Chapter 44: Lunch at the Famous Restaurant

At XXX Crime Investigation Headquarter

Five days had passed since they discovered Catseye's Identity as a woman but the progress of the investigation stopped there. They couldn't trace her. Catseye had been inactive for a month now.

Aside from Catseye's case, Erick was also investigating Elle's case and the involvement of the Skull Gang. He doesn't have any lead yet.

Erick was at the entrance when a car stopped on his side. He was surprised to see the person inside. It was Selena Arison. She called him.

"Detective Lee, may I invite you for a meal? Are you free?" Selena asked him.

Erick thought that it would be rude to reject her so he agreed.

"Sure. I am about to take my lunch as well. You came at the right time" Erick gave her a soft chuckle.

"Hop in." Selena smiled at him. Erick went on the opposite side and entered the car.

They stopped in one of the famous restaurants in City Z. Since there were lots of customers at that time Selena and Erick chose the area near the entrance.

It is the only vacant table as of now and it was good for two.

"Please order anything. It's on me." Selena said to him.

"No, don't do that, please! I am the man here so I should be the one paying." Erick objected.

Selena laughed at him. "No, I am the one who invited you to have lunch with me so it's my treat."

"I would be embarrassed if I let you do that," Erick said.

They were still arguing about who must pay when the waiter arrived to get their orders.

"Alright, let's order our food first," Erick said when he saw the waiter already standing beside their table waiting for their orders.

While waiting for their food Selena and Erick had a casual conversation.

"I just want to thank you for doing your best to capture the criminals who killed my father."

"No need to thank me. It's our duty Miss Arison." he softly said to her.

"I told you before that you can just call me Selena. I will be mad if you call me Miss Arison again!" Selena complained.

"Alright! Alright! I will call you Selena so don't be mad. They might think that I am bullying you." Erick chuckled as he looked at other people around them.

Selena looked at her surroundings and she noticed that some people were looking at them.

As expected, Erick and Selena caught people's attention since both of them are beautiful persons, one is strikingly handsome and one is an elegant beauty.

She heard that someone is talking about them saying that Erick and her look good together. She smiled at them and she blushed at the same time.

*****

On the same day, Elle and Charles decided to meet in person. They visited the new place for Elle.

It was quite spacious compared to the last one. It also had a small gym and swimming pool for recreation, a big courtyard, and a two-story house.

However, unlike the others, it didn't have an underground basement. So Elle ordered Charles to build an underground basement for her new hideout.

"It would take two months to build a secret underground basement like the last one," Charles said to her.

"I don't care. Just do it. And make it just one month." Elle said to him with a stern voice.

"How's the thing I asked you to do?"

"What thing? You ordered me to do many things so which one are you referring to?." Charles complained.

Elle gave him a sharp glare.

"Hehe... I am just kidding. I have done all of it." Charles said quickly, afraid of pissing her off.

It had been a long time since the last time he pissed off Elle and he really suffered a lot from her beatings. Just thinking about that memory made him shiver from fear.

"By the way, the package coming from Master Phantom just arrived yesterday. Do you want to check it?" Charles asked her.

He noticed that Elle's eyes brighten as she heard what he had just said.

'As expected, weapons and technologies are the two things that can brighten her mood.' Charles thought to himself.

But Charles didn't know that according to Erick there is one more thing that can change Elle's mood and that is...Delicious food, delicious food that was cooked by him to be exact.

Elle checked the package from Phantom. As expected, they were the latest and state of the art technologies from abroad that can be used for security purposes.

"Master can be generous sometimes," Elle said with a wide smile on her face.

"What are you talking about, generous my ass? He said those are not free. You need to pay him half of the amount, in short, he just gives you a 50% discount. Haha," Charles gave her a mocking laugh.

Elle frowned "This old man.....! He really likes to do business now. But it's alright, these items are worth it." Elle gave him a smirk.

After checking the package and the house, Elle and Charles decided to leave.

She missed riding her own car but unfortunately, she couldn't bring it to Erick's place. So for the time being Charles was in charge of their maintenance.

She has three cars (minivan, sports car, and convertible) and two motorcycles. The two cars and motorcycles were being used during her missions. One car was used for her everyday living as Elle.

"Give me cash." Elle extended her right hand to Charles.

"How much allowance do you want?" Charles teased her.

He knew that Elle couldn't bring a lot of money even if she wanted it since she was living with the detective. So even her finances, Charles was the one managing it right now.

"Ten thousand." She simply replied.

"What's a waste, I brought 100 thousand cash." Charles was intentionally making fun of her. Elle punched him on the shoulder.

"Ouch. Be careful. Remember, I am the one driving here." Charles reminded her. Elle just rolled her eyes.

He really missed Elle. Even though he was sometimes afraid of her getting mad but he loved provoking her.

It was one way of getting her attention. Besides, he was already used to being her punching bag.

"Elle let's have lunch first. Since I brought so much cash today, let's spend it." Charles said enthusiastically.

Since she was also hungry so she agreed to Charles' suggestion.

"Let's eat in one of the famous restaurants here in City Z," Charles added. He really wanted to spend more time with Elle right now.

Before, he could just visit her place if he wanted to see her but now he couldn't do it.

After 30 minutes, they arrived at a famous restaurant in City Z. Charles was excited to eat together with Elle. This would be their first time eating together in a famous restaurant.

Elle seldom went out of her place. She preferred to stay at home, training, enhancing her martial art skills, her shooting skills, hacking information, and planning her next moves.

"Come on, faster! I am hungry!" Charles grabbed Elle's right hand and dragged her towards the restaurant.

The restaurant was covered by transparent glass so that Customers could see the in and out of the restaurant.

Elle and Charles were two meters away from the entrance when Elle noticed a familiar figure.

Elle stopped abruptly and pulled Charles causing him to be outbalanced and he almost fell.

"Why did you suddenly stop?" Charles was puzzled. Elle didn't answer him and she was just intently staring inside the restaurant.

He followed Elle's line of sights. He saw a beautiful woman who is happily conversing with a handsome man.

Charles' eyes widened when he recognized the person whom Elle is looking at.

"Oh, that is Selena Arison, the daughter of Jorge Arison, the heiress of Arison's Holdings and Mining Corporation. Hmmm, she is gorgeous and stunning." Charles commented.

"Oh, I think she is having a lunch date with her boyfriend. See! They both suit each other. She looks so happy just talking with him."

"Oh, she is blushing also. Hmm, now I believe that only true love can heal your broken heart. Her heart was heartbroken when her father died but now she didn't look that sad anymore."

Charles continued talking without noticing the changes in Elle's expression.

When he noticed that Elle was not saying anything he glanced back at her, meeting her sharp murderous glare.

Charles shivered from fear. If glare could kill, he would be dead by now.

'Why is Elle very frightening right now? Did I say something wrong?' He started to have cold sweat.

"Hehe. Elle let's go. Don't worry, she wouldn't recognize us even if we sit beside her." Charles tried to convince her.

"Let's leave!" Elle said to him with a cold stern voice. Charles had no choice but to comply.

She's the boss! He followed her and left the restaurant feeling dejected.

Elle stared at the restaurant one last time before she left with Charles, her signature evil smile appeared on her face.