Chapter 188 - I Have Gift For You

Ch-187 

"Nathaira! I never thought you would stoop to this level," Cedric said as fisted his palm tightly. 

"You made me turn out like this. This is your fault, not mine," she said. 

"Well… come back to the topic…" she started as she checked her nails lazily. 

"I will give you two minutes of time to decide. If not… I will do the things in my way." she said. 

Cedric felt nothing but anger. This woman crossed all his lines. What he shall do? If he does something to her… Edward would be hurt. Seriously, this woman was nothing but a headache. Holding his head he rubbed his temples. 

"Oh yeah… I wouldn't do anything to her. I won't reveal anything to her till you return to Lucren. But just remember… if you want the details of Eleanor's brother's accident. And the one who is behind Zora's group… then do contact me. But if you don't tell me your decision in two minutes and try to take help from Cyrus or Esther… Don't blame me. 

"Oh… yeah… the one who is behind the misery of Zora groups is now after Eleanor. And I am working for him. If you break up with your little vixen and be with me. I promise her life would be safe, Martin's life would be safe too and Zora's group would resume flourishing like before. Your choice." Nathaira said as picked out her pocket mirror and checked her make-up. After she was done fixing her make-up she nodded at herself in approval. 

"Hmm… your two minutes starts now," Nathaira said as she turned the timer in her phone. 

Cedric punched the steering in anger for which Nathaira just smiled. How could she do this? Wasn't she a woman too? 

He thought she learned her lesson from her past but she was on the same path or maybe a worse path. 

Nathaira stared at her phone timer, from time to time she would check her lipstick, makeup, eye shadow, and her nails, and everything. 

All Cedric could feel was anger, disgust, helplessness, and every negative feeling in the world. He never thought Nathaira would threaten him with Eleanor's and Martin's life. He wasn't surprised that the person who was behind the MArtin's accident and Zora's downfall was the same because he even thought of this possibility as they were too coincidental. Things would never happen coincidentally without a reason. And here everything that was happening in Zora's family had something to do with some mysterious thing that he wasn't aware of. Or probably no one was aware of it. 

There could be only three people who might be aware of it was Aiden, Eleanor's biological mother, and the one who was behind it. 

Eleanor's mother was dead. And the one behind Zora's downfall was unknown. And Aiden… maybe Cedric should ask him. Lost in his thoughts he didn't notice that the time was up. 

"Cedric, your time is up. I am leaving. I will send you a gift. Wait for me," she said with that she got off the car and walked away swaying her hips. 

Cedric wondered what she would do. He never liked deadlines and threats. Even now… he didn't like her deadline. Nathaira would always do the things that he disliked. Since… she said she would send a gift to him. He guessed she was up to something. And particularly she said it was a gift for him… he could guess that he would be the target. 

Nathaira was unpredictable. All he could do was wait for her to do something only then he could take countermeasure. He wanted to be like Cyrus and Esther. They could guess the move of the person in front of them and counterattack them even before they made a move. While… he counter attacks them after they made a move. Most of the time he might have been succeeded but he can't be lucky all the time. 

Maybe he wasn't as experienced as Esther and Cyrus. They were from the Royal family and they plotting against the siblings, their own spouses, and relatives maybe everyone around them. But Cedric has to agree that he lived a peaceful life compared to them.

As the saying goes, a person was made based on the world he was exposed to. 

Cedric started his car and returned to the company and did his work not knowing the waves that Nathaira was stirring up. 

Nathaira couldn't understand what Cedric was thinking. Wasn't he scared that she would do something to his delicate beauty? If he wasn't… then she would introduce him few things like fear. 

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On the other side… 

Eleanor was working relentlessly on her company and on the project with Callan's. There was a small accident on the site today. A worker couldn't handle the weight of bricks as he was ill. So he fell down when he was doing work. But the leader of the workers made a big fuss about it saying that they were robbing of their hardwork and paying them less salary. That small thing turned into a big fuss which led to the point where she and Edward has to be present there personally. 

After going there, she realized that… that man was stirred up by Edward's competitor. She was dead tired by the time she returned to her company. She didn't even have her lunch due to this issue. And adding to the fact, Cedric wasn't calling her for the past two days. She was extremely irritated and was pissed off. 

She was making her workers run on their toes while working. No one dares to pick on her nowadays. 

She called Henrietta, her assistant. "CEO, What can I do for you?" Henrietta asked feeling nervous. 

"Get me food," she said. Henrietta nodded and ran to get her food. 

Eleanor's suit was drenched in sweat due to the whole running process on the site. Not liking the sweat, she took off her coat and threw it on the couch. She decreased the temperature of her room and leaned back on her chair. 

Suddenly, her phone dinged. Taking her phone, she opened it only to be shocked.. Her eyes almost popped out of her sockets.