Chapter 238: Look for a person
Her eyelashes fluttered, her eyes closing as she placed a feathery kiss on his lips.
The kiss was too fleeting, too soft but his heart shivered, part in uncontrollable delight and bursting love.
Before Ryle could even recover from his daze, she stood on her tiptoes and placed her lips on his forehead, ’’Have a nice day,’’ she whispered, stepping back from him. And then she turned around and walked away.
’Screech’
Secretary Han lost his control on the steering wheel, swerving the car left and right when he witnessed the scene of his President kissing a man in broad daylight from the glass walls. What more? The man was Ryle Harper.
The car came to a screeching halt.
But then he was met with the sight of Benjamin watching the same scene with his jaws dropping and Secretary Han felt weirdly comforted.
Ryle did not recover from his daze till Daisy was entirely out of sight. The moment she entered her car and the door closed, separating him from the sight of her, Ryle’s reverie broke.
On the other hand, since he was unfocused, he failed to notice Daisy’s face that had gone entirely red. He also failed to notice the amount of times she almost stumbled on her way to the car, her left hand moving with her left leg with every step she took.
The moment Daisy got inside the car and was separated by Ryle’s gaze with a barrier between them, she buried her face in both her palms.
’’P-President, are you alright?" Secretary Han was bewildered.
From a distance, combined with Ryle’s stiff posture and Daisy’s active stance, it almost looked like she was taking advantage of him. But up so close, how did she look so flustered?
He stole a few glances through the mirror but then quickly averted his gaze, feeling like it was absolute blasphemy.
’’Let’s go,’’ Daisy heaved a soft sigh.
This thing was too risky.
She felt like she was playing with fire when she even considered what she was doing.
She gulped softly.
...
On the other side, Benjamin was squirming in his driver’s seat as he kept stealing glances of Ryle who was sitting in the backseat with Angel in his arms. His eyes were still wide in an animated kind of way and his fingers would occasionally reach up to touch his lips.
’’If you don’t focus on the road and accidents happen, do you believe I would gouge your eyes out to set them on display for others?"
The cold words sent a shiver down Benjamin’s spine. He stole a glance again, ’’Boss, you know that is impossible. How can there be any accidents? I can even drive well with my eyes closed,’’ he had undergone such merciless training, what accidents could possibly occur in his watch?
’’I am talking about you jerking the car around. If you cause an accident, do you think your eyes will be the only thing that I will gouge?" Ryle’s voice was extremely soft. As he held the sleeping Angel in his arms, it sounded like he was whispering nice things.
Hearing his words however, Benjamin turned pale and made a conscious decision to keep his voice down.
As he looked at Ryle’s stance, he had a feeling that his BOss was extremely protective towards Angel.
Sighing, he opened his mouth after some time, ’’Boss, that other woman from the nightclub back then, we have managed to track her down. When I interrogated her about that night, it looked like she knew something but still, I could not get anything out of her. She seems confused.’’
"Let her be. Don’t restrain her movements. I will go interrogate her tomorrow.’’
’’Boss, why not today? She seems rather terrified of us. What if she tries to run away?"
Ryle frowned, ’’I have a dinner to attend tonight.’’
’’But Boss, you... this is important...’’
’’This is the first dinner I am going to attend as Daisy’s boyfriend.’’
His cool words dropped, rendering Benjamin further speechless. Boss, is it alright for you to be this henpecked?
But his little thoughts were unheard by Ryle who was already grinning at the thought of it.
The way Caleb had addressed him when extending an invitation for the dinner had pleased him greatly.
’’Eh... Boss...’’
’’Have I hired you people to feed into your paranoia?" Ryle’s eyes narrowed, ’’She is just an ordinary girl. If she tries to run away, are you going to wallflowers and watch her as she flees?
"Boss, regarding the Si Family, it seems like there are no surviving members left. Even their son who was hospitalized has passed away mysteriously. They say that he was brutally beaten by the gangs he had gambled with, and the injuries were too severe for him to make it through. I checked into the reports and it seems believable.’’
’’It would have been a believable thing had he not passed away along with the rest of his family. But when there are too many coincidences, it is practical to assume that things are not coincidental anymore.’’
Benjamin fell silent, ’’Boss, then shall I continue looking into...?"
’’No need.’’
’’Huh?" Benjamin was bewildered.
’’My sweet Daisy wants me to not be troubled by these things,’’ Ryle whispered, the corner of his lips tugging up when he thought about it. Early in the morning, Daisy asked him to stop looking into these issues.
When he asked her ’why?’, she simply responded with ’it has nothing to do with you’.
Didn’t she simply mean to say that since it had nothing to do with him, he should not be unnecessarily worried and he should not waste his energy on these matters? Instead, should he focus more on her?
He wondered if she felt neglected when he was held back by all these affairs. Coming to think of it, Ryle decided to stay out of things unless someone was dying. It would save him some time and Daisy would be happier to have him around more.
’’So, I will do what she wants.’’
Just one look at the man’s face through the rearview mirror, and Benjamin’s arms were blotched with gooseflesh. He had a feeling that his Boss was being delusional again.
’’Err.. Okay.’’
’’But look for a person for me.’’
Benjamin waited for the man to speak but the name that Ryle dropped left him bewildered.
