Unscrupulous Lady Of A Criminal {MORIARTY THE PATRIOT}

Act 12: Her Distress And Love

Meanwhile at the Moriarty's...

It was right after Uriel left that everyone in the room became silent. The silence wasn't awkward, the men around Athena are just peacefully minding their own business. She had nothing against the peaceful silence, but remembering the unnerving dream she had before made her feel restless and insecure; it felt like the calm before the storm for her. 

A bad omen.

She won't lie, she was a bit afraid of what was to come. Athena could only wish that the dream doesn't mean anything at all.

Athena kept on staring at the ceiling before moving her gaze to William.

"Will you agree if I kill your Cinderella?"

"That boy will die because of you."

She would like to dream about William, but not like this. And how in the world did he manage to be dreamt alongside a devil?

The restlessness suddenly kicked in, making her frown for a millisecond before grinning in admiration to her Cinderella.

No worries. If she can do it before, then she can do it again. Getting rid of the thorn in her ass has always been a sideline job to her anyway. She will do anything for the people close to her, besides, it's not the first time Athena had her hands dirtied, directly or indirectly, nor she does feel guilty about it.

If the devil comes, she'll make sure to kill it thoroughly.

When William felt the burning stare from his side, he look towards the source and saw Athena grinning at him unblinkingly. He raised an eyebrow at this.

"Is there anything you want to say?"

Athena leaned on the sofa's arm rest and supported her head with her fist. "Nothing. I'm just admiring your beautiful face. Why? Is it illegal?"

William sighed then chuckled. "No, not really. If you still want to continue looking, might as well come closer to get a better view."

All heads then turn to William as Athena's jaw dropped. 

W-what did he just say?

The man ignored the astonished looks of the other men in the room and continue speaking. "Why? You don't want to? I'd figure you'd be happy to hear this from me." Then he smiled innocently at her.  Wow, the amount of unpredictability of this man...

"I've been thinking about it since that time at the Noahtic and have come to a decision, if I respond like this to you, then I won't be called a coward and a hypocrite anymore. I'd follow my desires to keep you close to me as much as possible. Think of it as some petty revenge for all the teasing and provocations before. Okay? Dearest Athena." He ended it with an even brighter smile on his face.

"I-uh... Well..." Athena struggled to talk before looking at Albert for help.

But the fucking bastard just sip his tea and look away from her.

Well fuck you too, Albert.

Then she look at the others and noticed them looking away also.

"Fuck you all."

Athena rolled her eyes before looking at William casually. "Anyway, we don't have much to do right? Since you have everything set much earlier."

"Gut feeling again?" William has yet to tell her that the plan has already put into motion and is just waiting for the results later, it was unexpected that Athena knew of this fact but at the same time, it did not surprise him. Just curious.