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Chapter 27: "I have an empty garden."
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Luna Sophia's Retribution Chapter 28: "All that's happening here is bigger than you."
Something goofy in my heart makes me shake my head and bite my lower lip as I pack the little things I have into a small bag.The same small bag I came here with.I can remember when I was unloading the contents of this bag, I had been filled with an undeniable sense of sadness. I tried to hide it then. Tried to power through it.Now I'm packing the bag again, and I can't deny, I don't feel so bad. Not as bad as I thought I would feel when I was packing up again.He… He said he has a garden. An empty garden.Somehow the thought of that has my stomach clenching and uncertain feelings running through my heart, because Caelum could have chosen to be a dick. Pardon the unseemingly word.But I am right. He could have chosen to hold the knowledge of what had happened last night over my head, knowledge I do not have and cannot have as long as I don't remember.Yet he didn’t do that.Instead, he tried to lure me…. Is trying to lure me, with the promise of an empty garden.~Well look who’s sm
Luna Sophia's Retribution Chapter 29: "I'm sorry for being so rude."
Sophia’s pov.“What does she mean by all that’s happening is bigger than me?”Caelum’s friend keeps his eyes on the road and doesn’t deem it fit to give me an answer. That only angers me, and in true Sophia fashion I turn away from him with only one thought in mind, I’ll find out for myself.Except I quickly realize I can't and that being dogheaded might lead to me wasting my time, so I decide not to.I still have to deal with the fallout of Ulric’s social media post, because I won't delude myself into thinking the whole mass of social media users are all pleased at seeing my photos on the internet.Even if the response was all good as Alora… and Caelum said, it’s all just a matter of time. I’m sure something will pop up.“If you won’t tell me what Alora means, can you at least tell me why Caleum’s face is blurred in every photo that was taken of us last night?”Caleum’s friend… no, Sebastien, his name is Sebastien. Sebastien turns to look at me this time and I evaluate the look he g
Luna Sophia's Retribution Chapter 30: "You're my mate."
Caelum’s pov."Does she know you are her husband's brother?"Sebastien asks me this question five times before I glower at him and he slinks off with a smile on his face. Of course, she knows I'm her husband's brother. She found that out days ago.What she doesn't know is my aim or vendetta against her husband, and for the next twenty-four hours, I monitor Sophia Highrise like a hawk as she slinks around my house and tries to figure out what she can.She's resourceful, I'll give her that.In barely twelve hours she's managed to befriend all the household help, from the adoring maids to the flirting donkey I have as a gardener. She wins them over in a way I can't fathom, so in twelve hours, Sophia has what she needs to gain knowledge about me, and it's barely been a day since she's been here.I let her.I let her befriend the help. I let her flash the gardener a smile. I suspect she knows they've seen the pictures so they have multiple opinions about her already, but she catches th
Luna Sophia's Retribution Chapter 31: "Excuse me?"
Sophia's pov.Caelum.... confuses me.I don't know what to think of him or his statements. I walk down the stairs to the main living room and I turn thoughts around in my head.What do I know so far?Nothing. Barely anything. I saw the opportunity to test Caelum's level of supervision in his house, and as I suspected, he saw everything and he heard everything. He sees everything and he hears everything. He saw me speaking to his help, he saw me speaking to the gardener. Everyone who I came into contact with yesterday has been shuffled out and some have been…No worries. At least now I know I need to be careful and watchful about everything. From my random words, to my acts of investigation, down to every last actionCaelum Maximoff sees everything, and he's wary of some things being revealed."You know you can ask me anything you want to know. You're my mate."Caelum's words ring in my ears one more time and I try to throw them away again, but I don't think I can. I felt someth
Luna Sophia's Retribution Chapter 32: "Is this how you behave with all your in-laws?"
Alora and I make our way to the breakfast table almost awkwardly and I can feel her shaking beside me. My ears twitch at every shudder that goes through her.Almost instinctively I reach for her hand, and I am glad when she takes it.Despite the relative calmness of the surroundings when I stepped in, I realise there’s actually a number of things going on.There’s a large tattooed man in the kitchen at the far end of the large room. That is where all the cooking takes place, I guess Caelum Maximoff likes to watch his food being prepared even if it’s from a distance, AND of course the large tatted man is bald too, he’s probably some celebrity chef.We get to the dining table, and though I can feel Alora’s hesitation, I still drag her with me. We could choose to sit at the far end of the table, away from all of them, but I'd like to know what’s going on here, and who the mystery person is.I take the seat after the free seat closest to Caelum.He sits at the head of the table, while th
Luna Sophia's Retribution Chapter 33: "Master Maximoff has ordered you to wear this."
“You have a lot of people in your house.”Breakfast went by fast. Alora was silent throughout and Sebastien got up the moment he was done with his. He declared he had some important work to attend to at the bar and left.Kellen took one more look at me, a long cursory look, and he stood, bowing, before bidding us a good day and being escorted out by one of the guards Caleum has lurking around.Alora excused herself shortly after and now, it’s just us.Me and my brother-in-law. Caelum’s response is basically a growl.“I reserve the right to have as many people in my house as I want.”My stubborn as hell, and daft as an ass, brother-in-law.“I’ll admit they’re very interesting characters.”The line of his jaw protrudes.“I like interesting people, Sophia.”I can hear the jab he hopes to throw at me there but I ignore it. I am plenty interesting, he just doesn’t know it yet, and he seems to have all his feathers in a ruffle this morning. Is it because I act like I don't need him while
Luna Sophia's Retribution Chapter 34: "Noted."
Caleum’s pov.My heart hammers a strange beat in my chest as I look at Sophia through the dark lens of the car’s windows. They’re all tinted, so they cast her in a muted light, yet she manages to shine despite it.She stands there like she isn’t aware I am the one who has asked her to get changed into that dress like she doesn’t know I am waiting for her right now.We wait each other out, and finally, I relent because I know I've been a jerk.I wind the window down, only to be assaulted by the full force of her. She’s let her hair down.She looks resplendent. This color suits her better.Sophia puts on an affected look. Like she’s just realizing the car which has been waiting for her all this while is mine, and that I am the one who’s in the car.It’s a game, and she’s won this round.I catch a whiff of her scent as she opens the door and gets in, and just to antagonize me further she casts a mildly aggrieved look at me before she looks away, “A proper gentleman would have come out
Luna Sophia's Retribution Chapter 35: "It's been so long."
“If anyone says you looked like a hooker in those pictures, don’t listen to them.” Caelum’s words replay in my mind like a bad track and I fume silently as I stomp my way into the conference. This is all my fault.If I had checked up on where Ulric was headed then I wouldn’t have been caught unawares by this, and I wouldn’t have found myself being told to ignore the fact that I looked like a hooker in some photos,Because that’s what he meant right? That is what he meant.I did look like a hooker in those pictures, I knew it, and he tried to convince me otherwise, yet he just proved me undeniably right by what he said today. I did and he also thinks so/.The hubbub of activity and voices hits me head-on as I burst into the main hall and I take a deep breath, trying to calm myself. I can’t appear disorientated in front of all these people. If anything, I'm guessing they’re already hoping to catch me at my worst, I can't let that happen.I take a calculated step into the light throng
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