ARCANE LOVE

Chapter Twelve

Chapter 12

Heir

"Nero Fourtene Santiago or most known as Fourtene Santiago. He is the only child of the famous socialite, Alexiandria Santiago only daughter out of the three children of Don Maximo Santiago and Lady Freya Santiago. The brothers of Miss Alexiandria are Algustus Santiago and Alphonso Santiago." unang basa ni Grizelda sa artikulo. I am listening intently to her not missing any information about Fourth. So he has a Nero in his name. What a great coincidence because my favorite perfume was Neroli. I wonder why he doesn't use the Nero. But one thing na talagang nakapukaw sa atensiyon ko sa sinabi ni Grizelda ay ang mama ni Fourth.

"Bakit Miss Alexiandria? Hindi siya kasal? Yung daddy ni Fourth, hindi ba nasabi?" sunod-sunod na tanong ko. Napakunot naman ng noo si Zelda pagkat ito ay mukhang nagtataka rin.

"Oo nga no. Wait lemme check kung andito. Isa-isa lang ang tanong beshy." natatawang hayag sa akin nito. Tumingin itong muli sa laptop nito at hinanap ang sagot. I am sitted infront of Grizelda kaya nakatalikod sa akin ang kanyang laptop. I want her to dill me the information and not the other way around. I don't know. Parang kinakabahan ako na ewan kapag ako ang babasa. Is his daddy related to Fourth's dark past na sinasabi ni Silver?

"There, I found it!" tili ni Grizelda. Excited itong lumapit kahit umangal ako sa kanya. "No, beshy you need to see it." giit pa nito. There is a family picture during a black and white party and they all wearing formal attires. "This is Don Maximo Santiago, CEO of Skyworth Empire and owner of various five-star hotels." turo nito sa lalaking may katandaan konti na nakasuot ng three-piece suit in black and white. "Katabi nito ang kanyang asawa, which is si Lady Freya Santiago. She is the daughter of a sibling of the British Royal Queen Elizabeth, Lord Alfredo." bigkas nito sa binabasa habang tinuturo sa picture kung sino-sino sa kanila ito. Lady Freya is wearing a black and white dress that fit to her perfectly. Partnering with diamond necklace and earings. Tinignan kong mabuti ang dalawang tinuturo nito. Nakaupo ang dalawa habang sa gitna ay isang batang lalaki. Both of them holds power that can be seen in their stance and eyes. The Don really catches my eyes dahil akala ko si Fourth ito. Anlaki ng pagkakahawig ng mga ito. They could pass as father and son in fact. The only difference was the Don has a rouhger expression and has darker aura. Si Lady Freya naman ay talagang makikita mo ang pagka dugong bughaw nito. Her strict yet graceful poise was evident to her aura. She's a real beauty and her eyes, her eyes is what intrigues me more. Parang nakita ko na ito. It's somewhat familliar. That dark brooding eyes na kayang payanigin ang  mundo ko.

"Her eyes feels familliar to me." wala sa loob na naibigkas ko. Grizelda look at me in confusion dahil dito.

"Huh? Sino?" tanong nito sa akin.

"Lady Freya's eyes. Parang nakita ko na." walang kasiguraduhang banggit ko dito. Pilit ko itong inaalala kung saan ko nakita.

"Well, starting from the left side sa pwesto ng Don, the man standing sa likod ng Don ay si  Algustus Santiago. Eldest son of the family, pangalawang anak sa tatlo. He's an Architecture and Engineer at the same time. He graduated both his degree at Oxford University and MBA of both degree sa Harvard. Wow. Antalino naman nito. Sana all." namamanghang basa ni Zelda. She continued reading his achievements but my focus is to the man in the picture. He is wearing an all black attire in three-pice suit. I found it odd to feel angst about him. There is someting to his hard look on his face that screams dangerous. And he looks young to this picture even after achieving all those things. An architecture and engineering at the same time? May halimaw ba ng katalinuhan sa utak nito?

"Ilang taon na ba siya?" tanong ko kay Zelda na hindi matapos-tapos sa pagbabasa ng achievement ni Algustus. Every achievement she lets out a squeal na akala mo kinakatay ito.