Five.

Noelle’s POV

Welp. I might have stumbled on uncharted territory.

“Are you suddenly mute?”

His voice rang out once more, drawing me back to reality as I gulped. How he managed to get my main line would be a problem for another day as the document I held in my hand seemed to hold more weight and importance.

“Sir there was a mistake in the reports bearing your signature”

“Which of them?”

“The London agreement. The digits also varies from the estimated budget assigned to the other contracts signed”

“Then reprint it”

“I know Sir. But it needs your signature”

“And…”

And!! Who the heck asks such an obvious question?

“You need to be here to sign it, Sir. This is your work else I would have handed it over to Mr Sorren or Mr Velrose. But none of them are in charge of the London project”

“And what about Moretti?”

“Hasn’t been to the office in three days Sir”

“Then sign it then”

He just dropped a major bomb in such a nonchalant manner. That was an act of impersonation. Forgery of signature. I would be looking at a possible ten to fifteen years in jail if anything goes wrong.

“I don’t think that’s ideal Sir”

“There’s no problem there. After all, you are my secretary too. If I didn’t authorize it, that document wouldn’t have made its way to your table”

“But Sir…”

There was a beep and then silence. He had just ended the call

What… The… Helly…

I knew how to forge signatures. It was a hidden talent I had always had as a kid. My father knew of it which helped me when people sent in forged documents. But this was something only I and my father knew. Even my mum doesn’t have an idea of it.

And now, a stranger who I was very sure didn’t know a thing about me just told me to do something I didn’t dare to do.

Forging a signature was one thing. But forging the signature of one of the four power houses was another.

Just as I was slowly creeping out, my phone pinged which identified the entry of a new message. I picked up to find one simple and straight to the point message;

‘Do it. I will bear the consequences’

It was from Lucien. And even though I was still skeptical, I knew I had to do it as time was no longer on my side.

I reviewed the documents once more, made all necessary corrections while keeping the original transcript, then signed his signature.

It wasn’t as hard as I thought as his signature was his initials. The only hard part was the font he used. Luckily for me, I used cursive as well for signatures.

And with that, I packed up all the documents and called for Adrien’s driver as he was the one who would take us to Adrien’s hanger.

And yes, you heard me right. Hanger. His family has their own line of private planes and helicopters. So he never had to worry about flying in business class.

When I was sure the driver was downstairs, I went back to Adrien’s office to alert him of our departure.

“I will be in the car soon. Once I am done with this call”

The call seemed to be important so I calmly walked out. But that didn’t stop me from hearing the last statement he made.

“I will talk to you when I land in London, Sweetheart”

My eyes widened in disbelief as I closed the door in a hurry.

Sweetheart!! Iceberg Velrose called someone sweetheart!! The sun seemed to have risen from the west for me to hear such a nickname from his mouth.

Seemed the statement; Every man’s downfall starts with a woman was true. Because what the actual fuck!!

“You look like you found a huge pot of gold. Care to tell me it’s location”

I bumped into Kael while being oblivious. I calmly massaged my forehead which slightly hurt due to the impact. He had a very sturdy chest. But I wouldn’t ever let him know that.

“Why are you so jumpy, Kitten?”

Kitten!!!

“I don’t seem to know in what way I look like a cat Mr Sorren”

“Oh trust me. You do look like one. A fiery kitten who always hides her claws. Waiting for the perfect opportunity to display them…”

I refused to answer him as I walked around him. But then, he held onto my elbow and dragged me back. Trapping me in his embrace as he looked at me without breaking contact.

For a while I was trapped in his trance. Lost in his eyes as his head drew closer. His eyes were trapped between gazing into mine or my lips.

And it was at the moment that whatever trance I was in snapped and I roughly shoved him away from me.

The shove didn’t seem to alleviate the anger brewing inside me as I raised my hand and used all my strength and will power to deliver a slap across his face leaving him stunned but I was too bothered to care.

I held him by the tie and dragged him down till his face was on the same length as mine, then I looked him dead in the eye.

“In your lifetime and many others to come, don’t you dare try whatever shit you just wanted to pull. Other girls might give you the free access you crave but I am not like other girls and don’t you dare mistake me for all the cheap hoes you have in your harem. Stay professional whenever the matter includes me or I swear on my father’s grave I will sue you for workplace abuse and I will ensure you get what you deserve”

I pushed him off more lightly this time around and straightened my outfit. And with a humph, I picked up the documents that had fallen off at a point and stormed out.

I swear that slap wasn’t the only thing he would have coming.