Chapter 289 - Episodes of nightmare...

Smith Enterprise…

"Anything more that I have to sign for today or any other meeting to attend?" Reuben asked signing the last doc.u.ment that Tom had handed him.

"No Boss, nothing is left for today. Everything has been handled by the secretary team and other managers. But there is a personal matter which has been waiting for your approval.." Tom informed Reuben.

Reuben closed the file and looked up at Tom with his raised eyebrows before asking him, "And what is that?"

"Sir, we've finally got a trace of Mr. Andrew Jones.." Tom revealed.

Reuben's eyes widened in mortification as soon as he heard about Andrew from his assistant. He couldn't believe his ears as if he had heard Tom right or not.

He became stiffed for few seconds as this sudden disclosure of news about his soul big brother Andrew but when he came out of the trance, he asked in a hopeful voice, "What!! Are you saying the truth?"

"Yes Boss. We're sure. Our search mission from the past five years has finally seen the face of a light. Though it's still a dim light but we're sure that very soon we'll be able to perceive the sunlight on this matter.." Tom said with a smile on his face as he knew how much of importance Andrew had in both his Boss and Lady Boss' life.

From the day Reuben had earned the position of CEO of Smith Enterprise, he took an oath to find Andrew even if he had to spend his whole lifetime for it.

Though the world believed that Andrew was dead but both he and Veronica somewhere believed that this was not the truth. Their big brother Andrew couldn't die so soon leaving them like that...

Their belief got stronger when the police or their own Secret 7 team couldn't find his deadbody. Because he knew that their team was best at digging out any kind of secrets even if it was buried deep inside the layer of earth.

But only one person could camouflage his existence except the other six members of Secret 7 who was the Andrew Jones…the eldest founder of Secret 7..

"So…where is he now? Do you get any idea about the place or country he is living in now?" Reuben asked.

"Yes boss. We came to know that he had been living in country Z from the past 4 years.. But where he was before that, we didn't get any clue about that.." Tom said before showing some doc.u.ments related to Andrew.

At last the door of a new hope to find out about his brother had opened to Reuben as he started to read the file carefully…

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Lopez Industries…

Diana's cabin…

The four friends became certain that Veronica hit the correct cord as they shared a horrified yet tensed glance at each other...

"What did he exactly do to you?" Louis asked in an angry voice which he tried to suppress very much due to the presence of Diana.

Despite of Louis controlling his anger, Veronica, Willa and Lucinda were still able to decipher his inner rage because it was very much unlikely to him as per their knowledge about knowing him for so many years.

Louis was a guy who was always cool and funny. He never loved to take stress over any matter even if it was really difficult to handle. He was a 'happy to go' guy who loved to enjoy every moment of his life without bothering about anything.

Whatever the situation might be, a small smile would always be painted on his lips no matter what...

Now seeing Louis getting angry over a man whom he didn't have any idea about, the girls realized one thing that the boy sitting beside them had turned into a contrasting person.

And the reason of his sudden change of behaviour was Diana whom he had met just few days ago and had already took a liking on her.

But today's incident verified the truth that the small liking Louis had for Diana had turned into something more.

Might be it still couldn't be considered as Love yet but it was more than simple liking from Louis' side.

When none of them uttered any word still, Louis said through his gritted teeth, "Diana…I'm asking you something. Tell me what did that man have done to you which made you take such a drastic step where you have to hurt the friend who was so much loyal to you."

Diana's sob turned into wailing when she heard Louis' tough voice as her past danced in front of his eyes which was not at all good.

"Shut up Louis. You're scaring her. Diana, please tell us what happened to you which made you change so much. We promise, we won't judge you based on your past but we can help you to come out of a horrible memory." Veronica assured her.

"Yes... I agree with Vero. Sometimes sharing your past helps you to remove the burden from your heart." Willa said while Lucinda just nodded her head.

Getting the comfort from those persons who didn't even know anything about her, made Diana extremely grateful to them.

Controlling her emotions, Diana wiped the tears from her eyes and stared at everyone before saying, "My Mom lied to me that she would stop dating her business partner…but she never broke up with him…

Actually it was all a plan of my Mom and that bastard of a man to bring me back to country Z. Truthfully, it was more that person's plan which my mother obliged to, without questioning him anything. She didn't even think of her daughter before agreeing to help that man.."

Lucinda passed her a tissue and after dabbing her face with it, Diana continued to explain, "Like a fool, I trusted my Mom blindly and went to meet her in the middle of my studies…

For the first few days, everything was good for me as she treated me like a princess as usual. But some days later, everything changed and the episodes of my nightmare started…"