Is this destiny?

The next few days were busy for Sarah and Aiden.

Aiden followed up on the status at the White foundation with Michael, while Sarah had several meetings with Noah to discuss the status of the army of Chaos. And both Aiden and Sarah had a number of tasks (regular and the hacking ones) for the White corp.

As much as Sarah and Aiden don\'t go to the office, that does not mean that they are not doing any work.

On Monday, Sarah and Aiden went to the White corp. HQ, to meet with their respective team members, and they took everyone out for lunch (everyone loves free lunch).

Present at the lunch were members of Sarah\'s team (Lee, Harry, Marcus, Pierre, and Ben) and members of Aiden\'s team (Fox, Daniel, Duncan, and Arianna).

Ben officially reports to Sarah, and in case of her absence, he is her proxy. In practice, he is Aiden\'s proxy as well. By now, Ben is familiar with the work of both teams and he needs inputs and guidance from Sarah and Aiden only when they are facing new projects or planning big changes on existing ones.

Ben can do everything, except for the hacking which Sarah and Aiden are doing; that is still reserved only for the two of them (and others are not aware of it).

Ben is extremely happy with his role. Other than a great salary and other benefits which come with his position, he is managing his tasks and tasks of eight other people, and as a bonus, he has the trust of Sarah and Aiden.

Ben believes that all this is thanks to Penny because before she entered his life, he was a common senior developer in a medium-size company, and look at him now: principal software engineer at White corp. with eight people who are waiting for his instructions and he also has an amazing wife and soon they will be a family of three. No matter how he looks at this, Penny is his lucky star.

Sarah and Aiden used this joined lunch of their two teams to announce that they are married. Everyone present was aware that Sarah and Aiden are dating, but they were surprised about the marriage. Well, everyone was surprised except Ben who was at their wedding (with Penny).

Aiden enjoyed this lunch immensely because he was able to freely put his arm around Sarah\'s shoulders, and she leaned onto him, and it felt like all the pieces fell into place. Aiden remembered all the times when Sarah told him that they should hide their relationship at work, starting from her first day as an employee of White corp. and he is elated to know how that period is over because from now onward, they are together for everyone to know. Finally.

Arianna had difficulty keeping a smiling façade. She knows that Aiden is taken, but she can\'t deny that he is super-handsome and her hopes to get his attention sank deeper by the minute while she was forced to sit at that table and push food down her throat.

On Monday afternoon, after returning to the Cliffside villa, Sarah and Aiden met with all the kids who were interested in internships at the White corp. They made sure that kids understand that this is not a game and they rejected the idea of making it a part-time job. Sarah and Aiden believe that kids should take full advantage out of this rare opportunity to learn hands-on next to seasoned decision-makers.

Even with full work hours, kids can get their exercise and whatever else is needed. And for the missions for the Army of Chaos, there are others who are waiting for their chance to prove themselves. 

"It will be a real job. You need to show up on time and stay as long as it\'s needed. Your work hours will be tied to the person you are assisting, and it might include travel as well…", Aiden was raining advices and warnings.

"It will be for a duration of two months. Don\'t think that you can slack off because it\'s temporary. Also, you will have an additional assignment to monitor the behavior of the person you are assigned to, so other than a job it will be a mission as well.", Sarah added.

In the end, eleven kids agreed to go with it: Haru, Nala, Allen, Julius, Tejan Daniel, Art, Dezy, Oni, Ron, and Zula.

Ron and Zula wanted to focus on investigating Mrs. Heine, but Sarah and Aiden told them that this is an opportunity they might not get often.

"You can always do your investigations after work and on weekends. It will delay you a bit, but it will also give you extra time to think about your strategies...", Aiden advised them not to rush, and Ron and Zula agreed.

Masika and Imani wanted to go, but unfortunately, they are too young. Zula is the youngest one they allowed to participate in the internship.

Next, Sarah met with Masika to discuss the situation with Zack.

"He wants to come here to live?", Masika asked Sarah with disbelief obvious on her face.

"To work.", Sarah clarified.

Other than thinking about how it\'s strange for a man to ask for a job when there is none, and he is also part of a secret army, Masika was confused. "Why are you telling me that?"

"Because his request is tied up to you. Do you want him close?"

Masika thought for some time before answering with a question: "Are you saying that if I want him close then you will hire him as security personnel for our home?"

Sarah smiled in response.

Masika raised her hands up defensively. "I don\'t see how this is related to me. If you need security, hire him."

"You know that we don\'t."

"Then don\'t hire him.", Masika said flatly.

Sarah was amused by Masika\'s indifference. "You will not miss him?"

Masika paused. "Miss him? We spent some time in Italy, he showed me some tips about throwing knives, and he is a nice guy. But there is no such thing as me missing him. I will see him when I go to the basecamp, and if we get a chance for another mission together, I will be OK with that…"

Sarah stifled a laugh and listened to Masika who friend-zoned Zack completely. Sarah wondered what would Zack\'s reaction be if he hears this. 

They discussed plans for the summer and Masika said that since she can\'t join others for the internship at the White corp., she wants to work on improving her skills with sniping and knives as well as strategizing. For this, she will have tutoring sessions with Sophia (related to strategizing) and with JoAnna (related to sniping), and for skills with knives, she will meet with Zack at the basecamp of the army of Chaos.

When Sarah\'s talk with Masika was over, Imani was next.

Imani requested permission to accompany JoAnna (and possibly Emma) when they are dealing with patients at the LA Medical Center, and also to assist JoAnna at the Beach house whenever she is going to perform checkups or some other procedures. Sarah remembered that Imani expressed her desire to be a doctor and she approved. JoAnna and Emma were happy to hear about Imani\'s interest and came up with a schedule for her.

Beck and Nico surprised Sarah with their request to work with Felix. They are interested in electronics and they heard that Felix can do stuff with precious stones and metals as well, and Felix was delighted to get two apprentices (how he called them).

Ah, it will be a busy summer for everyone!

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