POV LEO…RING! RING! RING!"Tch! Damn it!"I cursed when I heard the sound of my phone ringing in the midst of the romantic atmosphere between Jeanne and I.With an annoyed face I turned to the nightstand where my phone was. Then immediately I reached for my phone.Which bastard is bothering me at a time like this? — I said to myself while mad.An unknown number was on it, which meant it was most likely someone from the Morgan family — most likely Owen."This bastard ..." I grumbled before I finally accepted the incoming call.CLICK!"Hm?" I muttered lazily.And just as I thought. The voice on the other end of the phone was someone I suspected."[Leo, there's something important I want to talk to you about]," Owen said in a rustling voice on the other end, "[It's important]."I raised an eyebrow. "Just tell it," I replied a little lazily."[This is about the Dragonbone mafia that you had destroyed]," said Owen, "[I got a report from several people you assigned to search the Dragonbon
POV JEANNE…"It's so boring," I muttered with a sigh.I cradled my head with both hands. From my penthouse balcony I can see the view of New York City. How many tall buildings there are and how crowded the traffic there — even though it all looks small from up here.My gaze then turned to my cellphone screen. It was already 2 PM, and I hadn't done anything since morning."I want to eat Korean food," I muttered, "But it would be really boring if I ate alone."I thought about inviting the six bodyguards in front to eat with me. But seeing how their attitude was so strict and rigid, made me think twice.After that, I walked into my room and lay down on my bed."Not a single friend, even Leo isn't here," I muttered again.Leo's figure suddenly appeared in my mind, how he was standing in front of me, how he was hugging me, and how he was making love to me.I immediately sat up and shook my head quickly."No, no," I said while covering my face with both hands, "W-What was I thinking."I pa
POV JEANNE…"You've finally come.”A man greeted me when I opened the restaurant door. He approached me as he took my hand, "I've been waiting for you, you know?" He then kissed the back of my hand. I laughed when I saw the behavior of the man in front of me. He was Ezra Barnes, my high school friend who was sponsoring the reunion tonight. "Oh Ezra, you're too much, what if Louis gets jealous?" I sneered teasingly. However, he chuckled. "Come on, let's not talk about the past. I broke up with him a long time ago," he said, "You're really behind the times, aren't you?" "My bad! I don't follow romance stories between men," I said in a joking tone.Instead of getting angry, Ezra laughed at my words. "You seem to have changed a lot...""...The Jeanne Hart I used to know would look at me with digusted look and even avoid me whenever I approached you less than 2 meters away," Ezra quipped at me as he laughed an artificially cynical laugh.I snorted at his words that seemed to hit me.
POV JEANNE…"W-What?! Libby Murray?"I was shocked beyond words when I heard the woman's name called. I'm not wrong, she was the woman I had problems with at the Morgan family banquet.How could this imitation creature even have a relationship with Ezra?! — I said to myself in frustration."Huh? What's going on?" Ezra asked, "You know her?"I was confused about how to respond to Ezra's question. "Y-Yeah it's kind of like that," I said."Oh, that's good. Maybe you'll be able to chat a lot with us later," he said.Hearing Ezra's words, I just smiled awkwardly in response. "Y-Yeah, sure," I said, "I'll have a lot to chat with her."Of course, if that woman started problems with me first — I continued my words to myself."Ahem!" I then cleared my throat softly to lighten the mood, "By the way, how do you get to know that woman — I-I mean Libby Murray. This made me a little curious, I thought you were more preferred with men than women."For a moment, Ezra's expression seemed to change in
POV JEANNE …"This is quite boring," I muttered with a sigh.Currently I'm sitting on one of the benches where there's only me there. I looked at the people in the room one by one and none of them I knew — or perhaps more precisely I had forgotten their faces."I should have at least invited Jonah to accompany me instead of telling him to wait outside," I said again.Occasionally looking outside, there were three women and four men sitting quietly and watching every guest who entered.Actually, I told them all to wait outside because I didn't want something like that to happen again — when Jonah questioned Ezra as if he was interrogating him. He even did that to Libby too."I'm quite lucky because that woman didn't get crazy earlier," I muttered and then took a sip of my drink while looking at the people who were starting to arrive.I felt quite calm because the wine I drank did not contain alcohol. At first Ezra wanted to give me a bottle of alcoholic red wine, but I refused and he
POV JEANNE…"Bastard ..."Logan cursed and then he turned around. I could see Libby's mocking smile."You damn bitch! What are you doing?!" said Logan, "Did your parents never teach you manners, huh?!"I saw Libby laugh. “Sir, I think I told you that I accidentally spilled my drink on your head…”I saw, Libby bent down slightly to bring her head closer to Logan's ear."Just blame yourself for being too short for an American man," said Libby.Libby's voice was a whisper, but I could still hear it. We also briefly met eyes before he finally looked away."You ..." Logan could be heard growling, "Tch! A bitch like you sure doesn't know what you dealing with —""No and I don't fucking care," said Libby in a low, relaxed voice with a mocking look on her face, "Do you think I'm your mom who always pays attention to you? You also don't know who I am, right?""How dare a bitch like you ...!"I can see Libby's smile looks wider and Logan's face looks intimidating."Tch, fine! Just you wait!"L
POV JEANNE…The way to the Mandarin Oriental Hotel wasn't that far, so we arrived there at exactly 9 pm.When we arrived at the main entrance of the hotel lobby, Jonah and a male bodyguard came down with me while the female bodyguard drove the car to the hotel basement to park with another car filled with four other bodyguards."Give me 4 best rooms with breakfast for 8 people," I said in front of the reception desk while handing over my black card."O-Okay, we'll process it." The receptionist in front of me looked a little surprised, but then she looked busy with the phone at her desk."M-Ma'am, it doesn't need to be ordered for us," suddenly Jonah's voice was heard, "After all, we'll just be on guard in front of your room, ma’am."From the look on his face, Jonah looked worried and afraid. Then I turned to look at the face of another guard standing behind Jonah. He also seemed to be avoiding my gaze and just looked down.""Did you tell Leo about me staying here?" I asked and neithe
POV LEO …"I can't believe what I just read..."Currently I'm in one of the rooms of our family's private villa in San Pedro Sula with several books and documents on the table in front of me.I held the document tightly in my hand with disbelieving eyes looking at Owen who was sitting in front of me with a cigar in my hand. I tried to strengthen myself with what I had just read."Have you confirmed all this is true?" I asked again.Owen looked relaxed as he smoked his cigar in front of me and exhaled a puff of smoke. However, I knew that behind that relaxed face, Owen was very serious. It was very rare for him to keep a straight face like that, unless there was a really serious problem."Hahh... that's also what you should investigate," he said as he let out a puff of smoke from his mouth and nostrils, "I came here for political business. But your subordinates who couldn't contact you instead contacted me...""...so I decided to help you a little, but instead I discovered a surprisin