Chapter 2: "Wait....what?"

Rebecca POV

Sharpening these guys was one of the favourite things to do. I had 6 knives in total, the only ones who were with me in all my missions. I don't know how many people have been hurt by these but they probably deserved it.

My ringtone blasted through my earphones.

Now, who is it?

Annoyed, I picked it up and her panicked voice made me stand up. "Can you please hurry and come to my place!!"

"Um wait what happened!?" I asked, hurriedly shoving the keys of my Black Suzuki AEM and putting the knives back in my boots.

She didn't answer, the call was disconnected.

Well shit. I wasn't in a mood to hit somebody.

Picking up my leather jacket I rushed towards the door. "Love? Where are you going?" the concerned voice asked me.

"I'll be back by evening mum. Don't wait for me" I replied, putting my helmet on, I took the shortest way to Cynthia's castle.

As I reached the adrenaline rush was high, my body was preparing itself to.. well I don't know what.

I pushed the giant doors of the mansion and walked in the usual scenario that came in front of my eyes. The guards, the servants, the huge garden. I loved this garden so much, we had many memories here. The guards on duty were giving me odd looks. Huh .....

My eyes were searching for two people either Thia or Eliza. Eliza was the head cook here and she was the only one who could tell what the **** was going on.

As I spotted her, I yelled "Eliza, come here please" wide-eyed as she walked towards me . "um.. You shouldn't be here..?"

"Where's Thia? I need to see her right now ,she sounded panicked" No reply. She was in her world thinking about something. There was no time to waste. I had to hurry.

I ran towards the main foyer and opened the doors.

Wait a min...

WoAh. This was beautiful. The whole foyer was decorated with rose gold, helium balloons. A big Happy birthday Becca was hanging from the ceiling.

Aww these guys

The love that flowed through me for them was unconditional. "Umm guys I'm here"

My voice echoed in the empty foyer. Was I early? Were they late? Well, it didn't hurt to wait a few minutes.

30 minutes later...

"WOW!! These guys are unbelievable" I thought to myself. I've been waiting here for more than 20 minutes. The love I felt when I entered the foyer was long gone. How could they be so late? I'm so fucking pissed by these dumbfucks.

I Heard footsteps shuffling and some groaning came next. The large doors opened with a bang and a big box came in

wait what

Two legs were attached to it. "I'm so sorry guys I'm late, I had to get this gift wrapped for Becs." The only guys I had eyes for had been hidden by this giant box which had a cute blue ribbon on it. I didn't reply as I was busy guessing the items in the box. Archer tried to look around the room and spotted me. Oh, the look on his face changed from excitement, a shock to fear. "Oh hey..umm haha hey Woah..." he tried to speak but was not able to because of my pissed off face.

"Are they not here yet? Since when are you here?" he summed up the courage and asked me.

"30 minutes," I said.

"Holy shiitt!!" he gasped. I checked him out as I always did and oh my god he was looking damn good.

With wavy brown hair and a Korean face which most Koreans wish for, every time I see him there is this warm feeling I get which instantly brings a smile to my face. Wearing the Gucci t-shirt I gifted him and ripped jeans still he managed to look good. His hair was not styled and was let down. He sometimes coloured his hair temporarily but I loved his dark brown hair. "Just sit here and wait with me, Dare you call them.., I want to see when they come" he just nodded.

He pulled out his phone and opened Instagram and I plugged in my earphones. Laying my head on his shoulder I listened to God knows how many songs. Yeah, we had that sense of intimacy between us, we had known each other for more than 5 years.

He probably doesn't know it but he is pretty close to my heart and I don't know what I would do without him. I could do all the weird things around him without the fear of being judged, my whole group would never judge each other. Staying by each other's side for 5 years we were like family more than friends.

Archer occasionally took me out for dinner, I don't know when we started this but then it became our thing, we might not be dating or anything but we always had dinner together.

Talia and I lived in our school dorm together. Every weekend we would go to each other's home. Her dad would treat me like his daughter and I loved going to their place, it was always so fun.

My mom and dad loved and cherished her as their own daughter too. Whenever we went to my place, my mom would always cook her favourite meals and I would be left out. I had no problem with that, seeing Talia happy with my mom was a heavenly sight to see.

My dad would prepare small outings for us, and we all would go out as one family. Talia treated my family as her own and I treated her's as mine.

Natalia Vasquez the one and only daughter of Jason Vasquez, the founder of the biggest designer brand in the world 'Caelum'.The girl with the body of a Greek goddess which she worked her *** off for, her skin and beautiful locks of hair no doubt inherited from her mother.

She had her father's eyes though, and it always seemed to show the truth. The second richest man I've ever met and he adores me. Talia inherited his genes and is on her way to becoming the best designer in the world. I've seen her designs and OH MY LORD, looking at her sketches one cannot tell that they were made by a high schooler. Her mom is a bitch though, I'd rather not talk about her.

Jason would always design a dress just for me and would give me as a gift for my birthday, every year. I always looked damn sexy in those, I wonder what he would give me this year.

Almost another 30 minutes must have passed and we were just sitting like that. Me laying my head on his shoulder and him supporting mine. I stood up and started walking towards the table.

"Hey, by the way, I wanted to talk to you about something.." Archy spoke up as I sat down on the table. "Yeah go on... What is it about.?" I checked my phone and saw the time. His voice blurred as anger engulfed me.

"WHAT THE ****! THEY ARE ONE HOUR LATE!!" I yelled in disbelief. Archy came at my side trying to calm me down. The door opened with a bang.

Oh, Dante.

"Finally made it here, huh?" I asked, making sure they understood how fucking pissed I was right now.

"See? I told you she'd be pissed." Dante said and looked behind him where our group was slowly making their way into the foyer, taking their sweet time.

"Don't look at me, my plan was flawless." Talia said raising her hands in mock surrender while letting out a sigh.

As she raised her hands, I saw Cynthia shyly peeking from behind Talia.

I have a feeling I know what happened here.

"Cynthia, you know she can see you right? I mean I know I'm pretty tall but I can't hide you, you know." Talia said as she moved away from Thia and took a seat on one of the tables. This girl I swear, there are chairs around here and she decides to sit on a table. And takes a muffin from it and starts eating. Great.

"Uh Hey, Becca! I'm not hiding, not at all." She reluctantly said. Yeah right.

"Okay you guys calm down, let's not forget what we're here for." Nate said calmly, stepping in to ease the tension.

"Guys can I please at least get a 'surprise' or a 'Happy Birthday' maybe?" I made a calm request.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAYYYYY" They all yelled unanimously. Except for Talia, she just said it in a low voice. She looked tired though, definitely pulled an all-nighter. Yeah, she's about to get an earful for that.

Watching my smile grow they all heaved a sigh of relief. I wasn't going to yell at them, they at least tried and by looking at their faces they were expecting something from me, some words or something my mind was frozen so I just did what I wanted to do.

I pulled Talia towards me and hugged her and the group. "I love you all" I silently said. Cynthia heard me and she too silently said: "us too".

We all sat down and Dante went to inform the staff about something. "Where's Brandon?" I had noticed that he wasn't here from the beginning.

"He's going to come at 5. He is with his family right now." Nate informed me.

"Ahh okay." Brandon had joined the school in 10 grade so we were friends for only 2 years but he was one of the people who would lighten the mood easily and I liked him for that.

We decided that we would cut the cake after Brandon is here. I walked up towards Dante and Nate and gave them each a peck on the cheeks.

"Did you like the decoration?" Nate asked me with a look of curiousness. "Of Course she did, my amazing brain knows what my baby girl likes" Dante stated. He knew every like and dislike of mine and Nate knew every one of my secrets, well not every secret.

Thia appeared beside me and leaned against me. "Thank the almighty that you were not THAT angry or else Talia would have buried me alive."

yeah, she would have.

I laughed and said, "It's okay, You guys tried and don't worry Thia you can always win me back by offering me food". She smiled because she knew that I couldn't even be mad at them for a long time. My anger might take a day or two to calm down but no longer than that.

The clock ticked 4:45 as I heard him pull up his Mercedes-Benz g63 amg. The doors opened and he ran towards me to give a bear hug. "Brandon!! Slow downnn!" I gasped as he hugged me. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!" he yelled in my ears.

"Thank youuuu" I yelled back. "AAhh my ears!" he held his ears as he pretended to be hurt. "Now do you know how it feels?" I asked him as I pulled him towards the group. He sat down on one of the chairs closest to Cynthia and started hitting on her.

OH MY LORD, Not Today!! This guy is unbelievable.

My phone vibrated from my pocket, it was Dante. I guess he is hungry

Dante <3: I'm hungry

Hah...

Me: You're always hungry.

Dante <3: Because I'm amazing and being amazing requires work and after a lot of hard work I'm hungry.

I looked up and he was smirking.

Me: What do you wanna eat? There are sweets here....

Dante <3: I'm going to sneak into the kitchen. I wanna eat something spicy. Cover for me.

My stomach growled at that idea.

Me: Wait! I'm coming too!

We stood up quietly and started walking towards the kitchen where dinner was being prepared.

"Where are you guys running off to?" Archy questioned as we were swiftly making our way to the kitchen. I pulled Dante towards the main door.

"We are... um just going out for a walk and uhh chat you know .. walking and pouring our hearts to each other.. Talk" why am I like this? We just smiled at them.

"I bet they were trying to get into the kitchen" Talia smirked as she stated THE TRUTH!

"Talia, Honey shut up" They all burst out laughing. "It's okay, go on eat something, we can hear your stomachs growl till here," Nate said between each laugh. We smiled sheepishly and went into the kitchen.

Eliza looked up at the sound of us entering. She pushed a dish of spicy fried prawns in front of us. "Thanks!" We chorused.

She knew we would be coming for something .....haha I love her

After finishing two dishes of those fried prawns and discussing Jeffree's new palette, we went back to the foyer.

The most delicious looking cake was on the table. It was covered with blue icing and glazed with pink which dribbled down the sides. The top was covered with sprinkles and marshmallows.

Cutting it was the sad part, but eating it..ooooooohhh. The apple cinnamon flavour was my favourite flavour other than hazelnut chocolate. They made a good choice with the cake.

While we were waiting for dinner to be served, My phone vibrated again and this time it was Rome.

Roman Evans, my 'lovely' brother who had inherited all the good looks of my dad and who pampered me like I was still a baby, My whole Dad's side of the family did.

Ask why? I was the first baby girl that was brought into the family. So my aunts and uncles all showered their love on me and still do.

Rome wasn't the protective kind because he knew that I could take care of myself but would cut anyone into pieces if they even tried to hurt me. I loved him for that but he wouldn't leave me alone right now and that was annoying. Thia saw his name on the screen and her eyes lit up.

Aw, cute.

Picking it up, "what?" I asked him. "Are you alone?" he sounded serious.

I got up from my place and went towards the garden. "Yup I am now, what's the matter?"

"Two of our men were murdered last night."

***Download NovelToon to enjoy a better reading experience!***