The man, on the other hand continued with a wide and heartwarming smile, "You did well in safeguarding his business empire. I sincerely thank you for all your efforts."
"I'm only doing what I should do for him." She said with only a polite smile on her delicate face.
Conrad laughed, the gesture magically made a few of the wrinkles on his forehead and the edge of his eyes disappear. "You don't have to be so courteous in front of me. I know how close you are to that child."
She argued in her head. 'Who won't be in front of a smiling cat who is actually a king tiger?'
Conrad was Paul's only remaining uncle and he once mentioned to her that he was almost his father. Yet Agatha didn't dare treat this meeting as a mere meeting between a father and a prospective daughter-in-law, but that of enemies. It was just hard for her to not do so considering the fact that aside from being a very competent and influential non-host, this man possibly had ties with som
Agatha left the chateau wearing nothing but a blank expression on her face. After the real talk between about Paul, she confirmed a few things which almost made her suppose that this Conrad McArthney was an enemy.'He firmly believed that his nephew is alive. But never made moves to locate him like I do.'She felt betrayed. Very much. When this realization dawned to her this was what consumed her heart and made her scream her lungs out from the moment she was done locking herself up inside her room. Her chest felt so constrained. She knew it was the extreme desire to at least slap Conrad McArthney for what he did. She had yet to learn about Conrad and Fred. But through the conversation they had earlier, she realized that there was only one reason why the man who seemed to treasure his successor so much had not shown worry despite that same successor going missing.Why did he never show movements to locate Paul?Why else apart from already being aware of where he was? It was like as a
Seated on the CEO's swivel chair, Brienne's indifferent eyes rested on the article showing on her computer screen, a report about her sister who was sighted unharmed in a seaside park within Western Alina.Not a minute passed and the queenly woman stood up from her comfy seat. She made sure to contact the secretaries outside through the intercom to not let anyone come inside, even themselves, within the next hour.After that, she picked up her phone to dial a string of numbers. She looked through the transparent glass walls of her office as she waited for the other side to pick it up. Beyond the sparkling glasses, the majestic sight of tall skyscrapers, billboards, rooftop gardens, and an unending sea of blue and clouds laid bare to her eyes. Yet none of it could take away the coldness from her delicate countenance."... Hello?"Brienne immediately replied to the person who responded from the other line,"It's me. I'm currently not in a good mood,
Ten minutes later...After sacrificing a part of her layered dress sleeves to some splashes of fruit liquor in a staged collision, Brienne finally managed to have Eithan accompany her to a break room. Of course, not without receiving a frosty glare from the other. She honestly admired the guts of the man as he was the very first actor to do so. She must admit, the experience was refreshing. But does he have the rights? She wondered, an amused smile never leaving her crimson petal-like lips."I was not informed that even the elder sister of our Queen of Primetime is an excellent actress..."Coldness seeped out of the man's eyes and for a split-second, Brienne Middleton felt as though she saw a tall behemoth staring down at her. Her lashes batted down a few couples of times. The pressure emitted from the handsome actor's body didn't seem forced or faked.The personal attendant by her side seemed offended but the woman herself unconsciously smiled, the mole
Many people had been left conflicted in that night. Two of them happened to be the famous Middleton half-sisters, Irene and Brienne. The latter, a couple of minutes after the extremely known actor excused himself from the breakroom, received an anonymous phone call which was actually from a lady bridging Brienne with the mercenary group from the C-Empire. That time, all her personal assistants and guards had been asked to go out of the room so nobody knew what went on inside. Everyone could only make countless speculations in their brains, guessing just what kind of bad news did the First Miss received as to become very cranky when they left the place. As for Irene, while escorted by Aura and Sarmiento, she almost didn't manage to restrain herself from throwing a warning to Brienne through one of her assistants. She got badly shaken by the realization that her so capable sister had started to suspect who Eithan really was. Driven by the fear that a person dear to her would be stolen a
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" he asked while holding her up with one hand as to not let her completely collapsed on the moist ground.'... Her temperature is quite high.'The unnatural warmness transmitting to his palm despite the layer of clothing in between their skin made him flinch a bit. 'A fever? So this is why she's not acting like herself?'Then Irene spoke up again, her voice sounding so sultry with it being accompanied by her audible breathing."... I just want you to know... that I am not really about to fall."The man held both her shoulders since her knees seemed to be failing her. Irene was so close to him when she gave him a tearful smile. It was very beautiful, but due to her reddening face and few beads of sweat on her forehead, she appeared so weak yet... alluring?In the next moment, all crazy thoughts that he was having flew over the reddish horizon when she laughingly said, "I'm telling you, my knees are not really failing me. I was planning to kneel down."The ma
He was about to walk outside to fetch himself a glass of cold water when his eyes flickered to the woman who should be sleeping in the bed. He saw that her eyes were wide awake.She was actually not asleep?Eithan' eyebrows almost met in the middle. 'Don't tell me all this time, she's watching me?'"Sleep," he barked.The woman who fell sick due to excessively cooling her head last night under the cold water shivered. Despite this though, she defiantly met his rigid eyes and even flipped to the sides to face him. "I'm not a kid. So don't order me around. Also, my body only needs rest and I'm getting it aplenty as I lie down here."Eithan went out to get a pitcher of water and some glasses. When he got back, the woman teasingly told him it was a good thing that he was acting comfortably in her home."If I may say, rest your eyes too, Miss Middleton. You don't have to be so guarded. Aura is just outside, and she's checking on you every ten minutes."He didn't know if it was the effect o
Irene could not believe her eyes and she watched as the man's lips curled into a dangerous yet sexy grin."... Good thing that you are sick. Just in case, my expectation is not met, we can easily turn this stupid test into a mere nightmare. I won't lose anything, and nothing would change between us..."'What?'A word that failed to escape out of her.Her eyes widened as Eithan glanced down to his left wrist and raised the sharp object a third of a meter away from it. If his other hand descends to that undefended wrist in a very fast manner...She inwardly shook her head, laughing at the ridiculous thought.Why would he even do that? What did he say again? No, she was merely thinking of a very silly possibility, right?Yet, at the next second that came, that silly possibility did happen.Darkness consumed her whole system and the shriek she let out was so ear-piercing and horrifying. Before she knew it, her body had gotten out of the comforter and rushed towards him."NOOOOOOOO!"But b
When Eithan got out of the woman's home, 98, his shady AI spoke to him with a very repentant voice.Eithan merely laughed.'Oh? You know how to say sorry? Great news instead.'He shook his head and smiled. 'I'm fine, thanks. It's me who is being stupid earlier.'The childish resident of his brain went silent for some time before probingly asking,He shook his head one more time, remembering what recently took place at Irene Middleton's house.A test...Eithan was simply moved by the woman's affection for him, therefore, he tried to give her a chance, to show her what kind of being he currently was, and what he could do.It was a decision done out of whim, or some expectation that maybe it would be okay to be close to somebody for once, if she would accept what she would see. The affection was not there yet. But he believed it was something that could be worked out with as long as there were a will and intention. He laughed. Maybe a part of him was just so lonely and wounded that it wi