The Billionaire's Promise
Chapter 118: Bad News Boss

Chapter 118: Bad News Boss

The following morning Erik and Aryana went to the office together. They used the exclusive elevator for the CEO as it was the only elevator with access to the Penthouse. When they stepped out of the elevator, both were surprised to find Cassie exiting from the other elevator.

’What a coincidence!’ Aryana sneered.

"Good morning Erik!" Cassie greeted Erik warmly. "Oh hi Aryana." She maintained a fake smile on her face.

"What a coincidence to run into both of you." Cassie’s glance landed on Aryana. ’Why is she with Erik so early in the morning?’

"Hello Cassie." Aryana greeted back. She also wore a fake smile.

"Erik, I came to drop the contract to Camille as I did not make an appointment. I’m also here to give you these cookies. I saw that you finished the cookies yesterday." She said in a gentle and sweet voice.

"Do you want Boss Erik to die or have diabetes? You should know how much sugar you have put into the dough." Aryana said sarcastically."

She grabbed the two boxes from Cassie who was too shock to do anything.

"I’ll serve one cookie with your coffee today boss." She maintained her pace as she walked beside Erik. Cassie walked on his other side.

"Just leave the contract to Camille. I thought you are going to send it via email as you said yesterday."

"I have a meeting nearby so I thought of just dropping it off." She said still keeping a smile on her face.

Aryana went directly to the pantry to brew Erik’s coffee. True to her word, she took one cookie from the box and placed them on a saucer. She brought the coffee and the cookie to Erik’s room. She was surprised to find Cassie was still at Camille’s table.

She ignored them and enter Erik’s office.

"Your cookie and your coffee Boss!" She said gently and smiled.

"Just one cookie. Not even two?" Erik teased her.

"If you want to die I’ll get the rest of them." Aryana was angry.

Erik chuckled.

"You are angry. You’re blushing." Erik continued to tease her.

"If there is nothing else, I am going to leave now."

Erik laughed.

Cassie was already gone when Aryana went out of the office. She went to her cubicle and was surprised to find two sets of flowers on her table. One is the single blue rose from C and the other one is the three rosebuds from Erik.

’From Erik?’ She smiled.

She took out the three rose buds and placed them in the vase and she gave the blue rose to Camille.

She snapped a photo and sent it to Erik which she captioned. "What’s with the flowers? Thank You. They are cute."

Erik replied, " I am jealous with the blue rose."

Aryana sent a smiley. She then focused on her work.

...

At the office of Congressman Edward Garses...

"Boss, someone sent you an email. It’s a video of your car hitting a woman at the junction of First and Second Avenue last Saturday." His secretary informed him.

"What? I can’t remember my car hit anybody."

"Boss, it might be your son who was driving the car. He has just gotten his driver’s license last month." His secretary explained.

"Oh shit. Who allowed him to use my car? What trouble did he bring me this time?" He punched the table with his hand.

"Boss, the email sender said that they don’t want trouble. They just need you to pay for the medical expenses of the victim. The victim’s name is Jessa Pison and she is currently confined at Central District Hospital."

"Call Ronnie to come over."

Ronnie was the Congressman’s trusted assistant who do the dirty work for him.

After fifteen minutes a burly dark skinned man appeared before the Congressman. The congressman’s secretary showed him the three videos that were sent to the congressman’s mailbox.

"How could they have gotten hold of that video? I have that deleted from the traffic bureau’s server." Ronnie looked stupefied.

"You know all about this and you did not tell me?" The congressman roared.

"Boss, I thought that Edward Jr told you about it." Ronnie said defensively. In reality, Edward Jr. told him not to tell his father about the car accident.

"That damn kid. He is nothing but trouble." Congressman Garses fretted.

’Heh, like father like son.’ Ronnie silently berated the congressman.

"Can you get the identity of the sender?" The congressman asked.

Ronnie borrowed the secretary’s laptop and typed series of codes. He has excellent hacking skills but after a long time he was unable to get the IP address of the email sender.

"Sorry boss! I am unable to find any trace at all."

"Useless!" The congressman barked angrily.

"Boss, he was able to recover the video and get copies of the videos from other people’s dashcams. His computer skills must be outstanding."

A notification for an incoming email was heard from the laptop.

Ronnie opened the email and read the content. It was very short.

[I am waiting and getting impatient.]

"Rissa, check how much is the medical fee."

Rissa, the secretary made a call to the hospital. She was informed that the bill will probably be 300,000 but can go up to 500,000.

"Damn it, that expensive?"

"Yes, Congressman. It is so scary to get sick or to get into an accident nowadays especially if you are poor because medical fees are so expensive." Rissa shared her thoughts. While she worked for the congressman, she sympathized with the victim.

"Rissa, go to the hospital and settle this. Use the the Garses Foundation. Ronnie, tell him that we are on it."

Ronnie sneered. ’What a cunning fox. He is wealthy but does not want to use his wealth.’

Ronnie replied to the anonymous video sender.

[We are making arrangements now.]

He received a reply.

[Good! By the way, tell the congressman that he needs to return the deposit that was already paid. And he is to compensate the victim with an additional one million for the emotional, physical and psychological trauma that she suffered.

Just found out that it was his son who was driving the car while his license was still confiscated and sitting at at the traffic bureau.’]

He clicked on the email attachment.

"Bad news boss!"