Charmed by the Billionaire CEO
Chapter 144: Walked out like a zombie

Chapter 144: Walked out like a zombie

Gwen stepped inside the building with a smile on her face. She was happy to see Karl burning in jealousy when he saw her and Luke chat.

She didn’t understand his reaction back then, but now when she thought about it, Karl’s jealousy made him accept his feeling towards her. And now she was going to use the same thing to make him understand how important she was to him and how he would lose her if he didn’t take action quickly.

She stepped into the elevator and watched the door close when someone blocked it and saw Karl stepping in.

Gwen was surprised to see him waiting for her to come because after watching her smile happily with Luke, he walked away, passing an angry look.

Composing herself, she looked away from him. His intense gaze made her feel nervous. She had seen them before but still kept her face straight, not allowing him to see through her and her nervousness.

Karl stood on the other side and pressed the button on the last floor where their office was. He was quiet, which kind of surprised Gwen.

She expected him to react, but she only saw his calm face.

"I heard you are going on a date with Luke" his words broke her composure, and she looked at him with wide eyes. He kept his gaze ahead; least bothered to even look at her, which irked her.

"All the best", he further added.

Gwen was surprised by his chillness that she felt like someone had thrown cold water on her face. Did he wish her good luck? she asked herself as her lips twitched, watching his lack of attention, and before she could say a word, the door slid open, and Karl stepped out, leaving Gwen behind.

*****

Cabin

Tristan went through the final check of the product and gave Karl approval for further process. The product launch was just a week ahead, and they had to finish everything before the due date.

Getting his boss’s order, Karl left from there. He resumed back his work when his phone rang. He didn’t waste a second looking at the call and quickly picked up the call.

"Did you forget that you have a friend, Noah" Tristan frowned as he voiced his displeasure to his friend, who seemed to have forgotten about them.

Noah had vanished after the day he last came to see Ashley in the hospital. Though their last talk wasn’t that great, he knew Noah wouldn’t get upset with him.

"Drop your fake anger, Tristan. I know you are pulling my leg" Noah knew he was teasing him, and there was no way Tristan wouldn’t be happy that he didn’t bug him all these days.

Tristan’s lips twitched, listening to his words. If there were a way he could put his hand inside the phone, Tristan would have smacked Noah. He read through his remarks on the other side of the call.

"Now, don’t flare your nose in anger. I called you because I wanted to ask you something" Noah wasn’t as playful as he always is with Tristan, which made Tristan drop his irritation.

"What do you want to ask?" he said, and as he heard Noah’s words, Tristan’s frown deepened even more.

"I will check it once and then confirm it with you," he said, and without talking further, Noah ended the call.

"Dylan Grey. You seem to be messing with the wrong person," he said with a smirk knowing where Dylan put his hands into.

*****

Noah had been going through Dylan Grey’s background check; what he found about him was shocking.

Grey’s had suffered a loss for the past three years and had been finding ways to get back on track. This was why Dylan, the labelled playboy, was getting married to Avera Bills.

They wanted to get Avera’s shares under his name, and once they got it, he would end up ditching her.

But even after discovering so much about him, Noah couldn’t find out why he was behind Alice and trying to defame her.

"What is he scheming this time," Noah said, rubbing his chin and pondering more profound his thoughts when his phone rang.

A contagious smile formed on his lips when he saw it was Alice, and he quickly picked up the call.

"I wasn’t expecting a phone call so early" Noah smiled, looking at the watch in his hand.

Alice left for the studio just an hour ago, and it looked like it wasn’t even long before he received a call from her.

"You should be happy I didn’t ignore you the entire day" Alice leaned back on her chair and answered playfully.

She wouldn’t lie if he happened to ask her if she had already missed him because she did miss him, and that was why she couldn’t stop calling him the second she entered her office.

"Then should I say that you are already missing me," he asked, knowing very well that she was but still wanted to hear from her.

It had become impossible for them to part after they started to know each other and not forget the steamy session they shared. They felt like magnets who liked to keep sticking to each other, forgetting about the world.

Alice blushed as she lowered her gaze and swirled her chair slightly. The answer was yes, but she didn’t voice it. She was missing him like crazy.

These last two days had been so relaxing for her that she felt as if she was alive again. Though her parents still spoiled her mood, she had a good time with Noah, too, enough to overshadow her lousy attitude.

"So I will assume your silence as a yes", she heard him say.

There was a long pause between them when Noah questioned her," Alice, how long did your father have known Vincent Grey."

Alice was surprised by his sudden question. She thought after that day; he wouldn’t talk about her father as she had already told him not to speak about him in front of her.

But his inquiring about it made Alice ponder if Noah was trying to find something about them.

"I am not sure, but I heard from dad that he knew Vincent Grey from his University days," she said plainly.

Alice had never met Vincent or Dylan. But she often heard Theon mention him to her mother and how his contribution would lift his company to a new level.

Noah creased as he fell into deep thought. He thought something wasn’t right, but he didn’t voice it to Alice.

"Why would you ask about it?" Alice’s voice broke his trace, and he answered," Umm... nothing, I just wanted to know that’s it", he lied but partially. Yes, he wanted to know it, but it wasn’t just to know about it.

He wanted to get as much information about Dylan, so he could use them against him and serve it as a punishment for framing his woman.

Alice nodded, not entirely convinced by Noah’s words but kept to herself, hoping he would talk to her when the time came.

****

Time passed by, and soon, the sunset. Gwen left the company a little early. She was hoping to stumble on Karl, but she didn’t see him after their talk in the lift, which surprised her.

"Did he didn’t care" she talked to herself, looking at the mirror as she got ready.

Though she came up with this date to make Karl jealous, she now doubted whether Karl would do anything. His lack of action towards her since the morning slowly dropped her confidence.

Heaving a sigh, she glanced at herself one last time before walking out of her room. She couldn’t back on her words after she shamelessly told everyone she was going on a date with Luke.

She thought she would receive a happy look from everyone, but the look she got was shocked. She could tell about her brother, but the others should have smiled.

"Just like me, everyone is losing their brain cells", she muttered, walking downstairs and out from the main door.

As soon as the door shut, Ashley and Grace, hiding behind the pillar, stepped out.

"She just walked out like a zombie," Gavin said, peeking through Ashley’s and Grace’s shoulders as he hid with them.

"Why is her reaction different from the one she showed us in the morning," Grace asked as she recalled the morning incident.

Everyone at the breakfast table had almost spat out the food from their mouth when all of a sudden, she told them about her date with Luke.

Even Tristan was shocked by her sudden declaration that he started coughing because he choked due to the bread in his mouth.

Except for her, everyone at the table seemed to be in pure shock.

"I sometimes don’t understand what goes on in this girl’s mind" Grace walked from there, giving up on understanding her daughter’s tricky mind.

Ashley and Gavin too followed her without brainstorming too much about it.

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