Chapter 29: Under My Wings
"What is it that you want?" this time her voice did not sound blank like before but a hint of desperation leaked from it. "I do not need your help. As long as you keep your nose out of my work, I will listen to your conditions." he raised a brow. She was rejecting the help. They both knew that the proof he had could destroy them at once.
While her small steps could always fail.
"If you think that your aunt is still in the police bureau, then you are a fool. She had left it in two hours. I heard that she had gone for a spa today to rest while you have been rusticated from your school." he pointed at the dismissing letter near her. But she did not panic again. She had made a mistake, she was not going to make another one.
"Oh! It took her two hours? Her charm is decreasing."
"....." the girl knew it! She was not faking the calm. But she knew about the call. His eyes flickered again but he nodded this time and took a step back.
"Very well, since you have a plan, I will not disturb you anymore. I only need you to return to your school. I will pay for the hostel fees there. All you need to do is to keep an eye on a young man named Alex there. As long as you complete it, I will offer you one promise. You can ask me anything in the future, as long as it would be possible for me, I will help you." he took out a photograph from his pocket again. But she did not need it. She knew who Alex was.
He was a backbencher who always scored perfect zero. Others might scorn her but Nora was sure getting a perfect zero needed more skills than getting marks. And his sharp ruthless eyes could not belong to a lazy person. Moreover, she knew him from the time when he got successful.
"Why do you want me to keep an eye on your brother?" his hands froze around the picture. It was only for a flicker of a second, but she noticed shock in his calm face and it brought a smile to her face. He might hold the present but she holds the future in her hands. But then his face went extremely cold and a killing intent crossed his face.
"That is none of your concern. All you need to do is to report everything about him to me. What he does, where he goes, who his friends are. When he wakes up, when he sleeps, if he bunk classes or leaves the hostel. It will only be possible if you make friends with him. So I am paying you enough to get enrolled in the same hostel. And.." his ruthless and commanding voice made her speechless. Did she still look like a pushover to him? When he had seen her planning against her own family?