Chapter 277 - will you be honest?

Venus' eyes dilated. Now that Jack said it, she now remembered where he had seen him. After all, Alexander Han was one of the Ace artists from country x that made his success in country y. Though she wasn't inclined in the entertainment industry, for the past month, she mingled with the upperclassmen and ladies -- for the sake of her mission.

"What? Our new recruit is a superstar? Woah, my darling is going to another level." Venus' eyes gleamed not because of Alexander Han's fame but to her boss, Luciano. In her perspective, Seraphina's score of manliness took a huge leap -- almost making her fangirl like a little girl.

Clasping her hand together, Venus hurriedly unclasped them again as she briskly searched her luxury handbag that worth half a million. Without exerting much effort, she found her phone and immediately taps on it.

Knowing her, Leon who's uninterested with what she was up to, Riggs and Jack, on the other hand, shake their head in defeat. Only when if the topic is about their boss could turn this black cat into an obedient one. Without a doubt, she'll probably send some ambiguous messages to Seraphina -- professing her love and probably asking for a marriage.

'poor little girl." Jack thought inwardly because aside from Ace -- Venus was also kept in the dark about Seraphina's real identity. However, it won't hurt to see how will she react when she knew that Venus hero is actually a woman -- an innocent looking beautiful woman.

After a few taps, Venus smiled widely as if she had done something great. "Alright, lowlives -- I better go. Need to work for me to have the same footing as my future husband." With that note, Venus fixed herself up then she put her smartphone back to her expensive branded handbag and without a second delay, she blew them a kissed goodbye.

The four subordinates who were insulted up front didn't bid their goodbyes and none of them were irked by Venus bright mood. However, they were curious about what Seraphina assigned to her that started months ago.

When Venus exited the mansion, Riggs tilts his head to the injured Alexander Han. "Hey superstar, you should recover fast so I can beat you up again."

Glancing at the slightly tipsy Riggs, Alexander Han scoffs yet, he chose to not say anything. After all, Seraphina left an order to train him so he can defend himself even if he's alone. Though his ego as a man was trampled, he should suck it up. Even so, he was curious about their reason why these strong and monstrous men followed Seraphina's command.

"By the way, why do you follow her?"

Riggs: "Huh? You mean to OUR boss? Well, why don't you ask yourself why did you submit to her?"

"I like her." Without a bit of hesitation, Alexander Han blurted out. Considering that he is now one of them, thus, he cannot see any reason why would he hold back his agenda. He added, "But you know her as a man, so…"

"Damn, you have bad eyes." Riggs showed his sympathy towards Alexander Han who was bewitched by Seraphina's beauty -- though he was the same, alas, Alexander Han is right, they knew her first as Luciano, not Seraphina. He added,

"As for me, I owe her millions, so, you see, I'm stuck with her orders."

"I can't hypnotize her -- she tricked me." Jack shrugged in a trivial tone as if it was not a big deal. Suddenly, X voice from the speaker resonated across the many corners of the living area.

"She's a code I cannot crack."

Leon: "we're soulmates."

Hearing their simple reasons, Alexander Han's lips twitch to another degree. He was expecting a much meaningful and deeper caused why they chose to follow Seraphina but to his disappointment, they were all… petty.

"So you mean to say, one is because of financial problem, another is a failed attempt of showing prowess, Mr. X is about curiosity and another one is because of beliefs?"

"Bingo." Riggs nodded, confirming Alexander Han's clarification. Indeed, though their reasons were rather trifling, what's important are the story behind it. After all, most of them just made insignificant excuses just to submit. He added,

"Don't misunderstand. Though you think it's petty, I also think that yours is simple. But for you, it's enough reason, yeah?" Ultimately, Riggs and probably the others think the same about Alexander Han's simple reason why he chose to be under Seraphina's tyranny. However, it is understandable as he just happened to have an inkling towards a complicated person -- which led him to a situation that cannot be undone. Surely, since he became part of Seraphina's secret team -- he'll soon experience the road going hell.

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[country x: Yue Family Mansion]

Seraphina was dropped off to the Yue family manor but told Rex to stay with Wren for a couple more days as Ace will now be in charge of being her bodyguard again. Although she didn't explain everything, Wren and Rex could already guess that she was playing another guessing game with Ace.

The moment Seraphina entered her residence, she instantly saw Liam being accompanied by Marga on the living area; having tea. Scrutinizing Liam's gentle and smiling face, Seraphina unenergetically fluttered her eyes along with her long curled lashes.

Marga the great multimedia queen was notably laughing but halted when she caught Seraphina's small frame on the corner of her eyes. Her smile slowly dissipated as fear started to crawl up on her heart but still, since she's a good actress, she managed to maintain her gentle front.

"Cousin Sera, your home? Young Master Dr. Jin here has been waiting for you."

"I know. Wren told me my fiance went to see me but it seems we failed to crossed path." Seraphina nonchalantly uttered as she made her way and sat beside Liam Jin. Completely ignoring Marga, Seraphina turned her head to see Liam's ever gentle gaze staring back at her.

"Alright, I'll leave you lovebirds alone. I gotta go -- still have more works tomorrow."

Liam politely bowed his head back to Marga with his ever kind smile while Seraphina could not be bothered whether she stays or not. When the sound of Marga's footsteps got lesser and lesser, Liam turned his head back to Seraphina who never looked away for a second.

Raising his hand then tenderly pats Seraphina, Liam neither said a word nor inquired about anything. Feeling annoyed by Liam's unchangeable pretense, Seraphina roughly slapped his hand away by the back of her hand albeit using minimum force; after all, doctors care for their hands more.

"Why are you not asking anything?" sounding annoyed in front of Liam for the first time, Seraphina was noticeably triggered.

"Will you be honest?" slowly retracting his hand that was slapped away, a bitter smile formed on the corner of Liam's lips. Indeed, the very reason why he never ask even if he wanted to is that he doesn't want to hear another lie from her.