75.2- Midnight Gossip

His eyes widened in disbelief, he looked at Eileen then at Ruben. He couldn't believe he made it visible. Ah, I love what I made him do. After registering his thoughts, my staggered man turned to me, 'I did not notice that. I did not lie when I said you are a witch." 'I take that as a compliment." Giggling, I pinched his cheek as he pinched mine to return the same pain. 'Anyways, I am thinking of taking Sebastian's place. If he wants to focus on business. It's alright." Ruben said, his mood enlightened after our little talks. 'Are you sure? You don't have to." Sebastian asked, concerned. 'No. I have to join us. I belong here after all. But, there is one thing." Ruben paused. 'What?" 'If Sebastian would leave his position open, that would be three aces down. It could affect the way of work badly." 'Three? How so?" I asked. When did that happen? 'Nathaniel. Sebastian and Alphonse." With an inaudible gasp, I turned to Sebastian, his scar about Alphonse rushed into my mind. 'Sebastian-" I was about to ask what he did but he put his hand in the air to stop me. 'Don't ask me. Strictly business." He ordered sternly. If he was serious, I understood his restrictions and nodded, 'Okay…" 'Don't worry about those spots, Ruben. Alphonse's work is covered up perfectly. I made a deal with a devil." Sebastian chuckled dryly and I hated how it sounded. I didn't want him to do something fatal. 'What deal?" Ruben asked. Not only me but he was unaware of it too. 'Once again, strictly business. Anyways, Leave France out of it. You will take my spot. Might take you a year or two but you can do this. Zariah would fill in for Nathaniel. Obviously she could never become like him but we must consider her as a part of us soon." Sebastian explained the current situation and I couldn't believe how rapidly things changed in the course of one year. 'Why would we? I thought you hate her and never consider her an Ace." Ruben asked, amused. 'Because Nathaniel said so and I have no intentions of putting my family in danger by starting a war with him especially when I am thinking of expanding our family." With a mischievous smirk, Sebastian turned to me which made my heart race. My breath hitched as I immediately turned to him. 'Wait, when did that happen?" I asked quickly, not knowing when we had this conversation about ‘expanding family' in the first place. 'Just now. Or…" His smirk grew wider, darker, leaning down to my ears so he could remind me of my not-so-sweet words. 'You would rather be infertile than to give birth-" Before he could complete this sentence, I pinched his arms. Hardly. He deserved it, he shouldn't listen to my words too much. Some words should be forgotten. 'Ow, Eileen. What the fuck?!" Growling, he rubbed his arm, wincing at my delightful mark which made him furious. 'Control your words next time." I smiled venomously before turning to Ruben. Taking revenge, he tapped the back of my head, almost causing me to lose my posture and fall down from the counter. 'Hey, I could have fallen." I hissed. 'I could have bled." He hissed back. 'It was not that hard." 'Ask my arm." 'Don't overreact." 'Are you becoming bossy and dominating? Don't make me sew this tongue and hand back." Mumbling, he rubbed his arm again, helping me to sit straight and properly again. 'I dare you to do it." I smirked, challenging him. He grabbed my plate and offered me a bite after he finished his. 'You are exasperating to deal with, you know?" With his usual scoff, he turned back to Ruben who was flabbergasted to find us like this. 'Anyways, everything is sorted. You don't have to be vexed. I won't throw you into fire. I have arranged everything." He sighed. 'To be honest, I thought you were mindless, only bloodlust, no brain, Sebastian." I chuckled, rubbing his hurting arm while he fed me. A deep frown brimmed on his aesthetic features, 'Hey. I am the second deadliest Ace of the underworld. Clearly it took more than bloodlust." 'Yeah, yeah, whatever." Humming, I waved my hand, finishing my food as well and rested my head over his shoulder. He took my hand in his and gave them a loving squeeze. A rush of relaxation surged in our veins when our souls collided like our bodies, finding our peace in each other. An involuntary smile came to our lips. As if nothing else existed in this world, I met his orbs staring into mine. Upon seeing his glance, I remembered the most important thing. 'Ah, Ruben, I forget about it everyday. This man had broken his phone and had no backup either." I called hurriedly, waving my hand to Ruben not before glaring at Sebastian who pretended he didn't notice. None of it would have happened if he hadn't broken his phone and watched that video and not misunderstood something he shoulder and- nevermind. 'Do you have my video of confession, I want Sebastian to see it." I said, intrigued to see Sebastian's reaction to it. 'Sure, here you go." 'Meaning you would never leave him?" Asad asked sternly again. Slamming my hand down, I stood up again, glaring at him, resenting him as I growled, 'Never." Sebastian gasped when he saw that video, he was staggered, not expecting me to do that accompanied by his penitence of how wrong he was. 'My God, you slapped him?" He asked, repeating that scene again. 'Yes." 'She was a bad actor so we made it natural and looked at how perfect it is." Ruben smirked, glancing at me. Nodding, I wrapped my hands around his arm with a titter, 'Now I am beginning to think I have truly cast black magic on you." 'I agree." Both brothers said at the same time. I couldn't argue with it further, we all exchanged an amusing glance and ended up chuckling.