Concealed Love

Chapter-62 " Thank you "

Xerven took some steps back when Al showed up, " Hello, prince Adrich. I was just visiting here, I am sorry if I bothered you. " He sounded very polite with his expression and all but he was clearly provoking Al.

Al clenched his fist, " If you have business, out with it. If not don't come near this place nor her. "

Xerven still with a smile said, " Oh, don't be so possesive of her, I just came to visit and if you keep acting like this she'll get tired of you. "

Al snorted, " Who are you to say that for her? You think a snake like you will have a chance? "

Xerven also lost his smile as his eye twitched, " Oh, I am no one but I am sure as hell no woman can tolerate a meathead like you. "

Al stood firm, tightening up his muscles he looked down on Xerven, " Oh really, shall we find out weather the snake is really better? "

Xerven also smirked as his body get ready to fight, they were both releasing their aura to exert dominance before the fight.

But before they could really get into action, Ella came in between them pushing them apart with both her hands and sighed, " Stop it both of you. Al he's a guest, don't treat him like that. And Xerven, if you really just came to visit, you should go now, it's not wise to act so close unless those people notice. "

Al angrily but obediently backed off without saying anything, Xerven on the other hand bowed to Ella and saidsaid with a sly smile, " Okay Ella, I understand, I'll be going back now, see you guys. "

" Okay, have a safe trip back. " She told him as he left and didn't see him off and turned to the grumpy Al instead.

" Al, if you keep behaving like this you know it can effect the alliance right? You don't have to treat him nicely but at least don't be rude to him. " She tried to reason out with him.

Al didn't really like the thought, " He's the one who kept on stepping in the line, I clearly told him not to approach you. "

Ella sigh, " Al, he was just talking to me. Can people not even do that much to me? "

Al frowned, " Others can but not him. He may be acting nice for now but do you really think that he just only want to be friends? "

Ella remember Xerven's previous word, ' can it be you? ' and she couldn't say anything more.

Al knew that Xerven had done something or said something to her so he got more angry, " Fk, I should not have let him go that easily. "

Ella frowned, " It doesn't matter what he said or does, it's not like anything is gonna change with us, no matter what he say I'm never gonna change my mind. "

" I know, I just don't like it that he keeps trying to get close to you when he knows that you already have me. Why are you siding with him when his intention could not be any more clearer. " He gritted his teeth as he thought of him.

Ella couldn't really take such confrontations, " I am not siding with him Al, I just don't want the relationship between the groups to go bad just because of something like that. Why can't you listen to me, do you not trust me? " She knew that he was just speaking in the spur of the moment but she couldn't stop herself as well.

Al was about to say something but Iri came out of the house and asked, " Why are you guys just standing there? Lunch is ready, let's go. "

Al didn't want to explain himself I front of someone else so he entered the house first.

Iri noticed the dense situation and asked Ella a bit quilty, " I am sorry did I interrupt on something? "

Ella turned to her displaying a smile and said, " No, go have your lunch, I have already had it when I woke up. "

Iri agreed and walk into the house by herself. Al went to work without talking or seeing Ella after that and Ella didn't look for him as well.

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Al went to his office and was in a sour mood for the whole day, in the evening, Minerva dropped by his office for some work and noticed his sour mood.

She turned to Jonathan and asked him whith her hands, ' What's with him today? '

Jonathan shook his head indicating that he also don't know about the problem.

Minerva turned to Al and asked, " What's with the mood? Everyone in the company has been talking about it ever since you came in. "

Al tried to avoid the topic, " Nothing, I've been always like this. "

Minerva scoffed, " Hah! Ya right, well maybe you were before but not ever since you were swooned by Ella, wait, is that it? Did you guys fight? "

Al frowned deeper than before and Minerva laughed, " Really? You! You guys fought? Why? "

Al still in a sour mood got angrier as he remembered what happened earlier, " You don't need to know, now go away if you're done with your work. "

Minerva refused, she sat at the chair in front of his desk and said, " Tell me, I have every right to know about it as her friend and I want to help her, she such a good person I don't wanna see her suffer because of some thoughtless people. "

Al looked up at her in disbelief, " When did you guys get so close, don't act so close to her when you haven't know each other that long. "

Minerva also looked at him in disbelief, " I can't believe you can say that to me. Friendships has nothing to do with how long we've been together, even if we haven't know each other for that long we are still very close to each other. "

Al scoffed, and she continued, " And what is wrong with her having a few friends, is it because of this? Did you guys fight because you were acting like a toxic lover who can't even stand seeing her making friends?"

She was so true to the point that he could not even fight back, he flinched and thought, ' Women's instincts are scary. '

He spoke up acting confidant, " Even so, it is out problem we'll fix it ourselves. "

Jonathan butt in at that moment and said, " I don't think so, you should clearly talk about the problem and solve it before your work gets affected. "

Al turned to look at the disloyal employee of his and said, " You really don't give a damn about your position anymore do you. And you dare talk about work. "

Minerva spoke, " He's right, your attitude can affect the workers too. And what do you mean it is ' our' problem, it is your problem. You should fix it before you try to talk it out with her or the end result will always be the same. "

Al sigh trying not to listen to her too much but it certainly was ineffective as she never backed off, " So? What happened? "

Someone knocked at the door at that moment and Jace came in, Al asked, " What are you doing here, aren't you still on break? "

Jace answered, " Iam, Iri has work in the company so I came to drop her but I also have another reason. "

Al thought that something important had came up so he asked, " What? Do you wanna speak alone? " To be honest it was also partly because he wanted to run away from the two who were previously with him before Jace came.

Jace turned him down, " No it's okay, looking at the situation and the words from the workers I guess you guys also know. I wanted to ask about what happened earlier this day with Ella. "

Al groaned, " Seriously, did you guys teamed up on purpose to attack me with this? And why are you in this anyway. " He asked Jace.

Jace confidantly replied, " It actually doesn't effect me directly but Iri has been worried ever since and seeing her worried is bothering me as well so I came to settle it. "

Al shook back his head in disbelief and Minerva chuckled, " This guy really is in love isn't he. Learn something from him Al. Now, back to the topic, tell us what happened. "

Al sighed, " Haa, some guy came over and hit on Ella when she was alone. I got mad at him for still trying to pursue her even though he knew that we are already dating. But when I did, Ella told me to stop and somehow we ended up disagreeing with each other. "

Minerva thought and said, " I can tell that it is more than that but since you aren't gonna share at least tell me who the guy was. "

" You wouldn't know, don't bother. " Al told her but Jace guessed, " Was it Xerven? "

Hearing his name alone made Al more mad, " Yes, that bastard, I'll kill him the next time he approach her. "

" I know he is not the best guy but if he is involved than Ella must have been worried that it'll effect the work. " Jace reasoned out.

Minerva asked, " Work? "

And Jace covered for his mistake, " Yes, we were recently trying to work with some people but it hasn't been going that well. "

Minerva said, " Ohhh, but if it's like that than why did you fight with Ella? It is not her fault that he wants to approach her. "

Al also understand that, "I know, I just lost myself when she tried to side with him and said that I should not get mad at him, she got mad saying that I didn't trust her enough. "

Jonathan flinched when he heard she got mad, " Why would you make her mad, couldn't you just talked it out with her?"

Al looked up at him hopelessly and Minerva backed him, " It was clear that she was just worried about you, that your work will be effected because of her and Al you know her best, you know that she is not the kind of woman who wants to be seen as weak, who wants you to protect her and cause yourself harm. Also think about it, she told you to to trust her but you always ends up getting mad at the guy even to the point of fighting with her? Of course she'll be mad. "

Jonathan added, " You should trust her more, she didn't even get mad at you when some woman burst into your office and claimed to be your lover, she was very understanding of you. "

Minerva was surprised, " That happened? Poor Ella she must have beared it all by herself without trying to share her problems. "

Al frowned clenching his fist, they were right, she must have felt far more worse, he remembered how she cried thinking that she would bring him harm and feeling insecure of herself. He had told her that he would always love her, that he would protect her, he asked her to trust him but he was the one who hurted her.

He reflected on his behavior and said in a low voice, " Thanks guys, I'll make sure to fix this and that it never happens again. "

The others smiled and said, " That's the spirit, don't ever forget it. "

All of them went out leaving him some space to think about things and once outside his office Minerva whispered to the guys, " Holy! Did you guys hear it? He just said thank you. "

The guys also shocked by it said, " We know. "