234 Requests And Payments 1 (1/2)

That morning, Amelia Morgan did not go to Dazzle or any company owned by her. But to a high-end luxury club called Cryptos, located in West Alina.

By the entrance, the guard only looked at him briefly before allowing her entrance.

She didn't stop at the receptionist desk, but went straight to the elevator. The elevator boy asked her which floor she wanted to go but instead of answering him, she pressed the button by herself, the one with the number 5 on it.

Upon arriving on the fifth floor, Amelia headed left. When she stopped at room 514, she took out her membership card, and the room booked in advance opened up for her.

”Hi.”

Amelia stood at a loss for a few moments before bowing her head lightly. ”You must be Sir Gu. I am Amelia Morgan, the one who requested to meet up with Your Grace.”

Gentle bell-like laughter echoed in the place. Behind her, the door of the luxurious room had already closed and so the pleasant voice was trapped inside, sounding louder to her ears.

”You don't need to be so polite, Miss Morgan. Let's treat each other as a bosom friend. Or even, lovers.”

To be honest, the woman felt her heart skipped a few beats as she heard his words. She didn't know why it was the case. But she did feel the racing organ inside her chest which didn't even beat this fast for her current fiance, Marc Goldwin.

She raised her head to look at the person seated on the sofa bed in front. They were the only ones in the room. The man did not bring any other person with him while she too was strictly told not to tell a soul of this meeting.

While walking towards him, she somehow found herself unable to break eye contact with him. The man's eyes were so captivating and mesmerizing. And she was getting lost in them.

Amelia, after several seconds which felt like an endless eternity, finally found her way on the couch opposite the man.

With legs crossed and hands placed on top of each other on her lap, she tried to appear more confident and in control when she spoke up.

”I thank Your Grace for hearing out my request. I'm fully aware that your time is precious, so please allow me to go straight to what I want to issue to your organization.”

The man with mesmerizing eyes and smile gestured his hand for her to continue. ”Go ahead. I'm all ears to you, my beautiful lady.”

Amelia ignored the weird reaction of her heart and nodded.

In front of her, the man toying with her emotion threw her an admiring glance. It stemmed from the fact that the woman before him did not immediately lose her rationality.

The wondered if this was due to her genes, a perk of being born to a prestigious family which was already more than a thousand years in history.

Or was it something she honed by being a ruler of a business empire?

The man caressed the red gem on his left thumb ring. He was quite intrigued.

”Two weeks ago, I commissioned several of your mercenaries to help me with a mission. However, they failed. And I believe it is because of a high-level hacker who always helps my sister.”

”Hmm. I think that's where you issued a task to kidnap a popular actress and have her defiled by a few of my men. So she's actually your sister? I didn't know.”

Amelia did not act fazed by the questioning tone of the man, continuing, ”I simply want that super hacker to leave my sister's side. No matter what ways employed.”

A chuckle came to her as a reply. ”You're giving us too many options to choose from then.”

The phrase 'no matter what ways employed' meant so many. If the goal was only to separate that helper to her sister, what kind of separation would she prefer it to be?

He laughed, ”Since you're leaving it to us to decide, we will have no choice but talk first about the amount you can afford and then make it our basis for the decision.”

”50 million credits.”

”Barely enough for the second gentlest separation that I can think of. Are you sure?”

”Yes.”