Chapter 12

Jealously was something Naomi had never felt before but seeing Lucian and Deluna so close to each other, taking walks together, eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner together, always having something private to discuss in his office without any of his guards, neatly drove her insane

"Sasha?" she called to her friend

"Yes, Noami" Sasha answered

"I'm pathetic right?" she muffled

"What are you talking about, of course not" Sashe disagreed.

Naomi chuckled "Don't try to make me feel better, I know it, we both know it" She pouted "Why on earth am I jealous? We have nothing going on, he doesn't even see me that way, I am merely his blood bank, his slave but why do I feel this sting in my heart each time I see those two together… What is wrong with me" she grunted.

Naomi sincerely hated the way she felt about the whole situation, she had tried to ignore them but for some reason, Lucain and Deluna kept popping up.

She took a walk through the yard and saw them smiling and giggling as they talked and sipped the wine before them.

Lucian caught sight of her, he gazed at her for a while and looked away. Deluna leaned on Lucian, taking cotton off his shoulder. Naomi felt a huge lump in her throat, she tried to gulp down but couldn't, it was as though a huge rock was placed in her throat.

Tears filled her eyes, "Why would you cry, there is no need to cry, there is nothing to cry about" She wiped the tears off her face and turned to leave.

She bumped her head into a man, "Ouch" she groaned in pain,

"Are you okay?" The man asked

The voice sounded familiar, one she was not happy to hear, she slowly raised her head and saw Travis standing before her with worry latched on his face.

"Are you okay? Does he hurt?" He asked, calmly

Naomi scoffed "Mr 103 years old, if you want to yell at me again and ask what my agenda is, I suggest you save it and if you can't then go yell at your boss instead, he was the one that brought me to this place," she thunderer and walk away without waiting for a response.

Travis went after her "Naomi, hold on"

"Naomi" he kept calling to her. Lucian noticed Travis go after Naomi as she walked in, he arched his brows wondering why he was following her around

"Lucian, are you listening to me?" Deluna yanked him out of his thought, and he nodded "Yes," he answered

Travis grabbed Naomi and held her from going into her room

"What do you want?" She snapped

"I just wanted to apologize" He muffled

Naomi furrowed her brows, confused, she wasn't sure she heard him right

"Am I hearing things now?" She scoffed

"You are not hearing things, Naomi, o truly want to apologize to you, for those mean words I said to you the other day" he muttered

"Why? Why the sudden change?" She rasped

"I did a background check on you" he admitted, Naomi's eyes widened in disbelief "You did what?" She rasped unbelievably

"What? I am his head of security, his right-hand man, and his best friend, don't tell me you didn't see that coming" He muttered with a light scoff

Travis was right, Naomi wasn't entirely surprised but she wasn't expecting it or that he would come to apologize.

"So, what did you find?"

"A lot… a lot of things you should have gone through, for a frail human, you did a great job staying alive and surviving, I'm sure your parents are proud wherever they are" He muffled

Naomi's eyes filled with tears,

"I… I don't know what to say" she cried, he urged for her to come closer and he patted her gently as tears rolled down her cheek profusely.

Lucian and Deluna walked in, Lucian saw Naomi crying in Travis's arms.

"What did you do to her!" He snarled

"I did nothing" He muffled "I only came to apologize and she burst into tears, I could not leave her" Travis explained

"Are you okay?" Lucian asked her

Naomi broke free from Travis "What is it with you?" She muffled and went into her room. Lucian was confused, he still could not understand why she was angry and more so why he snapped at Travis for hugging her.

Later that night at dinner, they all settled to eat, Travis made it up to Naomi by giving her his chicken for the night, and they cheered and bonded over dinner. Travis felt bad for Naomi when he found out everything his uncle made her go through and all the atrocities Alex committed with her, he hated the world and she hated himself for judging her just because she came from Alex.

He did everything he could to make it up to her until Naomi was finally free with him

"By the way, Deluna and Lucian are just friends..: well friends is a stretch, they are basically business partners.. just saying" he winked and excused himself with a satisfying grin.

Naomi turned to Sasha "What was that about?" She muffled

"I think what Sir Travis is trying to tell you is, there is nothing to be jealous about, Deluna is an old business partner, it started from her grandparents down to her generation, there is nothing to worry about" Sasha explained and assured

"You knew this the whole time and you never said a word?" She blurted with disbelief evident in her tone

"You never asked and you were always upset" Sasha defended herself

"Well it doesn't matter, I don't care what their relationship is, it has nothing to do with me" she pouted and walked away.

Travis visited Lucian in his office "So?" Lucian rasped, asking for an update on the request he asked for.

"Well her name is Steven Naomi, the only daughter of Esther and Sebastian Steven, six years ago her parents were involved in a mysterious car crash…

"Why was the car crash mysterious?" Lucian asked

"Because the cops said it was drunk driving, the report stated that Mr. Sebastian was drunk driving and the funny thing is, the accident happened at none and more to it, Mr. Sebastian doesn't drink, the case was wrapped up without further investigation. Then a man showed up, Collins, he was Sebastian's Half-brother, he was able to swindle all Sebastian's money which he left for his daughter, Naomi…Then after a few months, he sold her to Alex at a very high rate, which was suspicious but that is all I found out" Travis explained

"This Collins guy, … I need his.."

"Data…" Travis interrupted, knowing what Lucian was going to ask for, he pulled out his iPad and handed it over to Lucian

"That is everything we need to know" Travis added

"Find him and bring him to me!" Lucian snarled.