," she waited a bit for the others to process her words before continuing.
"Also, Ethan DeLoach’s team contacted that Ruthlyn Stone would be visiting us to represent him physically if need be," she concluded, while examining the face of the others, to see their reaction. It was just as she expected, everyone except Cyprian, didn’t believe her.
"It’s not ti to joke, Anderson. Shouldn’t you use the ti you’re wasting on jests to work on projects and accelerate your promotion?" Team leader Zuresh scolded, going back to completing the work she had been doing earlier.
Shikera shook her head hurriedly, casting away their doubts by wearing a serious expression.
"This isn’t a joke. I went down for sothing and received a call, wait...you aren’t wondering how he contacted , right? We are talking about Ethan DeLoach here and you guys know how easy it would be for him to do that."
Team leader Zuresh looked up, her brows knitted as if she was still doubting Shikera.
"You are sure the call was really from Ethan DeLoach’s team? We can’t bear his wrath if we happen to release fake news," she pressed, trying to make sure Shikera could really trust her source. She knew the girl’s origin so it wasn’t that surprising for her that she was able to get information about The DeLoachs. She only needed to be sure that Shikera had a proper backup plan in case anything went wrong.
"Ninety eight point nine percent sure!" Shikera confird.
"Then start working on it. Contact them and ask when Miss Stone would be available to co over, so we can prepare in advance."
"But..." Atlas interrupted, shocked at the speed with which their Team leader believed Shikera. Though it was true that Shikera had never made an irreparable mistake since he had been working with her, he was still unsure about trusting her this ti since they had to involve Ethan DeLoach. It wasn’t his fault that he was scared.
"But what? Quit idling behind your laptop and get over here!"
★★★
Shikera removed her shoes, breathing a sigh of relief as she felt the air flow between her toes. Standing up from the squatting position with which she had removed the shoes, her nose imdiately caught the aroma of sothing delicious...but unhealthy for her. Who was the rciless person grilling barbecue when they knew there was soone that could not eat it?!
Only one person popped in her mind and it was Enoch, her husband’s younger brother who has been unusually quiet since he started living with them. Had he finally decided to co out of his shell and cause trouble?
She stepped on the dark tiled floors of the living room and called out his na, sure that he could hear her from the kitchen as the pleasant aroma seed to originate from there.
"Mr Enoch!" She walked to the kitchen as she talked to see that it wasn’t Enoch, but Ethan who was there.
"What are you doing here?!" She asked, displeasing the fact that Ethan was the one who wanted to tease her with food tonight.
Ethan, who had also looked up to welco her, frowned at her question.
"Do I need to call your doctor? There’s a problem with your eyes?" He answered her question with another question, receiving a glare from her.
"I can see! And perfectly well at that. I just want to know why you’re cooking this when you know I can’t eat it. Are you trying to taunt ?" She walked to the fridge and retrieved a bottle of water.
As if on cue, Ethan handed her a glass cup which she mumbled thanks for.
"I’m cooking this because we are all eating, regardless if you are healthy or not--"
"Really?!" Shikera scread excitedly, a bright smile springing to her face and montarily freezing Ethan.
Her smile. It still captivated him just like it did four years ago.
"You can’t change your mind, Ethan!" With that, Shikera rushed out of the kitchen and up the stairs, bumping into Enoch on the way.
"Hi Enoch!" She greeted, her mood still not dampened by the hit. However, she was forced to drop the smile when the guy walked past her without answering her.
"Aaah, he’s probably at that age." She sighed and continued on her way.
Back in the kitchen, Ethan looked down at the glove in his hands and the lit screen on his phone which displayed the instruction Shikera’s doctor had given him when he expressed his desire to cook one of the restricted al for her. He smiled when he rembered that she had not asked him anything when he inford her she would be eating with them.
"She isn’t the least bit concerned about her health," he chuckled, getting back to work.
Thirty minutes later, the trio were sitting at the table and Shikera was rubbing her hands together in anticipation before picking up her fork.
When Enoch noticed this, his eyes lit up in surprise as he asked, "I thought you were forbidden from eating fried and greasy foods,"
"And does it concern you if I disobey my doctor?"
Her sharp reply, accompanied by a glare were enough to shut Enoch up as he faced his food. Inwardly, he was wondering why the atmosphere seed kind of peaceful at the table, that day compared to the previous days.
"Thank God I rembered! Ethan, did you get your kiss from her? Or did she opt for not taking Ice Cream for a week?"
The hands of the other two people at the table paused, with Shikera blushing furiously as she rembered the previous night.
"Of course I did," Ethan answered him, glancing at Shikera to notice that her usually pale face was now rosy pink. He continued, "I have a proposal for you... Shikera."
"Proposal?"
"Yes, a proposal but you wouldn’t want us to speak about it here. How about you co with to my study?"
Reviews
All reviews (0)