Lucy’s stone-cold eyes met with Robin’s surprised face.Both went silent unable to speak a word.Noir also looked at her with a surprised face.When tried to speak up, the driver asked, “Why aren’t you getting in? I’ll start driving, the other two passengers are late.”“We’ll get in right away,” Henry replied.“Please move a little,” he said to Robin.Lucy grabbed him by the hand, stopping him.Henry looked at her with confusion.“We aren’t getting in this taxi.”“Please leave,” she said to the driver.“Weird people. Then why did you waste my time anyway?”.“Anyway!”.The driver started the engine and drove away.Before Robin was able to say anything, the car drove past Lucy who kept staring at them.“S-stop the car, please!” begged Robin, banging at the window.“Don’t!” Noir held onto his hand, stopping him from stopping the car.He gave a puzzled expression back.“What are you doing?”.“We should wait for them, Lucy is-“.“Out with her colleague. I could see that very much well.” No
Henry and Lucy stood beside each other watching the car drive away.Her eyes followed the car. Henry tapped on her shoulder, drawing her attention to him.“What?”.“Don’t mind me but, wasn’t that your husband?”.“Who’s that girl? His sister or something?”.Something struck her heart when he asked her that question.She stared down at her feet, then replied, “She’s not her sister. She’s his childhood friend.”“Childhood friend? Oh, that’s why she was sitting so close to him.”“But, didn’t he inform you that he’s going out or something?”.“You were surprised to see him for a second, weren’t you?”.“That’s…..”.She was unable to reply to his question, cause that was not possible for her to answer it.“I’m sorry to interrupt your private matters,” Henry apologized.“You don’t need to answer it.”“Anyway, let’s go and catch a taxi. We are late. Lunch break will be over soon.”She nodded. “You don’t need to apologize for anything.”“But, I also went out without informing her about it. I’m a
Lucy and Henry reached the office. While the meeting started, Lucy had been all silent. Henry was explaining the reports to Zoe, Nick, and Chelsa.“So….that’s all for today. I hope you don’t have any more questions to ask.” Henry added, putting down his file beside Lucy.“I have a question,” Chelsa added, raising her hand.“What is it?” Henry asked, taking a seat.“I don’t understand that we have to submit the reports by today. I mean, it’s going to take at least two days to finish this. Whose idea was it to finish this today?”.“Miss Lucy’s,” Henry replied.Everyone turns to Lucy who was lost in her world.Henry tapped on her shoulders to draw her attention to him.She looked sideways in confusion.“What?”.“Didn’t you hear what we were talking about just now?” Chelsa asked.“Uh….no.”“Did you say something?”.“Yes, why did you tell us to submit the report by today?”.“Oh, did I?”.“Yes, you did.”“Oh, that must have been a misunderstanding on my part. Sorry about this.”“You can sub
“Why are you showing this to me?” he yelled.Noir tensed up.“W-why, did anything happen?”.“Why are you reacting this way?”.Robin took some deep breaths, and sighed.“Forgive me,” he covered his mouth with his hands.“I just recalled the fight with Lucy regarding this competition.”“And then, lost my temper.”“Sorry.”Noir looked down at the flyer, then looked at Robin.She placed her hand on her shoulders, and said, “It’s alright. You can tell me what’s wrong with you. I don’t mind.”“Tell me, I’m here to listen to you.”“Why are you angry about this art competition? Why is it irritating you?”.“Tell me.”He explained everything about their fight to her and she listened to everything quietly without answering back.After telling everything, he looked at the flyer and sighs.“It’s how everything started in the first place.”“But, why did you refuse to join the competition?”.“Because dad is the one sponsoring for the competition.”Noir’s eyes widened in response.She took the flyer
Unable to find the answer to his question, he decided to call Noir, as she’s the only one who can help him out of this pickle.Her phone rang several times before she picked up.“Hello?”.“Yes, what do you want?”.“I had something to ask of you at the moment. Can you tell me about it?”.“Yes?”.“Is this related to your work? Or else I’m hanging up at the moment.”“It is!”.“Then tell me.”“Um….” He walked up to his window and leaned his back against it while placing his hands inside his grey sweatpants. “According to my work, I’m supposed to create conflicts between Lucy and Her husband, right?”.“Yes, that’s correct.”“What else am I supposed to do other than that?”.“I mean…..what am I supposed to do after the week is over?”.“That’s…..”.“Didn’t I say to you about it?”.“No, I don’t remember.”Noir sighs as a smile forms all over their face making her look cheerful.She was playing chess by herself in the living room.Chris sat in front of her watching her play.“Your job is……” sh
Robin rested his face on his hands, and kept observing her.She started feeling all self-conscious by the way he was staring at her. It only made her feel flustered, nothing else. She gulped down her food, and stopped eating.“Why aren’t you eating?” he asked.“Is it not up to your liking?”.“Ah, no. that’s not it.” she lowered her eyes at her plate.“Then? Are you full?”.“No, I’m not full yet.”“Then? Do you want me to bring you something else?”.She shook head in disapproval.“What else do you need then?”.“Can you give me what I want?” she asked back even without realizing.When she did realize, she clenched onto the spoon tightly.“Why did I say that just now?”.“I can at least ask what you want, right?”.“If it’s something that I can give, then tell me. I’ll do my best to give it to you.”“Only if you don’t ask for stars or Moon, or something beyond my capability.” He crossed his arms on the table and waited for her reply with a stoic face.Look was lost in thoughts. She though
Back at the house, Robin puts down his phone and stares at it for a while.“What did he mean by to be careful of the people around me?”.“Why did he call me urgently?”.“None of his words made any sense to me.” “I don’t understand what’s going on!”.He heaved a sigh, staring out at the window.“He seemed to sound quite worried on the call. I should go and meet him, shouldn’t I?”.“Can’t help it, can we?”.Afterward, Richard appears at the dining table along with Chris and Noir.He was serving them with the maids.While eating, he turned to Chris.“Can you bring me my phone from my room? I might need it.”“Your phone? Sure.”Noir watched him go.“Why do you need your phone Uncle?”.“Hmmm….I need to call my useless son. That’s why I’ll be needing it for.”“Robin?”.“Why? Do you need anything from him?”.“No…but, I hadn’t seen him in a while. So, I want to meet him a little.”“It’s nice to have a father-son conversation in a while.”“But, most importantly.”“I need to showcase how nice
Noir glanced at Chris who arrived at the spot, gazing at him like a hawk looking at its prey.Chris also glanced at her, and their eyes met. He almost backed away out of fear.“I-is anything wrong, Miss Noir?” he stuttered in response.Noir just smiled. “No, nothing is wrong with me.”“You must be imagining things.”“Oh, then alright.”Richard cleared his throat and dialed Robin’s number.He was taking too much time to pick it up. So, he called again.Robin was in the garden picking up laundry so he didn’t hear his phone ringing.Richard ended the call and called again.This time Robin came inside the room and heard his phone ringing on the table.Seeing this he rushed to its side in a hurry.He stared at the screen only to see his dad’s number flashing on the screen.“What? Why’s he calling me now?”.After a moment of hesitation, he picked up his call.“You finally picked up son.”“Yes, I did.”“Why are you calling me suddenly?” he retorted back.Richard chuckled in response. “Why, c