Chapter 99 - Eagle 1 Returns to the Nest (2/2)

"Oh! He's that tall muscular guy with glasses that follows Carly around timidly, right?"

Gray had to stop and think because Spoon had changed his physical proportions dramatically for the game. "Yeah, he was a bit pear-shaped before, Ok more like pumpkin shaped. Now I guess he thinks he has a better chance with Carly if he becomes tall and muscular. I do kinda miss his lisp though."

"Well, when you log off you can see him in his normal appearance. Speaking of which, when DO you log off? I have never seen you or anyone on your team say they're going to log off ever."

"I don't log off hardly ever I admit, this is now my job so I've become more comfortable here."

Gray couldn't lie to Verona, but he had to be careful not to reveal anything.

"Yeah, I kinda figured it was something like that. You seem more confident here... I find it very attractive." Verona put her hand on Gray's thigh after she said this.

Gray swerved the truck slightly in surprise and Verona took her hand back and laughed.

"I'm sorry, I know you're happy with Yurika, I just wanted to mess with you!"

Gray had to hunch over slightly now while driving and tried not to look at Verona next to him.

"What's wrong, Gray? I'm sorry! I didn't think that would offend you!" Verona said anxiously.

"You didn't offend me or upset me at all, honest! Something just suddenly came up and I have to look away from you for a minute."

Verona tilted her head not understanding quite what Gray meant, then a light bulb seemed to turn on in her head and she smiled as her face turned a little red.

"Glad to see I still can charm you even with all of these beautiful younger girls around you."

"Age has nothing to do with it, and you're only 4 years older than me, I actually had a huge crush on you when we worked in the same building."

"Why didn't you say anything?"

"Because all of us guys did, even some of the women probably too! I figured that you were constantly hounded all of the time by us so it would be better to just let you be."

Verona laughed "Yeah, I hated it. The more egotistical men would try to show off or flaunt themselves in front of me, some would even tease me by doing holding something just out of reach from me then force me to step closer to grab it. That only happened twice though because the second time someone did it I stepped on his toes with my heel."

"I know... it must've been awful being the office goddess!" Gray said jokingly.

"Honestly it was... If it weren't for some of the other women being friendly with me, I would've been all alone at work. You were actually one of the more popular guys we talked about sometimes."

Gray opened his mouth in surprise "Me?!?"

"Yes you! Your body could use a little maintenance, the way you dressed was disastrous, and you mumbled sometimes, but you have a good looking face, were always polite to everyone, held doors open for people, and were good to talk to when we caught you in a talkative mood."

"Wait... so I could've been the office god?!?" Gray said with stars in his eyes.

"Pffft... don't get ahead of yourself, you weren't rich enough nor attractive enough."

"Well, us guys turned you into the office goddess, did you turn one of us into the office god?"

"Nope, bunch of bums you all were! Actually the only one that could turn us all into naive teenagers again was the young heir of Alterra Corporation, Stephen Seegall... early 30s, gorgeous, rich, and never a scandal against him despite the throngs of women that chased him."

Gray tuned her out when she started describing the guy but his attention focused back 100 percent when she said the name 'Stephen Seegall'. "I thought Stephen Seegall was in his 50s if not older..."

"Well, if he is he hides it well! Maybe you're thinking about his father?"

Gray lost himself in thought for a bit, he felt that he had finally grasped a clue about this Stephen Seegall that is engaged to Yurika and that he had somewhere to go with it.

"Could you find out everything you can about that Stephen Seegall? It may just be the one you're talking about is possibly a Stephen Seegall Junior, but I feel like this could be something..."

Gray let his mind wander and only came back to his senses when Verona said that they're at Gray's base. Gray thought "Time to see how the girls did!" and he messaged Yurika that he was back with Verona.

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Yurika perked up when she saw the message from Gray, then stood up at attention and saluted General Stacia "Reporting ma'am! Eagle 1 has returned to the nest with the package!"