Darius’s voice came through quickly. “Young Master Kael, I’m really sorry,” he said, his tone apologetic, “when your call came in earlier, I was in the middle of a meeting, I didn’t even check the caller ID properly, I answered briefly but had to hang up immediately because the meeting had already started.” He continued, “It was only after the meeting ended that I checked and realized it was you, if I had known, I would have paused everything.” Kael nodded slightly as he rode. “I understand.” He didn’t sound bothered. Darius spoke again. “Is there anything you needed me for?” Kael paused briefly, then shook his head even though the man couldn’t see him. “No, nothing serious,” he said calmly, “there was something I wanted help with, but I’ve handled it already.” “Maybe later we’ll talk.” Darius nodded from the other side. “That’s perfectly fine, I also didn’t receive your details for the driving license.” Kael exhaled lightly. “It slipped my mind, I’ll send it once

Raymond stepped into the coffee shop. Right after that, he paused for a brief second, scanning the space calmly, probably looking for Celeste.Celeste, who had seen him already, quickly raised her hand slightly, signaling him. His gaze locked onto her almost immediately, and for a moment, as he looked at her, a faint smile formed on his lips.“So pretty.” He muttered as he began walking toward her table. Getting there, he pulled out the chair opposite her and sat down right in front of her.“Hi,” he said.Celeste nodded lightly, returning the smile.“Hello, welcome.”Raymond gave a small nod, then leaned back slightly looking at the empty table.“Youv’e not ordered anything yet, let me order something.”“Don’t worry, I will, I was waiting for you first.” Celeste replied. Right after that, she raised her hand and signaled to a waiter nearby. When the waiter approached, she placed an order.“Two cups of coffee, with milk.”The waiter nodded and stepped away. “Should be ready soon.” Her

A car rolled to a stop just outside the main gates of Valaris Academy before the engine went quiet. A second later, the door opened and a young man stepped out, it was Leonard Virel Montague. He was dressed neatly for the night, wearing a clean fitted shirt and dark trousers that sat well on him, the kind of outfit that made it clear he had money and knew how to carry himself. Everything about him looked arranged on purpose, from the watch on his wrist to the easy confidence in the way he moved. He closed the car door, leaned lightly against the side of the vehicle, and then brought out his phone. Without wasting time, he placed a call, and the moment it connected, he said smoothly, “Hey, I’m outside your gate, waiting for you.” About fifteen minutes later, he was still leaning by his car when he finally saw someone walking out through the academy gate, and the moment his eyes landed on her, he straightened a little without even meaning to. It was Ariana. For a second,

The moment Ariana noticed the way Kael was looking in her direction, she quickly reached out and took the tissue from Leonard’s hand before he could continue.“Thank you, I’ll clean it myself,” she said.After saying that, she lowered her eyes for a second, wiped the side of her lip herself, then slowly lifted her face again, though this time she avoided looking straight at Kael immediately.Kael noticed the small change, but he did not make anything out of it.He simply continued walking past their table as if nothing had happened, calm and unbothered, then moved a little further and chose a table opposite theirs, not too close, but close enough for him to still see them clearly from where he sat.Once seated, he adjusted properly and looked around the rooftop for a brief moment.A waitress soon walked over to him with a polite smile and greeted him.“Good evening, sir. What would you like to have?”“Please bring me a menu first, i want to take a look.” he respondedThe waitress nodd

Ariana remained standing for a few seconds after Leonard left, her body still and her face hot with embarrassment as she watched his back disappear from the rooftop. She could still hear the ugly words he had thrown at her, and the fact that people around had heard them too only made everything feel worse.Not far from there, Kael had seen everything, he had heard everything too.From the moment Leonard began forcing the spoon toward her mouth, to the moment Ariana hit it away, to the insults that followed after, none of it escaped him. Still, he stayed quiet and continued eating, his face calm even though his mind had already judged Leonard badly.He did not understand why the man had acted that way over something so small, but then again, It was not his matter and he did not want to interfere, so he kept to himself and focused on the food in front of him.Just then, Ariana slowly turned her head in his direction, for one second, her eyes met his, but Kael quickly took his gaze away