After dinner, Sylvia applied a light touch of makeup and slipped into her outfit for the day, ready to step out. She glanced back at Gabriel, who seemed to be tagging along, and double-checked with a playful tone, "You're really coming with me to work?"
Gabriel offered a casual smile. "You don't want me to?"
With a shrug and a hint of mischief in her voice, Sylvia replied, "Wouldn't dream of stopping you!"
They descended the apartment staircase, with Gabriel taking the driver's seat and Sylvia settling beside him. She sneaked glances at the imposing man beside her and couldn't help but giggle under her breath. It felt like she was on top of the world.
At Glory Group's headquarters, the investigator Baron had dispatched quickly got back to him. "Mr. Barlow, that Gabriel had once registered a small business in M Country, but it's long gone. No trace of where he might be running a company now or what sort of business he's involved with."
Baron let out a dismissive chuckle. "If you can't find it, it probably doesn't exist."
The other end of the line concurred. "Seems likely."
"Alright, got it!" Baron hung up and turned to Dannis, lounging on the sofa with a bandage wrapped around his forehead, and sneered, "My guys checked it out. All that talk about doing business is hot air. His little venture's been shut down for ages!"
Dannis, still nursing his wounded pride, scoffed, "So he's basically a freeloader?"
Handing Baron a cigarette and lighting it for him, Dannis added, "No need to worry about him then!"
Baron's laughter was cold and contemptuous. "Sylvia's been fooled, thinking she snagged the leg of some bigshot!"
Dannis, ever the sycophant, chimed in, "I asked the driver who took them home yesterday. They went to Willowbrook Plaza, apparently where Sylvia stays."
Baron's hatred mixed with frustration, "Not even willing to splurge on a hotel room. Thinks he can snag a free ride, or maybe he's just playing the pretty boy? Pathetic!"
Dannis added, "His looks might get him a meal ticket, but daring to cross paths with someone you've got your eye on? Can't let him off easy!"
Baron took a drag of his cigarette, exhaling slowly with a vicious gleam in his eye. "Sylvia's mine, that's a given. As for Gabriel, got any ideas on how to take him out?"
Dannis jumped, a flicker of fear in his voice, "You want to kill him? Isn't that a bit much?"
Losing a round of rock-paper-scissors, Eunice from the PR department approached Gabriel with a cup of coffee in hand, asking timidly, "Sir, do you take your coffee with milk or sugar?"
Looking up from his book, Gabriel replied, "I don't need either, thank you."
Lydia, another colleague, hurried over. "Sir, may I ask your last name? Are you one of our clients? I can take you to the conference room and introduce you to our services."
Now emboldened, Eunice whipped out her phone. "Sir, can I follow you on Facebook, get to know each other!"
"Me too!" Lydia quickly produced her phone as well.
When Sylvia emerged from her office, she was met with this scene and her brows furrowed in irritation.
"Seems like everyone's got too much time on their hands. Isn't there work to be done?"

Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Find me in your labyrinth (Stella and Jonathan)
Someone needs to send a new picture of Trevor to Oliver and Luke so that they will get their requested reports to Gonzalez asap. If they didn't know, now they know what awaits them if they continue to disrespect and NOT follow orders....
Well, well, well. I love how Gonzalez sent out the warning that he's the CEO and either they will acknowledge him as such or get their due diligence. I'm waiting to see how the Franco family will be walking on eggs and come into a new understanding of Gonzalez taking charge. Thank you so much for the five updates....
Adrian is hoping that he has a chance with Norah and will do everything and anything in his power to keep Norah and Xavier apart....
Thank you for the updates. I hope that Norah will remember Xavier and their relationship before the accident and that they will ever be to....
Thank you, thank you for the updates today, which is also my birthday. The saga continues. I really want Norah and Xavier to be together... but he has to want Norah....
May we have updates please. Thank you....
Why can't m Xavier just admit that he loves Norah...
Why can't m Xavier just admit that he loves Norah...
Norah took Estelle to tutor her brother. Both of them are around the same age. So why is Janice and Xavier father feel that there's an age gap for Norah and Xavier. L I know they will be together....
Norah isn't a girl, but a twenty -five year old beautiful woman that loves Xavier Fleming/Gonzalez/Hanson....