Meanwhile, Quinn is on the phone talking to Meisha.

"An uprising protest circulating around the Russian Alliance," Meisha reported.

"You have no plans on going back in Russia and claimed the position that was supposed to be yours?"

Meisha laughs. "I have no plans on going back to that s.h.i.+t place. When my mother ran away and go home to the Mainland, is the happiest day of my life."

"Well, it began my happiest days. You know my story, Quinn."

"Yeah. But, I'll just be at ease if you will be the Russian King."

Meisha laughs. "Maybe I'll consider it if you also sent Daichi back to j.a.pan, Rudolf to China, Lucas in Africa, Ben and James to India, Jason to Korea, and the others."

Quinn laughs. His friends from around the world.

"Alright. Well, regarding the turmoil between the Russian Alliance leaders, let them do what they were scheming. Let our trusted men on standby and watch them closely."

"Understood, they will keep us updated. And now, you shouldn't be just wandering around without bodyguards."

"Okay. Anyways, how was it? Did Rudolf arrive in the Island already?"

"Probably. He will have a meeting with the Mayor directly."

"That's good. I want everything in place before Ca.s.sandra go back to the Island."

"Understood."

"Thank you." Quinn ended the call.

"Master, we spotted Grigory's men wandering around the city," Leeroy informed him.

He sighed. "Call Nichole, I want her to watch closely on Ca.s.sandra. And scattered our men wherever Ca.s.sandra goes."

"Understood, Master." Leeroy bows then leave to carry out Quinn's order.

Quinn heaves another sigh. Is he putting Ca.s.sandra in danger?

He tried to be careful but he can't resist his feelings toward her. In the end, he did put Ca.s.sandra in great danger by taking her into his world.

Does he make a huge mistake?

But loving her is the greatest thing he ever did for himself.

However, the World he is living in will be in a clash soon, among with the Alliance who wants to take the seat where his uncle Nicholas sitted right now because they don't agree that he will be the one to inherits it.

He never desires for it, but he saw the sickening activities of the other members and Alliance. They took advantage of the power on their hands. He won't allow it and should be stopped, so he needed to clean up the whole a.s.sociation soon. And this made him has enemies.

But he want to make it simple and fast, he will let them uproar to show themselves, then time for him to act after then.

He ends his thoughts when he saw Ca.s.sandra walking toward him.

"How was it?" he asked her.

"Uncle is fine. The doctor said, he is stable and will recover sooner." she looks too emotional, but in happiness.

"Thank you!" Ca.s.sie suddenly hugs him.

Hmm. . . it was too pleasant in the sensation of being hugged like this.

Maybe everything will be alright. And one day, he could give Ca.s.sandra a safer world. Maybe he should stop worrying too much, and believe instead, that he will get through his own matters and just letting Ca.s.sandra staying on his life.

Earlier, he did begin thinking, that maybe there is a better life for her without him. Their relations.h.i.+p just began but reality also telling him that he is leading her into a dangerous and furor world.

"Without you, I don't know what I am going to do. Thank you for everything, Shun."

Ah, how nice to the feeling. With her words, this gives him courage and strength. He has to be brave in their relations.h.i.+p.

Yes. He became a coward about deciding if he should continue their courts.h.i.+p, but he doesn't want to lose her. So now he decided, no matter what. He will stay strong and will protect her with all his might.

"Let's grab some dinner," Quinn proposed.

"That's right, Miss Loura inviting me for a dinner yesterday."

"She mentions yes, but she also suggested that we should go on a date alone. Soon, we have to go back to the Mainland. And you, cla.s.ses, will begin again soon. As for me, more work waiting. So let's go for a date while we can."

Ca.s.sie's eyes sparks. That's right, their first dinner is just an encounter in one fateful night.

"Wait, is this okay? Without wearing a formal dress?"

Aw, she's cute worrying about her clothes. Quinn smiled.

"That's alright, I know a restaurant that doesn't need a dress code but serving delicious cuisine."

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Quinn brought her into a beautiful restaurant. It was small but it has a warm ambiance. The restaurant has a second floor and Quinn leads the way upstairs.

She found the second floor empty, there are no customers dining upstairs, but a round table in the middle of the room where candles lighted.

Ca.s.sie was astounded, she looked at Shun, "Don't tell me, you reserved this place?"

"Hmm, kind of. . ." Quinn smile playfully.

He pulls the chair and offers it to her. She thanked him and never left her gaze at him. He was really this gentleman. She could remember someone, and that is her father. She witnessed how her parents were in love with each other.

That is why she is wis.h.i.+ng for a beautiful relations.h.i.+p like her parents have. Could be that man is Shun?

"This place is very beautiful. Thank you for bringing me here," Ca.s.sie told Quinn.

"I just wanted to be alone with you, and I know you would like it here as well."

"Yes, I did! By the way, the name of this restaurant?" Yes, she is curious.

"Hmm. . . yes, Maribella. Karen and Loura's great-great-grand, and the one who build this restaurant."

"Wow, really? Looks a beautiful story there."

"What I heard, Maribella's mother received a book from someone, then the book past to the granddaughters."

"Book?"

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"Yes, the book has a nice story, so Maribella's mom gets the name from the book. Isabella and Marivella."

"Hmm?"

"It does sound your name, Marivella."

Ca.s.sie felt a warm embrace on her body. The story giving her gooseb.u.mps.

"They were sisters, half-sisters. The story goes like this. Isabella's mother died from giving birth to her. However, because her father is just a low citizen, the family told him that the mother and child died. They give him a fake tomb of his lover and daughter just to stop bothering them."

"Isabella was completely hidden from her father. She was raised and educated to marry an aristocrat like her family. However, she was in love with someone else, but she was engaged to the cousin instead who has a greater recognition. She was prepared to run away but she learns the truth. Her father was actually just living in Paris and he had a beautiful family and are happy."

"Which Isabella's family told her that, he left her mother when she got pregnant. That is why Isabella growing up with a huge resentment in her heart toward her father. She also learned that the woman her fiancee in love with is her very own younger sister name Marivella. She felt betrayed, that Marivella was loved by their father, but she was only abandoned. Isabella had a hard life because she was always told, that her worth is only will be recognized if she will marry a higher aristocrat family. So she must become a wife of the wealthiest family in Europe.

"Isabella married one, but there is no love. She married him so that, he will never going to marry her younger sister instead. She will stay in the marriage so that, her sister will never become happy. Still, her sister and her husband had a relations.h.i.+p and she called Marivella as only the Mistress forever. But she made a mistake also. She who cheated first and got pregnant by another man. Still, Isabella won't give up. She still wishes for the unhappiness of her sister."

"She found a shaman who knows a ritual to become a wandering soul. Isabella swears that she will follow Marivella even to her next life to makes her unhappy. She will never let Marivella have a fulfilling life, but full of sufferings and sadness. Her hatred pushes her to kill her sister."

"What?"

"Yes, Isabella killed her sister. Isabella reincarnated. And because she still has all the memories of the past, the hate remains, but then she learns the truth. Everything her family told her is only a lie. Her father never abandoned her but been told that she died after giving birth and show a fake and empty tomb, her tomb which was actually well taken care of."

"Isabella remembers that many times she saw Marivella visiting a tomb. Every week, Marivella will come to clean and bring fresh lilies to the tomb. Isabella then learns the truth in her second life. That the tomb Marivella well-taking care of is her fake tomb. Isabella learned, that Marivella so much loves her sister she never meets. Marivella was actually giving her so much love even she thinks that she died already."

"Isabella realize what she'd done. All her life, even in another life, she wanted to take revenge on Marivella. Which Marivella, love her older sister with her whole life. Learning the truth, Isabella cried and mourns in front of Marivella's tomb. What she has done? All she ever thinks is her envy and hatred. Which she never know how actually she was loved by the people she takes on the revenge.

"Since then, Isabella seeks the shaman's help to make things right. She won't take a rest until she cannot fix everything. Said, the future was change because of what they have done. She is not alone, yes. So, Isabella stayed hundreds of years until she will able to put back the future in the right flow."

Ca.s.sie was dumbfounded. The story gives chills on her spine and she is feeling a deja vu. She was astounded at Shun's story.

"Well, it's just a story, but a beautiful one. Isabella's revenge causes her great sadness instead. Maribella pa.s.ses the book to her granddaughters to remind them, to love each other no matter what."

"I wished, that Isabella becomes happy in the end."

"Maybe. Probably. . . Loura and Karen wouldn't tell me the ending. It's still a secret. I wanted to know what happens to Isabella and if Marivella is now happy."

Ca.s.sie smiled while staring at the lilies on the table. "Me too. I want to know what happens in the end."

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