Secretly the god of war

007

The big announcement from Ella had came as a shock to everyone, including the Monroe’s family. And Simon, upon hearing the news had tried to persuade Ella from changing her mind.

He had immediately walked over to approach her.

“Miss Queen, I think you might have made a mistake.” He said.

“What do you mean?” Ella asked.

“This guy here is just a country bum. How would you decide to wed to him? How did you even know him in the first place? We are quite influential in our family and our youths are very successful, they can help you financially with multiple business ideas. You shouldn’t waste your time on a trash like him.”

Of course, Simon was talking about himself. He was the only successful person in their family. He was hoping Ella would decide to marry into their family, and if possible, cancel the wedding with the Monroe’s family.

So he was trying to badmouth Ray so Ella would decide against marrying him.

“Mr Simon, when I came here, did I say I came for the Grayson family, or to wed one of your youths?”

Simon shook his head negatively to Ella’s question.

“And how dare you try to lecture me on what to do and not to do?!” Ella roared.

“I’m sorry Miss Queen, I didn’t mean to say it like that. It’s just that Ray is a trash who doesn’t deserve to be married to a goddess like you.”

Simon felt like he must have step on the toes of Ella, so he was trying to set things right. However, the next action from Ella had shocked him.

A loud sound echoed through the halls of the room as Simon was slapped across the face by Ella.

“Why did you hit me, Miss Queen?” Simon cried, clasping his burning cheek.

“How dare you call my future husband a trash! One call from me and you’ll lose everything you’ve managed to gather over the years.”

Ella was very well aware of Simon’s identity as a junior officer in the army. But she wasn’t fazed at all as she had many connections in the army.

With her threat, she knew he won’t try to do anything stupid. But that wasn’t all, she needed to warn the general public too.

She was surprised that Ray wasn’t doing anything despite being called names, considering his position in his society. Then she realised that he was only doing this to keep a low profile.

In turn for whatever reason he was doing this, she would use her own influence to keep him safe.

“From now on, anyone that calls my future husband any name apart from Ray, would be dealt with seriously. Insulting him is like insulting me too. I won’t take such an offence levity!”

The words from Ella was loud and clear, and no one would dare try to go against it. At least not in her presence.

After saying her bit, Ella had grabbed Ray’s hands as they left the place.

This series of actions had humiliated the Monroe’s family and Simon. But the most affected was Simon.

He still had his hands placed across his cheek from where he was slapped by Ella.

His brows creasing deeply with anger, but it wasn’t Ella he held a grudge against, it was instead Ray. He felt like Ray was the reason he lost his pride today.

He was regretting to have listened to his father and not have fought him back then.

…

Outside the Monroe’s family mansion, Ella and Simon had just gotten to where the two Rolls Royce car was parked. Different guards were stationed around the place, and that includes the ones that had followed Ella inside.

“Too much display for repaying only a debt.” Ray finally said. But he wasn’t talking about the cars, he was talking about Ella’s action to the Monroe and Grayson’s family.

“Ahah, how else could I repay my saviour. If it’s not by humiliating those that were humiliating him.”

“I was fine by myself. Your intervention was unnecessary.” Ray argued his point.

“Says the one whose engagement didn’t later went through.” Ella said.

“That was because I was cheated…”

“And yet you had that under control…?” Ella inquired.

“What about you? I thought you were supposed to marry a very wealthy man, did that work out for you?”

“I couldn’t marry him,… not after our relationships yesterday.” Ella said, staring into Ray’s eyes. “I think the two of us might be meant for each together.”

“Is that why you announced to everyone that we’re couples and are about to get married?” Ray asked. “Do you have any idea that what you did had just ruined my plan?”

“I’m… sorry. I didn’t mean to…” Ella was starting to feel bad.

However, the conversation was cut short when the cell phones from both of them started to ring at the same time.

“Excuse me, I need to take this.” Ella excused herself and so did Ray, who had immediately walked off in a distance, away from the ears of anyone.

“Hi boss, I just found a new lead.” Ray’s subordinate said on the phone.

Right after dropping Ray at the Monroe’s mansion, he had ordered her to leave the premises. This was done so no one will learn of his secret identity.

“Fill me in.”

“It seems like your parents are in some type of secret organisation called ‘the STARS’ and this organisation seems to have a hand in their death. I will send you the list of the members. Although, it is a very old list as some of the members are already dead. But very soon, we might be able to find the list of the new members.”

The list was sent to Ray’s phone and the names of those he found in it had surprised him greatly.

“I couldn’t be surprised if the name of the Monroe’s family is there. But this…”

“The Queen’s family…”

“I guess my plan wasn’t ruined after all.”