" Are you okay, Eden?" Bloom asks. His hand is over her back and she loves it up and down. " I'm fine. " She answers with her voice low. He stands up to his feet and helps her to do the same. She isn't injured in any way, but he is covered in his blood. " Jesus, do you need to go to the hospital?" She asks. " You are covered in blood. "He turns his back to her as he tries to wipe off as much of the blood as he can. " It's okay, I'm fine. " He tries to change her mind. " Here, I have a handkerchief. " She takes it out of her pocket and hands it to him. He turns around and tries to take it from her, but she won't give it to him " Hold still." She instructs. She tries her best to wipe the blood from his face while he grimaces in pain. " Aren't you supposed to be a soldier?" She jokes. " Why did you get beat up?"It's a joke and maybe he would have laughed at it any other day, but not when he is still boiling over what happened. He snatches the handkerchief from her and walks t

Ansel is at the table with over three men and among them is Mister Jimmy Futterman. They are all ex-members of the great five that dispersed with the death of their leader, his father. " Are these the men?" Ansel asks Mister Jimmy. " Yes, Grand Lord. " He bows. " These are men that have been loyal to your father, they have been anticipating the day the brotherhood would rise again like the morning sun."" Hmm. " Ansel is somewhat absent-minded." They are loyal to your father and they have promised to be so with you too." Mister Jimmy assures him. " And what do they have to offer?" Ansel asks. " Pardon?" Mister Jimmy is confused. " Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy. " Ansel turns around in his chair and looks at him with a smile on his face. " You don't think that I am just going to allow just anyone into the brotherhood? I want influential men. "" Grand Lord, I am an accountant. " One of them clears his throat. " What can that do for me?" Ansel asks. " I can grant you access to the fina

Even Bloom turns around, it's a bomb she has dropped right now. Duke drops the bags in his hands to the ground. His eyes are boring through her. " Excuse me?" He squints. " I can't go back with you. " She runs her hand through her hair. " This is where I am supposed to be, I have to look after my mother's estate." " What the hell are you talking about?" Duke yells. " Get into the fucking plane, I don't have the time for this. "" No, you listen, Duke. " She raises her voice, but she sighs and looks down. " I'm sorry, with everything you have done for me, I know that I seem to be ungrateful, but I just want to do what's best for me."" We talk about all of this back home, at Sunville. " He points to the direction of the plane. " That's our agreement. "" I didn't agree with that. " She sounds pained. " You said that to me, the same way you have been barking orders at me. "Duke stops, he knows that yelling back and forth won't solve this. She is right, maybe he hasn't been treati

Duke wasn't expecting Melody. He hasn't seen Melody in months and even though he kind of misses her, it was a good thing because he has the time to focus on other issues. Of course, they are cool. He knows that her modeling has been going on well too and that's enough for him. Why has she come to see him after all of these months? Did Ansel find her and cause trouble for her?" Sir. " Gwen pulls him out of his thoughts. " She has been waiting for you for hours. "Duke nods and starts to walk to the door. He stops and turns to her. " Give us a few minutes alone, okay?" He tells her. She nods, she looks like she would have said something to him, but she bites her lips instead. Duke innocently walks into the house and he sees Melody sitting in the living room. She turns around and he sees her face. The angle at which he sees her from the door makes it impossible for him to see her fully, but he can't tell from her face alone that she has changed. " Duke?" She smiles. Even her sm

Ansel is the last person that she was expecting to see, and not at her house of all places. He turns around, he has a cigarette in his hands. " Hello, Eden. " He puffs smoke into the air. " Ansel, what are you doing here?" She asks. Her hands are folded and there is a small frown on her face. " Why haven't you called me?" He tilts his head. He walks finger, standing in front of her face and he exhales the smoke in her face. " My card wasn't for decoration, I was waiting for your call. " He leans to meet up with her height. " You know it isn't nice to make gentlemen like myself wait for a call. "" I have been busy. " She doesn't bat an eyelid. " Sweetheart, don't tell me that your mother is Eve. " He laughs. " Holy shit. "" How is it then that you are related to Duke Dawson Xavier?" He asks. " Eve adopted me. " Eden folds her hands. " It doesn't matter, how did you get into my house?"" That doesn't matter too, sweetheart. " He continues to smoke. " What matters the most is t