"What's wrong with this Ezra," Christian stared at Ezra with a puzzled face as he noticed Ezra muttering something to himself.The evening sun filtered through the tall glass windows of Christian’s room, casting a soft golden glow over the velvet drapes. Christian leaned back in his armchair, his eyes still fixed on Ezra, who, as usual, was lounging mid-air like an annoying but charming ghost.Finally, Christian ran out of his patience because of Ezra's odd behaviour."Ezra," Christian sighed, ruffling his already tousled hair. "What’s wrong with you today? You’re saying things but I feel like I can’t hear or understand any of it, are you saying those to me or talking to yourself?" Ezra smirked, his eyes flickering slightly in the sunlight. "It’s because I’m brilliant and you're dense, the gap is cosmic... It'll take ages for you to reach my level." Christian rolled his eyes. "Right, the brilliance of a dead man who floats around insulting me.... Sometimes I think you've become a g

"It’s not a big deal," Christian cleared his throat, careful with his tone, and words so that he'll not get caught by his uncle, "I’ve never attended anything like this before, and I’m just... curious since I felt it is interesting, that's all uncle..." Edward just studied Christian for a minute, he knew Christian isn't foolish to take any rash decisions, but for some reason he was worried, after hearing from Andrew that Christian left earlier than usual, Edward started suspecting something.He knew Christian is very punctual, and will never be eager to leave early, only then through Charles, Edward got to know about Christian attending an auction event, after getting a little more information, he happened to know that, heiress of Kaelthorne family is attending the same event as well.That's where, many doubts rose in him, not in a bad way but out of concern, after all Christian is their only hope and heir of Sargent family, and also their precious nephew so he just doesn't want Chri

"Are you trying to scare me?" Christian gritted his teeth, Ezra shrugged his shoulders, "As if you're not scared already...." Christian gritted his teeth as Ezra’s smirk echoed in his ear. "This guy, I still differentiate him in between friend or a foe, there's no way a friend would insult me to this level...." "A foe would never help to this level as well," Ezra said, making Christian jump in fear, "You... How can you hear my mind voice?" "Huh? Mind voice?" Ezra sneered, "if it's a little louder, entire hall would've harder and you're saying I'm eavesdropping on your mind voice, what an irony!" Christian huffed in frustration, "I can't argue with you... Better I'll just do for what I'm here..." He took a deep breath, adjusted his cufflinks, and pulled his mask slightly lower to cast an extra shadow over his identity. With deliberate steps, he walked back into the hall from a deserted corner, the hall bathed in golden chandeliers and the scent of expensive perfume and ambition.

"You're interesting!" Ms. Kaelthorne smiled, her gaze unwavering, Christian chuckled softly, "I think you've said this thing at least twice, am I really that interesting?""Who knows?" Ms. Kaelthorne flipped her hair and placed a hair pin in Christian's hands, "By the way, I'm Aurora, keep this name in your mind… and let’s meet after the auction, use this pin as a token to meet me, Mr. Grey." Christian who didn't even have time to make an impression on her, "Well, are you leaving already?" "Are you missing me already? She laughed playfully, "Don't miss me too much, I've an important work, once I'm done, I'll spare some time for you..." With a graceful turn and final glance, she swept away, her dress trailing like a whisper behind her, that lingered just long enough to make Christian’s heart thump louder than it should, She just disappeared into the crowd like a shadow with perfume leaving soft traces.Christian just stood there, blinking like he’d been hit by a comet, a particular

"Can you stay quiet?" Christian gave a tired smile, as there are many unexpected encounters that have been happening in one day, the right one after the other.First Aurora, herself giving attention to Christian, unintentionally the old lady to whom he helped became the Madam of Nevermore family.Madam Nevermore excused herself to have a conversation with someone she happened to know."Well, I heard a lot about the Nevermore family," Ezra whispered quietly, "Very prestigious family!" Just then Aurora came towards Christian, "You've so much charm in you, not just impressed me but also impressed Madam Nevermore, aren't you really an interesting person?" Christian looked at her with a pale face, "I didn't try to impress anyone, I'm just being myself..." "That's a very unique way to impress someone," Aurora chuckled.Ezra was observing everything quietly.Madam Nevermore laughed, a real, hearty laugh that made her look very young and bright."You’ve got spirit," she said, glancing at t