The Woman From Hell

At the airport. Property of Nô)(velDr(a)ma.Org.

My heart suddenly felt empty after sending off Jerome and Xander.

Theo, who was beside me, seemingly noticed what I was feeling. He put his hand on my shoulder and patted it lightly. "They’re just moving away. They’ll come back when they have the time. We can also visit them."

"Yeah." I nodded. Theo then took me to the airport gates.

I suddenly seemed to notice a familiar figure out of the corner of my eye but when I turned around, they were gone.

"What's wrong?" Theo asked me in a low voice.

I searched around but never found the person I had seen at that moment. "I thought I saw an acquaintance just now, but they disappeared before I could take a closer look."

Hearing this, Theo followed my gaze and searched around but saw no one.

"Must have been a trick of the eye,” Theo said.

Indeed, we saw no one.

I lowered my gaze. "Maybe."

"Let's go back to the office."

Theo took me back to the company building. Then, we went to each of our own offices.

The moment I entered the department, I saw a group gathered around, discussing something.

"It’s working hours, what are you guys talking about?" I reminded them in a moderate tone when I was not far away from them.

Despite my voice not being loud, it still manage to startle them and a few of them patted their chests. It was obvious that they were not discussing work.

I cleared my throat and frowned. "What are you guys talking about?"

One of the employees who were on more familiar terms with me said, "Director Lane, we’re talking about this recent company that is suddenly on a crazy upward rise."

"Which company is this?"

"I think it’s a cross-border e-commerce business. The industry is pretty popular. There are many people who do it but only a few do it well. But they are very successful."

I had not had the time to go through the news recently and was unaware when such a powerful company had emerged. "What's the name of the company?" I asked them.

"It's called YA. It sounds pretty foreign. It’s also easy to remember without many of those bells and whistles."

YA?

Did it have some special meaning? It somehow felt rather weird.

I cradled my cheeks and fell into deep thought before clapping my hands. "You guys, stop discussing this and hurry on back to work."

"Alright."

They dispersed at my command.

I also went into my office with the name YA circling in my head.

So, I looked up the company.

The company before YA was also a sales company that sold red wine, but it closed down due to poor management and was resold. Four months ago, it was taken over by a mysterious individual. They continued the previous owner’s red wine business and sold them overseas. The business actually increased greatly.

“They’re that good?"

I really wanted to meet this mysterious individual who could build such a company in four months. They must be brilliant.

When I tried to find out about the person who took over the business, I got no results.

I figured I would ask Theo about it when we go back in the evening.

Theo needed to work overtime tonight, so the driver sent me back first.

When we were halfway up, I saw Jerome and Xander's villa. There were people in it, so I got out of the car and knocked on the door. "Is anyone there?"

The lights inside were on, stretching the person’s shadow. That was how I discovered them.

Was this the person who spent so much money without even viewing the house?

After a long time, the door slowly opened and the face I saw once the door was opened stunned me. “Why is it you?"