White Knight-Batman SI (Bruce x Rachel)(OC x Selina Kyle)

Part 19

Chapter 19

BRUCE WAYNE

Life had been very exhausting and complicated for Bruce over the last few weeks. Leading a double life was not all it was made out to be, and it was beginning to take a toll on him.

He had spent his night scouring through the city' searching for Ducard and any remnant of his men, yet had found nothing. Thomas tried his own hand at trying to locate the man, yet he failed to bring up anything.

It was as if they had vanished into thin air, yet he could feel the invisible tension build up, and felt that something big was about to happen. Something very big. And Thomas agreed with him.

So, after a whole night of trying to find a trace of the League, he found himself awake at noon, with the Sun already past its peak in the sky. And then, as he walked down the stairs towards the stairs, he stilled as he heard the all too familiar voice of Rachel Dawes.

"I cannot believe you hid it from me for all this time," he heard her speaking rather animatedly as she sat beside Thomas's girlfriend. A topic they had yet to discuss.

Yet it didn't matter to him at the moment, for he suddenly recalled just what Today was the day he was supposed to go out with her, and as his eyes raced to the clock on the wall, he realized that he had messed up.

And then he watched her turn too, and the smile on her face dimmed as he entered the kitchen, trying to smile.

"Hello, there," he said as he greeted her, and even with her response, he could tell that it was different; instead of the usual warmth-filled and caring greeting, what he received was a distant smile.

And his heart thumped in his chest as he saw that before he turned to face Selina Kyle.

"So, I believe you have met Thomas's girlfriend," he tried to lighten the mood, yet he didn't miss how Rachel continued to look at him with a complicated gaze. She seemed rather dressed up, and he knew that he had messed up.

"Yes, I have, and she is even more lovely than Thomas made her out to be," she said as she squeezed the brunette's hand.

Selina and his eyes met, and the brunette evaded his gaze as she smiled at Rachel.

"Indeed, she is. Now, what brings you to the manor today?" he questioned despite knowing exactly why she was there, and then he saw her lips thin before she turned to face the girl by her side as she told her.

"Could you give us a minute, please, Selina?" she requested, and the brunette looked over at them as she stood up and left with a simple.

"Of course," and with that, she walked out of the kitchen, leaving him alone with Rachel, who turned to face him with a complicated expression.

And he finally noticed the today's paper placed in front of her, with his own picture splattered on the front.

"Bruce," she began, and her voice was sad rather than angry, and it hurt him more; he would have preferred it if she had been angry.

"What is going on with you?" she questioned rather hesitantly as she slid forward the paper, and he gulped down as he sat down beside her.

"What do you mean?" he tried to wave it away, yet he knew exactly what she was talking about.

She saw through him as she cut in rather sharply.

"Don't play with me, Bruce. You and I both know what I am talking about," she said as she slid forward the paper.

And he glanced at the headline.

BILLIONAIRE BRUCE WAYNE BUYS A WHOLE HOTEL FOR HIS EUROPEAN FLINGS!
by Marco Phenex