Chapter 318 - Polishing her beauty

"Know what?" Wren grumpily asked which made Alexander Han's brows furrowed. Though he cannot hear the conversation between the other person on the line and Wren, Alex was clear to know that it concerned Seraphina. Hence, he observed Wren's expression to grasp a little bit of hint of the situation.

"Eh… Leon is here." After some time of contemplation, Riggs came up with a creative way of stating Seraphina's disappearance. After all, Leon would only show himself if either Seraphina told him or he sensed Seraphina's movements -- that is very clear to all of them. That Leon was only interested and willing to stretch his muscles under Seraphina's command.

Even so, if Riggs called just to say Leon appeared, that just meant that the person Leon came to wasn't there. Hence, Wren let out a heavy sigh and relieved at the same time. In his mind, finally, Seraphina came out from her solitude.

"Ahh, shoot -- any idea where is she?" Massaging his right temple, Wren asked knowing that it was a dumb question. Alas, for a short amount of time, he couldn't think of a place where Seraphina had gone through. He was just relieved that she seemed to be fine now to sneak out of her subordinate's radar.

"Tch. Why do you think I'd call you if I know?" Riggs mocked in a trivial tone which Wren expected but was tired of dissing Riggs cursed mouth. Just then, Wren's office door was burst open which alarmed Alexander and Wren. Instinctively, Alexander Han reached for his and aimed it to the person who made his entrance.

"Good day my brothers!" Jack merrily intrude with his arms wide open. Glancing at Alexander Han who lowered and put his pistol inside his suit, he grinned brightly. He added, "Right put that toy away, brother. That's very dangerous."

"Is that Jack?" on the other end of the line, Riggs questioned. Alas, Wren didn't respond as he squinted his eyes towards his confidant. Jack never showed himself to them for the past three months or rather, his appearance coincides with Leon's arrival. Hence, Wren only needed to stretch out his brain a little to know that it was connected with Seraphina.

"Where is she?" without going in circles, Wren inquired.

"Huh? I don't know… or rather I'm not sure." Jack nonchalantly shrugged as he directly headed towards Wren's desk. Sitting on the edge of his desk, Jack gestured Wren to pass him the phone. Furrowing his brows, Wren didn't utter a word and passed him the phone.

"Hello, my dearest brother who was now working as a bodyguard, can you pass the phone to Leon please?" Jack courtly demanded. However, the short-tempered and stubborn Riggs grinned at the other end.

Riggs: "Use your own phone to gossip. This is my call." 

"Ohhh," for some reason, Jack only nodded in understanding as if Riggs made sense which didn't surprise Riggs and Wren. For all they know, Jack was always indifferent to their dissing as he could never be bothered. Alas by the next second, the phone was snatched away from Wren's hand.

"Well, that can't be helped right? Just tell goombah, I'm here with my beloved brothers." with that, Jack cut the call short with a large grin. Returning the phone to Wren, he smiled before the dubious gaze of his confidant. He reassured,

"Don't worry, I was just acting as instructed."

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[Rest house; living area]

Riggs brows knitted in confusion by the last words Jack uttered. 'What does he mean he was with them?' he thought inwardly. Raising his head to see Rex solemn countenance, Riggs shook his head, "Wren doesn't know as well but… Jack came and said 'he was there, tell Leon about it.'"

For a moment, Riggs was puzzled by Jack's words. Hence, after saying what were the last words of Jack, Riggs and Rex took a moment of silence. Since Leon and Ace weren't around, both of them analyze the situation. 

Shortly after, as if a realization struck both Rex and Riggs, they unconsciously raised their head and met each other's gaze. Seeing the words beneath each other's gaze, both of them perceived that they had one thought in mind. For some reason, for the past three months, Rex and Riggs lived harmoniously under the same small roof.

After all, even though they had the same boss and lived in the enormous mansion of Seraphina disguise as Luciano, Rex would only stay there for a night every month or a week at most. Furthermore, the mansion was too big that they could evade each other's presence for the sake of Seraphina's peace of mind.

"Leon -- you mean you're not sure as well right?" The moment Riggs closed in, he repeated Leon's and Jack's precise same words. Indeed, both of these rare creatures weren't sure about the exact location of Seraphina.

"Hmm… That's why we should wait." Leon sounded tired or lazy as he responded. As usual, his tone was inexplicable if he was mocking or just lazy.

"I really don't understand why are you so worked up to that princess." Ace clicked his tongue in annoyance as Leon wouldn't say a thing to him; even a hint so he could analyze the whole situation.

"Huh, is the feeling of uselessness overwhelming you?" Riggs grinned and mocked Ace as if to flaunt that he finally reached clarity to this circ_u_mstance.

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Dragon leaned his arms on the railings of the atrium and looked down. A particular figure that stood out among the many made the side of his lips curled upward.

"Ain't she lovely? What a way to polish her beauty."