BEHIND THEIR MIEN

CHAPTER 19- NATHAN

Ms. Carson chose him. She told me to trust her but my head was a mess as I paced around in my hotel room. Millions of questions ran in my head. Why did Luke choose her, what does she have to do with the truth, that she can handle but not me. Would she tell me everything or hide and be on Luke's side? More than anything the truth that stinks the most is that both Ms. Carson and Luke think I am a fool, not smart enough. They have no faith in me and that might be my fault. It's been hours since Ms. Carson left with Luke and here I am drowning in regret and jealousy as Luke's words and her words rang repeatedly in my mind. She was right. I was not thinking about anything. To be honest, what exactly did I even find out? Luke's mysterious behaviour and everything points towards that whatever is going on is real deal ..people died and I can't even be involved because they think I am not smart enough and whatever I have is all thanks to my surname, which in fact is the truth. I need to use my own brain and step up the game. And that's what I did for the next couple of hours. I opened my laptop and went through documents after documents and called my assistant to schedule a board meeting in two days. It was only then that someone knocked on my door. I got suspicious, I didn't order any room services.

"Mr. Wild, it's me Ms. Carson " her voice boomed and I stopped my track. Would she tell me the truth? Or conceal everything and work with Luke? I realize my downfall in the matter is because I was more focused on my infatuation with her than the actual matter and I should have been ashamed of it but being infatuated with her made me feel better and made me look forward to tomorrow and nothing in me was sorry for that. It was only now that I realized that my infatuation with her was just mere obsession and not love. I actually do not know anything much about her to fall in love with. If I'd love her I wouldn't be here.. hesitating to open the door, doubting her.

But I needed to pull my act together. I wasn't some teenager having a crush for the first time. I needed to separate the matter and be serious. Taking a deep breath I opened the door to a very pale Ms. Carson. I immediately held her and checked on her," what happened? Why do you look so pale? Did he do anything? I swear-'' I snapped and at that moment I knew I couldn't separate her and whatsoever was going on.

"Relax! I am fine. Totally although your brother did get that pending slap but you know what, he's got now a fresh batch of pending slaps and punches and kicks on his dick. What took you so long to open the door?" She said as we got inside my room and she sat on the bed, looking at me.

"I...was trying to find my shirt.. yeah." I lied. I didn't want to tell her my plan.. not unless I knew she chose me. I sat on the bed beside her. We sat in silence, neither pulling up the courage to talk about what happened. I could see she was bothered by whatever happened.

"Luke wants us to get married" She said and that was the most unexpected thing I heard! My head snapped at her and I lost my words

He wants Her and I to marry? Why?

"My theory...on higher society killing lower pregnant woman was true. Luke wants me to be a bait so that we can catch this person red handedly. All this time this person had an upper hand so none of the ladies were prepared or even knew what awaited them... Luke is asking to pretend ...me being pregnant and us married so that this time we have an upper hand and can get proof." she said but something didn't add up.. I could feel it in my guts.. that she was lying. She wasn't looking at me but rather her feet and if I didn't know her better I would have said she was uncomfortable with the plan but I knew her better. She wasn't shy or avoided anything because of being uncomfortable. She was lying to me and it broke my heart.

She chose him. She chose the smarter brother. She chose HIM!

"So.. what's your thought? If you went through with the plan, everyone would hate you and call you a gold digger and worst.. given Mary's conditions. It would be pleasant-'' I told her. Trying to get a reaction out of her. She shook her head.