Caesar

CHAPTER TWO • HICCUPS

"Hwansu?"

Verbena pauses and turns to face Caesar - her stranger. Her jaw drops, her eyes widen as she mouths; "Hwansu?"

His eyes stare back at her with a mischievous smile on his face. They widen innocently as they mock hers and his hands slowly goes to his chest in such a charming cute way.
"Me? No way!" He mouths quietly still making fun of her with the cutest smile on his face.

Her eyes enlarges even more in surprise as she takes quiet steps away from him, tiptoeing towards her father who stares at her with boiling anger in his eyes. Why was his daughter with the Hwansu?" his blood heated.

She bows down greeting the nobles as she finally stands beside her father.

Caesar walks into the room sitting by the Emperor's side with his eyes still on her. Immediately she catches his eyes she looks a way and he chuckles. Turning away from her, he greets the Emperor who greets him back.

A young lord speaks out of the crowd breaking the supposed silence after all the noble men are sitted. His black hair highlights his huge nose.

"Lady, this is the Castle's board room not the ladies knitting club in case you missed your...!" The voice of Lord Thomas is loud and arrogant.

Her eyes shot up before her face. She locks eyes with him and disregards him by the way she looks at him.

"Trust me, I am very aware of where I stand...!" She talks back but is interrupted by her father who speaks before she could complete her sentence.

"This is Verbena, My future Heiress!" Her Father's voice is loud silencing her as all the lords murmur loudly.

"So you want to proclaim your daughter as your heir?" The Emperor speaks out.

"Yes, your highness!"

The Emperor says not another word but the lords and kings make repulsive comments.

"She's not only unladylike but also unruly... She has no regard for time!"
A lord speaks out. He is old with grey beard and a pot belly.

"A belle like her isn't supposed to concern herself with the Nations problems but with a man's...!"

Verbena speaks out immediately shutting up the nobles.

"I believe I am present at this meeting not because of I have a vagina! But because I ..."

The Lord's are puzzled by her words and they murmur bitterly.

"...I stand here as Heir to The Riferos clan and The Future High Priestess not as a vagina to be ridiculed by various penises...!"
Her eyes lit up with excitement as she observes the look on the various faces especially her Father's. His eyes bore into her telling her to keep her mouth shut.

"The audacity!...the nerves!...Unruly!" The lords comment making the hall rowdy and noisy.

Caesar laughs. His eyes are fixed on her as she smiles like a brat, happy with her achievement. Being a Priestess didn't require her to be polite or strict with her words and her Father deserved all the embarrassment she was ready to give.
Her eyes move round satisfied with all the expressions on their faces,
All except him.

Caesar's eyes locks hers. The bickering of the nobles seems to disappear. She could hear nothing as the moment seemed like theirs.

Her eyes look directly into his light golden brown eyes. His smile drops down as her dark brown eyes claimed his. She immediately looks away trying to distract herself from the hunk who still stared at her.

He finally speaks out turning away from her.

"Before this meaningless bickering, I believe we were suppose to discuss about something important!" His cheekbone emphasized by the dim Chandelier's light.