Chapter 163 - Bargain

Stella wiped her tears which had somehow escaped her eyes during all these revelations before getting out of Adam's embrace. "I will ask a maid." She spoke up before making her way out of the living room.

"What is it?" Adam spoke up as soon as he saw Stella disappearing from his line of sight.

"My, my. I have heard a lot about the intellectuality of the great Adam Levinson. Never thought that I would get to witness it one day myself. You sure know how to live upto the rumors." Cecilia replied with a smirk. 

"Will you please directly get to the point?" Adam fought the urge to roll his eyes at the lady sitting before him. He could tell that he had Stella's best interest at her heart and that is why she deliberately sent her out. 

"Since you already knew me, then you must be knowing about my family as well. And by family I mean the Aldrichs." She decided to go easy on the boy. They didn't have much time before Stella would return.

"I do." Adam replied to her, nodding her head in a yes.

"Even with their influence, I wasn't able to find Stella after Ethan and Rosaline's accident. My husband alone isn't that capable. He couldn't have covered her tracks this well alone. This means that someone was helping him. Someone influential enough to make Stella disappear off the grid even after Ethan and Rosaline were found. You need to find that someone rather than messing with the person who's just benefiting from all of it." Cecilia continued. 

"You can do whatever you want to do with my husband, but leave my son out of it." 

"What if he's involved in some sort of shit as well?" Adam raised an eyebrow at her.

"Then treat him the way he should be if he's done something wrong. I didn't raise him all these years so that he could turn out like this." Cecilia replied. "The only thing you need to make sure is that she is safe and gets what belonged to her in the first place. I think I can trust you with that." 

"You sure can." Adam replied to her as he shifted his gaze towards the door and found Stella coming in, followed by a maid. 

"There you go." Stella spoke up as the maid placed a glass before Cecilia.

"Thank you." Cecilia picked up the glass after uttering her thanks. 

"There's someone waiting outside for our guest. He said that he's here to pick her up." The old butler walked in and announced. 

"It must be Zachary." Cecilia spoke up as she got up from the couch. "If you don't mind, I have to leave now. There is an urgent matter which requires my attention." Cecilia excused herself before she began to head outside. 

The couple got up and walked her out. 

A man was leaning against the car as he waited for Cecilia. He looked as if he was in his mid-forties but age didn't do him any injustice. He was dressed up in a dark gray business suit which enhanced his fit body. 

"I was waiting for you. Are the papers ready?" Cecilia asked him as soon as she walked out. 

"Yes, they are. But why do you keep forgetting that I am the Vice President of your company not your chauffeur or some errand boy." The man replied with a scowl resting on his face.

"Oh! come on. It's not like you hate being either of the two for me." Cecilia gave him a wide smile, making him shake his head.

"Get inside. I don't have that much free time." He spoke to which Cecilia nodded and complied. 

Stella and Adam watched as the car drove away from the mansion. Stella had her head resting against his shoulder when she heard him say. "They like each other." She slowly nodded her head against his shoulder. 

"Let's get you inside. You need to rest now." He spoke up as he picked her up.

Stella rolled her eyes but didn't stop him. She knew it was useless to resist or argue with him. He had listened to her earlier and didn't stop her from joining the guest, it was her turn to listen to him. 

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"How are things going over at the new site?" Taylor asked the man who was sitting across him. He could see the man tremble slightly in fear, making him smile. He was right to fear him, for he could ruin him and his entire family, along with generations to come. 

"It's going well so far, just like you asked." The man, who was wearing a light beige suit, replied as he shoved one of his hands inside his pants' pockets, as if looking for something.

A few minutes later, he took out a black colored flash drive and passed it to him with shivering hands. 

"It has all the details of the project, including the layout of the site." The man added with his trembling voice. 

"Good job." Taylor picked up the drive as a sinister smile adorned his face. 

"I did exactly what you asked me to. Please don't harm my family, I beg you." The man pleaded.

"Don't worry, I won't harm them. You fulfilled your end of the bargain, it's my turn to fulfill mine. Your family will be left unscathed." Taylor added before he flicked his fingers. 

A man who was standing by the door of the room walked towards the couch where Taylor was sitting. He came to a halt a few steps away from him and bowed his head. 

"Take him to see his family. And make sure you drop them by their house. It would be rude to make our guests go by themselves. We should show him some hospitality, right?" He spoke to the man clad in black, who nodded his head slightly before guiding the man out of the room. 

"I have one more request Mr. Taylor. Please don't let Boss know that I am the one who had betrayed him.