Foxley’s mood didn’t dampen. He got off the couch and started scanning a few things in the MVP lounge. After all, a lot of things were on display, and he didn’t know all of them. Eine soon joined him to make sure Foxley wouldn’t break the device lent to him.
“Is that safe?” Delta asked the squad member, who only chased them with his eyes for a few seconds.
“That’s just a scanner, director. We normally use that to identify people and other devices. It can also pick up hidden cameras and electromagnetic signals.” The man regarded the mother. “I left it on scanning mode, so it should be fine. If he figures out how to hack into the locks, well… he’s quite the child. Commander will like him some more.”
Delta smiled at the person. She just deci
“Perhaps.” Delta only nodded at the frightened boy. “Sorry, Foxley is even labeled destructive. He’s already feeling bad, and the deputy raised his voice at my son.”The director only chuckled. “I’m guessing he’s also the one who triggered the alarm. Don’t worry, little champ. You’re welcome here. Hm, I can’t let you hold loaded guns, but let’s see what you want to check out. You, too, Eine. Don’t be shy.”Delta and Vanya walked behind the kids and the director. The mother glanced at the squad member. “Is this not a bad thing? I think they’re too young to see these.”“They’re now part of the Colton family. Even Commander was exposed to these things when he was just a child.” Vanya chuckled. “
With a smile on his lips, Wolfram took a sip of his coffee. He was beginning to see why Delta would lose it every time she logs into this chatroom. Those simple people were too ridiculous to bully just by a few keystrokes. Not that they were angry at the person hacking them; they would just beg the other person to stop. What made things strange was that, out of all of them, the only person he couldn’t hack back was Imhotep. The network he was on was too complicated for Wolfram to do on his own. As for Sobek, the guy was even letting Wolfram in without guards. However, the other was trying to trap him inside. Wolfram was in his office, but all he was doing that morning was getting into the nerves of everyone in the server. He already had a compiled report as to who they were, but he was not hoping to spill all of that without a reason. After all, he just wanted to be a bit despicable. “Hm, there’s a new person online today,” Wolfram murmured as he put all his meetings off for the mo
Delta was listening to their conversation by a bug she placed on the table. She didn’t know why those two were quite very confident even if the brother was already abducted. She wondered if Foxley and Eine would have to sit through these kinds of faces in case they would get taken. No, Delta would never let Brandon find them and take them. He wouldn’t even take them if he could just…“Move. I want to see him.” A shapely woman walked towards Delta, with the secretary visibly warning Delta from saying something unnecessary. However, Delta took it more of a sign not to talk at all.She stared at the office lady before her as she was standing in front of the inner office. The woman’s big bosom was unapologetically edging from the suit jacket’s lapels. Her top two buttons were even left open to reveal a generous amount of skin. Any man would feel gravitated into letting her in their office as soon as she shows up.However, Delta knew that Wolfram had no time for women like this. The man w
After a few moments of chatting with the people in the chatroom, Wolfram didn’t even mind having Delta sitting on his lap anymore. The wife was also working on her tablet as if she didn’t have a man underneath. It was a strange sight for Yuri, who just stayed there and enjoyed his drink. He had his own tablet to work on.For an hour, everyone stayed unmoving aside from Delta, who decided to slide off to the side so she could sit a lot more properly. She didn’t forget to lean on Wolfram as if he was part of the couch.Ring! Ring! Yuri’s phone began to ring. He took it out and attracted the attention of the two others as he answered the call. “Mariska, have you settled down now?”[“I tried calling your office first to see if you’re busy. Your secretary
The woman stared straight at the man opposite her. Her smile was slightly losing its curvature, but her mind kept on weighing the consequences of her words—her answers. Soon enough, Delta dropped her gaze to her food. “…I probably wouldn’t dare if Wolfram didn’t cage me.”Yuri chuckled. “Wolfram has his ways of getting what he wants. I just didn’t realize he would get too obsessed with you from the very day you met. He even placed marriage on the table without discussions.”Delta nodded and continued eating in silence with Yuri. When they were done, she just rang for the agent to take their used plates away. She also worked on packing important documents for the three meetings she had with different people. By then, she remembered something and stared in Yuri’s direction.
Clapping! She didn’t think those old men would clap for her, but she took it as them agreeing with the changes she was going to force Marcille to undergo. After all, as long as Yuri was letting her place her hands on the Colton family’s resources to get rid of Brandon, she would have to give something back.It was the same trade she had with Wolfram—the safety of her children for a wife he could cherish.“You were so amazing, Mrs. Colton!” The secretary with her gave a big smile as they left the conference room. “If this was… I mean, we would never think someone can do it better!”“Thank you. Can you bring this back to the office for me? I’ll head back a bit later to collect the ones for the next meeting.” Delta didn’t patroni
It’s just that Delta found herself sitting on the CEO’s desk way past working hours. The people in her office were all waiting for her to leave, but she was still sitting there. She had done everything she needed to attend to for the day, and yet… and yet…“Vanya, are you there?” Delta made use of a special radio to contact some members of the Red Core. However, she failed to hear anything from him. She then changed the frequency and got someone from the outpost to answer her. It’s just that the radio frequency was rather dead as well.Delta frowned and brought down her radio. She then made use of Wolfram’s personal laptop while accessing the dating app from her phone.…In the House of Ra s
Delta put on the mask and shook her head. “We just need to give them the space for extraction. After all, they are the ones on a rescue mission already. Is there a report about Charlie 4?”The same man nodded. “Charlie 4 is alive and secured… but not by the Red Core. We got to him first. He was left to die as if Rameses was so sure no one would go after him aside from his family.”“To be honest, it’s not that much of a stretch to say you’re wrong,” another person disagreed. “The Red Core is too much of a handful for Rameses without the House of Ra. It’s easier to see that he didn’t have enough brain cells left to spare for Charlie 4.”“Oh, that sucks.” The first one to speak laughed. He then faced Delta. “Boss, whenever
Feet shuffled as someone ran up to the main lobby. There were giggles in her mouth as she ran around like a small child let loose in their new house. It was just that… it was not their new house. Delta just incredibly missed the majestic visage of the Blue Moon Estate.Instead of having the honeymoon right after the wedding, Delta asked to have it moved to another month—or even at the end of the year. After all, Wolfram was still undergoing physical therapy for his body. She also needed to catch up with work to snatch Zenon’s seat on the board.Nah, Trisha knew how to be kind even if she was like an old witch. Delta long forgot to zero in on Zenon’s seat. Yuri should just pick someone else’s.“Delta, aren’t you a little too giddy?” Wolfram laughed a little as he called out from the door. He was also caught perusing the door of his real house. Ever since they received that threat toward Eine and Foxley, they had relocated to the Willow House. It was nothing but a safe house prepared f
Even though the newlyweds escaped the church, Trisha was sure that they would return for the reception. She was making rounds to see the food served to the guests, but she only heard everyone discussing a few things about the wedding. They talked about the venue, the other guests, Delta’s angelic entrance… the children, the wedding vows, and the willful escape.Some matrons and maidens gossiped about the children a lot. It was evident in their vows that Delta’s little angels were not Wolfram’s children. However, the two kids would say ‘Daddy Wolfie’ every time.“Trisha, when are they returning?” Janelle stealthily went to her side and offered her a drink as an excuse. “We still have to tell Delta about the thing.”“Psh, do you think I’m not ready? Delta already knows about the plan.” Trisha huffed and still took the drink Janelle gave her. She sipped on it and waved her hand to make Janelle scarce. They shouldn’t be caught talking, or else people might get the wrong idea.Just as Jane
Chatters returned with squeals and cooing as the flower girls and the ringbearers came. Eine and Regina were like little fairies scattering the flower petals. Even if guests could not bring their children, the bride and groom’s family still had theirs. After all, these three had a role to play.Foxley walked next to Gulper, the dog carrying a pillow on its back. Gulper even had a suit that matched its owner’s clothes. The rings were on the pillow, encased in a glass box for people on the aisle to see. It was a pair of white rings with diamonds and gold linings.The music soon died down before the bridal theme started playing. However, instead of the normal song, what played was an old song only a few could recall. Wolfram figured it was that one song Delta liked listening to while she was waiting for Carolus to come home when they were still children.“Here she comes…” “Oh, my God… her gown is so gorgeous…”The people stood for the coming of the bride. When the doors opened again, the
The wares vendor hid behind her stand, but Delta still came to hand one to her. She didn’t do much for Delta’s mental well-being, but she was the first one who would lend Delta money when she needed to loan some to make ends meet.Delta still smiled at her, so the third vendor only chuckled nervously. “I’m really sorry. I just thought you grew so ungrateful and left without a word…”“A wedding? I guess you’re doing well. That’s good.” The man was eating the strawberries he bought while listening to them. He even offered some to Delta. “I’m also happy for you… even if you don’t know me at all.”“Don’t know? But I remember all my repeat customers. Thank you for buying a crate every time.” Delta also smiled at the man. However, she didn’t have any invitation for him. It was not like he expected one as well. She just indulged him by asking for one strawberry.…Days after…Delta kept on twirling in her room as she waited for the ceremony to start. She was already suited in her wedding gow
The solemn greeting of the maids echoed to the stairwell where Delta was. Instead of heading back to the home office, she changed direction and went to greet her husband. She descended the stairs and found him walking home after another day of physical therapy.Unlike what Delta thought, even his blades burned against his skin that time. Not only the obvious spot had third-degree burns. For Wolfram to regain his ambidexterity and attack speed, he needed to do a lot of physical therapy. Of course, it came with frustration and exhaustion.Wolfram walked with his eyes closed, so it was fairly easy for Delta to catch him with her own body. When he bumped into her, he only gasped softly and whined upon seeing the bright smile on her lips.“Delta, have you finished with the guest list?” Wolfram wrapped his arms around her shoulders as she did the same on his waist. “You also look mischievous. Are you doing something strange?”“No, nothing strange.” She giggled as she then moved to show him
The sound of papers shifting conquered the room as two men were looking through them. Some were letters of congratulations as if hoping they would be invited to the wedding. Yuri had devised this thing when he married Mariska. Only those who could give the nicest wedding gifts were allowed to come to his wedding. Since Zenon did the same, everyone assumed Wolfram would not break tradition.Delta was working on customizing the letters to respond to the rest, while Finlay and Gendry were on the soft carpet. The two were going through the offers; one was grading their realism, while the other was running checks on whoever sent them. Delta could ask Angeline to go through them, but she needed that secretary to handle more things required by the company.She then chuckled as she took a break from typing. Delta gazed at the two working hard on drawing out a list of candidates. The woman would have to run it through Colton Industries afterward. After all, she needed to see which were blackli
Carolus glared at him before shaking his head in helplessness. These old people should just have their fun from time to time if they like. Shezmu just laughed at the poor person before looking at the tombstones. “So, this is where you always go to when you vanish. Sheesh, if not for Red Core, we won’t even find you.”Carolus turned to his other side and watched Khepri slowly sit down because of his awful injuries. Babi was also there, as well as three more older members of the House of Ra. He all remembered them as active operatives even before he became one—aside from Babi. They were also well-acquainted with Kathy as if they all grew up under her care.Babi hugged her knees and placed her chin on them. “What kind of lady is Ms. Kathy? Since you’re not going back here anymore, I think today’s the only day worth talking about her. Also, we still have a lot of time before the sun sets.”“Yeah, it’s better than you speaking to a tombstone… unless we’re actually imposing on you.” Khepri
Yuri was the first one to react and laugh while the rest of the men’s brows furrowed deeper. Trisha’s eyes bulged out on Delta, while Mariska went straight to pinching the woman’s face. Janelle only covered her mouth with a hand as if she knew what was happening.“It’s nice to find that Delta is indeed mentally sound as well.” Yuri only giggled as he saw what the women did to the spoiled little sister. “We’ll just leave when your friends start coming. For now, let’s discuss a few things.”“Foxley, Eine, Regina, let’s find pretty flowers for these two. Look at how sad their room is.” Trisha gathered the kids, who were also concerned about the lack of flowers. They left the room in an instant as if on a mission. The second Mrs. Colton just whispered a few things to her husband before she walked out of the door entirely.Yuri eyed the door close before assuming a seat on the visitor stool no one was using. “Congratulations on completing one of your most difficult tasks, Delta. Now that y
Delta moved her weak hands to hold the phone on her own. She wanted to get into a more comfortable position than straining her neck. “Wolfie, how are you? Does anywhere hurt more than your heart? You didn’t ask the children to visit you, right?”[“No, Sobek made the call to the Willow House earlier. I spoke to them like this.”] Wolfram made a helpless sigh. [“Delta, you come back here walking and well, okay? Five weeks might not be enough for us to recover fully. If anything, I want to get married without any IV drips anywhere.”]“Oh, don’t worry. I’ll make sure to hide those under your clothes.” Delta laughed and made Wolfram pout bigger. She then moved her hand in front of the screen as if caressing his face without touching the screen. “I can’t wait to come back to you…”Wolfram dropped his sour face and smiled at his wife. [“If I recover faster than you, can I visit you there? It should be safe enough, yes?”]Delta shook her head. “I don’t want to get stuck here for days. Maybe we