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Chapter 8 - Midnight Run

The car parked and Aiden stepped out and walked to the mansion. He entered and then turned on the lights. No one was home so the place was quite giving an aura of peace. He took off his shoes and put on his slipper, climbing up the stairs to his room.

He went into the bathroom taking his bath and casually changing into a pair of neat dark brown pajamas. He climbed downstairs to the kitchen to make something to eat.

After some minutes of making a delicious aromatic pizza pie, he came into the dinning room to find someone seated there as if waiting for him.

"Hey bro". The person seated on the chair said.

"why didn't I smell you earlier?" Aiden asked as he sat down to eat his dinner.

"I just came few minutes ago. You didn't smell me?"

Aiden didn't reply and continued eating his dinner

"Your dinner's in the the kitchen". He said knowing why Caleb was staring at him.

"Thanks." Caleb said before using his superspeed to rush to the kitchen and rush back to the dinning table with a plate of pizza pie in his hands.

"How's the development plan going?" Aiden asked as he sat down.

"Boss Detlefsen, wouldn't it be disturbing and chocking if we discuss work during hours of dinner." Caleb replied looking at Aiden's expression which remained unchanged.

"It would have been going quite very well if I could find someone with a brain as smart as mine, also we're in need of some rare materials. "

Aiden looked up at his worried expression, thinking of any easy solution.

" Can't you think of any solutions?"

"Not that I don't have any, but it would take some time. The prototype I developed for the suit is quite okay, but there's quite a lot of bugs, I need more skilled hands on deck to make it." Caleb said.

"Would the unknown programmer in the outside world be able to help?". Aiden asked.

Caleb almost dropped his spoon as he heard the words that proceeded out of Aiden's mouth. He thought about it; getting that programmer to help could really be good. Also he could get to meet with his Idol whom he long admired.

" How're you going to get him, you're not even sure of his gender nevertheless have a picture of him. And what if he's a total human who freaks out on discovering those claws of yours." Caleb replied.

Aiden totally understood Caleb's concern and worries. It would be bad if the project gets prolonged, he really needed to find out the identify of Scarlett Ghost.

" I'll see what I can do". he finally said as he let go of his clutches on the spoon he was holding by carefully placing it on the empty plate. He stood up as he was done with his dinner.

"Make sure to wash your plates and turn off the lights." he said again as he went away to the kitchen.

Caleb took a shallow breath, he was the head Engineer of Nightshade Nook, he was very skilled in inventing but not as skilled in programming as the unknown Scarlett Ghost.

He finished eating his meal and went to wash his plates before finally turning off the lights and going into his room.

Meanwhile, immediately Aiden entered his room, he went to seat in the little office desk setup in his room. He turned on the laptop and entered the password before logging into his account. He looked at the messages piled up and checked each carefully replying them smartly.

After a while, he made a phone call to someone, after a few rings, the person picked up the call.

"Hello boss" the person said respectfully as he picked the call.

"Jeff, I need you to make an investigation on Scarlett Ghost, just contact me if you find her". Aiden said.

Over the phone, one could imagine Jeff's confused look from his breathing.

"Boss, Scarlett Ghost's account has been dormant for the past few months. One would doubt if he still even existed."

Aiden didn't mind what Jeff said however on the phone. He was pinned on finding him even if the chances were low.

"Just try your best, the sonner the better." he said finalizing the conclusion of the conversation.

Jeff agreed since Aiden insisted. "Umm Boss, when would you be back, these guys are questioning your sudden leave and disappearance ".

Aiden wasn't bothered by the questioning of the guys Jeff was referring to. His confidence that they wouldn't dare act without positive thinking was high, obviously due to his ruthlessness in dealing with disloyal dogs.

"Just go on with the work. I've already sent an email to your account, do go with the plan, they wouldn't dare act rashly." He replied.

Jeff breathed a sigh of relief. Who didn't know Aiden Detlefsen's ruthlessness and domineering coldness. Of course no one in London would dare trespass him in the business world.

Aiden ended the call since there wasn't anything else to talk about. He turned off his laptop and went to his bed laying down and picking up his phone. He scrolled through his wolf profile casually glancing at the data charts. Suddenly his mind seemed to think of a face, not that he was in control, but more like his mind out of it.

He tried focusing back on the data charts but his mind couldn't get itself away from that face, her beautiful face with her hair tied in a ponytail kept flashing before him, he seemed to remember every detail of her face, the way she focused on her phone leaning besides the car.

" What's wrong with me" he whispered to himself before he turned off his phone going to the bathroom to wash his face. After two splashes which didn't seem to help at all. He opened the door going downstairs to take a run.

As he climbed downstairs he saw Caleb sitting on the sofa reading a book with a bottle of cold yoghurt beside him.

"What are you doing this late?" Aiden asked.

Caleb raised his head and saw Aiden looking at him.

"Studying. What about you?"

"Taking a run". Aiden stepped as he walked forward to head out.

"This late!!" Caleb shouted seeing Aiden going out the door but got no response.

" What's wrong with you?" Caleb said not understanding the strange behavior of Aiden, 'who would be taking a run this late, its almost midnight'.

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