After a few more days, the work with the proposal and with Alex concluded. The two had an agreement to be in touch with each other through David.
After the work, Anya finally felt the exhaustion and mind burn that was caused by the expansion of her studio. She can’t help but want to unwind for a while. She wanted to take this chance to visit her mother in France.
Having decided so, she told this to Damon who was in the same place at her. When Damon heard this, he said it was a great timing that he has a business with France to. It was best to go together.
At that time, Anya looked at Damon with raised eyebrows, but the latter only coughed and asked for flight details.
Anya could only sigh helplessly and chuckle. Anyway, it was his idea to transfer her grandmother in France, so it is not bad for him to see her condition in that country.
So the two of them flew to France together.
When they arrived, the two first stopped in a hotel to rest. This time, Damon openly booked in the same hotel as Anya. He ignored Anya’s weird gaze and naturally handed her the hey to her room and went to the elevator with their luggage.
Anya sighed. Well at least, he hadn’t gone to the point to get the same room for the two of them.
Anya chuckled at this thought.
She followed him and shortly, they arrived at their rooms. The rooms were presidential suite and their rooms faced each other.
Damon first dropped her in front of her room.
“Thank you.” Anya said gratefully at him. she couldn’t count how many times she had thanked him for everything he had done. But, this is the only thing she could do.
“My pleasure.” He responded with a handsome grin. A face that could kill, it should really be a crime. Anya thought as she stared at his handsome face.
In the end, Anya pushed down her thoughts and entered her room to rest.
Damon saw her retreating figure. Deep down, he is very satisfied with their arrangement. He finally felt he was closer to Anya. He doesn’t mind doing things at her bidding, he just wanted for her to stop rejecting him. And this was already happening so he couldn’t be any happier.
Damon turned back and entered his room with a smile.
Anya first freshened up and rested for a bit. They just got out from their flight and she wanted for Damon to rest first. He just came from work and directly flew with her, the poor man needed a break.
So, Anya slept with a clean conscience. Back at their city.
A woman was gritting her teeth as she listened to the report. “Now they are playing couple trip huh?” She said with harsh eyes.
When sadness and depression fades away, anger, hate and contempt followed. The woman in the bed rose from her sickly state and dialed someone.
“I need you to do things for me.” She said with viciousness in her eyes. She can’t stay cooped up here any longer. She wouldn’t let them be happy.
Evil and malice glinted at her eyes as she thought of her next moves.
Anya woke up from her nap. She saw the time and saw it was not anymore early, she then freshened up and changed her clothes.
Just as she was finished blow drying her hair, a knock sounded at the door. A text came in shortly,
It’s me.
The message was from Damon. He did this as he ordered her earlier not to open her door casually. They were in a foreign country and he was extra careful.
Anya felt funny but sweet inside. She doesn’t know if she just had a father? But this feels nice. A whisper in her heart reveled her.
She walked to the door to open it for Damon.
“Ready?” He greeted. He stood outside dressed in a casual but sleek attire. It was her first time seeing him not in a suit. He was wearing a black turtle neck and a black pants. He had draped a dark grey coat over it. He looked like a fashion model came out alive from a magazine. A casual Boss Castellano was not bad.
“Almost.” Anya answered with a smile as she walked back in her room leaving the door open.
The meaning made Damon smile. He entered the room and closed the door. He made himself comfortable in a sofa and watched Anya get ready.
Anya tried not to mind the man and brushed her hair. After that, she only applied powder and a lipstick. She took a coat and draped it over her black dress. She wore a knee length boots and was ready.
“Done!” She said and smiled in front of Damon.
The man surveyed her outfit and the smile in her face and nodded in approval. Anya raised her eyebrows at his action but did not mind it anymore.
“Alright, let’s go,” He said as he opened the door for her. Anya with mirth in her eyes went out first.
The two walked out of the hotel receiving head turns. They were oblivious, but from their outfit and the air around them, they look very much like a couple.
When they arrived at the hospital, they directly went to Grandma Laurier room. “Damon! Anya!” When the old woman saw them, she was immediately delighted.
“Grandma, how are you.” Anya asked concernedly to her grandmother. She studied her face and body and saw that her grandmother’s complexion improved. She also looked more energetic and cheerful.
“Oh, I have never been better!” Grandma exclaimed. She chatted away all the things she saw and experience in the beautiful country. Even if it was indoors, the old woman was already happy.
“I’m glad, grandma. I only ask for you to be better.” Damon answered when Grandma thanked him endlessly.
Anya saw the interaction between the two and felt the they were close. Well she can’t deny the help Damon had given to them.
The three of them chatted some more until the doctor came for his rounds.
Damon and Anya asked for Grandma Laurier condition and he said the operation was successful and the old woman was going well. But she still needs observation and it was better for her to stay in this hospital with their best facilities.
Anya tactfully agreed and Damon made sure the best for Grandma Laurier. When it was time for her nap, the two of them left to let her rest.
The time was free and the two were left to do what they want.
“Do you want a tour?” Damon asked Anya. He wanted to show her around and tour the city together.
Anya would love that but she was worried about his work. “What about your work?” She asked worriedly.
“I already arrange some things a while ago. I’ll go there later, so I still have time.” Damon assured her and Anya was eased about that.
When this happened, excitement kicked in.
So the two happily strolled around. They saw a lot of beautiful sights and she even dared to let Damon take her pictures. Damon agreed with it with a gentle smile.
When they continued to walk should by should, someone suddenly approached them.
“Madame, Monsieur, do you want me to take your couple pictures?” A man with a camera in his hand said in broken English. The two looked at each other and Damon directly agreed, not minding to correct what the man said.
So the two of them took pictures, Anya was smiling brightly. When the man approached to give their pictures, she saw three shots. And only one of them where Damon was looking at front. Because the rest, he was looking at her.
Damon paid for two copies and the man thanked them. they continued to stroll around. They saw someone selling an ice cream at a stall and Anya’s eyes brightened. Damon saw this and asked.
“You like some?”
Anya heard this and she turned to him and nodded her head. Her face was flushed and her blue eyes were bright. Damon staring at her face felt something stir in his heart. it makes him want to spoil her more. If she would give him a face like that with a mere ice cream, then he would want to give her the world, to see her more happy.
She bought an ice cream just for her. He wasn’t that fond of sweets. Anya saw this and teased him.
“You really don’t want it?” She said teasingly as she handed the ice cream in front of his face.
Damon heard her teasing voice and directly took a bite at the ice cream.
Anya froze in shock. She didn’t expect he would directly it the ice cream she had been eating!
“Not bad,” Damon said with playful eyes.
In the end, it was Anya who was left speechless.
When the sky started to darken, someone called Damon. Anya saw this and tactfully said to him.
“If it’s work, go attend to it. I’ll go to Grandma Laurier.” She said. He still needed to tend to his work.
When he heard this, Damon agreed. But his eyes were darted somewhere.
“Alright, I’ll come back at the evening.” He said as the car arrived at their front. When the valet handed Damon the keys, he opened the door for Anya. She went in and put on her seat belts. After that, she raised her eyes at Damon who was still standing outside looking at somewhere.
“Damon?” She called him.
Damon turned to her and smiled assuredly. He closed the door and turned around for the driver’s seat. He then drove of for the hospital.
After he dropped Anya off, he watched her walk away before taking his phone and dialing someone.
“Someone’s following us. Keep an eye.” He ordered in simple words before he hanged up.
In the hospital, Anya assisted her grandmother in eating her dinner. After chatting with her for a while, she received an email from her assistant and David. There was an urgent matter about their project and it seems like she needs to go home. She sighed sadly and told her grandmother.
“It’s darling. You do what you have to do. Don’t worry about me here.” She assured Anya.
Just in time, Damon arrived. He brought fruits and healthy supplements for Grandma. The old woman was delighted once again.
After he had asked grandma for her condition, Anya opened up about her matter.
“It seems like I need to go home, something urgent happened.” She explained the matter to him and as a business expert he too thought there’s a need to go home.
“Alright, we’re going home tonight.” Damon said. Anya was surprised.
“What about your business?” She asked.
“It’s about done. It’s fine for me to leave my people to do the rest.” He said nonchalantly. Although with narrowed eyes, Anya accepted this reason.
So later that night, the two flew back to their country. They took their rest and sleep in the plane.
When they arrived, Anya was still tired, but Damon was talking in the phone with a stiff face.
He first opened the car door for Anya. When he closed the door, he said darkly to the phone.
“Capture him.”
Damon dropped Anya off at her apartment and reminded her to rest. After that, the car drove off.
It stopped in a building. It was one of Damon’s headquarters.
He entered the building and men and black saluted him as he walked pass. He entered a room and saw a man tied in a chair.
Damon sat in a cushion sofa at front and stared coldly at the man. “Who sent you?” He asked simply in a dak voice.
The man was aggressive and angry, but he still can’t help but shiver at Damon’s cold eyes.
He kept quiet, seemingly won’t talk no matter what it takes. “Have you checked his phone?” Damon asked his people.
When the tied man heard this, and he felt nervous for a while, but he remembered that his boss was using a secret number.
When Damon looked at the cunning look at the man, he scoffed. “You and your boss think your smart huh?” He disdainfully said.
He had his IT team cracked codes and IP address that needs to be tracked just to get the identity of that person.
They needed to know; the boss is capable of many things.
Damon received the paper report from one of his men and read the name of the perpetrator with cold eyes.
Veronica Ambrosia.