If Luca used to spend all of his time at work and at home, his daily activities now include dating his sweetheart Tilaine Doukas. The woman is the daughter of a well-known composer and music producer Xander Clay Doukas, and one of the seven grandchildren of the Underground Society's founder, Senior Klimt True Knight dela Vega. Of course, Tilainel was unaware of her late grandfather's previous life, and Luca had no intention of informing her. Even his membership in the organization is something he intends to keep hidden from her.
Tilaine is kind and friendly, like the woman's father, Luca sees her talent in the field of music. He had heard her sing once and he was really impressed by her angelic voice. He'd heard her sing before and was blown away by her angelic voice. He asked her why she chose to be a model despite the fact that she was better at music.
Tilaine responded, "There is no model in our family yet, I just want to be different," and then she laughed.
A Few Months Later. . . .When Luca saw Samantha's frustrated expression, he repeatedly shook his head. His stepmother frowned as she talked on the phone, one hand on her hip, and walked back and forth. Her stepmother appears to be annoyed with whoever she is speaking with."Gosh! I totally forgot about the traffic here!" she complained when walking closer to him. "My driver is not going to arrive on time. Is it okay if we just take a cab? ""Yeah..." Actually, he was about to suggest to his stepmother that they take a taxi. The problem is that she is arguing with the other line."Okay, great! Where are we?""It's only 10pm. I'm sure my siblings are still at Casa de Lujuria. You want to meet them right?""Of course! I want to meet them; how can I invite them to my party if I don't deal with them? I, too, need their approval, just like you." Luca rolled his eyes. She's so proud to gain his trust. Tsk, what else can he expect? Sama
Carnation had no idea dancing could be so much fun and ecstasy. She used to dance in high school, but she no longer feels euphoric when she performs in front of a large crowd. She used to dance because it was what she had to do. But she now feels vibrant and beautiful. Maybe it’s because he just lacks love for the things she used to do before. Perhaps she isn't giving her all because she doesn't feel enough love for what she does.She has had a lot of life realizations because of what has happened to her in the last few months. But it didn't include her remorse for falling in love with Wregan. He loved her, and she loved Wregan; it's just that they didn't love each other enough to end their relationship so quickly. Because if they truly love each other, as they always say.He'd never fool her, and if she truly loved Wregan, she'd never let another woman touch her man. She must have stopped them. But no, instead of revealing herself, she turned away an
Carnation enters the elevator grumpily and heads to the floor where Fast's office, a.k.a. Mr. Lust's office is located. She's been trying to avoid going to that office for a few months now, and because of Fast, she was no choice but to go there and get that f*cking laptop. Ugh! She doesn't want to go there, she might remember that night again.Carnation was in the elevator with some niña, and they were all gossiping about this certain man. But because they were whispering, she couldn't understand much of what they were saying. They're giggling like high school girls watching the basketball team's star player.In comparison to the main floor, there were fewer people walking around on this floor, which housed Luca's former office. This is the floor of the paper workers, as well as the room where physical tests are administered; it's more like no life and the most boring floor in Casa de Lujuria.Carnation stopped in front of the double wooden doors. S
"Isn't it your day off today?" Carnation raised an eyebrow when she heard what one of her coworkers said. "Why did you come today even though you had the day off?" the woman added.Carnation faced the woman, her arms crossed. "So, what about it?" she asked boldly. The woman, as well as the other niñas in the waiting room, were shocked by her response. Carnation, unlike those girls who like to join groups and circles, is a quiet person and prefers to fly alone"I-I was just asking, okay?" Carnation sighed. She expected the woman to hit her and start a fight with her. Well, she's in the mood for mischief. She wanted a fight because she was enraged by what happened in Mr. Lust's office."I have a special booking tonight," Carnation spoke softly this time. "If only I could be in the house now and sleeping, I would have stayed in the house," she says, "but I have no choice but to work," Carnation added and turned her back to the womens. Tsk! She'll just hang o
When the young man remained silent for a few seconds, Carnation spoke up, "What? You're not going to say anything? Because if you're not, you can leave me alone." However, Luca remained silent.Disappointed. Carnation shook her head in disbelief. Maybe what she said to him earlier, which was similar to his friend Wregan, a cheater, really hit home. Because if he's a sensible man, he will not try to kiss him. For Pete's sake! He has a girlfriend. Can't men be content with just one woman?"I'm sorry..." Carnation's attempt to leave the young man failed, and she instead frowned at what he said."I'm sorry? I'm sorry because you're a cheater?" She sarcastically laughed as the young man's mouth tightened. What? Is he angry because she was correct?"That's not true. But I want to say... I'm sorry." Carnation's mouth tightened this time because of what the young man said. "It's not my intention for you to believe that I'm cheating on my girlfriend with you."&nbs
Luca's eyes could not leave the side of the ballroom where Carnation was. He saw how the expression on her face changed when Samantha announced about him and Tilaine. He gave her a friendly smile, but she frowned even more. She took a goblet of wine from the tray of a passing waiter. She drank the entire contents of the glass she was holding all at once. He waited for Carnation to look at him again, but she didn't; she's avoiding their side.Damn. She tells him all the time that she doesn't care about him, but Carnation acts otherwise. Why can't she just be honest with him about how she feels? That's all he's waiting for, her confession, and Luca will do anything for her."Is that her?" Tilaine asked curiously looking at Carnation."Yeah""She's pretty," the woman commented. Tilaine crossed her arms. "I no longer wonder why you're so crazy over her.""It's too bad she's still not over him," Luca said, referring to Wregan. To be honest, he can tell
"I come straight from the airport," Wregan said sadly to Carnation, tiredness and stress were visible on his handsome face. He doesn't appear to have slept yet, as evidenced by his blackened eye bags."W-what are you doing here?" Carnation asked, taking a step away from him. She was aware that she did not have asthma. But why couldn't she breathe properly, and why had her knees suddenly lost strength?"Babe, can you talk to me now? I've given you the space you needed, and I let you think for months. Can you give me your time now? Hear me out... Please?" Carnation's heartaches by the young man's pleading, but it seems impossible to be completely shaken by his words of pleading now."Get out of my sight, Wregan.""No!" Wregan shook his head repeatedly. "Not until you listen to my explanation," he said, taking her hand in his. Carnation fought back, but the young man was stronger. He dragged her out of the hotel. Wregan dragged her until they reached the sma
As he hid and listened to Carnation and Wregan's conversation, Luca's jaw tightened. He wanted to show himself, but he didn't think it was right for him to get involved in the conflict between the two. His covert listening was enough."I never had an affair with her; please believe me, babe," Wregan said this while kneeling and pleading with Carnation, who was crying. She is deafeningly silent."After you left the house, I tried to run after you, but my mother wouldn't let me leave the mansion, and we even argued before I finally left the mansion with Kara." Wregan held out both of Carnation's hands, and she just let Wregan hold her.Luca, on the other hand, clenched his jaw even more as he watched the two."I prepared a surprise for you, and Kara was the one who helped me with the preparation, which is why I didn't pick you up and was with Kara when we arrived at the mansion.""My plan that day was to take you to the rooftop after we visited my mo
"I thought you're the one who's gonna pick me up?" Wregan sensed that his girlfriend was sulking. He secretly smiled but immediately wiped it out of his lips. "Yeah, I'm sorry. I think I won't be able to finish this immediately. I'll just see you in the house.""Okay.. I understand." Carnation sweetly said but he's sure that his girlfriend is already in a sour mood. Damn, he needs to make it up to her later. "Okay. I'll see you later.""Bye–" he immediately ended the call when he saw Kara with a sales lady. "Here, this is the only thing I saw that can fit her. The stones of the other rings are too AO." The lady presented a beautiful ring in front of him. "I like it. Simple yet perfectly beautiful." He commented that it made his best friend smile. "Just like her, right? That's how detailed you describe her to me.""Yeah.. Just like her." There was a smile on his lips when he answered. "I'm so excited to meet her in person." Kara smiled as she said that. Tonight, Wregan is plannin
Carnation's POV"Hi," Wregan greeted me with a little smile. My grip on the glass of water tightened. "I'm glad that you finally gave up hiding from me." If only I had the strength to be like Captain America I might have broken the glass in my hand with my grip on it so tightly. The thickness of his face, he has the guts to tell me that even though it all started with him."I'm not hiding from you, it's just that my stomach can't handle watching your cheating face in front me," I calmly yet firmly said. I glared back at him. I won't let myself lose to him this time, even though it hurts, I won't let him see my vulnerable state right in front of him. His jaw clenched. "Will you believe me if I'll tell you that nothing happened between me and Kar–""Don't even mention that b*tch's name." His gaze on me sharpened. Seems like he didn't like what I just called the woman he loves. The fuck, it's because of these bastards thag swearing became my hobby. "Nothing happened," he insisted bu
Carnation's POVI lost consciousness due to chest tightness, I had difficulty breathing, and when I woke up it was dawn. I forced myself to get up to go down to the first floor. There I caught up with Wregan sleeping on the long sofa with no top on. I never saw Kara again, no trace of the woman in the whole flat.I sneaked out. I couldn’t stand Wregan’s presence, I just remembered the sh*t that he made last night. I left his condo with only my cellphone and wallet. Opposite the condominium building I hailed a taxi and drove to St. Luke’s, I hung out and ate breakfast at a nearby fast food chain.I no longer care if other customers look at me. How can they not when I am crying while eating? To the extent that my tears have become my rice soup.I stayed in that fast food chain for god knows how long as long as I knew my ass was getting thicker after a few hours of sitting. The staff didn't bother telling me off either so I stayed there first even though I looked like a fool. I
Petunia's POV"KISS! KISS! KISS!" I couldn’t help but roll my eyes because of the screams of the guests. I was even more irritated by the sound of goblets being beaten with utensils. A waiter passed in front of me. I took from its carrying tray a glass of Negroni, a cocktail drink. I took a sip from my drink, and I immediately tasted the delicious mixture of vermouth rosso, campari and gin."Whooa !!" The guests shouted again when the newlyweds accepted their request for a kiss. My jaw clenched and held the negroni glass tightly.The scene was stressing me out! Too painful in the eyes, especially in my heart. Why did I even go to this wedding? Annoyed, I drank the rest of my glass, and when the waiter passed by again, I took another serve of wine."Aren't you going to get drunk with that?" I raised an eyebrow at what I heard. I faced the man who spoke behind me. It was Wregan Leath, a friend of the groom like me. But we are not close to each other, they are in a different c
Wregan's POV"I was surprised to learn that you will be visiting here at home." A beautiful woman approached us. I couldn't help but get a second look at her face. She was like a living Barbie doll talking and walking in front of me. What's her name again? Tilaine? I've heard her name before. If I'm not mistaken she was the woman Luca had a relationship with in New York back then. I was not aware that she was a Doukas. Who is she among the Doukas sisters? I wonder."I'm sorry. It's just that Wregan is insistent, I don't have a choice because this jerk is too stubborn," Kara apologized to her cousin. I, on the other hand, just smiled sheepishly. What will I say?"I see. Daddy is already waiting in his office. Will you all come inside?" Tilaine asked. I still couldn’t help but stare at her beautiful face."No. Only the three of them will come inside to talk to your daddy," Primus replied and pointed at me, Luca and Carnation."Okay. You can come with me, guys." She led the way an
Luca's POVI was bathing on my own barf when I woke up on the couch of a living room. The place is unfamiliar and I can’t remember how I got to this place. This place looks like a condo of someone, but who could it be? I knew no one who could take me to this place, and especially I had no friends at university to take care of a drunk like me."You're awake…"I looked up to see the man, he looks familiar yet I can't remember exactly who he is--wait, I remember. "You were one of those weirdos," I claimed pointing at him. I can't be wrong, he's with the man who always follows me wherever I go. I can't definitely be wrong."If those guys out there you were referring to, yes. I'm one of them. It's hard to accept but those crazy people are my friends." He was referring to the men on the balcony of the unit, they seemed to be arguing."Your friends are crazy….""I know right." He chuckled and sat down on the other end of the couch where I was sitting. "I'm Gregory Zahied. I’m not actual
Sloan’s POV"This is Wregan Leath and Gludox Portoni, my fuck'n bestfriends. They were the ones that I've been telling you about,those guys who were a chick magnet!" I examined the two gorgeous men Primus introduced to me.I first noticed the almost perfect face of the man he called Wregan. Like me, he's absolutely tall, but I’m sure I’m a few centimeters taller than him. He has eyes like fox and tiger, fierce, sharp and seems to be hiding a lot of things but it also looks full of pleasure when its eyes sparkle. His nose was a perfect shape with a small mole on the lower end. I won’t be surprised if it’s true that he's considered a casanova. It's already obvious in his presence. I then looked at the man Primus called Gludox. Its skin is so white that it seems to have beaten snow white to whiteness; it is a little shorter than Wregan and I, but Primus is still shorter than this man. It has a charming cat-like appearance but is unreliable. His cuteness is like something cute but d
Carnation’s POV"Are you sure?" Samantha asked when I declined her offer to take me to the bus station.“No, I'm still going to the library. I have to borrow books for my report on Friday,” I explained and smiled at him.She frowned and forced herself to nod. "Alright, but tomorrow, we'll be the one to drive you home okay? Take care on your way, you know perverts nowadays are lurking around!" I nodded and waved at her. She went inside her service car and waved at me through the window. I went back to the school building to go to the library. I actually have a report on Friday and I need some materials to use. I was at the library for a while, I just borrowed books and then went home."Seems like it's about to rain," I said to myself and looked up at the sky. I just hope the rain won't continue to come because I don't have an umbrella to use. I took a deep breath before quickly running towards gate 2 of the school, because it was closer to the bus stop if I took that route. I only tak
“I really like this place. How old is this house? ” he asked and looked around the cave house. Luca and I had just returned from the Philippines after their honeymoon in Istanbul and Georgia, and here they immediately went straight to its cave house in Cagayan Valley.“7 years? I did this after I built my house in Luzon. You want wine? ” He nodded in response to its question. It was in the kitchen and he was in the living room looking at the paintings on the wall. The husband tells him it sold the paintings at an underground auction."It's been a long time," he commented and faced the biggest picture. He suddenly remembered that the tank of one of Luca's pet snakes was hidden behind the picture. With full courage, he approached the painting and pressed the button there to see the cage."Who took care of him when you were in New York?" he