𝐃𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐄 || 𝐒𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰

Chapter Sixteen

"How exactly do you plan on figuring out everything about this man, Edward?" Rolf asked as they entered the Carter Manor. Edward had just finished another rant and was still furious and fuming—and somehow he was more determined than ever. It wasn't even about getting Vienne anymore; it was about taking her away from Sebastian and getting rid of him for good.

"I don't care; I'll do anything." He snapped. "That man has simply waltzed his way into this place and ruined everything. I cannot let him get away with this! He's nobody of importance anyway; he has no business trying to be with a woman like Vienne or disrespecting someone with status such as I."

Rolf's eyes almost rolled to the back of his head with how hard he rolled them. He was lucky he was walking behind Edward; otherwise, if he had seen it, there would've been consequences. As someone who had been raised in a moderately normal family, coming from no particular wealth or class—although he worked for the elites—he never understood them at all.

Sometimes, he wondered how he even became friends with Edward in the first place, but now he was beginning to question it.

"If he's a so-called nobody—how is he a threat?" Rolf asked Edward. His tone came off more annoyed and harsh than he intended it to be, but the words left his mouth before he could stop himself.

Edward stopped and turned around, looming over Rolf. "Just whose side are you on?" He questioned, his expression dark.

Rolf swallowed hard, looking up at Edward. Although he questioned their bond, he also had a sense of self-preservation, and his fight-or-flight was kicking in. "Y-Yours, of course." He answered shakily. Edward stared him down for quite a moment before finally backing away.

"Good. I don't want to hear another word out of your mouth that sounds even in the slightest bit in support of him." Edward stated firmly.

Rolf nodded and let out a shaky exhale as Edward turned around again to walk to his office. He followed further behind, not wanting to start any problems again.

"We don't have a lot to go off of, but we do have one thing." Edward started as he entered his office. "his name. And I'm going to find anything and everything connected to it.

"No offense, Edward, but doesn't this seem a bit absurd? It almost feels like you're taking it too far." Rolf spoke nervously, trying to reason with him. "I—I say this out of concern for you, of course; I don't want you worrying yourself over something like this." He backtracked, attempting to make it sound like he was on Edwards side.

"Too far? That man publicly humiliated me twice!" Edward exclaimed. "But not only that, but he has taken a woman that has been promised to another man—me. He's gone too far."

The part about Vienne didn't sit with Rolf very well at all. It never did, and honestly, he was quite worried for her. He saw how Edward could be with his own family—he couldn't imagine how he'd treat Vienne once they were married. Nothing about this sat well with him, but he felt helpless to stop anything from happening.

"If you insist." Rolf grumbled, crossing his arms and looking away.

Edward gave Rolf a long look of distaste before speaking again. "We don't have much time; who knows what that lunatic will come up with if we don't act quickly. We must find anything connected to his name, anything that can get him to leave town and leave Vienne to me—to make things go back to the way they were before he was involved."

But what Edward didn't know was that Sebastian had been there from the beginning; Vienne had seen Sebastian right before meeting Edward. He was the one that had caught her eye, not Edward. Her eyes had been set on him the whole time, before she even knew who he was. In truth, it was Edward who had come in and ruined everything.