Chapter 77

On the other side, back to the deadly mansion of the creepy Leo family, it was all quiet. No talks on the lake side, no laughs in the dining room, and no love fragrance anywhere. Everyone was completely drowned with their work, drowned to the point they all developed the ability to sleep with opened eyes. Taria was somehow taking care of the family issues even though she knew nothing about leading the family at all, however, she felt her heart tightened every time she sat on that chair at the office as she was finally able to understand Ve, yet it was too late for her to understand, which was the hardest part. She wished she hugged him more and comforted him more, she wished she was able to help him a bit more, and she really wished, from the bottom of her heart, that at least now he would be happy, far from that chair and far from that position.

Tian was stuck in the family business, working day and night in order to get a hold of everything, traveling almost everyday and meeting poisonous people all the time, which was thankfully a type of poison he was immune to. "Master Tian can you chick here", "Master Tian can you sign here", "Master Tian we would be late", "Master Tian you have an appointment" all the time. He missed that soft lively voice of his wife saying Tai, he missed his brother's voice saying brat, and he missed the word dad getting out of his beloved children's mouths, however, he was never willing to let them down, even if that meant working non stop for the rest of his life, and at that point, a message saying good night with a red heart was enough for him as a rest.

"The office, three hours from now", a message that Ray sent to everyone said, and they all obeyed it without hesitation.

"Seeing you again is so relaxing and refreshing", Taria said after crying her heart out after meeting Josephine and Tian again

"Yeah.. It is", Tian said with a warm smile

"You must take more breaks sweetie, you look exhausted", Josephine said, yet before Taria could do anything, the young master of the family came, wearing black as usual, as well as the cold face he was born with.

"Sniff, sniff… sweetieeeeee", Taria said, trying to hold her tears in

"Thank you all for coming, but we don't have time for a warm welcome", Ray said calmly, then the office door opened again, and Steven entered, yet not alone.

"Guys, this lady here is the military minister, Silvia Norm", Ray said, yet silence covered the place to the point only breathing sounds were heard

"Sniff, I knew it. My child would stay single for the rest of his liiiiffffffffeeee", Taria said

"Are you trying to convince her or to kill her? Why is she unconscious?" Kai said

"Well, I told you previously that she was one of the two hardest ministers to convince, and that is because… she has no weaknesses. This woman is an orphan found in the street and she has to change the orphanage approximately every two months, so she basically has no family or friends. She doesn't care for money or power, and she is so brave and fearless", Ray said calmly

"So threatening is not an option here. How about we kill her?" Tian said

"It's not an option either. She is very famous and all the knights respect her to the point they would die if she gave them an order to, so even if she is dead, we won't be able to take control of the knights. We need her to take our side by herself", Ray said

"Have you tried having a normal conversation with her?" Taria said

"This lady… is in a love relationship with the crown prince, so she wouldn't take our side and leave him as she is loyal as hell", Ray said

"How do you know all that!", Josephine said astonishingly

"Well, I was working on this plan for longer than I can remember, and… an old friend helped me", Ray said

"It's meee", a voice said, a voice that everyone recognized fast, Dazai

"I told Dazai about the plan 15 years ago, and he has been working on it with me since then. This man here had become the royal personal doctor", Ray said, pointing at the crazy genius who was still standing at the door with his bright smile that hasn't changed in the slightest.

Everyone started welcoming Dazai warmly, not paying attention to the mighty military minister who was getting back her consciousness little by little

"Don't.. Don't…", she murmured, then Ray asked the maids to take her to a room and asked everyone to pay him their attention

"We have no time left, she will wake up in almost half an hour. I'm going to gamble on her loyalty. She thinks that she just went through a car accident and that I saved her, so please play along this starting from now. She knows well about the family and she showed her respect to our honorable sacrifices more than once. Do your best, the plan is a mare imagination without her help"

A bad feeling tightened Taria's chest as if she was being grabbed by a titan, however, everyone was out before she could do a thing

"What's wrong, honey?" Tian said, patting her shoulder gently

"ha? oh nothing", she said, yet he kept staring at her eyes, then he raised his hand slowly, putting his fingers under her chin and raising her head softly, then he printed a soft kiss on her rosey lips.

"You were gazing at our son, rubbing your thumb and your forefinger slowly, and your eyes were sharp", he said, then he slid his hand down her chest, placing it over her heart and said "is there something tightening my home?"

His soft lips that she missed kissing, his deep voice that she missed hearing, and the way he understood her completely forced a tear to get out of her eyes, yet they also forced her mind to get clear again after it was slowly getting hazy.

"Nothing, but can we stay like this for a while", she said after she hugged him tightly, and he said nothing and buried his head in her hair that was getting down her shoulder, letting it light his mind and soul.