Prayer of a flower 3

"Everything's fine mom, I'm enjoying my stay here so stop worrying about me. Take this chance to Have a great time with Dad, I know dad has been itching to have you to himself so ahem... dad mom's all yours" Lara meant the last line for her dad cuz she knew hr was eavesdropping.

Sure enough, Mr Dwane's low chuckle was heard soon after.

"You rotten girl, what kind of things are you saying" Mrs Dwane's voice sounded flustered. Lara could imagine the scene of her mother scolding her father with her eyes while blushing, she laughed like a rascal at tje picture, her soft voice floated in the room yet none escaped as the room was sound proof.

After finally coaxing her mother and successfully making her almost explode from embarrassment with"I want a younger brother" at the end she chuckled and ended the call.

Glancing one more time into the mirror to check her facial expression Lara slipped into a pair of comfortable heels and threw on a jacket above her knee below length dress which wasn't showy, but not simple either. Anyone who knew of the designer of this supposedly incognito dress would know of how priceless the dress was.

It had been a week since her rebirth and she had secretly started her plan to uproot the Vozen family. To do that she needed powerful allies or make herself into a secure pillar. And since she herself knew how hopless she was in starting a business, she decided to invest and make strong connections.

Locking the door behind her she made her way down the stairs.

The mansion was quite as if it had been abandoned. It was at an hour where she knew that none of the Vozens would be home.

Well, you should say, it was a time when they weren't supposed to be home.

At the bottom of the stairs stood a figure who made her stop and stand still for a second.

Her light green eyes caught sight of the familiar raven black hair and a clear pair of deep blue azure eyes.

The facial features of the said person were picturesque with a hint of unkempt wildness which were well hidden under the fake prescribed glasses and the studios like clothes. It was different from the gorgeous and doll like appearance of the other Vozens.

Under the reading glasses the pair of blue eyes shifted as if having felt the gaze upon him he stared at Lara intently.

This person was Lucas, the illigimate child of the Vozens and the person she had spent her life with. A flash of nostalgia swept past her heart with a bitter feeling which she hardly suppressed.

Reluctantly she tore her eyes off the person and proceeded walking down and disregarding him as if he was nothing but air. She could feel the gaze behind her but didn't turn back.

The onlookers might think she didn't pay attention to him because he was not worth looking at. But Lara had took great efforts to not hug the person or even look at him. She was afraid that her emotions would leak if she continues staying so she hurried off outside.

Only after gliding past him did she remember to breathe. She scolded herself inside her head, she felt that controlling emotions was something she was really bad at weather it was the past life or the present.

"I'm going out somewhere you don't have to follow me or ask the driver to drop me off. If mother asks I'll tell her directly by myself" Lara said with a delicate and pure face yet commanding tone to the butler who had ran up to her when he caught sight of her leaving.

"I understand miss"he said politely and wierdly didn't refute at all.

Stepping outside the gate and into the waiting Car, Lara sat down with a serious look on her face.

The driver didn't ask anything unnecessary like she had informed and took her straight to the appointed place.

"Drive around till the third block slowly and park the car at the adjacent intersection. And stay there until you receive my call"

Causally throwing the order Lara lazily made her way into the private hotel.

She was greeted with a polite bow from a neatly dressed attendant who seemed to have recognized her. She too recognized the attendant, she has had many encounters with her whenever she came to the hotel with her friends.

"Miss Dwane, the private room you reserved is this way" She politely informed and showed her to the room.

Lara chose this particular location because it was the most secure place where the customer's privacy were protected and also the least suspicious and common place for her to meet her friends.

Without prying the attendant left right after she had done her job.

"Miss Dwane, You've come" The middle aged man with heavy baggs under his eyes greeted her. He hadn't seemed to have changed out of his white lab coat so anyone could tell he was a researcher of some sort. His hair was disheaveled maybe because he came in a hurry.

Nodding at him she sat down and the man did the same.

"What we discussed about before, have you gave it a thought Mr Clark?" Lara asked taking a sip of the regular drink that had been prepared metriclously according to her preferences.

It tasted wierd and foreign to her instead of nostalgic.

Clark had been a little distracted by Lara's Beautiful face that were paired with soft platinum curls and a pair of light green eyes which looked harmless yet had a dangerous feel to them. He almost jumped when Lara called his name.

Putting aside the fact that Lara was the only daughter of the second wealthiest and most powerful family in city B and had offered a poor researcher like him a helping hand.

He couldn't understand the reason for the contract that had been handed to him a week back.

The fact that the contract was too favourable to him made him feel uneasy.

"Ah! Yes, I thought it over... But may I ask.. "

"Why I'm willing to invest in such a project which had low chance of success and even if it did succeed I wouldn't gain much from it. Right?" She cut his speech off and perfectly nailed the doubts on his mind.

"Yes" Clark replied unable to add more words

"Mr Clark you seemed to be mistaken" she smiled making her previous cold and unreadable  look soften a hundred fold "What I'm trying to buy here is neither your work nor you.

What I'm suggesting to you is a long term partnership and mutual trust.

And your research itself is interesting and I just wanted to see your vision materialize it'll help me rid off boredom it's not like I'm lacking money anyway" of course Lara meant what she said about having mutual trust but the rest was nonsense. The person sitting infront of her, Clark Stone, was a medical researcher who gained astounding recognition and fame in the future.

His research on artificial human cells and nerves weren't supported and nobody was willing to invest in his research due to its low success rate which almost narrowed down to single digits. But despite this he pulled himself through without falling apart and without the help of any backing managed to become successful with his own efforts and endless toiling.

It had taken him 6years to become successful from what Lara remembered. But with financial support he might progress faster this time.

Clark who had been observing Lara's micro expressions was astonished. He had thought that this young miss was bored and had too much funds at her disposal so she offered help to entertain herself. And she herself admitted to it too. But even though she said she was only trying to rid her boredom and didn't care how much she spent to do so. It seemed like she was making an excuse to hide the fact that she was doing something good and selfless. (his own misinterpretation that Lara has too much pride to help people and take the credit to look selfless)

'If that's so then I'll give it my all and return the favor.'

He smiled to himself and felt he was lucky to have drawn this person's attention and even recieve help.

After an hour of discission and finally reaching an agreement did the both of them decided to part ways.

That was the third and last one she smiled looking at the note pad app on her phone.

Andrew Adams - ☑️ God of Hacking and Miracle storm

Samantha Wills - ☑️Justice Scale lawyer

Clark Stone - ☑️ Resurrection Master.

Those letters stood out in bold black and had a tick mark indicating she had managed to grabbed them already. Under the bold letters were their detailed descriptions.

Looking at the nicknames they had been given, even she herself couldn't hold back her laugh. It looked like a chunnibyou patient had named them.

All three people were important and necessary for her as they would gain fame in the future and they were also trustworthy and hardworking people who wouldn't betray someone who trusted them.

She had felt a little guilty about using them but she needed them.

She won't exploit them so all was well, she had even trapped herself with contracts unfavorable to her so that she wouldn't lose sight of her goal.

She hadn't even taken much steps when she heard familiar voices which made her previous faint smiling expression chill and her curved eyes turned cold.

'This is really unexpected, seems I can't delay our encounter even if I plan to' She held a sneer which was quickly masked beneath a proud haughty look.

She walked forward as if she was oblivious to who was coming ahead until she bumped into a tall figure.

She looked up and glared but as if shocked Upon seeing the person she again changed her expression to that of an infatuated one.

"Brother Ethan!!"

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