NOVEL WEB Chapter 10: chapter ten
Ember sigh deeply as he watch Moore and Enny leaves the restaurant. He smile thinking of a changed life after signing the contract with Moore.
He cannot wait to use Moore's influence, wealth and power for himself after they get together.
"Moore, I thought you are the most smartest lady in this country, but you prove me wrong. How can you not recognize me?" Ember smirked.
"What are you murmuring about?" The voice of Ember's gang leader sound behind him. Ember turns to look back shocked, he thought they will not be able to find him, but here they are.
"You thought you could get a way?" The leader said closing up on Ember. Ember looks scared and moved back.
The moment those in the restaurant sees that they are the notorious gangster members who terrorize the city, everyone keeps quiet and could not say anything.
"Now that yyou have that recording, you thought you could defile me right?" The leaders said wanting to punch Ember, but Ember blocks his punch from getting to him.
The restaurant owner quickly tries to call the cops to report the gangs. When they sees that the owner of the restaurant is trying to call the cops, they decides to leave on their own.
"We will meet later, but probably you not alive be alive after" the leader threatens and leaves with his members.
Ember sigh deeply after they left.
"I think I really need to sign that contract with Moore fast" her mutters to himself and decides to meet with Moore.
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Moore sigh deeply getting into the car with Enny after they left the restaurant. Enny looks at her stressed face.
"Are you sure you wants to go through this with that arrogant guy?" Enny ask her again concerned that Ember might not be the right person.
"I have no choice" Moore replies.
"You don't have to go through the marriage itself. You can stay abroad on business account for the period of your pregnancy and give birth there. You are Moore Morgan!" Enny don't feel the need for Moore to actually go for a contract marriage.
"Dear friend, there is no going back" Moore already resolve in her mind to have the contract marriage.
Enny sigh deeply and put on the car's ignition.
"I need to visit the hospital again" Moore tells Enny, she nods and input the hospital address on the GPS.
On their way, Moore's phone rings, she picks up knowing it's her secretary.
"You have come to go to the company ma'am, there is a complaint about the new noodles" Gina said to her on phone.
Moore frowns, hearing that there is a problem she push off all other thoughts from her head including the fact that she might need a check up.
"Turn around" Moore said to Enny. Enny quickly turn the car around as it's seems to be an emergency.
Ember decides to visit Moore so that he could sign the contract quickly. He walks into the large building and find his way to the receptionist table which is on the second floor of the building.
There seem to be something really important happening and lot of people are walking around the spacious lobby.
"Hi, can I see Miss. Moore Morgan?" Ember ask the receptionist.
"Do you have an appointment with her?' the pretty receptionist ask full of smile.
"No, but we are acquaintance" Ember don't know how to refer to Moore than just being an acquaintance.
"I'm sorry, the CEO is very busy at the moment" the receptionist reply.
"Then can I make an appointment?" Ember thinks if he did not sign the contract with Moore quickly, his gang members might be back to probably kill him.
"Yes, I could fit you in, but that will be next week and I will have to know why you want to see her" the receptionist tells him.
Ember chuckle and tap the desk lightly before nodding and walking away. Ember realize Moore is indeed a big shot and there is no way he could see her easily unless he decide to wait for her outside.
"Who signed to changed the original flour?" Moore demanded angrily.
Someone has changed the wheat flour and made use of some different bad quality ones to make the new noddles which has made it soggy even when still cooking it.
"How can we launch such bad noddles to the public?" Moore looks angry talking to Gina.
"We don't have enough time to make hundred packs of noddles Miss. Moore, why don't we just…?" Mr. Bliss, the one in charge of the new noddle production said to Moore.
"You are fired!" Moore cut him off and all went silent.
She carry a box and toss it to the floor causing a stir and everyone look on afraid of getting implicated.
"Someone must have be behind this little mischief" Moore mutters to herself. She believes her stepbrother must have done something behind her back to sabotaged her.
"We are remaking them again" Moore turns to inform the team.
"Gina, I need you to find extra hands and go get the wheat flour yourself" she instructed and Gina set out immediately.
For the next eight hours, everyone worked non stop and by the time they successfully make a hundred noddles, it was past midnight.
"There is just a little work left ma'am" Gina said to Moore seeing the team exhausted.
"You can all leave" Moore said to them and sigh. Everyone left a few minutes past two in the morning.
Moore had to stay back to make sure everything is good and about thirty minutes later, she walks out of the office looking really tired and famished.
She could feel slight headache, she hold her head then she remembers that she was supposed to visit the hospital for a check up before the emergency in the company.
When she get to her car, she feel dizzy and stagger to open the car door. She feels so weak and sleepy but she tries to stay awake, she has done this more times than she could count. Skipping few meals should not have made her feel so weak but she feel something draining her inwardly, probably the pregnancy.
She wanted to call her driver but she already ask him to leave. Afraid, she might get into an accident if she dare drive in her bad state, she decide to call for a designed driver and wait for the driver to arrive.
She place her head on the steering wheel hoping to catch a bit of sleep before the driver gets there but her closed eyes force open when a knock come on the car door as soon as she try to fall asleep.
Thinking it is the driver, she open the door and get out with mild headache a feeling of puking, but her stomach is empty.
Moore hand over her car key in a hurry hoping she get home before she loses it and walk to take the back seat but her hands get numb and she groan seriously rubbing her forehead before stumbling.
Gratefully, she did not fall on the ground but into a quite firm and broad grasp that save her back, Moore fight her eyelids open to see the one who is holding her and mutters to herself before passing out.
"Hey? Wake up!" Ember called but it was fruitless.
He quickly carry her up and open the car door with difficulty, surprise that such a slender lady like Moore could carry much weight.
He guide her into the back seat carefully and take the back seat in a rush, then start the car.