Chapter 3

Still holding on to her neck in pain, she smiled. One of the goons had dropped a dagger, her signature weapon. She waited for the goon to come to her again before she inserted the dagger into his left foot and then kicked it hard. He screamed in pain before she took it out and then rushed to the goons that guarded the metal box.

It was a tough fight and she got injured severely, especially when the use of flabbergas was introduced but luckily, she’d covered her nose in time and stopped herself from inhaling it which only caused it to affect the other goons and not her. Not waiting for the goon to realize what he’d done to his colleagues, she turned the flabbergas and sprayed it right in his face which caused him to fall to the ground, unable to move.

She pushed him out of the way before taking her hair pin and then opening the metal box and on opening it, she opened her mouth in shock… it was a secret way to an underground basement.

“Thanks for nothing “‘she told the goon who was down with flabbergas before kicking him away. She put her leg in, it was all about the money and she could do anything for it. As she climbed down, she looked up. If any of the other goons came and saw the metal box open, they’d definitely raise an alarm so she closed the box, forgetting she didn’t have the key or card to swipe it open.

As she climbed down, she kept on noticing so much light coming from her left and after climbing down, still injured and that was when she met with the greatest shock of her life, the gatemen was meant to not only deceive those who wanted to get deceived, he was also guarding this underground company.

She hid behind the door as she observed closely, the white tiled walls, marbled floors and appropriate tech facilities, they screamed luxury and she could not help but wonder why such a beautiful creation was kept hidden.

She sighed and when one of the workers passed by, she didn’t notice her. She stared at her, from head to toe and judging from how she looked, messy hair from having fought so hard, rough clothes and a bleeding neck, she knew it had to be an intruder but luckily, as she was about to raise an alarm, Kathryn caught wince of her and covered her nose and mouth before dragging her into a corner that happened to be a bathroom.

After some time, someone came out in the workers’ outfit, looking all different and cleaned up.

“The boss has asked to see you Adrianna, please go in now” Another employee told “Adrianna”.

She nodded before taking her face mask down with a smirk on her face. “To get my money, i guess I have to be Adrianna for a little while” she said to herself with a smile before walking forward.

As she walked forward, she hid at various intervals so as not to get noticed by anyone till she came to an elevator. She walked in and on walking in, she bumped into a man.

“Adrianna you…..” he immediately recognized that she wasn’t Adrianna and just as he was about to scream and raise an alarm, she dragged him back into the elevator and the door closed right in front of them.

She walked out of the elevator on the last floor, her shirt a little blood stained but luckily, she always had her jacket with her and she put it over her before continuing to walk. She kept on looking around, trying to see if there was anything strange and on looking around, she finally realized something, the map that Daniel had shown her wasn’t wrong… it was for this place and luckily, she had a good memory. She could remember where was where and how everything looked and she successfully made her way to the kitchen where the safe had been kept. She opened the freezer but there was nothing in it and on pushing the freezer, she saw a little painting.

She removed the painting and saw that it required a pin to open the door that was behind the painting. “Classic!” She muttered to herself before taking a knife and breaking the lock down mode of the door, raising an alarm. Immediately the alarm was raised, she smiled to herself before going to hide beside the cupboard.

It didn’t take a minute before the guards came and on seeing the painting down, they quickly typed the pin and when she looked, she saw the safe.. it was behind the door.

She quickly came out from hiding and sent knives through their bodies before rushing to the safe but on touching it, it raised an alarm but she didn’t care. She rushed and locked the door before twisting the knob of the safe a few times and it opened. She smiled to herself and collected the files in the safe before going to hide beside the cupboard again.

The goons rushed in and started looking around but while they looked around, she makes to escape.

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She threw the file at Daniel while her wounds were treated by the doctor. “Do you now believe the extents to which I can go for money?” She asked.

“I do believe it now” he told her and left. She winced in pain, she’d injured her neck severely and there had to be a few broken bones in it after her encounter with those goons.

Daniel smiled to himself from the window as he stared at her getting her wounds treated. For some reason, seeing her in pain and knowing he was the reason she had gone on such a dangerous mission was as hurting as an arrow being passed through his chest. He couldn’t explain why he suddenly didn’t want her going on such missions any longer. He wanted to protect her, why?

Not able to comprehend or understand how he felt anymore, he walked out of there and went to his room. He locked the door behind him and fell back on the bed after requesting for some drinks to be brought to him.

“All my life… I have met different types of women, ones more desperate than she is for the money and many just after having intercourse but I have never met anyone who could make me so worried about them. What have you done to me Kathryn? I have only known you for a day and you’re already making me crazy about you… why?” He spoke to himself as he rolled on the bed. Narrowing his gaze to the flower vase on the table, he smiled, he was about to play a little flower picking game. It sounded ridiculous but since the people in the movie liked using it, he also wanted to give it a try.

He got off the bed and went to the flower and picked it before plucking one off, “I like her” he muttered and threw it to the floor. He plucked another, “I don’t like her “.

He kept on plucking flowers till it came down to the last one, “I like her” he muttered to himself before throwing the flower to the ground.

“Who do you like?” A feminine voice asked and on turning, it happened to be Kathryn… He gulped.