“Hm? What? No. It’s still a kiss, Eine.” Delta didn’t know what their giggling meant, but she caught how Wolfram massaged his forehead at the answer they gave. “What is this? Why are you demonstrating kisses to them?” Wolfram just sighed and asked the mother, who latterly leaned her weight against him. “Did they ask you what qualifies as a kiss?” Delta turned to him and stared at his handsome face from such a close proximity. Wolfram’s eyes were pinned on her, and they stayed quiet for a few seconds before Delta looked away as if distracting herself. She placed her head on his shoulder. “Eine, did they say which kiss they saw?” The giggling twins twitched and looked at each other. Eine then shook her head at the question. “No, Mommy. They only said it was a kiss.” “That’s right.” Delta pointed to her forehead. “What happens when someone gives you a boo-boo here? Do you not cry and ask Mommy to fix it?” “…you should have told me he gave you a boo-boo. I will give him a bigger one.
“My hatred is not that easy to invoke.” Delta chuckled and cradled his face in her hands. “You opened a void in me that I once filled with nothing but solitude. I don’t think you are allowed to leave me now unscathed. Say, Wolfram, if a problematic person asks for your heart, what will you tell them?” “Do you want my whole life with it?” Delta was surprised by the answer, but Wolfram caught her lips with his own again. The wildness of their previous kiss returned, and it had gotten noisier with all the moaning coming from her. Unlike the first two times, she started to feel lust from how they held each other. What was worse was that… it was coming from her instead. Wolfram brought her to one of the frosted glass walls and pressed her against it with his body. The water from the warm shower kept competing with the heat inside their bodies. Steam began to fog as Wolfram’s breath wheezed through his hungry kisses on her jaw, neck, or wherever his head was. His hand began to feel her
“Hm? Oh, you’re right…” Delta remembered that their contract would indeed hold, but her children would want to see a church wedding. “Sure, don’t worry. We’ll be waiting for you.”She patted her daughter’s head and said goodbye to them both. Wolfram was talking to Avalon at the side, so the wife just glanced at them before leaving them to their own business. Soon enough, Wolfram joined her inside the car.…It was supposed to be another busy day in Marcille, but Delta couldn’t help but distract herself with her thoughts. She was only thirty this year, but she already became a mother eight years ago. Still, she considered herself young and at the age to marry.What happened last night was the first time in a long while. In fact, she had never experienced anything like that with her previous husband. She was getting the right firsts with Wolfram, and she knew how much she would collapse if he was taken away from her.If this was the old her, she would have been scared to continue. She w
“Yeah, a few things would happen now and then, so the biggest names barely do anything to attract the attention of the people. This is the biggest among the parties these days.” The other reporter only chuckled. “Who knows what will happen if we stick around? We might find something very interesting.”“I hope it will be worth a news flash.” The first reporter chuckled before looking as another car pulled up by the entrance. Another couple came out, and they seemed to be high-rollers from the diamonds on the woman’s body. However, the cameramen only took photos.“This is going to be a slow night…” she whispered again.Just as she said it, her partner quietly shuffled, trying not to alarm anyone else. He left his supposed perfect spot to find a place close to the entrance. The reporter frowned at the movements of her partner but still followed him.Before she spoke, he turned to her and quietly reached out to tame her hair that was being blown by the subtle breeze. He then whispered, “Q
“What?” Finlay asked, but he received the panna cotta. Wolfram only handed the third glass to Delta, who just finished her macaron. He then took her away as if making use of the confusion to escape. After walking past Finlay, he ended up covering his mouth with the back of his hand. He couldn’t be caught giggling like a child. Delta did the same, only with the glass of panna cotta. Everyone else figured it out. Delta and Wolfram Colton were not invited; they simply gatecrashed this party after they heard about it! That was it! Finlay Baker was not that powerful! As for Finlay, he was stuck replaying those words in his mind. It was not that he was dumb, but it was more that his mind was not working well tonight. The party was stressful all over. Spotting gatecrashers was not an uncommon thing; he just didn’t reali
“Huh? Are you still thinking about the chick in green?” Gendry just asked to at least hint at an explanation. However, the detective didn’t dismiss them. He answered, “Well, he did say he’s not showing his face because he’s a wanted man. Bastet really sounds like she knows Imho is a criminal. Coming here in a believable disguise should be a piece of cake for him. Also, he was like ‘I’ll steal your husband’ when Bastet mentioned a transformation. I think he did come as a woman.” He looked up with a mischievous grin, his phone in one hand. “So, does he look hot? Or is he really ugly? Come on, say it. Let’s tell Cleo about it. She will hunt down Imho in the crowd for sure.” “…wow, I thought you’d find it ridiculous, Detectiv
“Boo!” Delta came up behind Janelle and teased her with a surprise. The woman gasped in shock before meeting Delta’s big smile. The mother greeted her, “Hello!” “Wait… what?” Janelle was so shocked. Even Xander’s eyes grew wild upon seeing the two people he didn’t want to meet lately. Wolfram just crossed around the seats and sat where he did earlier before they heard the others coming. “The world is small. You don’t have to be that shocked.” Janelle turned to the future brother-in-law and smiled. She just picked a seat next to Delta and pulled Xander with her. Then again, she also wanted to sit next to Brian. She cried, “Wait, why do I only have two sides?” “It’s okay. I’ll just sit close by.” Brian laughed and waved a hand to dismiss her worries. However, his smile
Janelle and Finlay raced to his side, assisting the old man. The male started: “I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to impose on your schedule, Osiris. I just thought you’d be too busy to attend.” The old man chuckled. “It’s all right. Hmm, Anubis reached out to me that we are all invited. Since you will be all here, I figured I should come, too. Hehe, I like seeing and talking to young people. This is nice.” “Why did you call Anubis ‘Commander’ once and then by his handle the next…?” Brian asked as they all watched them assist Osiris to the closest seat from the door. Khepri even moved to give the seat. “Hm? Oh,. I see… so it was him. No wonder he could simply contact me.” Osiris laughed and nodded as he sat down. He could practically move on his own, but he didn’t want to scold people for showing respect to the elderly
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