(Chapter 136) What Should They Say?

After Zenith left him, Lewis breathed a sigh of relief. Not only did she stink of perfume, but a woman like her could only bring troubles to him.

His grandfather saw the incident and just shook his head. He started to think if his son could ever smile in front of a woman that wasn't his mother.

'Maybe her.' He couldn't but think, and with that thought in his mind. He ended up spotting someone familiar.

"Ah, Miss. I didn't expect to see you here tonight." He said with a smile on his face with his slow speech.

Lewis was quite surprised to see his grandfather casually walk up to Mrs. Tuhs and start talking to her. Even spotting Francesca and Leone talking to each other and giving a small nod of approval.

'Is grandfather that desperate? Didn't he only care about credentials for those women for me? Yet he immediately accepted Francesca? Am I missing something?' Lewis still had the idea on his mind that he would need to get his grandfather to accept Astrid. Although he knew her intelligence and beauty, he was worried that he might be worried about her being too intelligent. And possibly having improper thoughts.

He never brought this up though since if his grandfather didn't accept Astrid, he already knew which side he would take, although it would hurt the both of them. Astrid was too important to him.

"G-Good evening Lewis." While in his thoughts, Lewis heard another woman approach him.

Feeling subtly annoyed, he turned to see who. And then saw an older man along with what seemed to be his daughter...

"Evening Lewis, isn't this banquet a little weird? The host still hasn't arrived... I hope nothing happened." Mr. Diter started to speak to Lewis casually as if they were close...

Spotting such a scene. Leone almost spat out his wine and earned a glance by Francesca.

"Uh, won't Astrid have some words to say about my brother later?" Leone asked slightly nervously, he wondered if Astrid was in to that stuff...

Francesca took a look at Lewis and saw something extremely amusing...

"Please excuse me, I must greet the next guest." Lewis said formerly, but his cold tone was evident to those watching Leah like a pig waiting for slaughter.

"W-Wait Lewis!" Leah became nervous as Lewis showed his back to her. In a panic, she went to grab his arm, but accidentally slipped...

"Please greet our next, and final two guests ladies and gentleman! CEO Mr. Bagna! And the esteemed host of this elegant banquet, Astrid Tuhs!" The host announced, as the hall went silent.

Francesca was so stunned at what she was looking at she almost dropped her glass. It looked like Leah was clinging on to Lewis's trousers begging, her high heel had snapped and fallen off, while her father had a blank look on his face.

Leone was lost for words. And silently prayed for his brother's protection.

Old Master Guilliano glared at Leah with a steely gaze of disgust, while Mrs. Guilliano looked at Mrs. Diter with a smile.

Mrs. and Mr. Tuhs took a different approach on this however, instead, they both tried not to laugh. Since they could see a very swift change of emotion on Lewis's face, and also on the woman walking in the hall now...

"Huh, I didn't think many women had that sort of confidence... I guess Lewis will be punished tonight." Carmin, another who had been invited, mumbled to Susie and Fantine who were drinking with each other.

"My specially designed suit! Gosh! Does that woman know how much that material costs!? I will send her to her grave this instant!" Fantine almost cracked the glass she was holding, before being held by Susie.

Many others in the banquet had some similar thoughts, especially Romane and Viviano who were disguised as waiters. While Wu was watching everything on the cameras with Moustof standing beside the 'host'.

But no one had a more interesting expression than Astrid who had just walked in to a scene of a woman who was previously a marriage candidate for her boyfriend holding on to his trousers with tears in her eyes.

Mr. Bagna shivered, as he thought a banquet with only a surprise might accidentally turn slightly deadly instead...

Of course, Zenith was back from the bathroom by now. And caught the scene. But her eyes shifted from Mr. Bagna being fearful of the woman next to him, and then the scene that had occurred.

*Cough* The hall by now was silent. Such an awkward and disgraceful thing had happened. And Mr. Bagne was such a hard man to invite anywhere. And this Astrid Tuhs... Sounded not only familiar, but must have power to invite so many people to a banquet of this size.

"I see I neglected to hire cleaners for tonight... Winoa, if you would kindly escort this rubbish to the bin outside please?" Astrid's red-eye was a deadly crimson, as her anger seemed to be visible and enhanced by her choice of red...

Then the guests noticed the host for tonight. Astrid... She was wearing a striking red suit with a pattern engraved in a crimson into the suit. But the most noticeable thing was her eye...

"Of course Miss." And then, the eccentric host that was wearing lime green spoke into the microphone. But the bouncy voice was long gone, and instead was deadly cold.

"W-Wait. L-Lewis is... Lewis is..." Leah was nervous and terrified, how could she not be? If she got her family kicked out of such an important banquet... Her dreams were over.

Leah then turned her head to Lewis. With her tears, pretty face. And the situation they were in, she could only think of the best outcome. Him to pardon her...

"Oh? Lewis is what?" Astrid asked as she slowly walked toward her on the floor. Keeping her eyes lowered, only Lewis noticed the unsatiable bloodthirst in her eyes.

But he wasn't scared. Instead he smiled subtly, was he weird for liking such a look in her eyes? Yes, but he knew his eyes and heart were set on the right person...

Seeing Lewis smile, Leah was starstruck, but she wasn't the only one. Louise O'Blanc also felt her face turn red, as did Zenith feel an excitement course through her.

"For a slut like yourself... Discipline is needed." Astrid's cold voice brought chills to the hall. As silence deaffened the banquet.

Leah now felt the severity of the situation. She had offended the host of this banquet, someone her father wanted to bootlick. Someone Lewis Guilliano and Mr. Bagna were guests to. She looked up to the woman in the red suit, and she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her stomach.

"Bllrgh." Leah immediately vomited from the impact to her stomach. As Astrid stood up straight, she looked down to Leah. Who had now passed out.

"Winoa, escort the Diter family outside." Astrid dodged the vomit. And then turned to Lewis.

"Baby, you got yourself worked up over nothing." Lewis said as he got a napkin and wiped the non-existent sweat from Astrid's forehead.

"True, but seeing such a woman merely looking in your direction... Gives me an itchy hand." Astrid replied with a calm smile, as she accepted the 'care' of Lewis looking at her hand.

".........................."

No one dared to breathe. The scene that had just occurred... Was certainly implanted in their head from now onwards.

A/N: Hold on! Two chapters in a row! Oh my word!? Have I come out of the grave of endless work I'm in!? Answer is no. But I do have some exciting news, I have some plans for next work, as this story slowly comes to it's end. Although it isn't the end I originally was planning. It will suit the next story well... I apologise for the inconsistency in the last couple of months, as I have left the land of education and joined the land of work. I simply find I lack the time to enjoy myself and write at the moment, but hopefully this will be solved with my next book... I thank anyone reading this, and hope you all have a good day, afternoon, evening, week, month and year!!!