Begging For A Reconciliation

Once again, someone spoke into her earpiece, and her eyes widened. With new-found confidence, she said to Han, “Even if you have no feelings for this woman, you don’t want her dead body to be found here, do you?”

To her relief, Han stopped. He turned to scowl at Sasha. She continued, following the voice in her earpiece, “After all, you owe it to her for mistreating her all these years. It would also be a walk in the park for you to save her. So, why not?”

After a long pause, Han spoke. “Why should I save someone I don’t care about?” He sneered, “Nonetheless, you’ve got my attention. Tell me, what do you want?”

“I want an assignment of the contract you’ve signed with Jackson Lamere in Saint Ville,” replied Sasha, repeating after the man speaking into her earpiece.

Han gaped at her in astonishment. “Shawn Ford,” he said without a shadow of a doubt.

Leah did not know what the contract was about, but it must have been a big deal for Sasha to put herself into this much trouble. She could not help him while being tied to a chair, but she did not want to owe him anything. “Go away, Han. I don’t need you to save me.”

Han stared at Leah with mixed feelings. He realized how thin she was, and for a brief moment, he felt sorry for her. He thought about what Sasha said; he could not tell if the feeling he had for Leah was love or guilt.

took a deep breath, “Let’s make it clear. I am only doing this for Mr.

his phone to make a call. “Please draft an assignment of contract to transfer the project we signed earlier

clear as day to him who was manipulating Sasha into this. It

was monitoring them in the warehouse through a security camera. He looked at Leah

find his Achilles’ heel until

request to transfer the contract, but he did as told nonetheless. Half an hour

knew his plan worked. He spoke into the earpiece excitedly, “We’ve done it!” Sasha was overjoyed. Shawn continued, “You’ve done well.

idea about the reward, but she was on cloud nine nevertheless. She could not

was uneasy. Han had given away the deal he worked so hard on to someone else to save her. She knew he poured his blood, sweat and tears into this project. She also knew she shouldn’t feel bad, he already said he did not

scowled at Leah and she grumbled, “Of course, you may now bring her

who hated Leah’s guts, would agree to a tall order to save Leah.

Han’s arms. She quickly regained her balance.

said harshly. She was startled to hear him scolding her. She glanced up at him. He stared at

would fall into such a stupid trap,” said Han dryly before turning to leave. “Let’s go. Next time…” He didn’t manage to finish his