Woman of Intelligence (Book 2 in the series)

Chapter 18

Riya's first mission was to go to Sebastian's residence. Samantha was visiting the officers that were in charge of Antonio's case. Zoe and Ying were doing research on the modelling companies that were involved with Antonio. None of them had no idea what John was doing. He did not pitch to work to discuss the duties for the day. Samantha had to be a Head Officer again for this case. Riya arrived at an old fashion European styled house. There were so many men standing by specific doors. Riya did not like the looks of this already. She was already having a bad feeling because Sebastian was properly going to mess with her. She parked the car in front of the main entrance. She switched the car off and took her gun from her bag. She came out of the car, feeling confident and afraid at the same time. While she was standing by the car, she tucked her gun underneath her pants, halfway. Only the handle was out. She started walking towards the wooden door. The house was already giving her the creeps because it looked haunted. But she ignored the atmosphere and continued walking to the door.

Suddenly, the door opened on its own. She stopped three meters away from it. She looked at the two men that were standing by the door. The men were not looking at her. They had indifferent and firm expression. Riya was assuming that the door meant for her because none of the men stopped her. This house was really giving her the creeps. She carried walking with confidence and fear. She kept her gun close to her for protection. She was one meter away from the door and none of men bothered to stop her to ask who she was. That was very dangerous of them not to ask her who she was. What if she was a thief, killer or someone who was dangerous? Crime rates were increasing every year so that should make Sebastian worry about who was coming to his house. Riya shook her head and entered the house. Again, none of the men bother to ask her any questions. She entered the house and walked further to the hallway. The door was slammed, causing the breeze to slam on her back. Riya was looking around the house. 

Everything was so plain like the furniture, walls and carpets were in the same color. Everyone was in red, different shades of red. She took a deep breath and started walking through the hallway. There was no one in here unless they were sleeping. She was taking a tour around the house before she would meet Sebastian. Maybe she could find evidence while taking a tour. The inside of the house was also giving her the creeps. It was like entering the house of The Adam's Family. The house looked so boring with the same color but in different shades. This house was not inviting at all. Riya started looking around for any evidence.

A man and woman were sleeping on the bed, naked. The woman was sleeping on top of the man while the man was looking at the dark red ceiling. His arm was wrapped around the woman's shoulder. He took a deep breath and let it out. He was looking at the door which was opened. Suddenly, he spotted another woman walking around. The woman was looking lost to his eyes. His mind was switched to her. An evil smirk appeared on his face because he found the woman beautiful. He found her looking sexy with her tight blue skirt and dark brown buttoned shirt. The woman walked away from the area. His smile faded away when she left the area. He slowly got up from the bed, trying not to wake the woman sleeping next him. He managed to get out of the bed. He grabbed his silky red robe and wrapped around his body.

Riya was still looking around. She trying to find some evidence or any drugs. There was nothing out of the ordinary. 

"Excuse me.", a man called for her.

Riya stopped then turned around. She saw a young handsome man five meters away from her. The man was tying up his robe. As always, Riya had to do her examination. He was tall with a muscular body with a light tanned skin. He looked Colored, probably Mexican. He did have nice thick light brown hair. His hair was like a mop. Riya took a deep breath and spoke. 

"Hello, I'm Officer Riya Moodley. I'm here to see Sebastian Lopez.", she spoke professionally.

"You are looking at him.", he said.

Riya looked at him out of interest. She noticed the robe meaning he was with someone or was about to take a bath. "Well, I hope I'm not disturbing you in your business.", she pointed at the room.

"I'm done for the morning.", he said with an evil smirk. 

Riya did not like the smirk at all. "Well, I want to ask you a few questions Mr Lop..."

Sebastian raised his hand in the air to make her stop talking. "Firstly, my surname is changed to Rossi. My aunt's original surname which is my late mother's sister. Secondly, I have no intentions in withdrawing my accusations about my adopted father. Lastly, if you are here to get money from me, I will ask my men to kick you out. Of course if you are a woman I will sleep with you first then chase you out.", he explained. 

"No, I'm not here to withdraw your accusations. I'm not here for your money. And I have no intentions to sleep with you.", Riya made it clear. 

There was disappointment in his eyes. "That's disappointment because you look so beautiful that I want to put you in my bed."

Riya was not amused by that. "Listen, I don't like the way you see women. Women are not something that you can use for house than threw them away. I have no intentions to sleep with you or anybody. I have an hectic case to sort out so I need your co-operation for the next three weeks.", she was being clear. 

Sebastian did not like the sound of this. "That means..."

"You are not going to sleep with anyone, going to nightclubs and functions. You can go to work but make sure you come home immediately after work. You accused your adopted father so he will have more intentions to kill you.  Your life is on the robe."

"That's settles, I need a bodyguard. I can ask the officers to appoint you as my bodyguard.", he started walking downstairs. 

Riya expression was turned to confusion. She followed him. "No, I'm not your bodyguard. Plus, you got your bodyguards outside. I heard from my resources that you are a mafia."

Sebastian stopped and turned around. "Those men are not bodyguards. They are here to protect me.", he pointed out. 

"That's similar to bodyguards. You can choose one of your men to be your bodyguards.", she suggested. 

"No. I prefer a woman so I can I have fun. By the way, do you have any plans for tonight?"

"No.", she answered immediately. 

"How sad?"

She rolled her eyes. "The level of disrespect you have for women.", she whispered so he would not hear. "Now Mr Rossi, there are some details I need from you. I need you to come to the office of the days.", she was speaking professionally again. 

"Can I come today?", he asked nicely for the first time. 

"Sorry about that because we are only going to see our new office tomorrow. Once we sort out the office, I will send you a message to tell you when you can come. I rather ask you the questions there than here. For your own safety."

"I fine with that. That's also means..."

"No.", she immediately knew what he was going to say. 

"Okay I tried."

"Thank you for your time. By the way, let your girlfriend know that you can't have any fun until this case is solve.", she pointed upstairs.

Sebastian looked at her. "How do you know I was with a woman earlier?", he asked. 

"I heard from people that you are a playboy and your girlfriend is hiding behind the pole, listening to our conversation.", she pointed at that light red pole  three meters away from them. 

Sebastian looked by the pole behind him and saw the woman hiding behind the pole. She came out the pole with her clothes in her hand. She looked embarrassed when Riya saw that. Riya turned around and walked out of the door. Sebastian turned around to look at Riya. He was surprised that Riya noticed the woman was there. He was certainly amazed by Riya's senses. He walked towards the window. He removed the curtains a little bit to look at Riya. Riya hopped into the car, started the engine and drove off.