“You look stunning,” Zenith complimented as the couple got out of the car.
It was the weekend and they had arrived in front of the private mansion where they were going to be having dinner.
From the point that she agreed to come for the dinner till that point when they were standing beside each other, Zenith had put in a lot of effort into preparing her for that night.
From hiring a makeover company to hiring a lady from an elegant school, all to make sure that she was prepared and had all the confidence in the world to face the others.
“Nervous too,” she said as she linked her hand with his, just like they had practiced.
“You just be a good girl and stay by my side. This dinner is really important and remember, no one is your friend,” she nodded and smiled at him, suppressing her nervousness as
The father and daughter pair were shocked to stupor and also that he had ignored them in front of everyone.“Daddy,” his daughter whined as she turned to him, but he was so close to vomiting blood as he got up to his feet in a start and held his daughter's hand.“You-” he pointed to shakenly at Zenith, “I'll make you pay, I swear!” he said before leaving, but Zenith remained unfazed as he appeared entranced by Gift's beauty instead.After all, he wasn't the only one that had sworn to deal with him. Others had even sworn with their generational wealth, but no matter how hard they tried, they could never come close and this would be no exception for him.The event resumed in its full vigor soon after and soon enough, the main event of networking and showing off started.“Don't move too far away from me, people will offer u
After picking out her dress and sneaking a peak at the tuxedo he was putting on, she had found a pair of couples rings to match as she was so into the act of being his date for those five days, but when she had confronted him with the idea, he had shunned it saying, “that thing is too much of a boundage,” mercilessly rejecting her proposal, but instead of her returning the rings in their cases, she had put them in her clutch instead, unable to part with them.And her love for jewelries had made her slip on her own when she was bored at the beginning of the dinner.“She's here, she's here. The godmother is around.” They heard murmurs around and Zenith's face sharpened as his stance became lighter, ready to move in search of this ‘godmother’.The woman who was literally the backbone and the medium for him to upscale from the point he was currently at.She
He could tell that things had shifted for him and that if he let her go in with her plot, all his delicate plans would fail, but he couldn't help but remain silent.He wanted to see Gift's acting till the end.Everyone was putting on an act or the other, but something about the way she presented herself made him feel like he wouldn't mind getting lied to continuously, although that was the one thing he hated the most.“Gift?'' Zenith was unsure of when he needed to say anything, so she continued as she turned her attention to Ruby Yu, gave her a small smile before opening the diamond studded clutch in her hand and taking out the other ring of the pair with which she was already matching.She held Zenith's left hand and put the ring in his ring finger.It entered just past the fingernails with ease, but it was difficult to push through, however,
So until he left the hall, the people closer to him held their breath hoping it wasn't their death day.Ruby Yu on the other hand smacked her lips together with a frown as she looked at Gift whose eyes were widened in shock.“Poor you,” she pouted, “he has such a lousy temper, I can't believe I almost invited him for that ship cruise, you don't be too startled, how about we go receive some fresh air while you tell me about your sweet romance with this stoic man,” she said as she glared at Zenith again.Zenith finally understood what was happening and he had his mouth open in both surprise and shock.He would have never seen that coming, no matter the direction he was seeing it from.A situation he had given up on was easily revived and given life by her. He looked at her as she nodded at Ruby Yu before mouthing softly, “
“Thank you for your kindness,” Gift smiled as she looked her in the eye, still acting casual and that was just what Ruby loved the most about her as she reminded her of her younger self.“Sure, anytime,” she beamed, feeling more excited as she took a step forward with the eyepatch lady before suddenly stopping, “let me tell you a secret, when you're coming, you must…”Zenith on the other hand was about to follow after them as he felt a possessiveness to see when Gift was taken away, but before he could take a step further, he was swarmed by other people around who mustered up their courage to find out what exactly had transpired from the last man standing.Gift, due to the emergency, was left by herself on the corridor and with no sense of direction, she found herself at the balcony of that floor.As the breeze hit, she realized that there was no
“Here, look at this,” he remembered the card Ruby had given him and handed it to them,their eyes widened upon recognizing it and they decided to reconsider, but not until they had put a call through to Scarlet who had scolded them for keeping such an esteemed guest waiting while threatening to take their lives if such happened again.Now they had to face the wrath of Zenith in person.The reason why they could remain strong and adamant was because they were scared of losing their lives to Ruby Yu's blood thirsty assistant, but now that that fear was gone, it was now replaced by the dreadful rumors they had heard of Zenith.They fell to their knees with their head lowered, ready to get hit if it alleviated Zenith's anger.“Where is she?” was all he managed to mutter as they conceded.“On the first floor by the balco
On that Saturday, shortly after they had left Olivia at home with Trenor and her dad for babysitting, Joseph and his stepmom arrived at their mansion after she had burnt his lunch.Plus he needed to get his weekend's portion of Gift's food while his stepmom needed to step out for a breather after a heated argument with his dad.At Zenith's mansion, the five of them had gotten to know each other and it was during this time that Joseph's Stepmom was allowed in their guest storage room where she found some of the interior decor material Gift had gotten on her first day there.In her boredom and in a bid to get her mind off her issues with her husband, she had decided to spend her time arranging the interiors while Olivia found herself listening to Joseph's plan for the futureOn both sides, the members of the Kim family had spent their Saturday doing new things and finding out a part o
As she reached the fifth floor and sprinted out to enter the elevator which just happened to be free, she noticed other members with their briefcases and bags and she froze as she realized that her hands were empty.“Damn it!” She cussed as she watched it get filled up again.She had to run back down to the restroom to get her bag because it contained important files that she'd needed for her presentation.As she reached the ground floor, she noticed Ken and Trisia smooching and kissing themselves goodbye before he entered the building.Unable to take her eyes off them, she stayed rooted on the spot and got caught by Ken who smirked at her before she shook her head and she finally moved.She felt too drained to take the stairs, so she decided to wait until the elevator was free.All the adrenaline rush she felt earlie