Chapter 312 - Enrick's heartbreak
Later on they went to the auditorium where they would be giving a seminar on their thesis .
The auditorium is already filled with at least five thousand people from various countries…all of them are scholars and amateurs searching for a potential candidates to offer them a chance to work with them.
There are five judges and a audience opinion pole to determine the winner. As per the rules of the competition there will be further more two rounds, where the competitors will be short listed to ten and later five for the finale. First round will be seminar and second would be the audience pole.
For the selected five teams there will be a 'debate ' round between the teams and judges would start eliminating teams for every thirty seconds. Who ever would last long will become the winners.
Unknown to Jean and Enrick, there is a woman sitting in the first row…looking at both of them intently, she has that complex feelings etching her brain, an indescribable pain twitched in her shattered heart…..making her all haggard.
Sarah pursed her lips and controlled her erratic thoughts….rage, pain, despair, melancholy….something much more than that…..a urge to kill or get killed.
After waking up from coma, she felt different, as if someone hijacked her brain...she could no longer feel rational. She is loosing hope…
Soon the seminars started and every each of it is to the next level. Jean clenched her purse and started to dig her nails into it, she is little tensed and nervous…..
Enrick squeezed her hands and smiled. "Jean you are the CEO OF INA. You have gone through so much and this is nothing to you…..alright" he comforted her.
As the time passed, she felt boring but one seminar caught her attention….it is about a project….as she listened her eyes brightened up with hope. The symptoms they have told were so similar to what Madam Black is suffering.
Even before she could approach them, their turn has come and Jean is called onto the stage along with Enrick. Because of gods grace it went too well than they expected.
Soon the first round has ended and ten teams got selected for second round. Audience pole started to eliminate the five teams out of the ten.
During the lunch, Jean approached the team and told about Madam Black. For which they happily agreed to work with her to find out what it is.
Enrick stood a little far from her. He knew these people, they are from his big brothers team. At last his brother decided to help Jean without suspecting him and his identity. Rest assured her grandmother would be fine…
After the lunch break the top five teams got selected for finale. Enrick and Jean are holding second place while the people sent by his brother are in first.
He knew they are not letting Jean to hold a first place deliberately…..his big brother wanted Jean to understand how a 'defeat' feels like.
Till now she might have had a happy and victorious life. But soon she would be facing many hardsh.i.p.s and many dangerous people who would defeat her with a snap of their fingers.
He wanted her to get accustomed to word 'defeat' and fight it back with same intensity.
As he predicted the last round was the toughest and vigorous battle she never had. The first team are so professional and well experienced that their retaliation is hard to object or fight back with same intensity.
After two hours of vigorous battle, First team has gained thirty two points and they lost with two more points at stake. Jean felt satisfied but she felt very determined to excel them.
"Rick, let us attend these type of events more.
As my identity as a doctor is already revealed I no longer wanted to stay in shadows….and moreover we make a good team." Jean said determinedly as 'I want to battle more' kind of expression etched on her face.
Rick laughed heartily looking at her cute action. "Sure my queen" he bowed his head as they exited the auditorium. But they have to say that it is really a wonderful experience….
Jean felt at ease after meeting this team, if it isnt for them she might not have got an idea how to save Madam Black.
"Congrats baby" Scott protectively wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her closer. Silently asking a certain person to be in his limits.
How dare he call her 'his queen' when Jean is his fiancée but not Enrick's.
Jean smiled widely as her eyes shone brightly with happiness. "Thank you hubby" Jean subconsciously uttered the word. Whenever she will be too delighted, she would call him like that.
Instantly Rick's face paled and his fingers clenched into balls, making him remember back the reality. She will never become his…..he knew it very well but he will not stop protecting her from her unknown enemies.
He is the only one who knew how many times he had saved her from enemies by covering all her tracks that would lead them to find whose daughter she is .
He only knew how Vanessa tried to sabotage Jean, he only knew how many times Jasor tried to approach her without the help of Grey family….no one knew how he is protecting her like a hawk.
But he knew she would never find out these because he don't want her to…..
If isn't for his persuasion, Kiara might not have helped Jean in that mission and get captivate…he is her knight in shining armor but only in shadows.
At least he owe this to Sophia and her husband…..
"Well, I will be going back then" Enrick forced a smile and turned back. Only if anyone would have seen his gloomy face they would have understood him much he loved her…