Ruthless-Losing My Innocence To World

Chapter 19

Sarah was not very high-spirited and bubbly next day. Caroline was a tyrant. If someone ever displeased her, she wouldn't sit still until she wreaked havoc on them. Although the students of the their class promised to help them, it was out of impulse under the feeling of kinship. Now Caroline had noticed how stupid of her it was to spout those insults to Caroline.

She had tried to put Angelize in picture about her worries but all she earned was a careless look from Angelize. And there Sarah was dying with anxiety.

"Angelize why didn't you come to library?", an angry voice said at her back when she was collecting books from her locker.

Earlier Christain has asked her to come to library to discuss the assignment. Angelize hadn't bothered to reply him. Angelize shrugged without turning back.

"I told you we can do the project in the last week", Angelize replied in her typical casual tune.

"Angelize don't you care a little about your grades?", his voice was suffused with reprimand.

If Angelize was not going to show up, how was Christain going to look into her and find the evidence that it was her who launched that virus in Noah computer?

So he used the excuse of grades.

Although he had no evidence, he knew it was her.

Without her how was he going to unravel the secrets around this mysterious girl. A challenge-a mystery was like a nourishment to his soul.

And he was dying to solve that riddle and his curiosity was starving to know the truth behind this girl.

"I do", Angelize turned back and gave a perfunctory smile, "But I don't really care about it as much as you do."

The handsome and youthful face of Christain was darkened with annoyance. His pale blue eyes sparkled with piercing self-restrain.

"We can't do it in the last week", he asserted.

"That's not my concern. I've a busy life. And I was not the one who asked to be your partner. So stop annoying me"

Angelize pushed him and walked away. But Christain followed her.

She was stopped once the she felt a warm hand tightly holding her wrist and pushing her around with a jerk.

So he was already on the edge?

"You are doing it deliberately. Aren't you?", he contended disgruntled."As long as you're willing to sit and talk with me, we can discuss the basic idea and operations. I've already thought of it, all that is left is discussion and it won't take just two hours", his voice enunciated clearly.

Christain smiled deviously and his eyes lit up.

"I don't see any reason for you to reject when I've already done the basic work so unless you don't want to try it because you fear that doing well will put you in the first position and expose you"

"You have a right to fantasize freely", she said impassively and got her wrist free from his grip with a jerk.

She thought for a moment.

"Alright. Since you've already planned out basic idea and operation, I really don't see any reasons to reject. So let's have a discussion on remaining sections"

Finally, he thought happily, the bird will be stepping in his trap.

Christain looked like a great burden has been lifted from his shoulders at the same time. As long as she was willing nothing could possibly go wrong. He could guarantee his grades.

Many times he has seen the girl with superior and highly complex books in her hands. Some were even unfamiliar to him. They were not available in library. If his surmise was right, one of that book was bought from darkweb that was even banned by government.

At first she didn't care much about others. But since she had found him discovering about them, she had subtle stopped using them openly.

His intuition has never betrayed him. He knew deep down there was something up with this girl. And no matter what, she was the reason behind that virus in Noah laptop.

Her sly and phlegmatic temperament was something hard to overlook.

"So lets meet in library..."

"No", Angelize shook her head, "Not in library"

"Why?"

"Because I don't want to be seen with you in college. Your friends, they are so aggravating"

Christain felt a smash on his ego.

This girl doesn't want to be seen with him in college?

Every girl wants to be seen with him!

But he could only swallow it back to his stomach because she had hardly agreed to discuss with him.

"So outside somewhere? At my place? Your place?", he suggested.

Angelize thought about her small apartment that looked like a small hurricane passed through it and threw the things around randomly.

Who would bother cleaning that?

"At your place. Send me your address. I will give you a visit this weekend"

Christain was not happy but it was a lot better than doing the assignment in the last two to three days. He didn't want to wait any longer to work out on his plan to investigate her. His father would definitely ground him for whole summer vacation but he could sacrifice this much for the sake of his curiosity. This girl was worth it. And he was positive of productive outcome.

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Once walking to her apartment from bus stop, Angelize eyes caught a shadow of someone moving into a twitten just as her eyes turned back. She bit her lip and contemplated whether she should follow it or run away.

After much reflection, she decided to let go.

It was not the first time she had noticed it. Ever since she killed that spy, she had felt numerous eyes on her. But they had only grown cautious and alert in their movements.

And also they hadn't taken any action by now.

It meant that they were only monitoring her.

Angelize thought it was necessary to confirm that who exactly had mobilized so many spies at once.

After all she didn't have a short-list of enemies wishing for her eternal rest.

That day, grabbing a book and few necessary artifices, she went to a small coffee shop- not far from her apartment. Like always, she had a hood covering half of her face and ear plugs in her ears.

It was a busy spot. Fervent chatters and energetic scutters surrounded her. An easy place for anyone to blend in and at the same an easy site for them to lower their guard.

She casually scrolled the screen of her mobile phone. After irregular intervals, she titled a small hand mirror. It was so small almost impossible to notice. It gave her the opportunity to scan the whole place without moving her head and thus without cautioning her enemy.

After few fruitless attempts, she saw a woman mumbling something to herself. Angelize focused the mirror at her and silently observed her for a moment.

She was sitting two tables behind Angelize. She would mumble something to herself placing a hand over her ear at intervals.

Angelize lips curled up as she was confirmed. She stuffed the mirror in one of her big pockets. After taking a few sips, she got up and walked directly to the woman.