Chapter 38: Chapter 38

Marietta P.O.V

"Wake up princess if you don't want to get late. It's already sharp 8." I heard Anna's voice and hard knocking on the door. Last night when I came back, it was so late like 2:00 am. I hopped on the bed and immediately drifted to deep slumber.

"Coming," I mumbled not enough hearable for her, and shifted on my position. I didn't want to leave my bed. I needed some more sleep.

"Princess, open the door. NOW!" She again knocked on the door and yelled in a threatening tone.

Unwantedly, I hopped out of the bed, and with slow steps, I reached the door and opened it. So that she could come inside. I leaned my head on the door and again closed my eyes.

"Look at you, seems like you were attending a very important meeting last night." She sarcastically said while going inside my closet.

I opened my eyes and looked at her, "How do you know that?" She laughed thinking it was a joke.

She came out with a dress after she handed me it. She literally dragged me towards the washroom. I groaned but went inside anyway.

After doing my morning routine, when I got out, properly dressed and ready. I picked my phone and when I looked at the time. My brows creased as I yelled angrily,

"ANNA!!!" It was just 7:00 am.

Today, I had worn white pants with a green floral sleeveless top pairing with white heels. With my regular light makeup and my hair falling freely in their natural waves on my shoulders. I looked in the mirror for the last time as moved downstairs.

It was only 7:00 am and I was feeling so sleepy already when the day wasn't even started yet.

Yawning, I trekked towards the dining hall. I knew I would meet Daddy at breakfast, reading his newspaper as usual. And here he was exactly doing what I had predicted. Mom was nowhere to be seen. I greeted him with a small 'Morning' and sat on the chair beside him.

Last night I argued with him and now I was feeling very guilty. I shouldn't have said all those harsh words to him neither should I had used that rude tone. How stupid and ungrateful of me!

I looked at his face. His empty brown eyes, his face were suddenly showing signs of aging. He was the person who never let me felt like I was not his daughter. He always treated me like his own child. He loved me, fulfilled my all demands, and did what a real Dad did for his children.

I was wrong, he was my real Dad. No matter if we were not bound with the blood but we were bound with love.

How ungrateful of me! I shouldn't have misbehaved with him.

"Is there something on my face?" He asked and I shook my head with a smile. Anna came with maids and started to direct them to settled breakfast on the table. I glared at her for her morning stunt. In return, she shrugged and winked.

"How is Brett?" Daddy asked.

Before Anna could even reply Bre appeared like a ghost out of nowhere and said, "I'm good. Did something happen to me?"

Mischievously smilingly, he settled himself on the chair. His face still had scars. His eye looked a bit better but the scar on his jaw and the swelling of his nose and lips were still worse.

"I hope you kids won't repeat this mistake." Daddy said authoritatively. We both nodded in unison, knowing the fact that it was just a beginning. Because we were not going to stop the investigation, not at any cost.

"Sir, you have to attend a book publishing ceremony for Mr. John at 2:00 pm." Bre said to Daddy while drinking his coffee.

"Alright." Daddy replied.

Book!

'Why does it sounds like I have something to do with the book too?'

I sipped my coffee. Still trying my best to remember. What? What? Oh yes!

"Anna, we have a book in our study on Immortals and Mortals," I said to Anna. She nodded. "I need it. Can you please find it for me and give it to me when I'll come back home?" I asked her and she again nodded.

"Wait...Why?" Daddy interrupted.

"I want to read it." I simply replied.

"That's what I'm asking." He was speaking weirdly. I looked at him while thinking of an appropriate answer.

'Well, because I think I may find something useful in it to defeat Annabella.'

"I just recently...develop an interest in it. I watched vampire dairies so I just wanted to know more about them. That's why." I said, trying my best to being reasonable.

"No need for developing any kind of interest in useless things. Focus on your work and studies." He dismissively said giving no space to argue.

"But....." He didn't let me complete and wiped his hands with a handkerchief then he stood up from the chair and said to Anna, "Give me that book. I will put it in my locker." Anna passed a look at me then she nodded. Soon they both moved out of my sight.

"What was that?" I asked shockingly about Daddy's behavior.

"You want to read a book! Seriously! On immortal and immortals." Bre questioned raising his eyebrow. I looked at him with a poker face.

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"As we are discussing our major projects of this months. Miss Marietta is handling a co-project with Mr. Wilson." Bre was explaining the schedule for the next month to everyone.

"Miss Caroline is currently working on a winter collection for dresses. As winter isn't too far. It's already the first week of October and we will launch them before the last week of this month." Bre said, looking at Caro.

"Don't worry. It's almost done, just finalize the date." Caro said confidently with a smirk. She handles the designing department of Amino, including clothes and jewels.

"What about the bottle designs of perfumes?" Bre asked.

"I've finalized two designs. We just need to choose one from them." I said.

The rest of the meeting was passed discussing the major and minor plot work. Whom which I paid some attention to and some attention was diverted to that book. Why Daddy reacted like that? Did daddy know something about it?

'Is that book have some kind of connection with me?'

Suddenly a question entered my brain. When Mom, my real mother send me here to the human world then what happened after that? How did they found me?

Bre cough took me back to reality. I looked around only to found Bre, Caro, and Daddy in the room.

Seemed like the meeting was long ago over. I blinked my eyes several times because it felt like I didn't even blink in the past few minutes. Bre looked at me with a questioning gaze. To which I looked away.

Daddy spoke, grabbing our attention. "Tonight, I have arranged a family get-together dinner. I've invited Watson as well as Richard's family."

"Really! Oh, Dad, you are the best." Caro said and hugged him.

'What's going on here?'

"Don't be late all of you." Daddy said and moved out of the room. Caro also left after him.

"Do you know you are behaving so suspicious lately?" Bre said perfectly raising his eyebrows.

"I know." I mumbled, picking my things from the table.

"Last night, Veward was saying something about making a suspect list. Did you guys made it?" I asked.

"Not yet. He is suspecting Liam and Darren." Bre chuckled. I looked at him.

"What's so funny?" I asked.

Liam and Darren...

"Nothing..." He closed his laptop while all the time a mischievous grin lingering on his lips.

I looked at the black cover of the folder in my hand while my mind was space out somewhere else. Blue eyes and a tattoo. In addition to the connection with the black market and willingness to destroy Amino. If at a point, I suspect Liam regarding the rumors of their connection with the black market still he couldn't hurt us. He loved Caro and could never do anything to hurt her.

"It can't be Liam." I said. While we made our way out of the conference room.

"I agree. He is just a spoiled brat and that's it!" Bre chuckled at his own statement. I nodded and smiled at his perfect definition of Liam.

"Could it be Darren?" I questioned. Which seemed like a wrong question. It couldn't be him. He was a nice guy with rules and principles.

"I don't think so. He spends most of his time in New York and rarely comes to London. It can't be him either." Bre said and I nodded.

"Right. He has nothing to do with us. We are working together for the first time." I said.

"Still, do a detailed background check on Daddy rivals. Maybe we can found something." I said, hoping for a positive turn.

After one minute he nodded and then said, "I need 2 days."

"Okay." I said and trudged towards my cabin. I entered my cabin, put the file on the table, and sat on the chair. Leaning back on the chair, I closed my eyes.

In the crystal world and this world. I had to complete so many tasks. I had a feeling that the book had something in it. Might be we could find the weakness of Annabella in it. I had to get that book from Daddy at any cost. Why he was even hiding it from me? What if I search for something about vampires on Google?

I opened my eyes and picked my phone. "God these emails....." I said in annoyance. I had a list of emails to check. I will surely check them once I got some time. Only If I got some time...

Ignoring the emails, I searched about vampires. But as I excepted nothing useful found. There were all fictional ways of killing them which might be of no use. Because as they said we could only finish them by their weaknesses. I sighed putting the phone back on the table.

The rest of the time passed with the work. Packing up my things at exactly 5:00 pm I left for home. The drive home was silent but my mind. There were so many thoughts were revolving in my mind. Running over all the information about that blue-eyed guy, I remembered about Antonio and called Bre.

"Bre, Antonio. How is he?" I asked as soon as he received the call.

"He is fine and recovering slowly." He answered.

"Can I meet him?" I asked impatiently.

"No. He is in a coma." He replied.

"And you said he is recovering slowly!" I rolled my eyes even he won't see me.

"At least he is not dead." He said.

"How...how long will he take to recover?" I asked.

"Marie relax. What is wrong with you? Why are you being so impatient in everything? Is there something disturbing you? Do you want to tell me something?" He asked. I remained silent. What was wrong with me? He was right, I was being impatient.

"Doctors are trying their best." He said after the long silence paused.

"Ok," I said and cut the call.

That happened when I overthink everything and take things seriously. I ended messing up everything. But right now everything was mixing up. One thought was coming about the Crystal world and the other was about the blue-eyed. Everything was just mixing up.

I had to settle things differently. Otherwise, soon I would end up in an asylum.

There were two different worlds where I, one lonely soul had trapped.