Chapter Thirty Seven & Thirty Eight

"Welcome!! Welcome!! Ah! Thanks for coming", Those were the words that kept coming out of Caro's mouth as she greeted the guests that managed to turn up for her opening.

As fate could have it, she finally opened her own business. It's all thanks to Raphael that boosted her confidence and was the second person that invested a lot of money in her business.

The first person being her brother of course. These days, she has been finding him tolerable and in a good mood for no reason. He has stopped shouting at her because he doesn't really have her time.

He texts her back and ask her for her day. That's so unlike him. She began to think of he has been accepted by his crush or a lot of money has been paid to him. Her brother loves good things and quality things he can enjoy with his money.

Actually, he allowed Caro to take the black card she stole because he just closed his eyes to it. It doesn't matter though he has more than three black cards.

Caro saw Evelyn walk in with her brother. She heard that he recently became the current king of Azariah because his father passed the kingship to him. Raphael gave Caro the excuse that he's not more in the country so he couldn't attend.

Deep down in her, Caro knew that Raphael didn't want to come for the opening. He sent her a gift through a vendor. It was a bottle of milk.

'Drink it so you'll be tall enough to kiss your husband on your wedding day' - He had wrote in his message.

Caro just rolled her eyes and drank the milk after signing for the product.

Evelyn allowed her mother to be the queen mother of Azariah since her brother was now the reigning king of the kingdom.

Caro saw her brother standing at a corner with some girls. It's obvious that they were the ones that approached him with the way they were whispering to themselves and giggles like fools in love.

Wait!

It's true!!

It's really true! They're fools in love because they were in love with her brother. They were bigger fools if they think he will spare them a glance because if she can recall. Her brother was still in love with Evelyn who doesn't even show any slight of affection for him.

Lex walked up to Evelyn. She came along to the opening. Tim went with Yoona and Alexis on a date. So funny!!

"Hey", Lex said and she turned around to face him with a frown on her face.

"What do you want?", Eve asked him.

"Chill. I just wanted to talk", He laughed.

"Didn't you bring your girlfriend with you? You should go talk so to her", She hissed and turned around but he pulled her.

Ev frowned when she saw saw his annoying face again. Well, she has been trying to make herself believe that but she can't!

Why can't she do that now? In the past, she would conclude in her mind a ridiculous thing about him and it would stick to her memory.

Why can't she use the same method for him now? Why is she feeling a thing for him? Why does she care about him? And why does he keep coming back into her life?

Why can't he see her and pass her by? Why can't he just let her go and move on to another girl? Why can't he be at his company? Why does he have to come to the opening? Why does he has to invest in her school of all school?

'Is he doing it purposely to torment her?', Evelyn asked herself and bit her lips.

"Too hard", He spoke softly and rubbed her lips with his fingers.

"W-what are you doing?", Eve slapped his hand away and looked around her carefully.

"You bit your lips too hard", He said and was about to rub it again when she glared at him. He laughed and maintained his composure.

She stared at him as he laughed. He has really changed a lot. He has not said anything 'flirty' or 'extremely dirty' since the time they met again. He really seems like a gentleman. But then, he caught her staring at him and she quickly looked away.

"What? You can look. I'm honored", Lex said and smiled.

"I don't like looking at you face. It makes me feel like barfing", Eve lied and he kept quiet.

After some time, she asked if he was hurt by her statement.

"How can I be hurt? I've heard things worse than that if you'd like to know", He said that and Eve furrowed her brows.

She wanted to ask why he sounded so sad when he was saying that but she didn't. She doesn't want to be close to him. She was attracted- that she couldn't just deny but she just wants to stay away for the moment.

"So, where is your son?", Lex asked as she drank her wine.

"With Alexis and Yoona", Eve replied.

"Let me guess. There a thing now because he finally realized that you don't have eyes for him", Lex laughed.

Eve dropped her glass and looked at him with suspicion. "What? You've never met Yoona. And who told you that he has a thing for me?"

"I'm not blind. He has always has a thing for you since the time I set my eyes on you. Anyways, you're too good for him", Lex concluded and she hissed.

"Who are you to say that?", Eve asked.

"Your future husband", He replied shamelessly. She had to look around to make sure no one heard him when he said that.

"You know when you were drunk that day in my room. You promised to marry me", Lex began and she began to get red.

"Then?", Eve asked.

"A promise is a debt and-"

"Miss Centrion?", Five girls chorused and began to giggle to themselves when Lex glanced at them.

"Y-yes?", Eve replied nervously.

"Oh! Hi!!! I've been a fan ever since I saw you were a princess", One of the girls quickly shook her hand.

"Are you?", Another asked and Eve raised her brow.

"What?", Eve asked.

"Are you really a princess?", Two other girls chorused with bright eyes.

"Oh! Yeah", Eve said with a low voice and they shrieked in excitement and quickly took out their phones. They pushed Lex away from her and stuck to her like gum.

One of the left and gave Lex her phone to take a picture.

'What am I now? A photographer?! I'm also a fucking Prince!!', Lex thought as he faked a smile.

He could see the smirk on Eve's face and rolled his eyes. He knew she saw enjoying everything. She smiled beautifully and he captured the picture they wanted.

"Thank you", The girls chorused and shrieked in excitement again.

Eve heard a buzzing sound and told Lex to pick up his call. He did and heaved a long sigh.

"What is it?", She asked.

"I have to go to Germany now for a meeting", He told her.

Eve paused as he told her his plan. When did she become his wife? Why is he reporting to her? Is she supposed to care?

"My flight would be leaving in half an hour's time so I need to get there now", Lex said and she nodded.

That was all she could do so she would not seem heartless.

"Is it first class?", Eve asked so he could hurry up. It must be so expensive.

"It's my private jet", He said and Eve scoffed. Bro! He literally owns the flight so…?!

"We should meet later to talk about our my investment", Lex said as he walked out of the party.

'Oh yea!! I forgot to ask him what's he doing with investment these days. Does he have so much money to spend?', Eve thought and sipped her wine and watched a man approach her.

~BIG DRIPS LOUNGE~

Lovelyn sat on the chair in her gold evening gown and listening to the music the live band was playing. It was her three year anniversary with Penny and they decided to celebrate it.

Not grand though but they wanted it to be a night to remember but she was running late. She brought out her phone to browse the internet to pass away time as she waited for Penny to come.

Then a thought stuck her. What if she was no longer interested in the relationship again? To Lovelyn, it seems like that was the thing that was happening. Penny doesn't call her frequently like before again. She doesn't text back like before again and she is always busy with one thing or the other.

Lovelyn adjusted her gown and walked to the bathroom to touch up her makeup. When she came back, she met Penny on seat. She was wearing the gown she gave her as a congratulatory gift on her new position as a manager in her place of work.

"I'm so sorry, Lovelyn", Penny apologized and gave her a bouquet of flowers.

Lovelyn collected the flowers from her and sniffed it.

"It's nice", Lovelyn said quietly.

"I was caught up in traffic", Penny said.

"Why didn't you leave much more earlier?", Lovelyn asked back.

"I had work", Penny said. "I'm a freaking manager, Lovelyn. I have to do things myself sometimes. I don't just supervise them. I also make them"

"What do you make?", Lovelyn asked because she didn't understand. Why the hell was she working so hard?

"I make food. I go through the nutrient and see what needs to be balanced, extracted or added to make it better for people…for you and I. The fun part of it is-guess"

"You're resigning", Lovelyn said dryly and Penny gasped.

"What? No! My salary is now two hundred and thirty thousand dollars per month", Penny announced and all the anger Lovelyn had for her disappeared.

They stared at each other and Lovelyn's palms went to her mouth to cover it in shock.

"What? You ain't pulling my legs this time, are you?", Lovelyn asked and began to laugh hysterically.

"I'm serious. I got paid today", Penny showed her the payment of her salary.

"Then, we must celebrate two things", Lovelyn said.

"We must", Penny raised up her hand to ask for the most expensive wine in the restaurant. She then asked the live band to play a special song for Lovelyn.

The two held hands and stared into each other's eyes as they danced to the slow romantic music. Penny leaned in and shared a kiss with with while the remaining people available clapped for them with different feelings and thoughts in their head.

****

"And what's taking you so long, Salvatore?", Lady Elizabeth yelled and gritted her teeth.

"It's just a silly visit to a grave. He's not even your son so why the fuss? You should be displaying these emotions towards your son but-"

"Meet me outside", Lady Eliza roared and walked out of the house.

'Doesn't the fool know that we have to go so early in the morning so no one would see us there? We're robbing a damn grave so we have to do it in discreet', She thought and kept tapping her feet on the ground impatiently.

"I'm here", He appeared behind her and she hissed.

"Did you take the shovels?", She asked as they walked together.

"Of course", Mr Salvatore replied.

Lady Elizabeth held his hand and began to cast a spell with her eyes opened. They were in a different environment in a blink of an eye.

"Sweet! Nice transport", Mr Salvatore laughed and she chuckled.

"The shovel", She took one from him and began to dig the grave of Collins.

"Collins Grahams", Mr Salvatore read the name on the tomb and clicked his tongue.

"Let me guess. Your-"

"Shut up", Lady Elizabeth sent him a look and began to dig the grave for the corpse of Collins.

She laughed when she found it and began to dig with her hands. She sat on the dirt and brought out his skull and one of his bones.

She gave Mr. Salvatore the bone and sliced her palm with a knife. She put the sliced palm on the skull and held Mr. Salvatore's hand to channel his power.

"You can't be here", Collins appeared in a ghost form with a frown on his face.

"You should be happy that you're seeing a soul from the living world", Mr Salvatore said.

Collins looked at him and ignored him. "What do you want?"

"Well, we have been working on a plan to eliminate that pig but guess who also needs to be eliminated?", Lady Elizabeth raised her brow.

"He should have died a long time ago. That bastard", Collins gritted his teeth.

"Patience Collins. Patience", Lady Elizabeth smiled evily.

"What do you want?", Collins asked again. "I'm in the middle of something important"

"What?", Mr Salvatore asked.

"A pretty girl just joined us so I need to go see her", Collins said with a sly smile.

"How do you want him to suffer?", Lady Elizabeth asked.

"I want him to die a slow and painful death. I want him to feel pain everything and his loved ones would watch as he suffers", Collins said.

"Is that all?", Mr Salvatore said dryly.

"Wait! I have something that can make your powerful. Go to mount Esin at Rooles in Atlanta. Search for the purple flower-not really purple though. The witches call it Zale so you can ask them for more information. A drop of the flower in any enemy's food will drain them and make them paralyze for half an enough rendering them useless", Collins said and Lady Elizabeth started to smile.

"You should have been my son", She said and Mr Salvatore scoffed.

"Resurrect me then", Collins said.

"Wait a little longer. My plan needs to kick off before I can do anything yet. When I kill those bastard, then I can focus on resurrecting you", Lady Elizabeth said.

"Who's the second bastard?", Collins asked with interest.

"You should know her. The pretty princess of Azariah", Mr Salvatore announced with a smirk.

"Another thing, Lady Elizabeth. You can have the honors of killing Lex but I'd love to meet Evelyn Centrion again", Collins said seriously.

"Why?", Mr Salvatore asked.

"I'd love to have the honor to kill her myself", He said sternly and began to fade away before disappearing before their eyes.