A Twist Of Events
"Got it. I'll make the arrangements at once." Charles quickly went to make the necessary arrangements.
"Tell Harrison to do that, " Daemon commanded. "You should try to dig for more clues regarding that girl."
"All right." Charles hurried off to carry out his orders.
Daemon refused to give up. I searched for seven whole years in Solarain, but she was nowhere to be seen. I can't believe I bumped into her in Lightspring. Alas, I didn't recognize her, and we went on separate ways. I don't want to miss this opportunity. I hope I can find her and bring her back to Erihal before my departure.
For the next two days, Charles kept searching for that girl.
Harrison had arranged for a private jet to bring them back to Erihal. They could depart anytime as long as William's condition was stable.
Two days of treatment later, William's condition finally improved. He wasn't in a precarious situation anymore, but he was still unconscious no thanks to his serious wound.
The force behind Pastor had mobilized its men to find Daemon and William.
Of course, William had been dragged into the mess. As they failed to find Daemon, they thought of capturing William to force Daemon to show himself.
That was why they attacked William and shot him that day.
For the greater good, Daemon decided to return to Erihal.
Of course, that was a huge risk, too. The force behind Pastor had assigned its men to keep watch on the airport. Once Daemon showed up, they would mobilize all men to capture him.
Hence, Daemon planned to split up.
That morning, Daemon ordered Charles to escort William and his men to the airport. To protect William and to prevent his condition from getting worse, he told Derila to keep them company.
Derila was feeling anxious as she hadn't gotten the necklace yet. Thus, she wanted to confront Daemon before leaving.
Daemon was changing his pants when someone suddenly barged into his room.
Turning at his shoulder, he spotted Derila and immediately pulled his pants up. He staggered in his haste and nearly tripped on his feet.
Derila spun around hastily. With her back to him, she explained, "I'm sorry. I had no idea you were changing your pants."
"Are you even a woman?" Daemon flushed with anger.
"Yeah, in the flesh, " Derila answered with a straight face.
"You're nuts, " Daemon glared at her and put on his pants swiftly. "Why are you here?"
"After I saved you previously, you promised to reward me, but you didn't do that yet." Derila went straight to the topic. "Now that we're going on separate ways, shouldn't you reward me now?"
"What do you want?" Daemon asked.
"This." Derila pointed at the necklace around his neck and added, "Don't take it wrongly. I don't want you. What I want is this necklace."
Without a word, Daemon looked at the gold and black cross necklace. He then raised his head to cast her a puzzled look. "So this is what you want?"
"Of course, " Derila replied proudly. "I wanted this from the very beginning, but you kept misunderstanding my intentions."
"Why would you want this?"
Daemon found her request strange, for he had gifted this necklace to Riri. There was nothing extraordinary about it.
This greedy and shameless woman should be asking for money. Why is she interested in this necklace?
"Nothing. I like collecting necklaces, and yours seem unique. That's why I want to get it, " Derila made up an excuse.
She dared not say too much so Daemon wouldn't recognize that she was the person who held him as a hostage back at Casino Inferno.
That was the most humiliating moment of his life. If he knew that she was behind that, he would never let her go easily.
"I can't give it to you."
Despite knowing something was wrong with her explanation, Daemon didn't feel like guessing her motives.
To be exact, he didn't connect this greedy, shameless, and annoying tomboy with his beloved Riri.
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