Chapter 2 - Chapter II

'Young master Ric.'

Ric was surprised to see his older brother's --, he meant, his father's eldest legitimate son's Secretary. It's not a surprised for him to see the secretary or the thought that Rawlf Sy is in the club but more like it's unbelievably surprising that Rawlf Sy's secretary approached him. Ric excused himself from the group of his friends to talk to Secretary Ryan.

'What can I do for you or should I say your boss, Sir?' Ric maintained his distant yet polite attitude towards the Secretary. After all, despite being illigetimate, Robert Sy's legitimate family maintained their civil treatment towards him and his mom. Maybe because his mom knew her place in his father's life and never insisted for anything more than what his father could give. As for him, as long as his father provides for his and his mother's need and possibly some luxury someone carrying the blood of a Sy deserves, then he no longer thought of other things. 

Why complicate his already complicated life further right?

'The President would like to invite you,' Secretary Ryan paused and look over behind his friends table. He seemed to be looking for a specific person and frowned when he can't find that person.

'and ALL your friends.' Secretary Ryan finished.

'Oh?' Ric suspiciously looked at the Secretary.

'Are you looking for someone?'

'Not really. I was just confused because  back at the VIP room I counted you to have been eight but seems like I counted wrong.' Secretary Ryan was quick to answer.

'Oh yes, two of my friends went outside to help another friend of ours to safely take a cab.' Ric was still suspicious as to Rawlf Sy's motive of inviting him and his friends over.

Does he plan to embarrased him to his friends by telling them that he's nothing but just an illegitimate son? That doesn't bother him though because his friends already knew that fact.

And Rawlf Sy wasn't the kind of petty man to do that. After all, he's no Rawlf Sy, the dangerous son of Robert Sy who brought Sy International into new heights after inheriting the Chief Executive position from their father seven years ago. Whatever his older half- brother's intentions, he knew for a fact that he won't hurt him or his friends. Dangerous Rawlf Sy maybe, but Ric knew he is a rational man. Probably he just wants to see and get to know him. Afterall, he is still his older brother anddeep inside him, he crave for an older brother's affection. 

Veronica just came back with Yvette and both of them frowned when they saw their evacuated table. The thing that confused her though is the man wearing suit standing beside their place. She tried to look for their friends on the dancefloor.

'Where do you think they'd go?' Yvette asked her while dialing Martha's number.

'I don't know. Hopefully somewhere in the dancefloor.' Veronica swept her eyes around. When they were about to reached their table, the man wearing suit came forward to meet them.

'Excuse me miss, your friends were invited by my boss at the VIP private room at the second floor.' The man informed them politely.

Veronica and Yvette were suspicious and curious of who might have invited their group.

'Please follow me.'

'Excuse me but who might your boss be? Is it someone one of us is acquainted to, to be invited over?' Veronica asked the man.

'Yes miss. Look over there.'

'There they are!' Yvette pointed at Ric and their friends waving at them at the open balcony of the club's second floor.

'Oh so there was a balcony. How convenient'. Veronica thought. The VIP rooms of the club was located at the second floor. She was curious as to why there were like several cubicles each with tinted sliding doors. 'So it's like a balcony if the sliding doors were to open.' 

As they reached the VIP room, the man who introduced himself as Mr. Ryan opened the door for them. Yvette came in first. Veronica followed but was once again confused when Mr. Ryan closed the door right away, leaving himself out. Like he was afraid that someone might escape out. 'Weird man.' Veronica mumbled at the closed door.

'And the last one is Veronica Wang.'

Veronica heard Ric and as she turned around, a pair of dark, dangerous eyes look through hers. He stared at her too intensely he's like taking her breath away. Something tingles inside her and she wasn't naïve not to understand what she's feeling for those set of eyes that continously stared at her and like a vacuum, absorbing her rational thoughts leaving her stupefied. 

'Hmm.'

Veronica recovered after hearing this curt reply from the owner of those eyes. He seemed to be uninterested and that embarrased and annoyed Veronica at the same time. Embarrased because it's not like her.

Veronica Wang losing her chill because of someone's eyes? Annoyed because inspite of the uniterested reply from the man, she seemed to be addicted by what those set of eyes made her feel. It stirred something not so dormant within her. 

'I want him.'