The Reveal

Leilani enjoys the attention and compliments from the chic ladies around her as she makes her way through the very flashy wedding party. She feels happy and obviously very blessed to come here but something doesn't feel right. She feels like a fish out of water even though Solar is trying her best to include her in the group.

"You okay, Leila? You seem a bit off..." Solar gives her a quizzical look. "Me? I'm alright, really. Don't worry about me."

"You sure? We can hang out at my place if you want! We were planning to do that anyway. Now, if you want, we can leave the party earlier than

planned."

Leilani shakes her head, "No...never! Seriously, Solar! Trust me, I'll be alright." she smiles and thinks to herself, she can ask her a bit about Axel

the cheating bastard. Maybe something will come out that might be helpful in that whole investigation thing. And she'll definitely give Oriana a call after getting home.

"Okay, let me know when you feel like leaving." Solar squeezes her hand.

"I will...now, I think I missed the story how you and Axel met!" Leilani tries to sound playful although the mention of Axel's name sends a surge of disgust to her core. She can't shake of the scene from that party... Ilona being all over Axel at that guest house! How could they do this to Solar!

Solar smiles coyly, flustering a bit. Leilani cannot help grimacing at the ignorance that this woman is entertaining about her asshole of a husband.

She is feeling worse for her now.

"So, it was almost like a magical fairytale, you know." Solar's eyes brighten.

Leilani keeps a fake grin glued to her face. "I was working at my dad's that time..."

"Your dad's? Does he own a company? Sorry, I'm just curious to know everything about a story...you know, writers thing!" Leilani smiles.

"Of course, no worries. I love it when people actually listen to the

stories and want to know every bit of them instead of just nodding." she beams, "Yeah, well he used to...he was a multimillionaire...not that I'm bragging or anything..." she grins nervously which turns into a somewhat mournful expression.

it?"

"Ah, I'm sorry, really. I didn't know he passed."

"It's alright." her face falls for a moment, "Things happen...it's life, isn't

Leilani nods with her lips pursed in a tight line. She remembers her own

dad and how he died...a slow chill runs down her spine.

"Okay, so Axel was my dad's assistant...you know, he wasn't appointed long before I joined. We used to see each other just for a minute or two

while passing by dad's office or sometimes in the elevator full of other people. So obviously, we didn't get much of a chance to actually talk. It wasn't anything special and besides, I never thought he would notice me at all." she smiles again.

Leilani shrugs, "Why not? You're gorgeous, come on!"

"Thanks for the self esteem boost but did you see him? Literally like a Greek god out of the context."

Leilani nods to go with the flow. She spends a good chunk of her willpower to stop herself from saying, yeah a totally horny cheater like Zeus.

"So, that was a Christmas party when he talked to me for the first time.

Well, he used to smile at me before...sometimes stared straight into my eyes...but I never thought he could like me, you know."

Leilani instantly understands the weak point that fuckboy is playing with here. Solar has serious self esteem issues and he's capitalizing on that to sleep around with anyone he wants to.

"Then we talked like for two hours straight. It was so magical, you

know. We talked and talked and talked and that didn't feel dragging at all. Normally, I can't make friends like Ilona or any other extroverted people... but you see, with Axel, it was different. I could be totally myself with him. He listened to my boring blabberings for hours without judgement. And the best part..." she blushes again, "He kissed me at the end of the party. It was so intense but so tender...felt like, I finally met the one for me. You know that feeling? When everything else seems insignificant and you just want more and more from that one person? One kiss can send you from standing there to practically flying across the sky, totally lightweight like a feather? That's exactly what I felt that night."

Yeah sure! Solar reads a lot of corny romantic novels, no doubt. But Leilani immediately thinks about Nevan and a smile crawls onto her lips without her trying consciously. Thank God, that smile came at the right moment or else she'd gag hearing the Casanova's womanizing tale. That bastard! Who knows how many women are blushing and sharing their meet-cute with this asshole with their friends right now!

"Aw! You're right. That IS magical." she manages to utter the words without wincing.

Solar smiles, "I know! I'm so happy with him. He always takes such a good care of me and though he has to be out and about a lot for his job, he never forgets the important days of my life. He always makes sure to drop by at my birthday, our anniversary, our first date...he really is one of his

kind."

Leilani nods this time, sure, he is one of his kind. No argument there. "What about you? Any lucky guy we need to know about?" Solar

winks.

It's Leilani's turn to blush now, "Well, there's nothing going on between us but yeah, I guess I like him."

"Aw! Tell me everything." Solar squeaks like a stereotypical girl figure.

Leilani wonders for a moment where to start! She needs to leave a lot of the parts untold as the history is neither so pretty nor any kind of magical for her.

Axel flashes a bright smile as he enters the room. He finds her combing her hair in front of the dressing table, turning her back to him. He admires her existence as he tiptoes toward her. He's literally over the moon today...never in his life he could think he'd hit two jackpots on the same day. It truly feels surreal.

She turns around with a flirtatious smile hovering over her lips, "Look who's here! So, what kind of a pleasant surprise occurred for my Knight to show up at this unexpected hour!" she twirls her curls around her finger.

He smirks, "You'll never believe if I tell you now, sweetheart! We've hit the jackpots! I'm talking plural here." he lessens the distance between them

to hold her arm and swishes her to her feet in an overly dramatic gesture.

She widens her eyes, "Wait! Wait, Axel! Do not raise my hopes up! I'm a desperate gal here!"

"I'm not raising anyone's hope up, princess! I've got both the papers today! Both. Of. Them." He pulls her closer.

An audible yelp sets free from her mouth as she wraps her arms around his neck, "You are not kidding!!! How did that happen? O my God, baby! We did it! We m..."

He stops her mid-sentence with a passionate kiss. "Yes, we made the fricking fool out of both of them!" he whispers.

"I love you so much! I really do!" her eyes well up with emotional tears.

He cups her face, "And I Love you more, darling! More than anything in this world... well money doesn't count here, doesn it?" He smirks.

"So? Who won? I mean, which paper did you get earlier?"

"Of course the one from my loyal and extremely foolish wife's safe!

That stupid Ilona gave that away in exchange of one petty sex! It's always that easy with her. I could easily get it from Solar though. Just didn't want to involve her that early. You know, she's like that loyal dog who would die if I tell her to."

She quirks her brows and pouts, "I know, you're doing it for us but still, hearing about you sleeping with others makes me sad!"

He laughs, "Come on, honey! You know, you are THE love of my life! We just need to make teeny tiny sacrifices to get what we want!" he tucks a strand of her curls behind her ears making her smile again.

"And what do we do with that bitch now that we didn't even have to threaten the idiot dad with his daughter's life?"

Axel thinks for a while, "Well, we'll just play with her a bit longer as we can spend her monthly supplies from her daddy! It's a win-win either way!"

She chuckles, "You're so smart! And then what do we do?" "We'll kill her!"

She squeaks, "Yay! It's always my favorite part."

"There's a reason I love you that much!" he kisses her again. "But honey, seriously, we're not killing her. I was just kidding." His eyes become hard and authoritative.

She opens her mouth, "But you..."

"Shh! Nobody talks after me, remember? My words are the last ones." His hard expression turns into a sly smile, "So, honey! Any plan on who we can throw under the bus to save our asses if anything happens to Raya? I'm warning again baby, we're not killing her!"

"Did you forget about that dad killing psycho?" she smirks. "Who? Leilani?"

"Yeah! I have the whole thing planned out, baby! But now, we celebrate first!"

Alexina lets out a victorious laughter as she sashays to the kitchen for a champagne bottle.