Secrets & Lies

Double N's| 31

"When we get in there you sit on my right. Don't talk to anyone, and don't add your input like you would in other meetings."

Thank God this is our last meeting of the day.

"Okay. Be seen and not heard." I sighed. I closed my eyes and waited for the elevator ride to be over.

When we finally got to the 50th floor, I followed Sebastian out the elevator and to a big conference room with comfy looking chairs. He sat at the head of the table and I sat at the right. Nobody was here but us.

After a couple of minutes, a guy with dark brown hair and icy grey-blue eyes walked in with a little boy that looked about 6. I didn't know the man but he looked oddly familiar. I couldn't quite put my finger on where I knew him from though. "Glad you could arrive, Marcos."

The boy ran to Sebastian as soon as he got the chance and the sight of it was actually kind of adorable.  "Hey, Sebastian." The little boy greeted.

"Eh better late than never." Marcos smiled as he gave Sebastian a hug. The trio then turned to me and Marcos offered me a charming smile. "Who's that?" The little boy whispered loudly. "Took the words right out of my mouth," Marcos mumbled in reply.

"I'm Marcos Salvatore, and you are?"

"Nyla, my assistant," Sebastian told him. The little boy wriggled out of Sebastian's arms and walked up to me. I looked at Sebastian and he nodded. "You are pretty Nyla." The boy said.

"Thank you, handsome, what's your name?" I asked. He smiled shyly as his cheeks turned bright red. "I'm Noah".

"It's nice to meet you, Noah."

I extended my hand and he placed his small one in mine. "It's nice to meet you too."

I could tell he was going to be a charmer, but I knew for sure when he raised my hand and kissed the back of it. I bit back a smile and looked up at Sebastian and Marcos. Sebastian was slightly glaring but Marcos looked so proud. "You have anything to keep you occupied, I know you're going to get bored."

"No..." Noah pouted. His face brightened as he let out a small gasp and smiled. "We could go to the game room." He proposed.

Game room?

Noah then turned to Marcos with a hopeful expression. "I can't take you right now buddy." He said. This made Noah pout. It was so adorable. "Ms. Nyla can take me," Noah said. Marcos looked at me then at Sebastian who only shrugged.

"Fine, Take Trevor with you." He said motioning to a guy that looked at least twenty.

I grabbed my bag and followed the Trevor guy out while holding Noah's hand.

(Sebastian's POV)

I watched her take Noah's hand and follow Trevor out. I knew she had siblings but I didn't know she was so good with kids. She just gives me more and more reason to like her.

"I like her."

"Yeah me too," I replied.

"Sorry I had to bring Noah. His mom's a real pain in my ass." He grunted. "It's all good."

"What do we know about 647's death," Marcos asked as soon as the door shut. "He was killed by an assassin. The way it was executed points to that. We can't even get a trace of information from the bullet used or the scene, plus the surrounding area is clean. Too clean to just be a job done by a regular person."

"You think it could be her?" He asked. "Jules?"

"No. She's dead."

"In this line of work no one dead until I see the body in the casket right before we put the dirt on it."

I sighed heavily and scratched my head. "You think you're next?" He asked. I snorted and tried my best not to laugh.

"Nah. When Javier and I got away from 647, Javier wiped all of our records. Helped us start over. You couldn't tie us together with a strand of hair if you tried."

"Stay on your toes, Sebastian. You might think that and next thing you know, Javier's down and you're next."

*

When the meeting was over, Marcos and I walked to the game room to get Noah and Nyla. We were talking for about an hour so I wonder what they were doing. When we finally got to the game room, I saw Nyla standing in the middle with two nerf guns aimed at Noah while he aimed at her. Noah shot her and she fell to the floor, pretending to be dead.

"Tell my mom I love her okay, Noah, I will get my revenge." She said and then faked died on the floor. Noah walked over and stood above her.

"You aren't really dead, are you?" Noah questioned. A smile grew on Nyla's face and she popped up making him yelp.

"I was just kidding." She said with a smile. She stood up and dusted herself off, before putting the nerf guns back on the shelf. When she turned in our direction she jumped a little.

"How long were you guys standing there?" She asked tilting her head in the most adorable way.

"For about 5 minutes. You should be an actor, your whole dying act was exquisite." Marcos said. She chuckled and pushed her hair behind her ear. "Thanks."

"Okay, Noah it's time to leave." After Marcos said that Noah burst into tears and hugged Nyla's leg. "You can't keep me away! My girlfriend needs me!" Noah cried.

Girlfriend?!! I never thought I'd be jealous of a five-year-old.

"It's okay you can see me again. I'm sure your dad and Sebastian would bring you to see me. Right?" She directed the last part to Marcos and I. We just nodded. I liked the way my name sounded coming out of her mouth. Is that weird?

"Okay, can I have a hug," Noah asked wiping his tears. Nyla pulled him in and hugged him.
"We are the double N's, of course I'll give you a hug." She said before bending over and grabbing her phone and her purse.

"How do you work with that?" Marcos whispered to me. I scrunched my eyebrows together in confusion. He pointed at Nyla and I immediately understood him.

"How do you see that every day and still manage not to fuck?" He said looking genuinely confused.

"Because she is my assistant and we're, id like to think, friends," I said in a duh tone.

"Okay and? What the fuck does that have to do with anything?"

"I respect her so I'm not gonna just fuck her. Do you understand now, dumbass?"

"Yeah sure respect and all that. I guess you didn't respect that secretary, Jane." He said matter of factly. I shook my head and laughed. "Oh shut up, that's exactly why I don't tell you anything...she's different."

"Clearly. You gonna ask her out." He asked lowly. "I'm working on it."

"Okay, I'm ready," Nyla said. She passed Noah over to Marcos and the pair walked away.

"Can we have pancakes?" Noah asked as they left.

"Let's go, Nyla," I said as I grabbed her hand, pulling her along with me.