Adrian Nielsen
I got out from the meeting room and guess who I found leaning on the wall facing the meeting room door?
"I thought you're going to wait for me in Italy?" I asked as all of my employees left me alone with Dean.
"I have work around here and.. decided why not visit you so you won't be all cozy with your employee." He smirked and I rolled my eyes.
"Your definition of cozy if pretty weird, Dean." I said as I walked towards the lift with him following me.
"Oh really? Let me remind you that you're an ILLICIT member and.. being whipped is not on your list. Fuck her once and be done with it." He hissed and then he left me alone. I can't believe he just said that, he snapped.
I went down to the lobby and got into my car. I drove towards the hotel since it's almost 9 pm. I texted Leah to come out and then Dean's words hit me again.
In the end of the day, he's right.
I heard a small knock on the window and gestured Leah to get in. She greeted me and I just nodded. she put on her seatbelt and I drove out from the hotel.
"Mr. Nielsen, is everything okay?" Leah asked.
"Yeah, just thinking about work." I drove towards the Seine river again but this time, I rented a small cruise boat. I parked my car and got out at the same time as Leah. I walked towards it first and I was greeted by the owner.
He politely greeted me and Leah. He immediately explained about Seine river briefly and then left us alone. I sat down on the seat and Leah sat across me as the boat started sailing.
"Thankyou, Mr. Nielsen." Leah said and I nodded.
I looked at the beautiful scenery of Paris and my mood dropped again after remembering Dean's words. Why did have he come all the way from Italy to Paris just to tell me that? He's pissing me off.
I turned to Leah and she was looking at the beautiful scenery of the river. I could see her eyes just shines looking at the night lights surrounding the river. I'm asking myself again why am I doing this?
It's completely useless and I don't gain anything from renting this cruise and just sitting here enjoing the scenery when I don't really like traveling around when I'm on my business trip:
"Were you alone earlier? When you go around town?" I asked and she nodded.
"I met a Danish man and we just talked for a little bit. He asked me to have coffee with him tomorrow." She said and I looked away. This is the second that I realized that Dean was right.
"Will you be okay if I go out after work?" She asked in a really careful tone.
"Sure, why not?" I said and I got up from my seat walking towards the edge of the boat looking down to the water. I took out my phone and dialed Angelo's number.
"Hello." He picked up right away.
"Where are you?"
"In Milan, why? You want me to go to London?" He must have sense the weird tone in my voice.
"No, I'm in Paris right now."
"Ah! That conference huh?"
"Yeah." I sighed.
"What happened?" He asked as he noticed my not so happy voice.
"Nothing, just got a lot of things in my head." I said.
"Take a rest and you should go back to London if you're tired. Or maybe you want to stop by here." I chuckled hearing his offer.
"I'm good, I'll see you in London then."
"Okay, take care." He ended the call and I put my phone back into my pocket. I turned my body around and looked at Leah who was staring blankly at the water. She was standing on the opposite side of the railing.
"How is it so far?" I asked and took her attention again. She turned to me and looked at me confuse.
"Working with ILLICIT." I said as I sat down.
"It has been great so far, I love the job and I can learn a lot of things from a lot of people." She answered and I nodded.
"Can I ask you a question?" She said as she sat on the chair across me. I gestured her to ask away and she took a really deep breath before throwing me the question.
"Are you an ILLICIT member or you're working for ILLICIT?" She asked and I raised my eyebrows after hearing the question.
"Why do people really want to know about this so badly?" I leaned my body back and she bit her lips looking at me curiously.
"Are you aware that no one knows who the ILLICIT members are?"
"I'm so aware of it but I'm curious. How can they be.. so.. smart, precise and.. just.. good at hiding?" She said as she looked up go the sky like she's thinking about it.
"I'm working for the ILLICIT." I said completely lying to her.
"So.. you know who's the boss?" She asked and I nodded. Her jaw dropped and she was completely mind blown.
"Do you know the Lemieres?"
"Too many questions, Leah. Too many." I said stopping her and she shut her mouth right away. She gave me a nod and I sighed.
"I'm sorry about.. what happened inside the lift when I kissed you." I said and her eyes widen.
"I was not in my best mind that day." I added because I suddenly thought about it. We both never really touched on that topic too.
"It's okay."
"It won't happen again, I swear." I said and she looked at me with an unreadable eyes.
"Okay." Suddenly the atmosphere between us became cold and I don't blame her at all. Everything was my fault and I just couldn't understand why am I acting like this.
"Oh! You don't have to go to Italy, I'll send you back to London after we're done in Paris." I said and got up from my seat.
