Charmed by the Billionaire CEO
Chapter 335: Linda’s secret

Chapter 335: Linda’s secret

"Weren’t we suppose to have a meeting with her next week? What is she doing in our office today?" Gwen said with an extremely cold tone. Her brows furrowed in annoyance.

Karl stared at her displeased face and sighed mentally. He knew having Linda and her work together wasn’t that easy and the one who was going to get grind was him.

"Mr. Acme doesn’t want to delay the project and has requested the boss if they could start working on it as soon as possible" Karl answered plainly.

The frown on Gwen’s forehead deepened even more but she kept herself in control recalling it was her brother’s call and they couldn’t neglect it.

"Fine... let go" slamming her hand on the table Gwen stood up and walked away carrying her hand bang leaving everyone around in shock.

If someone who wasn’t aware of their conversation might think they argued, but only they knew it wasn’t the reason.

Pursing his lips into a thin line, Karl look got up and followed her ignoring the eyes that stared at him.

Soon they reached Skylar Corps and entered taking the private elevator to the main office.

Inside the cabin, Linda had been taking a look around, especially towards Karl’s stuff, observing them. She could tell that the man was a clean freak because his table was arranged neatly as opposed to the other one next to it.

Walking around the table, she traced her finger on the edge of the backrest, as she slowly turned and faced it.

The smile on Linda’s face dropped when she saw a photo frame on the surface of the table. It was no one but them in it and her eyes instantly turned dark.

Digging her nails into the seat, she fumed staring at their happy face, and scoffed. "I am soon going to wipe off this smile from your face because you are going to lose your man to me, Gwen"

Linda didn’t forget the humiliation she faced in front of her friends because of Gwen. She remembered each part of it and now, it was time for payback.

Her eyes fiercely started at the photo frame when suddenly the door opened and she quickly snapped out of her thoughts, composing her appearance.

Both Karl and Gwen were shocked to see Linda standing in front of Karl’s table, but before they could ask Linda said," You two look good together" her eyes pointing at the photo frame on his table.

Letting go of the chair, she then walked towards the couple who gave her a suspicious look and she quickly let out a chuckle. "Don’t worry I wasn’t robbing anything"

"I hope we didn’t make you wait for long" Karl was the first one to compose himself and step into his professional tone.

"No, that’s okay. It was me who came uninvited" Linda forced a smile hiding behind her evil thought and then looked at Gwen. She could sense her cold stare, but that didn’t bother her.

Gwen had been observing Linda the moment they stepped inside the cabin. Though she appeared all normal in front of them, she didn’t fail to notice her look on how she was staring at their photo a minute ago.

"Shall we start the meeting" ignoring all her doubts, Gwen suggested that they should begin with their work.

Agreeing they soon took their respective seat and started discussing the points related to the project. Since it was Linda’s first major project, she wanted to give her best, proving to her grandfather that she was worthy of his decision.

After an hour they finally concluded the meeting finalizing everything. "I hope I didn’t bother you two too much," Linda asked hesitantly.

"No, We were glad to see your curiosity regarding the project," Karl said with a polite smile.

"Okay then, I’ll take my leave," Linda said picking up her stuff and stood. "See you soon," she said and turn turned to leave when suddenly her head felt dizzy and she stumbled.

"Linda..." Gwen quickly stepped and held her hand, stopping her from falling. This was unexpected for both Karl and Gwen to see Linda lose her balance all of a sudden.

"I’m sorry. I just tripped" Linda lied comparing herself and looked at the two worried faces.

"Are you sure you didn’t hurt your leg?" Karl asked out of humanity. Though he wasn’t fond of associating with her as he did before, still Karl couldn’t ignore what just happened to her.

"No, I am good" Linda assured with a smile and pulled her hand out from Gwen’s hold. "Okay then," she smile and walked out of the cabin.

*****

Outside, Linda sprinted through the corridor, fastening her pace, and stopped in front of the elevator. The second the door opened, she quickly stepped in and watched it close.

Inside the silent elevator, Linda quickly pulled out a tissue from her handbag and started dapping it on her forehead. She was sweating all of sudden, feeling anxious about what would have happened if she would have passed out.

Sigh... Luckily she didn’t or else her secret would have come out.

Ding!

The door slid open and she walked out, leaving the company as soon as possible but before she could get into her car, her eyes caught sight of someone and her face turned pale.

’What is he doing here’ she thought.

*****

Brown Mansion

Tristan woke up as usual when he got a call from Mr. Acme’s manager regarding the change in the meeting schedule.

Since his presence wasn’t needed, he had asked Gwen and Karl to deal with the project. So once the call ended he informed Karl about the change and asked him to reach the company as Linda Acme was already on her way the Skylar.

Keeping his phone back on the table, he sat next to Ashley who was fast asleep and smiled. Leaning forward he placed a kiss on her forehead and climb down the bed.

Walking towards the balcony, Tristan stood there leaning against the railing with his elbows resting on the flat surface while his eyes observing the view.

The Brown property was vast enough and had a pleasant vibe with beautiful trees and greenery around. As his eyes kept scanning the place from the top, he found Richard sitting on his chair in the garden.

He had his back facing him and by the looks, it seemed that he was having his morning tea.

Tristan quickly turned and stepped out of the room, heading straight towards the garden area.

"Good morning dad" he greeted Richard with a smile snapping his attention toward him.

Richard was surprised to see Tristan at first but then he realized that Tristan was a morning person just like him.

"Good morning son, hope you had a good rest" Richard greeted him back with the same energy and asked him to take a seat.

"How are you feeling now," Tristan asked as he looked at Richard looking way better than he was yesterday.

"Good, all thanks to you and Ashley. If not for your fast reflex, I didn’t know what would’ve happened to me" Richard still felt bad for scaring them. His negligence landed him in big trouble, risking his life.

Tristan smiled and watched him bring the cup of tea close to his lips and take a sip from it. He wondered if he should ask him straight or use another way to get all the details.

Dodging every query Tristan decided to go with the first one and asked," Dad, is there something bothering you? I mean business and all" Tristan was quite polite with his word but it alarmed Richard and he stiffened.

He didn’t even bother to turn his head to meet Tristan’s face because he feared that the small camera behind them will capture everything and he would end up risking their lives.

Richard pursed his lips into a thin line and bobbed his head before he placed back the cup in hand.

Tristan frowned at his lack of response which somewhat bothered him. Richard wasn’t this timid with him but the more he observed the old man, the more he appeared to be anxious.

He let him be and stood up from his seat. "I get back to the room before my wife wakes up" with that he turned around towards the entrance when something caught his eye and he stopped.

Tristan notice a camera that wasn’t regular surveillance to monitor the property but the one which was used by assassins to monitor their target. He turned around to question Richard but stopped when he noticed the fatigue on his face.

He sensed the trouble in his body language and that made him question whether Richard was already aware of this and if so why wasn’t he being normal around it.

A deep frown marred his face and he looked around ignoring the camera acting as if he didn’t notice it at all and walked back inside the house.

He remembered not seeing them before and that made him feel strange.

As he entered the house and walked by further with his eyes unnoticeably observing every corner of the house and to his shock, he saw multiple spy cameras installed around.

’What does this all mean’ he thought as he slowly reached their bedroom and stepped inside.

His eyes cautiously looked around the room and to his surprise, he didn’t see any cameras anywhere which only concluded that except for the rooms inside the house, everything else was been monitored but why...

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