Falling For Mikhaela Janna Lim

Chapter 30: Two steps ahead

NO ONE'S POV

"We didn’t find anyone who holds a grudge against your family, Miks."Ashley started, placing a thick stack of files on my Mikha's desk.

They were in their secret hideout.

"Aside from one." Seryosong saad ni Jho dahilan para mapatingin sa kaniya si Mikha.

"Who?" Mikha asked impatiently, her fingers drumming lightly on the surface of the desk nasisimulan na naman mairita dahil masyadong pa suspense si Jho.

"Lester Gaza." Jhoanna replied, leaning back in her chair.

"Does it ring a bell?" She added.

Mikha frowned, her brows knitting together in confusion.

The name sounded familiar, but she couldn't quite place where she had heard it before.

"Cut it, Robles." Malamig na turan ni Mikha making Jhoanna chuckled because of her friend's patience.

"Remember the guy who got fired by your dad? tapos pinagtanggol mo? one of the investors? yong close mo before? yong madalas mong nakakausap? the one na pinag-awayan n'yo ng dad mo na nakita ko?" Jhoanna asked, her eyes narrowing in thought.

Mikha froze at the mention of him, her heart sinking as memories came rushing back.

How could she forget?

It was one of the reasons she built her guard up and stopped trusting so easily.

That incident marked the beginning of her distance from her father and her hesitance to let people get close.

"I remember." Mikha said calmly though her mind raced with memories she wished she could forget.

She leaned forward, fingers drumming lightly on the table.

"What's the information you got on him?"

Ashley placed the folder back on the desk, shaking her head with a frustrated sigh.

"None, after the incident, he's practically vanished, wala nang narinig tungkol sa kaniya."

Mikha frowned in confusion.

"So why are we talking about him now?"

Si Jhoanna na biglang nanahimik for most of the conversation, sat up straighter.

"I have a hunch, Miks." she started.

"Either he changed his name to disappear... or he’s already dead, who knows?"

Mikha glanced at Jhoanna, her mind working to piece together the implications pero bago s'ya makapagsalita ulit, sumingit si Ash.

"Think about it, Mikha. Siya lang ang may record na trinaydor ang pamilya mo and the fact that he knows you're the heir? that's dangerous, he's the only one who had that kind of access, and he could be holding a grudge to you since then."

Ashley leaned closer.

"We need to find out where he went. If he's hiding, we’ll find him but if someone else got to him first, we need to know who and why."

Mikha stood, pacing the room.

The thought of Lester Gaza resurfacing after all these years sent a chill down her spine.

It wasn't just about betrayal.

It was personal.

He was one of the few people she had trusted before everything fell apart.