Rhys lay on his bed depressingly as he stared at his phone to check for updates. It's been 12 hours now. They haven't found Raiden. Maybe he's just good at hiding. He rolled on his bed. Then, his mother called him.
"Mom?"
"Come back to the Philippines. We need you here." Freya said.
"But how about Raiden?"
"I am searching for you. You will stay here for a while. Okay?"
"Okay…" He mumbled.
"Don't worry, sweetie, I'll find your brother." Rhys nodded.
He went to his closet lazily and packed a few important things and just a pair of clothes.
Then, his mother sent his ticket. His flight is in two hours. He needed to check-in right away. It's traffic in Manhattan so, he will need to use his motorbike on the way to New York International Airport. He called two men that would escort him.
Soon, he reached the airport. He didn't want to leave America without finding him so, he will just have to do what her mother would say. He looked at his phone where his family picture is. He and Raiden are wearing the same suit and tie with the same hairstyle to fool everyone.
Rhys sighed depressingly and wait until his flight has been called to first class.
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Raiden finally met her father. He looked disappointed at her. Even her grandmother who almost slapped her for getting married and thinking rush.
"What's your job?" Her father Emmanuel III asked.
"I—I don't have a job." He said. He didn't remember that he has a job at all.
"Then, how are you going to feed my daughter?!"
"Dad," Charlotte said.
"Shut up, Charlotte. The last thing I want for you is to marry someone who doesn't know a single thing."
Raiden held his head it's aching a lot.
"No. Dad, he got into an accident and don't remember anything." She defended. "And the last thing I want is to marry someone who would cheat on me with my sister and fuck each other while he's engaged to me." A tear fell from her eyes. She's in pain because her family didn't understand. She's the one who has been bullied here. She's betrayed and left broken.
Raiden, hold her hand to comfort her.
"I have never been happier in my life, father. He made happily. He gave everything to me."
His father still didn't want him.
"Divorce him," Her grandmother said. "If you divorce him, we'll still welcome you in this family."
Raiden frowned.
"It's fine." Charlotte shrugged. "I'll rebel already. I married him and promised him that I won't divorce him."
Raiden's heart skipped a beat. He wiped her tears.
"That's it. After tonight's party, you will leave this family and never show up again." Her grandmother Lady Isabelle said.
"I'm so disappointed with you." His father said strongly.
She wiped her tears and looked at Raiden.
"I'm fine." She told him. He shook his head.
"I never thought that your family could throw you out like this easily," Raiden said and looked at her grandmother. "Your granddaughter is a very wonderful woman that I've ever met. Yet, you let her get engaged to someone who would betray her. But, I'm glad for you that he's still going to get married to your family."
Their eyes widen. No one expects Raiden to say such a thing.
"Thank you for letting us stay for a night." Raiden stood.
"I didn't say that you can stand." Emmanuel III said strictly.
"Charlotte needs to nap."
Charlotte looked up at him. He sounded so mighty. She stood.
"Excuse us." She took his hand and he takes her to her bedroom.
"I'm sorry." He said. "Your family might start bullying you because of me."
She shook her head. She seemed happy though.
"Thank you for standing up for me."
"Of course," he scooped her face. "You are my wife." She tiptoed and kissed him.
"I think the handmaidens won't help me with my make-up. My sister and my ex-fiancé are probably in the spa…"
"You don't want to go to the spa?" He asked. "I had lots of cards that we can use."
"But you don't know your passcode…"
"Hmm, how about fingerprint?" He asked.
"I don't know. But let's not waste money and flaunt your richness if you are rich. I love the way you are."
He kissed her forehead.
"I think I love you too."
"Good. Because after the party, we will leave, booked in a hotel and make love!" She said like a little girl.
He laughed and caressed her hair.
They get ready and she bought him a suit from her savings but it wasn't that expensive and it's so normal looking.
"This suit will look expensive if you wear them."
He smiled and patted her head.
"Sorry that it's the only thing that I could afford."
"Don't worry about it. You shouldn't pay for it."
He massaged her face since she can't go to the spa. It's a good thing that she had a bathtub and he takes care of her.
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Raiden finally met that white tall man wearing an expensive suit. The woman with him had such a beauty and a little akin to Charlotte. But for comparing the two sisters. Charlotte is more beautiful and attractive than Mary Ann.
"So, you eloped with someone you barely know?" Mary Ann smirked.
"I never thought that you'll marry someone low than us," Francis said looking at Raiden from head to toe. Few people would know the brand and it's cheap but it looks good to Raiden that it would make expensive brands to be something outdated.
Charlotte rolled her eyes and Raiden took two glasses of champagne flute from the upcoming butler and gave one to Charlotte.
"I think you shouldn't—drink that. That one is expensive." Francis said with a smirked. Raiden only stared at him and then he smelled it. The familiar scent. He knew exactly everything about this wine.
"Now, I remember." Raiden murmured. "This is Moët & Chandon Dom Perignon by Karl Lagerfeld. It costs 1,169 euros. Not that expensive to Moët & Chandon Dom Perignon White Gold."
Charlotte's eyes widen. Francis and Mary Ann seemed to be surprised by his sudden attack.
"It tastes magnificent but not that magnificent as Goût de Diamants, Taste of Diamonds that cost 1.2 million euros."
"Is that the champagne that you brought to our honeymoon from the penthouse?" Charlotte asked. She didn't know much about champagne and he seemed to very knowledgeable about it.
"I think it's that champagne," Raiden said.
Francis heard about it but a glass of that champagne costs too much.
"By the way, where's the ring that I gave to you?" Francis asked. Charlotte laughed.
"You want it back?" Charlotte scoffed. "I thought that you gave it to me to seal the engagement between us. But you fucked my sister behind my back." Charlotte said that might've to gain attention from few people around them.
Raiden brings the wine to his lips with a smirked.
"I will pay for it," Raiden said. Once he found out the passcodes to his bank accounts, he will pay Francis.
"My God, how poor of your sister. Did you sell the ring? It costs 1 million!" Mary Ann said.
"Yes, I sold it. Why, Francis? You don't have enough money to buy my sister an engagement ring? Or you want to give the same ring?" Charlotte smirked.
Francis flushed and he looked around as they saw few people looking in their way.
"It's fine, honey. I think they needed the money more." Francis said as he patted Mary Ann's hand.
"No," Raiden said. "If you want the money, then I'll give it to you. According to the shop where we sold it, it only costs 500K USD."
Charlotte looked up at him. Did he remember that? Francis flushed more. So much humiliation. People in the party looked up at them and thought that Charlotte would marry Francis but it came the other way around. Charlotte eloped with a commoner who doesn't know anything.
"It doesn't cost that lowly. It's a real diamond." Mary Ann insisted.
"It's indeed real diamond with a low karat," Raiden said.
"And you bought her something cheaper?" Mary Ann asked. Charlotte hides her ring from her.
She didn't know how much it costs.
"That Emerald came from Royals," Raiden said. He suddenly remembered something. His mother gave him an emerald ring. She said that it belongs to the Royals and ages ago. It will cost a lot. Maybe half a billion. He joked with Charlotte that he bought it cheaply and he printed her name and his name on the ring. "I don't want to explain it anymore." Raiden held his head.
"You okay?" Charlotte asked as she held him. "I think you shouldn't drink champagne."
"What is your husband spewing around, Charlotte?" Her grandmother said. Mary Ann makes a face that she's been bullied.
A man stepped forward. Wearing a tailored suit and with two bulky men in behind him. He's holding a wine glass, and he shook his head. They looked up at him.
"Tsk."
"Mr. Wilson!" Minister Emmanuel III and Francis said at the same time. However, he's staring directly at Raiden.
He exhaled.
"Raiden, you are so dead," Alanis said.
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