Chapter 38

On the day of the royal ball

[Netizens]

[Kpop_die<hard >fan: It's 2024 Royal Ball, Finally. ]

[Mimi_cupid: I have been waiting for this day my entire life, I'm so excited that Empire took over the Royal Ball ]

[ Yoongy's Wife: Lol! I heard there is a hot hot juicy in this year's ball ]

[ Harris baldwin : Like hell I care, I'm just watching for my angel Ayra]

[ Cyber_Bomb: Don't bring that attention whore at Empire's offial account]

[ The Vampires: I always felt something is off with her ]

[ The_Gallax_official: Hey, upstairs, Stop trashing my queen you dumb scums. She is the best singer on Earth you dumb MF ]

[...+97k ]

" Things aren't bad, The netizens are going in the direction we set up, the more it blows up the better the outcome"

Soo-Hyun said proudly, In a few months Empire had risen to the point it could rival the leading groups in the country, And even some dared to proclaim that, there is no group has more money than " The Empire ".

At least in term of cash flow it's unstoppable.

" It's all thanks to your intelligent mind assistant Park ".

Helen said proudly. She always looked up to her as a sworn sister and her role model despite of age differences. 

Park Soo-Hyun who is someone close to the low-profile Chairwoman of Empire Group is the opposite of people's expectations,

Not only that she refuse to be a CEO twice but even money couldn't make her betray her boss and a friend. She might be ruthless but no one was as reasonable as she is and thus it was so hard not to admire her.

After checking other things assistant Park went to the parking lot and drove her new model Maserati back to her apartment. Tonight was a special night and so much was to happen. 

On her way home she called Ayra and insisted that she sleep early because she would be busy in the next few weeks due to her first-ever solo world tour. Yes! She was back as an A-list again thanks to all the resources given by Empire,

They didn't talk much before she hung up Although she didn't call because she was worried she would be so tired on her tour, that maybe only 10% of her reasons but mostly she didn't want her to attend tonight's Royal ball. She even hid her special invitation and blocked every endorsement company that wanted her to be their representative tonight.

Tonight wasn't like any other night you have seen.

Her car packed and she hurriedly hopped in the elevator, In less than five minutes the elevator doors opened at her apartment. She was on the last floor, presidential suite apartment. Her high heels moved and stopped when she was in her study,

There wasn't much to see except for the books on the left to the right, in front of her there was a black desk and behind it, there was a glass wall. Her eyes landed on that wall which was covered with pictures and names,

She scanned it, On top of It there was a name in capital letters, " Ten Curses Of Black Mount " and there was a family tree with numbers one to ten. Everything was very detailed showing the formation of the National Secret Order ( NSO ). Her orbs landed on Kyle's picture,

And that made her remember when she started all of this. The mission started a few years ago.

Just like any other eventful rainy day, the first of November of that year was no different, at that time Park Soo-Hyun was not this one you know today but a cold-blooded girl who lived the life of an animal, 

She hated...No! She didn't hate, She loathed humanity with everything she had, her soul, her heart even her body everything about her was as cold as ice.

She disliked Lara as well.

In her eyes Lara was the second-generation spoiled brat who acted so righteous. In her life, she happened to hate those people the most, the rich heirs who think they have seen the world and want to change, playing heroes while deep down they know nothing about the pain of the poor,

Her first thought on Lara was " She wants the world to think that she has a good heart " and that she was her decoration or trophy of sort , every thought of it made her more furious until she saw the dark side of an upper class.

These people indeed live in luxury but not in peace as she thought. 

That was a day when there was an assassination attempt, Lara was almost killed that day but her security was no joke.

In almighty's grace she survived it and that changed her view on her forever.

She then learned that there was something called " National Secret Order " and they would stop at nothing to hunt her to hell. And she had only one job,

To oversmart them and protect her family, Lara.

She was already in her nightgown when she probed off her past but still her head was full of confusion, not that she hate Kyle but she didn't understand why she hid her powers and why she approached Lara after all these years.

Although it might seem like a pure coincidence that was way too perfect to be one. If Kyle is true " Seven " the she won't let her off even if she will fall out with Lara.

" Now everything is perfect "

She took a final look and sent a message to Lara telling her she was on her way, then she long pressed two and the ID " Ayra " appeared, the phone rang for half a minute until it disconnected, she shook her head and assumed that maybe she become obedient and fall asleep when she was told to.

That feeling wasn't bad, she didn't hate it.

Having someone to worry about was bothersome before but now she felt like it was good thing. Her perfectly curved face formed a smile without her knowing.

Somehow she was looking forward to her future, what would happen If she had a little expectation? What If what they have is real? She thought about it and her heartbeat intensified, the excitement came with fear but right now she was so blinded that she didn't even give a thought about it.

...

Ayra.

She was busy picking between her royal golden dress and the pitch-black night gown Although she didn't know why her agency didn't send her an invitation thanks to her ' old acquaintance' she should be able to attend the royal ball this year,

Soo-Hyun asked her to sleep early and not try anything fun tonight but somehow her heart was restless tonight, she wasn't going to listen and wanted to be a bad girl at least for one night, so what If she went?

It's not like there going to be an arson or something!

Few minutes later the bell rang and looking at the screen it was Eva, she become her manager after joining the Empire and she was happy that she had her fan as her manager, everything had been smooth in both her career and her love life thus she forgot about how cruel the world can be,

" I thought you would be a little late

" It's the first time I'll be with you in public so I'm super excited "

" Ooh! Come in! Help me pick a dress for tonight "

Eva walked to her dressing room which was so huge, It might be called a store the way everything was arranged so perfectly. " This...? I'm speechless "

Her eyes scanned the room thinking of how she was going to doll her idol up,

An hour later they were on the red carpet, the flashlights were like fireworks, shooting up the sky, blinding eyes but even though she couldn't see what was in front of her Ayra's eyes were lively and wide smile on her face,

She missed this feeling, being at the centre of attention, having people who cheer for her, this feeling was so good. She missed it, and everything about it,

However, something deep inside her was worried. Worrying that this night wouldn't be as peaceful as it seems. And she was absolutely right but unfortunately she was too late.