Chapter 8 I Accepted Noah's Offer
- Rachel point of view:
- “What offer do you have for me and how should we meet because I am willing to work for you now,” I told him.
- At first I wanted to avoid working for him after I know what is after. I cannot also make decisions for myself right now because beggars can't be choosers right now. I was particularly stranded so I needed to get back on my feet quickly, even if it meant shaking hands with an evil man.
- “Come to my company building and ask to see me tell them your name and they'll let you in I'll be waiting for you there, when you arrive I'll tell you more details of what you are going to do for me, don't waste time one coming I might change my mind if you spend more than one hour arriving to my office." Noah informed me and ended the call.
- When the call ended I was quick to rush and take the only money I had and got into a cab which took me to Noah pharmaceutical company.
- I got to the company building and told the receptionist that I wanted to see CEO Noah and one of the receptionists stood up from her seat.
- “Follow me.” She told me as we both walked to the elevator and got in and she pressed a button and the elevator door closed and the elevator went up to Noah's office.
- When we got there ,the receptionist informed Noah's secretary I was here to see him. The secretary took her phone and called Noah and informed him that I was her and he told her to tell me to come in.
- I sighed as I walked to his door and sighed, I pushed open the door and I walked in to see Noah waiting for me on the couch and he had this smile on his face.
- “Miss Rachel, please come in and take a seat so that we can talk properly,” Noah said with an unwavering smile, however I was wary of his smile.
- I was still trying to figure out how he got to know about classified information that was hidden for more than seven years.
- Noah gestured to the couch in front of him with his hand and I walked to the couch and sat down. I pulled my luggage close to me and dropped my hand bag on the couch.
- I wonder if no one knew that I was kicked out of home and I was stranded because the way he was looking at my luggage made me wonder why he was ready to meet me when I needed help.
- “I'll get straight to the point I want you to help me with making a pill.” He informed me.
- “Which pill?” I asked, trying to feign ignorance and I saw his lips upturn to a smirk.
- Noah was aware that I knew which pill he was talking about.
- “Work with me with me I can provide you with housing, money food and cloth, you would not have to be subjected to anyone's torture or be at the mercy of anyone after i give you your pay,”Noah told him.
- “You must want something in return, what do you want?”I asked.
- “The longevity pill, I want you to complete what you started just to finish the job,”Noah replied.
- “Did you just say the longevity pill?”I found myself asking as I grabbed my handbag tightly.
- I knew this was what he was after but hearing it from his mouth left a bitter taste in my mouth.
- I was secretly a scientist of a secret organization for many years and I and my team were creating the longevity pill.
- It was a pill that is said to make someone look younger and it can make a 60 year old man look 40 years without hard workout or plastic surgery and the pill would last for 20 years and loss effectiveness, one can stay twenty for 20 years before starting to age again,a lot of people wanted the pill amd would kill to have their hands on it, but only the samples were made and the bigger batch was not completed and the drug was expensive.
- I was helping to make the longevity pill in the past, but the environment i was working out was very toxic ,because the people there were only after themselves and even tried to steal the secret formula to making the longevity pill and some of the scientists were even killed in the end, but I managed to escape and the money i got from that secret work as a scientist, i used it to give to my ex-husband Simon to make his company go bigger and he did and now he has abandoned me because i has no claim to it since there was no contract signed.
- I knew that getting into this would get me into trouble and it would be bad but right now I was stranded and in need of money desperately.
- “What would you give to me if I helped in creating this longevity pill?”I asked him.
- “You will be paid $50,000 every month for as long as you work on the pill ,give or take I wanted to be done in six months and after that six months you be paid 10 million dollars into a new account in your name which is untraceable and I'll let you go,” Noah began his explanation and i listened attentively.
- “All I need from you is, you have to sign a non-disclosure agreement and you have to wear a wrist bracelet with a tracking device, so I can know where you're going during the duration that you're creating the longevity pill, it is your right to refuse or accept,”Noah added.
- “If I refuse your request, what will you do to me?”I asked him.
- Noah was talking as if I decided to just leave here right now that he would let me go when I know he is planning for ways to make my life miserable so that I'll come back running to him.
- Noah smiled and crossed his legs.
- “I won't do anything to you if you choose to leave, but you should know that I cannot help you if you don't work for me and given the situation you are and seeing how you're with your luggage, it's only a matter of time before you get mugged or even stabbed to death in the dark alley, so choose wisely what you want to do,”Noah told me.
- I gulped as I was scared for my life, because the way he was talking ,he would really make it happen and no one would care if she would die.
- “From the way you are talking I would sign a non-disclosure agreement and you will also be monitoring my movements so I don't think $50,000 a month is enough. Let's make a hundred thousand dollars a month and I'll do it,” I suggested and he chuckled.
- “Then we have a deal you'll be working with two other scientists, I hope all of you get along well,”He told me.
- “What about accommodation do I have to live outside?”I inquired.
- “No you will be in the accommodation I will provide so don't worry about that,”He replied and I exhaled sharply.
- “Okay so where is the lab?”I asked, because I need to get to work right away.
- The faster we get this done and create the longevity pill, then the first side can get to my freedom.
- “Let's go,”He said.
- “Now?”I inquired.
- “Yes." Noah smiled.
- Noah gave me the documents and I read through them and signed. I also signed the non-disclosure agreement and wore the wristwatch which was used to monitor my movement.
- From what I heard him say, the door of the lab where I would work and only me and my two colleagues plus Noah have access to the lab.
- He registered my face in the database of the lab door, before we could go there, it was as if he made arrangements for my arrival.
- I followed after Noah and we got into his car and drove to another company which was a branch of Noah pharmaceutical company.
- We got out of the car, and proceeded to walk into the company building and I saw more men and women wearing lab coats.
- “Good morning sir." I heard from numerous people as they walked into the elevator and they all stepped out waiting to take the next elevator.
- Noah didn't reply to their greetings.
- The elevator door closed and began to move up, we were in the elevator and it suddenly stopped and the light went off.
- “Ah!" I yelled, scared of darkness and she grabbed and held the first thing she saw which happened to be Noah's waist and I wrapped my hand around his waist , placed my head on his back and closed my eyes while taking deep breaths and trying to calm myself down.
- I hate dark places and being stuck in a small space.
- One of Noah's bodyguards called the technical team to tell them they were stuck in the elevator.
- “I think I need to fire them so they would know to look for faults in the CEO's elevator, I mean isn't this a bad joke, a CEO getting stuck in an elevator." Noah said and immediately the elevator lights came on and it began to move again.
- “I hope you know that the elevator light is on and it has started moving so why are you still holding onto me?” Noah asked and I quickly opened my eyes and saw the light on.
- “Miss Rachel, you still won't let go, I brought you here to work for me not for me to become your bodywarmer." Noah said without a hint of joking in his voice, I let go of him as I took steps backwards away from him.
- I avoided eye contact and blushed with embarrassment.
- What is up with this man?
- “Sorry,” I apologized, he heard me but he didn't reply.
- I bit my lower lips and mentally facepalmed myself.
- Really Rachel?
- You are now hugging the dangerous man on the first day of work, great just great.