Extrapolation
of Fate
Chapter
2
By: Neo-Queen
Serenity
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“Good night,
darling.” Darien kissed Beryl good-bye and closed the door on her side of his
limousine.
Beryl Merlin blew
him a kiss and waved her hand.
Watching the car
gliding off the gravel driveway of his estate, Darien Fielding smiled like a
teenage boy fallen in love, his heart filled with indescribable
tenderness.
Behind him, the
night was oppressive and ominous with inky darkness.
With keys
jingling in her palm, Beryl entered her downtown flat with a wicked grin. She stepped in, saw the tall, handsome
male waiting for her in the dark, then her smile deepened. She walked up to him,
encircled her snake-like arms around his waist from
behind.
“Were you waiting
for me?” She brushed her lips against his clothed back.
“How was
Fielding?” He turned around,
walking out of her arms rudely.
Under the dimly visible moonlight that had filtered through the windows,
his handsome brow came in a tensed knot.
“Totally in
love.”
“You? Or him?”
Malachite Carlton folded his arms across his chest and leaned against a pillar
with cold disinterest.
“Both of us.”
Beryl smiled sensually, walking to the bar and poured herself a glass of sherry.
“How about some sherry?”
He ignored her
offer and continued to frown. “Both of you?”
Beryl sighed with
false dismay. “He’s in love with
me, but I’m in love with-” she paused for a second, “you.”
Malachite
remained expressionless for a while.
“Can I possibly
interpret your reaction as some sort of-huh-jealousy?”
“Believe whatever
you wish.”
Beryl gave a
throaty little laugh. “But I only
love you, you know that, don’t you, darling?”
“What’s the story
about Fielding and Global Inc.?”
“Gregory Laurence
and his sister?”
Malachite nodded
curtly. “You know what I meant.”
“Darien Fielding
is looking forward for some friendly partnership with Global, he also wants some
of their annual investments. Good
trading protocol, you know.”
“And?”
“If he wants
them, he must please the Laurence brother and sister. Some bad news for you,
Gregory Laurence seemed to be extremely happy with Fielding. Consequently, you must first knock
Darien out of the game before you receive your piece of goodies from
Global.”
Malachite
laughed. “I am not stupid enough to have you pointing that
out.”
“True. You’re not stupid, that’s why you have
me.” Beryl took a sip of her drink and toyed with the long-stemmed glassware.
“Global now has two potential partners.
It’s either Darien Fielding, or you.”
“You’re
suggesting that I get him out of the picture?”
“Naturally.”
Malachite
nodded.
“You can bankrupt
Fielding. Take it over, if you
wish. Luck is now on your side of
the game, Malachite, because Darien has confided something grievously important
to me tonight. That alone is
convincing enough to make you sue him for potential
bribery.”
“Let’s suppose I
will do exactly that?”
“Then collect his
stocks. Fielding’s Sintrade.Inc stocks are everywhere on the market. Suppose you don’t immediately take him
to court, but starting to collect the shares under private, small
companies.”
“Take it
over?”
Beryl smiled
more, looking like a shift businesswoman rather than her role as a glamorous
model. “That’s your intention, but now it will cost you far less. Because until today, Sintrade’s stocks
are soaring up the ceiling; tomorrow, it will head in the opposite
direction.”
“Why so
confident?”
“Because,” Beryl
looked at him right in the eye, her red lips curled into a tight smile, “you can
now use your influence to convince the FBI that Fielding is involved in oversea
illegal trading.”
Malachite lifted
a handsome brow.
“That won’t
bankrupt him, but public scandal will bury him. Then you can easily send him to
court and take over Sintrade with ease.”
Malachite laughed
cruelly. “Darien Fielding, you will never know what had hit
you.”
Dragging his
body, which was filled with fatigue and exhaustion, Darien stepped into his
shiny gold Jaguar. He slammed on
the accelerator forcibly, and then the car shot onto the busy highways with
amazing speed.
The wind toyed
with his short black hair harshly and blew some strands into his eyes. His eyes filled with undiluted loathing
for himself and hurt due to betrayal.
He was crazy with regret and hatred now, and he wouldn’t have cared if
the Jag delivers him straight into the hands of death.
Still conscious
of the alcohol he gulped down, Beryl Merlin’s sensual red lips smiled wickedly
at him, mocking him of his naiveté. Never had Darien hated himself more than he
does now. He actually cared, and
loved that fair-faced bitch!
He had lost. He lost the love he gave Beryl, the
trading company he established, his reputation and his
fiancee.
He had lost so
much more in this ill-fated game.
He was the biggest loser.
“Bitch.” He
cursed.
“Bitch!”
“It is also
reported today that a FBI team has obtained a search permit to investigate
industrialist Darien Fielding’s trading ships to South America, due to suspected
trading of drugs and illegal artilleries.
Mr. Fielding is now working in his Seattle headquarter, and his board
haven’t yet spoken to the media concerning this issue.” The news broadcaster
paused, “now switching to entertainment news and our national weather
broadcast…”
Serena turned off
the TV and looked at Amy. “It’s Beryl, isn’t it?”
“The worst is
behind, Sere.” Amy hesitated for a moment, “Malachite Carlton is spreading the
rumors of suing Sintrade for bribery.”
“Bribery?” Serena
looked stunned. “You can’t mean
Global. Darien and Greg are simply
friends looking forward for some nice partnership!”
Amy sighed
helplessly. “But that doesn’t stop Carlton from taking Sintrade to
court.”
“It will be
disastrous.”
“Probably worse
than that. Did you look at Wall
Street stock market report today? That was even more destructive.” Amy reminded
Serena of Sintrade stocks’ sudden drop of twenty points in a single day. “It has
never been this bad.”
“Poor Darien, he
can’t even walk near any TV, radio, even newspapers, without getting bombarded
with these.” Serena whispered, her voice filled with
sympathy.
“Your ex-fiance
had avoided any public appearance in front of the reporters, assuming he’s
hiding at home to discuss the battle plan.
Which reminds me,” Amy got up and walked over to her desk. “Sintrade
hired two law firms to handle their affair, and we are one of
them.”
Serena Lamperd
looked at the documents Amy thrust to her.
It has been almost half a year since her broken engagement with
Darien. Her wound had slowly
healed, but whatever reminder of her ex-fiancé was a sharp stab on her heart.
Recently, she was terrified by the possibility that she couldn’t get over
him!
She accepted the
paper with a fierce promise in her heart: He was a part of her past, and he had
never loved her. She must forget about Darien Fielding. And the best way to put the hurt behind
her is to confront it.
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