Chapter 112 - prima donna

"Arghh…" Riggs groans the moment he woke up. He was welcomed by his head throbbing probably due to the alcohol he consumed last night. His gaze sweeps across Tito's room and saw that the two people he was with last night were gone. Riggs then heedlessly leave the room still massaging his temples.

The moment he steps foot on the flower shop, Wren and Tito were already perched at one of the sofas, wordlessly drinking coffee. When Tito saw Riggs has woken up, he invited him over.

"Yo, Riggs. I prepared soup. Bet you have a hangover" Tito's ever genuineness tone reached Riggs' ear.

"Uh, yeah. Thanks." Riggs monotonously thanked him then perched on one of the seats in front of Wren.

After that, no one really spoke a word as Tito left them to prepare some breakfast. Thinking about what happened last night, although they took Seraphina's advice to 'have fun, get laid, carpe diem', however, none of them was in the mood to do so. In the end, they spent their night just drinking without any discussion or whatsoever.

Aside from Tito who will always initiate a conversation every once in a while, Wren and Riggs were too immense in their own thoughts that they kill the conversation even before it started. After some time, Wren's voice finally broke the uncomfortable silence.

"Where's Uno by the way? Does he know?" referring to Seraphina's little secret, he glances at Riggs who's sipping the soup prepared by the reliable Tito.

"He's probably somewhere with boss' grandfather, and he doesn't." Riggs nonchalantly answered.

"Oh…" Wren replied, puzzled. He was confused about why Seraphina chose to reveal herself to Riggs first before Ace. In retrospect, with how she treated Ace and trusted him with his missions, not to mention, he's probably much reliable than Riggs. Then why would she keep Ace in the dark?

"Don't give me that look. I don't know either. She only said that it's his punishment." in spite of Riggs aching head, he never forgot to speak with his sarcastic tone as if he knew what Wren was thinking.

"Punishment? Weird." Wren shrugged his shoulder nonchalantly not bothering of Riggs sassiness early in the morning. He then continued to browse on his phone letting the silence to encompass, again.

When Tito came back with a tray of foods with him, he saw Riggs was about to leave.

"Eh? You're leaving?" Tito innocently asked. His voice and expression were akin to a child asking his parents not to leave him, however, with his huge physique and too manly facial features, it rather seemed horrific.

"Uh, compadre, stop acting cute… I'm not Luciano." Riggs brows unconsciously twitch seeing Tito's child-like expression. He had seen this true character of Tito a million times, but he'll probably never in a lifetime get used to it. He continued,

"Still have work to do. Thanks for the soup by the way. Adios!" Riggs strode towards the exit while slightly raising his hand, gesturing his departure.

*chimes sound*

When Riggs left the still close flower shop, Tito turned his head to Wren's direction. Wren who seemed focus browsing on his phone languidly stopped what he was doing to glance at the entrance and exit of the shop. Propping the back of his hand on his cheeks, Wren pondered for a moment.

"Wren, what's the matter?" Tito inquired as he laid different bowls on top of the small table.

"Nothing, buddy. I was just wondering what's up with that punk." Wren stated trivially. When Tito served the last plate on the table, he spoke whilst taking his seat.

"Oh, it's that time of the year, I guess."

Wren when he heard Tito's sentence seemed to knock some senses into him. He slowly nods in understanding. Thinking of the date today, he finally understood why Riggs was being too diva.

"Ohh… no wonder he's acting like a prima donna."

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When Riggs reached the Yue family manor, he secretly sneaks in through the residence garden. Although there is no need for him to act like a thief -- but he wanted to avoid a certain someone.

'Damn!' his subconscious mind took the initiative to curse.