Daven was seated before aptop as he browsed away on it, anotherptop sat open before an empty chair and I sank into it immediately, my hand flying back to my neck to massage the sore muscles.


    So now the Xobra wants the diamond in exchange for my brother- a diamond worth millions of dors, while the other group of people who are trying to kill me and take my sister to their boss, I had no clue who they were or if we’ve ever crossed parts before, all I know was that they have a very deep Russian ent.


    The time was a few minutes after two in the afternoon, the lunatic’s call shoulde in any moment from now. The door opened and closed as Tristan let himself in and sank into the third and remaining chair that was on the other side of Daven, only that one wasn’t positioned before anyptop.


    “She’s asleep?” I asked Tristan.


    “Yeah, thankfully. She isn’t too happy with us though.”


    Daven snorted before adding, “She wouldn’t be happy with you guys until her brotheres back home.”


    “You fucker, you were eavesdropping?” Tristan demanded as he pushed Daven’s head sideways. Daven not in any way put off grinned a little before sobering up. “No, I wasn’t. Well not on purpose, y’all were pretty loud and it was done before this particr door. I couldn’t help but listen in.”


    Tristan shrugged before pulling Daven’sptop before him, “Your girlfriend heard us too. She came out and stayed glued for a few seconds before hurrying back into your room, she probably thought no one noticed.”


    I sighed, massaging my stiff fingers against each other as I corrected him, “She’s not my girlfriend, Tris. And I’m sure she didn’t mean to walk in on us- not that I noticed since I was wrapped up in that moment- she was only taking you up on your offer toe eat since she haven’t eaten anything today.”


    “I thought she was your girlfriend, boss.” Daven drawled out, his gaze shifting from my face to myptop.


    “She isn’t, I told you in the car.”


    “I’m guessing she’d be feeling too awkward toe down in order to get something to eat now. Maybe after the call, I’d go get her myself. That’s alright with you?” Tristan wondered loudly, his fingers barely ghosting over the keyboards.


    “Of course it is, she’s pretty hungry even if she might not admit it to you. And stop looking at me like that.” I averted my gaze from Tristan’s corked eyebrows and focused it on the nk screen of myptop.


    “Like what?” Tristan demanded innocently while Daven let out one of his famous snorts.


    “Like you know he likes her a lot, he’s probably trying to deny it to himself.” Daven suggested to Tristan.


    “He told me he likes her a lot, I saw the way he looked at her this afternoon. So he’s definitely not trying to deny it to himself, unless maybe something happened.” Tristan exined to Daven who inhaled every word escaping my brother’s lips.


    “Really? Damn. Boss y-” Daven started to say after turning around in his seat but I flicked his head before ring at him along with my brother.


    “Can y’all stop talking about me like I’m not here?”


    “Or we could all talk about Aria,” Daven wiggled his eyebrows while trying to stifle augh.


    I rolled my eyes and pushed his chest until he tumbled backwards along with his chair, Tristan chuckled quietly after Daven groaned in pain before slowly dragging himself back up.


    The sound of a messageing in made us all grow tense in a heartbeat, Daven was in his former spot in the next second, all yfully exiting the room a moment ago. Daven tapped on theptop and epted the iing voice call.


    Daven and I exchangedptops then I ced the earphones over my head, before I could blink, the call got connected.


    I muted the call immediately before saying to Daven, “Try tracking the call to see if it’s in the same position as yesterday.”


    At his understanding nod, I unmuted the call and spoke into the mic.


    “Serpent?”


    A snarl drifted into my ear before he sneered, “It’s not ‘serpent’ you fool, it’s Xobra. I guess you’re too dumb to get something as simple as that right.”


    I tsked, “I’d have advised y’all to spell ‘cobra’ correctly but nah. Moving on to important things, is my brother beside you like yesterday?”


    “Xobra itself is a hundred times more important than your whole family, talk less of your pussy of a brother.”


    “You probably wish.”


    “I don’t have time for your foolishness. You’re ready to give me the diamond in exchange for your brother?”


    I decided to ignore his jab, there were more important things on the ground. “I said I wasst night, are you to dumb to remember important details again?”


    “Watch your mouth, fool. I could shoot your brother in the balls if you piss me off.” He snapped.


    “No, you wouldn’t because you know there’d be nothing for you to hold against me and you know I’d find you and end you as well as your stupid serpent n.”


    “Don’t test my patience, and don’t piss me off too. I’m not working alone Incase you haven’t figured it out yet.” He drawled out around a humorlessugh.


    Ice settled in my blood, “Were you in on the n to kill me? The men in ck with knives, the chase?”


    “What are those?” The man demanded.


    “Don’t y dumb with me you fucker. You sent those men to mypany.”All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org.


    “Which men? Are you drunk or something? Maybe someone else is definitely after the diamond and you’re too dumb to not figure that out immediately. I hope you’re listening now, there’s a change of ns now. You’de to a warehouse this evening with the diamond, and you’d leave with your brother.”


    I scrubbed my hands over my face in frustration, how many people already know about the diamond now? And this one here is denying not knowing about the whole attack which urred in the morning when he also just hinted that he wasn’t working alone.


    Why is everything already upside down in just a day?