James did not want to freak out the girl so he calmed down his senses fir a few seconds first. "Umm... Cheryl. I know this is actually a too personal question to ask a girl, but trust me this is for our own safety. Do you mind telling me who exactly is your boss? Our lives might still be in danger due to him. So I have to know, who that person is."
Cheryl nodded her head in a 'yes' and sighed hiding her face in her hands. James was getting extremely restless now and even a few seconds of wait was making him too anxious. "My boss is Steve Jobs, the owner of Lorraine International. He was the one who bribed me to ruin your sister's life and I am bearing his child in my w.o.m.b." A tear dropped down from the girl's eye and she finally turned to look at James hugging her stomach with her arms.
Reality had hit James so hard that he was left frozen on the spot, right there and then. His mouth was left wide open, upon hearing the name of the man. "You... you mean.. Steve is Augus??!! Oh damn! It all makes sense now. Kareem's dreams! His fear! It is his lineage that is the main cause! He is trying to scare Kareem! That idiot!! How dare he do that!!" James was now trying to fit in, the unsolved puzzles and it all made sense to him finally. "You mean, you are carrying Kareem's brother in your w.o.m.b? Same magic and snake lineage! Damn it !!" James felt anger surging out of his body and he immediately hit a nearby rock so hard that it instantly broke into two pieces, falling apart.
Cheryl who was sitting on top of the near by rock screamed in fear and came running towards James, only to see that James' hand did not even had even a tiny amount of damage whereas the rock had several cracks and had broken into two pieces. "What is going on over here?" The girl screamed in fear. "And who is this Augus? I know something spooky is happening in this place just tell me what it is!" Cheryl spoke in anguish, still looking at the rock in shock.
"Hmm.. I think it is time that you know everything now. Things are pretty clear to me now as well. It all...." James was about to explain the girl about everything when suddenly she interrupted him.
"Wait! Before you trust me enough their is one more thing that you should know. The family of the r.a.p.ed girl is none other than my family. It was Sheryl who was r.a.p.ed by those goons and it was due to my family that.. that your father was killed. I know after hearing these two things, you would not respect me that much. But it is fine. I do not deserve respect from you or your family. I know I have done some terrible blunders in my life, for which I need to repent. "Cheryl sighed looking at James' surprised reaction with guilt filled eyes.
James fell silent for a few seconds, trying to grasp the two facts she had just told him. "This is too much to grasp for one single moment. Ok! Firstly, it is not your fault that your sister was r.a.p.ed. My mother as I told you has always stood for truth. And... also, I know that you are a changed person so I really respect you for that. You will never lose respect in my eyes! Now... I will have to quickly explain to you everything and then we will have to rush to my family to tell them what you just told me. It is of utmost importance for them to know it. So it all began in our previous lives. I was an adopted son of a powerful king and had several blood related and adopted brothers...."
Meanwhile....
Soon everybody settled down in their respective seats surronding a gigantic table, decorated elegantly with infinite amount of tasty looking dishes and cutlary. Everybody except Rhehan, James and Cheryl was present at the table happily celebrating the feast. Rhehan had just excused himself a few minutes back and had not yet returned to the table. He told Rose that he was just going to bring his sword to the parking area from the room and shall be back in a few minutes.
Rose was getting a bit impatient already but was trying to act very normal, while sitting with everybody. Rhehan had promised her to not tell anybody so she did not want to get up in the middle of the event, wen everybody was now raising a toast for the couple. But, probably Raol had sensed her anxiety from her face and stood up casually coming close to Rose.
"Ummm... Lady boss. Is everything ok? I do not see boss anywhere and you look a bit nervous too." Raol whispered coming close to Rose's face.
"Ahem! Yes! He had gone to the parking area few minutes ago. Their should not be any problem, I suppose. You can probably go look for him or try calling him if he does not return in another five to ten minutes." Rose smiled widely trying to make everything look very pleasant and smooth.
"Right!" Raol too gave an exaggerated smile, but some how he could now sense that everything was not fine. It had been already fifeen minutes since he had last seen Rhehan. Nevertheless, he casually seated himself bacm besides Natalia, who was busy listening to a toast raised by Lillian.
Five minutes later Rose and Raol exchanged distubed glances, looking at each other from across the table. Raol was now feeling extreme anxiety so he immediately took out his phone from his coat's pocket and was about to make a call to Rhehan, when he noticed their was not a single hint of network on his phone's screen. He frowned in confusion looking at his screen and immediately opened a few icons on his phone. His mouth dropped open, as he realised that he could not access a single thing on his phone and that their entire network was hacked!