Beyond Conciliation

Annette jolted and the empty vial slipped from her hand and rolled down until it reached the tip of Ryett's pristine leather shoes.

He picked up the tiny bottle now empty of contents and sniffed. He couldn't picked up any disturbing scent and it was odorless. Though failed to make any conclusion from the bottle alone, Annette's panicking behavior still shed some light on the matter. This woman was up to no good and to make it worse, she targeted Arianne and in his mall of all places. Doesn't she know, a giant magnate is backing Arianne and her little body is enough to quell that man's anger?

He immediately made large strides towards the cups.

Annette knew his intentions and pretend to slip and knocked the cups to the floor. The system had said with the development of science in this world, the ability inhibitor will never be found out. Thus without solid evidence, she will remained innocent.

Ryett knew her plan was instantly disgusted.

When the middle cup was still halfway to the ground, Ryett brought his palm together and caught it. The other two cups with brittle materials fell, creating crisps sounds and splashing the milk tea on the floor.

Everyone who heard the commotion stretched their necks towards the direction of the kitchen.

[Annette is done for. Ryett saw her pouring the ability inhibitor in the cup.]

"What's an ability inhibitor?" Arianne asked.

[It's a banned product. This ability inhibitor is mostly used on heinous prisoners to seal their abilities.]

Arianne slightly widened her eyes and remembered that she didn't have any abilities in her past life which means Annette must have succeeded in making her ingest it. Her eyes tinged with green and blue hues narrowed. Clouds of raging storm brewed above her head.

Meanwhile, Annette's neck was strangled by Ryett.

"What is this?" Ryett's piercing eyes bore holes into her head.

Annette saw black spots on her vision and she was suffocated. Still, she didn't confess which made Ryett angrier.

"Since you're not talking, how about an experiment." Ryett's voice sounded like the Grim Reaper's from the Underworld. His current visage exuding extreme coldness was no way similar to the sunny boy she saw on the poster of the Otome game. Annette tried to free herself from his claws. The pain receptors of the game was 100% to make the experience more realistic. She wanted to scream in pain but this guy squeezed her cheeks tightly not letting her utter a word of help.

Ryett instantly poured the contents of the cup on Annette's mouth.

Annette resisted and struggled with all her might but Ryett effortlessly restrained her in place. He didn't even budge an inch. Annette could only coughed out the contents that was like scalding volcanic embers inside her stomach. Tears and snouts flowed like a broken dam painting a miserable scene. "No! No!" She tried to vomit the liquid. My ability! Bring my ability back!

Ryett threw her like a rag doll on the floor. He hit the mark. This woman really was a schemer. If he was not around, Arianne would have fall under her scheme. He clicked his tongue and landed a kick on her body. "If something happens to Miss Arianne on my presence. Mr. Magnus would razed my family to the ground. How should I settle you?"

Annette clutched her stomach churning in pain. Ryett's words clear her head. She couldn't do anything to him since she was just of pitiful background so she swallowed her complains and prostrated over his feet in a begging manner. "Mr. Andrews, I'm sorry. Please be magnanimous and spare my life. I promise to disappear from your sight from now on." She coughed and drew a mouthful of air with difficulty.

Ryett sneered and gave her another kick before he gone out, leaving weak Annette laying on the floor.

Meanwhile, Arianne had waited for this moment to intervene. She squeezed out tears from her eyes and bypassed the stunned Ryett.

"Annette, are you okay?" Arianne checked her body and examined which part was injured.

Annette hissed in pained when Arianne touched her belly.

Arianne pressed the spot intentionally and scolded the still dazed Ryett. "Mr. Andrews, what exactly did my friend Annette do for you to be this violent?"

Ryett gave the schemer a piercing gaze before calmly responding to Arianne's answer. "This woman plotted to harm you. I only prevented her from doing it." His abyss like eyes before soften a few points upon landing on Arianne.

Arianne was shocked and instantly turned towards Annette still wincing and moaning. "Annette, is Mr. Andrews speaking the truth?"

Annette blanked out. Mr. Andrews is really scary to offend but Arianne's brother is scarier and even Ryett was afraid of the so called Mr. Magnus. She gritted her teeth before deciding to snitch on the blonde. "Arianne, I...I...I." She buried her head on the red beauty's arms and sobbed full of grivance.

Arianne had an impulse to throw her off. "Don't worry Annette. I won't let Mr. Andrews harm you further." She helped Annette out mini kitchen and let her limped under the gazes of astonished crowd. She ignored the blonde man's disbelief look.

"Miss Arianne, she clearly don't have any good intentions towards you." Ryett wanted to catch up and snatch that schemer from Arianne's arms to expose her ugly face. Arianne twisted her snowy neck and gave him a chilly expression freezing him on the spot

He could only watched the two leave. Arianne had never even given him a time to explain. Ryett covered his face with his hands and laughed.

The mirthless laughter reached the customers and staffs. No one made a sound, they only felt their hairs raised at the moment as if a big blade of the scythe was hanging overs their heads waiting to strike at any moment.

Arianne assisted Annette to fetch a ride. The vixen was very grateful and keep saluting her. She then remembered Ryett's face filled with murderous air and a sense of accomplishment drilled in her pores. The two had no more chance for conciliation.

It's only been the first day and she achieved such a feat. She silently gave herself a pat and looked forward to future developments.

'Annette, do you like the appetizer?'