Claire's puzzle 1

Claire's puzzle 1

That does not sound like a bad idea." Lara said.

"Yeah, until I came to discover that the piece of land was pregnant with uranium."

"Oh!"

"Mike was perming the potion richest with the uranium deposit." Alex added.

"He really played you there." Lara chipped.

"Almost…" Alex corrected. "Neon warned me about it early enough." He added.

"Well, maybe he wanted to use the uranium for medical reasons," Lara said. "I googled him and it said he owns l'hôpital la confiance, and It is like the biggest hospital in the whole country." Lara said.

"Wow!" Alex stared at her in genuine amazement. He could not believe how knowledgeable and highly witted she was, yet, she'd always act like an ignorant chick.

"What? Why are you all wow?" She asked, misinterpreting his exclamation. "Or do you not know that uranium is used for medical purposes?" She fired.

"What? Jeez! I am aware of that," Alex quickly defended. "I'm just intrigued at how easily you google people." Alex explained.

"Rich people," she corrected. " I always love to know who I'm going up against." She added.

"Yeah, I love that…." He said out loud, "except when I'm the topic to be googled." He muttered under his breath, but she still heard him.

"You are one of the rich meanies." She added casually.

"Seriously? Why do you keep on roasting me this morning?" Alex narrowed his eyes on her.

"Ehhh!" She shrugged nonchalantly. "Ok, ride on with the Mikey tale." She clapped her hands together, bringing back his attention to the main topic of discussion.

"Right, so I was aware of his hospital and medical research center, "Alex continued. " Like you said, I thought he needed it to enhance medical tech in the country but I was wrong." His countenance became coated with a pinch of sadness.

"What was he aiming at?" Lara inquired.

"Weapons Lara, nuclear weapons." He turned and looked her in the eye.

She raised her brows in absolute comprehensiveness. "Wow! What people do for money huh?"

"Yeah!"

"So he's the good guy funding medical drugs and facilities by day and funding destruction by night?"

"Exactly." Alex confirmed.

"Ok, but I still don't get why he is after you. Is it that he wants to corner you in a desperate situation so that you'll be forced to sell it to him?" She asked.

Alex nodded in affirmation. He was really pleased with how easily she could decipher a situation or anything.

"But kidnapping me doesn't seem like a threat enough, given the fact that you and I barely knew each other. Our relationship was still fresh." Lara reasoned out loud.

"His actions were more on a personal note." She said in audibly deep thought.

"That too, yes. That is the puzzle I am trying to solve." Alex said.

"Because, he was bent on getting into my pants, like some sort of revenge fuck. It was as if both of you were once fucking the same woman, no, more of like you stole his girl and he wants to revenge on me." She said,

All this while, she was not staring at him, rather, she had her finger on her chin as she thought out loud. No matter how much she decided to stay neutral in their billionaire squabble, she could not. She was the reason why everything escalated to this extent and she is actually the vulnerable one here. The faster they ended their war, the better.

She knew that even if she left Alex at this point, she still would not be safe.

"What are you thinking about?" Alex tapped her on the shoulder to bring her back to the moment.

"Naaa, I'm just trying to put the pieces together." She replied.

"You do not have to worry about that, I'll take care of everything." He assured her softly.

"What was your ex-girlfriend doing with him?" She asked out suddenly.

He mentally facepalmed himself, cos it was like she was not listening to anything he just said about her not worrying.

"That too, I'm trying to figure it out." He said.

"I told you that she was one of his girls right?"

"Right."

"No no no, you don't get it, it wasn't like he was forcing her to be there, it was like she loved being there and it looked like she was in charge of the other girls." Lara explained.

He narrowed his eyes. He remembered why they broke up in the first place. "Could it be that she decided to continue doing that?" He unconsciously asked out loud.

"Doing what?" Lara looked at him in partial confusion.

"Huh? No, I'm just thinking…. I didn't mean to say it out loud." He said without losing his puzzled frown.

"Is Claire Mike's girlfriend too?" Lara asked.

"I don't know, but I'll find out." He jumped down from the bed.

"Where are you going?" Lara asked anxiously.

"Uhmm." He fumbled with his words. "Actually, you just gave me a new direction to look at things. Let me check something out, I'll be back in less than an hour." He rushed over his words, kissed her on the forehead and dashed to the bath.

She followed him.

"I'll go with you." She said, while joining him in the shower.

"No, you can't, I would not be long. I promise." He replied quickly.

"It was not a question Mr Beau, it was a statement." She held her ground confidently.

"Your body…. uhmm." He said, pointing at all the red and purple spots on her body. He did not know how to phrase it, given the fact that he was responsible for it all.

"Oh! The hickeys? I'll deal with it." She quickly understood what he meant and somehow saved him from embarrassment by saying it nonchalantly as if it were absolutely nothing.

She rushed over her bath and stepped out of the shower before him. She needed enough time to conceal the marks that could not be hidden by the high-necked turtle neck sweater that she chose.

"Holy Word!" She covered her mouth with both hands as she stared at the building in front of them. "This is architecture at Its finest." She exclaimed.

When she had asked Alex where they were heading to, he told her that he was going to see Neon. Neon was the only one capable of answering all their questions. So far, he had not employed Neon to help him with the findings, given how much help Neon put in to bring Lara home from the clutches of Mike Grinde.

She was excited to see where he lived. Forbes named him as the youngest self made billionaire and now he is said to be the richest man walking the earth, and at just 26 years old. Not to forget his undisputed title of being the most intelligent man on earth with an abnormally high IQ.

Of course, with great intelligence comes great knowledge, with great knowledge comes great wealth. Neon is well disciplined enough to maintain his wealth.