Girl Undercover 4 & 5: Ariel & Financial Devil Read Online Free

tone, I remembered how I myself had wondered why Ariel was so eager to become friends with me when she wasn’t a friendly person. I already knew it wasn’t because she wanted to get close to Ian since I had yet to start to train him at that point. The only person who knew I was about to start training Ian was my manager Rolf and the sales associate who had sold him the sessions.
    “I don’t know that yet,” Ian said. “That’s why I want to have another date with her. So I can find out.”
    “As I said, let me talk to her first and see what I can dig up. You could always hang around the area when they’re training and see what they’re talking about.”
    “I doubt they’ll talk about anything incriminating while I’m around.”
    “You don’t know unless you try.”
    “I might try. And you should try to find out what other government officials might be members at the club. You’ve had several days to do this. I need to know who else might be here. Please stop stalling, Gabi. It’s too important.”
    “Fine. I’ll have it done by tomorrow.”
    “You promise?”
    “You have my word.”
    Ariel came out on the sundeck then, wearing a pair of tiny shorts and an equally tiny sports bra. The dark sunglasses on her face were so large they covered half of it. She stretched out on one of the sun chairs close to the entrance and pulled out her phone that she began typing on, completely immersed.
    “I have to go,” I told Ian and hung up.
    I watched Ariel, pondering whether I should go up to her now and ask her about Janine or wait. I decided to wait until it looked like she had finished typing at least. As I waited, I lay back down on my own chair and turned my face to the sun, enjoying the warm rays against my skin, all the while throwing glances in Ariel’s direction.
    By the time I spotted Janine Eastwood, she was already standing next to Ariel’s sun chair. With the tall woman towering over her, Ariel appeared even smaller than she was. She instantly put away her phone and turned her face toward Janine, who was saying something to her. Ariel responded something lengthy, looking apologetic while shaking her head slowly. I was at the other end of the spacious sundeck and the sounds of the city drowned out any conversation the light breeze might have carried in my direction.
    Even though I was fairly far away, I wished I had a magazine or something to hide behind. If Janine raised her gaze from Ariel and looked straight forward, she would instantly spot me as there were hardly anyone else on the deck at the moment. But she didn’t; she just kept talking and talking to Ariel, who nodded and said something every now and then. All of a sudden, the big woman grabbed Ariel’s upper arm and shook her hard as though Ariel was a kid that needed to be punished. Punished severely.
    What the hell?

    Before what was happening fully sank into my mind, the senator let go off Ariel, barked something at the smaller woman and then swiveled around, marching off the sundeck. Ariel watched the glass door the woman disappeared through and rubbed her arm. I looked around the sundeck to see if anyone else had noticed what had just happened. But the four other people up there lounging on chairs were still just either reading or keeping their eyes closed as they lapped up the sun. It was impossible to tell if they had seen the little tiff.
    That must be what it had been. Some kind of argument.
    I pushed myself off my own chair and walked up to Ariel. I wanted to make sure she was okay. As I stopped next to her, she jerked a little and her hand left the sore spot on her arm.
    “Oh, hey, Jamie,” she said, trying to smile. It looked more like she was feeling sick.
    “Hey, Ariel,” I said. “Are you okay? I saw what that big woman did to you. Is she nuts?”
    Ariel licked her pouty lips nervously. “No, she just has a bit of a temper. It was nothing.”
    I frowned. “Nothing? She was shaking you like a ragdoll!”
    “Yeah, I