Chapter 38
Hunter’s POV
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I splash the coffee in my mouth to the ground.
“Eden, why is my coffee salty?”
“Salty?” her eyes spread wide open.
“L.I.I didn’t add salt to your coffee besides why would I want to do that to you?“she stuttered.
“come have a taste of it.”
She walked majestically to where I was sitting and took a sip from the coffee in front of me. She quickly ran to the sink and ran water over her tongue.
She came back. “I promise you this wasn’t intentional, it is an unintended mistake that I will avoid next time,” she explained calmly.
“Let me get you a fresh cup of coffee,”
Nah it’s okay,”
“No if at all you have accept my plea let me make it up for you,”
“Ofcos I have accepted your, I know you’re aren’t the one to make such mistakes,”
“I know you’re not the type to give up, it’s okay get me a fresh cup of coffee,” A smile played on my lips.
She didn’t even try to prove herself innocent or push blames on others, at the moment we are four in the penthouse myself Eden, Alexis, and the cleaner.
I will not want to poison myself so I definitely didn’t add the salt
Eden will not ruin her work because she’s a perfectionist
The cleaner and Alexis.
Hmm…with my finger on the chin.
The cleaner…I don’t think she will have any reason to do that to Eden because whoever did this definitely it’s to hurt Eden.
Hmmm….I thought deeply and all dots were connected to Alexis
What could be her reason for doing that? Why will she go to this extent? I thought deeply”
I was still in the depth of my thoughts when Eden interrupted me.
“Hey! Hey she tapped my shoulder,”
“How long have you been standing?”
“Long enough to notice that your out of this universe,”
1 chuckled while she dropped the coffee in her hand.
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“Thank you.”
“You’re welcome.”
She sat down on the couch and got busy with her while Alexis thought came creeping into my brain.
She has been showing up at the office late unannounced, which is so unlike her..
It’s unlike her to be here during weekends when clubs are still in existence, she likes clubbing and the flashy lifestyles.
She always upgrades her cars to the newest version.
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And to think that these days she finds fault in almost everything Elen does, she acted like that towards her during her first days in the office but then with time they became more acquainted that she sometimes reports me to Eden.
She must be up to something.
The vibration of my phone in my hand startled me and I checked to see who the caller was.
“Hello aunty.”
“Hello, my darling.”
“How are you?”
“I’m very well, thank you,”
“How are you too anty?”
“I’m fine but you know I’m not happy with you, you haven’t visit me for awhile or even put a call through to me to check how I do,
“I’m sorry anty you know how busy the office can make one to be,” I pleaded.
“I made dinner, I want you to come over to my place,”
“Tonight?”
“Yes in few minutes time i want you to be at my house gate, we’ve got a lot to talk about,”
“Okay ma’am, I will be in my way right away,”
Anty Elena is my mom’s oldest sister, she’s the only one that understands me and I’m comfortable telling her my worries.
Anty Elena is a divorcee without any child, when I was a child I spent more time with her than my parents, because my parents are busy bodies.
Her marriage wasn’t a bed of roses kind of marriage that at some point became life threatening
Anty Elena is the coolest adult woman I know that is a good listener and very accortimodating, she has been the one I run to whenever things get bad between my mom and I.
She bought a lot of gifts for me as a child and made my childhood a memorable one.
She even bought some of the neck ties that I’m currently using, including a few other things. She had been a stay home wife while she was married but after her divorce she went back to practicing law and now she’s a successful senior barrister in one
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back after being ruined by a toxic relationship or marriage.
Sometimes I wish that she’s my birth mother, notwithstanding it’s a good thing that she’s a close relative I can reach at will.
I drove into her compound and parked in the garage.
“Good evening anty. I greeted audibly with a smile spread over my face.
I walked to where she was sitting, going through some files.
“Evening favorite,”
Wow!!
“You look all good and well fed, I’m sure your chef is doing a good job.”
I chuckled
“The table is set, I was just waiting for your arrival, she gestured her hand towards the dining space.
“I have missed you delicacies,”
She’s also a good cook, the aroma coming from the dinning is so pleasing to my scent sense.
We dug into the meal in no time we were done.
The cleaners cleared the table and Anty Elena held me by the hand and walked upstairs.
We sat on the couch.
“So tell me, what have you been up to lately?” she asked.
Uhmm…
“Nothing much, just work, work and work,” I replied.
“Are you sure?” She looks at me in a teasing way.
“You know you can tell me anything.”
“Since you don’t want to talk, let me ask a more specific questions.”
“When is your wedding to Alexis?”
Oh!
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That,
“Anry I’m still thinking about and I will fix the date soon,”
“Your mother is running out of patience and you know how dramatic she can be, you soon had better be soon enough,”
“Or, is there another woman?”
“Anty you’re the only person that understands me and we all know that myself and Alexis are not in love, we just doing it for that family.”
“So, are you telling me that there’s another woman,”
“I will prefer that to be anonymous for now,”
“It’s okay honey I understand you, just know that I will always support you and I will advise you to go for happy, take your time to think it out and make a right decision, she robbed my hand.
“Thank you, ma’am,”
1 relaxed back.
“So tell me how have you been?” I asked her.
“Well as you can see I have been just fine,” she smiled.
“And work?”
“Work is good,”
“I have a court hearing on Monday that I’m preparing for,”
“I trust you to win this one too,” I hailed her.
“The place fs getting dark already, you need to start going, I noticed
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drove yourself,”
“Yea, the driver has gone to see his sick wife,”
“Wish her quick recovery,”
“Good night Anty,”
“Good night honey, ride safe,”
We hugged and buried kisses on each other’s forehead.
