Chapter 11
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Toru raised his hand and ignored the last comment that Jushiro said, "You all can rest assured, more security has been assigned to her, no one will touch her."
Even though Jushiro is still not fully convinced, he decided to give Toru a chance. He is a man of his word, and he has seen how he treats Christina. His reputation is enough to vouch for him, for now. "Please inform us with the findings of the investigation, and if you need any help, we will be more happy to help,"
Toru nodded in understanding.
Toru said to Jushiro, "I will personally inform your father and the rest of the family of any new developments regarding the investigation. I will take care of it, I know you are overprotective of your sister. She is also the Lady of the Kuchiki Clan."
Jushiro understood Toru's double meaning of the last statement and warning, yet he chooses to ignore it for the time being. "Lord Kuchiki would have to excuse me, I will take my leave now. Have a good day."
Toru nodded at Jushiro,
"Journey well, son, have a good day as well." Jushiro nodded back in acknowledgment.
They both shook hands as they bid goodbyes.
Inside the bedroom.
Christina just woke up from her nap feeling parched, as she is about to get up from the bed; she is met with a hooded figure looking at her.
She jumped off the bed and screamed, only to feel a strain on her throat from the dryness.
On a normal day, she would have recognised the person in the room even in her sleep, but with her mind occupied with mixed thoughts and emotions, it took her a while. When she did, she tried to calm her racing heartbeat.
She went to the table on the corner to get a glass of water, chucked down half of the glass, with a shaky hand.
She is overwhelmed by the presence of the dark figure that intensely glared at her.
She tried to calm her rapidly, beating heart by focusing on something else other than the wobbling glass in her hand.
The moon is bright today, it's light is seeping through the floor-to-ceiling window, shining directly at her as if promising to protect her from the darkness that is about to envelop her.
She looks like a goddess, the bright side of the moon, with her silver hair reflecting to the light of the moon. While the hidden figure looked the demon, the dark side of the moon.
If we were in the fantasy world, it would have been the story of the moon-goddess who came to save mankind from the evil lurking in the shadows, waiting to pounce on any unsuspecting humans.
"You must be happy today. Everyone knows that you are my wife. ”A raspy voice resonated through the quiete bedroom.
She took a deep breath to prepare herself for what was to come.
“Why did you leak those slides?”. He spoke in his raspy voice.
She shook her head, no “I did not leak them, I-I…” she was speachless.
He interrupted her by asking, “Then who did?”
She shook her head again, causing her silky hair to move side to side. At that moment, it looked like she was mocking him, which added to his displeasure even more.
“I don’t know.” She looked at the glass in her hands that was wobbling even more, then she looked at her bare feet as if they would help her out of this situation.
She has always wanted to have a conversation with her husband, but she has never thought that their first conversation would be like this.
There was a heavy silence in the room.
Christina felt like she was suffocating. She took another sip of water, and then she took a shaky breath.
From a point of view of a person who isn’t as observant as Byakuya; she would have looked like a guilty person.
“I-I-I-“ she cleared her throat before she started again “I can't think of a person who can do this”.
She then inhaled sharply.
His upper body is in the shadows, and his lower body is illuminated by the moonlight; in the fantasy world, it would have looked like Christina’s light was trying to save him from the darkness.
A glass of scotch in his steady hand, one foot on his knee, and black shiny custom-made Italian dress shoes.
Christina couldn’t see his upper body.
When he didn’t say anything after a long time, she started to feel uncomfortable with his gaze, as scared as she was; deep down she feels happy to receive his attention even if it’s for the wrong reasons that could get her killed, yet her happiness overshadows her fear for him, it even showed in her sapphire eyes, sparkling like rare diamonds they are. Her heart is filled with a little hope that maybe just maybe…
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