Only a miracle.

" Young miss, you are back?" Harrison, the family butler of the Blake family greeted Vanessa at the gigantic entrance of the palace like Blake's mansion. The Blake family has been in the business of the underworld for years, it wouldn't be wrong to say that every inch of this mansion was stained with the blood of a living, the shiny and glittering interior was like a facade to hide the ugly history that laid beneath this palace-like mansion that was covered with antiques and paintings from famous painters all around the world.

" Yes," answered Vanessa as she strode inside the mansion with a sullen expression, honestly she didn't want to come home at all but she was afraid that her brother will really send someone to her bed, in case she didn't show up as per his wishes.

So, even though she was in no mood to listen to her brother's 'I expected better from you, Vanessa' lecture number one zero zero seven, she still returned home to save the efforts that would have been taken on her part in case she had to beat that man as well, one man in one day was enough right?

She has just taken three steps inside when a fruit knife came flying in her direction, unlike Mr Anderson who was shaken to his toes, Vanessa easily tilted her head and dodged the knife that was aimed at her, she even raised a brow at her brother who was holding another knife in his hands, most likely he was trying to do his knife trick at her, the one with which he pinned his opponent to the wall behind them.

" Brother dearest, did you call me in such a hurry for this? If you wanted to play then you could have played with Nolan. As your assistant isn't keeping you entertained his job as well?"

Nolan ' The entertainer' assistant: "….." what exactly did this brother and sister pair take him for?

" Of course not, how dare I?" In a fake British accent that was even heavier than that of Harrison, Derren looked at his sister with a smile, as he balanced the knife on one of his fingers. " I am afraid that if I try to invite you to a play, you will break my bones too." Then he threw the knife up in the air and skillfully caught it by its handle before throwing it on the table. "

A human body has two hundred and six bones, but you Vanessa Blake—— you actually broke two hundred and seven bones in that guy's body, pray tell me how did you achieve this feat?"

Vanessa bit the inside of her cheek as she casually shrugged. " I grabbed hold of his sack and then——-"

" Enough!" pinching the space between his eyebrows, Derren made a quick turn before he flailed his hands at Nolan most likely cursing like a sailor in a silent voice before he turned back around and smiled at her. " I did not ask for the details, Vanessa."

" But you just——-"

" I simply have no words for you!" said Derren as he wildly spread his arms open and shook his head in disbelief. " He was your fiftieth fiancé, Fiftieth! Do you know what that means? You are just fifty more fiancés less from hitting a century, if I were to say that alone is quite a feat. You accidentally killed ten, drove fifteen crazy, mysteriously vanished twenty and sent the remaining five to hospitals in a condition where they can't be taken as alive or dead! Now the situation is like this that forget about a decent family if there is any guy out there —— mafia or not, he trembles at the mention of your name!"

Nolan who was behind Derren spoke timely causing both of them to turn around and look at him. " Some boys are even willing to marry the bitches on the streets than you, Vanessa. They are afraid that if they are a step too late your brother would come knocking on their doors."

" You hear that?" said Derren with a loud exclamatory voice as he whipped his head back at her from Nolan. " Even the dogs on the streets are more docile than you! I am in awe that your fame has reached to this point where boys are terrified purely at the mention of your name! Just at the mention of your name!"

Putting a hand on his waist, he waved his hand in the air. " Tell me, with an amazing, ground crushing fame like this, who will be willing to marry you?"

Vanessa winced at her brother's sarcastic tone as she shuffled on her feet. "It's not my fault that all of them are so weak, they can't even take me on and yet dare to dream about making me submit to them, I was just waking up from their daydreams, nothing more."

" Nothing more…" mimicked Derren while making a face. " What do you want then? You want me to look for a superman for you? Someone who can fly in the sky and shoot lasers from his eyes? Will you marry him then?"

Vanessa pondered over it seriously before she shook her head and answered honestly, " No, he wears his underpants over his pants… that's too tacky for my taste… I mean who wears his underwear outside?"

" God would you listen to this girl." Derren heaved an exasperated sigh as he threw his hands in the air in surrender. " Would you just listen to her? Normal human boys are weak, superman is tacky than what are you waiting for? Santa? Did you write him a letter telling him what kind of groom you want? Oh no, wait!"

His voice rose sharply as he jabbed his finger in the air. " You can't even get a gift from Santa, after all, if there is a list of bad girls, your name would have been placed on top underlined with red, with a note written on its side—— DO NOT VISIT! EXTREMELY DANGEROUS!"

" Santa? Really, Derren?" deadpanned Vanessa.

Derren widened his eyes with an 'oh my poor baby' expression. " Well, after your world record of chasing your 'fiftieth' fiancé, I am afraid that only a damn miracle can get you a groom now."