It was a long-awaited and exciting day for one of Darian City's largest corporations. Famous celebrities around the globe were invited as the judges for tonight's upcoming finale of choosing among the best participants for the movie role. One couldn't fathom how grand it would be. It was to be expected that outstanding figures around Darian City wouldn't want to miss such an opportunity to come view the new emerging stars! At the high-rise "Dreams Do Come True" corporate building. Outstanding men, carrying confidence, and gorgeous ladies with ravaging statures were either preparing or rehearsing in the lobby. The smell of competitiveness in the atmosphere could be felt. In the unsuspecting corner beside the vending machine, a chubby man could be seen gazing intently at the cup of coffee in his hand. This person had just arrived not too long ago. "Good stuff! The aroma is neither too strong nor too light, just perfect!" Sett gulped down the coffee. The flavor was provoking his taste
The moment Sett stepped into the elevator, he knew that his fate was sealed. Meeting face-to-face with his mother-in-law and father-in-law inside the elevator was like stepping on a landmine. His sister-in-law, Elena, was also present with an unreadable expression; maybe she was baffled or something. Sett's father-in-law, Mr. Clayton Laurel, crossed his muscular forearm arm between his chest, his tiger-like gaze pricking Sett's skin. On the other hand, his mother-in-law, Elizabeth Laurel, was narrowing her bright green eyes into slits. Talking about being stalked by a venomous snake...There was a long, painful-awkward silence. The stiffness in the air was suffocating.Meanwhile, Elena Laurel had an amused look glued to her sweet face. Seeing the dumbfounded expression on her brother-in-law's face made her day. Indeed, she was enjoying it..."I didn't expect to see you here, my darling son-in-law." Mrs. Elizabeth was the first to break the ice with her soothing voice.Sett didn't i
"Honey, there's no need to banter with a tumor-like him." Mrs. Elizabeth spoke to her husband while unfolding her fan. Her expression turned dead serious as she shifted her gaze to Sett. "Listen, I have high expectations of my daughter Sheila. As a mother, I want my daughter Sheila to have the best man for her life partner and I can't imagine wasting her life with a nobody like you who doesn't have a future." Mrs. Elizabeth spoke haughtily. She didn't mind hurting others to make her message crystal clear. "I.." Sett's countenance turned pale as he felt a pang in his heart. He couldn't properly utter the words out of his mouth. "We aren't in-laws anymore, so don't bother calling me one. Oh, before I forget, I know you refuse to divorce my daughter. Regardless, the divorce will still go through. Hmmph!" Mrs. Elizabeth snorted while pursuing her lips. She surveyed the gathering audience, who were taking their seats while others were passing by them toward their designated area in
"Please don't leave me, my love!" The young man in an 18th-century French costume kneeled and pleaded while gripping the hand of the young, gorgeous lady in a traditional French gown. In the background, the soothing melody of the violin reaches its crescendo."There's nothing between us, Mike. I've fallen in love with someone else. I'm sorry." The gorgeous lady was filled with sorrow as she wiped the teardrop from her eyes. At that point, the music abruptly ceased, indicating the end of the scripted acting play by these two wonderful contestants. Although it was somewhat cheesy, it was necessary. Furthermore, the audience loved it as they stood up from their seats and gave thunderous applause of acknowledgment to the two wonderful contestants on the stage, who bowed toward the audience. They were confident they'd get a great role in the movie after showcasing their superior script acting. That garnered the judges' attention. While the audience enjoyed the performance, the same thing
Someone in the audience chimed in. "It turns out that it's that young man's fault." A famous actress pointed out her finger as she stated. "That waiter had respectfully served me a drink of juice, and for a waiter to misstep is not likely to occur, so that young man is at fault." Sett's expression hardened. He was stunned and speechless at the absurdity of the whole situation. Everyone was making accusing remarks to his face. Director Chou shouted in wrath. "Someone call supervisor Edward or the security guards and kick this rubbish out!" 'What a load of crap is this guy saying?' Sett frowned as he finally took note of the middle-aged man who was enticing everyone to kick him out. 'Hmm? Isn't this the guy that claimed he saw me tripping the waiter? This waiter and this guy should be in cahoots with one another...' The more Sett thought about it, the more accurate his speculation became.However, the question was why were they scheming against him? Just then, Sett's eyes narrowe
"Are my eyes playing tricks on me?" Mr. Clayton horsily said, for one, he felt like bleaching his eyes. He just couldn't believe it. His face continued to spasm as he uttered."T-That goofball is the Chairman?" Was the universe making a big joke on him? Is it possible for a nobody like Sett to be the chairman of one of the largest corporations in Darian City and a judge at that? Isn't that bullsh*t? But he couldn't deny that the directors were being polite and excited as they greeted Sett on stage.Mrs. Elizabeth wasn't moving a single limb like she was having a stroke. One would really think so if it weren't for her ruddy lip being parted. However, no syllables came out of her mouth. She was in utter disbelief..."Brother-in-law..." Elena, with hazy eyes, stared at Sett while she unconsciously bit her seductive lower lips. She badly wanted to know how Sett managed to become the Chairman of the Dreams Do Come True company.Nonetheless, this shocking revelation wasn't the end of it y
"Police Commissioner Collen... I presume?" Ms. Scarlett glanced at a bare-headed man who was barely wearing anything; presently he was being forcefully pinned on the table by Macho Karl.A few minutes ago, Commissioner Collen had barely finished wrapping himself with his slightly wet towel after doing business with a prostitute in his private pool, and that's when he heard gunshots followed by the bloodcurdling screams of the guards outside. When he was about to check the situation, he saw a burly dude twice his size bolting toward him, and before he knew it, he was at the mercy of his assailants. Still, he could hardly believe how easily his men were defeated. It had to be said that his men were armed and every single one of them was a retired special operations veteran! However, when he saw the silhouette of a refined lady joining in, then, like a bubble, all his doubts dissipated. Presently, Commissioner Collen was stammering. "J-Jane Scarlett?" Simply saying that name filled h
With a cold expression, Ms. Scarlett grabbed Commissioner Collen's hair; surprise could be written on his face. "What do you think you're doing?" Commissioner Collen spoke in panic, as his eyes showed trepidation. The thing that Ms. Scarlett hated the most was being looked down upon by those weaker than her! A prey looking down on a predator, to be precise... A single glance was all it took for Ms. Scarlett to decide who was the predictor and who was the prey! And this commissioner, whom she saw as prey, was mocking her? It can not be tolerated! With unbelievable strength, Ms. Scarlett banged the commissioner's head against the wooden table's plateau, snapping it in half. "Ah!" Commissioner Collen's shrieks were ear-piercing. Witnessing such a bloody scene was unnerving. This was the first time Sett had seen how Ms. Scarlett dealt with enemies. He gulped hard while sweating bullets. He had to take extra note that behind Ms. Scarlett's gentle smile hid a frightening beast. "I
Jane was discussing the plan to everyone, which took a lengthy amount of time to properly formulate in order to avoid any kind of problems with the plan. Sett was also listening very closely as he was assigned a very crucial role in the plan. He was assigned as Azula’s compulsory plus one, which Azula agreed since Sett isn’t a Sapphire House subordinate.After everything fell into place, and everyone agreeing to their assigned positions, the meeting was finally adjourned. Azula dismissed the twelve and instructed them to start the preparations immediately, while letting Jane and Sett stay for there was something that she wishes to address to the both of them in private.As the twelve finally left the room, the atmosphere suddenly became breathable again, aside from the sudden silence that filled the air. Azula and Jane just sat there, not uttering a single word and just waiting on whoever breaks the silence first.Sett then thought of something mischievous that made him smirk.“Hey, A
Dear Ms. Rowena Azula Crow I am writing this letter to request personnel from the Sapphire House for an upcoming mission. I only ask for one individual, and I request that it would be you, Ms. Crow. Before we start with the formal briefing for the mission, I would like to Test your capabilities first, since the latest aid that I requested proved to be incompetent. Mock Training will begin tomorrow at the Emerald House’ Training Grounds. I’ll be expecting your attendance tomorrow, at 7pm. Please be there on time. Sincerely yours: Roman Isaac Crow“And that’s that.” Azula said as she finished reading the letter. “The nerve of that brat to ask for another assistance request.” she added.After Azula folded the letter back inside its envelope. Everyone inside the room stared at her, a
Sett left the Medical Room, leaving Jessica inside. As he was walking down the hallway, he was contemplating everything that he had learned so Far. Even though he was feeling a bit at ease because he had learned so much about his real family, it was still a lot of information to take in for someone who just arrived the very same day.By the time that Sett finally got time for himself, it was already almost midnight. He decided that he should just call it a day and go to his room to rest. He walked back towards the lobby to head upstairs and finally hit the hayAs Sett was about to go up the stairs, the sound of knocking suddenly resonated across the whole lobby, there was no one there other than himself so he opened the door. The moment he opened up the door, there was no one there. The only thing that’s there was a sealed envelope.It was addressed to his Aunt Zula, but he thought that she was already asleep. He closed the door and decided that he should keep this letter for now and
Sett raised his eyebrows in confusion as response to Jessica's statement. It was as if she was expecting that he would ask her about it then and there. She finished tidying up the equipment then grabbed a chair to sit next to Sett. Her eagerness was as if she was a child, trying to share something she just knew to her parents.“So how much do you currently know about it?” Jessica meticulously asked before sharing everything she knew to Sett.Sett was a little bit surprised and curious about how much she actually knew about. Intrigued with whatever information that she could give, he decided to lay down a brief and still non-detailed outline of everything he knew, still leaving some parts hidden for Azula’s sake.As Sett finished the information dropping, Jessica gave her a skeptical look. She had a hunch that there was some information that Sett withheld from her, which was understandable. She didn’t want to pry on whatever it was he and his aunt talked about upstairs. She knew that
“You’re joking, right?” Sett asked in bewilderment of the sudden revelation that just presented itself to him.His statement somehow managed to anger Jessica even more. She paced herself slowly towards where Sett was standing with clenched fists, ready to bust his head again. With her choosing violence as her response, Sett was forced to apologize for his statement earlier to avoid any other conflict to arise.“I should be the one to ask you that you prick!” Jessica naggingly said to Sett. “There’s no way that you’ve spent all that time at Mother Azula’s office, and not learned of the foundational rules that your house has!” she added.“I did learn a little bit about the foundational rules, but…” Sett was cutted off mid sentence.“See! Now you admit that you do know about the House’ foundational rules! But why the fuck didn’t you use that and deny Young Master Roman’s request, huh?!” Jessica furiously said.Though Sett was getting a little irritated with Jessica’s aggressive accusatio
“Oh, my apologies Sett! I must have been hit by the memories of old a little too strongly.” Azula said as she wiped the tears off her face.However, Sett wasn’t convinced by such reasons. Sure, you could cry when you’re hit with nostalgia, but that is out of a joyful, euphoric feeling that overwhelms you to the brink of crying. But in Azula’s case, Sett noticed that her tears weren’t a product of such positive feelings.In fact it was the total opposite. Sett sensed that, the moment he saw her eyes devoid of life. An imperfect match for her ocean blue eyes, that seemed so full of life. He thought that whatever was bothering her, seemed like a burden that was still weighing down his Aunt, even until now.“Are you sure you’re alright Aunty?” Sett asks, deeply in concern for what Azula is feeling.Azula just looked at Sett with heavy laden eyes. She wanted to tell him about what really happened to his dad. However, it was still too early for him to know the truth. If he’d learn about it
With Azula willing to tell him everything he wanted to know, with a promise that no form of information would be held back. Sett felt conflicted. After all, there is a pressing concern that they should face first. As much as Sett wanted to sit down and potentially receive all the answers to his questions, he couldn’t overlook the fact that there is a life at risk.He was about to reason out with Azula and decline the opportunity she presented to him, but Azula cutted him off by standing up and walking towards a bookshelf near her office table. She took out a very old, hard-bound book from the top shelf. The dust that it accumulated is the indication of how long that book was left untouched.“This book holds everything that you want to know if you wish to learn more about our family’s history.” Azula stated as she gently blew on the book, revealing its true worn-out, rustic black cover.Upon further inspection, there was an embedded mark on one side of the book covers. It was a mark o
“What the hell were you thinking Aunty?!” shouting Sett’s voice could be heard outside of Azula’s office. “Even a person who is mentally impaired could easily understand what wretched hell awaits Ann at the hands of that swine!” he exclaimed, making sure that Azula captures how dire Ann’s situation is, now that she’s in Roman’s clutches.Azula on the other hand, was assessing the situation silently, while sitting on the couch. She understood the way Sett feels especially after the stunt his emotionally and mentally disordered cousin pulled earlier. But this wasn’t the time for them to start acting like helpless children.All Azula could think of was Ann’s safety. She must come up with something to insure Ann’s safety, especially when the one she’s with is her psychoneurotic nephew. Now the question is “how?”. It would be useless for her to just recklessly barge herself through the Emerald House’s front doors because Roman would have told them about the whole thing.She also couldn’t
While Roman was still on the floor, wiping the blood off his nose. He scoffs, then proceeds to laugh in amusement, acknowledging the fact that Sett caught him off guard. Roman somehow considered it as an entertaining happenstance, that Sett found a small window of opportunity, and took it to give him a cheap shot like that.“That was very clever. Still a cheap shot, but it was clever.” Roman said as he stood up from the floor and fixed his now wrinkled button down shirt. “However, I’m not in the mood to fight you anymore. So stop cock-blocking me, and get the hell away from Azula.” He added with an irritated voice.“Make me.” Sett provokingly responded.Roman’s blood started to boil after hearing Sett’s remarks. At that moment, he thought that it would be an easy win to get past Sett since he didn’t possess that much threat. But what concerned him was how Azula would react right after. Roman glanced at Azula and saw how composed she still is. Even after what happened, she still seemed