Illaria Point of View

It felt so damn good after letting out all the stress that has piled up inside me.

So good that I feel feathery and light!

And these two good gentlemen listened to me without a hum which pleased me to great extent. This also caused me to have a little more, a small bit more crush on Devon than before.

The first time we met, I thought he is not just handsome but his serious personality has a charm that drew me towards him.

Is that love at first sight? Not really!

But that sure was a bud of crush that sprouted in my heart. I mean, who wouldn't like a man who looks like Devon?

He is not just handsome but his whole aura has a kind of charm that makes people not to mess with him but on contrary, his aura kind of pulled me in for him.

I've a few crushes in my young years but not something like this. Even I know that this small likable feeling that I have for Devon is not a usual kind of affection.

However, things like love and beyond that come with predestined fate.

All I can do is cherish this beautiful feeling inside my heart for as much as it stays there and hope that one day, maybe fate does bless me with something same in return.

"Tsk, tsk, you seem to dislike him a lot." Mr. Bethel clicked his tongue as he glass casually at Devon and then at me.

"Oh! I do. In my whole life, I've never felt so embarrassed and awkward like I did when I had to sit on the floor for hours to measure his hair. Thankfully, our third chance proved to be the right answer or else I seriously had no more energy to deal with another security question of his." I rambled.

I'm seriously having hard time these days due to Uno Mayhem!

As if his whole personality is not a disorder in itself, he also has some mental disorder of concealing passwords too.

God really is unfair! When he gives, he just gives in abundance!

"You know..." I drawled as I took a minute of close and elaborate look at Devon. "I think this Uno Mayhem might be a long distance relative of Almond family."

This doubt of mine is not completely unfound!

One, Almond family is famous for their strange disorders and two –

"You and him kind of have a few similar features." Something about the two of them is similar other than features but I couldn't tell what it is.

One thing is for sure, Uno Mayhem, ninety nine percent, has chances of being some part of Almond family.

However, that one percent of negative chance is because Almonds might be disordered but not mental.

Uno Mayhem is first rate, top notch, premium quality mental case.

"I can assure you that he is not, in any way, related to Almond family. I have the whole genealogy book of Almonds memorized thoroughly and this one is not on the list." When Devon said with such passion, I nodded dazedly.

At least, that glittering ball has nothing to do with this family!

"Right, my brother-in-law is also into climatic technology. He was saying a couple of days ago there was a new company that has been trying to take over the market and monopolize it? I heard this company also has no corporate morals as they are stealing stuff from other companies openly." Mr. Bethel asked curiously.

I nodded and my expression turned somber when the mention of this company came.

This is also one of the major issues plaguing Allard empire and other businesses recently.

"That is true. No one know who the company belongs to. Even the higher ups concealed their identities this whole time."

"Then it must've been a tough decision to go along with your current project despite knowing that it has chances of changing hands." Devon said, shaking his head gravely.

"We have been keeping tight tabs on it. I just wish the culprit is found quickly so as to have my project unaffected."

I'm having such a hard time with so many things at work and home.

This newly budded company has no corporate ethics and that is not a good thing for us. It can be seen that they are either confident about hiding their identities forever or they don't give a damn about being unethical and evil in the business world.

No matter what, that company should be taken down soon.

"Then did you do any digging about it?" Mr. Bethel seemed interested in the topic.

But then again, since his brother-in-law is also in the field, no wonder he would be.

"We are. I came to know that this company has a twisted management. All the important higher authorities of the company are working in other company/business. This new company, SkyGod Enterprises, is more like a money earning illegal source for them. They run this company with in proxy system that has almost no records of them involved in it." I heaved heavily.

I love money and who doesn't? Going this far to earn it is too evil.

In the process of this, SkyGod has snubbed many talented startups and snatched several important and valuable technologies from other companies.

This caused a roar of sudden unemployment and degression in the overall market. And once the balance in the market value is shifted, it leads to far worse situations in the whole national economy if it festers for a long time.

The conversation about SkyGod went on for half an hour more before all the three of us went separate ways.

Since the Almond family would help list out the types of stalls needed for the party, I feel a little less burdened for now.

Tomorrow is Saturday and Almonds have invited us to have dinner at theirs. This is also so we can start the real preparation for the engagement.

On way home, I stopped by a few stores and bought some simple yet likeable gifts for Almonds. It is not good to visit the in-law's family with empty hands but Almonds are not particular about such things as well.

So, not wanting to make it too awkward, I just got some toys for the kids and a few simple things for others that could be easily accepted.

I've been having issues with sleep from a few days now so in order to be active minded tomorrow, I drank a cup of relaxing tea that Almond grandma gave me. This tea is special and made by themselves and it also helps with sleep.

However, I have very little of it so I hardly have heart to drink it.

Tomorrow, I have to be a little shameless and ask for some more tea. This is one thing that I want terrible right now for the next few months.

Putting all the troubled things in the back of my mind, I soon fell in good dreamless sleep after drinking tea.

The next morning, I felt so refreshed waking up that I almost felt like the whole world is colorful and the most beautiful. I exercised for a bit, finished some work and along with Anete, I was finally ready to go to Almond's house.

Zorion would come there separately so on the way, I and Anete shared a few things about the arrangements and prepared a few more simple suggestions and ideas to discuss later.

Soon we reached, Anete walked in and I stayed back to park the car. Just as I pulled the car to park, my phone rang.

Seeing Asmund's name on it, I know that if it is not too important or urgent, he would never call me when he knew I would be occupied.

I picked the call immediately. "it better be important, Asmund."

"It is. Ms. Allard, A group of directors wanted to see the progress of the project and wanted to see all the data about it."

"Progress of Geoengineering project?"

"That's right, ma'am." He said gravely.

"Apart from me, the data is only accessible to Uno Mayhem and Buzz. Even the team working on have no complete data in one single person's command. Whom are they demanding then?" These useless directors only know how to make trouble for me.

They cannot do any good for the establishment but when it comes to create trouble, they stand tall and proud.

"They've gone to contact Mr. Mayhem and Mr. Buzz. I don't know if they –" Before he could finish, I cut him off.

"Ah, then there is nothing to worry."

"Eh?"

"Did you forget how we had to suffer to get one folder of data from them? Do you think they will get to get any details from Mayhem and Buzz given their passwords and disorders?" Suddenly, I realized there is one thing that is very bad for me but not so bad about the troublesome duo.

Their disorder will surely keep important stuff out of others reach!

"That's – right!" Asmund gasped in realization.

"Call Uno Mayhem and let him know not to reveal anything to the directors yet. Just to be on safe side, do inform him." I ordered. Before I cut the call, I heard an loud exclaim from the other end.

"Uhm, Ms. Allard –" He hesitated.

"I'm busy, Asmund. Just tell what is it?"

"Uhm, I just got a message from Mr. Mayhem asking for –"

"For?"

"Asking for your pictures for future surgery."

I'll take that bit of positive thought I had earlier. This Mayhem is no good at all!

No good at all!

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