One Wild Night

Chapter 346 New Friendship

　　After the phone call with Lucy, Andrew sighed as he turned to Janet who was sitting with her head slumped forward and her face buried in her hands. 

She raised her head to look at her husband when we noticed that he was done with the phonecall, “How is she doing?” She asked, sounding exhausted.

”She is worried about Lucas. She thinks we should speak with Rachel to find out where he is,” Andrew said, and he watched as the annoyance crept into Janet’s eyes at the mention of Rachel’s name.

”You will have to call her yourself, because I might not be able to hold back from saying something to her,” she said, and her husband nodded in understanding. 

He didn’t want to talk to Rachel either, but they needed to know if she had seen Lucas, and when last she could have seen or heard from him, so he dialed her line. 

Rachel who had barely managed to fall asleep after a long sleepless night, lifted her sleeping mask from her eyes as she reached for her phone when it started ringing.

She silently prayed it was Lucas calling, and not one of the vendors calling to express displeasure over the sudden postponement of her wedding like a lot of them had done the previous day. She had told everyone the wedding was postponed and not cancelled. She couldn’t bring herself to say that out loud. She didn’t want to believe it. 

As far as she was concerned Lucas was very upset at the moment, but she knew that he loved her. Once he was calm, he would forgive her and then they would move on from this. She couldn’t give up yet.

Her heart skipped a beat when she saw Andrew’s name displayed on her phone’s screen, and immediately she received the call, “Good morning, Andrew! I’ve been trying to reach you for the past three days. Lucas wants to call off our wedding,” she complained, hoping that he was calling because he sympathized with her over the break-up and was going to help her settle things with Lucas.

Andrew’s blood boiled when he heard her voice, but he reminded himself that he couldn’t let her know that they were on to her yet, “When last did you see or hear from Lucas?” Andrew asked, ignoring her greeting.

”Lucas? oh, my God! Is he missing?” Rachel asked in alarm and quickly got off the bed when she heard the impatient worry in his tone.

”Have you seen or heard from him since yesterday?” Andrew asked, wanting to know if she was aware that Lucas was back. 

If she wasn’t, then he had no business talking with her when he wanted nothing more than to sit back and watch his wife and daughter hit her. 

”Yes. I saw him yesterday. I was at the house, but…”

”You were at the house? At what time?” Andrew cut in.

”In the morning. I was there yesterday morning but he was very upset and he didn’t want to speak to me. You won’t believe he even made me go out through the kitchen windo…” She let her words trail off when she realized what she had just admitted to. 

Andrew frowned in confusion, “Lucas was the one who broke the kitchen window?” He asked, wondering why Lucas would make her leave through the kitchen window.

Rachel realized that she had forgotten about the broke window. She had thought he would get it fixed, but seeing as Andrew knew about it, it meant that he had left it to her to fix it. That was so unlike her Lucas. 

”I’m sorry. I broke into the house through the kitchen window when Lucas refused to open the door. I’m going to fix it, I promise. Let’s just focus on finding him first. I heard after I left him, he went to the hospital and quit his job, and…”

”Are you monitoring his movement?” Andrew asked coldly before she could finish, leaving her speechless, but only for a moment.

”No, I’m not. His boss called my dad, and that’s how I heard about it. Where are you? Are you guys back? I can come over to the house immediately and then we can find him together if he is missing,” Rachel suggested, but Andrew was done talking to her so he hung up the call without another word.

Now that Rachel was out of the question, Andrew let out a sigh as he faced Janet, “She doesn’t know where he is…”

”Let’s report to the police,” Janet suggested.

”And tell them what? We can’t just assume that he is missing. He probably just needed a break and went out,” Andrew said reasonably.

”And what if he didn’t? What if something has happened to him?” Janet snapped at her husband.

”What else do you think could have happened to him? Do you think he will hurt himself because of this? Or you think someone kidnapped him?” Andrew asked, and Janet took in a deep breath.

”I don’t know. I just know that I want to see him. I want to know that he is fine. I just want to know that he is okay,” Janet’s voice hitched as she spoke, and Andrew went over to where she sat and placed his arm around her shoulders.

”Let’s just trust him and wait a little.”

Away from there, Lucy had a lot on her mind as she walked into the company building, after Tom dropped her off at the front and left to go in through his private elevator.

She caught sight of Harry standing by the reception desk and scolding the receptionist, and contemplated between saying Hello to him, or just pretending not to see him and going her way since she wasn’t in the mood to talk.

Before she could make up her mind, Harry turned around and waved at her once he saw her, “Good morning, LuLu,” he greeted with a pleasant smile, which she returned as she met him halfway.

Looking at him now, she remembered how she had spent some time listening to the voice note which Sonia had recorded of her conversation with Jade before she fell asleep, and her smile widened at the thought of a younger Harry flirting with a younger Jade. 

”Good morning, CEO HaHa,” Lucy joked when she got close enough to say it without others overhearing her. As much as she liked being friendly with him, they were still in the work zone.

”Where is your escort? Don’t tell me he didn’t come to work,” He asked, looking behind her dramatically like he was searching for something and Lucy laughed.

”I don’t know who you are talking about,” Lucy said innocently.

”I’m talking about your stalker of a driver. Where is he?” Harry asked, and Lucy laughed again. 

She thought it was strange that she wasn’t even in the mood to talk, yet he was making her laugh this way, “I didn’t have any need for him anymore since my boyfriend works here too and can easily drop me off,” Lucy said, and Harry raised a brow as he fell in step beside her, and by silent mutual agreement they headed for the elevator. 

”You are too modest, Lucy. Your boyfriend doesn’t just work here. He owns this place,” Harry corrected.

”He still comes to work here. By the way, I didn’t get a chance to properly congratulate you on your new title yesterday. Congrats,” Lucy said said, and Harry grinned at her.

”Thanks. About that, my dad is around and he wants us to celebrate tonight. I was thinking maybe the four of us can go out together for dinner after work, unless of course you already have something planned for tonight,” Harry rushed to add.

”I don’t have any personal plans, but you will have to check with Tom,” Lucy said, and Harry waved it off dismissively. 

”All I need is for you to be available. As long as you agree to it, I know Tom will be available,” he said with a grin, and Lucy giggled.

”Don’t be so sure about that.”

”Do you want me to prove it to you? Tom would come flying down like a superhero if you call for him. You have him completely wrapped around your fingers,” Harry said with a shake of his head, and Lucy smiled.

”You guys can let me know whatever you decide,” Lucy said as they stepped into the elevator, and Harry nodded as she pressed the button for her floor.

Neither of them said a word since there were three other people in the elevator, but once the elevator door opened and they stepped into the empty hallway, Harry looked at her.

”Tom told me about your brother’s fiancee. How are you feeling?” Harry asked with concern.

Lucy looked at Harry, and she smiled involuntarily when she realized that he had been deliberately trying to make her laugh this whole time when he actually wanted to talk to her about this, “Can I snatch you from Tom?” She asked, and Harry sighed pathetically.

”Everyone wants to snatch me from Tom, yet he doesn’t value me. Maybe I should just let myself be snatched,” he said dryly, and Lucy laughed.

”I like you, Harry. You are cool,” she said, and Harry’s eyes lit up.

”You really think I’m cool?” 

”I don’t think so. I know so.”

He beamed a happy smile at her, “Does that mean you won’t mind becoming my friend? Not just being friendly because I’m Tom’s best friend. Maybe I can call you and seek your opinion on stuff I may not want Tom or anyone else to know about?” Harry asked, and Lucy shrugged.

”I already consider you a friend.”

”Great. Just so you know, I will need a lot of advise from you as you are going to be my first female friend,” Harry said, and Lucy nodded.

”I might need some too, from time to time,” She said, and Harry grinned as he held out a hand to her.

”To being friends,” he said, and Lucy laughed softly at his enthusiasm as she shook his hand.

”So back to my question. How are you Lu?” He asked again. 

”I’m trying my best to be okay. Tom told me about your suggestion,” Lucy said, and Harry nodded. 

”Why don’t we talk for a moment in your office?” Harry suggested since they were still standing by the hallway, and gestured with his hand for her to lead the way.