Just Monitor Him

Jake's car made its way towards a luxurious apartment building named Paradise Residency, having a military level security and which screamed of money.

There were only selective people who could afford an apartment in such a residential complex. As Mark had the most luxurious Duplex Penthouse on the 60th floor under his name and Jake's car was registered as a visitor, they were let in after a normal check.

Mark's father, Arthur Sebastian had gifted the penthouse to him on his 18th birthday, and since then, Mark has been living here alone while studying in university as well as handling his own business separate from the family business.

Obviously, the penthouse was purchased at an exorbitant price, but it hardly made any dent in his father's Bank Account.

Jake parked the car at the private parking lot allotted to the penthouse owner which had the capacity to accommodate up to 30 cars.

It was already filled with more than 20 luxury as well as high end sports cars along with many costly sports bikes, all covered appropriately to protect them from damage and dust.

It screamed royalty, and Mark was internally happy seeing that his babies were well maintained and properly kept by his grandfather, as promised by him, but didn't show it on his face.

On the other hand, Jake's eyes showed excitement on a whole different level as though a kid is eyeing different flavours of candies in a candy shop.

And as soon as Jake was going to open his car door and run towards the big boy toys, his cell phone rang showing that his father was calling.

Jake, reluctantly picked the call and soon his father ordered him to come to his office in a calm voice and without giving any chance for Jake to reply, cut the call.

Jake's face turned in to scowl as he had just reunited with his friend but said, "Sorry bro. I won't be able to make it upstairs as you see my old man is asking me to return" and sighed.

"Hey, no problem, okay? Thanks for today by the way. I'll handle things from here. You go on" replied Mark.

Before leaving, Jake asked "Hey, what about your company? Aren't you going to resume the position again?"

Hearing about his company, Mark's aura turned dark again as he said, "It seems there are minor hiccups, but no big deal. I'll have to make a clean up and then everything will be back to normal. Don't worry about it".

Jake didn't ask any further as he knew his friend is a genius in these things and as soon as Mark got down from the car along with his luggage and bid his goodbye, Jake drove out of the complex, towards his family's company with a foul mood.

Mark had a faint smile on his lips which didn't reach his eyes as he took his leather bag and made his way upstairs through the private elevator which was only accessible to the penthouse owners.

He had kept his key card to his penthouse, with Jake, which he collected from him when they met earlier, so he opened the door with his key card after entering the password and his hand print.

As he made his way into the penthouse, as expected, it was very clean and tidy without a single speck of dust.

It was left as it was when he used to live there 4 years ago, with luxurious but minimalist design, colour combination of white and grey, floor to sealing windows offering a majestic view of the whole city in front.

After entering the penthouse, towards the left side was the lounge area with balcony opening to the infinity swimming pool with another beautiful view.

Living room consisted of a L shape luxurious light grey sofa set, in front of which at some distance was a wall-mounted big Plasma Led Smart TV.

He guessed it was also upgraded by his dearest grandfather, so he made his way on the second floor towards the master bedroom and went straight to his walk-in closet where he kept his bag.

As the area was empty, he quickly arranged his current clothes and made a call to one of his friends involved in men's fashion to deliver different type of clothes as per his requirements.

After taking a warm bath, he collapsed on his bed and saw that it was almost around 3 in the afternoon. So he went ahead and ordered a takeout for his late snack and started going through his tablet.

Before that, he brought his laptop from the leather bag and kept it for charging. It was a very unique piece of technology with maxed out specifications, inaccessible to the general public with a mysterious logo consisting of letters 'TESA'.

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Meanwhile in another part of the city,

It was around 10 p.m. in the evening on the same day, in a luxurious villa which was dimly lit and hardly any servant was seen. But a vigorous activity was going on in the master bedroom consisting of lewd moans and groans as it continued for hours.

As soon as the lady fell in to a deep sleep on the king sized bed, the man who was in his mid forty's, laid next to her, heard his cellphone vibrate on the bedside table.

Without even looking at the screen the man picked up the phone call and went to the balcony wearing only a boxer and a black wool bathrobe and said in a stern and bone chilling voice, "Speak".

"Sir, he is back in the country again. Your orders?" said a male voice without getting intimidated by his superior.

After contemplating for a few seconds, the man in the bathrobe replied, "For now, nothing to be done. Follow the protocol, just monitor him, but don't get too close and avoid contact. He is hell of a lot skilled than any of our people out there. Is that clear, Eagle-eye?"

"Sir, yes sir" said the person named Eagle-eye, on the phone.

"I repeat, don't get swayed by your personal feelings and certainly don't bring your grudge from what happened a few months back. Understood?" warned the man.

"Loud and clear, sir".

After ending the call, the person named Eagle-eye had a gloomy aura surrounding him as the words 'Just Monitor Him' started hammering his brain.

He couldn't understand, why his superior was being so soft hearted towards that person. If only he had the authority....

Meanwhile, the man on the other side, was standing in the balcony, taking in the view of the city with a faint smile and an amused look in his eyes.

The man had greyish black hair which gave him a mature and intellectual look, with sky blue eyes, sharp facial features and a sturdy, well built body.

'What are your plans from here on, my friend?' the man thought to himself and went back inside.