CHAPTER FORTY-ONE Rowen looked around and that was when he noticed the beauty of the place. The suite was not only spacious but had an amazing touch of art and décor all over it. The chandeliers were exquisite, the paintings on the wall exhibited world class art, the couches spoke of high excellence and the glass table sitting in the middle of the room only spoke the language of luxury. Everything was on point and Rowen was really stunned at the beauty of the place. “Come have a seat Richie.” Scarlet said to Rowen with a soft voice accompanied with her usual alluring smile. “Richie, really? Where did that even come from?” Rowen said as he sat close to her on the long couch. “Yeah that’s kinda cute you know. I am Victoria, but I like to be addressed as Scarlet. We should be allowed to be creative at times you know.” “Mmm? Victoria?” Rowen said slowly and in a low tune, he had always thought that her full name was Scarlet. At that moment also, she discovered that the lady sitting n

CHAPTER FORTY-THREE “Thank you.” She said softly without turning her face towards him. “Do you want more?” Rowen said trying to pour in some more water from the bottle into the glass but Scarlet shook her head to indicate that she was fine. Rowen moved forward and dropped both the bottle and glass cup on the table close by before he returned to sit beside Scarlet who sobbed softly. “Are you ok Scarlet?” He asked with a soft and concerned voice looking at the sad beautiful lady sitting right next to him. “Yeah I am alright.” She answered with a soft voice trying so hard not to let another drop of tears fall from any of her eyes. “Do you still love him?” The question hit Scarlet like a canon, for a few seconds she thought about the rightful answer she was going to give to Rowen but she seemed blanked out. “Do you still love him Scarlet?” Rowen asked again but this time he took her by her hands and looked directly into her eyes. “I do, I did. I don’t know! I used to think so muc

Rowen looked into the eyes of the desperate lady standing in front of him, her eyes were so pitiable and she looked as if she was going to pass out if he said no. Filled with a lot of confusion, he exhaled sharply without saying any word. “Richard? Say something please.” Scarlet urged but the young man in front of her was speechless and didn’t have anything in mind to say. “Gosh she looks so irresistible with those eyes of hers.” Rowen said to himself, then he gradually pulled away from looking at her and bent his face to the ground. “I might as well think that you don’t find me attractive. Do you detest me?” “Oh come on! How can you even be having such thoughts in your head? First you accuse me of trying to get back at you because of the herb and now this.” Rowen retorted, then he looked up at Scarlet to show her how upset she was at her utterances. “So you find me attractive then.” Scarlet said with a smirk on her face. “That’s beside the point Scarlet, I just don’t think that

Rowen found himself staring but for a few seconds but he immediately called himself in order as he gulped in some saliva and blinked his eyes severally to get a grip of himself. “You really have to go now Rita. Scarlet could be here any moment from now.” Rowen said in a polite but determined tune. His voice was a bit shaky as a result of the pressure that he found himself dealing with as perspiration soon started to drop from his back. “Scarlet is that her name?” Rita scoffed, then she rolled her eyes in disregard after she had mentioned the name of her conceived enemy. “Who answers Scarlet? I mean, what kind of name is that anyways?” She said and rolled her eyes again waving her hand as though she was waving the name and its bearer aside too. “That’s enough Rita. You have to go now. I don’t want anyone to see you here?” Rowen said with an imperative voice. He was really fed up with what she was doing and really wanted her to leave immediately. “The last time I checked,

Rowen got into the elevator before Gregory, then he pressed one of the buttons and the elevator took them to the final floor of the hundred story glass house. It took a while to get to the top but eventually they were got to the final floor and the elevator chimed before it opened up to let them out. As soon as Rowen stepped out of the elevator right after Gregory who was carrying his bag with so much care, everyone who saw Rowen was shocked as they all bowed and greeted with so much excitement. “Welcome back Supreme Regent!” “Welcome Supreme Regent. It’s so good to have you back.” “What a pleasant surprise Supreme regent.” The greetings and pleasantries continued to pour in with so much pace that Rowen couldn’t respond to most of them, so he resolved to smiling instead of having to speak to about thirty individuals who greeted him bowing. But there was something they clearly didn’t understand. They had always known the Supreme Regent to be a stylish and clean handsome man, but