31: Refusal
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“Woah there, Lucien. I can not believe you, man.”
“Just... finish those, Hunter.”
“No can do, man,” the CEO's secretary only flashed a grin in declining the order, “You really refused a fancy dinner with the oh-so-luxurious board of directors, your best friends, and the possible surge of potential investors alongside the old ones, no? Even after those men begged you countless of times before, you kept on declining their way and saying no. You can be able to build more connections in there, but you chose violence and prioritized to agree in one meal with the whole research and design department in only one question if you can be there. Man, only because it was Maxien who asked you to come, huh? You can not get out of this, I am afraid.”
“Oh, shut up, Hunter. Just move your ass and work with me. We still have a gathering to attend later this day and we have to file these before the work hours are done.”
“Lucien, Lucien, Lucien. You are down so horrendous, man. Oh, the girl has hit you right in the chest, hard and fast, you were not able to dodge the bullet of love, and now is in danger. I do not know your weak ass anymore, oh, no,” Hunter husked once more as he clicked his tongue for a few times to express a sarcastic dismay towards his boss. “But, to be frank, I almost thought you do not want to deal with a girl, like, never again. It is a possible case, so you can not blame me. Forgive this sudden honesty, but I almost suspected that you are gay as hell and you want me—”
“If you continue to say nonsense and assume my sexuality just because I used to not express who attracts me or now, I am firing you, Hunter.”
“Oh, Lucien, trust me, you can never do that to me. Man, you will never let go of me in forever. I know everything, each and any information about you, your secrets and the likes, all of those that you keep—”
“Now, you are blackmailing me over this thing? Wow, I can not believe you?” The CEO frowned.
“Not really, but you are suddenly threatening to fire me, so I must do my thing, do you not think so, too?”
Hunter just continued to giggle to himself in satisfaction when the irritation in Count's face just grew a mile.
“Anyway, those annoying jokes aside—”
“You are only saying that because you are losing, no, Lucien?”
“Ah, whatever makes you sleep better at night, Hunter,” Count replied, rolling his eyes, “I just want to know if you have ant additional report regarding the old man Housto,n and then Verniz? How is the investigation going? Any lead? And... did the new letters tell us anything more than what we already know?”
“Ah, that. Yes, I have some. Of course. You can always rely on my ass. First and foremost, Mr. Verniz, the man stayed in the country. According to my source, also known as his very own secretary, thean is planning to spend a few weeks of summer here, before he goes back to Los Angeles to run his businesses. Mr. Houston, on the other hand, went on his way just after the meeting. The location, I could still not quite know until now. I am not even sure if he really did leave the country. Such a secretive man.”
“I thought Houston is the one who planned the dinner with all the present personalities on yeterday's meeting? Why would he leave the country before their luxurious dinner in a five star restaurant they hired specifically for that purpose, like they boasted about?”
“I thought so, too,” Hunter shrugged. “Maybe he is not interested in it anymore after you declined? You know, all that man wants is direct contact with you, but you keep on ignoring his calls, messages, emails, and proposals. I have heard from the others, though, that he funded the party with all his own money. Very nice of him, no?”
“Well, that is... suspicious.”
“Indeed. But what else do we get from there? I will look deeper,” Hunter agreed, “In the case of the new letters. We could not tell still where it came from. Even the company sending mails could not find out where the stacks to be delivered every day are coming from. They are guessing that there is a huge personality involved to hide its precise origin. And it is... man, Maxien, Maxien might be in danger. So, we have to furtherly fix a guard to watch her before anything happens.”
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