I wondered how much time I had until the news that my report was the reason people got fired would spread throughout the entire company. I started thinking that perhaps it would be wiser to hire bodyguards. I could easily handle a few humans by myself, but fighting against an enraged crowd could be troublesome. Certainly, the rational and, this time, optimistic part of my brain told me that I was overreacting and that nothing bad would happen. In normal circumstances, I would expect people to fear me more than openly declare war against me, but my situation was far from normal. I sighed heavily, then got up, getting ready to leave the CFO's office.

"Goodbye, Mr. Foubert." I smiled faintly, walking towards the door.

"See you tomorrow, Ms. Leber." He winked at me teasingly.

I opened the door and bumped into someone.

"I'm sorry, I didn't see you.." I muttered, straightening my nose after it hit that person's hard male chest.

I looked up and saw a pair of cold reddish eyes, glowing like rubies, set in a pale face. The man looked like he was out of this world. With his light blonde hair and whitest of white skin, he could have only been an albino or a vampire. I guessed it was the second. I instinctively stepped back, creating more distance between us.

"Frans, come inside already. Stop staring at my favorite employee," Gabriel called out to the man.

I abruptly stepped aside, letting him into the office. He glared at me while walking inside. I wondered if I should introduce myself, but he didn't seem like a friendly person, so I smiled briefly at him and then dashed to the corridor. As soon as I did, he shut the door.

"What a rude bastard," I muttered and clicked my tongue.

Then I thought that this was vampires' normal attitude towards humans. Even Monique said that they don't get along well with humans. It was almost sundown, so I guess it could have been one of the commoners she mentioned. I shrugged, shaking off my annoyance, and went down to the car. It was time to go and meet the Great Council.

testimony. It made me forget that we weren't going back to the castle. I realized that our destination was different only when he suddenly stopped the car in the middle of nowhere. Then he got

you stop the car in the middle of a dusty road with nothing but a field and a few trees around?" I asked with a nervous smile, looking

Ms. Lilith. This is as far as I can take you. You will have to wait for the Duke's

his words. I sighed and got out of the car. He drove away, and I stood on the deserted side road, looking like a bumbling idiot who had lost her way. That was the

I swear I'm going to find you and whoop

mist around me was strangely cold. It was autumn, but the early evenings weren't this cold, despite that, I was freezing. Finally, I saw a black car on that empty road. It

commanding voice instantly made my body move towards the backseat door on the other

I sighed in relief. I could have been angry a minute ago, but now I was just happy to sit somewhere where I wouldn't freeze. The driver started the engine. The Duke was sitting beside me in the backseat, whereas Mr. Gotha was sitting in the front passenger's seat. Sariel looked me up

he asked, glancing at my

mumbled, recovering

turn on the heat," he tossed, faking

master's command.

I smiled weakly at

you from the casino. When you testify, you have

gave a reasonable excuse, I wanted to believe that he did it because he cared about me… a little. I kept stealing glances at him, and our eyes met a few times. He didn't seem as angry or cold as the night before. That made me feel more

noticed no cameras or any other security devices. There was only a big stone standing on the left side of the gate. The driver stopped the car, got out, and walked to the stone. Then he took out a knife from his pocket and cut his hand, letting his blood flow at the top of the stone. I flinched, observing this weird ritual. The drops of blood seemed to sink into the stone. As soon as they

This is exclusive content from Dramanovels.com. Please visit Dramanovels.com to support the author and the translation team!

Comments ()

0/255