Woke Up Married

17

Suspicious Acts

Lucky for both of them, Mrs Haward was still enjoying her sleep but Mirenda saw Jason and Julia leave the house together as she was coming out of the kitchen after getting her cup of coffee.

Mirenda wondered where they were going and how they were going. Jason would not spend more than two minutes with a woman, irrespective of your reason.

"He will keep a distance of not less than 2 m between himself and a woman, how can he be walking closely behind this lady?" Mirenda thought as she walked towards her room sipping her coffee.

"Hello, Sis?" came James's voice, interrupting her thoughts before she could enter her room.

"Hi," Mirenda replied.

"Jason left for work already?" James inquired.

"Yes, with his beloved wife," Mirenda replied and closed her door before James could ask any further questions.

"Huh, it appears Jason is serious about this woman. He messed up my plans. It would be good to know if he went to work with her. It will be a piece of interesting news to give to Mum," James thought, and quickly got ready to leave the apartment for the company.

After a long silent drive, Jason arrived at the company, Haward International, and the guard opened the door for both him and Julia. He stepped out of the car with Julia trailing behind him. Going through the reception, he used the elevator in the company of three guards, including Peter, together with Julia, straight to his officer located on the 3rd floor.

Jason's office was like a whole apartment on its own. It was very spacious, with a whole living room set up on the right side of the room and a comfortable, stylish office desk situated towards the left of the room. In between the working space and the living room is a door to a rest area. It's a bedroom with a washroom. His desk was just a few distances away from the window, also on the left of the entrance, which had a great view of the city. There was a kitchen within that space, so Jason hardly went to the cafeteria on the second floor.

Julia's eyes scanned the environment, wondering if it was an office space or an apartment. Behind his office desk was a big beautiful painting hanging on the wall. The whole floor was covered with a carpet and Jason only had two colour themes in his office; gray and white. Well, his office desk was ash with a black swaddle office seat purposely designed to cater for long hours of sitting. The space was well-decorated with flowers and paintings. It was very calming to sit in such an office. Julia's eyes just kept going around the room. It feels like she just walked into an expensive apartment rather than an office.

"Sit down," Jason said in a deep voice, pointing to the living room area, and Julia moved towards the space, just then James entered.

"Hey bro," James said as soon as he entered.

"What do you want?" Jason asked, making two cups of tea.

"My office is not an extension of my house. If you are not here to talk about work, I would suggest you wait for my lunch break, or we talk at home," Jason said coldly.

"Chill, I was just passing by," James said, and his gaze shifted towards the right, and he saw Julia sitting down on the sofa.

"Huh, I never knew you would bring her to your work. What does she do, light up the room?" James commented with a smile.

Jason frowned, knowing James was talking dirty.

"Do you need anything?" Jason asked, ignoring his comment.

"Nothing, I just want to talk about business. What do you think about a partnership between Haward International and the two businesses in Chicago," James asked, smiling.

Jason was about to reply when James interrupted.

"No, don't give me an answer now. Think about it," James said and exited the room, tapping the chest of the two bodyguards standing on the opposite sides of the door on his way out.

Julia stared at Jason's side profile as he looked in the direction his brother had left coldly. She could not help but admire how handsome he was. He may be cold but he was breathtaking. Julia frowned at her thoughts as Jason walked towards her holding two cups which he placed in front of her and sat opposite her, holding the other in his hand. Jason only stared at Julia, making her feel uncomfortable, but that did not last long when the head of the architecture department walked in.

"Sir, you sent for me?" the head of the architecture department said, once inside after a knock.

"Yes," Jason said and got up from the seat and beckoned Julia to come with him.

"Her name is Ms Harrison. She will be working in your department. Kindly take her through the process and let me have your reports at the close of business," Jason instructed.

"Yes sir," the head of the architecture department replied and led Julia out of the office to begin her onboarding.

Jason's phone rang, and he retrieved it from his pocket. He looked at the caller ID and pressed the answer button, bringing the phone to his ears.

"Speak?" Jason said.

"Sir, you are right. Tilly was taken out of the house yesterday. She is currently in prison and your grandpa was sent to an old people's home outside town. The conditions of the place are bad," the caller reported.

"And the condo?" Jason asked.

"Sir, the rent expired, and it was not renewed on time," the caller replied.

"Get Tilly out of prison and have someone pick up her stuff from my house. Ensure she is well compensated for what she had to go through and send me the address to the location where my grandpa is," Jason said and ended the call.

Jason sat behind his desk, turned on the monitor and looked at all the departments and what they were doing. In one of the footage was Julia. He zoomed in on her, looking at her. Julia was working on some drawings. She looked very serious as she concentrated on what she was doing. Jason kept on watching and went into a daze.

"Sir!" came a voice, causing him to jump in his seat, and turn off the monitor instantly.

"Sorry sir, I didn't mean to startle you," Jason's PA apologized, but also wondered what Jason was watching on the monitor because Jason looked tense.

"What do you want?" Jason asked, opening some documents on his table.

"The clients are here," the PA announced. "The meeting was scheduled for 9 a.m. and it's half an hour to time," he added, and Jason nodded.

Jason left his office for the meeting room and the meeting commenced 10 minutes after Jason joined them. In the middle of the meeting, Jason's phone vibrated, and he knew the address of his grandpa's location had been sent to him. He sat in the meeting asking his questions and the clients answered. In the end, they agreed after forty-five minutes of discussion.

"We are happy to take up your project," Jason said with a handshake.

"We will send all the documents to you via email in the morning," the clients assured Jason before leaving.

Jason called Peter and one other guard, and they went to the address he had received earlier. They drove for an hour before the black Maybach pulled up in front of what looked like an abandoned place. Jason rolls down his window and scans the environment frowning.

"But why would Mum do this?" Jason thought.

"Find out how many elderly people are in this place, have them all relocated to a better facility and shut this place down. People cannot be living here," Jason ordered, and Peter acknowledged with a 'Yes sir,'

Peter and the guard got down from the car to carry out Jason's instruction. The place only had 6 elderly people, of which his grandfather was one. They were running the facility illegally. A van arrived 20 minutes later together with some police cars who arrested the owners, and the elderly people who were being kept in a poor condition were moved to a better facility.

Jason left the place with his grandpa and took him to his office. He took him to the restroom to rest, and he continued with work till 5 p.m. before leaving for his apartment with Julia and his grandpa. The front door of the apartment opened and Jason, together with his grandpa and Julia, trailing behind, entered. Julia quickly went up the stairs after greeting Mrs Haward, who would not respond.

Mrs Haward frowned on seeing Jason returning with the old man. Jason had a servant prepare a room for his grandpa without saying anything to Mrs Haward.