"I don't kn... know..." Luna stammered trying to hold back the anxiety and nervousness deep in her heart, "I don't know what you're talking about...." Rosaline chuckled, "really? I thought we both knew each other so well... Too deep... Too strong... By any chance, don't you remember me?" Luna’s breath caught, but she didn’t move, Rosaline’s smile was polite, almost too perfect, "Come on, it's only two of us, why are you still trying to hide?" "You’re wrong!" Luna snapped, her voice trembling with panic. "I’m not whoever you think I am! Why are you annoying me? I did nothing... I know nothing.... Stop bothering me and leave me alone..." "Funny, isn’t it?" She continued. "How people wear new names, new faces… hoping the past won’t find them, but the past always clings, even if you lie, your memory doesn't lie, my memory doesn't lie, you remember each and everything from the past, don't you.... Luna? Or maybe I should call you with a different name? Maybe the real name of yours, shou

"Uncle?" Christian groaned, dragging a hand through his hair. "What'll be even there in between me and her?"Liliana raised an eyebrow and smirked. "That’s exactly what we want to know, sweetheart, why don't you tell us?" "I mean, we thought you were just being polite to her before out of humanity," Betty added, folding her arms. "But this? Clothes? Shoes? Watches? Even perfume, this is way too much for politeness or humanity, isn't it?" "Perfume?" Christian repeated with a confused face.Charles grinned enjoying teasing Christian, "Oh yes, not just any perfume, limited edition, and imported, very rare to find, scents of temptation, looks like she knew more about your taste than us...." Lord Sargent let out a sigh, though a soft smile betrayed his amusement. "Enough now, you’re making him sweat, don't make fun of him...." Liliana chuckled, linking her arm through her father's. "Oh come on, Dad, let us have our fun with him, it’s not every day our Chrissy gets courted like a royal

"What else would you do if not answering?" Ezra sneered, "Do you think you're brave enough to cut the call?" Christian narrowed his eyes with a proud face, "Do you think I can't?" "Do it, she'll be here the next minute," Ezra whispered in a ghostly tone, making Christian to answer the call immediately out of fear that she might show up in person for real, he knew what might happen if she comes in person and he doesn't want to take a chance for it to happen."Hello!" The line crackled, and then came her unmistakable voice, rich and warm with a teasing undertone, "Took you long enough just to answer..." "I'm busy," Christian stammered pretending to be a busy person, "I've lot of things to deal with, so I didn't notice the call." He expected her to believe it, but she isn't someone who would buy his reasons, and she cleared her throat to speak, her voice came out to be sultry, amused, velvet threaded with teasing, "Really? That busy or were you staring at my gifts if not, are you im

"So... did the mirror smile back at you?"Christian blinked down at his phone, staring at the message that had just arrived, he almost stared for a minute at the same message being stunned. His eyes went to the corners of the room, scanning the quiet space as if expecting a blinking red dot to appear from behind the curtain or wardrobe."…How did she even know?" He just muttered under his breath, being suspicious of his own surroundings."What happened?" Ezra asked with a confused face, Christian turned the mobile in Ezra's direction, "She is a pro stalker!" Ezra burst into laughter, "This girl is next level...." Rolling his eyes, Christian's fingers hovered on the mobile screen, "How do you even know it? What made you think I'll wear the outfit sent by you?" "So, are you saying that you didn't?" "No, I didn't...." "But I'm very confident," Rosaline sent the reply, "I know that you're blushing in the outfit I chosen for you." Christian's throat went dry, as he typed, "How? How

"Someone who knew him," Liliana said softly, walking past Charles with a gentle smile. "Someone who studied him way better than anyone else... Let him sleep." Charles looked puzzled, his brows knitting together out of both curiosity and confusion. "What does that mean, Lily?" She didn’t answer directly. Her gaze drifted toward the window, where the moonlight passing through curtains, the soft silver light filled in the room giving a strange peaceful feeling."I don't understand what kind of fate is awaiting them," she murmured more to herself than to him, "but I hope they find the happiness they never got before… the kind they deserve." On the other side,The phone screen sparkled dimly beside Christian’s pillow.Still connected.Still active.Still her waiting for him.Slowly the moon left the sky giving the way for sun to rise, the first morning sun rays made their way straight towards Christian.The sun rays gently kissed Christian's face making him stir in his sleep, after a s