34 Plans

"The similarity of Mr.Stuart and Mr.Dake matches 99.99%, are you sure this is right?" Quince asked suspiciously.

"Yes. It's a good thing One gathered the data for us." Queen said.

"The physique is so different, it's amazing." Quince murmured.

In Queen's documents, it contains the dna, thumb and eye scan required to enter the engineers' lab. Usually this information is only needed when someone wants to enter a restricted zone.

No one would be concerned about that and skip to the other information like their ages,family and places or times they hang out together. But not Queen.

Queen is actually a detailed-oriented person. She thrived on those little details, so she made sure to look at it all and connected the dots.

"So from this data, we can conclude that...Mr.Stuart and Mr.Dake are the same person." Quince said.

"Yes. Mr.Stuart has lesser than 10 years experience so he wouldn't know how to handle STD. As for Mr.Dake,..he is the vice supervisor with over 10 years of experience so of course he would know about it." Queen said.

"Yes. Mr.Stuart and Mr.Dake voted to work with Company Ply. The question is, why kill Mr.Bernard? It is true that he was the last one that didn't vote yet. But why him? Why not kill Mr.Noah or Mr.Albert instead to balance the vote? Or instead of killing why didn't they try to bribe him instead?" Quince asked.

"Not to mention, the two identities assumed by...I'll stick to using Mr.Stuart for now. Why does he have 2 identities and does the other engineers even know or notice this difference at all?" Queen voiced out her questions.

"Well, there is a thing known as double personality. It is a real medical condition where a person may have double personalities. But I have never heard of one where the person with this condition would change their appearance to fit the personality as well." Quince said.

"Even if that may somewhat answer the question about his identities, there are still many things to consider." Queen said.

Quince and Queen spent over an hour to discuss the theories and possibilities of the case.

"So let's talk to Mr.Noah tomorrow." Queen said.

"Yes. There is no other choice." Quince confirmed.

It was nearly 5 am now. Quince ordered One to gather more information regarding double personality before dismissing him.

"Guess I'll eat breakfast with you?" Queen smiled at Quince while asking the question.

"With your position as my fiancée, if you don't eat breakfast with me, who would you eat with?" Quince asked with a cold face.

"I don't know, there were many gents that seemed interested in wanting to have breakfast with me." Queen teased with a cunning smile.

Quince immediately stepped forward towards her,"Miss Vancroft, normally I would never stop anyone from doing what they pleased. But since you are my fiancée, I expect you to behave according to your status."

His tone was so cold, it could freeze someone. Quince was trying his best to contain his jealousy and tried to act 'proper' about the situation.

"But Master Quince, even if I were to dine with those gents, it would be alright would it not? It can always be considered as forming connections." Queen answered reasonably. "In addition, it's a big breakfast hall with many people, it wouldn't be improper at all."

Quince gritted his teeth before replying,"For you maybe. Others would mock your family and mine for not instilling the proper etiquettes onto their children."

"Is that so? If I'm not mistaken, this is 2019. Don't you think the things you speak of are quite old fashioned?" Queen pretended to be surprise as if the things he spoke of never crossed her mind at all.

Quince knew she was acting just to annoy him but if he couldn't win this mock battle of hers, she would forever have the upper hand.

He had an icy look in his eyes before holding her hand and pulled her towards him. They were now standing near enough to feel each other's breath. Queen was surprised when he suddenly pulled her over but she got over it quickly. She was beginning to get used to his nearness by now.

"It may be Ms.Vancroft. I have been brought up in an old fashioned house with strict manners. Now that you are my fiancée I expect you to stick with me at all times. You are to always be within my sight and you are to conduct yourself with utmost decorum." Quince whispered against her face.

"That...are you trying to steal my freedom?" Queen asked, suddenly alarmed by the boundaries he set for her. What the heck is this smelly cat trying to do?!

"Nonsense Miss Vancroft. I would never do that. What I asked of is something normally done in society. You have a fiancé. You stay with your fiancé. It is as simple as that." Quince said, looking surprised that she would think that way.

When Queen saw the expression on his face, she realized that she may have been a tad too dramatic. Which made her fall into the cat's trap.

"Alright then." She nodded in agreement. She was merely teasing him anyway. She had no intention of annoying anyone else but him.

Quince stepped back in satisfaction after getting her confirmation.

"Good to know. Goodnight then Miss Vancroft." Quince said before walking towards the door.

Queen was surprised as there was a door in his office that connects directly to his room.

"Why are standing at the door?" Queen asked confusedly.

Quince didn't answer and merely waited for her to walk towards him.

'Oh right! There is a security measure in this zone. He's probably going to drop me off after letting me pass the security.' Queen suddenly remembered about it.

She walked towards him and didn't say anything. They walked out of the room in silence and began walking to the direction where Queen's room was at.

Queen assumed that he would go back to his room after dropping her beyond the security zone but he didn't.

He continued walking with her towards her room. Queen thought that he wanted to talk to her in private so she waited for him to say something.

They soon reached her room. Queen stood in front of the room, with her keycard in card and looked at Quince, waiting for him to speak. Quince merely looked at her with his usual non expression and didn't say a thing.

Queen suddenly yawned. She barely slept and now she was feeling exhausted. 'A girl's body is unexpectedly weak. Just a few hours past bedtime and it's already so tired.' Queen couldn't help complaining internally. She had a displeased and gloomy expression on her face.

Quince saw that and felt his heart soften once more. He snatched the keycard from Queen before opening her room for her.

"Goodnight." He said before patting her head and turned around to leave. He walked briskly towards the direction of his office.

Too bad Queen didn't see the expression on his face nor did she notice his bright red ears as he walked away.

'Oh so he just wanted to send me.' Queen realized then and she couldn't help smiling at his cuteness. She went to sleep with a smile on her face.

As for Quince, he suddenly recalled everything that happened between them. The way her soft skin felt, her sweet fragrant and her pretty smile. The words she said to him and the need he felt for her. Needless to say, he had to toss and turn for quite a bit more before finally falling asleep on his bed.