NEMESIS

such a b*tch

Her paperwork piled up on the desk even though it was only two days after she had left it. Everything seemed tiring and Giuliana hated it. All she wanted to do now was take a walk amidst the calming loneliness and peaceful darkness.

Usually, he would be very excited about getting back to her work behind the desk, ordering her men to do this and that without her having to intervene directly. But this time, just looking at her pile of work made her lazy.

“Can I take a break for two days?”

Sebastian chuckled, “I’m afraid you can’t, Miss.”

Hearing that made her pout, she was displeased with that, but it seemed that her personal assistant couldn’t do much about it – so she would stay at her desk until the evening and would return to rest immediately. "So I have no choice, do I?"

He nodded with a smile still attached on his lips, "Yes, Miss Giuliana"

She couldn't help but sigh tiredly, feeling so defeated because of this. But of course she's not Giuliana if she doesn't manage to get what she wants. "What if I leave at lunchtime and don't come back until tomorrow morning?"

This time it was Sebastian who sighed while shaking his head, then he turned around and took another pile of her works. "No is no."

She pouts, “You're such a b***h, Sebastian.”

"Don't use that trick on me, Miss Giuliana." he says heartlessly, "I won't give in to such a cheap trick."

"But my hands are hurting!"

"Yeah?"

Yes, she meant it when her hands hurt. The wounds on the outside had indeed healed, but it seemed that the internal wounds had not fully healed. She is not lying. Every bone in her body feels like crushing and this almost killed her.

"I'm deeply sorry, but no is no."

So she had no other choice but to do her job.

Her work was done in five hours and it was enough to make her whole body crumble. Really, all this work was very tiring compared to when she went directly to the field to kill people or dig up information. Usually it is Sebastian who does all the work behind the desk and she herself will only spend her time having fun or pampering herself. Actually, her job was too easy for a consigliere, and what made it difficult was her personal assistant.

Sebastian, that bastard.

“Miss Giuliana, Theodore Lorelai requested a meeting with you and he is downstairs now.”

Hearing the name of her nemesis made her glare at Sebastian, who was now walking towards her with a document in his hand. Then she snorted sarcastically, “Tell him I don't have time to meet him and don't come back here. It's very annoying”, she said as she took the paper that was given by Sebastian, then muttered, “That makes me uncomfortable too.”

As a woman, sometimes she felt uncomfortable being around the opposite s*x and Theodore was one of them. Moreover, he was also a stranger who she had to avoid. Simply because his existence could lead her to catastrophe and she had to do everything she could to prevent that from happening, right?

“I will make him leave and never come back, Miss Giuliana.”

Hearing that from Sebastian made her smile sweetly, lucky he wasn't being such a b***h now, because if he did, she would probably be skinning him alive in a matter of minutes.

But yes, it seemed that she did have to skin Sebastian because, instead of kicking him away and making him never come back, Theodore Lorelai was now in front of her — he was sitting elegantly with a cup of black tea in his hand.

“What brings you here, Lorelai?”

He smirked, but his eyes had a deadly coldness. "Come with me, Giuliana."

"Tell me one reason why I should come with you, because I have many reasons for not coming with you."

Going with him was a nightmare she didn't want to make come true, really she didn't even want to be within a meter of him — she didn't want them both to breathe the same air because it was disgusting.

It was sickening to see him up close like this, so whatever reason he had given her — she wouldn't come with him.

"It's Mason," he said one name and it succeeded in making her stunned. "He requested a meeting with you now."

Goddamnit.

She can't refuse this one if she wants her head still fused with her body.

"Can I refuse this request?"

"Why?" he replied quickly, but looked happy with her response. "It's not polite to decline our leader's request, moreover, you are the advisor of The Orphic."

"Is he will be discussed about The Orphic or is there something else?"

"I don't know."

She tried her best to suppress the growl that wanted to escape from her mouth, but she couldn't help but clench her fists at her sides. In addition, unfortunately, her hands were also itching to hit the man in front of her — how she wanted to take revenge on the man in front of her who was now acting innocent, as if she hadn't just done anything fatal.

Luckily, thanks to Sebastian, who trained her on self-control, she was able to calm down a bit as she was thinking. Her mouth shut tightly and then nodded in agreement to come with him. "Then let's go, we shouldn't make him wait in his residence."

Theodore chuckled and looked at her like she was a clown. "Oh I forgot to tell you - we won't be meeting him at his residence, we'll be meeting at a Japanese restaurant, Giuliana."

What does it mean when someone asks at their first meeting to meet on a Japanese restaurant?

There isn't any meaning that is hidden, right?

and oh, how unlucky she is, she doesn't like raw food.