8 Chapter 8

Soon after Melody left Damian's office, Ezekiel and Lloyd walked in after they were ushered in and met Damian working on his computer. He raised his head from the screen and looked at them before returning his gaze to the computer to turn it off.

"What did you find?" he asked after they were both seated.

Lloyd threw a glance at Ezekiel who gave him an innocent look and turned his face in another direction and he knew he was on his own. He drew in a deep breath before he answered as soon as he found the courage to do so.

"We found nothing". Lloyd said and Damian frowned at him.

Instantly the temperature of the room dropped Lloyd said those words out loud" "you found nothing, what is that supposed to mean?" Damian asked with furrowed brows.

Feeling a little sweaty due to the sudden change in temperament of his friend Lloyd hurriedly spoke

"Dude, it's like she never existed and still doesn't exist. We have searched everywhere but we got nothing". Lloyd said with frustration. He has never felt this incompetent before.

Damian turned to Ezekiel as if to confirm Lloyd's reply. Lloyd saw this and felt annoyed." Hey, why do you look at him for confirmation? Do you think I am making up stories for you?"

"Why weren't you able to find anything about her?" asked suppressing his anger.

"Someone is wiping off her trail wherever she goes". This time it was Ezekiel who answered.

Damian gave them a questioning gaze and Ezekiel continued talking.

"We've searched everywhere and even used the information on her CV but we could not find her address. We could not even find her exiting the company yesterday".

The more he spoke the more Damian was losing his cool. How could they not have found anything about her? She is not a ghost but a human. His friends have never failed to find anything before. They have always been able to dig out any information they wanted.

"Have you tried using a number to trace her? " Damian asked.

"Yes. Her line is secured. We could not get a hold of her through that either". Ezekiel responded.

The lines on Damian's forehead deepened. What exactly is going on? Who was Melody? And why the mystery around her? Something was wrong somewhere but he couldn't quite put a finger on it. He was deep in thought when Lloyd drew his attention. He turned his focus to him.

"Do you think she might be a spy? You know... With all the mystery?"

"No".Damian said without a second to waste.

"Dude! I know you like her but you have to be realistic as well". Lloyd chided.

"My point exactly. If she were a spy she would not make it so obvious and clear her trail everywhere. She would at least leave some to convince people who might be on to her". Damian said.

"How do we find out what we need? Ezekiel asked. "Track my sister and watch her wherever she goes. She should know where Melody lives by the end of today". Damian replied.

"How would Diana know where your crush lives? They don't even know each other". Lloyd asked.

"Quite the contrary, they have known each other since high school". Damian said and looked at his friends who asking some unspoken questions with their eyes.

"She is the same woman that Diana wanted me to search for six months ago". He informed.

Ezekiel and Lloyd looked at him in disbelief. How was that even possible? So if they went to search for Diana's friend they would have had no success?

"This is interesting, don't you think? Well at least now we are almost certain that she is not a ghost walking among humans and we have a lead now". Lloyd said and Ezekiel nodded at his words.

Damian rose from his seat and walked towards the glass window with his hands in his pants pockets. He stood there and watched as the cars drove back and forth and the pedestrians walked along the path.

He was looking down at them but his eyes showed disinterest in whatever was going on down there. He looked at the far distance ahead and mumbled, " Send someone to shadow her. Whoever is wiping off her trail, find him and find out his motive and his identity. If he intends to harm her, get rid of him".

Ezekiel and Lloyd looked at his back with mouths slightly open. Since when did Damian Frost start caring about the safety of others? If you are not a family member he does not care whether you live or die but here he was telling them to send a shadow guard to protect a woman.

It was unbelievable. Now they have just realized that Damian who had never been with any woman before just needs to meet the right one and he will change everything for her.

This was a side of him that they had never thought to see before but now, because of one woman whose identity was still unknown to them, they have seen this side of him as well.

"Understood. I will take care of that". Ezekiel said as he stood to leave followed by Lloyd.

Damian walked back to his seat behind the desk and resumed his work.

In a different office inside the Starlight building, Melody sat behind a desk going through the file that was given to her by Damian but her mind was far from it.

She was thinking about Damian what he said to her and why her body tended to betray her when she was around him. Sighing to herself she rose from her seat and headed for the president's office.

When she got there she knocks before opening the door and entering.

Damian looked from the document in front of him and smiled inwardly the moment he saw her standing next to the door.

"President Frost, you have a meeting with the staff in fifteen minutes. Do I go ahead and remind them, or have you changed your mind?" Melody asked sounding as professional as she could.

"Go ahead, we will hold the meeting. I will introduce you to everyone as my secretary". Damian said and Melody gave a slight bow.

"Yes sir. I will have things ready". She said and turned around to leave.

"You will fall for me, Mel. That is a promise." Damian mumbled as he watched her leave.