"Chapter 15- Illegitimate and the legitimate"

"Laurice," Evans opened the door for her, "thank you," she said smiling sadly, "are you alright?" Evans asked as he escort her inside the restaurant. "this-... This restaurant looks lavish, is it alright for me to eat in here?" she asked flustered not making eye contact, "of course it's all right," he held her hand and began escorting her to their seat.

'I hope Klein had eaten,' they walked towards their seat, he pulled her seat, "here," he gestured, 'what a gentleman,'

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"so... how's between you two?" Evans rested his chin on his palm, "well... our relationship is so so, it's still the same as before no worries, but Klein added a little boundary between us," she rubbed her neck looking at the floor.

"Is that so, well I have news," Evans began being straight on point, "Elesta came back from Europe, I heard her flight over here was yesterday, so you need to change your appearance a bit to be unnoticeable," he said while opening a bag of files. "Elesta..." she bit her nail in concern, 'that bitch is back,' Evans looked at Laurice concerned, "don't worry, we'll get through this," he slowly reached for Laurice's hand.

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"Welcome back Madam Elesta," a butler bowed in front of the restaurant's entrance, suddenly a lady in red dress appeared in front of the butler. "please escort me to my table," she said taking her sunglasses off.

'It's good to be back,' her lips curved as she smiled and suddenly snapped her finger, "yes ma'am?" a bulked man who's dressed in a formal garment appeared before her. "eliminate Laurice Heinry, they are present here in the restaurant," she glanced at him before getting escorted to a private room.

"yes Madam," he bowed without looking her in the eyes knowing it would be disrespectful, "don't fail me, big guy," she walked away wearing her sunglasses taking a glass of wine that was given by the waiter.

'Evans you better hear this psychopath's saying' he said standing after bowing,

"you heard that right?" he said being cautious of his surrounding. "yes, big guy," Evans answered in the wireless earphone while smiling. "Laurice, are you ready?" he asked behind the women's bathroom door, "yes," a short answer came from Laurice.

'he bought expensive garments for me to wear as a disguise?' she stared at the mirror looking so different, she tied her hair into a loose ponytail and wore a light lipstick to match the outfit she was wearing, she wore an emerald-colored Marie dress, covered with gold accessories, and a green Kentucky derby hat, she got out of the bathroom holding the hat.

"you look pretty," he said smiling after giving a genuine compliment, 'you have more time to compliment me later, we might die early because of you,'

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As they head towards the exit trying to blend in with the crowd but suddenly, "Mr.Evans!" Elista called his name behind them, Evans turned around as he hid Laurice behind her.

"My, my, you're looking decent today, perhaps you're with someone," she curved a smile while crossing her arms, "ah, yes, I am with my acquaintance today," he stated looking behind him.

"" Laurice spoke in Russian to release suspicion since her eyes are covered by her hat she gladly held out her hand. "I'm sorry? I cannot understand Russian, perhaps your acquaintance can't speak English, my bad,"

Laurice smiled, "" she put away her hand since she knows it's useless to form a handshake with her, "pardon?" she gazed at Laurice with a brow raised but she also looked at Evans and said.

"What is this girl saying to me?", "she said you look stunning but we have errands to go to, I hope we can chat more next time," he lied while stopping the urge to laugh.

"I see, then why don't you learn to speak English so we can communicate very well," Laurice became expressionless "" she left hurriedly towards the exit looking so annoyed by Elista. "she said she have to go now, I hope you have a lovely day," Evans lied again bowing in front of Elista and waving farewell.

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"wow, I didn't know you can speak Russian that well," he opened the car's door, "let's not talk about that Elista again," she said biting her fingernail,

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[Tristan Obelia]

you: Elista was at the xxx restaurant, don't bring Klein near there, Laurice's life almost in danger,

Tristan: I saw it, there were many men in black guarding the 5-star restaurant, we almost went there but the good thing is Klein insisted to eat another restaurant instead,

you: where are you guys right now?

Tristan: in a Filipino restaurant at xxx, Klein is still eating.

you: we're heading towards there, we haven't eaten a single meal.

seen 12:45pm

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Evans sighed loudly as he rested his neck, "are you alright?" Laurice asked concerned, "yeah, I'm fine, we'll be meeting up with Klein at a restaurant,"

"Tristan, why aren't you eating?" Klein asked while scooping a big amount of rice, "Mr. Evans will meet up with us here in the restaurant," Tristan said placing his phone down, "since when did you guys become close?", "It just happened," he shrugged.

Note from author 3.6.22

update: why didn't I censor the inappropriate words in the first place-