Chapter 360 Baby, baby, baby, ohhh...
MINUTES EARLIER
After CEO Smith gave his decision to use all of his riches to activate the Future Gazing Formation, Andrea was left with no choice but to follow his latest order.
And this order was to wake up Alex and Alina, no matter what method will be used by her.
"Tik tok tik tok."
The sounds of Andrea"s heels. .h.i.tting the floor echoed all around her, as the said woman was now walking briskly towards Alex and Alina"s dwelling place.
Her face was currently unreadable, as if she was masking all of her emotions.
But her eyes still had some hints of red on its edges, which coupled by the wetness of her cheeks, shows that she somewhat cried earlier.
"CEO Smith, you really are one big idiot!" These words could be heard coming out of Andrea, as she was slowly getting close and closer to Alex"s place. Her words were laced with both anger and sadness, making her sound like a nagging friend.
"You said that you want to redeem yourself? Cool, you can just do that by doing some good things in the future. But no, you decided to spend almost all of your remaining Time on that stupid formation!" If CEO Smith was here, he will surely start panicking at the sight of his p.i.s.sed secretary. "Why… why are you willing to risk yourself like this? Can"t you just take it easy?"
After muttering these words, tears threatened to spill out of Andrea"s eyes again, but she was able to barely hold them back.
"Idiot... You still haven"t paid that dinner that you owed me." Andrea muttered to herself sullenly as she wiped her eyes with the sleeves of her suit. "Hmph, if you will survive today"s events, I will really demand you to bring me out for a meal…"
Alina then stopped thinking about her boss at this point, as she now found herself face to face with the door on Alex"s dwelling place.
She forced herself to forget about the matters of CEO Smith as she decided to focus her attention at the matter on hand.
"…."
Andrea stared at the door in front of her warily as a tired expression appeared on her face.
"According to all of our agents who came here, Alex and Alina never once came out of this house, even when our agents called those two nonstop." Andrea said to herself as she touched the door. The door felt soft to the touch, although Andrea realized that there was some kind of power that was reinforcing the door.
As she felt this power coursing through the door, Andrea narrowed her eyes as she cupped her chin.
"Hm… so Mr. Alex used some kind of power to prevent anyone from just coming in…. It seems like whatever he was doing inside with Ms. Alina was of great importance that he does not want anyone disturbing it." Andrea said as she realized that even the walls of the house were also reinforced by the same kind of power.
"Since Mr. Alex was this serious, then that means that it might be also difficult for me to wake him and Ms. Alina up." Andrea said as she let out a sigh. "Well, that"s what I will say if I went here yesterday. But now, with the fate of my boss on the line, there is no way that I will just back off here!"
Andrea then took a deep breath, as she began to gather her remaining Time Essence towards her.
This time around, she decided to converge this Time Essence on her right palm.
"Hong hong hong~"
As a green, resplendent gem started to show up on her right palm, Andrea looked back at the door with seriousness as she took three steps away from it.
"Mr. Alex, the only reason our agents did not attack your house was because we are trying to maintain our decorum with you." Andrea said as the green gem on her right palm got larger and larger. "But with the sudden grave situation today, I think that this decorum will have to be ignored first."
After she gave this declaration, Andrea then raised her right hand, with her right palm facing the direction of Alex"s house.
The green gem embedded on this palm was now as large as an oyster, with its body pulsating in a weird, sickening way.
Andrea then lowered her waist until she looked like she was sitting in a chair. She then straightened her back, with her right palm still facing Alex"s house.
Her face started to show a concentrated expression, as the pulsating lights on her green gem started to brighten.
With one look at Andrea"s current stance, it was easy to know what she was about to do.
She"s about to unleash a new spell, and its target was no other than Alex"s dwelling place.
"Mr. Alex, whatever you are doing in there, I hope that its not something that is too dangerous to you." Andrea muttered to herself as the green light on her gem continued to intensify. "Because if it is dangerous to you, then my actions right now could put you in a fatal situation. If that was really the case, then let me apologize already in advance…"
Saying this apology must have taken off a load from her chest, as the slightly unfocused look on Andrea"s eyes disappeared.
It was now replaced by an unyielding look, as if she was already prepared to do anything.
As this look appeared on her eyes, the glow from her green gem has reached the point where it cannot get any brighter.
"Ah, here it is then. I have fully charged up my spell for one full-powered strike." Andrea said as he looked at her green gem with excitement. This excitement then turned into solemnity as she forcefully straightened her right arm. "I can only use this spell once a day, so I must use it properly. If I mess up here, then all of my boss" efforts will be wasted…"
After she mentioned the boss inside her head, Andrea gritted her teeth as she prepared to activate her bombastic attack.
"Mr. Alex, maybe you can"t hear me, but I am still going to say it. WAKE THE F**K UP!" Andrea then clenched her teeth as she prepared to say the words that will trigger her spell.
[T-MANIFEST: A-]
But before Andrea could complete her chant, the door in front of her suddenly swung open, making her stop talking, as surprise began to overtake her body.
"What the?" As the door in front of her continued to open, Andrea could only gape her mouth as she stared at the door with a dumbfounded expression.
The glow of her green gem has now disappeared, as Andrea already lost the will to activate the spell.
After all, she does not need to activate her new spell anymore.
There was just no sense to use it when her targets are already awake.
"...h.e.l.lo. Hahaha, good morning to you two, I guess?" Andrea awkwardly said as she stared at the two people who are now staring at her with incredulity.
Andrea was still stuck on her "attacking stance", which was starting to embarra.s.s her.
"…." The two people in front of Andrea did not say anything to her, as they just stared at her weird pose with questions in their eyes.
Seconds pa.s.sed by with these three people only staring at each other, which has started to take a toll on Andrea.
"F**k me, this is so awkward…" Andrea thought to herself as she looked at the people that just opened the door. "What will happen to me now?"
The ones who just opened the door right now was no other than Alex and Alina.
Both of them seemed to be perfectly fine, although some signs of exhaustion could be seen on their red eyes and their rapid breathing.
Their minds seemed to be at the perfect condition too, although they seem to be worried about something.
Andrea could of course continue a.n.a.lyzing the current state of Alex and Alina, but right now, she had a different matter to worry about.
"Hahaha Mr. Alex and Miss Alina. Don"t mind my current pose." Andrea said as she tried to hide the blush that was creeping up on her face. She knew that these two must be pretty suspicious of her now, as her clearly "hostile" pose was just too blatant to be just ignored. "I… I was just stretching here! Yes, I was just doing that! You know that I am a busy office woman, so I must spend some time stretching my body too, hahaha…"
"Cut the c.r.a.p already. You were about to attack our house, right?" The one who said these words was Alex, who was now looking at Andrea with amus.e.m.e.nt on his face. "Don"t lie to me. Even if I am not a good lie detector, I can still feel that you are lying."
"Hahaha Mr. Alex, you really are a talented man…" Andrea said as she tried to make herself stand up. It was a pretty difficult thing to do, as her muscles protested at her doing this. "Hahaha, you got me... I am really planning on attacking your house."
Since Alex had already seen through Andrea, Andrea of course knew that lying will not be of help anymore. As such, she has decided to just tell the truth to Alex.
"Mr. Alex, forgive me for my impudence. I was just… trying to wake you up right now." Andrea said as she tried to make herself look as pitiful as possible. "The whole world is currently in chaos right now, as the rebel Immortals are about to use their wicked treasure against our Young Mistress. With the way that these rebels are doing things, we TimeMasters have realized that we need every help that we can get if we want to save Young Mistress. As such, I have decided to wake you up right now, as I know that you two will be of great help to us…"
Andrea made sure to complement Alex and Alina while explaining herself, which could make these two warm up to her slightly.
She also made sure to tell no lies in front of them, as she knew that Alina has some kind of ability to detect lies.
"So how is it, Mr. Alex and Miss Alina. Are you willing to forgive this lowly one?" Andrea said as she made herself the lower ranked person. Maybe by doing this, she can fully get Alex and Alina"s willingness to help them out. "If you are still not happy with me, then feel free to dish out a punishment for me!"
"The h.e.l.l, are you a m.a.s.o.c.h.i.s.t? There"s no need for you to act like that." Alex replied, making Andrea both feel indignation and relief. "I am not angry with what you are doing. After all, if I am in your situation, I might have done the same thing."
"Wait, so does that mean-"
"Yes, I have forgiven you already." Alex said quickly, cutting off Andrea"s query. "Just don"t do it again. Especially right now, when we still have a baby to take care of."
"A baby?" Andrea relief was immediately replaced by confusion, as a foreign term was suddenly heard by her ears."Mr. Alex, what was this about a baby?"
"Didn"t I just say it to you? We are taking care of a baby right now, so I implore you to not make another loud attack. Who knows, the baby might suddenly wake up. I really wouldn"t want that happening…" Alex replied as his body visibly shuddered. "I know that a baby will start crying once it was forcefully woken up. So please, just keep quiet, okay?"
"You are taking care of a baby right now? Um… where is it right now?" Andrea slowly asked as she felt more and more confusion with the sudden change on their topic.
"You"re asking where is it? It"s right here with us." Alex said as he pointed his finger at Alina. More specifically, at the bundle of cloth that was inside Alina"s arms. "See that bundle there? Inside that is the baby that we are taking care off. Do you want to see it?"
"Um, well-"
"Okay Alina, it seems like Andrea wants to see it. Why don"t you show it to her?" Alex deviously said as the confused Andrea tried to make sense of what was happening.
"Show it to me? But-"
"Okay." Alina replied curtly as she then slowly unraveled the cloth bundle.
"Rustle rustle…"
As the cloth bundle continued to unravel in front of her, the still confused Andrea could only gulp her throat as her mind began to spin.
She was terribly disoriented right now, as what Alex and Alina just said was too much for her to process.
"They are taking care of a baby right now? Where the h.e.l.l did this baby even come from?" Andrea thought to herself as he began to feel light-headed. "Was this the reason that Mr. Alex and Miss Alina went into seclusion for the last 7 days? Don"t tell me… that they were just copulating this whole time?"
As she reached this conclusion, Andrea"s face turned dark from anger, as something inside her seemed to have snapped.
"These h.o.r.n.y dogs! Young Mistress has been kidnapped for the last 7 days, and all that these two did was to f**k like rabbits? How shameless of them!" Andrea thought as a livid expression appeared on her face. "Shame on you two! And here I thought I can be friends with you!"