Hidden Passion
Chapter 24

Nester got out of her car and walked gently to where she had made an appointment to meet with the agent she had hired to look for Lillian. She had always wished to find the woman first and could not have been more excited when she did. Her plan would go more smoothly than expected. She was going to make sure that her boss got to look only at her and no one else. She loved Nathaniel and really wished to have him for herself. That was why she was going to go through with what she was doing.

"Hello, ma'am," the agent addressed her politely as she got to where he was in the eatery they had decided to meet up.

Nester nodded and her eyes swayed to the woman beside the agent who met her eyes but said nothing. "Who is she, Fred?"

"She is the one I told you about on the phone," Fred replied.

Nester took her time to study the woman again before she had her seat before her. The woman was supposed to be the one who will act as Lillian, but she was not even close to being good for the job, not to talk of being a perfect catch. She was dressed in tattered jeans and a huge shirt that swallowed her body shape. How would she be able to act as instructed? She was obviously a thug. "Oh..." she exclaimed while looking at the woman. "Hello."

"Hey!" The woman replied and continued to chew on her gum rudely.

"Linda, show some manners," Fred cautioned, but she only glared at her.

"I actually don't think she is capable of pretending to be someone else. And gosh, her voice is thick. She needs a soft and convincing voice, but-"

"Hey, Nathaniel. It's really been a while. How have you been? I really missed you," Linda said in a sweet and soft voice that amazed Nester. The sudden transformation was almost impossible. It was as if she was not the one with the thick voice earlier. "Wow! That's "Nester was saying.

"You're shocked?" Came Linda's thick voice again which was accompanied with a horrible smile.

Nester could not but admit that the woman was beautiful, given her oval face and small lips. Her brows were full, but that made her all the more gorgeous. The only cosmetics on her face were inside her eyes and that was the blue lens. It would have been perfect with just eye lashes, but she barely had any and didn't fix any as well. But no matter what, Lillian was far more beautiful.

Nester shook her head as she stopped herself to stop thinking about the beauties and focus on the more important thing. She brought out her cell phone and started going through it.

"You said something about her getting a tattoo. What's that?" Fred asked after taking a gulp of the black coffee he had ordered.

Linda widened her eyes in surprise and happiness. She was in love with tattoos. Her clothes cover most of the tattoos she had. She had some on her neck, back, stomach and chest. She had been planning to get some on her left arm. She had one on her right arm already. "Really? I am going to get a tattoo? Wow!"

Nester showed them a picture on her phone. "This is what you're going to get on your left arm. I hope you have no tattoos already," she said as she showed them the picture of the tattoo on Lillian's arm. She had managed to get a vivid one at the hospital before she gave her a suit to cover up without raising any suspicion.

Linda's smile faded away. Of course, she had a lot of tattoos, but she would be stupid to admit it. With the look on the rich woman's face, she was ready to cancel the contract if she happened to have tattoos. And the money involved was too huge to give up. It was not like they would be able to see her tattoos since she was used to wearing bigger clothes.

"I am asking if you have tattoos," Nester repeated.

Linda laughed briefly. "Of course not. You can be rest assured that I won't disappoint you."

"Good. Hope Fred had told you the mission-"

"I am supposed to make the poor man fall in love with you and make him forget me because I have moved on, right?" She said in her thick and disgusting voice. Truth be told, she might be a street gangster, but she had no interest in what they were doing. She was only in because of the money, nothing else. She could not see any sensible reason she was going to have someone pretend like someone else just to have her boss look at her.

Nester glared at her because of her voice and the way she said the words but nodded. "Do you possibly know a tattoo artist that could do an amazing job?"

Of course, she knew. But she wasn't going to tell her that. She should just find her own tattoo artist. Linda kept mute and said nothing.

"I am asking you a question," Nester said in a harsh tone to her, and the lady could not help but laugh.

What did she think she was doing? Did she just raise her voice on her? She obviously didn't know her. Linda glared at her but said nothing. Now was not the time to deal with her ass. "Calm down, Nester. How would she know a tattoo artist if she doesn't have one?" Fred pointed out.

"Well, she is a thug. She should know those things," came her nasty reply.

Linda smirked.

"See? She just smirked. How could a lady do that? It's so unladylike."

"You don't tell me how to behave Nester. I know exactly what to do. And it seems you are forgetting something, you need me," Linda said in her amazing voice again, gesturing her hands between them.

Nester sighed. "Fine." she just hoped she had not made the biggest mistake of her life with the arrogant woman before her. She only hoped for everything to go as planned and she would immediately get rid of her.