Chapter 1: The Gathering

Fauna Kent's POV

After my mother outburst and how she explained to my father why I was in a dress and I was being made upon by the makeup artist and hairstylist to make sure that my brown hair was glossy and wonderful, he sighed as he was reading the note.

"Flora, why you have to be so hard right now?" It was all the words that came out of his mouth as I was sitting in front of the mirror for almost an hour now.

"oh, my, you do have very beautiful eyes," the makeup artist said as she was putting some eyeliner on my eyes and mascara. I asked her to make my makeup natural as it was just a gathering between the Florenz and the Kents.

"Yeah, well, people always thought they were haunting," I said as I was trying to lighten up the tension in the air.

"no, I think they are mistaken. It's more like emerald, yes. The gemstones. I'm so wanna kill you for that eyes," she said as she was doing my make up for the last touch up as the hairstylist was done with her part.

"Okay, see for yourself," she said as she was showing me my face in the mirror. I was gasping as I cannot believe it was me that was staring at me. My hair was being brushed and polished as she was making it wavy and a tiny braid that holds it together. Then my makeup, they were accentuating my eyes even more. I cannot believe I looked like I was a lady.

"thank you, girls, now if you excuse me, I will have a moment alone with my daughter," my mother said as she told them to leave. I was still staring at myself before my mother gasped to look at me.

"oh, my daughter. My Fauna. You look so beautiful like a lady," she said as she was looking at me up and down. She cleared her throat before her serious voice was up.

"the Florenz is here. And I wanted you to be on your best behavior. Please do not attempt to do something to their son, your fiancé and tricked him not to wed you, please," she said as she was pinching her nose bridge. I smiled at that thought.

"not yet, mother," I said as she was looking sharply at me.

"Fauna Odette Kent!" She shouted before I put up my hands.

"Okay, okay, I try to be nice. You don't have to worry," I said as I was shaking my head before my mother sighed.

"Alright, it is time now," she said as she was moving toward the door. I arched my eyebrow but I was following her.

"well, about time," I mumbled and when I was walking out the room, I heard laughter as my father and I was guessing Mr. and Mrs. Florenz were inside with him. My mum opened the door before she walked in.

I was about to go inside before I saw a shadow that was moving at the end of the hall. I did not have any other siblings and the employees were given a vacation day after they have done what they needed to do for this gathering. I was contemplating to go and see it before I looked at the door.

eh, a little adventure would not hurt and besides, what harm can it do?

Adam Florenz's POV

After that night, we were fussing and busy doing the paperwork to travel to America. Seattle, Washington if I must tell you. My mother and father have a house there and their visa to travel there was still active. I was not, however, had any visa to travel to the States.

"how come you never been there?" My mother asked me as we were driving down to the USA embassy here in Lisbon, Portugal.

"mum, it was not like I was born to be an American citizen," I said as I was parking the car into a spot that I just found.

"Okay, I was not blaming you because it was also our fault for just dropping the bomb onto you a couple of days ago," she said as we were getting out of the car and we were greeting the guard that was securing the embassy.

"name?" He asked.

"Florenz, Adam. Appointment at 10 AM," I said as I was giving my ID to him. He looked at it before he secured my name inside the computer and urged me to go inside myself.

"Sorry, only for the appointers only," she said to my mum. I nodded at her before she went to wave at me.

"it's fine, I will be going into the market. Call me after you're done," she said as she was walking down to the nearest city market in the area. I chuckled before I went inside as I was instructed by the guards that were inside.

I was waiting and waiting for my turn when the man in the red shirt asked me to come to the counter for the interview of the visa.

"hell," the nice blondie was greeting me behind the glass. I smiled at her as I greeted her in my perfect English without the accent of course.

"hi, how are you?"

"I'm fine, thank you for asking. so, what was your purpose to the States?" She asked me.

"I was assigned by the Interpol to cover a homicide in Seattle Washington,"

"who will be with you during that time?"

"it's just me and some of the local police and other Interpol agents in the states, I believe," I replied to her.

"do you have enough sufficient funding for this trip?" She asked me. I nodded.

"yes, my parents have a house there and I will be staying there. They have been frequent guests in the States," I said as I was smiling at her. She smiled back.

"well, if you give us 48 hours to process your request, we will mail this back to you as soon as possible," she said as she was taking all my documents for safekeeping.

"thank you for your time, miss," I said as I dipped my head to hear. I went to get out of the embassy as more people were coming in. I had to get out of the crowded place it will suffocate me. I don't like that feeling.

Days later, my passport came and we were flying in our private jet to Washington later that night. I was exhausted as I was looking outside the window. There was nothing before I went to take a nap and I dozed off in my sleep.

And here I was, trying to figure out where was the bathroom as I was running through the long hallway of the Kents house. It was a mansion really, with 8 bedrooms if I was not mistaken when my dad said to me. I asked Mr. Kent to use the bathroom after our drive from the city to the suburban and I was lost right now.

"excuse me, what are you doing?" A voice interrupted me when I was about to open the door in front of me. I stammered before I turned to look at a beautiful princess that was standing in front of me.

her stern green eyes were like emeralds that were hard to be broken and her immaculate minimal makeup was accentuating her feature even more. High cheekbones, plump lips, aristocratic nose, and those wide eyes. I gulped as I can sense blood was pumping to my dick.

"uh, yeah, hi. Sorry I was trying to find the bathroom as Mr. Kent said it would be around here? sorry, I was lost I don't know where I was going," I said as I was trying to control the urge to break down in front of this cold princess.

"it's over there," she said as she pointed at the door in front of me. I looked at it before I was smiling at her. She keeps her demeanor stoic.

"yes, thank you for your help then," I said as I went to the bathroom before I locked the door inside. I was taking a deep breath as I was trying to calm my heart right now. I sighed before I went to relieve myself from the pain of my bladder.

I flushed as I went to wash my hands before I looked at my face. Bloodshot eyes, dark circles. yeah, just great, I looked like a hot mess when I was standing in front of the most gorgeous person I ever met in my life.

well, fuck me then.

I went to rub my wet hands onto the towels that were in that room before I dumped it inside the basket and I went to the painting room. I was running my hands through my hair to make it disheveled a little bit as I just wash my face. I hope everyone did not notice I was a hot mess.

"there you are, come on. She's waiting for you," my mother said as I was trying to talk to her before she dragged me toward the door and I was stunned to see the very same person was looking at me with those steely green eyes.

Yup, my life was over now.