FIRST MEETING

"Oh...I'm really really sorry" she apologized without looking up.

when she finally lifted her head to look at the person she had bumped into, what greeted her was the handsome face of a young-looking man. For a moment, she was staring at the young man's face. He had azure blue eyes, a finely shaped jawline, a pointed nose, full lips, his jet-black hair combed back neatly and he looked slightly annoyed by the small crash, "oh my gosh, he looks so handsome"Mary screamed in her head without realizing that she was staring.

"What are you staring at" his deep ice-cold voice jolted Mary back to Earth. she quickly pulled back and straightened up.

"I'm very sorry, I wasn't looking" she apologized again.

Sylvester just stared at her for a slight moment and walked passed her without a single word.

**A few hours earlier**

Back in the Breckley mansion, Sylvester was suddenly awoken by the sound of a sharp knock on his door. He abruptly sat on his bed, not knowing when he had drifted off to sleep.

It was George, the butler.

"Come in," Sylvester said and he saw his door open, the butler coming into view.

"I'm sorry for bothering your sleep, Master Sylvester, Emmanuel is here to see you, he's waiting in the living room."

Sylvester wondered what Emma was doing at his house as his brows furrowed as though in deep concentration.

"Alright, tell him to come up."

George bowed his head and turned to leave the room. He descended the stairs and told Emma to go up to Sylvester's room.

Emma thanked the butler and started walking up the stairs. He reached Sylvester's room and entered without knocking.

"What are you doing here?" Sylvester questioned Emma as soon as he entered his room.

"Tch! Is this how you welcome a dear friend who comes over to visit?? Emma's lips curved up into a mischievous smile, unfazed by Sly's tone.

He was used to this guy's coldness and lack of humor.

"I know you didn't come here just to visit so get straight to the point," Sly said with a bored expression on his face.

"Well, as a good friend as I am, I thought we should go out for some shopping," Emma told, not revealing the full reason why he wanted them to go shopping-a grin playing around the corners of his mouth.

"Are you serious?! Did you really think I'd be willing to go shopping with you now??!! Sylvester's tone had a mixture of annoyance and boredom to it.

Emmanuel was fully smiling now, he just did that to get a reaction from Sly.

"Geez, man... what's got you so worked up? I was just thinking that we would need to get clothes that would help us blend in Mr. Wilfred's cafe tomorrow instead of our posh-looking clothes."Emma explained.

Sylvester heaved a deep sigh. This guy just wanted to get on his nerves earlier.

What Emma said actually made sense and they would need regular clothes to blend in.

The two decided to go to the mall to get some regular clothes and with that, they stepped out of Sylvester's room. Sylvester informed the butler that he was going out with Emma so to inform his mom when she looks for him.

They both got into Emma's car and drove off to the mall.

After picking up some clothes from the shop and paying for them, Sylvester and Emma headed out of the shop.

Emma had gone to the restroom but he was taking so long to come out, instead of just standing there and waiting for him, Sylvester decided to go and check up on Emma. After seeing that there was a small queue there that delayed Emma, Sylvester decided to wait outside, On his way out, his phone beeped and he took it out to check who it was, at the same time, someone bumped into him.