Chapter 406: Ciara

"So, what were you discussing with my grandparents in my absence?" Athena turned to Ewan after a stretch of silence had dominated the car for a while.

Her eyes narrowed slightly, searching his face. "And don’t say nothing, because I heard your lift of voices before you lot had gone quiet... must have heard my footsteps."

Ewan shrugged casually, though his gaze lingered on the road ahead. "Nothing much. We were just talking about your recent engagement with Antonio. You didn’t inform them?"

Athena bashfully turned away, brushing a strand of hair behind her ear. "It was a secret affair. I had planned to tell them after the party tomorrow. Don’t want it on tabloids yet."

"If you say so," Ewan murmured, about to wind down the partition when Athena questioned his choice of words, eyes flashing.

"Do you think I am lying?"

"I don’t know, Athena. I don’t know." A pause, heavy and quiet. "But I guess, congratulations are in order."

And then he wound down the partition, leaving both of them to their thoughts.

Moments later, they were in the familiar street leading to the house cum lab.

"Don’t you think we can be followed?" Athena spoke, her eyes darting around, looking at the sparse number of people in the street. It was midday on a Thursday, so most people were bound to be at work or taking a nap.

"They have tried..."

Athena’s head snapped to Ewan with such speed that Ewan feared for her neck. "You mean the few times I have come here, I’ve been followed?"

Ewan nodded once. "They have never gotten past the Wix junction, though."

"And why is that?"

the driver’s seat, was enough to alert the occupants to what had been done to

her eyes, shook her head slowly, and looked out

you are planning to take them in, maybe

insisted firmly, noting the sarcasm

don’t get to judge me

not

face was doing

shoulders sagging. "Ewan, you are more sensitive

kissed his teeth in frustration. "I’m just getting used to not having things

sure you don’t shift loyalty to anyone that is not us, unless you will

wondering if taking the job had

it that your men are all around

door and stepping out.

walked her to the door.

wasn’t planning to." Ewan cleared immediately,

where we don’t see eye to

eyes, which had been fixed above her head all this while, found hers then, steady and searching.

A business partner. A father to

stiffly.

smile, but it looked like a grimace, and

the both of

to her, from offering solace. Instead, he told her to be careful while running

"Where to, boss?"

showing Rodney the

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