The Devil's Thirst Trap

Chapter 65

The sound of heels echoed throughout the passage.

{"Who killed my mother?", Zoey asked one more time.

"Alexander Griffin.", Edward stated as he handed her the file.}

She thought of what Edward told her the other night as she sat back and was given a blood transfusion, it took a long time for her body to get used to the blood transfusion.

Flashback

"Why did a millionaire kill my mother?" Zoey asked after reading Alex's file and handing it back to Edward.

"That's what your father wanted to know too.", Edward stated as he pressed his palm against the wall, opening the passage again.

"What stopped him?", she asked as she followed closely behind him.

Edward took some time as he was hesitant to respond at first.

"You. He could not dive deeper into the situation in case you get hurt. He made a big sacrifice and that's where I come in. I want to fulfill what he couldn't do and make the two of you proud.", Edward stated. "If I suggest you help me, he would never allow that."

"I guess he needs to trust me more.", Zoey scoffed as they both left the tunnel.

"Yeah. I guess so, but I don't want to force you into anything, remember that. You always have a choice to go back.", Edward said.

Zoey nodded.

"So what do I need to do?", she asked.

"You have a job already, your boss is Alexander Griffin.", Edward scoffed at the irony but Zoey did not pick up on it.

"I guess that makes my job easier.", Zoey stated.

"It's ours."

"What? Did you fix this job for me?", she asked.

"Yeah, we had everything planned out in the past, you tried to explain to your father, and that's when you guys fought.", he said.

"Oh, it makes sense...", Zoey said with her eyebrows scrunched up.

"I'm helping you, I owe you this much for leaving in the past like that, so suddenly.", Edward answered with a sad look on his face. "I'm so sorry."

"Hey, hey, hey. There's no need to apologize now, do we? What matters is that you're back and thank you for finding the murderer who killed my mother, it means a lot to me.", Zoey said as she wrapped her arms around Edward and hugged him tightly.

End of flashback

A couple of minutes later, Zoey decided to relax in a bubble bath and she scrubbed her body with a sponge. When it was time, she rinsed the water off her body and the maids took care of the rest. They prepared a black satin gown for her to change into and so she did and started to walk to her room.

Flashback

"So what do I need to do?", Zoey asked Edward as they sat on a bench which was facing the still lake.

"Unfortunately, I would love to keep you here forever, but you got your own apartment and you need to go back to your apartment every day. You're going to wake up, and get ready for work. Do the work of what a personal assistant would do.", he stated.

"Well, that's easy.", Zoey stated.

Her body jerked back and her body went cold due to the shock when she felt Edward's hand on her chin and moved her face to face him.