The Devil's Secretary

Chapter 121: Overstepped my boundaries

Daisy did not comment on his movements. Through the gentle touch of his fingers on her skin, she continued asking him, ’’So, did you skip your dinner?" He had been coming late from work during the past few and sometimes he would stay at the company for a few days consecutively so she rarely got to see him in the past week.

’’Are you concerned about me?" Ryle’s fingers which were playing with the loose strands of her paused and slowly slid down her skin till he pinched her chin and tilted her head to make her face him.

’’I was just asking.’’

’’You are a little liar. Do you know that?" he chuckled deeply, entranced by her beautiful eyes that suddenly found the floor beautiful.

’’Ryle.’’

’’Mm?" the man discreetly stroked her chin but before she could catch his actions, he went back to stroking her hair. freewebnσvel.cѳm

’’Do you need my help?" Daisy questioned him in a serious tone. She pointed her chin at the thick file that was lying on the couch and continued, ’’You are still looking for that syndicate.’’

The man did not respond hence she stayed quiet for a moment before she continued, ’’I don’t know why it is so important to you but if you want me to, I can look for information. Maybe I will get some leads that can help you.’’

Ryle was silent for a long time before he uttered a plain ’’no’’.

’’Do you not believe that I can do it?"

’’There can be helpless situations in the world. Not everything is reachable.’’

’’But...’’

’’Have I found information about those assassins yet?" Ryle questioned.

Daisy sighed.

There were a few survivors amidst the assassins that had broken into her place. And those survivors were captured by Ryle but even after rounds and rounds of torture, they refused to utter a single word.

Daisy had gone there for a visit after convincing Ryle for a long time but in the end, those people remained stubborn till the very end. Some of them committed suicide while the guards were a little off guard and some were tortured to such an extent that they could not survive. Even though Ryle had already arranged for the doctors to keep them alive in the underground cell, those people still had their health deteriorating till they died.

’’These are two different things. The mastermind of the assassination attempt could not be discovered because the other person was in the shadows. We don’t have a single clue about what is going on in their mind. But you can’t say the same thing about a drug cartel that is out there in the open,’’ Daisy shook her head, ’’Even though they are impenetrable, if we look into it, it’s not hard to find some clues to reach to them.’’

Ryle retracted his hand from her hair as he stood up from the couch and walked a few steps ahead, tucking his hand inside his pocket. His back was facing towards her as he spoke.

’’I have been looking for those clues for years now and I have found none,’’ Ryle’s voice was tinged with a hint of coldness, ’’And if you have forgotten, then let me remind you that you are not working for me anymore. You are not my employee and you paid billions to get rid of the status. So, it would be better for you to keep your hands off the official work.’’

Daisy did not know why she felt cold at that moment.

She stood up from the couch and glanced at the man’s back for a moment before she spoke up, ’’I overstepped my boundaries. My apologies,’’ With that said, she walked past him.

’’Daisy.’’

She could hear him calling out to her when she had stepped out of the room but she continued walking as if she did not hear it.

Daisy locked herself in the room for a few hours and she only came out when it was way past his usual time for leaving for work.

As expected, the man had left.

Daisy chatted with Aunty Lu for some time while feeding Angel before retreating to her room.

The consequent days passed like that. Daisy treated Ryle like air if they ever crossed each other’s path which happened very rarely because Daisy mostly kept herself locked inside her room.

Angel didn’t usually like staying confined in the room so most of the time, she was playing around.

But it was as if she could perceive when her mother was not in a good mood. And at those moments, she would abandon her playtime and cling to Daisy to the very end.

The last two days had been like that. Daisy had been spending most of her time inside her room, either playing around with her laptop and looking into the contents of the hacking world or sketching random things.

’’Baby, you don’t want to go out to play today as well? Aunty Lu is going to be sad if you keep doing this?" Daisy hugged the little girl who refused to leave her side.

’’Mommy...’’ Angel held Daisy’s face with her tiny hands and smothered kisses all over her face. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

A soft smile made its way on Daisy’s face as she carefully placed Angel by her side on the bed and lied on her stomach. She grabbed her sketchbook and pencil before looking at the little ball that was sitting there curiously, ’’Mommy is going to sketch one of your favorite things today.’’

’’Favoo.. Favoo...’’ Still looking as confused as a dumb sheep, the little girl did not forget to raise her little chubby hands in the air and cheer for her mother.

Daisy chuckled as she drew the outlines of a little rabbit and finished it with soft strokes with the little girl hovering over the sketchbook.

Daisy was about to turn it towards Angel for her to see but the little girl grabbed her mother’s hand and mumbled incoherently.

’’Mommy... Wabbittt... pox...’’

"You want a fox as well?"

Daisy shook her head helplessly but looked at the fox-rabbit toy that was placed on the bedside table, she fell into a momentary daze.

At this moment, there were a few knocks on the door, ’’Daisy, are you inside?"