“He is Henry, my most trusted person,” Lucius introduced me to Henry. After we had made a deal to get what we both want, he decided to introduce me to his people first. I figured that his house here in Manchester looked like an ancient luxury manor, it can even pass as a Victorian palace. He also had a lot of maids who are obviously wolf shifters. Of course why would he get human servants. That would only make a problem because of the kind of lifestyle he’s living in. He only introduced me to few people. Henry, his right hand, butler and all-around assistant. Beatrice, the head of the maids in the manor and is ranked the second after Henry. Her name really sound old fashioned, and trust me, she really is. She wasn’t the sexy type of female subordinate in movies that becomes the rival of the female lead in movies. Actually, I can’t guess her age, probably she’s around late forties. But in spite of that, she still looks very beautiful. I guess it must be because of the nature of being
Now I think I get how Lucius was able to solve the problem. Of course, he is very influential. Having a mall exclusively opened for him is not hard. I don’t even think he had to use supernatural abilities to do this, his money is probably enough. I knew the Voss clan is an old rich family, but I guess Lucius is ‘filthy’ rich and he doesn’t mind to show it.“Go pick everything you want,” Lucius said.“Is this mall yours, perhaps?” I didn’t sound so serious that was why when he answered, I was surprised.“It is.”“Wait. Are you serious?”His brow raised. “Do I look like I’m joking?”I cleared my throat and stepped back a bit. “I’ll go look around.”I walked away from him to go inside the boutiques and I thought he would just stay right where he was when I noticed him stalking me. I stopped to look at him. He asked, “What?”“I thought you would just wait for me to finish picking some stuffs.”“I figured I better help you decide for your clothes since I want you to look decent enough as m
"I am Lily, Miss Maddy. I will assist you in dressing up and in doing your hair," the woman in uniform who went in my room.She was tall, a little taller than me, blonde, white and beautiful. Eyes were amber. There is no doubt she’s a wolf shifter."Thank you."It is the day of the wedding. I look into the mirror with me wearing the grand wedding gown I had chosen. Not that I want something grand to wear in marrying someone I don't love, but the thing is, all of those dresses that Lucius prepared for me were all grand—not just grand, but very grand. But even if I don't want any of those, I have no choice but to pick one, so we can go on with the wedding part and get done with it.The one I had chosen is perfectly fit to my body. It is very intricate and has crystals all over the bodice. My hair was done in updo with few tendrils intentionally left in front for the classic style. My makeup was done smoothly and perfectly. Not heavy but not very light, just enough to emphasize my facia
The ceremony started shortly and I tried to look any other bride as much as possible. Though if the audience have very observant eyes, I think they would notice that I am a little weird or that Lucius and I are a little indifferent to each other. But well, I think there is just a small percentage that they would think something is wrong with Lucius because he is kind of a good actor. He even kissed my hand when he reached out for me as we both faced the wolf shifter who would wed us.I didn't feel anything when Lucius did that for the sake of our pretend relationship. It's just, I got irritated on myself for imagining someone else's face. I really hope that I would soon forget all the worthless emotions and remnants of the past. Who knows my ex, Anthony, is also in somewhere, having his happy ever after with his new found mate? To be honest, I hate how he made me believe and feel that I was the woman destined for him, that we are destined for each other. I hate how he made me feel tha
Lucius kept on digging information about me until he got what he wanted. An information about my ex, who happened to be at our fake wedding and who is at Benedict's side."How are you connected to Simon?" I asked Lucius when the celebration had ended and our audience had left. It was really what I was wondering about the whole time we are dealing with the guests. I usually don't do the meet and greet thing but since I am playing the role as Lucius's wife, I have to put up with it and try to be realistic as possible. I can't be too stiff nor too sweet because it would be too strange and the people will possibly notice how peculiar our relationship is.Lucius turned to me with shadowed eyes. "Should you know?""I just wonder if it is all right to tell me. After all, we are partners in this, right?"Instead of answering, he asked, "Do you still love him?""What kind of question is that?""Just answer me."I looked at him blankly. I think he knows what is the answer but he still wants me
"Humans' yacht party or wolf shifter’s or both?" I asked. Well, I think both kind must be present in the party as the elite Lucius Voss is connected to the elite people in both kinds."Wolf shifter’s Since you would be my partner as of the moment, you should remember that I do not do anything without a valid reason. And you know what is valid for me? If the reason is purely business."Right. That matches his attitude and appearance."So you mean we are going to a party in wolf shifter’s society?”"Yes, and elite one for that matter.”"What are we going to do there?" I don't have any idea yet what are Lucius’ plans but of course his every action relative to it concerns me, so it is just right to ask for a little details, right? After all, we are partners in our plans. We are involved to whatever we do with regards to our plans."After the bomb, we should make the story more interesting. We need to have a little show, so you must brace yourself and try to make your every action look nat
Lucius’s hand was then wrapped around my waist when we entered the huge luxury yacht. I had been in different parties back when my dad was still alive, but I’ve never been to big parties of the most powerful people before I met Lucius so I’m still not used to it.A man and a woman went to us at once. Based on how the man held the woman's waist and how intimate they were, I think they are most probably a couple. The woman was wearing a crimson red glittery dress with a big ribbon in the left shoulder. The man on the other hand is wearing a dark blue tuxedo and a bow tie. In human age, I guess they are around early thirties or something near that."I'm so glad that you came, Lucius," the man said and the way he smiled at Lucius gave me an idea that they had long knew each other. They are probably centuries old or something since even though Lucius did not mention how long exactly he had been around in the world, he said the phrase 'for a while', and I know what exactly that means becaus
It was Simon.Our gaze met and I felt like my world stopped for a moment. It was very quick though. Just very quick that I felt like it never came to me, like it was just a very quick moment of time that was not a vital part of my life. He was wearing a black suit, his face serious and his eyes were dark as he held my gaze. The way he looked at me made me think that he had so much to say to me, that he wanted to do so much. His lips were pursed tight and his jaw was tight as if there was something pissing him off real bad.For a moment, questions swirled down my mind and I felt like I wanted to throw him questions I had never planned of asking him ever since my pack was ruled by Benedict. Questions that I wanted to ask but I will never ask because what is it for? With the path I had chosen, with the life I have now, would all of those even matters? No. It will not matter because whatever he will say or do, I am very sure that it will not lessen the pain that I had felt when I was told