Chapter 101 - more fresh air

[Inside the midsize shop lounge]

Variety of flowers still standing on their pots adoringly as they flaunt their own original beauty. Each of their unique scents, light or strong, strangely compliments the other which was rather surprising. However, the supposed calming and serene atmosphere being surrounded by these fresh flowers was obstructed by Riggs loud sassing.

"D*MMIT! You're impossible!" Riggs 'humph' by her statement.

"Hey, where are you going?!" Tito asked on the retreating back of Riggs.

Riggs was about to flee leaving the silent flower shop in an awkward atmosphere. Alas, his flushed ears weren't gone unnoticed by the wary eyes of Tito and Wren.

"I need some fresh air!" Riggs shouted back without giving them a last glance.

"Well, where's your bathroom? I stink. And I also need a shirt." After Riggs departed, Seraphina nonchalantly turns her attention toward Tito's unmoving figure. Noticing a familiar person on the corner of her eyes, she shifts her gaze to Wren who had a surprise expression standing in front of the sofa; she greeted.

"Oh, hi Wren."

"Uh, hello?" Wren replied back in a very c_u_mbersome manner before he turned his inquiring gaze towards Tito. However, he was purposely being ignored.

"It's good to see you."

"Nice to finally meet you too, Miss Yue." Wren tried his hardest to converse with her, yet, it was obvious that he was somewhat disoriented. Tito furrowed his brows in confusion, he asked.

"You know her?"

"Uh, not personally yet. Did you forget? I was the one who referred Riggs and Un-- Ace to the legendary Sebastian Yue." Wren explicates in a trivial tone.

"I see." Tito nodded in understanding by his brief yet concise explanation. However, before they knew it, Seraphina's figure was gone because she already invades the patio separating the flower shop and Tito's small room.

She helped herself out by ravaging on his belongings then nonchalantly grabbed a huge v-neck dark blue shirt. It didn't take her much time because Tito's room was rather simple and small. Only his daily life necessities, few guns laid on his mattress, a refrigerator filled with can of beers, and his closet could be seen around.

By the time Tito entered his room, the bathroom door was already slammed close and the sound of the water from the shower could be heard. Alas, the corner of his lips twitches seeing how she managed to turn his room upside-down in such a short period of time.

'Such destructive prowess!' he commended. Not bothering to tidy up his room, he went back whilst scratching the back of his head to where Wren was already gulping an alcohol. Right after Tito's arrival, Wren instigated after he salivates a mouthful of alcohol,

"Why is she here?"

"Because... I asked her to come. She is the first my first friend here and also, my client. We were just about to celebrate this shop's opening." Tito lied with a poker face.

"Looking like that?" Wren suspiciously arcs his brows referring at Seraphina's appearance earlier. In his eyes, it was as if she came rolling down her way from the piggery, with a discernible swelling on her face. Even if Seraphina was undeniably pretty, it bothered him to the core for someone as s_e_n_s_i_t_i_v_e as him.

"Maybe she's so excited that she clumsily get her way here." Tito excused once again. It's not that he really wanted to lie, but, he just needed to play it safe. Moreover, he does know his place and only Seraphina could reveal her little secret.

"Is that so?" Just as Wren's plain, an unconvinced voice responded, the abrupt chime sound from the entrance was heard once again -- revealing Riggs who came back.

"Did you know?" Riggs shot Wren with a rather instigating gaze the moment he entered.

"I do know a lot of things. Which one?" Wren tilted his head by his complex inquiry just now.

"Her." Riggs leisurely answered as he took small strides towards one of the sofas. Sitting down opposite Wren, he then opened the can of beer and without further ado, he down the alcohol salivating his throats; obliterating his worries.

Showing his satisfaction after he chugged down the beer, he heard Wren's absolute answer.

"I know. She's the next head of Yue International. Actually, it was also the reason why I am here earlier than I thought because she invited me with a heart." Wren said in a matter of factly tone. Just as he is in the middle of drinking his beer, he almost chokes seeing her figure coming out from Tito's room.

Tito and Riggs unconsciously turn their gaze towards the root cause of Wren's endless coughing. Seeing that Seraphina was only wearing Tito's oversized shirt, flaunting her slender and fair legs. Some dripping droplets on the ends of her hair complimented her now cleansed face.

"I need more fresh air!" Riggs abruptly stood up from his seat and rashly left them in a whim.