Chapter 140 - Getting closer (3)

Felix cleared his throat, "Is there an update related to the thing you are doing with your sisters?"

Sophia hesitated, but then she remembered that Felix was there when they talked about it. He knows most of it, anyway. There is no need to hide anything. "Yes. Sarah and Aiden provided me with information about the company that Simmons family owns. They also sent me information on their assets, bank accounts, branches, employees, business partners... I've got my business team in charge of acquisitions to investigate them, and they found two offshore accounts. Sarah sent me information on three more accounts which my team could not find.", Sophia smiled and shook her head.

Felix saw the pride on Sophia's face. "That sister of yours is special."

"Yes, she is... ", Sophia was lost in her thoughts for a minute before continuing. "We are still investigating and collecting data. I don't want to rush this. It is important that we don't miss anything." Her expression turned cold, and malice flashed in her eyes. "They need to be eliminated."

He was uneasy to see her getting so serious. Felix wished that she can always be happy and hoped that he can share her burden. "Let me know if I can help."

Sophia looked at him seriously, "You already did... one of your microphones helped Aiden locate Sarah that evening. If he didn't find her on time to get the treatment, maybe we would not be so lucky to have her back. Also, the microphone collected a lot of audio footage after the incident. I'm still waiting to hear from Sarah if there is anything else useful there. I'm not much of a gadget person, but I know that for such a small device to have a 5-day battery life, great range, quality of sound and to be wireless, it's quite amazing." Sophia praised device he designed, and she could see that he liked what he heard.

Indeed, Felix felt happiness swell inside him. He stuck his chest out, full of pride. "You should look into other things I created also; you might find them useful. And if you need something that does not exist yet, let me know and I will make it for you."

Sophia laughed, "Thank you. But Sarah is interested in gadgets, any such requests will probably come from her. I'm more of a people person… But your priority should be to do a good job for the company."

Felix smiled mischievously, "You want to say that Sarah likes the devices, while you are interested in the designer?"

Sophia was stunned, and she nervously cleared her throat. "Don't put words in my mouth." Sometimes she wondered from where he gets his courage. She gives him a little praise, and his confidence soars through the roof.

No matter what, Sophia can't deny that she is interested in Felix. His mood changes from confident to timid are something that keeps surprising her every time, and she can't help herself but wish to find out more about him.

…

That evening three Hill sisters had a video conference to discuss their current progress on the matter of Philip and Simmons family.

"Where is brother in law?", JoAnna asked.

Sarah smiled looking on the side. "He is here."

"Get him to squeeze in the view with you. He is part of this also, why is he hiding?", JoAnna teased.

Sarah was sitting on the sofa in the living room. Aiden was next to her. Hearing what JoAnna said, he stood up and walked behind Sarah leaning in so that camera captures him as well next to Sarah. "I'm not hiding. I just have something else I need to work on. I will leave you three ladies to it." He kissed Sarah at the base of her neck and two of them exchanged longing gazes before he disappeared from the camera view and walked away.

"Ayeee!" JoAnna squealed. "I feel as I've seen something indecent!"

Sarah smiled hearing JoAnna, but her eyes didn't leave Aiden until he closed the door of the study room behind him. When Sarah looked back at the screen, she observed Sophia spacing out, her eyes unfocused.

Sarah cleared her throat. "Sophia, is everything OK?". This question got JoAnna's attention also.

Sophia got startled out of her daze. 'What am I doing? Why did I think of Felix when I saw Aiden kiss Sarah? Why did I think how it would feel if he kisses me like that?'

Sarah and JoAnna observed Sophia on the screen, her cheeks blushing more with each passing second.

JoAnna's eyebrows shoot up. "Did you fall for a guy?!", she exclaimed.

"What?", Sophia was startled again.

"Maybe she is ill." Sarah assumed, and continued asking, "Do you have a fever? I see you are a bit red, and unable to focus."

Sophia was not sure what to say. She quickly nodded. "Yes, I think I'm catching onto something. Let's end this now and meet tomorrow. I need to rest." Sophia got disconnected from the call, leaving Sarah and JoAnna behind.

"You know I'm a doctor... and I can clearly see that this is no disease that can be treated with medicine.", JoAnna said to Sarah with a smug face of someone who just discovered a big secret.

"Do you think it's Felix?", Sarah asked with a huge grin on her face.

"This requires further investigation!", JoAnna exclaimed.

Two sisters laughed and chatted shortly before ending the call.

...

At her apartment in New York, Sophia was sitting at the table with a laptop in front of her. Sophia held her face in her hands, JoAnna's voice ringing in her head, "Did you fall for a guy?". The question lingered in her mind, and she rubbed her temples. 'Not possible, right? How could I fall for him?'

She remembered lunch from that day, when Felix was close to her. Close enough that she could clearly see his eyelashes... and his strong facial features... and his lips. That image overlapped with image of Aiden planting a kiss on Sarah's neck. 'Oh, if Felix gives me such a kiss...' Sophia shook her head and took a deep breath. 'Am I fantasizing about Felix now?'

She stood up and went to take a shower. Shower didn't help Sophia clear her mind. Her mind was drifting towards Felix, and there was nothing she could do to prevent it.

Sophia took a deep breath and decided to call him. 'If I can't get him out of my head, maybe it's time to stop fighting this.'