POV (Point of View)

Chapter 97: Misunderstanding

If you want Adelaida Thomas back, meet us in Tokyo and give us Ran Haitani.

- Bonten

It was around 4 o'clock when they arrived back at the hotel, only to be greeted by a letter left by Bonten on the main entrance door. Frowning, Lucas grabbed the paper and turned to his Dame. Sarina read what the paper said first before pushing the door and ran inside.

"Aida? Aida?! Are you here?" The black-haired called out, in denial.

But when she opened the sick woman's bedroom, her heart almost sank. The rest of Purgatorio soon followed behind her. When they saw the same empty room of Aida, all of them turned quiet...and annoyed.

"What the fuck is the meaning of this?!" Desmond exclaimed with balled fists. "What are those motherfucking traitors trying to accomplish?!! Kidnapping Aida like that?!"

"Give them Ran Haitani back...? I don't understand." Felix says, confused, before turning to everyone else. They just left and this is what will welcome them? A confusing demand? Just what in the world is going on?

But maybe, not all is disconcerted.

"You fucking snake." To everybody's surprise, the leader of the team, Lucas, suddenly ran to Julius before pulling up his collars. Since Lucas is the tallest among them all, he had the chance to look down on his suspect.

"I will give you thirty seconds to fucking fess up what you have done. If you don't, I will slit your fucking throat!"

Julius' eyes shook in silence while looking up at the angry Lucas, lamenting if he should speak up...or not. To be honest, if this was yesterday, he would have lied in a heartbeat or ran away. But after his new finding, he was afraid and now...couldn't. His pair of blue eyes glanced in the direction of Sarina who is also waiting for what he must explain. But it was as if even that was enough to weaken and hit his conscience.

Now that I am looking at her closely, they really are different. She...and the Lady Aurelia Schreiber that I have seen before...are very different.

Gritting his teeth, he inwardly wonders if what he will do here is the right thing or not.

Damn it. Why does the real Aurelia Schreiber have to die? Now what the fuck do I do with my anger?

"Speak up, Julius." They all turn to Bash, the man who is the closest to him. "Did you do something to Ran Haitani?"

Everyone sees the man who is sweating hard avert his eyes first before...

"I-I only did it because he was the reason why Paradiso got away in Paris." Like that, everyone furrowed their eyebrows and even glanced at one another. Sarina walked close to him.

"What do you mean he's the reason why Paradiso got away? Are you talking about the woman who stabbed Abel? Colina Garcia?" Julius looked at her first before nodding.

"Yes, Dame. During our attack on the second quadrant, one of my men reported that he saw Ran Haitani release Colina Garcia, one of Paradiso's pillars, even though he knew that she stabbed Abel. A few days after, someone from our informants in the black market recognized him. He met with her again and..." Julius paused while looking at everyone. Sarina wrinkled her forehead before asking him to continue.

"And what, Julius? Tell me."

"They had sex, Dame. Our informant heard them. CCTVs also confirmed seeing Ran Haitani leaving the black market an hour after arrival. Believe me! I can even give you the tracker that I found in Ran Haitani's room. I confirmed that it belongs to Colina Garcia." The blonde male confessed, still refusing to look at the black-haired boss of his.