Chapter 22! Robert Mackenzie!

Declan Mackenzie gave the frightened Lucia a quizzical look before requesting her to "start talking" all the while working away on his device. Lucia was finally able to let out the deep breath she never knew she was holding. 

"I gave the order to halt the production of the PN signal jammer like you instructed five years ago boss." She then said carefully "Robert was placed in charge of the distribution outlets. I haven't been privy to any information about the devices being sold on the market"

Declan halted his actions when he heard Lucia mention his cousin Declan's name. He thought about the whole situation and had a strong feeling that something wasn't right. 

Declan was able to recognize the signal jammer deployed at the explosion site because it was the product of Paige Norton's hard work and he halted the production of the said signal jammer while recalling all the preordered trial pieces on the market. He was only supposed to manufacture and help her sell after everything is done.

The signal jammer belonged to Paige who was working out ways to make it perfect and until she perfects the already usable jammer, Declan decided not to sell a single piece on the market until Paige declares it fit for sale.

The breakup took longer than he thought but there was not even a single attempt to claim any belonging of Paige as his. 

Declan then asked Lucia "how many trial copies did we make again?" To which she responded by saying "nine copies" 

Declan scrunched his brows and tried to recollect otherwise because he could remember clearly that he gave orders for the production of three copies. How come there are nine copies now? Lucia understood what he meant and clarified by saying "Robert communicated your request of an additional six copies for some confidential destinations after you gave me the instruction for three." 

It finally dawned on Declan that he had been played by Robert Mackenzie, his beloved cousin whom he had worked with and trusted wholly all these years. He thought about how long the guy might have been lying to him and decided to personally find the answers but for now, first things first, he needed to find Paige. 

He finally found something that made him smile, Paige's prints after she deactivated the signal jammer. She took more time than necessary, maybe because she was unstable at the time and didn't even erase traces that could lead to her through reverse hacking. For Declan, this is the best news he's had in years.

This instability gave Declan enough time to find traces of her and he couldn't help the smile on his lips. He will need time. Yes, a lot of it, but with the signal, he just picked from the site he will find Paige no matter how long it takes. 

Meanwhile, at the secret base of Vanish Pearce continued to look at the video he just got through the satellite and couldn't help getting more interested in the Kimberley-Jeremy couple due to their interaction the night before.

One sure thing from their interaction is that the two are an item and Mr Q is destined for failure.

Pearce finally understood that aside from business gains, the boss keeps messing with Price pharmaceuticals because he was betting on becoming Kimberley's last resort when the company runs out of all other options. "How savage!"

Anyway, there is no harm in waiting until the couple got married to report their relationship. So for now, Pearce chose to delete the video and erase any trace that he was ever there in the first place. It's not like the mad scientist could find out about what he just did.

Pearce just felt a strong urge to hide the couple's relationship from his boss for as long as possible and that is exactly what he intends to do. There is no need to invite trouble for them so early on. Maybe he likes the couple being together because of the hope of his sister becoming free of sickle cell anaemia or he just wants his freedom when all is said and done.

As agreed upon by Kimberley and Jeremy the previous night, they both dressed up beautifully in their low-key attire and headed for the registry to get a marriage certificate after which the tour of the newly completed Pope building comes next.

Unknown to Jeremy, there was an unwelcome troublesome guest at the main Pope mansion impatiently awaiting his arrival.