《Veronica CEO's Underworld Queen》 Chapter 1 Chapter 1 "Sweetie, are you really sure about this?" "Mom." Veronica Wang nced at her mother Celerina Wang with a gentle expression, "Many years passed already and besides I won''t be staying there for long." "I know, and I understand. However, I can''t help but worry about you, Vivi. What happened that year was already enough for me to bear. Please think of Fire and Fair", Celerina Wang pleads as she holds her daughter''s hands with hers. When her mother mentioned her twin children, Veronica''s firm resolve softened, however, remembering the severity of the problem in Country P''s force made her feel that she needed to personally go there. She was yet to establish her own force in Country P but her trusted right hand, Zero, reported that there is an unknown superior force seemingly preventing them from gaining more power. It''s like an ominous force was trying to contain them and worst, they were rendered helpless. "Mom....your worries, I could understand them but please, trust me." "Even so. Vivi, although the people we suspected to have instigated what happened that year had been destroyed by an unknown force but your uncle Bien, I and your father were suspicious that there''s more to it. Please think more about it. And don''t forget the danger you might put yourself into." Veronica couldn''t deny the fact that her mother has a point. Those scheming people that destroyed their family''s treasured reputation are dangerous. She seethed in anger just remembering what happened to her and her family years ago. Veronica had always wanted to take revenge but the question is.....to whom? Unknowingly after they left Country P with the help of her mother''s brother, her uncle Bien, the Yan Family whom they suspected to be behind the destruction of their family and her ident was also ruthlessly destroyed by some unknown force. She was curious about it but never dwelt much since that is the reality of life, worst,..... that''s how politics works. Probably the unknown force was another family the Yan family has unfortunately offended in the past. And this is also one of the things Veronica would like to find out on her return. "We wih (wil) miss you mommy. Muah!'' A four years old blond-haired girl kissed across theptop screen. ''Bayfigh and Bayfey wibe obedient until youe back home, wight Figh (Fire)?" "Yes." A monotone reply of another four years old red-haired boy. The boy was the very opposite of his chatty and lively twin sister. Matured like for his very young age but when ites to their mother, he is, after all, just a young kid. "Take care of yourself, mother. I''ll look out for Baelfire and grandma and grandpa while you''re not around." Veronica''s strong resolve was melting away because she started to miss her twin children already. "Remember what you promised mommy Fair, okay? Mom will be back as soon as possible." Veronica addressed her youngest daughter. "That made mommy happy, Fire. Please do so. You are mommy''s little superhero", this time she addressed her eldest son. When everything was ready for the ne to take off, Veronica bid her goodbyes to the twins. She saw the sadness both in their eyes but she was proud to have raised them to be strong but...not yet independent. After all, she is a mother and no matter how much she wanted her children to be strong for their own sake, she still wanted them to be dependent of her because at the end of the day, she will always be their mother who will always have their back. Baelfire was the one who inherited her red hair. Baelfair on the other hand was blond. Her mother once told her that her maternal grandmother was blond while her grandfather was a red-head. That exined each of the unique hair colours of the twins. Her twins are the pr opposite of each other but both areparatively and undeniably geniuses. And both........has....their father''s face. "Indeed their father''s children". After the private ne took off, Veronica was deep in thought prodding the memoryne as she remembered the incident five years ago and once again dreamed of her past with the man who fathered her, her children. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Five Years Ago, The ndestine ce Club. "Are you guys sure about this?!" Pearl asked timidly. "Of course!" Yvette answered. Excitementced in her voice as she warmed up her body with some dancing movements.The club was filled with loud music from the DJ along with the cheering of the dancing crowd. "Here you go guys!" Martha eximed loudly as she distributed Heineken to each of them with the help of Ric, one their underssman whom their group is very fond of. He''s like the baby of their group. "So how was it?" Ric teased her as it''s beenmon knowledge to everyone in their group that she was very excited to experience night clubbing. "Suave!" Veronica giggled. Earlier that day was their sessful thesis defense and maybe that was what heightened her joyous mood and she gulped her beer while shaking her body. "Ugh!" Her face wrinkled. San Miguel apple vored beer or a Smirnoff could have been better, she thought. She drinks alcohol yes but she can only tolerate the lighter ones with less alcohol content. "Guys, I''ll be leaving by ten, okay?!" Pearl shouted as she''s starting to befortable in the crowd and decided to dance decently as well. Pearl is an unica hija and her parents were strict with her. Thankfully, despite being strict, her parents were also rational not to the point of restricting Pearl to go out and enjoy with her friends. Only that there''s a curfew being set. "Make it eleven!" Veronica tried to persuade as she checked her watch. It''s already nine and she thought they haven''t enjoyed muh together yet. "You know Mom girls. She might be mad if Ie hometer than the set time and won''t allow me to go out next time." Pearl replied, obviously unwilling but she fears her mother the most. "Aww." Veronica was disappointed but no longer argued as that was the truth. "Anyway, where''s Floydie and Gedmaire? Thought they''re already on the way?" "There they are!" Rose pointed. All of them looked excitedly as the two approached them. "Yessssss! Let''s paint the town bloody red!" Floyd screams at the top of his lungs but the sound he made is iparable to the lively, party noise around them. "L'' etat c'' est moi!" Gedmaire eximed loudly as well. All of them rolled their eyes at him. After the kiss and greet they continued with having fun dancing. Veronica is now on her third bottle of beer and she must admit she''s already tipsy and is, undeniably, boldly dancing with her friends. Without her knowing, she caught the attention of a pair of sharp eyes as she and her friends entered the dance floor. At the VIP private room seated an amorous man with much sophistication like royalty. Tall and well-built, dark ck, thick hair, bushy yet neat brows, deep seated eyes, high-bridge nose, thin sexy lips and a sharp jaw. An angelic man at a nce but.... devilish at a closer look. The man decided to walk towards the balcony and look at the chaos below through the tinted ss window as he took a sip from his cognac. "Bunch of.....," something glinted in his eyes as he saw from below, a group of teenagers entering the dancefloor. From the group, his attention was instantly on the girl wearing a ck zer and a denim skirt. He can clearly see her from the second floor private room. After watching intensely for a while, he returned to the lounge and indulged in more of his drink. Just as he shut his eyes, the gleeful C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org girl earlier from the dancefloor shed before him. Another glint, this time, dangerous, shed in his eyes. "Ryan." He called out to his Secretary. "Yes President?" Ryan instantly appeared by his side. A befuddled look evident on his face as he saw the amusement and at the same time the look he only knows appears in his boss'' eyes whenever he''s excited for something, like bloodbath. Rawlf pointed outside the transparent sliding door. "Get that girl here." Secretary Ryan was even more confused. ''Girl? Who? There''s a lot of girls below.'' He thought. "B-boss? Who?" He asked nervously. It''s already known for everyone in high society that Rawlf Sy of Sy International was an aloof cold-blooded man. That is, to be exact, an understatement. Rawlf Sy, contrary to his manly and handsomely angelic features, is a very, very dangerous man. Someone whom your mother would advise you to stay away from as far,..... far away as possible. "ck zer. Denim skirt." Secretary Ryan approached the tinted window and took a look outside trying to search for the girl who caught the President''s interest, for the meantime. He''s already formting his n on how to get the girl and how much he will give her in order to silence and avoid controversy after his boss satiates his needs and fun for the moment. "Oh," he thought as he finally located the girl whom his boss pointed out.... "wait, isn''t that young master Ric?" Secretary Ryan''s eyes widened as he confirmed. "President, your younger brother-----, I mean your father''s youngest son, Ric is in her group. They must be friends." Rawlf took a sip from his drink before replying, "Call him and his friends here. Be sure that that girl alsoes". He said this in a dangerous tone. Ryan moves faster to do his boss'' request. The thing that bothered him is that, if the girl is able to be friends with the President''s younger brother,.. he meant, the President''s father''s youngest son to another mistress, that means that the girl must havee from an affluent family. It didn''t bother him though as President Sy has enough power, more than anyone could imagine,... to get away with it. Secretary Ryan shrugged his shoulders. "Whatever. The devil''s wish is this poor secretary''smand." ___________________ "Young master Ric." Ric was surprised to see Secretary Ryan in front, his older half- brother''s Secretary. It''s not a surprise for him to see the secretary or the thought that Rawlf Sy, his older half-brother, is inside the club but more likely, it''s unbelievably surprising that Rawlf Sy''s secretary approached him. Ric excused himself from his noisy group of friends to talk to the secretary privately. "What is it all about Secretary Ryan?" Ric maintained his distant yet polite attitude towards the Secretary. After all, despite being illegitimate, Robert Sy''s legitimate family maintained their civil treatment towards him and his mother. Maybe because his mom knows her ce in his father''s life that she didn''t insist for anything more than what his father would give them as per his responsibility. As for him, as long as his father provides for his and his mother''s needs and possibly some luxury someone carrying the blood of a Sy deserves, then he no longer thinks of other things. Whyplicate his alreadyplicated life further right? "President Sy would like to invite you," Secretary Ryan paused and looked over behind his friends table. He seemed to be looking for a specific person and frowned when he couldn''t find that person, "and ALL your friends." Secretary Ryan finished. Ric suspiciously stared at the Secretary. "Were you looking for someone or perhaps a specific person?" "Not really. I was just confused because back at the VIP room I counted you to have been eight but it seems like I counted wrong." Secretary Ryan quickly answered. "Ah yes, two of my friends went outside to help another friend of ours to safely take a cab." Ric was still suspicious as to Rawlf Sy''s motive of inviting him and his friends over. But whatever his older half- brother''s intentions, he knew for a fact that he wouldn''t hurt him or his friends. Dangerous Rawlf Sy may be, but Ric knows he is a ''rational'' man. Probably he just wants to see and get to know him. Afterall, he is still his older brother and deep inside him, he craves for an older brother''s affection. "In that case, please go to the second floor, VIP room 20. I will wait for your other friends here and lead them there." "It''s alright. It''s better if you guide them there first and I''ll be the one to wait for them here." "Young master Ric, your older brother expects to see you first more than he wants to see your friends. Better go there first. Don''t worry, I will be sure to bring your friends safely in a while." Ric paused, hesitating. "Young master, please go ahead. The master won''t be staying long." Secretary Ryan added quickly. "Alright then. Please be sure to inform them as well." Ric finally conceded and went back to his friends to inform them. Veronica just came back with Yvette and both of them frowned after seeing their group''s empty table and seats. The thing that muddled them both was that from the ce where she and her friends upied earlier, there was a man in a suit standing there. She moved her eyes from the man and scanned the dance floor to search out for their friends. "Where do you think they would go?" Yvette asked her while dialing Martha''s number. "I don''t know. Maybe somewhere on the dance floor," Veronica looked around once more, "but the thing is, I still couldn''t find them or anyone." Veronica swept her eyes around again. "It''s better if we return to our ce and wait for them there," Yvette paused, "But, do you know that man?" she continued as she look at the man "I don''t know but sure, let''s get there first. And just leave Martha a text. The signal inside was poor so that''s probably one thing why you can''t reach out to them. The text messages might also be dyed. They started walking in the crowd and slowly reached their table and the man in suit also came forward to meet them. "Excuse me miss, your friends were invited by my master to the VIP private room on the second floor." The man informed them politely. Veronica and Yvette at the same time looked into each other''s eyes with suspicions and curiosity. ''Who is this man. And what master?!'' "Please follow me." He then insisted. "I''m sorry but I don''t have the slightest idea of who your master is. Is it someone one of us is acquainted with?" Veronica asked the man. "Yes miss. Please look over there." "There they are!" Yvette pointed at Ric and their friends waving at them at the open balcony of the club''s second floor. ''Oh so there was a balcony. How convenient.'' Veronica thought. The VIP rooms of the club were located on the second floor. She saw there were several cubicles each with tinted sliding windows. As they reached the VIP room, the man who introduced himself as Secretary Ryan slid opened the door. He then steps aside, obviously telling them toe in first. Yvette walked inside and Veronica followed but was once again confused when Mr. Ryan slid closed the door right away, leaving himself out. Like he was afraid that someone might escape out.''Am I starting to get drunk that I started to notice weird things or am I bing weird because I''m starting to get drunk?'' Veronica mumbled at the closed door. "And thest one is Veronica Wang." Veronica heard Ric behind and as she turned around, a pair of dark, dangerous eyes looked through hers. He watched her rather too intensely that she felt it almost take her breath away. Something tingles inside her and she wasn''t na?ve not to understand what she''s feeling for those sets of eyes continuously watching her and like a vacuum, absorbing her rational thoughts leaving her stupefied. The slight drunkenness she felt earlier was washed away. "Hello. Hello." Veronica bowed foolishly. "Hmm." Veronica recovered after hearing this curt reply from the owner of those eyes. He seemed uninterested and that embarrassed and annoyed Veronica at the same time. Embarrassed because it''s not like her. Veronica Wang losing her chill because of someone''s pair of eyes? Annoyed because despite the uninterested reply from the man, she felt addicted to what those sets of eyes made her feel like. And it stirred something not so dormant within her. Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Since the only seat avable is beside Martha which is the same seat that is across the man, Veronica reluctantly took a seat. The confident Veronica Wang unbelievably couldn''t even raise her head because she is afraid she would catch herself once again staring back at the magnificently handsome man before her. "Friends," Ric paused, "This is my older brother, Rawlf Sy." "Rawlf Sy?!" They all screamed in unison. Rose who was usually aloof and silent even joined the "screaming choir". Even Veronica herself who was watching the tiled floor like she could see an interesting world of visible germs and bacteria raised her head and unintentionally looked at the man in front. Her eyes filled with astonishment and her lips parted in awe. Ric, who was only aware that he "dropped a bomb" just like that, scratched the back of his head. "Well yeah, that Rawlf Sy." ''Rawlf Sy, the Rawlf Sy, the CEO of Sy International. The wealthiest and most powerful man in the whole country?!'' Was each thought silently. But after seeing the man himself, the man who even the government and media was afraid, they are left with no courage to ask Ric loudly and instead, through the power of their so-called friendship nces. Seeing Ric nodding as if understanding their wild questions, they unknowingly straightened their back. Veronica and her friends were definitely awestruck to have learned that the man who invited them over was no other than Rawlf Sy! The man beyond their league''s ferocious, ruthless, and extremely wealthy and powerful Chief Executive of Sy International has happened to be Ric''s older half brother. Although they knew the fact that Ric was a son of a powerful business magnate, they were not intimidated by this because first thing, Ric was a very humble and friendly person and after all, having a Syst name does not always means being rted to Rawlf Sy or, even being his younger brother right? Right. Or they were just trying to justify their own stupidity. Each one of them belonged to affluent families, but in front of a Rawlf Sy, they were nothing Veronica or any of her friends, excluding Ric, never knew what someone like Rawlf Sy looks like. In fact, there were never pictures of him on the inte or in any media. The man was aloof to the media and there was never any controversy linked to him. That''s how powerful a man like Rawlf Sy is! In fact, they all thought that Rawlf is a middle age man considering his achievements. He could control the media of Country P. The only instances where media were allowed to report about him were things rted to Sy International and its yearly magnificent growth making Sy International as the giant among the ants of businesspanies in Country P! But aside from that, no personal interview or even pictures of him were allowed to be published unless the said mediapanies wanted their own destruction! There were some courageous souls who challenged that ''urban myth'' and theirpanies ended up not seeing another daylight! Veronica and her friends were especially intimidated by the imposing aura Rawlf Sy exudes but she couldn''t help herself from stealing nces on him there and then. Sometimes she would also catch him staring at her and she would look right away and if he would catch her looking at him, her heart would beat faster and then she would feel something in her core as her body trembled. Veronica couldn''t help but to subtly bite her lower lip every time Rawlf would give her that predatory look. Is this an attraction?! For the first time in her years of existence, she finally experienced what it''s like to be attracted to someone! The thing is, it is for someone like Rawlf Sy. Someone too¡­¡­.. unreachable. Someone too¡­¡­¡­. powerful. _____________________ "Are you okay?" Martha whispered to Veronica. "Of..., of course! Why?" "Nothing, it''s just that you were very silent." Martha giggled, "well it''s hard to act normal much when we''re in front of the most powerful figure in the whole Country P." "That''s true." Veronica giggled back. "I wanna go to thefort room. Want toe with me?" "Sure , wait. I''ll have to ask Ric first because I''m not familiar with this ce. It''s my first time in this ce as well, haha." Martha stood and walked over to Ric who was seated beside his older brother, Rawlf. Their seat was across her so her checking him out was easy breezy and goes likewise for the man in question. Veronica saw in her peripheral view that after Martha whispered the obvious to Ric, Ric said something to his brother and was about to stand up when Rawlf said something. Yvette, Rose, Floyd and Gedmaire were still into the card game and were alreadyfortable despite the presence of a Rawlf Sy. The atmosphere lightened up when Rawlf briefly told them earlier that he wouldn''t take long and would leave first and since he rented the VIP room for the night, they were free to use it all for themselves since they were with his brother. Everyone turned toward the door as it suddenly opened, Secretary Ryan strode inside and came towards Veronica. "Miss Wang, I will assist you with the private CR of this club." "Oh, you don''t have to. Just point it out for us." Veronica, confused, looked over Martha who was still talking to Ric. She was about to call for Martha when Rawlf suddenly stood up. "I will leave first. Enjoy yourselves." Rawlf then looked over at Ric and walked his way towards the door. Veronica couldn''t help but feel a slight disappointment deep inside. "Secretary Ryan, assist Miss Wang first. I''ll wait for you in the car." After that, he left with a dangerous glint in his eyes. "Miss Wang, let me lead the way," Secretary Ryan insisted. "Martha, let''s go." Veronica tried to cover the disappointment in her voice as she called out for Martha. "Will you be okay alone or you need me to go with you?" Martha seems to be enjoying her conversation with Ric. "Don''t worry Miss Lu, I will assist Miss Wang to thefort room." Secretary Ryan replied hurriedly. Veronica was annoyed by how insistent the Secretary is. ''Does this Secretary like me?'' She wondered. If Secretary Ryan was able to hear her thoughts, he would right away kowtow to his devil boss for he won''t dare covet the women his boss was interested with, at the moment. Seeing as Martha was enjoying Ric''spany, Veronica resigned and epted the Secretary''s kind offer. Veronica sighed an "Alright." After Veronica answered the call of nature, she went out of the cubicle and washed her hands in the faucet. While gently washing her hands, she stared at her reflection back in the mirror. Almond eyes, decent nose to which she was always insecure about, and her pouty, luscious lips Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDra/ma.O(r)g! she painted red. Instead of Asian flush, whenever she''s tipsy or drunk, her cheek would rather look pale. That''s also the reason why she made sure to put an extra amount of blush tint on her cheeks. After all, she''s a mix of Asian from Country P by her father and Western from Country R by her mother. Her hair colour was naturally red but her mom would dye it ck ever since she was a child until now because she kept on telling her that her natural red hair might make her the center of bullying or worse, endangered her. Her features were quite unique for the people of Country P. She has her own kind of beauty and she knows it well. Still watching her sultry reflection, a pair of eyes shed across her mind. She couldn''t deny the fact that she''s beyond attracted to Rawlf Sy. Dangerous, dark and deep seated eyes that glimmer in the dark. Beautiful nose. Thin sexy lips and a sharp jaw, unconsciously, she bit her lower lip. "Click." Suddenly, thefort room''s door opened and in came the man who she was just fantasizing about. Her alluring expression still clothed her face as they both looked into each other''s eyes. Veronica''s whole body trembled as she saw that pair of predatory eyes gazing back at her. She felt a warm pool on her lower core. Rawlf Sy first locked the door behind him and slowly, he approached the young woman running through his mind a while ago. Rawlf himself is already aware of the strong attraction between them much when they were just a few steps away earlier inside the VIP room. This girl is an enchantress unaware of the pheromones she exudes and is capable of driving men crazy. And she deserves to be ravish in his embrace. Looking at her alluring reflection in the mirror, an unexinable and uncontrolled beast broke free. He suddenly grabbed her by the waist turning her to face him and, as if chased by a legion of demons, hurriedly dipped his lips in her slightly parted mouth. _________________ Veronica was scared to wit after seeing who the intruder was. She thought at first that her fantasies might have upgraded to another level but the realness of the moment was confirmed by the click of the door. ''He locked it!!!'' She panicked yet, as possibilities of what his intention might be, she was scared but at the same excites her. She couldn''t peel her eyes off him as he slowly walked towards her. She gasped when he suddenly pulled her by the waist and with much urgency, dipped his lips on hers. His sharp and slick tongue invaded the insides of her mouth upying it like it''s his. She was in a moment of daze and when things registered in her brain, she was already kissing him back, her tongue clumsily defending her own territory but to no avail, the invadernded victorious. She was at loss for breath when he stopped and there she breathed a mouthful before Rawlf once again aggressively peered her mouth open and engaged her to another battle. He stopped suddenly. A predatory glint in his eyes as he whispered sexily. "I want you." Veronica once again trembled, confused by the sudden passion.. Undeniably, her sexual attraction over the man has reached another level. ''What the hell is going on?!'' However, the problem is, she, the alluring Veronica Wang, was still a virgin! But that doesn''t mean that she''s not in any less ignorant. She''s aware of her own sexuality and is even open with exploring and satisfying her own sexual needs. She''s not the conservative type but at the same time, not too liberated type to just let herself get fuck by anyone all for the satisfaction of her sexual needs. Or maybe before, she has not yet met the kind of man who could make both her panties and rational sense to drop. Not until she met someone like Rawlf Sy. She''s turning twenty and there were boys in her university who were attracted to her but because of the aura she exudes plus her resting, bitch face that intimidated them, they backed out before even trying to know her. Aside from the fact that Veronica kept her circle of friends small despite hering from another wealthy, political family. Quality over quantity. The belief she would be grateful about in the future. Veronica has her own fair share of poprity, much because she''s a student government officer in her university and at the same time, a dean''s lister. Seeing her distracted, to his annoyance, Rawlf slightly pinched her left butt cheek. "Hey, what the-'''' Veronica was caught off guard and Rawlf once again connected their lips together. He lightly bit her lower lip and soothed it through sucking it gently. His kisses this time was gentler as he was coaxing her to give in. What Rawlf Sy wants must Rawlf Sy get. And he definitely wants this woman. "I want you?" Rawlf asked her once again. She managed to get his attention earlier in the club and had been running through his mind earlier in the VIP private room. Now all that he wanted to do was Fully and raw. He saw the hesitation in her eyes and cunning as he had always been, smirked and once again dived down inside her mouth giving her a mind blowing kissed while his hands caressed around her body from pinching her behind to fondling her bosom, ''Cute melons'' he thought, making her want for more. Then he suddenly stopped. Seeing her confused and disappointed look, Rawlf smirked in victory. Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Rawlf and Veronica were boarded a car traversing the highway as the man was driving the car he designed himself. Few knew the fact that he also studied engineering and architecture. Deserving of the title, ''Genius Sy'' back at his alma mater, H University, one of the world''s most prestigious universities. That''s why his mother never worried about his position in his father''spany despite the bastard offspring his father had with his mistresses. Rawlf from a young age proved himself remarkable and irreceable by being a confirmed genius by Mensa International. NASA even tried to poach him multiple times to be a rocket scientist but it''s not that it was never his passion but he would rather work for his ownpany and not to ve away for others. Rawlf would look at the fidgeting woman on the passenger seat from time to time and would smirk at his creation out of her. Her lips swollen red, making her look even more sensual. He stepped on the brakes as her alluring face on his bed shed across his mind. Veronica''s eyes widened when she looked outside and realized the car was on its way to City I''s most expensive and luxurious five star hotel. The Sy hotel was owned by Sy International, obviously. Veronica turned frantic because a realization dawned on her that she might be seen by others. Her father was not really strict with her but she knows as well that he wouldn''t like it if his unica hija would be seen with a man entering a hotel. The meaning would be too scandalous not only for her but for her father''s political reputation. She''s aware that Rawlf Sy has the capability of preventing the media from reporting him with a woman but as for her, her family is not as wealthy and powerful enough to stop the media from broadcasting this juicy news with a possible caption: "City I''s Vice Governor''s daughter was seen inside the hotel together with a man?!" The thought of destroying her father''s political reputation so much that he''s nning to vye for the Governorship in next year''s election made her anxious. "Stop!" she suddenly eximed. Realizing her stupid sudden outburst, her cheeks and ears flushed red. "I mean can we enter in a much inconspicuous manner where no one could see us?" She hurriedly exined. Rawlf on the other hand was not stupid to enter the main entrance of the hotel building with a woman. Although first, he owns it and second, he has the power to control the media, still it would be detrimental somehow for the sake of the woman he''s with for the time being. Indeed, he used women for his sexual satisfaction but still, he would make up for it by protecting their privacy the same as with him. It''s one of his quid pro quo for women that could satisfy his sexual needs. That''s why he has his own underground garage and elevator made at the hidden part of the hotel building. "Rx sweetheart. Your reputation will still be intact even after tonight." Rawlf thought deeper with her urgent plea. It somehow confirmed that she might be the daughter of the most righteous politician of City I, Eddie Wang. He doesn''t have any personal issue regarding City I''s political arena but the current Governor Noverto Yan was his ally and unfortunately, Eddie Wang belongs to the opposing party. And what''s worst, Eddie was vying for the Governorship next year. Champion of the masses Eddie Wang might be, but with the fight against power and money, he''s nothing. That''s the real politics. The art of getting what (power) and how (through whatever means as for him, the end justifies the means.) He''s not really a big fan of Machiavelli but he appreciates that doctrine from him. "Heard your father vye for the Governorship next year?" Rawlf tested. Her surprised but guarded expression confirmed his assumption earlier. "You know John Rawls?" She asked him out of the blue. Rawlf, being a genius, is very much aware of whom she was talking about. John Rawls is one of the most important political philosophers of the 21st century. And if his prediction is correct, she would point to his unpublished document answering the question about his religion. The document started with a line: "My religion, is of no one''s concern." Rawlfughed loudly. My, my, what an interesting seductress he got himself with. Hisughter confused Veronica. And she realizes, of course, the powerful Rawlf Sy of Sy International exists because of his own brilliance. "But I am a resident of City I so of course, it should be my concern as a constituent to know about the political weather, is it not?" His answer confirmed Veronica''s realization. That indeed he is brilliant. Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDra/ma.O(r)g! "Aside from that, I wasn''t asking for your father''s religion. I''m asking about his political stand for next year''s election." "Don''t you think it''s awkward to talk about politics, or in particr, asking about my father''s political stand?" Veronica bravely replied despite the intimidation she still felt over this guy. "Hmm? What about it that makes things awkward?" Verona blew upward, "You''re asking the father''s political stand to his daughter whom," Veronica paused and nce at the man on the driver seat, "you are about to f*ck." Veronica knew her words were too bold. But well, that''s one of her tipsy problems. Her tongue turned scandalous and sharp. Rawlf this time was silent but the glint of amusement shed in his eyes. She was briefly ncing her way when she blew upward and that he finds this goddamn sexy. ''Very interesting.'' Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Warning!!!! Warning!!! Mature Content!! The pair both stopped at the hotel suite''s door. Veronica''s lips became even more swollen because Rawlf once again kissed her with so much aggression while they were boarding the private elevator. Good thing that she wore a zer on top of her sleeveless top. The man''s hands earlier have be even more shameless as he caresses and lightly pinch her body all over. From her bosom, to her waist and down to her thigh and butt cheeks. Her neck and shoulders sore slightly from his light bites as well. ''He''s really like a dog'', Veronica thought to herself. "What?" She looked towards Rawlf''s way, confused by his sudden question. "What what?" He pinched her right waist as she was still in his embrace. He''s quite fond of touching her. Her skin was soft and tender and smelled nice. He felt slightly guilty by the bite marks he left on her neck and shoulders but at the same time, the bite marks made him quite ''happy'' if that''s what he weirdly felt. He was never the possessive type because womene and go in his life. To be exact, there was never a woman whom hested for days with. Three days and a half was the longest. Most of those women were smart and never tried to pester him but there were few delusional ones who thought of themselves important just because he grace them with his f*ck, physically. Those kinds of women annoyed him the most and despite being cold-blooded with his business affairs, he tried to control his bloodlust and for example would only punish them to the extent of bankrupting their families'' businesses. He would only stop his benevolent assault when those women would kneel in front of him and promised not to be near or appear in front of him ever again. "What is it that you''re amused of?" He asked, trying to hide his annoyance of her being amused by something or ...someone else whilst she is with him. "Amused? How?" "Oh?" an evil glint appeared on his eyes and right after the suite''s door opened, he pulled her inside, closed the door, pushed her carefully on it and without further ado, kissed her with more passion and urgency. They kissed fiercely and Veronica, learning along the way, finally managed to synchronize with his tongue. He pulled her up making her straddled his waist with her legs. Her denim skirt moves upward her hips and even still wearing her panty, her core can feel the warmthing from his skin. She shivered with intense desire for him. Veronica was lying on her back on the king size bed only wearing hercey undies as Rawlf ravaged her body with his kisses and bites. It''s the first time that Rawlf showered a woman''s body with kisses. If it''s in the past, he would just simply fuck and go. He''s a cold blooded man and satisfying his physical needs does not include embracing women. The pleasure might be mutual but Rawlf was inclined to do so for his needs and needs alone. In fact, it''s also the first time that he was the one to do the first approach. Women approached him willingly and he would just asked Ryan to give his ''fuck calling'' card to those willing women. It is Ryan who would investigate each woman who tries to call him and if the result is not negative of sexual disease or things that might endanger the President, he was also the one responsible to message the time and ce of the ''session'' to those women if the President needed someone to satisfy him. Rawlf decided to give Veronica''s cute melons special attention. As he unhook her bra, two perky and firm melons sprung free. ''Cute indeed'' he thought. His eyes darkened with another wave of desire as he saw her hardened slightly pinkish nipples. Veronica''s nipples were quite big, ''perfect to suck on with'' he thought once again. He nimbled the left breast as his left hand fondled the right one. "Ahh, hm."'' Veronica moaned in pleasure as Rawlf started to suck and bite on her left nipples while his finger pinched her right one. It was so delicious that she moaned way too much. Being a virgin made her quite even more sensitive from a man''s touch. How much more if she''s being sucked, nimbled and pinched all at the same time? Rawlf also made sure to give her other side of breast the equal amount of attention. After a while, he proceeded to kiss her down to her stomach. He kept on kissing her while slowly peeling off herst piece of clothing. Veronica was embarrassed at first but beat herself to it and instead of shying and closing her legs to hide her womanhood from his line of sight, she spread her legs wide open all for him. Rawlf growls even more as she does just that. And without dy dived between her thigh as his tongue caressed the petals of her core. She tasted much better than he expected. She has this distinct, addictive scent and it''s not like he has someone topare it with but he was sure, this addictive scent is unique to her alone. Rawlf only realized that he''s eating her way too much like a hungry animal when her loud moans of pleasure filled the room once again. Her hand clumsily caresses his hair. "Ssssttop." she breathlessly heaved. "There''s no turning back now sweetheart." He smirked as he saw the contradiction in her words and in her eyes. Knowing that she''s very wet now, he inserted his middle finger at the entrance of her core. "Ughhhh." She trembled. Rawlf kept the pace slowly at first and gradually sped up as he added another finger to stroke her core inside. She was really wet and hot and just imagining himself within her is enough to make him cum. His other hand stroked his bulging tent as he pried open his button to unzip it. He stopped stroking her for a while to discard off his cloth. Unlike her who was bare before his eyes, Rawlf was still fully clothed with the exception of his suit. He finds her extremely adorable and enticing at the same time now that she''s trying to mask off her excitement. He hurried undressing and just before he took off her brief, he stared at her straight in the eyes with a hungry look. She didn''t look away but rather brave her way and stared back. His erged and long ''thing'' sprung free and seemed to proim all of his glory as it stood straight up. Veronica gulped and hesitations filled her seeing how big, extremely big and long he is. "Will...it fit inside me?" she unintentionally voiced her thoughts. Rawlfughed. "Rx sweetheart. We''ll fit." He came back and once again stroked her core, this time, directly with his two fingers. He repeated the same process as earlier. He started slowly and gradually paced faster and faster and Veronica seemed to lose her mind and ck out but before something within her rush, he suddenly moved and inserted her hard cock in her core. Veronica was teary eyed because of the sudden pain but it''s lesser than what she expected. Rawlf on the other hand was ecstatic. "She''s still a virgin." Although a woman''s virginity didn''t really matter to him but for some weird reason, he was happy to know that he''s the first man to taste the exquisite woman in his embrace. And indeed, she was very tight yet wet and hot inside he felt like already cumming. ''Oh fuck heavenly. She felt so good. Too good.'' He thought. He took time to let her adjust to his size first and when he felt she''s ready, he started to move slowly and gently. It took him a great amount of self-control not to ravish her like a mad thirsty dog right that instant. He still continued his slow pace of back and forth inside and outside of her. He has to close his eyes to maintain his self control. "It no longer hurts." "Hmm?" "It no longer hurts. I guess I can take it. You can do any--- ughhhhh." Veronica didn''t manage toplete what she''s about to tell him as a wave of passing pain then pleasure stormed her rational thoughts as Rawlf moved inside her. He started to pump slowly at first, in, out...in ,out...slowly and slowly, he pumped inside. Gradually, that slow, careful pace turned faster as he turned aggressive Rawlf pounded inside her with mind blowing intensities and she could only helplessly pull over the covers as her ''support'' as Rawlf fiercely, like a very thirsty animal moved faster and faster and faster. His every stroke in and out of her is just too delicious; she could only wish for it tost. Her left hand found his broad back perfect to hold on while her right fingers caressed through his hair as he continued to fuck her senseless and something building inside her and she was like elevating from the extreme amount of pleasure everytime Rawlf pounded in and out. Veronica didn''t hold back to her cries and moans but did just what she ought to do. This made Rawlf even more beastly. "I think I''ming." Veronica managed to breathe out. "Hmm". Rawlf growled as he quickened his poundings, kissing and biting her lips, neck, and Material ? N?velDrama.Org. shoulders while his hands would fondle and pinched each of her breasts. "Oh Rawlf! Ahhhhhhh." Veronica called his name as she reached her climax. Rawlf didn''t stop and instead moved faster as he also was about to cum himself. He pounded and pounded and became even more beastly as his cock felt her juices. He pounded for thest time and growled as he released inside her and joined her in ecstacy. Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Veronica woke up to the sound of her phone''s rm. She was lying beside Rawlf, who snaked around her naked body. His left arm tightly wrapped around her waist while his hand managed to rest on her left mound while his left leg was right on top of hers. Their position is too intimate. Like a lover enjoying a sweet cuddle after a passionate night. She felt him stirred due to her small movements of getting her phone from the bedside table. Four- thirty, Friday morning and she had set her rm around this time during weekdays due to her early ss. That day, to her luck was thest day of herst semester in college and she decided not to attend since there''s no more formal sses but just meetings for the graduating students like her. ''What a wild and carefree night indeed'', Veronica thought. ''And what an amazing way to lose one''s virginity,'' she added. Veronica was not a liberated type but also not the very conservative one. Probably before, she hasn''t felt the same attraction with the oppposite sex the same way she did with Rawlf. ''So I guess this is it.'' Veronica smiled sadly as she gently and slowly removed herself from Rawlf''s tight embrace. Veronica may be new and in fact, a first-timer with actual sexual intercourse but that doesn''t mean she''s na?ve and delusional when ites to the real world. Despite herst night''s oath to have Rawlf, her sober self now beg to differ. Rawlf and her were leagues apart. Yes, she''s a politician''s daughter and her family was affluent but that doesn''t mean that she''s already outstanding enough to be the kind of woman to be beside the powerful and magnificent Rawlf Sy. That''s the sad part of being a realist, you are way too honest with yourself. Rawlf and her might have been connected sexually but that''s all there is to that. She''s not stupid not to know and realize that she''s not the only woman whom he is sexually rted with. He is Rawlf Sy for heaven''s sake and what happened between them for him was just pure fucking. Casual sex, nada mas, nada menos. Sessfully untangled herself, Veronica carefully went out of the bed but check the man to make sure he wasn''t disturbing. When she saw Rawlf''s hand moves like searching for something in the bed, she took the pillow she slept on and put it near him. He then grabbed to embrace it tightly and Veronica wasn''t able to see the contented expression that appeared on Rawlf''s sleeping face. Veronica sneakily got dressed and once confirmed that all her things were with her, she gently opened and closed the suite''s door. She was frowning then and there everytime when her careless movement caused her lower body to sore. It was best that she always had her mask and sses on her bag so that she was able to escape without catching anyone''s unwanted attention. She then grabbed a cab waiting just outside the hotel building. Veronica woke up at the sounding from her phone. Seven missed calls and twenty-nine messages from her parents and friends. It''s already two in the afternoon. When she arrived at the university dormitory earlier and since she opted not to attend thest day of college, she slept back and due to her body''s soreness, had slept way too long. N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive ? material. She decided to call her mother, Celerina, first, to inform her that because she was tired fromst night''s partying, she wasn''t able to go back home. She promised that she''ll go back tomorrow morning. On the other hand, instead of replying to her friends one by one, she opened an instant messaging service app and replied to them directly on their group chat addressing the issue to them as to whether she arrived home safelyst night. When she was resolute to indulge herself with Rawlf , she made sure to inform her friends that she''s going ahead, reasoning that she was not feeling well. Each one of them insisted on apanying her first to a cab but she assured them that there''s already a car waiting for her and she knows the driver. Seeing her firm assurance, they can only ask her to message them after she arrives home safely. But of course, after tasting Rawlf''s kisses, the promise was long forgotten at the back of her mind. Feeling her hunger, she decided to take a bath first before heading out to eat her veryte lunch. Veronica took her sweet time in the bathtub. She decided to indulge in a warm bath to calm her whole body. She was listening to tracks by Broods and her bluetooth speaker was so loud that she wasn''t able to sense that an intruder managed to get inside her room and with knitted brows casually seated, cross legged on the mini living room''s plush couch. Veronica was in her wine redce underwear when she decided to go out of her room and get herself a cold water. It was a very hot summer day and with her taking a warm bath added to her thirst. She richly passed by her mini living room, directly went to the fridge and just as she was about to open her bedroom''s door, she wildly turned her head back to the coach and gasped. "What...?!" She was speechless. "What what?" the man seemed to teasing her, only that with a serious expression. Veronica took time to recover from the shock caused by her unexpected visitor. "Why are you here President Sy?" Were the words that instantly left her mouth as she stood rooted on the tiled floor. What could possibly be the reason for his unexpected visit? Did he lose any valuable things from his room happened between them in the public? Which of course, Veronica never nned on doing...... Or did he, like in the novel, fell inlove with her, well, strangely enough, right at first sex? Veronica shook her head lightly at thest thought. Couldn''t she be more shameless than that? Chapter 6 Chapter 6 The man, stoic as she realized seems to have been, didn''t bother to answer or even exin his sudden ''visit'' but rather kept himself seated in a sophisticated manner while looking at her with pleasure¡­.. hunger desire¡­ but also a dangerous glint in his eyes. "Ahh!!" Veronica eximed just as she remembered she was only wearing herce underwear. Just as she was about to turn back at her room to hide her blushing expression and embarrassment, the shameless sl*t in her whispered, ''Stop acting like a virgin nowdy, if I knew any better, he has already seen you in your birthday suit and even ate your flowerst night.'' "And fuck." she unknowingly voiced herst thoughts. "Oh? And you want some more?" ''Shit!'' Veronica''s face now beet red. Indeed, no one can troll you better than your own self. She heard Rawlf chuckling in a dangerous manner. "In as much as I wanted to spoil you with that, Miss Wang, but I believe we have something to settle first between us right?" Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDra/ma.O(r)g! "I never thought that President Sy was a clingy type.'''' Veronica replied in annoyance. "Oh?" Rawlf seemed to be mocking her. "Oh." she yfully yet nervously replied. Wow, she really is not a heroine material if this was a novel. "And in as much as I want to engaged with a word game with you all day but unfortunately I''ve still got a lot of things to do today-" "No one asked you toe here." Veronica cut him. "If you were worrying that I might pest you around or whatever you were thinking I would do to suck up on you, Please don''t. I enjoyed it to be honest and no, I won''t dwell on it or bother you ever again." Veronica said calmly. "You are quite a very sensible young woman, Miss Wang." Rawlf said after a long silence. Veronica, deep inside, despite the realistic thought, was still a bit disappointed . He even went to her himself just to make it really clear for her. "Please help yourself out then President Sy. I''ve still yet to wear my clothes, thank you." Just as Veronica was about to turn back to her room, a hand firmly held her right wrist, turned her body facing him and the next second, Rawlf''s lips dived straightly to hers. Veronica was pushing him at first because she was feeling bitter and her pride as a woman was hurt but her weak defense was melted by Rawlf''s eager and ardent kisses. She resigned and returned his kisses with the same intensity. ''This will be thest time so why not indulge, again.'' She thought, aware that what she''s doing right now is discarding her self respect and pride as a woman. After all, she wasn''t being used if she herself was enjoying being held, kissed and being romanced by a Rawlf Sy. What a good tale to tell her future cat children. Rawlf looked at the sleeping young woman beside him way too... intensed. He was seething in anger the morning he woke up and found her nowhere near the bed or in his suite. Last night he thought that he only found her interesting and even predicted that she mightst for weeks as his ''woman'' and he won''t mind being entangled with her for a longer period. But the longing in him for her after discovering that she left just like that made him mad and if he were to be honest, hurt his ego as a man He''s not just any man but the cold-blooded, powerful Rawlf Sy and no woman ever did what this little woman beside him did to him after a night of hot passion. An urgency hit him so hard that he right away called his secretary to find her house and whereabout. His secretary, being effective as usual, reported that she wasn''t in their home but was probably at the dorm near her university where she''s staying during school days. There he tasked Secretary Ryan to ''secure'' the dorm for he was about to pay her a visit. "What did you do to me?" He asked the sleeping enchantress beside him. His phone suddenly beeps. It was his Secretary reminding him of his dinner meeting. He growled in annoyance. Rawlf couldn''t understand what was happening to him but he seemed to just want to spend more time justying in the bed beside his little enchantress. "You''re right. I might have be clingy with you." He kissed her for thest time on her left cheek and got off the bed to prepare for his dinner meeting. Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Veronica woke up from a bad dream, the fear still lingering as her heart was beating fast. The incident in her dream seemed very real. C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org Cliff''s Edge by Hayley Kioko filled her room to which she jolted realizing someone was calling her. "Ugh!" She fell on her trembling legs as shended her feet on the floor. "What a beast." She muttered sadly yet at the same time, satisfied. Veronica persisted to stand up on her legs once again and grabbed her phone on her vanity mirror''s table. Seeing her mother''s missed calls, a bad feeling crept on her and just as she was about to return the call, Rose''s number appeared. She was calling her. She rejected the call and rather proceeded to call her mother. "Mom?" Veronica was nervous now after seeing so many missed calls and SMS messages and with her other instant messaging app. "Oh God! Vivi! Thank Goodness!" Celerina was never a kind of a weak woman but she almost lost herposure after hearing her daughter''s safe voice. She tried her best to hide her extreme worry. "There was a news broadcasted earlier in TV and radio about your father being involved in a graft and corruption scam. It will surely be the headlines for tomorrow''s newspapers." Veronica took time to process what her mother just said but like her mother who raised her to be a strong woman, she calmly replied, "How is father?" "He''s in his office talking to hiswyer and staff on how to counter the issue and possibly the case that will be filed against him." "Was the source already discovered?" "Not yet. But my team was working on it. I was worried because you were not answering my call for half an hour now and I asked for your friends help to contact you but you''re also not answering theirs. I already sent our people to fetch you home." Veronica was physically, emotionally and spiritually drained that she no longer bothered to exin to her mom as to why she was not answering their call. She will have time to exinter but first she needs to get dressed and wait for her parent''s men to fetch her. "Okay mom, I will get dressed." "Vivi, be sure to lock your room until my men arrive. I can''t risk endangering any of you." Her mom said with a gentle yet firm voice. "How about Edcel, Edward and Justine!?" Veronica suddenly thought of her younger brothers and she once again feared for their safety. "Don''t worry. They''re safe and are already here at home." "Good to hear that.I''ll go prepare and wait for your men, mom." It was never either the public or anyone''s knowledge except Veronica that her parents owned a security agency. They used a dummy owner so that thepany won''t be traced back to them. It''s also not known to others that Celerina, her mother, is an IT expert. And that''s because of her own roots back in Country R. Celerina was pacing back and forth as it''s been four hours since her call with her daughter. "They should have been here already." "Vivi hasn''t arrived yet?" Came the worried voice of her husband, Eddie Wang, who just went out of his office. His meeting was done a few minutes ago but he stayed a little bit in his office to call his friends for help but unfortunately, you will truly see the true colour of a person when you''re at your worst. There were some, he knew, that wanted to help him but by the fear of being implicated in his scandal, decided to offer their help, ''spiritually'' . Eddie Wang chuckled in sarcasm. Those who called him willingly to offer their help were his daughter''s friends'' family but after all, against a more powerful force stringing behind the issue, those families couldn''t do much significance. He advised each to just stay in the sideline for the time being as things were still under control. Or so he believed until bad news was delivered which triggered his heart attack. Veronica was involved in a car ident! Celerina looked very calm in contrast to the storm that she was feeling inside. A subordinate reported that her daughter''s car was ambushed. Good thing that their men were loyal until the end that most of them sacrificed their lives to save their young miss. But that also saddened her for the loss of the lives of their valiant men. She''s feeling a bit helpless now that her husband suffered from a heart attack due to their daughter''s ident. ''It''s no longer a simple political attack.'' Celerina thought. She made sure that her husband''s situation was stable before going out to check on their daughter. Even to their men''s effort to keep Veronica safe, unfortunately, her head bumped into the car''s door and the impact was too strong she was left unconscious. Another agent pulled her out of the water to hide between the rock edges as their attackers bombed the car killing the driver and the other agent with them. "That attack was intended to not just threaten but to seriously kill the young miss." The agent told her with a dark expression. Veronica suffered from an internal hemorrhage and she underwent a surgery which made Celerina lose her cool earlier. A strong woman she might be, but at the end of the day, she is still a mother. She does not have enough power and influence in Country P and her husband is also now lying in the hospital bed. She couldn''t do it all alone. She made sure each room was heavily guarded and with a strong resolve proceeded somewhere hidden and safe to call someone from her hidden contact. Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Present. Sy International building is the tallest building in Country P located at the heart of City I. Four years ago, it was a major shock for everyone in the elite society of the fearsome rise to power of the Sy International. Sy International was then already a powerful force to reckon with but for an unknown reason, the Sy International became ambitious beyond one could imagine and now evolved into a scary and lethal entity that it not only could control the media but has now the capability to even control the politics and economy of Country P. It''s like the demon king rising even more to power, trampling unnecessary bugs on the way and now seating at the highest throne, absolutely unreachable for anyone in Country P not even the President of the said country. The ferocious man was sipping on his scotch while looking at the pictures Secretary Ryan delivered. zing red haired woman. Even more beautiful and surprisingly voluptuouspared as to how he remembered her four years ago. Voluptuous or still with her cute melons, she will always be his little enchantress. Although just by looking at her picture made him think something that he couldn''t pinpoint exactly. Maturity? But of course, it''s been five years and she''s definitely a full woman now. Probably he''s feeling this way because of the longing he felt for her. He shook off the emotions he couldn''t understand and called for Secretary Ryan once again. Veronica was staying in Elitista Hotel. Another five star hotel at the heart of City I. She was very C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org careful not to catch anyone''s attention that she even prevented herself from calling or even meeting any of her friends. It was proven sessful as so far she had been two days in City I and no one bothered her yet. Not that it worries her though because after she gave birth to her most precious twins...A sharp look appeared on her Veronica''s expression after remembering a memory, she became passionate to learn some basic self defense which eventually, she became very skillful with closebat martial arts and even has be a sharpshooter herself, well, also, was once an assassin on her uncle''s force. Yes, she can fight and shoot skillfully just like an assassin, (because she used to be one). She just came back from Baelforce headquarter and had given tasks to her subordinates about what to do for the meantime to finally get rid of the powerful force that was annoyingly trying to contain them. Her force must have already be on action now while she, the queen, is waiting for a job well done. She just went out from a rxing bath as she took light sips from her champagne. Years passed, she improved rather drastically and surprisingly with martial arts and armories but what remained is her low tolerance with strong alcoholic beverages. Anyway, it''s not like she needs to be so as she''s already enjoying the luxury of her wine, champagne and light drinks. A ring from her suite''s door resounded the room. She didn''t ask for room service or anything and if it''s her men, they should have contacted her first. She turned with a killing aura on the door. She hurriedly went to the bedside table to get her personalized dagger and gun gifted to her by her uncle Bien. Through the peephole, she saw a man wearing the uniform of the hotel staff and the cart containing covered dishes. On guard, she readied herself for the worst and then opened the door. "Yes?" she smiled warmly at the hotel staff. "Good evening ma''am, the President of this hotel requested to deliver this dinner for you."'' "Oh. To what honor do I deserve this warm treatment from your President?" "I am sorry ma''am but that''s something I''m na?ve about. I was only doing what was assigned to me." The staff replied politely. "So if your President asked you to jump off this building you would do so too?" The staff paled at that because she looked like she might be teasing him but her aura seemed to be¡­.menacing. "Whatever. Get them inside." Veronica was very exhausted and let the hotel staff in. Although she is still on high alert. "Please enjoy your dinner maam." The man bowed politely and left peacefully. An hour had passed and Veronica was starting to rx since the hotel staff left. She approached the dishes set on her table by the staff earlier. It looked very ptable and sumptuous that her stomach grumbled even if she already ate her dinner. ''Might be thest supper huh.'' Veronica took her poison testing stick and put it on the dishes. After a while, there''s no changes with the poison stick, meaning, there was no poison content on the dishes but she took no confidence and decided to throw those delicious looking dishes away. "Better safe than sorry." Chapter 9 Chapter 9 "We managed to gain entryst night and the force was finally stable, Lady Cleopatra. We are yet to spread out and gain more power and connection." The red-haired woman wearing the most serene yet alluring expression nodded her head. "Good. Make sure to familiarize and adapt well with how things work here. Remember that despite our powerful mother base in Country R, we are yet to gain a strong hold here. Do not be over confident. Always be extra careful and alert." "Yes, my Lady." "Speak." "Mydy?" Zero was buffled by herdy''s sudden question. "Don''t give me that confused look. You know very well that I can read you. What is it you want to say?" "Mydy, it''s not that I do not trust your capability to protect yourself but I believe it is for the best Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDra/ma.O(r)g! that you take at least one of us to follow you around." Zero was nervous but he needs to be brave. He always valued hisdy''s wellfare and would be even ready to sacrifice his life for her. After all, she was the one who gave his life back when she bought his life almost two years ago at an underground bloody ring. He was almost dead and his opponent was about to finished him off when someone from the ground, red hair with a mask that of an Egyptian Queen, intervened and promised to pay everyone in return of preserving his life. This brought a divided decision from the audience and even to the owner of the said arena but she added another interesting bet. She will also fight "Death", his current opponent, and winner takes it all, all or nothing. This excites the audience who were thirsty for blood bath and a loud cheer of agreement filled the arena. "Death" is a formidable opponent and he must admit that he was overconfident about his own skill that he forgot how dirty of a yer he was. That''s the reason why he almost lost his life if not for his Lady Cleopatra. Zero was an orphan who doesn''t even know his own origin and one day when he went out of the gate of the convent, he was abducted and sold to the syndicate. He was nine years old by then and had witnessed and experienced the bloody and harrowing life of the underground. His years with the syndicate is an everyday death for him. He could stil remember that he was shipped to another country next day after his abduction and right after he arrived, was sent straightly to the death or alive arena where blood thirsty audiences pay just to enjoy men, women and even children fought to kill each other just to survive. The bloodiest example of the survival of the fittest. With every fight that one survived from is the every death of one''s soul. Zero could still vividly remember and he believed will forever etched unto his mind how he was up against a ten years old kid. He was already seventeen that time. He looked wildy at the booming cheering from the audience and his urge to kill all of them was too much. Before anyone could settle to watch the show, Zero striked to knocked the girl unconcious simultaneously whispered for her to pretend to die. The girl did so but the owner of the arena witnessed and was aware of what he has done that he ordered an underling to sliced the head of the girl in front of the shocked silent audience butter on cheered so loud after the morbid death of the young girl. Afterwards, the owner of the arena talked to the syndicate leader about what he had done and he was tortured and left with no food or even water for one week. He thought it was his time to die but the syndicate still valued him as he was their best fighter till date and after seven days, rescucitated him back to health. After he recovered, he was clearly warned by the leader that if he was going to do again like what he did with the young girl, his little brothers in the syndicate will shoulder all the torture. From then on, Zero has to kill thest bit of conscience and morality he has left to survive. And when the day when he thought was his time to die, there, the red-haired Queen saved him from his death. She gave him a new name and a new life. Zero, because he is the first of none. "The very first of my subordinate. I will conquer the underworld, and I want you to help me." That''s what he heard from her. And from then on, he became the most loyal subordinate of Lady Cleopatra or what people in the underworld called, the Rising Queen of the Underworld. Chapter 10 Chapter 10 "It seems like I''ve been turning dull and gray that my own subordinate became brave enough to dictate to me what I am supposed to do?" Zero instantly knelt on the floor and bowed on it. "Punish me however you see fit, mydy. This subordinate is very wrong." Veronica was no longer surprised by Zero''s utmost loyalty. In fact, she knew too well of the extent of his loyalty that she could even rely her life on him. In Spite of the hierarchical rtionship between them, she considered Zero as her younger brother, actually almost a son, if not for the fact that she''s only five years older than him. She found him extremely adorable everytime she praised him for a job well done, the look in his eyes reminds her of a dog wagging his tail for his owner. After all, Zero never experienced any motherly love and her being a mother to her twins, her maternal instinct kicked in every time she''s around with Zero to the point that she starts seeing him with dog ears and wagging tail. She can''t tell anyone and absolutely not Zero that what forced her to saved him from a sure death three years ago was aside from her recognizing him as her fellow Country P people, her sudden maternal instinct kicked in after seeing the innocent glow in his eyes like that of a child waiting for a wished to be granted, however in his, is his death. "Zero," Veronica squatted in front of him and ruffled his hair, "after you stabilize everything with our force, you can use all the resources avable to look for your origin." "Lady?" "I know that you also suspected that you''re a person of Country P. I do suspect as well if we are to consider your facial features." "I do not wish to find my origin Lady. Just to be beside you and protect you is my ultimate mission C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org in life." "It''s a task. And be sure to do all things necessary. If I ever find out that you do not take it seriously, when I am to return back to Country R, I will leave you here and would never allow your entry back, not until you would be able to find your own origin." "Butd-" "Is that clear?" Veronica said sternly. "Yesdy." Zero was hesitant but had to agree unwillingly because that''s what hisdy''s asked him for. "Now call Nueve." "Lady?" "Too much curiosity Zero. Didn''t you advised earlier that you think it''ll be best for me to have someone around?" Zero was delighted and his eyes glowed. Veronica took a great amount of self control not to pinched Zero''s nose. Oh goodness, she could clearly see Zero''s fluff ears and tail wagging back at her. Chapter 11 Chapter 11 Sy International. "So you were able to contain this new growing force from Country R for such a good period of time and yet suddenly things became out of control?" "Yes President." Dmitri answered, trying hard to hide his fear. "And why is that?" Rawlf was unsmiling now. The calmness in his voice is the very opposite of the wrath that he will surely put his Spartan force into. "I can''t-" "I?" Rawlf cut out. "Since when did my Spartan force start to be a one man team?" "Forgive me President." Dmitri who was already on his knees trembled. C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org "Go on." "We can''t be sure about it yet, President. It''s -" "Can''t be sure?" Rawlf once again cut Dmitri out. "Secretary Ryan as the head of my Athenian Force, tell me, since when did my Spartan Force be so weak that they can''t even be sure of their own report." Secretary Ryan fixes his eyess first before speaking. "I believe if that''s truly the case President, then the yearly core strengthening of both forces should be held a month earlier." That was actually the safest answer Secretary Ryan could give. He valued his camaraderie with Dmitri as both of them were the team leaders of Rawlf Sy''s forces but his loyalty for Rawlf was beyond and more than anything else. He knew that Dmitri wouldn''t take it personally as both were extremely loyal to Rawlf Sy. The Athenians, to which Secretary Ryan leads, was Rawlf Sy''s outer surface force that functioned mainly with dealings with the government, economy, international trades and hacking. While the Spartans Dmitri leads, is Rawlf Sy''s underworld''s force. Actually there was another force but this force has been dormant for years now after Rawlf Sy sessfully conquered the whole economy and politics of Country P. The fearsome people of that said force were spread around the globe having their best days in life and will onlye back to Country P if their King is to summon them. But of course, their vacation wasn''t only for naught, they were also around the globe collecting information, gaining strength, power and influence for their King. If one is to dream, why not big enough, right? At least Rawlf Sy only dreamed of world domination and not the universal one. "Dmitri, you are temporarily suspended from your duties. You are not allowed to aid or intervene with the operation until Ryan sessfully finishes what you are supposed to do, in the first ce." Dmitri''s whole body trembled in humiliation. For an overachiever like him, taking his task from him and giving it to anyone even that someone is capable of is a big humiliation for him. But he can''t do anything about it but to obey their King''s decree. "Leave." Rawlf was storming inside but knew well not to show his anger. He doesn''t really mind that another underworld force was growing in his ownnd because after all, a littlepetition is good entertainment until he will get bored and crush it into dust. What irked him the most is that he was supposed to surprise and have dinner with his enchantress when an urgent call from Dmitri destroyed his earlier n. "Speak." He directed to Secretary Ryan who didn''t leave yet and was waiting for him to give him the right to speak. "President, this isn''t confirmed yet but I think the underworld force is rted to the Lady Boss." Inasmuch as Rawlf would like to savor his little enchantress being called as the Lady Boss by his subordinate, the matter is very serious right now. Much that it involved her enchantress. "borate." "Dmitri mentioned that the Spartan had been suppressing the new force for a good period of time and it was almost at the same time that thedy boss'' arrival that the force seemed to have found a new strength and gained a footing to finally be able to enter here and in fact stabilized now. Based on the timeline it seems like it''s thedy boss who helped the force and what''s more, both were from Country R." Rawlf was deep in thought alone in his office after Ryan left. Until now, it annoyed him as to why he hasn''t been able to find who and how Veronica and her family suddenly vanished after the incident four years ago. It''s toote for him to be informed that she was involved in a car ident and also toote for him to know the severity of her situation. He decided first to gather his Persian forces and turned the whole City I upside down as to who was responsible for her ident. He nned to visit her by the next day but what awaited him was an empty hospital bed. And no matter how he tried and tried and even to the point of abusing all of his three forcesbined, no news of her or of her family was ever found out. She seemed to vanish from the face of the earth. No tracks. No leads. He hauled a folder from his drawer. As he opened, he stared at the picture of the red haired woman. A dangerous smirk left his lips. "Very well then." Chapter 12 Chapter 12 Dmitri still couldn''t believe that the King would call and resolve his earlier punishment and instead tasked him to let the new force do anything it wanted to do, as long as it did not step over the boundaries of the Spartan. When he couldn''t control his curiosity and asked about his wisdom behind it, his unbelievable words almost made him cough blood. "I heard the King let you off this time." Came in the voluptuous Chynna. One of the squadron leaders of the Spartan. Despite the hierarchy between him and the squadron leaders, at the end of the day, they were but still, goodrades. "Not necessarily. More like I have to thank someone because of it." "Oh? Who?" "''Thedy boss." This time, Chynna''s eyes turned deadly but she recovered and hid it right away but that didn''t escape Dmitri''s sight. He just hopes that this won''t lead to her own downfall. "Oh, you must be joking. It''s been five years, has there been lead now? About the Futuredy boss?" "I haven''t asked Ryan yet. But I surely will." "Hmm, but what''s the rtionship of the Futuredy boss with the new force?" Chynna couldn''t hide her loathing just because that force was the reason why their Spartan force was humiliated to such a degree. And now it is such a wonder that their King would just rather leave that force alone. And what about it being rted to that woman. Just thinking of her and how she and herrades suffered gravely because of their King''s pursuit to find her made her hate her even more. And that also for another selfish reason. "We''lle to know about that soon enough." Dmitri stared at her directly before walking ahead, leaving Chynna seething in jealousy. Elitista Hotel It''s been two days since the food delivery incident and things with Baelforce have surprisingly gone well and stable now. Veronica was already thinking of going back to Country R as she already missed her family and much especially her most precious twins. She thought she''d be staying longer than a month but it turned out that a week will do. And maybe she will from time to time visit her force in Country P to check personally. What held her back from going back home in Country R was Zero who, in her delight, was seriously investigating his origin. She knows that he had already found some trace but she''ll be patient for him to report things to her all at once. Since she already finished things that she was supposed to do for a day, she decided to video call to talk to her twins. After a while.... "Mommy!" Baelfair''s lively voice first sounded right away. Veronica saw her youngest twin as usual wearing her flower dress and her hair was in a cute updo. Veronica must admit that this four years old daughter of hers is a little fashionista and excited to learn a lot about proper etiquette as ady. On the other hand, her eldest twin was just there watching her on the screen, polite and intelligent as ever. And much more maturepared to his younger twin. As usual, he was wearing a cute 3/4 cut sleeve with a bow tie. She can''t see what pants he was wearing but she knows it''s the usual ck ck. Sometimes if she feels like it, she would have to persuade Baelfire to give up his usual style and let her as his mom, dress him up like what a four years old boy was supposed to wear. "How are you babies?" Veronica''s gentle and soft voice made the twins almost cry as they''ve already missed her very much. It was Baelfair who sobbed right away. "We mish you mommy! Pish private ne back to Country R. "Baelfair, hush now. Didn''t you promise Mommy that you''ll be good? Mom''s gonna be back soon. Hush now." Seeing Baelfire trying to console his younger sister hurts Veronica''s heart so bad she had to control herself from crying as well. "It''s okay, babies. Mom''s gonna be back soon, okaya?" "Mommy did you see daddeh dehh? Ah you bwinging him back hehh to see us?" C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org Veronica was speechless after hearing Baelfair''s plea. Oh goodness. After all those years, she never did expect that her twins would still crave for their own father in spite of being spoiled both by her father and uncle Bien and additionally by her three younger brothers. "Fair!" Baelfire looked expectant just a while ago but seeing their mother''s conflicted expression made him feel guilty. Their mom raised the two of them all by herself. He knew that it''s not what a traditional family was supposed to be but Fire came to a conclusion that there might be a reason as to why their father wasn''t around with them. "What? Awen''t you happy that we''ve finewy (finally) see daddeh even just in pitchah (picture)?! We both wooked (looked) eggzacyy (exactly) wike (like) him!" Fair seemed to have lost it andid in bare her promised secret with her older twin brother earlier. Before she realized it, it was all toote now. She had spilled everything now! It won''t be too long for their mother to know that Fire hacked the most formidablepany in Country P as he was curious about it and the country their mother went to. But what he discovered was rather surprising after seeing private information about the CEO and owner of Sy International. Fire wasn''t supposed to tell it to Fair for he knows too well of how much of a bber mouth his younger twin sister is but what he didn''t realize is that she was sneakily watching behind him and he only found out about it when she gasped after seeing the picture of Rawlf Sy. He made her promise not to tell anyone, even their mom for the meantime as they were both not sure of it but well.. Right now, Fire had finally realized to what extent Fair''s bber mouth could endangered them both. Chapter 13 Chapter 13 After Baelfair exposed what her older twin brother had been doing, Fire was strictly prohibited to use theputer or any gadget. This was the worst punishment for him becauseputers and hacking at the age of four was his ytime. Fair on the other hand was prohibited to get out of her room until their mother returns. And Veronica was now boarding her private ne to return back home to Country R. Her twins, as she never expected, were somewhat out of control if she''s not around and she urgently needs to be back there to personally talk to them. She''s mad about Fire not because of his hacking ytime but of all things, he decided to hack his father''spany!!! And honestly, this is one of the rare times where she wanted to thank the heavens for Fair being a bbermouth. If things haven''t been discovered by any of them, it won''t take long for Rawlf to find out about the hacking culprit of hispany''s system. After all, Fire is indeed a genius but that doesn''t mean he could go with a one on one hacking battle with Rawlf''s men. This is Sy International that we are talking about! "Heaven! Having a genius kid is a double-edged sword!" Verona uttered in exasperation. Sy International Athenian HQ "President, please forgive me. It''s already toote for me to attack back as I and the rest of the team have been busy strengthening the three left defenses to prevent its advances." Secretary Ryan now understood what Dmitri had felt thest time when the Spartan failed to contain a new force and was in front of the King waiting for his wrath. "Point of origin?" Rawlf with the most calm expression was undeniably angry and entertained at the same time. Who would have been brave enough to pay Sy International system a visit? "President, it''s confirmed to have been from Country R." Secretary Ryan himself, was confused as to why attacks recently with both forces of Rawlf Sy had been from Country R. He doubted that neither their President nor the Sy International offended anyone from that country. Or was it another force whose biggest ambition is world domination and since Sy International has been growing very strong for the recent years thought it perfect to be its primary target?! Secretary Ryan''s brain juices were now active with overthinking. He honestly believed that he could battle with the attacker himself if only his people from the Athenian HQ told him earlier about it. Aside from the fact that the attacker was kind of unhurried. It''s just like someone was visiting and strolling around a garden. Rawlf, in contrast with Secretary Ryan, found the rtionship of every attack to his two forces from Country R to be very interesting. "What else?" "That''s the only information we''ve got, President." Secretary Ryan could feel the coldness in his C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org hands. "The attacker seemed to have stopped all of a sudden and the traces we have been following.... just... vanished." "Just like on a stroll?" The mirth in Rawlf''s voice, obvious. "Yes President." Secretary Ryan hates to admit it but this exactly coincides with his thought. The spacious office was suddenly filled with the calling ringtone for another force specially created by Rawlf to monitor and safeguard Vero- uhm , their Lady boss.The newly established force was selected by Rawlf himself from the best men of both the Athenians and Spartans. The new force remained unnamed and Secretary Ryan knew why. "President, thedy boss wasst seen to have boarded a private ne and the destination was assumed to have returned to Country R." Rawlf was silent for a much longer time after hearing Sven''s hurried report. Secretary Ryan was scared now. ''What?! What is going on?! Why are we experiencing these problems all at once?!'' Secretary Ryan nced at the silent President. It''s been more than twenty minutes since the report was delivered and he has not spoken a word yet to dismiss both men. Sven on the other line and Ryan inside the room with Rawlf were now trembling in fear while waiting for the worst. "Ryan, check the Elitista if yourdy boss checked out permanently." Secretary Ryan nodded feeling like he''s on a bed of nails. "Sven, organize the force we have in Country R and go there personally to monitor yourdy boss." Sven on the other line was confused and doesn''t know whether it''s good or bad news that the President still trusted this task on him. "Understood President." "Both are dismissed." "Yes President." Both men synchronized and left to do the tasks assigned to them. Chapter 14 Chapter 14 Country R Veronica just arrived at her maternal ancestral castle. Her mother, Celerina was a descendant of a Country R Czar and the prestige of the family was maintained due to her mother''s only and older brother, Bien. The butler of the castle was waiting outside to serve the just arrived young madame. "Good afternoon young madame. How was your flight?" Veronica smiled softly at the old butler who she had grown very closed to. "It was fine, Leo. Where are my parents?" "d to hear that young madame. Your parents, the madame and master along with the young master Baelfire and young miss Baelfair were in the living area. Also-" Butler Leo didn''t get the chance to add that one of her persistent suitors was also with them as Veronica was already at the castle''s grand door. Walking to the receiving area, Veronica heard a man''s strict voice while nearing the living area of the castle. "Fire, you make sure that you won''t do that again. Understood?" Long silence. "Fire?" "Yes uncle Victor." Came the unusual meek voice of Fire. "Good." Veronica frowned inplete anger. The mother fucker Victor has the guts to reprimand her own son? Who does he think he is?! Yes, he was her Uncle Bien''s right hand''s son and has been consistent and persistent with wooing her but she never ever gave him even the slightest chance of hope. Now he''s thinking that he has the right to reprimand her children just because her Uncle and parents were nice to him? "How brave of you." Veronica said with a cold voice as she piercely looked at the man. "Mom!!" Eximed the twins right after seeing her. She looked at their terrified faces and and her blood boiled to a hundred degrees that if her children were not around, she could have shot the man in his brain, bullseye. "Veronica, you finally arrived?! I didn''t expect that you woulde home early. You should have called so I could have fetched you." Victor was smiling confidently. So what if she heard him reprimanding her son? She''s going to be his wife someday and her kids will also be his responsibility. Better to teach them as early as possible to instill them discipline and respect. "Who and what are you?" Veronica replied through gritted teeth. "What are you talking about?" Victor grinned thinking that Veronica might be teasing him. Afterall, this will be the first time that she''s doing this because everytime he would go at the castle and pay her a visit to woo her, Veronica would oftentimes be preupied with her multiple training on martial arts and shooting and he would just end up watching in the corner. After all, he believes that there''s no need for much effort other than just being beside her most of the time. "You are nothing but the son of my uncle''s subordinate. My family including my children are your masters and you as a subordinate have no right to reprimand my children." Veronica coldly replied despite the fury she was feeling inside. She really wanted to kill the man in front of her right now but first, her children were with them and second, he was the son of his uncle''s most trusted right hand and N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive ? material. this Victor also held a high position in her uncle''s underground force. Victor''s face turned red with anger and humiliation but controlled himself fromshing at her. After all, she''s right but she''s also wrong because his status will change once they get married. "You must be tired from your flight. Go have a rest and I''ll take care of the kids for the time being." "Another mistake. Nueve!" A well-built man suddenly came. "Yes young madame?" Outside the Baelforce headquarter, her subordinates would automatically call her young madame instead of her underground alias. "Lead that man out. Now." Veronicamanded, while restraining her stormy emotion. "Yes young madame." Nueve in a blink turned murderous as he looked at the pest hanging around his Lady Cleopatra for a year now. "This way Mr." Nueve urged the man strictly but didn''t try to use force or even touch him. That will be reserved forter if the pest retaliates so as not to put his Lady Cleopatra in an upromised situation. The atmosphere became tensed when Celerina''s voice rung the living area. "What''s going on? Veronica,honey you''re back?! d that Victor was on time to have met you here. Anyway how was your flight?" Celerina gushed as she came forward to hug Veronica but thetter moved sideways. "Honey?" Celerina looked hurt but hide it right away. She was confused by her daughter''s sudden aloofness. "Mother, I don''t want to say it for the second time. But I don''t want my children to be around that man." Veronica coldly replied and came forward to her terrified children and carried them on her both arms. "Honey? Veronica? What''s wrong?!" Celerina ran after her. Veronica halted. "That outsider who thinks he has the right to reprimand my children and terrified them is everything that is wrong, mother. Now please do your grandchildren a favour and kick that man out or else I wouldn''t even consider that his family was a loyal subordinate to Uncle Bien." Veronica continued to walk away leaving Celerina, Nueve and Victor trembled with her frozen voice. Celerina recovered and rationalized her daughter''s action and looked sternly at Victor. Victor, who saw how disappointed Celerina looked at him, tried to give his side of the story. "Auntie I ..." "You better leave now." Celerina turned to her daughter''s body guard. "Escort that man out." Celerina coldly said and walked away. She was actually thinking that Victor was a good match for her daughter because the young man came from another lineage of royalty of Country R. And he seemed to be the one who''s not bothered by the fact that her daughter already has children and has been persistent. But it seems that her judgement was wrong. Thinking back of how furious her daughter was despite her calm appearance made her feel guilty and determined to ask her more about it. Chapter 15 Chapter 15 "You see Fire!? I was right, righ?!" Fair''s bubbly and happy voice is ironically the exact opposite of her sinister and evil eyes. Contrary to everyone''s knowledge, Fair has another hidden genius character in her, her "two-facedness". And with her being a bbermouth and bubbly character would make it hard for anyone to believe that deeply hidden , she''s a scheming young girl, except to Baelfire as they are twins and are very close. "Thanks. Now instead of reprimanding me for hacking our suspected father''spany system, N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive ? material. Mom instead spent time consoling us. I felt guilty though." Fire replied in monotone. "Hmm, Fair felt guilty too! But I don''t like that man. He''s hideous and I know very well that his intention with mother was never pure. Unfortunately for him, he''s just scheming, while Fair''s a genius." Baelfair said in a straight manner. She will only show her mature side to her twin brother but not to her grandparents and especially to her mother as she feared that she might stop ''babying'' her if she finds out that she''s equally genius with her brother, but in a different way. Fire rolled his eyes at her sister. "Right, it takes one to know one." "Of course not, I''m a genius. I repeat, I''m a genius!" Fair insisted haughtily. "Whatever." Both looked into each other''s eyes as the door of their room opened and appeared their very beautiful and devoted mother. "Oh my sweeties. Mother brought you snacks and toys from Country P!" Both children, despite being self-proimed but somehow truthful geniuses, were joyful hearing their mother''s words. Their eyes lit up. After all, they were still kids. Just advanced. Very advanced for that matter. Veronica came to Fire''s bed where both children were sitting and they looked like they were talking about a very serious matter. "Oh how cute." Veronica gushed about them. Wait... she''s missing something. "Oh yes, the hacking." Veronica looked at the excited Fire in front of her and couldn''t bear to reprimand him about it as he and her sister just experienced being terrorized by an irrelevant person. Maybe she''ll talk to him tonight during their bedtime stories. A week quickly passed by and Veronica started to rx since her force in Country P so far has be stable. She considered not to return anymore and let her subordinates handle the force until Zero just contacted herst night that another problem was being faced by them. And once again, she''s inside her private jet together with her hand picked ''bodyguard'', Nieve. Within her one week stay in Country R, she settled her little feud with her mother Celerina making thetter also realized to no longer intervene with her romance aspect. Aside from that, the pest Victor was punished by her Uncle Bien after he heard that he dared reprimand his beloved grandchildren. "How dare he!". She could still recall her Uncle Bien''s very angry voice that roared inside his office after she told him what happened. That pest Victor aside from the punishment her Uncle Bien had given him was also ''grounded'' by his father for a month. "Hm, I just hope that that pest is the only one scheming to chase me. The consequence will be worse if the right hand, Victorino, was the mastermind of it all." Veronica thought. An evil glint appeared on Veronica''s eyes. At the same time, she had spent time with her father, who, despite his own slight disability , had looked much more youthful than just his actual age of sixty-three. Maybe because he, for the past four years, finally had time to rx and wasn''t anymore stressed over politics just like when he was still the vice-governor in Province I. Veronica also got the chance to talk with Fire being out of control with his hacking ytime. He promised her that he wouldn''t do it once again but with her guilt, she gave them no exnation about their suspected father. She knows that she''s being unfair to them but after all, there''s no need to exin about it. She and their father had no rtionship with each other when they were conceived. It''s a sad reality that her twins were born not out of love but of just casual sex. Veronica shook her head thinking about the man whom, after years, she still felt great attraction to. She rationalized it with the fact that maybe because he was the one who took her virginity and was so far the first and the only man who she had sex with. With her very busy time with her twins and her training, she never got the chance to find a good man to romance. "Can he still at least remember me?" Veronica murmured as she fell asleep. Chapter 16 Chapter 16 Country P, Sy International. "Lady Boss wasst seen boarding a private jet and the sure destination was back there in Country P, President." Sven reported to Rawlf Sy right away after an underling reported to him the same information. He was staying over a week now in Country R and was in a wild state of panic because after he arrived and gathered their forces to track Vero Future Lady Boss, she seemed to have just vanished like a smoke after shended in Country R. The heavens didn''t truly abandon them because after the hell week, they now have a report and update of their Lady Boss going back to Country P. Lady Boss is a paradox. Sven thought. How could she just vanish like thin air afternding in Country R?! His threaded thoughts were interrupted by their President''s end call tone. Sven''s sigh with relief. At least now, things are back to normal now that the Lady Boss is also back. Rawlf Sy couldn''t understand what to feel after hearing an update about Veronica going back to Country P. He had been restless and worried rather to be honest, scared that he might never see her again. He never learned. He lost her five years ago because after all, things were new and sudden for him and aside from that, after the news of her father being involved in a political scandal that damaged their pristine reputation, he had been busy secretly working in the background to help her and her family. He himself couldn''t understand why he was doing that for her when he just met her the night before from a club. Maybe because of the wild yet wonderful sex, he must admit, that things felt too perfect for him making him wan to protect and help her? He thought that he could finally control her and the situation like how he could control the whole Country P, politically and economically, when she suddenly appeared back in the country few weeks ago after years of unexined disappearance which caused him to annihte the Yan Family that year thinking the family was also the reason behind Veronica''s ident. However, things got out of control when a week ago, she once again suddenly left back for Country R and right after shended, just vanished like a smoke and no matter how hard he tried to maneuver his men to find her or at least track her down, his efforts yielded nothing. He was about to call for his Persian force but now that she once again appeared, this time, he was determined to do everything just to keep her around him. He no longer cared if she might already have a husband or children because after all, many years had passed. Or if she''s a member of the new underworld force he tasked Dmitri to y around hoping she woulde back and fortunately, it Property ? of N?velDrama.Org. proved right. All he wanted was to possess her. A confused yet determined glint appeared on Rawlf Sy''s eyes. Veronica decides to stay at Country P''s Baelforce Headquarter as she was exhausted from the flight despite thefort her private ne was supposed to give. She''ll be booked from another hotel tomorrow as she doesn''t want what happened a few weeks ago at Elitista Hotel to happen once again. She just had to make sure that the hotel was strict of their customer''s privacy and safety. She won''t take any chances regarding her own safety. Reading through the report Zero had given her, she couldn''t understand as to why this gigantic underground force seemed to have been taunting Bael Force but the consequence was a serious loss on their side. Her brain started working and now drafted what course of action must be done to stop this game. And maybe to prevent it from happening again. "President, Lady Boss checked in at the Diamante Hotel." Secretary Ryan reported. Sven was still on his flight back in Country P so the task of monitoring theirdy boss was temporarily assigned to him. Now that thedy boss is back, Secretary Ryan hopes that everything at Sy International will return back to normal as well. For a fact, things are normally uptight and cold but theirdy boss sudden disappearance is another level of hell Secretary Ryan never had imagined. Two of his assistants fainted because of the terror from their President and the heads of every department, although still maintaining their dignified facade, Secretary Ryan was sure that deep inside, were already on the verge of a breakdown. "Maybe I''d suggest a new department that would cater to the employee''s mental health." Secretary noted in mind. "How long was her allotted stay there?" Rawlf Say asked. "A week President." ''Oops, another problem.'' Secretary Ryan thought. Rawlf Sy turned silent. One week. That means within that one week, he needs to manipte a meeting with her like a happenstance. An idea formed Rawlf Sy''s mind as he briefly nced at his secretary. Chapter 17 Chapter 17 Two dayster. Veronica walked out of the elevator and went on her way to her own suite. She stopped to check her bag for her room card when suddenly, she heard a loud thump from the elevator besides hers. When she turned around to check, her eyes widened in surprise. "President, please, we''re almost at your suite"'' Veronica saw another familiar man who was trying to lift up the said wasted man on the floor. The man turned to look at her and Veronica was observing if the Secretary of the man could still recognize her. The man removed his sight from her right away because of the sudden pressure he felt the ''wasted'' man on the floor gave off. Veronica was about to walk away seeing as there''s no recognition that can be seen from the eyes of the Secretary towards her feeling half relieved, half disappointed because that also meant the wasted man does not recognize her as well. She "Excuse me Miss!" Veronica halted and waited. "Could I ask for help from you? I really have to check down because the hotel staff just called, urging me to park our car. Sorry, it was my boss who drove it and parked it in the middle of the hotel entrance causing trouble for others. Would you mind looking over my boss? I''ll return right away after I park the car properly. Thanks!!" Secretary Ryan said in a hurried voice and of course, with how they secure and contain the hotel, Property ? of N?velDrama.Org. boarded the elevator down right away. Veronica wildly turned around after hearing the words of the secretary and her eyes widened seeing the just closed elevator, leaving her and the ''wasted'' man alone. Dumbfounded for a moment, she decided to walk away ase on, who and what in hell was that secretary guy thinking to trust his boss to a stranger?! Even if she''s a woman, does that Secretary weren''t scared at all that she might use that as an opportunity to seduce his boss? The idea made her grin as she once again stopped after hearing a groan from the wasted man. Veronica was conflicted. True, after all, both of them are still and by de facto, strangers with each other but on her part, it wasn''t because, damn it, she knew very well who that wasted man is. That man is Rawl Sy! And he is the father of her children! The thought of her most treasured twins softened her heart for their father and Veronica couldn''t help herself but turned around to help the wasted man. ``Hey, you sober up?" Veronica asked as she saw the man trying to stand up. "Hey!" Veronica was quick to respond when he was about to fall. He ended up resting on her shoulder as she caught him before he fell back. Good thing her training made her stronger, the man is very heavy and if she wasn''t any physically fit, both of them could have already glorified the floor with their fallen bodies. The man, if she measured correctly, was a six footer and her height was too short for him and yet, here he is, relying his upper body on her left shoulder and she has to admit it, his breath with a tinge of alcohol raised all her body hairs and the close contact just made her trembled. ''Damn it'', she thought as she tried to stabilize him on her shoulder. Wrong move as it made his face closer to her neck, making the man directly breath on it and she felt like he''s teasing her through it. She was about to remove him off her and just make him sit on the floor until his Secretary arrived but he suddenly outmaneuvered her and his hand clung to her waist. Now if someone was to look at both of them, they looked like a couple embracing in the middle of the hallway as the man tenderly rested his head on her neck while he tightly snaked his arm around the woman''s slender waist. "Room." Veronica heard him say. "We''ll have to wait for your subordinate first." Veronica replied. "Hey wait!'' Hey" Veronica was hopeless when the man started to walk in a groggy manner carrying her with him. "I said we''ll have to wait for your secretary to send you to your room!" Veronica raised her voice to wake him up from his drunken state. The man suddenly raised his head and looked at her. Their eyes met. Veronica couldn''t tell if it''s some sort of hypnotism as she couldn''t take her eyes off him and he at the same time was intensely staring at her. "What-?!" Veronica was surprised when he straightened up and pushed her softly on the wall with both his arms securing her back and waist. Veronica by instinct put her hand both on his shoulders as they continue the intense eye to eye contact. It''s a battlefield between them. Both eyesmunicate thenguage of a man''s state of nature guided by instinct and when the intensity reached that certain degree, the man dived straight at her lips. Veronica couldn''t rationalize but understood the intensity of her sexual attraction for the man. After many years, it proved to have never faded but rather just took its rest until she was once again to meet him. Heaven! He''s even more magnificently handsome. She is still very much familiar with those sets of deep- seated eyes that were enough to stir chaos within her core. He was, as she remembered, dominant, aggressive and beastly. That''s how he also kissed and ravaged her mouth and she could only let him do it, it''s her body answering back. Oh heavens she missed and longed for those kisses. His hands started to roam all over her body and after realizing they are still outside for everyone''s eyes, her rationality returned and pushed him suddenly. He seemed to have been unaffected and was about to kiss her once again but she put a finger on his lips as she said in a dominant tone,"My room." Chapter 18 Chapter 18 Rawlf couldn''t understand why he had gone to this extent just to make a ''meeting'' with this little enchantress. All he knew and ever wanted was to indulge himself with her and to make her his possession! He is a ruthless and cold-blooded businessman and he''s very much aware of that. He is a genius and his intelligence quotient is far higher than Einstein by 10%. Rocket Science, Engineering, Architecture and Economics is nothing but pieces of peanut for him and yet here he is, doing all these unimaginable stupid stuff just to create this idental meeting. He could still recall how he had been after she went missing five years ago. He had gone irrational just to find her and even abused his powerful force and yet, it bears to nothing. But irrational he might have been just to find her, he was also very careful not to leak the pursuit as it will endanger her if his enemies lurking in the shadows ever find out.That''s why he decided to overturn the whole Country P so that he could control it and by this, he could protect her from any harm if he ever find her. ''Veronica,Veronica,Veronica'', he thought as he continued to ravage her lips and mouth with his kisses. This intense scene continued for a little longer until Veronica suddenly pushed him. Fear crept on him. ''No, I won''t let you get away from me'', something in his mind screamed. He was about to kiss her once again when she put her finger on his lips. "My room." Veronica was trembling not because of fear but of intense desire she felt for him, for Rawlf Sy. She realized what happened between them five years ago was not because she was younger and got easily attracted to a very handsome and powerful man but because she is absolutely attracted to the very existence of this man! ''Heaven forbid, I am definitely a stupid woman foolishly attracted to this crazily attractive man!'' As Veronica thought of her twins, on the other hand, the twins'' father was already indulging himself by how he kept on kissing her neck. Him sitting at the edge of her bed. Her, straddling on hisp. Veronica frowned when she realized that the way how Rawlf aggressively kissed her earlier in the hallway is the very contrary with how he softly kissed and nibbled her neck and ear and lips. "You sober up?" Instead of replying, Rawlf sucked on her neck instead. Veronica flinched at the passing pain but C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org rxed when he licked and kissed it in a feathery touch to sooth it after. "I think your Secretary is back and could''ve been looking for you." Rawlf stopped and looked at her. "Don''t mind him." ''"Wow, I just made myself pretty avable for his boss, huh." Rawlf did not respond because he finds it hard to exin to her. And much because he is filled with desire he has been restraining for a while since he smelled her earlier in front of the elevator. Hurt crept on Veronica''s heart. ''Well indeed, I made myself very much avable for him five years ago and I seemed to have grown this habit yearster. Wow! But I''ll be only staying here for a week so maybe I''ll just consider this as a reward for my hard work here.'' Veronica tried to justify her foolishness. Women indeed are smart by nature, but show her the man she loves and she will do the most stupid thing just to get the man''s attention. If the man is good and appreciates her, it''s the woman''s fortune. But if it''s otherwise, it''s the woman''s misery. But this, however, does not generalize women. Sadly for Veronica, after all those years couldn''t help herself but be drawn to the man. "I have missed you." Rawlf said as he suddenly lifted her off hisp andid her on the bed. This time, his hands were over her blouse''s button. Veronica was still shocked hearing what he said. ''He missed me!? The cold-blooded Rawlf Sy missed me?! No, does that mean he remembered me!?'' Veronica was about to confirm this but halted when she realized that he sessfully took off her bra and was now fondling her two mounds. Heat rushed through Veronica''s face seeing as how Rawlf looked at her and her bare upper body with a predatory gaze. Veronica was left speechless. Yes, she might have been an expert with martial arts and guns and had seen the dark and twisted world of the underworld but this situation right here is very different. She''s at loss as to what to say and what to do. But she could not deny that the attraction between them is mutual and strong. Very, very strong. With this in thought, she raised her upper body, anchored both her hands on the back of his neck and initiated to kiss him, which caught Rawlf by surprise but quickly responded as she pulled him down the bed. Chapter 19 Chapter 19 WARNING! MATURE CONTENT! Rawlf took his sweet time tasting the delectable enchantress in front of him. He liked her ck hair but he seemed to be fond of her red hair now. It looks natural and suits her unique and very gorgeous and alluring features. Almond eyes, cute nose, and thick lips that could make him crazy and couldn''t get enough of. Thinking of the possibility that she''s with a different man made him angry and with this, his paced suddenly changed and now he was demanding and punitive. Veronica was surprised when Rawlf''s sweet kisses suddenly transformed into much rather hungry and angry ones. It''s like he''s punishing her for something. While kissing her desperately, his hands started to roam on her lower body and he pulled her stretchable skirt in one go leaving her only bare with her white, thin, silk panty. Rawlf got off the bed to remove his clothing while gazing back at Veronica. Her pair of beautiful eyes were hazy, her cheeks flushed and her lips swollen. His desire for her intensified to another degree that quickened his pace to remove hisst remaining clothes and after, his bulging, angry shaft sprung free. Veronica flushed even more after seeing his big thing and excitement and expectation started to ovee her rational thoughts. Her animal instinct to mate took over as she bites her lips and squeeze her mounds while directly staring back at him with the same intensity. "Please.." Rawlf, in as much as he wanted to teased her, himself couldn''t control the beast that was about to break free. ''There will be days for the teasing but not today,'' he thought as he dived straight on her body on the bed but careful enough not to crush her with his weight. His mouth found her lips as his left hand squeezed and fondled her soft and perky mounds. "Hmmmm," Veronica moaned in pleasure as Rawlf hungrily kissed her on her lips to her neck and Property ? of N?velDrama.Org. to her mound. When he knew that it was about time, he started to kiss below her underboobs and his sweet, torturing lips followed its path down below her stomach until it reached her v zone. He kissed it through the thin silk, Veronica could only arched her back. Rawlf removed herst remaining clothes gently in contradiction to how the beast inside him wanted to rip it apart but reasoned, ter will suffice.'' Veronica bither lips when Rawlf smelled her through his nose, "You smell good, babe" and right after, started to lick his way on her petals. Using his tongue, he continued on with a circr motion, teasing, until Veronica couldn''t take it anymore but Rawlf suddenly stopped, "Not yet." He smirked and his tongue dived straight at the entrance of her flower. "You are so delicious babe." Rawlf said as he allowed the beast in him to take over and relentlessly started to eat Veronica''s wet honeypot like a hungry animal all the while his two fingers thrust their way on her center back and forth, the pace matched the way how he ruthlessly ate her. Veronica cried and moaned and arched her back because of the extreme pleasure Rawlf''s tongue and finger gave her. "Oh heaven, Oh Oh Gggg '''' Veronica gasped as she found her release. Veronica just had her first heavy breath when Rawlf, with no warning, pushed his thick, angry shaft on her wet core and not waiting for anything anymore, started to move its way back and forth as he sucked her nipples like a hungry baby would. His speed gradually turned faster as her warm insides squeezed his shaft making him go extra crazy. He pounded within her and the sound of their flesh pping with each other all the more intensified the hunger which was still far from being satisfied. Veronica ran her hands through his hair and gently pulled it to make him face her all the while his every thrust, in and out, in a little deeper, out, a bit slower and the sensation of a sudden fast in and out cycle made her almost go cked out. When she looked at him through her hazy eyes, Veronica could see a beastly glint on him as he intensely gazed back and he thrust deeper in her core making her lose her breath. "Oh my days", she moaned out loud as she took the initiative to pull him on her level and kissed him on the lips as hungrily as both could. Veronica kept on crying in pleasure as Rawlf consumed her with his kisses. At the same time, he never failed to continue to thrust in and out, deeper and harder, then slower , then back and the cycle goes on. Veronica writhed under him as she moaned, depicting what''s about to possess her. "Open your eyes. Look at me"'' Rawlf growled sexily making Veronica obedient. They both look into each other''s eyes as Rawlf goes deeper and faster with her, ravaging her flower like a hungry, wild beast and she suddenly rolled her eyes with absolute pleasure as she achieved her climax. Veronica cried in pleasure. Seeing how Rawlf hungrily looked at her intensified it more. Rawlf himself was just a minute behind her to find his own release. He growled and thrusted deeper as he was about toe, then buried his face at the crook of her left neck. Veronica right away embraced him while running through her fingers on his hair, assuring and adding more to his uing very,very sweet release till date! And there, Rawlf made hisst thrust to pump his own release deep inside her. Chapter 20 Chapter 20 Veronica woke up around two a.m and felt a pair of arms, once again snaking around her body. Then realization hits her, where she, just like five years ago, is still the same, as making herself too readily avable for the man beside her. It''s not like he used a magical power topel her but she herself was more than willing to offer her body to him. ''I miss you.'' She was feeling conflicted after remembering what he utteredst night. ''Do you? Why?'' She silently asked. Veronica moved but found it very hard as the beast was tightly coiled around her and she could only do a slow but sure effort to roll her body over to face him. She looked at his serene and calm sleeping face. Years had done him really good. He''s more handsome than she could remember him. Veronica moved her hand to gently caress his face. It started on his forehead then to his eyebrows. Still those bushy yet brows. She carefully yed with his brows before moving to his closed eyes. Beautiful deep seated eyes which she thought of even if he''s still sleeping. She continued on to his proud high bridged nose screaming royally,....and....and his thin pinkish lips....the same pair of sexy lips that ravaged not only her lips, but also her body. ''His sexy lips also did some naughty stuff down there.'' The pervert in her added. She quickly removed her fingers off him as he stirred in his sleep. Another conflicted emotion surged within her. And yes, same as five years ago, I am about to once again leave before he wakes up just to save myself some pride and dignity. After all, men of Rawlf Sy''s Property ? of N?velDrama.Org. stature and power surely treat women as someone to satisfy their physical needs. There''s no need to nt hope in her even if she''s aware that he fathered her twins. ''Just because he has children with me doesn''t mean he''ll also readily take me as his wife....or even as his woman. But maybe a woman for the night.'' For the record, two nights and a day in toto.'' The pervert in her mind added. Veronica smirked. She had long epted this perverted side of her. Even before she met Rawlf years ago, she had long understood her own sexuality and that''s why even if without experience in all actuality, she knew right there and then that she felt an intense amount of sexual attraction for the man. Maybe for his dominant personality making him at the top of the food chain and her womanly instinct of course would naturally respond to being attracted to someone with his kind. Veronica indulged herself more watching him for another minute before trying to once again move to get off from his tight embrace. She nned to go ahead and process the check out of the hotel suite until twelve noon which she believed was enough for Rawlf to wake up and move out as well. She decided to stay at the Bael Force HQ to slim down and if possible, zeroed the chances of her meeting Rawlf once again. She promised herself not to indulge with her own weakness and pleasure for him as she has to move on and prioritize her growing force here in Country P and above all else, her children. Their children who won''t be able to meet him, she partly hoped and is ironically partly sad about. She knew that despite her children being pampered by her and her family, Baelfire and Baelfair craved for a father that would spoil and pamper them with a fatherly love. However, after all, her twins were geniuses. They mightck the love of a father but she''ll make sure that she as the only parent will do her best to be a good mother....and a father. She''s not trying toplicate things. It''s the reality of everything around her that she needs to understand. Yes, she can simply tell him that he fathered her not just one child but two, but then what? What then after that? The status quo is best as it is. Let it stay that way, at least her children were safe at the haven of their highly and heavily guarded old castle in Country R. Being someone who was now a part of the underworld strengthened her as a woman and she believed she had achieved everything faster than she thought she could, but deep inside her, she''s wailing as her humanity was crumbling into pieces day by day. But she needs not only to act but also wholly, be stronger, for her family and mostly, for her twins. That''s what not only the incident in Country P but also what almost happened to her in Country R had taught her. She shook her head as memories shed before her of what could have almost happened to her while still heavily pregnant with the twins that year in Country R. That''s the memory she always hates remembering. Just as Veronica was sessful in removing herself off Rawlf and was about to sit right up, he suddenly pulled her back and embraced her tighter and with a dangerous voice said, "Where do you think you''re going?" Chapter 21 Chapter 21 Veronica took long enough to respond which made Rawlf ask once again. "Where do you think you''re going?" Rawlf''s voice awoke her from her initial shock and she panicked but her few years in the underworld taught her how to maintain a facade. True, her womanly nature may couldn''t be helped and goes weak around Rawlf Sy but that doesn''t necessarily mean that she, as an individual, can''t discourse with him, head on, on a normal basis. With the sexual tension subsided between them from a night of hot passion, she can think and talk rationally now. She''s no Lady Cleopatra for no reason. The Lady Cleopatra who, creatures of the underworld coined as, ''The rising queen of the Underworld.'' "To move out so as not to make things awkward between us when you wake up which I thought was supposed to beter this noon?" Veronica said in a nonchnt way, like she''s stating the answer from a mathematical question of one plus one. Veronica decided to stay in his embrace as she believed he would release her right away. Her years in the underworld and her Uncle Bien taught her many philosophical thoughts and of those is, "Choose your battles." Why exert more effort trying to force her way off him when he wouldter anyway. Aside from that, she''s no hypocrite not to enjoy him embracing her, in his conscious state. "So you always love to consume and leave right after, huh?" Rawlf taunted, "How many men had you slept with and been casual about it right after?" Veronica giggled. Why be mad when these taunting and angry words came from someone like Rawlf Sy. No, why was he even angry? Veronica shot down the hope that was about to sprout. "Oh, how many do you think? Wasn''t this also a normal thing for someone like you Mr?" Veronica replied, pretending not to recognize him as she winked at his unreadable face. C¨°ntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org Rawlf then released her after a moment which made her relieved and at the same time, empty and cold. She was once again about to sit up, keeping her disappointment within her when Rawlf once again embraced her. "You''re attracted to me?" He paused to look at her face and continued, "I''m not assuming that you are but I don''t think you aren''t one to fuck around without feeling any attraction." Veronica was confused as to where the conversation will lead to but decided to act casual yet deep inside, she''s trembling with excitement and lust, yes right, lust. Him embracing her awoken her lust for him once again. "Oh, you''re looking too high for someone who would screw around with a wasted man she just met on the elevator." She replied and when another naughty thought shed before her added, "although your performancest night was not someone a wasted man could evere near to¡­¡­.. Or You''re not wasted at all but you might have seen me somewhere and felt strong attraction for me so you followed me until here and pretended to be wasted by the help of an essory just so you could get near me." Veronica giggled at her great talent for weaving stories. Well, what could falsify her im was with the fact that the man has his own suite in this hotel. Rawlf smirked this time. Seems like years had improved his little enchantress'' smart mouth. "And what if I am?" This time, Rawlf turned the teasing table for himself. Seeing this silence Veronica, Rawlf added another blow, "Well I have taken a liking to you, how about considering being my woman?" Rawlf this time added in a sexy tone. Veronica was speechless but then tried her best to turn the table back to her side. "How about the other way? I''ve also taken a liking of you. How about bing my man?" Veronica winked at him again. Veronica''s words silence Rawlf for some seconds then a mirth of amusement shed in his eyes. Then returned to an evil glint. ''I''m a businessman and I do transactions fast if I see it''s worth it. And you seemed worthy of my time. Be sure to handle me and everything thates across having me as your man, Miss Wang." Rawlf said in a short and concise manner that blew Veronica''s mind right away making her vulnerable to his sudden kisses to which she unknowingly yet willingly responded to. And the kisses yet turned into hungry and passionate ones that only the union between the two of them could suffice. Chapter 22 Chapter 22 Veronica woke up with a heavy bodyter that day. When Rawlf had his share of passion earlier, he finally let her go to sleep around four AM. When Veronica checked her phone, it''s already eleven AM and so far, she hasn''t received a message from Bael Force which means things could have been stabilized now. She decided to take a bath and get ready to visit the Headquarter afterwards. She had been deciding to meet with her friends in Country P. Only that she needs to be extra careful so as not to raise any suspicion from her family''s unknown enemies lurking in the shadows so as not to endanger not only her, but her friends as well. Oh how much had she missed those people who were with her even all throughout the fall of her family from grace. And that''s one thing she''s grateful about. Floyd, Gedmaire and Pearl werewyers now and are highly sought after in the Country. Yvette who also took and finishedw, ended up entering politics and is currently the Governor in C Province. Rose ends up taking over her family''spany and in fact, has been consistently growing through the years. Pa lived a secluded life owning an IT Firm. And Martha turned up to be rather a vagabond and had been traveling around the world now. In summary, her friends all end up pretty good in their lives and in careers. While she, on the other hand, bore out her twins and is now an entity of the underworld. Something she never expected or dreamed of. Veronica used to dream about pursuingw after her Bachelor''s Degree but guess, life really threw her a good joke. She dreamed to be a bearer of justice and here she is, someone who turned out to be a nemesis of the justice system instead. ''Oh well''. Veronica sighed. Veronica must admit that Country P looks peaceful on the surface and she for one understood quite well it''s because of Rawlf Sy''s control. "Seems like Mr. Beast is good at ying Leviathan huh." Veronica murmured. But she, as another creature from the Underworld understood and was exposed to the dirty Sy could have, of course, a connection with the Underworld. This made her fall from another series of deep thoughts. Sy International. "President, these are the information we gathered from the growing force which I primarily thought could have a rtionship with the Lady Boss. But my assumption was proven wrong by those files as the leader of the force stepped forward to talk to Dmitri''s menst night.On page twenty-three you will see the difference between the materials that the Spartan Force deals with While the Spartans deal with almost anything in the underworld, the B Force only deals with weaponry and gold, I also managed to find out that their gold reserves are enough to establish a country." Secretary Ryan exined in length. "Anything about it''s rtionship with Veronica?" Rawlf asked. "Not at all, President. Maybe I over assumed things. It could have only been coincidental. After all, even before the Lady Boss appeared for the first time, the force had been in the country for half a year now." "Hmm, that''s factual reasoning. But what about your instinct Secretary Ryan?" Rawlf tested. "If I am to be a truthful, President, I''d say that things are not as simple as they are." Rawlf smirked. Right. Things are never that simple, much if involved anything rted to the Underworld.Property ? of N?velDrama.Org. It''s not because he''s doubting Veronica for anything. Rawlf honestly doesn''t care if she''s a member of that small force or of any force in the underworld, after all, her sudden disappearance five years ago and her sudden appearance without enough track to follow is already suspicious enough. And he can''t simply just ask her about it as he still was trying to establish a connection between them. And he doesn''t want to scare or make her wary of him. Rawlf''s primary reason for investigating things rted and possibly connected to her was solely for the purpose of understanding and learning more of it so he could truly protect her, this time around. The thought of his little enchantress lightened his heavy mood. He couldn''t wait to see her tonight. He made sure to leave her with ten bodyguards to follow her around earlier so as to assure himself that he won''t lose her again. And so far, none of those bodyguards contacted him for anything wrong. His little enchantress must have been an obedient kitty the whole day. Maybe he''ll have to buy her a diamond watchter as a gift. After noting his ns to Secretary Ryan, Rawlf continued with his files waiting for a thorough review. Chapter 23 Chapter 23 Veronica just got inside her suite when she felt a chill run through her spine suppressing her breath and at the same time alerted her. She was supposed to leave and move out of that hotel but she couldn''t understand as to why she did not try to fulfill her earlier resolution of avoiding Rawlf Sy. She, this time, admitted that a part of her, deep inside, was expecting. If not for her, at least for her children. But that probably will take a long time. And just imagining Rawlf seeing his own children with different hair colours but whose face was no doubt, look very much like him made her giggled. Interestingly enough, in her current situation, she still has time to think about those things. But somehow, she already knew who might be in her room and why he''s releasing that kind of pressure in the atmosphere. Of course, having to single handedly defeat his men and have some of her Bael Force subordinates imprisoned and only released them earlier that afternoon could have offended the beast. Veronica continued to walk until she reached the suite''s living room and as she turned the lights on, there the man sitting at the couch was already gazing in her direction, sitting his usual royal ways while his left hand gently shaking the wine ss he''s holding. Both of them seemed to have grown this staring habit that they did just like that for another minute before Veronica decides to break the ice in front of her, cleared her throat and asked, "Hi, you''re here?! What are you having?" Veronica couldn''t understand herself as to why she feltfortable with the man despite their technically ''stranger status'' with each other and of course in addition, Rawf Sy''s formidable social status and background. Rawlf maintained his silence which made things awkward for Veronica. She shrugged off her shoulders and decided to get inside her room to change, another out of her character habit as she was always careful with anyone yet, Rawlf strangely made her feel safe and protected. "Armagnac,e here if you want to try." Veronica heard him respond when she''s about to open her room''s door. She silently released a deep sigh before turning to face him, staring at him directly Unreadable. He left no facial expression for her to read. Veronica approached him and made a small smile seeing as there''s another unused winess at the coffee table. She made her seat on the same two seater couch with him but maintained a safe distance. Veronica raised her right hand at him saying "So?" Rawlf in return moved to pour the brandy on another wine ss. Afterwards offered her the winess and at the same time asked, "Where have you been?" Veronica giggled when she realized how stiff and at the same time too much of a gentleman he had been treating her so far (''not on bed though'', the pervert in her mind added), which she knew exactly was the very contrary of his ruthless and cold-blooded nature. "Oh, I made a tour to survey areas where I can build my coffee shop." Veronica answered without hesitation. "I can help you." He offered while watching her closely. "It''s okay. I think I finally found a good ce." Veronica took a sip and her face crumpled as she tasted the brandy. "You don''t like it?" "No, it''s okay. It tasted good¡­.. Just not used to it." "Where did you learn to fight?" Rawlf asked her, straight to the point this time. "Training?" "Skilled enough to defeat my men on your own?" This time, Rawlf looked at her with amusement in his eyes. His little enchantress had be estranged to how he thought of her although it''s not like he was acquainted with her before her disappearance but this new her somehow made him feel relieved Material ? N?velDrama.Org. because that also means she can protect her own self. Rawlf after all just gave her ordinary bodyguards as the real ones from his force were hiding but were following her and were on high alert in case dangeres near her. He strictlymanded his men to only message him if Veronica everes across danger. He strictly tasked the surfaced bodyguard not to let her out of their sight but those idiots dared toy force on her. When his subordinate reported that she defeated the ten ''surfaced'' bodyguards he allocated on her, he couldn''t help but be surprised. He never thought that she could be this skilled with martial arts. Well they deserved the beating though, Rawlf thought about the fate of those bodyguards. "Yep, skilled enough to beat you too I guess." Rawlf heard Veronica say coquettishly. Damn, he thought. That just awoken his other head. Chapter 24 Chapter 24 "Don''t do it again." Veronica continued. She looked at him with a serious expression not realizing how seductive she was being. "Can''t be helped, you''re my woman now." Veronicaughed loudly, hiding her real troubled expression. "Oh you were so serious about that?!" Rawlf could read how she tried to hide something underneath herughter but decided to not dwell on it as he will discover it eventually. "You were not as daring five years ago." Veronica ceased fromughing. "Turned off?" She returned back to teasing. So he remembered me He remembered me.Veronica didn''t know what to feel but she must admit that part of her knew it earlier but denied because she doesn''t want to be disappointed if it''s the contrary. "No,.... rather, turned on right now. Very turned on." Rawlf said, cing his winess at the coffee table and turned to face her. He extended his hand to touch her cheeks seeing her flushed red after hearing what he said. She hesitated for a moment but eventually gave in. She set her ss on the coffee table as well and extended her hand back to Rawlf''s. He pulled her gently unto him, making her straddle him on his He took a deep breath and the sensation from it and the touch of his face on her chest tickles Veronica. She anchored her hands on the back of his neck, soothing him in the process. He really must have been exhausted. "I have missed you." Rawlf started. "Where have you been?" "Earlier or-" "Five years ago. You suddenly disappeared five years ago. Where have you been?" Veronica wasn''t prepared for this. All along she never hoped that he could remember her and yet here he was, asking her things she never expected from him. "Would you rather me lie to you because I can''t tell you yet or you can wait and stop your investigation until I am ready to tell you. After all, we are technically strangers to one another." Rawlf was silent then sigh afterwards. "Hmm As long as you''re not putting yourself in danger, I will wait till you''re ready." Veronica felt him tighten his embrace around her. Rawlf on the other hand was trying to rationalize things between them. Everything seemed to happen too fast yet he wasn''t rmed by that matter. He had missed and longed for her presence in his life and now that she''s here, he will make sure that he''ll no longer lose her. If it''s only possible, he could have built an underground castle and kept her there ....away from the danger and preventing her from leaving or disappearing in his life again. But he now quite understood that she''s not supposed to be caged. Veronica is already a strong, independent and beautiful bird soaring through the zenith of the skies and to possess her would only lead her avoiding him. So despite of his possessive urges and beastly Material ? N?velDrama.Org. tendencies to keep her all for himself, he tried his best to revert his ws at his back and would rather resort on with nurturing and pampering that majestic bird in her until she will realize he was her home to whom she can always nest on. This will take time but his patience will at the end, be rewarded. He is quite sure with the step and action he nned to approach dealing with his little enchantress. You can''t domesticate a free bird who already tasted the pleasure of freedom. You can only extend your arm as its safe haven for it to keeping back and eventually and hopefully, will settle on with for good. After a long silence, Rawlf gently and sincerely said, "You can always ask for my help. I''m at your disposal." "Hmm." Veronica no longer knows what else is there to say. Both of them knew something deeper was happening, building an intangible connection between them. It''s too blissful that both decided to take pleasure in each other''s embrace, nothing like their usual lustful desire for each other but rather a more intimate and deeper soulful connection both couldn''t understand but yet but were trying to slowly ept. Chapter 25 Chapter 25 It was five in the morning the next day that Veronica woke up, once again, tightly embraced by Rawlf. His arms snakes around her waist as he spoon her on the bed. She had set a schedule that day to meet up with her good friends but that was stillter at noon. Knowing as her schedule is free that morning, she decided to indulge herself being embraced by Rawlf Sy. Rawlf was wide awake minutes before Veronica did but he wanted to take the moment enjoying the feeling of pure bliss having her in his arms. When he felt her stirred, he pretended to be still asleep but tightened his hold on her to prevent her from moving away from him just in case. Last night was, he believed, one of the best things in his life till date. He never understood the importance of human connection if not for her. And that night, he finally was able to experience it. It''s like having to reach an orgasm but this time, no sexual intecourse. He would rather call it "emotional intercourse". ''Right, most befitting word. Rawlf felt aplished coining that term. Rawlf sensed Veronica had woken up because of the changes in her breath''s rhythm but what made him happy was the fact that she didn''t move out of his arms but rather stayed until she fell back to sleep. Veronica is simply the most chill person he''d ever meet. No extra drama. She seemed to have achieved this phase of zen where she didn''t bother to waste her energy on things. It''s like she''s living in a philosophical way. All things that make her feel good are good so whyplicate it. As long as it doesn''t overstep anyone''sfort, it''s good. Ifst night it''s with another kind of woman, for sure, he''ll have to face a lot of drama and gasping episodes. But it''s not like it mattered to him though, as long as it''s her, he would never mind getting acquainted with her many colours. He was already looking forward to seeing an angry or pouting Veronica, annoyed Veronica, bubbly Veronica, excited Veronica, all things Veronica. Maybe little buns that look like Veronica will be cute too. Rawlf himself was now rmed by how possessive and obsessed he had be of her. Maybe he needed to take time and go on meditating on this, he thought. Sensing as Veronica fell back to sleep, Rawlf carefully moved not to wake her up to start his day Property ? of N?velDrama.Org. and prepare for his office. Ilo''s Coffee House "Vivi, you just don''t know how worried we had been after you and your family vanished like thin air. More on with the fact that none of us could contact you! But you never even tried to contact us at least to inform us you were safe!" Yvette said in an angry manner yet her voice isced with sincere worry. "Yvette!" The rest, Pearl, Rose, Pa, Floyd and Gedmaire synchronized but were undeniably agreeing on Yvette''sst sentence. Veronica sighed looking at her friends who were also looking at her, their faces screamed for an exnation from her. "I know it''s insensitive of me but I am not trying to justify my past actions. It''s just that I guess, everything was all too sudden and the chaos was all over the ce.. aside from that, I was unconscious from aa for almost a month." Veronica tried to be sincere exining things to her friends but leaving out another tragedy that had befallen her when she was seven months pregnant so as not to worry them more. The same incident she also was trying hard to forget. The same incident that enlightened her of the ugliness of the real world. Also the same incident that pushed her to be stronger and powerful and forced her in the underworld. The heavy conversation with her friends continued on for another two hours and s, Veronica almost caught up with her friends'' lives and at the same time, them with hers, minus Rawlf, her twins, and the underworld. The first two were for another lengthy conversation. Thest one, well, better to keep it a secret from them for a lifetime. "So you wanted to find a good spot for a cafe?" Rose asked, brimming with her entrepreneur mode. "Hm yes." "Vivi." Rose said in a warning voice. "Okay fine." Veronica said, holding both hands in the air making the rest including Rose giggled. "Actually, the cafe is just a fas?ade but what I really wanted is to establish aw firm. That''s why I''ve been looking for a building perfect for that." "You could have said much earlier you know." Rose teased, "I think I could have you rent one building mypany owned. The location is perfect for what you have in mind." "Wow friend, I still can''t help being awed by this new you. What has the business world ever done to the frozen Rose before?" Veronica teased and continued, "Rather, how about considering selling the building to me?" Veronica negotiated. Everyone''s eyes widened after hearing what Veronica had said. Gedmaire was first to recover. "So you''re super rich now, Miss Wang?'' How about hiring us at yourw firm." Veronica rolled her eyes, "It''s not like I still don''t know yet that you, Floyd and Pearl owned the Reg Trium Law Firm." "How about considering joining our firm? I mean as one of the owners." Pearl quipped in a gentle voice. "That''s a good n. Besides, the firm had been very sessful and sought after by many people in City I." Floyd added. "Friends," Veronica started. "I know that you were trying to be as amodating as possible for my sudden return but thew firm I had in mind will only deal with corporations. Reg Trium I believed was established by the three of you to also help those people who are financially incapable of gettingwyers for themselves. Yourw firm is another benevolent institution. However, mine is for profit and profit alone." "Alright then. I''ll send someone for you to check the ce and if it''s to your liking, just contact my secretary right away so it can be process.I would have personally tour you around the area if not only for the fact that I need to attend a business convention in City M tomorrow and I''ll be leaving for the city tonight." Rose right away agreed which made Veronica shake her head. After everything she went through, she''s still fortunate to have good friends who stayed by her side even after all the controversies and years had passed. "Will do. And keep safe. Be sure to find a good man there though." Everyone burst with