Chapter 221 - Amelia Came To The Penthouse

Ren knew that he was the one who was guilty of all the suffering Vega had been through, since six years ago, even today.

He could say that his hatred for her family was instilled and nurtured by his uncle, Karl for a dozen years, but wasn't he a grown man who could make choices and have his own will?

He took a deep breath and closed his eyes, listening to Vega's voice, hoarse from crying on the other end of the line.

"It's not your fault," he said again. "I promise to find the person responsible and punish him for you ..."

Vega tried to calm her feelings and pull herself together. She didn't want to add to the burden on Ren's mind. Right now, Ren must be taking care of many things and his mind was certainly very busy.

Even on an ordinary day, Vega knew how hard her husband was thinking. She cleared her throat and made her voice sound cheerful.

"I'm fine. Don't worry about me. I called you just to ask how you are doing."

Ren let out a short sigh. He was very upset. But he made himself sound fine on the phone. He asked about Vega's condition and her progress in remembering her past, and how Lauriel's treatment plan worked.

They chatted for half an hour until finally Vega had to sleep because in Asia it was already late at night. After putting away his cellphone, Ren pondered for a moment. He then opened his laptop and surfed the internet to punish everyone who had written bad comments about Vega in various articles on different news websites.

He created bots to search all the negative comments and send malware on those people's devices.

Nobody is allowed to badmouth my wife, he told himself.

Since he was a child, Ren had learned various skills that were very useful for him after he grew up. He learned many languages, as well as hacking skills, and had ventured the Darknet as a mysterious hacker who never tried to make a name for himself.

Unlike Wolf and Goose who took on assignments from clients and marketed their names or identities, Ren never came to the surface and or sought popularity.

The hacker name he chose was Skia, which in Greek meant shadow. Written with Sigma Kappa Iota Alpha. He moved stealthily without anyone knowing, and he could destroy anyone easily because no one knew his existence.

Over the years he had collected a wide variety of information about the alchemists, who they were, where they lived, and what they did for a living.

By paying attention to all movements and combining the bits and pieces of information he got over the years, Ren could find out about the abnormality in the merger between Rhionen Industries and Meier Group and they finally find Sophia.

Then, years ago, they started preparing everything to take Vega Linden from her family.

Ren took a deep breath and closed his laptop. He still had to contact Karl and make some calculations.

His head felt so heavy and his vision became blurry. In the past, Ren used to have severe headaches like this because he was thinking too much.

Since marrying Vega, he had only experienced it once. It was on the day they returned from Monaco. At that time, an incident occurred between Vega and Amelia which caused Amelia to lose her access to Ren's mansion.

"Ugh ... Doctor Lehmann, please come to the mansion now. I need some medicine from you," Ren called his doctor before slamming down his cell phone to the floor and lay down on the bed.

Hmm ... he knew that all these complaints of intense headaches he was experiencing would disappear if he drank the immortality potion. That time would come soon enough after he had finished all his business.

Doctor Lehmann came half an hour later and checked Ren's condition. He shook his head while preparing medicine for the prince.

"Sir, you are under a lot of stress. I told you that you should avoid stress ..." He sighed worriedly. "Did you know that you think too much? As I recall, you had rarely relapsed."

Ren just glared at Doctor Lehmann. He didn't need other people to tell him what he already knew. However, he did not scold the old doctor. Over the years, Doctor Lehmann had been very loyal to him.

"Please take the medicine so you can sleep right away. Hopefully, tomorrow morning the headache will be gone,"

"Hmm ..." Ren nodded. He drank the medicine given by the old doctor and then lay down on the bed. He must recover his health because tomorrow he would deal with Amelia and Karl.

***

Amelia walked with steady steps into the elevator and pressed the button to get to the highest floor. As the elevator closed, she scanned her face on the glass wall.

Her pretty face looked tired and sad. Her pair of large round eyes now seemed to have lost their light. She had been trying to put on a bit more makeup to make her face look brighter, but still her sadness was real.

TOK TOK

She knocked on the penthouse door and waited for the door to be opened.

"Welcome, Miss Amelia," John nodded politely as he opened the door for her. Amelia frowned in surprise. She didn't know John was in the penthouse. At first, she thought that as usual Ren would live there alone.

"Where is Prince Renald?" asked Amelia. She looked to the right and left.

"He's in the living room. Please come in, Miss." John ushered Amelia in and closed the door behind him.

The girl walked gracefully across the living room and corridor to the sitting room. She had not been to this place for several months and realized that absolutely nothing had changed in it. But .. why did she feel that something was different?

Was she imagining things?

She felt a bad omen.

The sitting room in question was a large, open loft-shaped room with massive windows overlooking the city center. It featured the views of the busy Almstad city. All the large windows brought in an abundance of sunlight, making the room appear bathed in light.

On a large chair that was shaped like a royal throne, sat the handsome young man who had filled Amelia's heart, since they were little. Ren was sitting contemplatingly with his back to the window.

For some reason, the sweep of abundant light made his body look like he was surrounded by a dazzling hello.

At first glance, Ren looked like a beautiful angel sitting, daydreaming. His face, which always looked young, today looked sour and upset. 

The girl stopped her steps and stood staring at Ren without blinking.

"My parents know I came to see you. If I don't come home alive, they'll bring the police here ..." Amelia said in a flat voice.

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