desire | liskook

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Like a strong desire to disappear from the earth, the sounds, the voices, the room, the smell, everything felt so pulsating and unstable.

She wanted to be alone, in a place where no one would find her, a place without sounds, terror, nightmares nor disappointments.

It was a Tuesday morning and summer was bidding farewell and ushering in the new season.

It was a cool morning but for some reason, Lisa was feeling very hot.

She was in the midst of a heated argument which must be the reason why the room felt hot, or maybe it was knowing the fact that whatever decision that would be taken today would affect her life greatly.

She didn't move, she couldn't, she just sat there with her face down hoping no one throws any question or remark towards her.

Her mother is seen at the end of the conference table where she normally sits as the chairman of the BRC Industry, looking unnaturally calm and composed even intimidating.

But that was Cyrene Brüschweiler, always composed and determined to make everything go according to her will, even her daughter's future.

The other people in the room were, Mr and Mrs Jeon of the Jeon Corporation with their lawyer and Mr Vince, Cyrene's trusted lawyer.

The Jeon's are trying to make Cyrene see reasons as to why they have to end the contract between the both companies, but Cyrene is determined to make sure that it doesn't happen.

Lisa can't believe that all these was happening now, when it's barely less than a month since her twin sister died.

She had always seen her mother as unfeeling, but never would she have thought that it would reach even to this extent at her own daughter's expense.

Couldn't they hold this meeting in like four or five months from now? Everything was so nauseating, and she wasn't in the right frame of mind to handle this matter yet, she still needed more time to grief her sister's death.

"You have to understand Mrs Brüschweiler, the conditions that were behind us signing this contract is non-existent now. Having your daughter as our daughter-in-law was a great joy to us, but since she is gone, shouldn't we put an end to every other precedent? We sympathize with you, but without Lyanna this contract is void to us", Mr Jeon stated.

"You came to me on bended knees few years ago begging me to help you save Jeon Corporation, and today you want to terminate our agreement in a heartbeat without thinking about the consequences, isn't that a foolish thing to do?" Cyrene asked calmly.

If they had come to her asking for another way to sustain the deal between the both companies, that would have been better.

But her daughter had just died, and all they could think about was how to loose themselves from the contract that was signed back then, irrespective of the feelings of her late daughter then.

This made her mind go through a lot of possibilities concerning the death of Lyanna.

Could it be that the Jeons had planned the assassination of her daughter so they could call an end to the contract?

Few years ago, Jeon Corporation incurred a very huge debt and investors were pulling out and taking with them what they could, it was at the brink of collasping with lots of debts to pay.

Jeon Hyeondo had come to her on bended knees asking for her help, and that it doesn't matter what Cyrene wanted in return as long as she help him save Jeon Corporation.

It took a serious toll on BRC Industry after that risky save, so as a businesswoman she asked that 60% shares of Jeon Corporation be transferred to her.