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“Let's go home,” Fiona murmured to Rex Magnus.Still smiling brightly, Rex Magnus nodded and happily led his wife away.As for the people left within the huge hall, they didn’t react even after twenty minutes from when Rex Magnus and Fiona were gone.Almost thirty minutes later, a person finally reacted, the Old Matriarch.For some reasons unknown to her, she abruptly felt like she has lost something, but she couldn’t pinpoint the thing.Shutting her eyes slightly for a few seconds, she sat on the comfy chair and heaved a deep sigh, then she picked up the file that was placed on the tabletop and started going through it.At first, she was only doing that reflexively, but as time goes by, her eyes began to widen, and her breathing started quickening.It wasn’t only this. Even her heart began to pound hysterically in her chest and she suddenly began to feel a heart attack, but she held it in.Just as she was about to finish going thro***** Fiona doesn't go to work on weekends. However, unlike previous weekends where she rarely interacted with Rex Magnus, today is going to be different.Still not knowing, Rex Magnus decided to stay awake despite it being 2 am after he was disturbed awake by the recurring nightmare that had not plagued him for the past three days. Then he left his little room; the store and rushed to do all the house chores he needed to do, which included but not limited to the laundry, taking care of the environment, and cleaning the entire house.But one thing that amazed Rex Magnus from the beginning was his mother-in-law who actually did not make any appearance, not to talk of criticizing him for two consecutive days. Well... This unexpected peace and silence were quite refreshing to him.At 9 am sharp, Fiona who was still in her Pajamas strolled down lazily from her room just when Rex Magnus was rounding up his tasks.Just as her eyes saw the clear view befo
****“Are… are we going now?” Fiona suddenly questioned, instantly startling Rex Magnus and making him raise his head with a dumbfounded expression on his face.“Hun?”“Are… are we going now?” Fiona repeated extremely nervous.“Yes, yes if you don’t mind.”“O… okay, I… I will go… go get dressed.”Before Rex Magnus could respond, Fiona had already jumped to her feet and scurried away like a little rabbit.“Yes!”Rex Magnus Immediately made a victorious gesture, then he also jumped to his feet and cleared where he and his wife just had their meal before he also rushed to his room to get dressed in his signatory shorts, sweat, and sneakers.After he was done, Rex Magnus waited for almost three hours before Fiona who had used more than two hours to deliberate on what to wear finally came down.Seeing her, Rex Magnus' eyes brighten and the helplessness he was feeling when Fiona was taking forever to come down instantly disappeared.
***** “Wow! What a handsome man and beautiful lady!”“See how handsome that man is! He looks exactly like a model.”“What a beautiful couple!”“Wow!”Upon entering the Mall suggested by Fiona, both Rex Magnus and she were instantly flooded with all sorts of praises and envious gazes from both the men and ladies they met on the way.Honestly, this wasn’t the first time the couple was praised like this, for their handsome and beautiful looks.In fact, they’ve already heard it times without numbers to the extent that they had become numb to it. But perhaps, because the praises were meant for them both and not individually, Fiona was blushing so much right now that her face has already turned a deep shade of red while on Rex Magnus’ face, a wide and cocky grin that couldn’t be faked already covered it.Men would always be men.While Rex Magnus was openly accepting all the praises, enviousness, and admiration gazes thrown at them, Fiona w
****‘This… this, am I the one buying cloth or him?’Fiona rolled her eyes helplessly.‘Didn’t my friends from the past used to mention how their boyfriends rarely got involved when shopping for clothes and would instead timidly remain in the background while they accompanied them to look for dresses?’Although she thought like this and has a frustrated look on her face, Fiona couldn’t hide the joy blooming within her right now as she watched her husband, the husband she was utterly tired of some days ago picking dresses for her.After a while, Fiona abruptly sighed softly to herself, her entire being on cloud nine.“Hey wife, what are you doing there?”She was suddenly startled awake by this speechless voice then instantly, she shook her head and walked forward.“Wife, since these charts are already too much to push around, let's leave them here for now and go to the next section of dresses.”The moment Fiona heard Rex Magnus' last stat
***** Inside Fiona's villa, in the living room.Sally could be seen seated quietly on a couch, looking completely lost in her thoughts right now.Like the previous day, it was until Rex Magnus left the house that she finally got the courage to exit her coupe and come downstairs.Even she herself doesn’t know the reason why she was scared of facing Rex Magnus because honestly, she still doesn’t want Rex Magnus to be her son-in-law no matter what.‘That brat, although he was the reason I became the biggest winner amongst my friends, wasn’t his arrogant a little out of this world?’Sally thought for the umpteenth time today.‘That bastard, how dare he even hide the fact that he has a connection with such important people to us that has been feeding, clothing, and sheltering him all these years? No wonder I never liked him before. He’s nothing but a great betrayal,’ Sally thought again, her face also alternating again for the umpteenth time to
**** “What's that doing there?” “Hun?” Fiona became startled and raised an eye at Alan Bottoms. “You don’t know?” “Yes, Aunty.” He responded like someone who was extremely confused. Suddenly, he smacked his head as though he just remembered something. “Those useless attendants. It must be the receipt. Didn’t I tell them I don’t need one? How dare they embarrass me like this?” Sally who heard only the first part of Alan Bottoms' words was already looking at the piece of paper in her hand when suddenly, her eyes widen and her breathing quickened. “One… one and a half million dollars?” …….. “You fool. I will close my eyes now. But before I open them, I want you to be gone, you are fired.” Back inside the boutique where Rex Magnus and his wife were shopping, right now, their surrounding was already crowded with people watching what was going on interestingly. “Miss Amery, please I’m sorry, please don’t fire me, I was… I was only try
***** “Look, are this old man and his granddaughter too blind to read into things? How dare they come to greet someone at a time like this? Shouldn’t they be trying to hide their faces or denying that they know this person right now?”The crowd began to snicker and mock the Old man and Rose right now as if they were fools.Even Fiona couldn’t help but look at the old man and young girl duo in amazement, wondering where they got their courage.As for Dan Tego and Amery right now, they were already completely out of their wits, and their bodies started trembling all over as strong adrenaline began to crawl all over their skin with fear and defeat.“Big brother Rex, how have you been, what are you doing here inside the ladies’ boutique?”As if Rose was extremely familiar with Rex Magnus and as though she doesn’t see all the security guards currently glaring ferociously at her, she started bombarding him with tons of questions.Thankfully, Rex Magnus
****‘What are these people's identities?!!!!!’As for Rex Magnus, when he saw the curious expression on Rose’s face, he smiled brightly at her before responding casually. “Well… I followed my wife to buy clothes here, then after filling our charts and was about to go to the other sections, we were told to vacate the boutique because some extraordinary VVIP wants to do some shopping with their babe.”Although Rex Magnus only spoke casually, it was filled to the brim with sarcasm to everybody's ears.“Are… are you big brother Rex's wife?”Rose who hadn’t heard the remaining of Rex Magnus' words suddenly turned to glance at Fiona.The moment she saw her extremely beautiful she is, her eyes widen before brightening, then she walked to her and questioned.Seeing the huge pair of eyes filled with shock and adoration suddenly gazing at herself, Fiona's heart became weak for a few seconds, then she suddenly has the urge to pinch the cute face.But up
**** Potter City On a somewhat crowded street in a hot summer's afternoon, a young man in his late teens could be seen pedaling a bike as quickly as his legs would allow him.Looking at this young man, his body was already entirely drenched in sweat, and his attractive face, which was also completely covered in sweat beads was etched with fatigue.But despite this, the young man appeared unconcerned as the hastiness in his eyes was much more intense.He continued to cycle the bike hysterically as if his life depended on it, dodging both objects and creatures.The young man's eyes finally shone with intense light after a prolonged period of unceasing cycling, as if he had suddenly seen light at the end of a totally dark tunnel.The young man immediately increased his pedaling speed and applied more energy to his legs when he abruptly heard the unexpectedly loud vroom of an approaching car.The young man's delight first gave way to a bewildered and perplexed expression since he was ful
**** According to the diary left for Rex Magnus by May, the first time she betrayed him, she didn’t know that Rex Magnus was being planned to kill.What she was told was that they were trying to strip him of his power, and although it was also wrong, she had no choice because of her selfish reason, but she told Ronald about it, and it was Ronald who promised to protect their masters, so it wasn’t a betrayal.The reason why they were able to control her was because, when she was 19, she was drugged and raped by Rex Magnus' half-brother, and because everybody knew her feelings for Rex Magnus, she was threatened that they would report the case to Rex Magnus if she doesn’t do what they wanted.As for the second time, she had initially thought of refusing until she knew the name of the poison, so she made up her mind to apply it to Rex Magnus and tell him the entire truth after, but knowing that she wouldn't be able to face him again after the whole truth is out,
****The moment this was said, the place became silent and a heavy atmosphere descended.Just after a moment, nervous voices began to stutter.“You… you can’t do this… how… how dare you speak about honor when the master was still poisoned.”“If… if you're certain you want to give master a respectful death, why don’t you give him an antidote first?”They continued roaring and stuttering with fear while fidgeting and trying to break the enchanted chains used to restrain them, but Rex Magnus' brother acted like he doesn’t hear.Looking at everybody’s faces blankly for a while, he suddenly swiped out a knife from his pocket, then he turned around and walked unhurriedly to Rex Magnus.“This was all your fault,” he suddenly muttered to Rex Magnus that only he would hear.“You shouldn’t have made everybody feel scared, and more should you have made all those old fogeys feel like they were in control and not you.”He sighed, looking like a nice p
****“What… what happened to grandma?”Presently, Fiona has finally returned to her senses, but her head is currently ringing loudly while one of her palms is holding her mouth tightly with shock.She couldn’t believe what she was seeing at all.Her voice was what finally woke several people up from their stupor state, then instantly, Fiona's father, David jumped to his feet and rushed forward with two crimson red eyes, pointing his hand furiously and ferociously at Ethan.“How could you… how could you do this? Have you forgotten all the love, affection, and favoritism shown to you by Mother?”His voice was shaking so much that everybody could tell he was hiding a wave of indescribable anger and pain in him.As for Ethan who heard him, he doesn’t look remorseful nor furious, rather, he smiled coldly before laughing evilly and stepping on the body still oozing out blood.“She… huh?”He questioned playfully. “How could you say this old bitc
****“Dear brother, it’s been a while.”The young man suddenly smiled brightly after reaching Rex Magnus, but unfortunately, Rex Magnus couldn’t do a thing.Despite this, the look in his eyes already showed everything in his mind which only made the young man chuckle brightly.“Hahaha, yes, you have thought right, my dear brother. It was your sweet and precious May that poisoned you.”The moment Rex Magnus heard this, despite the great effort it took, he forced his eyes to gaze at May pleadingly, as if begging her to say it was a lie, but the moment he saw the look on her face, his eyes redden, and he would have been screaming ‘why’ right now if he was still at the control of his body.Although he already knew the truth, he still doesn’t want to believe it at all, so Rex Magnus continued gazing pleadingly at May despite his eyes having turned crimson red.Seeing this, the young man before Rex Magnus looked even greater.Smiling brightly, he co
**** “Hahaha, the ex-divine general does make jest of me,” the young man abruptly chuckled. “Who am I, how dare I claim myself to be the cousin of a like of you?” “Hehehe,” Rex Magnus also chuckled in return before finally glancing at all the faces his eyes could see, and the more he sees, the heavier his heart became and the more emotional he became. Even though he already learned that most of the people in the group had betrayed him, he still wasn’t able to handle the deep sadness and broken-heartedness within him. As for the people his gazes stayed longer upon, they knew that Rex Magnus has recognized them, but only a few of them has embarrassed expressions on their faces, as for the rest, their eyes were filled with mockery. After a while, Rex Magnus abruptly chuckled again. “I never knew why I was this blind in the past that I didn’t realize I was being hated upon by these many people.” “Hun?” Everyone abruptly looked flushed before
****Presently, Rex Magnus could be seen once again standing before his army with a stoic expression on his face.They were where they'd planned to meet after the success of the previous operation.“Are you all ready for the showdown?”He asked his army gently.“Yes, sir, we are all very ready, sir.” He was responded to by organized voices which made the ground around them tremble intensely.Without a change in expression, Rex Magnus looked at them more for a few minutes, the powerful and leadership aura still circulating him with full force, he nodded his head.“Okay then. We shall strictly follow the plan and tactics already made,” he uttered seriously this time around. “There is zero chance for a mistake, okay?”“Yes, sir.”With that, Rex Magnus and his men proceeded outside the city's gate, making everywhere they pass tremble.It was as if they’d turned into powerful beasts with the oppressive atmosphere spreading around them and
**** “Very soon, we shall split ourselves into groups, with each group under a general,” Rex Magnus who still doesn’t know the aura around him continued. “Now that we have the upper-hand of being in the dark while our enemies are in the bright space, we should make use of this well.” Like so, Rex Magnus continued speaking and giving orders until finally, everybody set out. All the soldiers were split equally under a general, leaving Rex Magnus and May alone. He watched calmly as the last group left, then he turned to May. “Our lives are now in your hands, please do monitor them and inform us of any changes.” “Hun?” May's eyes abruptly widen at this, then she trembled slightly. “Ma… master, this… this isn’t right, right?” It is now time for Rex Magnus to be stomped. He gazed strangely at May for a while before shaking his head slightly. “You are definitely acting strange. This isn’t the first time you would be doing th
**** “Team 32, any traces of that bastard?” “None as of yet, sir?” “Then continue watching and searching closely.” “Yes, sir.” “Oh, one more thing, never for any reason allow your group to be scattered, that bastard isn't something that should be taken lightly, okay?” “Yes, sir.” “Great.” (Beep.) …… “Hello sir, Team 54 is on the line.” “Team 54, any traces of that bastard?” “None, sir. According to all the coverages we’ve seen, he left his house this morning and…” ….. “Team 82, any traces of that bastard?” “None as of now, sir.” “Continue searching then. Make sure to search every inch of the city, okay?” “Yes, sir.” …… Presently, the entire Chase city is so quiet that one would think it had turned into an empty street if not for the thousands of armies that could be seen almost every minute. Apart from this, several aircraft could be seen flying to and fro in the sky, as if searching