Chapter 76

76 Jane White

Jane White is an adventurous and sly twenty years old damsel. She is beautiful, smart, and a talented fashion designer. She is five feet and four inches tall, with dark brown hair and fascinating blue eyes. Her natural warm skin undertone is so captivating, causing heads to turn and eyes to gawk whenever she walked by. Her innocent round baby face was slightly covered with beautiful freckles, making her look like a doll.

When Jane was just an infant, her teenage mum; who couldn’t handle an unwanted pregnancy or child, dumped her at the entrance to an orphanage. The nuns at the orphanage reluctantly took her in, amidst grumbling and anger.

Life at the orphanage was cruel and hard, especially when they were so many mouths to feed with limited resources. There were days when the orphanage was so overpopulated that the children fought and scrambled for food and other necessities to survive.

From a tender age, Jane had to learn the art of deception, conspiracy, betrayal, resourcefulness, and charm to survive her stay at the orphanage. She was mischievously skilled at coaxing anyone to do her bidding. Her ingenious abilities endeared her to the nuns that took care of them. While other children were mistreated or deprived of certain needs, Jane was treated with love and care.

Jane was also gifted with a unique talent for the craft. Her creativity exposed her to so many scholarship programs of which fashion design was one of them.

After high school, she was one of the few intelligent students who was given a scholarship to attend any college of their choice. Since Jane had a flair for fashion design, she chose the prestigious Albina University in Demmer.

During her second year at the university, Jane traveled down to Amzone city with a friend for the holidays. In search of extra cash, she became a part-time waitress at a well-known coffee shop.

On a fateful day, while serving at the coffee shop, Jane came across Frost. After thorough scrutiny, she concluded that Frost was a very wealthy man. Hence, she opted to serve his table and started flirting with him.

Frost fell hard for the round baby-face beauty and they started dating immediately. Although Frost was happily married, he kept Jane as his most cherished mistress. In turn, Jane was loyal and dedicated to the relationship.

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As the day went by, their love for one another grew stronger. Frost ensured that Jane never lacked anything, as all of her financial needs were settled even before she made a request.

When Jane finally graduated from Albina university with the highest honors, Frost encouraged her to apply for a job at ARILPORTER BOSS fashion brand, – as they were recruiting at that time. Jane did as her beloved Frost advised, and attended a series of interviews. At the end of the interviews, she was told that she would be notified if selected.

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Frost had been busy working all day, trying to put so many things in order. Thanks to Albert Robinson, the F&K fashion brand was now wearing a new look.

Albert didn’t spare any cost at refurbishing and renovating the F&K fashion home to meet the standards of a world-class fashion brand. Even Frost now had a special office of his own, thanks to the internal restructuring.

Frost was busy, going through some files in Kyle’s office when he got a call from Jane. He discreetly excused himself and took the call.

“Honey pie, guess what?” Jane’s hushed voice sounded excited.

“Come on, sweetie, you know I’m terrible at guessing. Moreover, I’m engulfed with so much work that my brain is fagged out.” Frost leaned back on his seat smiling sheepishly, as he listened to Jane’s angelic voice.

“I got the job! I am currently at the company as we speak. I resumed work today. Surprise!”

“Really!” Frost half screamed in excitement. “Oh, my sweetie, I’m so proud of you! You know what, let’s meet at our usual for a big celebration.” He blew kisses and ended the call.

An overly excited Frost swiftly walked into Kyle’s office smiling like someone who had just won a billion-dollar contract.

“Kyle,” Frost’s face glimmered with mischief. “The battle with Ariella Porter has just gotten juicier. This time, her precious company is going to bleed inside out.”

“How do you mean?” Kyle questioned impatiently. It felt as though Frost had lost his senses, with the way he was expressing his thoughts.

“I’m not going to bore you with the details,” Frost waved his hands in dismissal. He couldn’t trust the identity of his sweet Jane to the weakling before him. “However, just note this, if that stupid Ariella sneezes, we will close by to hand her a tissue.”

“Frost, you’re speaking in parables,” Kyle replied. “I can’t figure you out when you talk that way.”

Frost paused for while contemplating what to say. He knew that disclosing this information to either Kyle or the lunatic Chloe could jeopardize his company and Jane. So he faked a story about coming up with a new line of dresses for the winter collection.

“Just give me a few days, I have been seriously researching and working on some new ideas for the company. I will share it with the board of directors. After that, we will go into full-scale production.” Frost mentally pictured the horror on Ella’s face when she discovers that her designs are the same as that of the F&K fashion brand.

“Wow! That would be great, Frost!” Kyle blurted out enthusiastically. “Our company needs a lot of new inspiring ideas to stand out. Especially now that we have that ARILPORTER BOSS company to contend with. However, that doesn’t answer my questions on how this would affect Ariella Porter.”

“I have credible Intel that the ARILPORTER BOSS brand is planning on the same design I have come up with. Hence, the two companies will be showcasing similar designs.

During the winter collection runway show,- which would be her first ever international brand recognition, – we would request to display our work first. Afterward, the stage would be handed over to her. However, when the judges realize that her company copied and stole our design, she would be disqualified and face possible litigation for theft.

“Brilliant, Frost! Absolutely brilliant!” Kyle smirked devilishly. “This will teach her never to mess around with the wolves.”

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Ella and Leon walked into the JP firearm training institute, where they were warmly welcomed by a muscular male receptionist. They were given a rundown of the institute program and also a tour of the facility.

JP firearm training institute is a well-known institute in Amzone city. It is a well-established institute with over seventy lanes and ten ranges which includes; an indoor steel bobber range, a live-fire simulation range, and a fifty-yard archery range. It offers a wide range of firearm training courses which includes; handgun training, shotgun training, rifle training, submachine gun training, and so on.

Ella was overwhelmed by the variety of weapons she beheld during the tour. She couldn’t contain her excitement as she kept asking numerous questions to the exhaustion of the tour guide. On some occasions, she even beg to try out a firearm but for safety reasons, her requests were denied as she lacked the skills involved in handling firearms.

“Mrs. Treshvire, you have to be patient,” the tour guide pleaded to a dissatisfied Ella. “You need to be trained first on the basis involved in handling a gun. I can tell that you are a fast and smart learner. In less than two weeks from now, you’ll be able to properly handle a gun.”

“I can’t wait!” Ella said excitedly, while the tour continued.

After registration and several documentation processes, Ella was given an identity card that confirmed her as a student of the institute. She was further given the choice of selecting either a weekly program or a weekend program. She opted for the weekend program to manage her work schedule.

When the couple left the firearm institute, they visited a martial art school, where Ella was registered again for an evening course.

Feeling exhausted and drained for the day, Ella and Leon retired to Leon’s second apartment.

Earlier, Ella had begged Leon that she had no intentions of returning to the villa. She suggested that they should give Maggie some time and space to rethink her mission. She was afraid that Maggie’s continuous bickering and animosity would result in something ugly if not managed. Without giving it a second thought, Leon agreed to her wishes.

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At about 7:15 PM that same day, Frost drove into a motel located on the outskirts of Amzone city. He alighted from his car, holding a bottle of expensive wine and a captivating gift pack.

He walked into the cozy reception office requested the keys to his usual already-booked room and left.

When he finally settled in the room he placed a call to Jane.

“Honey pie, I am at our love nest,” he said and ended the call.

After five minutes, there was a gentle tap on the door. Frost excitedly walked towards the door and granted Jane access.

“My sweet baby girl!” Frost lifted Jane into his arms and started kissing her eagerly.

The two love birds locked each other in heated lovemaking for almost an hour until their appetite was satisfied.

Entangled in each other’s arms, Jane debriefed Frost on how her day went in the office. She gave him details of some of the designs she had stolen earlier and promised to get more.

“My baby face beauty!” Frost sang into Jane’s ears amidst kisses. From henceforth, we have to stop meeting here for security reasons because someone might be tracking your movement. If we have to meet. it must be outside the city.” Frost’s intense stare conveyed the seriousness of his warning.

“Okay! Don’t you worry about me, I will operate discreetly.” Jane smiled in response.

“I want you to go closer to both Ariella and Denise. Get as much information as you can from them. Your department is very strategic for our plan to succeed.” Frost stroked her cheeks tenderly.

“I must know of all her designs and plans before they are executed. Use any medium to get information from any of her top management and send a daily report through our secured lines. Most especially, I want all her designs for the winter collection. Our first attack would start from there.”