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When Florence arrived, his PA informed her about the cancellation of the meeting. She clenched her fist so tightly that she felt pain in her palm. She bit her lip, attempting to conceal her anger. She took deep breaths, slowly calming herself down.

She grabbed her phone, finding the contact for Aurora, and then she called, Aurora answering almost immediately. Aurora asked her about what she plans to do. Her plan was to go and wash her face with cold water first. She thought that her blood pressure was high. Florence recommended that she wants to tell Troy, he may look good, but he doesn't have a personality. Aurora forbade her to do so, "Don't even think of doing that. Don't be rude. Besides, who are you to judge his personality?" Florence ended the call irritably.

"You are a devil with the face of an angel. I hate you more than anything else, you make my life a living hell," Florence was talking to herself. Unintentionally, She bumped into someone. She tried to escape. "Look, where you are going! Are you talking to me? But I'm not the one not paying attention," He asked.

"Excuse me, I just got angry at someone and took it out on you," Florence apologized.

He squinted his eyes, raising his index finger as if pointing to the exact same name on her mind, "Let me guess. That person is Troy Davies,"

"It's him. What a strange person! I don't know what his problem is! He gains strength from torturing others. He is like a hard case. If doctors examined him, it'd take centuries to diagnose his illness." Florence presented her theory about Troy.

He was continuously laughing, "Well, he's only like that about work."

Florence disagreed. Of course, she should be. "Whoever says that is a lie."

He chuckled, "No one said it. I'm talking from experience."

She felt her nerves vibrate with fear. The other didn't even introduce himself, and yet, she already said so much about Troy.

She terrified, "Are you, two business partners?"

He laughed, "kind of."

She faked a smile, "Please don't tell me you are more than that."

"He happens to be my elder brother, " He spoke.

She closed her eyes and turned her face away. She awkwardly said, " I wasn't expecting that."

"No, it's okay. My bro sometimes deserves to be cursed, " This time they both laughed.  He continued, "I wanted to praise you on your courage. By the way, I'm Adrian Davies."

"Florence White, " She introduced herself.

How could two people be so different? She wondered how they have the same DNA. It seemed they didn't. One of them is human, Adrian. The other belonged to a zoo, Troy. 'Because of that piece of garbage, I hate this company,' She thought, while looking at the boy in front of her.

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Troy, Adrian, and mom were setting in the lawn. There was a coffee table in the middle of the room, that they can walk around without bumping their knees. There were a few armchairs on which they were seated and a garden stool that could be used as a stool to sit on or as a table for a drink. They were watching some pictures of girls. Their mom told them that she knew the families of these girls. They were the best. She was trying to get them to select a girl as their life partner.

Troy took a look at the photographs and then the list in which their biography was written in order. Troy teased his mom, "Mom, even Einstein didn't work this diligently. You are working systematically and professionally. I have to congratulate you."

Adrian laughed and was busy scanning the girls. Their mom had tried every technique to marry them off, but all in vain.

"I was thinking mom changed her point of view, but she is still trying to marry us off, " Adrian whispered in Troy's ear.

Mom prohibited them from talking and told them to be serious. Then she gave a picture to Troy and asked him to look.

Troy asked, "Who is she?"

"Didn't you recognize her? Don't you remember her mother, who is the sister of your uncle's wife? She is a friend of the sister of her brother in law," she answered in determination.

"I am sure there is something like that, " he chuckled. Adrian was laughing during the whole conversation.

Troy accepted that he remembered her to end the topic. Mom was staring at him curiously. She was stretching the topic like rubber until he finally accepted that he didn't know her. But she was their mom, so she said, "How can you not remember her? When you were ten, we went to her home town. You played with this girl in our garden."

"Ah..." He couldn't breathe.

"My brother is like this, mom. He plays with girls then he forgets about them," Adrian teased.

"As if you are better than him." Mom irritably muttered in response.

Mom gave him another photograph and asked them what they thought about her. She also told them that she's well behaved, decent, and a great cook. She's 164cm tall. With lots of hope, she asked Troy about his thoughts. Troy was still.

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Hey Peeps!
I hope all are well.
I hope you'd enjoy the chapter.

What do you think about Florence and Troy?

About Florence and Adrian meeting?

And finally about Zemira, who was busy in searching girls for her son...would she find the girl? Share your theories...

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