Ryan's POV
My heart felt like it was hurting at the sight before me. I made sure to school my features to avoid them from seeing exactly what I felt.
"So it's true?" I said, fixing my gaze on Elena. She looked shocked and shook her head vigorously.
"No, it's not true. I know what it looks like but it's nothing." She tried to take a step towards me.
"Don't bother, have fun with your boy toy." I turned and walked out of the place. I feel so stupid because my sister talked me into taking Elena out for lunch and making me feel bad for suspending her after the fight she had with Cara
"Let him go, Elena. He is not worth it!" Whoever the fool she was kissing said as I walked out.
"She will now see why I'm called a cold monster." I growled beneath my breath.
I walked to my office and found Dave and Ian already seated. "What are you guys doing here?"
"We have some updates on your mother in law, Sandra." Dave said with a diassapointed smile.
I walked to my desk as if nothing had happened and took a seat.
"Are you okay, man?" Ian asked looking at my face keenly.
I nodded briskly. "Tell me what you guys found and how Sandra is even relevant to me."
They both stared at each other and said nothing but I knew they were are that something weird had occured.
"Sandra is not as harmless as we initially thought she was. We followed her trail after Charles had released her and discovered that she now dating an underground mob boss, known as Rocco. We have been trying to dig into him but no one is speaking. She has been spending too much time around the Thorn residence and might be trouble. The thing is that our men also found her trailing Rosalyn."
I growled and flung the glass of whiskey on my table to the wall. Both of my friends stared at me with wide, confused eyes. I was usually the one that had control over his emotions but that woman has been messing with me since.
"We have everything under control and men trailing her. Now it is time to ask the real question. Are you okay?" Dave gave me a look of concern.
"She ruined everything! I now know that choosing her as a bride costs too much than it's worth. I can't deal with this, right now."
"You can't blame her for all these things. Her mother has not even been in her life for long and has caused so much chaos already, she is a victim too."
"I don't care! I need to go out for lunch, call me if you need anything." I took my car keys from the table and stormed towards the door, I pulled the door open and to my surprise she was at the door about to knock.
"What are you doing here?" I asked her not too politely.
"I…I..I just wanted to explain everything. He is nothing to me, I promise. It was not like you saw."
I chuckled at this, unfortunately I feel so stupid. Monalisa "the snake" told me and I didn't accept it, now this is a mess. She was right, I can't even deal with this.
"Get out of my way, Elena. I am glad that whatever this is between us is purely on paper. You do not have to explain anything. Look at me thinking that we could actually work things out and see where it would go but now I know better. I am glad that we are in separate rooms and live like strangers, George will now be taking you to work from today and you can have your side toys. We will only appear in public together if I like. Have a great life, Elena." I walked past her, I almost went back to her to hold her in my arms.
The look on her face was broken and tears rolled down her face, I had to tell myself that she was just pretending.
I remembered something and picked up the phone, dialling Dave's number. He picked up after the first ring.
"What do you need, man?"
"I need you to check the CCTV cameras at the accounts department. I need to know everything about the male employee that was with Elena earlier. I want to know their connection."
"Okay, I will do just that. But what is wrong? You both had a heated conversation and you said really hurtful things."
"Do not advice me, you have no idea what happened. Just do what you are told and that will do it." I ended the call on him and chose to walk down the street to my favourite spot, Eve's Coffee shop.
In about fifteen minutes I got there and walked straight to the counter. The waiter whose tag had the name Wendy looked clean and pretty with ample breast and a short uniform, gave me a seductive look from across the counter.
"I would like a cup of coffee, black with no sugar or milk and cinamon rolls."
She nodded and smiled with white teeth. "Anything else?"
I did not spare her a glance, I just went to an empty table and took a seat.
After about ten minutes of lazilly scrolling my phone. I heard footsteps approaching my table and I raised my head and saw Wendy dropping my order on the table.
"Your order, Sir. Are you sure that you don't want anything else?"
"I am certain, please leave."
Just like always I dug in and it was like a taste of heaven. After I had finished, I dropped a hundred dollar bill on the table and walked out. I felt a lot better and had cooled off a bit.
***
It was night time and I had just finished up some paper work at the office when Dave called me on the phone. I picked immediately after the first ring.
"What did you find?" I did not even bother to fake any pleasantries.
"Hello to you too, Mister." He did not sound as jovial as his usual self.
"I do not have time for this, Dave. What did you find?"
He took a deep breath. "I took a look at the clip and did not look good, the guy's name is Theo Hamilton, the only son to the multimillonaire Trevor Hamilton. He just got a job here as a junior accountant."
"Is that all you have for me? What is their connection?"
"They attended the same university and dated in college b ut had a fall out based on what i learnt."
My heart dropped, I had a little hope that Monalisa was not saying the truth and that Elena was not having anmything to do with her ex.
"Goodnight." I cut the call before he could say anything else. I needed a drink and I knew just where to get it from.
I walked out of the silent office and headed straight outside ignoring the janitor and guards on duty. I went to my car and drove straight to the bar called "the Shanky house."
Once I entered in, I walked straight to the VIP section and asked for drinks. They drinks kept coming until I lost track of time. My eyes started getting droopy and I could barely make sense of my surroundings, soon a scantily dressed woman walked into the room.
I squinted my eyes and tried identifying her but it was difficult. She had her hands all over me and I guess she was a stripper. I tried pushing her off but my entire body felt so heavy and out of control, I could barely keep my eyes open.
Her hands roamed all over me and I tried to tell her to get off but no words came out. She danced atop me and I could not do anything about it, which made me alarmed but no one even knew that I was here. I felt so disgusted
because I was reacting to her.
She kissed me hard on the lips and in seconds I was out like light.