Chapter 405 - I Could See

The night sky was incomparably serene, it was calming to the point one could feel a numbing. The moon was nowhere to be seen, but the blinking stars were visible in the blanket of inky darkness making their presence known.

On the balcony of her bedroom stood Sera in her cute cat pajamas. Listening to the sound of the biting wind, feeling it on her cold skin as she gazed down at the lake in the distance.

*ring* *ring*

The mobile phone placed on the cabinet rang tearing the quietude of the night, and catching Sera's attention.

"Love?"

Lucifer's low vibrato caressed Sera's ears along with the delicate night breeze, and a shiver ran through her. Her beautiful eyes were a glistening river of black beckoning one to drown in them.

"Hmm.."

An unsettling frown appeared on the man's handsome face listening to Sera's lifeless tune as she hummed in reply. He couldn't help but prod gently, his voice sounded low and husky.

"Are you.. Mad at me?"

Widening her eyes in surprise Sera moved her pink lips as she mumbled softly. Her tone lacking of her usual enthusiasm.

"No.."

Raising his dark pair of sculpted eyebrows inquisitively, Lucifer inquired at once. His gray orbs sparkled in the dim lights of his office akin to rough cut diamonds.

"Then?"

In a trance, Sera abstractedly blurted out her feelings shocking Lucifer as she was lost listening to the man's magnetic voice. His expression turned rigid.

"I'm mad at you! I'm mad at those reporters who went ahead and wrote rubbish about you and Zhang Lili instead of us!.."

The unexpected and intense outburst left Lucifer stunned speechless.

Lucifer was unable to utter a single word especially after Sera's emotional state was being bared to him. His heart ached for her.

"Actually.. I'm not mad. I'm envious! I want us to be like that, you know.. Lucifer, you understanding me right?"

Leaning against the glass wall in his office, Lucifer blinked as he replied hoarsely. His voice grew heavy laden with the profound emotions that hid in his gaze.

"I do.. I'm sorry, I didn't think about your feelings. I should have thought through.. That's one of the reason why I hate myself, my identity, my status.. I sometimes wish that I were just a normal person with.. Dreams!"

Slumping against the rattan chair on the balcony, Sera gasped as she realized the effect of her words on Lucifer. Crystal like tears gathered at the corner of her eyes as she blinked rapidly, her pink lips trembling ever so lightly.

"Oh Lucifer! I didn't mean to hurt you like this.. I just, I'm sorry! I know you don't really love what you do.. I can feel that, your pain, your desire to break free yet being bound.. I can sense it, I really do.."

Raking his long fingers through his dark but slightly grown hair, Lucifer chuckled perceiving the words he'd heard from Sera's mouth.

The man was secretly glad that somebody in this world understood him better than Ethan Lee and Mia Chung, even if he didn't say a word. Lucifer has always concealed his deepest desires and life secrets from Sera. And yet Sera was able to read Lucifer like an open book. He was truly amazed.

It was true that Lucifer didn't like his life filled with darkness. He hated bloodbath. He was aspiring to become a chef for his love for food was greater than anything in the world.

Alas, Lucifer's dreams were crushed to a fine dust. They had to die an untimely death like a newly born chick thrown off the nest the moment he's hatched out of the egg.

Always abhorrent towards the cruelties of life that one had to experience in the filth of underworld, Lucifer was a carefree soul until one day that completely changed his life's meaning.

The day when Lucifer stumbled upon a secret that flipped his dreams and reality.

The day when Lucifer accidentally found his mother, Sandra's letter in Alex Chung's study. That unfortunate day was the end of the carefree Lucifer, the day when the devil was born!

Pouting her small mouth, Sera snapped at the man who was laughing in delight while she was in a bad mood.

"What are you laughing at? Lucifer, I'm serious here.."

Shaking his head, Lucifer breathed huskily as his throaty laughter ceased. A big smile can be seen dancing about his seductive lips. The man's gray irises gleamed with a tender glow that was beyond mesmerizing.

"I want to kiss you so badly, I just can't help wanting to hold you and never let go.. If only I could see your beautiful face Sera.. I love you!"

As Lucifer's flirtatious words fell, Sera's small face flushed a deep crimson tickling her ears, sending shivers down to her core.

"Hey! That's not fair.."

Soon, Lucifer's lovely laughter echoed from the other side making the blush on Sera's face deepened. She was flustered.

"Haha.."

Catching his breath, Lucifer softly started in a serious manner that scared Sera. The strangely stern tone was disconcerting to her. She instantly perked up her ears to listen with intent.

".. Actually, I wanted to say something Sera.."

"..From the way things are progressing, I don't think we should meet your parents.. Yet!"

Heaving a soft sigh, Sera hummed in reply before agreeing to Lucifer's words. Sera couldn't help but recall the bitter moments when her phone was constantly buzzing with Lucifer's photos with Zhang Lili. Her heart broke just thinking about it.

"Hmm, you're right.. I recieved a tonne of your photographs with her from yesterday and today. I don't want Mom and Dad to receive them too. Not to forget brother.."

As soon as Sera's brother was mentioned Lucifer's gaze flashed, he was reminded of Adrian's report on the X City auction house. His lips moved faster than his brain and he inadvertently ended up asking about Lu Jinan.

"Brother?"

Unaware of the conflict Lucifer was facing at the moment, Sera calmly answered with a nod of her head.

"Hm.. My brother"

Frowning at her admittance, Lucifer blurted an excuse and hung up on Sera, filled with strings of conflicting emotions in his chest.

"Sera.. I have an important incoming call. I'll call you later!"

Discombobulated, Sera stared down at the darkened screen of her mobile with a huge question mark on her face.

"Hmm?! What's wrong with him?"

Shrugging, Sera slid into the warm and fluffy comforter of her bed and closed her eyes.