63 let me do the honor

Riggs entered Seraphina's current room minutes after Alexander Han's departure.

"Boss?" Seeing her lonesome back, Riggs called out to her.

"...."

*cough* He let out a loud cough yet Seraphina seems she hadn't noticed him. Just as he thought she wasn't aware of his presence, Seraphina's emotionless voice reached his ear.

"What?"

"Uhm, not meeting Petrov?" he inquired.

"Why would I?" Seraphina's cool and unconcerned voice answers him with a question.

"Boss, he was clearly declaring a war to you! You almost lost your life destroying their base! How could this humble subordinate just stay silent?" he paused after he burst in one go but then he continued.

"Hehehe. Boss, will you let me do the honor?" although she was not looking at her, she could imagine his smug grin which made Seraphina's eyes twitch.

"He had the audacity probably he got a triads associate. Besides, that island is bound to doom anyway." she explained nonchalantly.

"What --"

"You've been with me for years now, don't you still know me?" Riggs rendered speechless to her void of emotion tone yet shameless remarks.

'How can this boss ask me that? I didn't even know she's a barbie instead of ken!" Although Luciano was his boss and he's been with her for some time now -- she is a type of person with full of mystery.

Thus, when Seraphina reveal that he was his actual boss; Luciano, somewhere deep in his heart immediately believe knowing Luciano's interest -- disguising is a piece of cake.

"I've sent Leon to his quarters. That is enough." her words snapped him back from his trance.

"WHAT?! Leon? He knows?" he confounded.

"Just a bit. Why would you think he'll stick with me?" she answered in a matter of factly tone.

Discontented to the news, Riggs was looking forward to the day he could brag that he was the first one to know Luciano's real identity yet Leon knew about it first.

"But what do you mean just a bit?" but her brief explanation still made him hopeful.

"We're leaving tomorrow, we've stayed here long enough." diverting the topic, Seraphina informed him about their departure tomorrow.

"Alright." Riggs staggered his way out feeling dejected.

'A wise man should know when to stop.' He thought

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Meanwhile,

Ensuring the aircraft's preliminary checklist, Rex spoke,

"Scavac two zero, Lyrebird ready to depart."

"Roger that Lyrebird, your flight land to Moscow, Russia is cleared."

"Thanks, X" Leon murmurs with his usual low-pitch-disinterested tone to the other person through their transponder.

As the chopper takes off, the thick noise from its rotor changes into a loading noise as it accelerates and successfully departs.

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[The next day]

"Sister, are you really leaving today?" Yin's teary eyes inquired Seraphina. He was the one that she spent most of her time --also, the naive kid that wanted to save her from her accident weeks ago.

"Yes, this sister here needs to work. You see, I'm quite famous outside this island. But I will visit you when I can." coaxing the young kid, she reassured him as she whispers her lies. Although he was reluctant to let go, he nodded.

"Elder Hong, everyone, thank you for taking care of us." she expressed her thanks then bowed in a respective manner.

"Miss Yue, it should be us thanking you and your bodyguards… young master is not feeling well so he said he couldn't send you off." elder Hong spoke.

Not uttering a word, Seraphina slightly tilted the corners of her lips resembling of a smile before she nods in understanding.

"We'll go, now." she hitched on the Jeanneau boat Alexander Han used for transportation. With only a few people navigating the boat and her bodyguards, an unnoticeable glint flashes across her eyes.

Not far away, Alexander Han watched the speeding boat away from him until it disappeared from his sight completely.

"Young master, they're gone now." Elder Hong drawled. Remaining his silence for a moment -- Alexander spoke,

"Elder hong, tell me… that it's normal to like someone who resembles the personality of the person you despise the most. That it's just a homing syndrome isn't it?"

Seeing his melancholic aura, elder Hong gazes on the ground, "Yes, young master." agreeing to him even though he was not sure himself if it was normal but feeling his low-spirited aura he emits, it was as if he had seen the young Alexander Han when he figured out his family's misconduct.

In the past week, Alexander Han was at ease and happy especially whenever he would stroll and play with Seraphina. Both of them were like kids who would bicker every now and then and knowing Alexander Han's personality he probably made a space for her in his heart.

Alexander Han let out a heavy sigh before he turned his head to elder Hong's direction. He offered him a half-hearted smile then took strides back to his mansion.

"Young master…" Following his retreating figure, elder Hong's eyes were full of concerns. After all, he was still a kid trapped in a man's body. He was afraid that his young master would experience the same pain he went through in the past or what impact that girl would cause him to this depressing state.

Neither one of them knew how huge his heartbreak caused him until a few months later.

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After the long boat ride, they headed straight to the airport back to China. Riggs was acting as if her little butler serving her nonstop. Of course, Seraphina wouldn't let the chance to slip and overuse him accordingly. Thanks to him, the boring trip became bearable.

On the plane, Riggs can finally rest since Seraphina was in a business class while they are in the economy class. Thinking of the business class comfortable seats, he could only weep internally but the horror of her endless commands -- somehow he felt relieved.

Giving his haggard look a side glance, Ace eyes' twitch before mocking him.

"Since when did you become her butler?"

"I am not!"

"Right, you're like a maid to be exact." he teased.

"Tch." Riggs cluck his tongue in annoyance. If only Ace knew that the person his indebted to is actually Seraphina, he would understand but he was oblivious to anything for now. Although sometimes, he thinks that it was not actually Ace who's being punished but him instead.

Their 6-hour flight crawled just like that. As their plane successfully landed, Seraphina felt more relieved. Base from Marga's schedule, she won't be back in two more weeks. Her initial plan was to stay at Isla de Paz until the show takes their break but due to the unforeseen event -- she could not stay there any longer.

Reaching the Yue mansion, Seraphina immediately went to find her beloved grandfather. She headed to his study room but just as she approach the door, she could hear Sebastian Yue's gleeful laughs.

Slowly opening the door, she saw her grandfather laughing and a familiar man's back. Although all she could see is his back, Seraphina was baffled to what he was doing here.

"Sera!" surprised by his granddaughter sudden come back, he exclaimed. He expected her to arrive home after a week or two. The man turned around to see her puzzled look.

"Eh? Liam?!"