The Hidden Ace: Empire Of Ash & Gold

14

  Lauren was looking at Silas; she couldn't contain the way her thoughts were racing. It was a bit more than she had expected. 

“How can he say that to me?!” 

Lauren turned to see what Silas was doing with Noelle. She was not surprised to see him with Noelle and the way he was talking to her. 

“You get divorced from him, he didnt waste time going to the next big heiress he spots.” Hilary was looking at Silas, a look of disgust on her face. “Dont worry about him. When Jordan comes back, nothing is going to hold your marriage back.” 

Lauren didn't even want to pay attention to what was happening around her; she needed to get her mind off of it. 

Everyone was trying to suck up to Silas; it was as if he had sent a homing device on his body, allowing people to come close to him. It was almost like he was now the life of the party; he wasn't trying to be involved in anything they were doing. 

‘I hate people, the way they keep trying to get close when they learn that the person is someone important, and they keep acting like sheep.’ 

“You know, people are drawn to a man they see as powerful.”

Silas turned to see Noelle, who had a smile on her face, looking at him. It was not something she would want anyone to spot, but she was beyond fascinated, and it was something even more endearing. 

“I'm not all that, Miss Prince, believe me.” Silas slowly put his hands around Noelle’s waist, looking at her deep in the eye with a smile on his face. 

“I am not as powerful as you believe I am,” he smiled, looking at the woman in front of him. She glowed rather differently from others, and it was something rather soft and warm about him that made everything look like an unreal part of a movie. 

“I am not even sure I am worth your while…” 

Silas smiled, looking at Noelle, but it was not something anyone would want to imagine. But Silas was getting soft with someone like that close to him. 

“I doubt that, you dont look like someone weak.” Noelle let out a soft smile, seeing the way Silas was looking at her, and the way things seemed to be going, it didn’t look like he would be hearing less of anything from her. 

The party was alive with everyone keeping their eyes on Silas; it was as if they had found something to focus on. A rather odd-looking man, it was not something anyone would have imagined to be there. 

“Look at him holding Ms. Prince like he is some hotshot who deserves her. This is no way for someone like him to be able to even hold her like that.” 

“He should disappear, trying to suck it up to all of us. I know there is no way for anyone to be that lucky. He is some kind of doosh who got lucky to know the SuperNova CEO.” 

Everyone was looking at Silas and Noelle, it was almost like a scene from a fairytale movie, but then they saw Lauren walk by. She was wobbling, showing how drunk she was. Her eyes were on Silas and Noelle; it was not going to be easy for her to be settled with the thought that he was able to be with someone that fast. 

“So you think I would stand by and watch you be with someone else? After everything I have done for you, after all, I made sure you got  to the top.” 

Silas and Noelle paused, turning to look at the person talking, and they saw Lauren walking towards them. It wasn't clear what was about to happen, but he knew from the way she was looking at him that it wasn't going to be something he would want to pay heed to. 

“I am not sure what you are trying to say, but there should be something on your mind, but now is not the time for any of it.” 

Silas was trying to make sure Lauren wasn't going to do anything stupid, but he wasn't sure there was a way for him to stop that from happening since he could see it in her eyes. 

“You…you couldn't even help me get to the top, and I would be able to do something, but you stood there like the fool you were and let me suffer!”

She wasn't looking like anyone who would do anything sane at the moment; it was a bit off, but she didn’t look like it was about to stop. 

“I would love to know,” she was now in front of Silas, looking him in the eye, and it wasn't something she would do with her eyes cleared up. 

“I need you to tell me why on earth you would want to hide something from…”

“Ms. Forrest, I wouldn't know why you would want to say something like this to me, but I would love it if you wouldn't keep pushing this further.” 

Silas was looking at Lauren, trying to see what she was trying to get from acting like a fool at a party this big, and there was something else in her eyes. 

Lauren rolled her eyes. He knew it wasn't meant to be. “You knew there was a way for you to help me get hold of the SuperNova on our side, but you didn’t even help me…” 

“And I did,” Silas spoke up, his voice loud enough for everyone at the party to hear it, and he was looking at Lauren. “I did everything I could, trying to make sure you would be happy with the way I was, but you always wanted more, didnt you?” 

Lauren didnt say a thing, she was looking at him with a strange look in his eyes as she was trying to see if there was anything left in him that she would be able to hold, but it felt like there was nothing left. 

“I love you, Silas…” 

Silas smiled, looking at his ex-wife with such pity in his eyes. “You love me now, you see what I am worth, it's not love… It's you not facing reality.” 

Silas left Lauren and Noelle, walking away to the other part of the party.