Chapter 499 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

“I just recalled that she was supposed to ask the human resource department to put out an ad for a part-time secretary to fill in for Amy until her return,” Benne said, which wasn’t entirely a lie.

“A simple one minute phonecall could have fixed that,” Harry pointed out, and Benne shrugged.

“What can I say? I guess I was just jealous of the way you were laughing at some of those dry jokes and I wanted to take you away from them and keep you to myself. You are fast growing on me,” Benne said, and Harry chuckled as they walked through the door.

“Your level of idiocy never ceases to amaze me,” Harry said in amusement as they walked past two ladies who were walking into the restaurant.

Harry paused when he noticed a designer scarf on the floor and he picked it up, suspecting that it belonged to one of the ladies who had just walked past them as she was clad in designer wear.

Just as he turned around to call out to her, Sara who had gotten to the door and was about to step inside, also turned around when it suddenly occurred to her that the person who had just walked past them was Harry, since she was quite familiar with his face.

At that same moment, the cab carrying Celsie and Aaron drove into the restaurant premises, and Aaron’s heart skipped a beat when he caught a glimpse of Harry and Sara staring at each other.

“I think you dropped this,” Harry said as he looked at the lady who was standing by the door of the restaurant staring at him.

Something about her seemed familiar, but he couldn’t tell what it was since he could swear that he had never seen her before. He doubted that he could ever forget a face such as hers if he had ever seen her.

Sara’s secretary took a step forward to take it from Harry, but Sara placed a hand on her shoulder to stop her, “Don’t worry. I will get it myself,” she said as she stepped forward instead and approached Harry with a smile.

“You are such a gentleman. Thank you,” she said as she received it from him and Harry gave her a polite nod.

“You are welcome,” Harry said, and turned to leave, but just as he took a step Sara stopped him.

“Are you by chance, Harry Jonas?” Sara asked, even though she recognized him.

Harry looked at her, surprised that she knew who he was, and at the same time curious to know who she was.

Hearing her question, Benne who was merely observing, quickly stepped forward when he realized that she might be the Sara, who Aaron was on his way to meet, and who Celsie had told him Harry must not meet.

When he had heard of Sara from Harry the previous day, he had been expecting to see a shabby-looking lady who was blackmailing Aaron for money or something, but seeing such a dignified person, he couldn’t imagine what business she could possibly have with Aaron to make him so upset.

“Harry, we should leave now,” Benne said urgently, and Sara’s gaze moved to him.

“And I take it you are, Benedict Delgado, Harry’s best friend?” She asked as her gaze settled on Benne.

Benne had only revealed his identity to the public recently, and seeing how easily she recognized him and described him as Harry’s best friend, that meant she knew him in relation to Harry. Although Benne was curious to know who she was and find out what she wanted, this wasn’t this time.

“Yes, I am. I’m sorry, we are in a hurry right now, and we can’t stand around to chat with…”

“I’m sorry, I don’t seem to recognize you. Who are you? And how do you know us?” Harry cut in before Benne could finish, thinking that she might be the spouse of a business partner and they needed to greet her appropriately if she was. Something about the way she was looking at him unsettled him.

Sara smiled, “I am here to meet with an old friend. Someone, I think you know. How about you join us for lunch? Or perhaps we could share a bottle of wine until he joins me while I introduce myself to you?” Sara asked, looking at Harry with a sly smile.

Sara believed that if Aaron was to meet her having a discussion with Harry, he would have no choice but to tell Harry the truth about who she was as that would make everything faster for her.

“An old friend?” Harry asked, but Benne quickly shook his head.

“No. I’m afraid we can’t do that…”

“I was asking Harry, not you. I’m sure he can answer for himself,” Sara cut in with a cold smile, “And you are free to leave if you are in a hurry,” Sara said, jerking her head to the side for Benne to leave, and Harry frowned, not impressed by her sudden rudeness.

Benne cocked his head to the side as he stepped forward, ready to respond to her rude remark, but before either of them could say a word, Benne’s phone started ringing and he turned to look at Benne, who quickly received the call when he saw that it was from Celsie.

“WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE YOU DOING RIGHT NOW? Get him out of there and far away from that woman at once! That person is Harry’s biological mom!” Celsie snapped at him to make him realize the urgency of the situation, and immediately Benne’s heart skipped a beat, as he slowly turned surprised eyes to look at Sara who was staring at Harry.

This woman was Harry’s mom? She wasn’t dead all these years? Of all the secrets he had been expecting Aaron to hide from Harry, this wasn’t part of it.

She looked wealthy, and judging by the way her gaze was focused on Harry, he could tell that she knew he was her son. Did she possibly abandon him this whole time?

Although he didn’t know the exact details, but he already didn’t like her merely by looking at her, and she looked like the sort of person who would abandon her child.

No! There was no way he was going to let Harry find out about his mother this way even if he didn’t exactly know the story. He would take Harry far away from her even if it meant knocking him out and dragging his unconscious body to the car.

“Who was that? Is everything okay?” Harry asked, looking at Benne with concern when he noticed how stunned he looked.

“I can’t give you the exact details right now, but we should leave at once,” he said in a grave tone, and seeing how serious he looked, Harry gave him a nod.

“I’m sorry, we have to leave right now. Maybe next time,” Harry said and before Sara could stop them, Benne took hold of Harry’s hand and pulled him away with him.

Sara’s brow was raised as she watched them walk away. Was it possible that Benne knew who she was? Or was Aaron somewhere around here and had called Benne? She wondered as she scanned the parking lot.

“Is everything alright?” Sara’s assistant asked, and she shook her head.

“Everything is alright. Let’s go in and wait for him,” Sara said as she walked past her assistant into the restaurant.

In the parking lot across from there, Celsie felt like she was going to have a heart attack merely by watching the scene in front of her. She let out a deep sigh of relief as she watched Benne and Harry get into their car and drive off.

Although they were too far away to hear what Sara had said to Harry, but judging by how easily Harry had left with Benne, she could tell that Harry still didn’t know who Sara was.

She turned to Aaron who had become completely white and she clasped a hand over his arm and shook him gently, “You’re going to pass out if you don’t breathe, Aaron,” she told him softly when she noticed that he was holding his breath.

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