Vero was standing in the middle of the Red Cage bar room, a place where all the Red Cage members usually gathered and spent their time drinking, playing chess, and billiards.
One of her legs moved from right to left or vice versa due to extreme nervousness. Her head looked around, at the rows of pictures, paintings on the walls and the furniture in the room.
This was the first time for her to enter the building, because not everyone could enter without the access granted by the members of the organization.
Mason who was currently patrolling the Red Cage just watched Vero silently. He was ordered to pick up the woman early in the morning and bring her here confused and frightened.
No matter how many times Mason comforted her, she would still cry and say she would not repeat the same mistake, even though Mason didn’t know what it was.
“You can sit down, Miss, because Mr. Bradwood will still be here in an hour,” said Mason.
While at the dinner table, Mia didn’t stop staring at Jaxon who was enjoying his dinner voraciously. He was very focused on the food on the table and seemed to be ignoring his surroundings.Having dinner together was something they rarely did, even being at the same table was a rare opportunity. Mia could count on her fingers how much time they spent enjoying their meal together. In fact, their last romantic meal was at La Fontana.“Don’t you like the food on your plate?” Jaxon asked suddenly which brought Mia back to her senses, made her cheeks turned red because she was caught watching him shamelessly.“Oh, I like it, there’s no problem with my food,” replied Mia who immediately put the food into her mouth.The corners of his lips rose slightly. He had been silent for a long time, letting her pay him attention, but after a long time, she seemed to have forgotten herself.“Jaxon,” Mia called, l
After making an appointment with Slaine, Mia went to the cafe where they had an appointment.Earlier, Gia had told them that they could meet directly at the boutique, and Mia wanted to go with Slaine as an escort. She didn’t know much about fashion, and Slaine was much more experienced.Accompanied by Joe and Fritz, Mia crossed the parking lot into a coffee bean-themed classic building. She could see the figure of Slaine sitting by the glass window sipping her drink.The two of them smiled at each other as Mia approached the table and sat across from the woman, while Joe sat at the next table and Fritz stood guard outside near the parking lot.“Have you been waiting long?” Mia asked.She glanced at the drinks on the table and was interested in ordering the same menu.Slain shook her head.“No, I just arrived too. Just order first,” suggested Slaine which Mia immediately did.After ordering La
A message popped up into Jaxon’s phone. He glanced at the contents of the message for a while before finally looking at Rey who was pulling a corpse from the Red Cage’s basement which was usually used as a place of torture.“Is there something?” Rey asked.He glanced at Jaxon for a moment before finally returning to busy with a lifeless man who he was wrapping in a black plastic bag.Jaxon shrugged slightly and put the phone back in his trouser pocket.“Only reports from Fritz said they were with Mia at the Coffee Bean Cafe,” Jaxon explained as he approached Rey who was wiping his bloodied hands with a white napkin.“Have you contacted Fontana?” Rey threw the bloody napkin into the trash can in the corner of the room.“What for?” Jaxon asked with an eyebrow rising.“He said Romero was fighting with his uncle, Sergio Falcone,” explained Rey, who kicked the black bo
The sirens of police car echoed through the entire air around the Coffee Bean Café’s street, and the police were seen approaching the place with yellow lines starting to be installed around the parking lot.Rey who came earlier than his friends to the scene looked around with his angry eyes. He saw the movement of Dane Loren who closed the access road around him.After closing the car door, Rey walked closer to the front of the Café building, but he was stopped by Noel Kendrick, a young police who still didn’t understand that they had no meaningful authority in front of the Red Cage Members.“Get out of my way,” Rey hissed in a low intonation.Noel raised his chin defiantly.“We are conducting an investigation, and you are prohibited from damaging the crime scene,” Noel said with a straight shoulder, a posture that showed that Rey was far under his authority.With a quick movement, Rey pulled
After placing Mia on the bed, Jaxon looked at her for a while. He rubbed his face in a huff and walked out of the room.“I want you to call Thomas and send him to Aurelia now,” Jaxon ordered to Snow who was standing at the door.“Will do, sir.”Snow rushed to call Thomas when Jaxon called again.“Has Doctor Timothy arrived yet?”“He’ll be here in a minute, sir,” Snow replied as he focused on Jaxon, because the man usually wouldn’t be ready with just one question.“While waiting for his arrival, I want you to gather all the workers in Aurelia. I have something to tell them.”Seeing Jaxon’s unfriendly face, Snow knew not to ask what it was about.After resigning, Snow carried out all of Jaxon’s orders right away.There were dozens of workers in Aurelia Castle gathered in the Hall, and all the workers were waiting with anticipation, they wer
Mia peeked out of the bedroom window after seeing the car which Jaxon was driving leaving the gate of Aurelia Castle. She closed the curtains again, then walked out of the room and looked for Emily, Piper, Allana, or maybe Greta.After looking around the vast castle, Mia found Allana and Emily who seemed busy cleaning a room on the third floor. She had never been up to this place before so she got lost a while ago.Emily who first saw Mia’s arrival looked curiously.“Is there anything you need, Miss Heart?” Emily asked surprised because Mia immediately closed the bedroom door tightly while glancing outside, making sure there was no one around with suspicious movements, making Emily and Allana confused by Mia’s act just now.“I have a few questions,” Mia said as she asked Allana and Emily to sit on the bed that had not been cleaned.Mia walked back and forth in front of the two, making Emily and Allana a little di
The atmosphere in Denver Park looks deserted, only the ducks were around.Mia, who had been staring at the lake in the park, looked pensive with full of thoughts. She wondered what was really going on around. Why did it feel like everyone treated her like fragile glass always wrapped in a silk. So careful as if afraid of her getting hurt.“Hey…Do you also think that I’m just an empty-headed and weak girl?” Mia asked a duck who had been watching her for a long time with it head tilted from side to side.“You should have seen how Jaxon treated me. He’s really covering something up!” Mia murmured at the duck again and responded with a non-stop ‘wek wek’ sounds from ducks.Mia nodded her head. “That’s right, what you said was true. He is indeed a stubborn man, a little arrogant with his closed attitude and likes to torture using his perfect body and handsome face! Totally unfair! W
After searching for Mia throughout Denver, Jaxon asked his friends to gather in the Red Cage, and ordered their subordinates to continue the search.Rey looked at Jaxon who seemed anxiously waiting for news. He had been spinning the crystal glass in his hand earlier, while his gaze was blankly staring at the floor. Jaxon was also seen squeezing the glass in his hand several times as if he wanted to smash the glass to pieces.Nicko, Gideon, and Rey glanced at each other, understanding how Jaxon was feeling right now.It was clear their friends were worried but trying to cover it up.“Any news?” Jaxon asked suddenly to no one in the room.At the same time they all shook their heads while checking the cellphones in each other’s hands.“Wait a minute, I’m sure Mia is still in Denver,” Rey said calmly.Jaxon gave him a sharp glare as he snorted.“It’s been two hours since Snow to