Chapter 6; Bestfriend

"WHAT Inside these boxes Mikael?" Bricks kicked one of the boxes that scattered in his office.

"The stolen gowns."

"So Danielle Riccardi is true to her words." Bricks said amusingly and grinning ear to ear. "Will you still file a lawsuit? She returns your gowns. How generous of her." He open one of the boxes. "How did Angie snake out this so many clothes inside your company without being caught? She have a talent for being a thief." Bricks sounds amuse nor his just complementing Angie with sarcasm.

"That's what I want you to find out Bricks." He stared on the white envelope in his table. Danielle Riccardi send it, along with the boxes of gowns. "I will drop the case and I won't close her Boutique like I declare if she agree on my condition I have in mind."

"What kind of condition Mikael?"

"You'll just see." Bricks look at him like he have planing something very dangerous in his mind. "What's that look about Takashima?"

"I'm curious to your condition. Care to share?"

"Mind your own business asshole. By the way what are you doing here?"

"Angie Perez is no longer in our range. She's already in L.A. I just found out this morning."

The bitch run away? He grit his teeth and his face darkened.

"Wherever she might be I won't let her slip in my graphs. Not until she pay the price she committed."

"Mikael it's easy for you to say but let me tell you, it's hard than to do so. Believe me man."

"Just do what I said. That's an order Takashima!" Someone knock on the door. "I want it done this week. No questions asked. You hear me?"

"You're so scary mam, but I'll see what I can do."

"I don't need your words. I want action. Is that clear?"

"I'm not your hatchman." He murmured to himself but Mikael hear him.

"I'm paying you for your service asshole." Someone knock at the door again. "Come in."

"Sir, sorry for disturbing you and your guess but I just wanted to remind you, your meeting for today is about to start in ten minutes." Mikael just nodded to his secretary who was on the door and signal her to leave.

"I have to go Takashima. You can stay here as long as you wanted. Just tell my secretary if you want anything." Mikael stand up from his swivel chair and look back to Bricks. "No monkey business. Not with my secretary." He warn him before he leave.

"No thank you. I'm leaving too." He followed him.

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SHE Was to busy talking to Bella that she didn't notice the man who approached her from behind her. She's a bit startled when he cover his hands over her eyes.

"Miss me?" He smiled to her and removed his hand from her eyes.

"No." She answer very seriously and look at him deadly. "Don't startled me like that again Kent. You're giving me a heart attach."

"Sorry. I just want to surprise you." He guiltily scratch his head. It's his hobby when he's ashamed or when his guilty. "I didn't know you'll be that startled."

"Isn't it obvious?" She raised an eyebrow to him.

"No."

"I don't know a man name Kent." She turned to Bella. "You can go back to your work." The woman nodded and politely said her goodbye before leaving.

"What did you do to yourself Danielle? You're losing weight."

"I didn't. I just have many work to do this past few days. That's all and nothing to worry about."

He shook his head not believing her. "Let's have lunch. I can see that any moment from now you'll just collapse."

She stared at him weirdly. "Hey, hey. I'm not that weak and I'm not that skinny. It's what you called sexy."

"Sexy?" He look at her from head to toe, then he unbelievably shake his head. Disbelief is shown to his handsome face. "I don't think so."

"I hate you now." She frowned and slap him on his stomach harder than usual. "Your crazy and so mean to me. Now, I'm doubting if you're really are my friend or not.

"Hahaha." He laughed out loud. "I'm just kidding, I'm just kidding. Okay?" He said, while still laughing.

"It's not funny, you know. But okay my dearest friend. I'll come with you but in one condition."

"Split it."

"Your treat? It's that okay with you?"

He just struggle his shoulders. Not minding her demand. "I already get use to it. I always paid our meal when we dine outside. Well, I'm not complaining. As a man it's my duty. It will ruin my reputation as a man if I let a woman pay for my meal."

"You and your big ego."

They both agree to have their lunch together in the Jollibee. It's just on the first floor of the Mall where her Boutique resided. Her boutique is just on the third floor.

"I skin you alive if your fans attack us here." She joked but she looked very serious. Kent is a famous model. She wouldn't be surprised if his bunch of fans surround them any moment from now. She already, ready herself of that possibility. She always do whenever she's with him, specially when her son, Rainier is with them.

"Don't worry. I can assure you, no one can recognize me. I'm wearing my best disguise." He grin. "You're the only one who can easily recognize me in just one look whatever disguise I do to myself to hide my identity."

"Because you're the one and only annoying person I had ever known."

"Are you really my bestfriend?"

"What do you think?" She asked back.

"No." He lightly squeezed her nose.

"Kent!" She protested and pushed his hand away but he just laughed at her and squeeze her nose even more before he let it go.

"You're cute when your nose is red. Like Rodolf, the reindeer." He said in a sing song way.

"Stop teasing me or else I will leave you here." Danielle touch her now reddening nose. "Look what you did?"

"It's okay. Red nose make you cuter than you already are."

"I'm beautiful, not cute. That word cute is for the puppies and I'm not puppy. I'm Danielle Riccardi, your gorgeous and beautiful bestfriend."

Kent laughed very loud, getting the attention of other people who's eating their lunch too.