Chapter 164 - Pure Love And Adoration

The sky had turned dark. The radiance of the setting sun engulfed the entire rooftop in a golden tenderness.

The evening breeze blew gently, carrying the faint fragrance of flowers in the air, sweet.

It was unbelievably peaceful as Sera and Lucifer sat snugly close on the swing, swaying back and forth with a content smile gracing their lips while gazing at the setting sun in pure bliss.

The blissful silence was pierced by a nervous and anxious voice with a sweet tone akin to a euphonious melody in the tranquil.

"Lucifer, you know, I never felt this way before.. and it kinda scares me.."

Sera stuttered feeling nervous, her fingers clutching his shirt's sleeve while she spoke opening up her heart to the man who moved it in the first place.

She shifted slightly to meet his deep eyes gazing into her brigh clear ones.

Lucifer's gray irises always rob Sera off her senses making her numb to the core.

A heavy sigh escaped her lips when Lucifer squeezed her palm, a faint smile etched his thin lips at her little confession.

"I understand Sera, it's the same for me as well..", he turned to face her and laughed amused by his own words.

These strings of strange emotions that were stirred up inside Lucifer by this little kitten in his arms was rather whimsical to the man.

"It's scary how you wormed into my heart with an unimaginable speed, wreaking havoc.. like an unsuspecting hurricane.."

Lucifer trailed off, moving his calloused fingers back and forth on her silky soft skin, stroking her flushed cheeks with a gaze filled with nothing but pure love and adoration.

"How come you're so good at sweet talking..", she turned away from him, shy.

He chuckled at her reaction, his chest rumbling like a distant thunder, warming her.

"I was inspired by these sweet little treasures of yours..", he whispered, Lucifer pulled her back to face him and smiled, stroking her rosy lower lip with a seductive tone making her all flustered.

"You..", she stuttered, her lips trembling under his feathery, warm touch.

*ring* *ring*

Lucifer's phone buzzed interrupting the pair, she looked at him with her clear wide eyes making his heart skip a beat.

With an apologetic smile he dipped his neck to sneak a kiss and pressed his lips on her cheeks.

Pulling back he looked at her with a faint light in his eyes, his fingers stroking her cheeks with an assuring smile before turning to look at the caller id.

It was Adrian calling, his eyes darkened with a drastic change in his entire demeanor, a dark aura shrouded his entire being.

Lucifer stood up with a deep brooding look in his eyes leaving a puzzled Sera on the swing, he could fathom the reason behind this unexpected call.

"Hello?", his voice was low yet clear in the dark evening.

"Dai Yu, he.. he is suspected to be the mole among us and.. And we're trailing him to find the actual perpetrator", his strained voice made Lucifer uncomfortable, he tightened his fists with a light in his gray irises.

"Got it, I'll be there in five! Don't.. don't act rashly!", he voiced out in his distressed voice, which startled Adrian.

"Okay..", Adrian acceded to his orders although he felt a little weird by his words and disconnected the call in haste.

Lucifer stared at his dark phone screen with an unfathomable glow in his eyes, he sighed heavily before dialing a number.

"Hello.. Yes it's me! I'll pick you up..", he spoke briefly with a soft, polite voice and hung up, rubbing his temples with an agitated face.

Turning back to face Sera, his expression changed in a split second as though the distressed man from before was a complete illusion, a lie.

Lucifer went to her and smiled, his hand reached to her cold, tiny palms and he held them tightly.

Sera returned his smile and stood up slowly, keeping her other hand on his shoulder Sera tiptoed to kiss his cheek. Lucifer froze in shock before meeting her smiling eyes with his nonplussed gaze.

"It's quite late, I'll make a move now..", her calm and sweet-sounding voice made his heart ache, he nodded reluctantly.

"I'll drop..", he was interrupted when a slender finger was placed on his lips to shush the grown man.

"I can take a taxi.. Don't worry, I'll be fine", she smiled her usual bright smile which rendered him speechless, like a fool his head bobbed up and down with no words to refute the little wonder before him.

Holding hands, the couple descended the stairs leading to the hallway with different emotions brewing in their hearts.

At the gates Sera stopped in her tracks abruptly and hugged him, Lucifer looked at tiny frame clinging into in his arms and tightened his hold on her.

"I'll see you soon..", he whispered into her ears as he rubbed her hair with gentle strokes trying to calm her.

"Okay", Sera smiled at him trying hard to conceal the uneasiness she was feeling right now, with a heavy heart she boarded a taxi to Lu mansion.

Lucifer looked at the moving car for a brief moment before turning his eyes away from the road, without any delay he marched towards the carpark and drove away in his fiery red Porsche.

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A blue Bentley whizzed past a desolate, quiet school building into a dark alley and halted with a loud screech.

Adrian arrived at the location briefed by his men tailing after Dai Yu, coincidentally it was an old abandoned children's park behind his den, he narrowed his eyes looking at the direction of the park.

Hastily he got down the car and made his way towards the entrance of the park.

Faraway under a broken, dim streetlight stood a couple of bulky, fidgety figures conversing with muffled voices.

Adrian gazed at them with his oceanic blue eyes, they too turned to look at him when his heavy steps resounded breaking the silence of the darkness.

"Boss..", they spoke in unison when they saw Adrian approaching them, he nodded his head and walked past them.

The two men were waiting for him at the gates of the park obscurely on his instructions, he wanted them to just observe and report him instead of barging inside and taking matters in their own hands, recklessly.

Adrian had commanded them to remain still in order to not alert Dai Yu and his benefactor till either him or Lucifer gets there.

After seeing him enter the park with his usual cold demeanor and murderous aura they turned around and strode away to their own car leaving him alone.

Inside the children's park

"Godfather.. this is the USB drive you wanted. It has all the CCTV footage and recordings along with other necessary information..", Dai Yu beamed with his usual cheery voice, his bright eyes staring at Damien Gold.

"Thank you..", he smiled, his hand ruffling Dai Yu's pink hair with a fatherly, protective stance.

"Godfather.. Are you hungry? Let's go eat hotpot at that restaurant, last time we ate there was nearly a year ago..", he pouted while blinking his starry eyes, acting cute towards Damien.

"Okay, let's go eat there..", he smiled at him, his innocent expression softening Damien's blue eyes replacing it with longing.

"Godfather is the best..", he chimed in a loud cheery voice with a blinding smile, however, his words were cut off by the appearance of an unexpected figure.

"Dai Yu..", Damien followed his gaze and stopped, the trio stood frozen under the dim lights of the streetlights near the park's entrance.

Adrian eyed them with a cold, frosty gaze filled with hatred and anger.

'Godfather..', his ears were ringing continously with the word in Dai Yu's excited voice making his heart turn icy cold.

Without a word he retrieved his shiny silver glock and pointed it towards Damien Gold who stood along with Dai Yu with his usual calm face devoid of any extreme emotions while Dai Yu's eyes bulged out and he shrieked loudly, almost hysterically at Adrian's abrupt action.

"Brother..", his loud scream was like a bolt of lightning, especially the unfamiliar word 'brother' which hit his heart hard along with his ears making Adrian jerk involuntarily.

He looked at Dai Yu with a dazed look, the young boy was cowering with fear written clearly on his now sweaty and pale face. Dai Yu was looking at him with extreme terror.

Adrian's gaze traveled to Damien's unperturbed self, he felt something rising in his chest seeing his unconcerned face.

Steeling himself Adrian firmly held the gun pointing at Damien with a burning resolve in his blue eyes, unwavering.

"Godfather.. No, brother will kill you! Run.. I'll handle brother!", Dai Yu pushed Damien frantically, with a frenzied look all over his face.

"He won't.. He's my son after all", he spoke with a confident tone of voice, magnetic yet firm holding Adrian's attention.

Adrian stood like a rock after Damien's words were heard, he was feeling conflicted inside out.

His words, especially 'son' pulled an unknown string in his heart that made it ache terribly, ripping it apart with a pain incomparable to any wound in this world.

His hands shook visibly, Dai Yu's eyes were rimmed with tears as he shouted at Adrian to stop.

Adrian strode towards the duo still pointing his gun, his gaze was sharp. He stood at a favourable distance between them and pulled the trigger shocking everyone.

"Noooo..", a shrill scream was heard in the dead of the night followed by a distinct gun shot.