126 They Are All But Preparations

But she couldn't ask.

No.

She didn't want to ask, she didn't want to know yet.

She didn't want them to know about her yet, not just yet.

"But I commend you, creating such a big company in the present time. Truly commendable," Timothy continued to which the others nodded as well.

She was younger than all of them yet look at her now, she has her very own big company.

"It is after all something I needed," she gave a smile as she said this.

"That's right, that is not yet the biggest news I am about to tell you," Brian remembered what he really wanted to tell them.

Everyone was once again looking at him.

Yet before speaking he first glanced at both Ashton and Amber.

"Do you really need our permission when you already brought them here? Plus since I have shown you and told you then I will surely tell them. You all are Ash's most trusted friends," Amber rolled her eyes and said.

Her words somehow left them speechless.

'Trusted friends.'

She used it with a very serious look, as if she genuinely mean it.

"Don't throw the word trust so easily," was what Xander blurted out.

"I can do it, for I will also back it up. I am trusting all of you with everything especially Ash's well being. But one wrong move, no matter who you are, I won't even blink, I will take your life away."

This time her face had that look of murderous seriousness.

Even Ashton looked at her in shock.

Since he told her of his intentions, she haven't said anything about hers.

He decided to wait but who would have thought he'd hear such words from her in the most unexpected way.

"What? Don't look at me like that. I have been meaning to say this to them once I get the chance," she told him upon seeing his look before she looked back at his friends.

"This man, we may have some rough times when we just met but that one year where everything was dark for me, he was the one who supported me."

Everyone could only listen attentively for she looks like she will bite them if they won't listen to her.

"That is why I don't only owe him for the simplest stuffs but I owe him for everything that I have right now, even this life. If I didn't meet him nor them," she added pointing at Blake and the other two.

"I don't think I would have survived, so I will choose to trust you now because I can see that they also do."

The men looked at each other, normally this scene should be the other way around right?

The man would declare such words in front of the girl he loves and her friends, so why is it that they are in this kind of situation now?

Ashton placed a hand on top of her head, "Don't go declaring such words in front of all men, they might fall for you instead."

Sudden coughs were heard after he said this.

Harvey nodded vigorously after what Brian said.

"Never mind falling for her, I'd rather runaway from her," Mathew added afterwards.

Devon, Blake and Aldger shook their heads as they watch the reactions from the others.

"Bro," Xander placed a hand in Ashton's shoulder.

"I will never fall for her, suffer on your own."

Timothy looked at her before looking at Ashton.

"Go and be together on your own."

Suddenly Amber started laughing, she didn't expect such reactions from them.

She actually expected them to get mad for speaking in such a way since she was younger than all of them.

Their attention once again went to her.

This was the first time they saw her laugh this way, well it was just the second time they met her after all.

But her laugh was carefree as if the her a while ago was just but an imagination.

"Switches," Brian commented after seeing this.

He remembered what Leslie have told him earlier that day.

"Hmmm?" Amber heard him and looked at him as she stopped laughing.

"Nothing, anyway, you diverted the topic once again, look how late it already is," he complained.

"I just gave a warning," she shrugged.

"You really don't feel embarrassed at your words, do you?" he could only shake his head.

"Just go back to your own talks," for the second time of the day, she waved at him as if shooing him.

"Whatever," he rolled his eyes before looking back at the others.

"So what it was really?" Blake asked starting to get impatient for they have been going on in circles since a while ago.

"The timing is no longer there, even the excitement of informing you because of what the two of them have said. But I just want to say that she is currently one of the major shareholders of our main company."

Brian lazily explained as his face showed irritation. It's no longer as exciting as it was a while ago.

Pin drop silence followed after his sentence and slowly each eyes rested on Amber.

But the lady herself was already asleep leaning in Ashton's shoulder.

So before anyone could shout or react, he carried her and brought her upstairs.

Removing her mask and making sure she was sleeping comfortably.

It was already quite late and she surely must have done so much work this day that she actually fell asleep just like that.

It was merely but a minute after she spoke with Brian before he suddenly felt a weight in his shoulder.

When he came down, everyone was still silent and at some point the smug look in Brian's face have returned.

Even Devon and the other two have that shock look.

"Are you guys still not going home?" he asked upon returning to where they were all seated.

"How did such a young person..." Timothy didn't know how to continue what he wants to say.

This piece of news was even more shocking than knowing that she was the brain behind SNN.

"She has the talent, the intelligence and the perseverance to do it. And she succeeded," he replied seriously.

"Why?" a question that has been bugging him after hearing her current achievements.

"She has a goal she wants to achieve," Ashton understanding that he was asking why she was doing it, answered honestly.

"I really don't know what to say about this," Mathew commented to which Xander and Harvey nodded in unison.

Blake and the other two were shock because of the fact that she actually achieved this much after just seven years. Indeed this was part of her plan and she achieved it already.

So compared to the others they can easily digest this.

They knew after all, her background was enough to accept her capability.

And they also knew her reason for doing all of this.

Just that, not one of them knew when she will truly tell the others of this part.

Especially since two of them are her brothers whom she says, hates her.

"Just what kind of goal would drive such a person to give up all her youth to achieve it?" Timothy once again asked.

Among all of them he was actually the oldest, born on January.

Ashton looked at four of them seriously.

"Revenge."

One word and for the nth time tonight they were once again left speechless.

"Her parents?" Timothy asked upon remembering what Ashton said regarding her parents.

"Her family," he corrected.

'She was doing her best to get back at them for all of you. She wants the two of you to have your real freedom,' he added in his mind.

"She has more family members who died?" Xander asked.

"No more, just her parents," he answered truthfully.

Though he found this funny, that it was actually these two who are asking the questions.

There are five of them here but it was her brothers who asked the questions.

"I am telling you this not to make her look good but to make you know, no matter what her goal is, I will support her, even if that means I'll have to go against any of you," he added.

They fell silent, these two truly are very much compatible. They can show such devilish look while declaring their care for one another.

Both of them can be as scary as this when it comes to one another.

"Then we can only wish that we are not the ones she would take revenge on," Mathew seriously said after hearing this.

"Don't worry, currently you all are not included unless otherwise you decided to jump in and help her enemies then you will be added to her list," he assured them.

"Then what will happen to the shares she holds? Why did she buy them? Is her enemy my family?" Brian remembering such crucial point couldn't help but ask.

"Everything that's happening now, everything that she's doing, they are all but preparations. And in her preparations, the shares must be included."