70 don't you trust your homie?

"This won't do." Seraphina mumbled after reading the small card. She hastily dashed to Sebastian Yue's study room. Being abruptly interrupted from his work by the sudden intrusion of Seraphina. The old man was startled by her appearance. Looking behind her as if looking for someone, Sebastian Yue spoke.

"Seffy! Where's Liam?"  

"Liam has an urgent matter to attend to so he couldn't greet Grandpa." She slowly sat at one of the comfortable seats as she explains the matter to him.

"Is that so? Well, he's a busy man after all." He chuckled as the old man Yue stood from his seat and went to the set of sofas -- sitting at the head seat.

"How was your date?" he inquired rather excitedly. Seraphina kept her silence for a brief moment before she dives into her main concern ignoring her grandfather's question.

"Grandpa, can you hand over the company to me?" cutting to the chase and asking for the impossible yet hearing her silly request, Sebastian Yue laughed. His laughs contain a bit of amusement.

"Silly girl, I thought you want to be your cousin's assistant?" his elderly voice inquired to her abrupt interest in handling the company.

"I am but I like Liam to the extent of wanting to have the same ground as him." lying without batting an eye and use Liam as her excuse, she clarified.

Although her initial plan was to know who was the person behind Marga's schemes and deal with them once and for all, alas, the unexpected events in the Isla De Paz made it impossible as Riggs exposed Luciano's come back. Also, Marga was surprisingly wary about that matter. Even so, it came to Seraphina that the person backing Marga isn't an easy target as she thought.

Sebastian Yue was satisfied with her answer yet he hesitantly replied.

"Seffy, I have always wanted you to take over our company. But now, It's not that I don't trust you and you might bring down the company… It's actually the opposite. I don't care if you fail the company but with your condition and the business troubles, I don't want you to overexert yourself." With all honestly, he stated. Although he invested all his life in building this business, he actually just wanted his offspring to live a good life but if someday, his hard work will all go down the drain because of his granddaughter's decision, he wouldn't blame her.

"Ey, grandpa, I had amnesia but that doesn't mean I am dumb. I swear, I won't waste your hard work." Seraphina reassured him. Old man Yue sighs as he shakes his head with delight.

"I'll think about it."

"Alright, I'll accompany you tomorrow then" she merrily hopped and gave her sitting old man a back hug. Tapping her arms that snuggling his neck, Sebastian Yue spoke. "Silly girl."

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[Yue mansion garden]

After her little chat with Sebastian Yue -- Seraphina called out Riggs.

"Speak." commanding him to start his report, Riggs pinched his brows as he cannot bring himself to relay the bad news to her.

"How's my gramps condition?" Since he does not know where to start, she inquired first.

"That… Chairman Yue, he has dementia. It won't be long before he'll experience episodes..." as he gathered all his courage, he reported. Sizing Seraphina's expression -- she neither flinch nor got shocked as if she was expecting it. Due to this reason, it gave him the backbone to continue,

"Also, he was recently diagnosed with cancer. Boss-- is that the reason why you're keeping that doctor?" he pried since he doesn't buy her act towards Liam and Seraphina don't disclose things to him.

"It's one of the reason." she nonchalantly responded as she waved him off. Primarily, Liam was unplanned but now that he chimes into the scene, she decided to make use of him for her own benefits.

Seraphina entered a state of trance as she was contemplating -- ignoring Riggs presence completely.

In her previous life, one thing why Sebastian Yue failed to protect her even with his connections is because every once in a while, he was having episodes --completely forgetting their dangerous situation. However, she didn't know that he also had cancer which she's sure he'd been enduring for quite awhile. Turning to her side and seeing Riggs hadn't left her, she requested in a solemn manner.

"Do me a favor."

Riggs' ears doubled hearing her asking for a favor as if focusing his complete attention towards her. After all, she rarely requests favors and it only meant that the matter requires its utmost importance thus, he silently and willingly listened in the hopes of she might lessen his debts in return.

"Protect grandpa for me while I'm whacking some old heads. He can only die a natural death... If something happens to him--"

"Ay, boss~! Don't you trust your homie?" Interrupting her sentence midway, Riggs knew what she was referring and even though he wanted to know who's head she was referring to, it's none of his concerns as long as it's not his head.

"Good."

She looked up at the dazzling full moon that lightens up the dark night with a flash of complex sadness in her eyes. Riggs never saw her like this even before as Luciano. He only has seen him when he's extremely deadly and apathetic to things yet there was an unspeakable words that her eyes are telling. It was as if she was a grieving emperor at night after keeping her strong front for the day. In spite of her compelling stance, he kept his mouth shut respecting her silence and soundlessly left without uttering a word.

'It's only a matter of time before a war starts' he thought inwardly.

Sebastian Yue only had a maximum of one year to live and if that happens, he wonders what would happen to the underworld if someone touches her bottom line. Furthermore, now that certain big shots from other crime organization are after her --she'll shield the people that she wanted to protect even if it means she has to go alone.

Although this never happens before, she already told them about it at one time when she was Luciano. She managed to dominate the entire underground society in the shadows before -- does revealing her Achilles heel would make her stronger or otherwise? Or rather, losing the dying person she wanted to protect the most will make her more formidable?

Only time can tell, as of now, her current plans must be carried out successfully even if it's considered mundane in the world they live in.