217 I don't know.
Hearing Kathryne's confession, Erisviel was stunned.
She stood still, not sure how to react to the confession.
Her heart was beating wild that she could hear it in her head.
There's an unknown emotion in her heart that she can't explain.
What is it?
Love? Affection? What is it?
Erisviel's cheeks flushed red, feeling a bit embarrassed by Kathryne's abrupt confession.
Calming her heart and emotions by counting the digits of Pi, Erisviel composed herself.
She gazed into Kathryne's eyes, Erisviel can see that Kathryne was being serious and the confession was honest and sincere.
However, she doesn't know how to respond to Kathryne's sincere confession.
Inwardly sighing, Erisviel spoke up.
"Miss Rothschi-"
Kathryne interrupted Erisviel.
"It's Kathryne or you can call me Kitty!"
"Miss Rothschilde, this meeting-"
Kathryne interrupted Erisviel again.
"I don't care about the meeting, I care about you! Go out with me."
Erisviel eyes twitched feeling annoyed by Kathryne.
Taking a deep breath, Erisviel turned to Robin.
"Mr Delaney, can you give us some privacy, please?"
Robin was processing the earlier confession of his Young miss, so he didn't hear Erisviel.
Seeing that Robin was unresponsive, Kathryne punched Robin on his shoulder jolting him out of his dazed state.
"Robin get out!"
"B-but Young miss! You, you just, you..." Robin was stuttering, he was unable to speak clearly.
"GET OUT!" Kathryne raised her voice, glaring at Robin.
"Y-yes!"
Seeing the angry look on Kathryne's face, Robin stood up from his chair.
"Susan, please escort Mr Dellaney to the lounge." Erisviel instructed turning to her PA, Susan.
"Yes, ma'am!" Susan nodded before escorting Robin out of the conference room.
After Susan and Robin left, there was an awkward silence in the conference room.
It was Kathryne, who broke the silence looking at Erisviel.
"Go out with me!"
Erisviel shook her head.
"Kathryne, it was just a nightstand. We had sex that's it!"
"And I want more! I thought of it as a simple nightstand at first too but I can't get you out of my head." Kathryne got up from the chair.
"I tried to dismiss all the thoughts about you, but I can't! I thought it will all go away after I hook up with someone else, but the thought of it makes me feel disgusted. Even the touch of others makes me feel nauseous!"
"I have been with many women and men, I dated a few and I was also in love with one. So I know that the feeling I have for you is not just a simple crush or infatuation."
She walked over to Erisviel and stood before her.
Gazing into Erisviel's eyes, she continued.
"Let me put this very clear to you because it looks like you're not fully understanding what I'm trying to say to you! My heart pounds for you, Erisviel. These feelings, I have for you? I'm familiar with them. I like you, Erisviel!"
Erisviel's lips were pursed into a thin line before she shook her head.
"Kathryne, I don't know, I don't know how to respond to you your confession. I don't know how to respond to your feelings! I don't know what I'm feeling. What are these feelings that I'm feeling? I don't know. I don't know anything! What does it feel like to like someone, I don't know. What does it feel like to love someone? I don't know anything, Kathryne!" Erisviel said looking at Kathryne. She had a confused and complicated look on her face.
Hearing Erisviel, Kathryne nodded.
To Erisviel's utter confusion, Kathryne asked her forming a smile on her face.
"Do you like me?"
Erisviel frowned.
"I don't know."
"Do you hate me?"
"No..."
"Do you love me?"
"I don't know."
"Hmm, do you have feelings for me?"
Erisviel rolled her eyes at Kathryne.
"Why are you asking such questions, Kathryne? It's all the same thing, what are you trying to get?" Erisviel felt annoyed by Kathryne's questions.
"Just answer me." Kathryne asked Erisviel with a soft chuckle.
"I don't know."
"So what do you know?"
Although it was such a simple question, it made Erisviel speechless.
"I don't know..."
"I know that you don't know. These feelings are completely new to you, you have never felt them. That is why I'm asking you to go out with me!" Kathryne smiling at Erisviel said to her.
Hearing Kathryne, Erisviel had a deadpan look on her face.
"Seriously!"
Kathryne giggled in amusement.
"Yes, I'm being serious! You don't know these feelings so explore them with me, try to understand them. Without understanding them, you won't know anything. You need to experience them often before you can comprehend them when you don't know them. So go on dates with me."
"..." Erisviel was silent.
"Give me a chance, give yourself a chance, Erisviel! I'm honest and sincere with you. You trusted me to give me your first time, so trust me again to go out with me."
"That's different! I-" Erisviel.
Seeing Erisviel's hesitant face, Kathryne took a deep breath.
She has already decided that Erisviel is the one for her.
If it's not Erisviel, then there's no one else who can reside in her heart.
Without Erisviel in her life, her future is meaningless.
'It's absurd that it has only been a little over a week and I have fallen so deep for her... How can someone be so madly in love like this? How crazy this emotion called love!' Kathryne thought in her mind.
"My name is Kathryne Lumiere Rothschilde. I'm the 27th Princess of the Royal family of Tristain, the Rothschilde. The Rothschilde family is one of the 23 Sacred Noble Families and Clans. Someone tried to kill me and my mother when I was little. My mother died but I survived. After that incident, I lost my voice for a couple of years. 8 years ago, suddenly I regained my voice. I pretended to be mute and a timid girl. In my own volition, became a tool for the Rothchilde family, to survive. I have a fiance, his name is Aaron Blood. The engagement is not official yet, but soon it will be. I came to Country O to make contact with Aaron Blood, so I can use him to earn my freedom from the Rothchilde family. I ordered the assassination of the Queen of Tristain, to save my stepbrother, Gerard Rothschilde. I have other secrets, I want to share but I think these are enough to convince you of how serious I'm being with you, Erisviel!"
Erisviel's eyes widened in shock and her mouth fell open after Kathryne finished speaking.
It took Erisviel a couple of minutes to digest everything Kathryne said.
For Kathryne to share such secrets with her, Erisviel now knows how serious Kathryne is.
Still, Erisviel was hesitating to decide on whether to accept the person in front of her or not.
"How can you trust me so much to reveal such secrets? Are you not worried that I will use them against you?"
"No, I'm not. But on the off chance, if you do? I don't care at all. Because I like you, Erisviel." Kathryne replied with a smile to Erisviel's question.
And that answer was all it took for Erisviel to take a chance with Kathryne.
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Erisviel was sitting at the table, and Kathryne was on the other side of the table.
"Do you know how ridiculous this is?" Erisviel said looking at Kathryne.
"I know." Kathryne.
Hearing the person in front of her who was smiling foolishly, Erisviel gave out a deep sigh before locking her gaze with Kathryne.
"As you said, to understand these feelings of mine, I have to learn about them first, right? Since it's like that, I agree to go out with you!"
Kathryn stood up from her chair and leapt with joy!
"Yayyyyhooo!!!"
Erisviel shook her head forming a smile on her face.
That smile didn't last long and was replaced with a professional smile.
"Now, let's talk about the partnership with Red Lotus. After we are finished with our work, we can talk about ourselves."
"Okay!" Kathryne nodded vigorously.
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At an abandoned building not too far from Declan Harrington's nightclub, Club 36.
Sabastian sighed looking at the people in front of him.
"I'm feeling some great disturbance in the force!" He said looking at Ian, who had a wry smile on his face as he scratched the back of his neck.
In front of Sabastian, Julian had an unconscious woman on his shoulders and Ian looked like he fought with some wild bears or something.
"Just explain to me this much, since when did we add a 'rescue' mission on our objectives today?" Sabastian asked turning to Ian.
"Well, I killed Jordan and went to grab the data. When gathering the data, I found out something strange! There was a lab on the lowest underground floor, so I sent Julian to take a look around the lab and that's where he found this woman."
Suddenly, Ian's face turned solemn!
"She kept on muttering Andromalius!"
As if on cue, the three heard a faint hateful voice.
"A-andromalius... I will... Kill... You..."
Ian and Sabastian turned towards the woman on Julian's shoulder.
"Just like that!" Ian said pointing a finger towards the woman.
Sabastian pursed his mouth making a funny face before nodding to Ian and Julian.
He gave the two of them thumbs up with both of his hands.
"Good job! That is good, very very good!!!"
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[Authors note:]
Hello everyone, it's been almost a month or has it been a month already?
I haven't fully recovered yet but I have been planning the future plot for the story for a while.
It hasn't been a week yet that I've started to write.
I wrote about 7 chapters in advance.
Chapters will be irregular for a while, I cant guarantee 5 chapters a week like my usual yet.
I will try my best to go back to my usual but it will take time.
This week will be a guaranteed 5 chapters tho.
I'm recovering well, thanks for the good wishes.
I hope everyone has been doing well too.
Thank you, everyone and THE STORY CONTINUES!!!
