Chapter 157 - Discovery?

"Here ya go dears, enjoy! Just give me a holler if you'll need anything, 'key?" The motherly lady repeated her earlier offer, and with a bright, gentle smile he retreated back behind the counter serving the regulars already waiting.

Aziel looked at the wide back of the receding lady, the usual cold aloof expression on his face vanished momentarily, instead it got replaced by a small, thin barely perceptible smile. For a brief moment, he forgot to mask these complex feelings, his pre-planned role with his usual distant coldness.

"So, my little handsome… What have you been up to in these last couple of weeks? I haven't seen you since you so abruptly disappeared from the… hmm the auction, now that I think about it." Once the friendly woman, presumably the namesake of the restaurant, the 'Mama Hamil' herself have left at the back door, Lydia asked whilst reaching for Aziel's right hand over the table.