THE LIE: DECEPTION TO THE CEO

On Islander

Immediately, Dylan made several calls and gave the order to eliminate the witnesses as soon as they entered the checkpoint. He knew perfectly well that they would be taken initially to this judicial precinct, while the process was being reopened.

-I don’t want them injured or in a coma, I want them dead,” Dylan ordered his henchmen.

-That’s the way it’s going to be, boss,” replied the man on the other end of the line.

-Then, I’ll wait for the news! -he assured- To celebrate and reward -he added at the end.

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Meanwhile, Amber, alone in the apartment because Sabrina, her mother, had left for Santiago de Leon, the day before, was preparing to travel also to the capital. She was ready to take action against the two witnesses.

“I want to find out the truth. To hear from their own voice, who or who paid them to plunge me in jail? I will show them no mercy,” Amber thought angrily, remembering everything.

“They will pay for what I lived and suffered for that farce and lie,” she anxiously analyzed. Since she learned the news, she has had no calm, no peace of mind.

“For my peace and quiet, I must investigate whether this was a trap against Christopher or me,” she reflected, letting her tears run down her cheeks and convinced that he was a victim too.

Amber recalled her mother’s words, regarding Dylan, when she first arrived on Islander, “There’s something about him, I’m not convinced…”

Now, she has strong doubts against Dylan, whom she accepted as a boyfriend. Besides, she got engaged to him, to be closer and find out what he hides regarding his trial, such as his relationship with the Prieto brothers.

Meanwhile, in Santiago de Leon

For his part, Christopher, sitting with Elian in his office, could not assimilate very well the news, which spread like wildfire on the net. Since the day of the hearing and the statements of the lawyer Nairobi Cedeno, the media and social networks were convulsed.

There was a great display of interviews and opinions, all favorable towards Amber, who could not be located. The social upheaval caused by this event disrupted the normality of collective life in Santiago de Leon.

There are those who dared to go further and in their comments, asked to investigate the magnate and billionaire Christopher Morillo. For these, with money everything is possible, even buying the conscience of people and making them maintain before a judge and on a bible, a lie as truth.

Christopher, when reading this last, remembered together with Elian, that who brought those two young people to testify against Amber, were Michelle and her father. Besides, he trusted her and left her in charge, together with his lawyers, to take the case to court.

-My God,” Christopher growled, “It can’t be! I let myself be totally involved by Michelle’s toxic,” he said with rage and displeasure towards her, throwing what was on his desk, destroying everything within his reach.

-Calm down, Christopher! -Elian mentioned, grabbing him by the arm, to prevent him from continuing destroying what was in his office.

-How do I calm down, Elian? I was so unfair to Amber, because of Michelle! -He shouted, fierce and at the same time regretful of what he did to the woman he loves so much.

“Besides, she was the one who also paid for her to be beaten at the checkpoint and thus lose my son.

-You can’t solve anything by being like that,” his assistant clarified, “You should try to analyze everything cold. Let’s see, how can we make him pay for all the damage he did to you?

Likewise, you must unite your strength and power with Amber, to clear her name,” he advised.

-She prepared everything, now I’m almost sure it was her who set up the lie of the hotel,” he growled, with rage and fury, “I’ve been thinking about it for a long time, but I was reluctant to believe she was capable of so much,” he said indignantly.

“Because of her I lost the woman I love so much!” he shouted again, beside himself, smashing his fist against the wall of his office, cracking his knuckles.

-Christopher! Why don’t you call Amber? Ask her to meet with you and talk about everything that’s still pending inside of you,” Elian asked, remembering everything Genesis had told him about her.

“Suddenly, clear up so much misunderstanding. If you don’t come back, at least, you could clear it up and end up as friends,” his assistant ratified, observing his assistant’s reactions.

-Don’t you understand, Elian?” he questioned, “With this, she must be hating me, considering I paid those two to testify against her. Michelle prepared her game well, since in the end, Amber will always doubt me.

-Stand up for yourself, my friend! Don’t let them muddy you up like that,” Elian warned.

-You got that right! But, I’m going to need all the videos and audios from that day, when they came to the boardroom, to the meeting they had with me. Remember that those cameras record image and sound. I need you to get to work on that right away,” Christopher ordered.

-I’ll get right on it,” answered Elian, leaving his office. He ordered his secretary to call the maintenance staff to clean and organize Christopher’s office.

He, for his part, walked to the elevator, going down to the floor where the monitoring office is located. Meanwhile, Christopher standing in the large window of his office, mentally berated himself, for all the mistakes he made with Amber.

“Michelle handled me like a real puppet, according to her whims, I was a mannequin for her” he analyzed feeling miserable.C0pyright © 2024 Nôv)(elDrama.Org.

“No wonder Amber, she showed those hate-filled looks towards me, it was the least I deserved. I was so unfair to her” he thought back, sad and dejected, without turning away from the window of his office.

Closing his eyes and bringing his open left hand to his face, he rubbed his features and hair, remembering….

“What’s your name?” he asked.”

“Amber! -she replied, smiling shyly.”

“I haven’t seen you, before. do you work here?” he inquired”

“Yes!” she answered, with a diaphanous look, “and who are you?” asked this one”

“Really, you don’t know who I am?” he asked, incredulously.”

So, he was chatting with Amber for a while, without identifying himself, until one of his secretaries arrived, named him and she was speechless, trying to avoid his gaze. She caught his attention from the first day, she conquered him with her sweetness and the innocence she radiated.

Christopher was after Amber for about six months, until he managed to conquer her. She was the first woman he respected, until two or three months before the date set for their wedding, he convinced her to give herself to him, taking away the innocence she had had up to that moment.

Returning to the present, at the call of his employee, Christopher came out of his thoughts and asked:

-Are you finished?

-Yes, sir, that’s what I was calling you for, you can go back to your desk.

-Go ahead! And thank you…