Demon CEO's Hidden Love: Mr Grayson Stole Me From My Abusive Husband-Chapter 29: Meeting The Team: An Unbearable Woman Appears

Thane held onto her hand tighter. "That’s all I needed to hear." He muttered softly only to her hearing. He looked over his shoulder at Gilbert and announced, "Assemble my team, tell them we have an urgent project to begin."

Urgent project? Brooke wondered what it could be?

As if reading her thoughts, Thane announced with a reckless grin, "We’re going to make you a leg."

Brooke at the time was too overwhelmed at the time to understand what he meant, but the next day, when Thane’s team had flown into the country, did she understand that he meant a prosthetic leg.

"Thane! You bastard, how could you just disappear on us like that?!" A ginger haired man with freckles on his cheeks called out, as soon as he stepped foot into the mansion.

Behind him were three more people, two women, and another man, who resembled the red hair, saved for his hairstyle.

Brooke deduced that they were twins, when she saw them standing side by side.

"Miss Brooke, what are you doing?" Hannah whispered, from behind her, startling Brooke into nearly dropping her phone!

Brooke let out a nervous cough, "I was just observing everyone." She said from behind a pillar.

"I can see that. But why are you doing it from over here?" She asked, crouching down next to Brooke.

"I..." She thought about it, but had no real reason to be hiding. They were here to design and construct her prosthetic leg, but she somehow felt shy.

’I’m covered in bandages and in a wheelchair, in this state, what will they think of me?’ she felt ashamed to show herself to the people who worked with Thane.

Somehow, she wanted to appear perfect in front of them and leave a good impression.

Just as she held that thought, a frown painted her lips when one of the women stood next to Thane and hooked herself to his arm.

Reading her mind, Hannah spat out, "Well isn’t she a bit too touchy?"

Brooke could not have agreed more as she watched her cozy up to Thane, who had the most disinterested look in his eye.

Hannah noticed the troubled look on Brooke’s face and smiled, ’These two, when are they ever going to get together?’ she huffed inwardly, ’Well, I guess I could give them a little push.’ she figured.

"I wonder why Master Grayson is letting her do as she pleases? Maybe they have a close relationship?" Hannah sheepishly asked, trying to get a reaction out of Brooke.

Brooke shook her head, "Mr Grayson is just too kind a gentleman to shrug a woman off." She defended him, or rather she tried convincing herself that was the case.

But when the woman tiptoed and planted a kiss on Thane’s cheek, Brooke lost her cool!

She wheeled herself away towards the elevator to retreat to her bedroom, but halfway through she was called over by Thane, who had sighted her.

"There you are." He peeled Tara’s hand off his arm and strode over to her.

The rest of his team watched in awe, it was the first time they had seen the team leader charge at someone with so much enthusiasm.

Tara stared at her hand which he had peeled off with no reservation, then turned her gaze towards the brunette in a wheelchair.

"Who is she?" Tara muttered to herself, as Thane wheeled her over, despite the chair having an automatic wheeling function.

A design she had installed personally.

"You don’t have to introduce us..." Brooke whispered to him, but Thane whispered back, "You’ll be seeing them for a while, you should at least say hi."

He wheeled her to the center and stood next to her.

The other woman, Jessica, who had her hair cut into a bob, posed the question on everyone’s mind.

"Leader, do you mind introducing us to the woman you just wheeled in?" Jessica asked smiling warmly at Brooke.

A sharp contrast to the cautious glare Tara shot at her, ’Thane never hangs around other women, he’s always been straight laced. So just who is this woman?’ she thought trying to get a read on her.

The freckled guy, and older twin, Danny inserted, "You mean beautiful woman." He got on one knee and reached for Brooke’s hand.

But Thane slapped it away and sent him a harsh glare, "Behave." He said, his voice both a warning and a threat.

Brooke inhaled sharply then introduced herself, "My name is Brooke."

"Brooke?" Danny muttered to himself, "Oh! You’re the urgent job we were called in for!" He spat out, his eyes fell to the wheelchair she was in. A proud glint flashed in his eyes.

He snorted. "How do you like the model? I personally made all the major tweaks." He boasted.

Jessica thunked the back of his head, "Don’t get a big head, you hardware engineers are nothing with us software engineers."

Danny scoffed, "Who was it who thought of modifying the model, incorporating AI technology of its sensory units, motors and control systems?"

Jessica groaned and pinched her temples, "And who do you think created the AI software that powers the goddamn thing?!" She turned to his twin, "Lance you tell him! I can’t speak stupid."

Lance laughed a bit, "No one here can."

Danny roared in disbelief of his brother’s betrayal, "Lance you bastard!"

Brooke smiled at the odd bunch, then looked at Thane, only to see he was looking right at her. She blushed and looked away, avoiding his gaze.

"That’s enough fooling around! We don’t have much time on our hands, this project is very important, and we have just a week to complete it."

"A week?!" Tara spat out. "You’ve never been one to rush a project, it goes against your principles."

Looking at Brooke, Thane announced. "This is the most important project I’ve worked on thus far, I don’t care about my principles." His gaze softened, catching all the members of his main team off guard. freewebnσvel.cѳm

Tara clenched her fists behind her, as she glared sharply at Brooke. She had a feeling that she would not be getting along with this woman.