The Devil's Trap

14.

Previously.

"You can say I'm the second beast" he winked at me and then started walking again.
I was in a complete shock

The present

He was leaving when my words stopped him
" you're a partner here?" he turned to look at me

"you can say that, but not quite"

"How so? And I was never told anything"

He took a few steps toward me and then stood right in front of me

"I'll tell you everything over lunch there's a great restaurant right on the corner, have lunch with me and I'll tell you everything"

I was already curious and I wanted to no so I directly nodded, he gave me a smile then each one of us went straight to their office.

the morning went pretty smoothly since he wasn't here, I worked at my ease because I wasn't sure how I would act around him after everything that happened.

The clock seemed to be moving slowly and I could not wait for lunchtime to come for I was really curious about the story, I even forgot to ask him about his name. Therefore, I simply got myself busy until the time arrives.

I was sitting in my office with a bunch of papers surrounding me completely forgetting about the exterior world when I heard a small nock on the door, I looked up to see the man from earlier standing at the door

" did you forget our lunch date ?" I stood up

" I'm sorry, it's just at some point I was really into it I forgot everything, "I said while getting my bag and putting my shoes back on. Then I walked toward him.

" I'm ready" he gave me a smile and placed his hand behind my back slightly pushing me.

"Shall we?" I nod and we began walking until we got to the elevator and we got in.

" I forgot to ask you about your name," I said, his lips cracked into a little smile

"I'm Stephan McQueen and you must be Emily " I looked at him a little surprised

" I thought you're a Wilson since you're a partner because I know all shares are held only by the members of the Wilson family"

" I see you have little patience, when we'll get to the restaurant I'll explain everything " I didn't want to say anything because I somehow knew he wouldn't say a word not until we got there.

"How did you know my name?" the idea popped into my head

"well some of us actually know the people they're working with"

Damn you do not need to be so nasty

The forgotten little woman inside me spoke again.

I kept my mouth shut the whole way to the restaurant; we went on foot since it was actually quite close.

We got in and sat down, looking at the menu, one thing and one thing only got my attention and that's what I got, he was talking to the phone the whole time until our food came in, and I got my pizza.

"Wow, pizza in the middle of the day? "He was actually quite surprised and looking at his dishes I can see why, the mister got a salad

"I like to enjoy my meals," I said while grabbing a slice. "But that's not important now we're here to talk so I'm listening"

"You're really impatient aren't you?" I gave him a look "Okay fine then I will start talking but thins might take a while and since we have work to do I can't finish telling you everything so we'll continue over dinner. Are you in?"

At that moment my mind was only like: story story story story story

And didn't give an f about anything else he said so I just nod

" Okay then so you want to know what am I doing in that company and how come I'm a partner there, alright so it all started a long time ago before the companies were ever created, we'll go back in time to the first world war."

"Wow I didn't realize it goes way back"

"It does it's the origin of the whole story. Both family's elders were fighting in the war they met there and became good friends for years they fought side by side. After the war was over, they found themselves with a bit of fortune they accumulated during the war.

No one knows how and they refused to tell their children. When the war was over the Wilson grandpa decided to have his own business, they both did not want to be soldiers anymore, so he was going to start his own company. Our grandpa on the other hand was still holding into the money not knowing what to do or how to spend it, he then invested them in a little business, it wasn't much profit but it was enough to keep the family living at ease however he kept an amount of money hidden away. Both men got married and had kids of their own and since they were always so close it was only natural for both families to be together and for the kids to get along well and they actually became good friends just like their fathers."

He checked on the time and we saw that it was way past lunchtime

"We need to get going "

I was not happy I wanted to know the rest of the story but I could not keep pushing. He called the waiter to get the check and I was getting my wallet he stole from me in a heart bit

"I can't let no woman pay when I'm with her," he said then placed the money inside this little box then he got up"

"Gentleman, that's good but I don't like people paying for me, and can I get my wallet back thank you "

"Well you better get used to it, here's your beloved wallet "he hand me my wallet and we started walking our way back to work. We got inside the building then we took the elevator we were about to arrive when he spoke

"Don't forget our dinner if you want to hear the rest of the story "I smiled at him and when the elevator door opened he went to his office and so did I.