Kaiden tapped his pen on the file as he looked lost in his thoughts.

After Rylan hurriedly excused himself and fled from his office, he had been sitting there in silence while his mind was entirely filled with the fragrance that had succeeded in grasping his attention.

He could not make that scent and the fire that it ignited inside him, leave his mind. His soul was still enjoying the warmth that the scent brought to it.

Suddenly he stopped tapping his pen and pushed the red button that was installed on the golden reindeer statue that was sitting on the left corner of his desk.

A silhouette in dark raven robes appeared inside the room out of nowhere and kneeled on the floor to greet the CEO.

"Master!"

Other than the dark black eyes that looked as cold and indifferent as that of a robot or an assassin, the rest of the body of that newcomer was covered in the dark long robes that he was wearing.

"Find out the identity of the person who is the owner of this scent. I want results as soon as possible." Kaiden said as he opened the file that was placed on top of the pile that was sitting on his table.

"Noted!"

The person in the dark robes replied as he stood up to leave the office to finish the job that he had received from his master.

However, even before he could leave the room, the deep and powerful voice of Master Kaiden stopped him in his tracks.

"Make sure to not hurt her."

A simple sentence but one that held immense power and hundreds of questions in it.

Even though the person in the dark robes was surprised by the second command that he received from his master, but he did not dare to voice out any of his questions.

He was supposed to carry out the tasks given by his master and that was exactly what he would be doing, without asking any question.

He nodded his head once before his silhouette disappeared from the room within a second.

***

"What's wrong? Are you in that much love with your bathroom that you can't make yourself separate from it even after an entire hour?"

I came out of my thoughts as I heard Leo shouting from the other end of the bathroom door.

I was not sure if I had been inside the bathroom for an hour in reality or if he was just playing with me.

However, my eyes could not believe what they were seeing.

I was standing naked in front of the floor-length mirror that was sitting on one corner of the huge bathroom.

My back was towards the mirror while I was looking from over my shoulder towards the reflection of my bareback.

The bruise that was supposed to be present on my lower back was nowhere in sight. As far as my eyes could see my back was as smooth as jade and there was no trace of any kind of bruise on it.

But how could that be possible, right? My mind was filled with dozens of questions and I had no idea what I was supposed to do.

There was no bruise and just like that there was no pain either. As I rubbed my fingers on the spot where the cruise was supposed to be located, I felt no pain, not even a little hint of it.

"Em! Are you coming out or not? Or are you purposely trying to make Mark burst into sparks? He will slaughter both of us and will chop us into thousands of pieces before feeding them to the street dogs. Just come out, you little devil!"

Leo kept shouting as he thumped on the doir with his boot.

As soon as my ears registered the name of Mark Alessandro, it was like my mind finally came out of the shock that it received after not finding the bruise on my back.

"A-Alright! I'll be down in ten minutes. I promise!" I shouted out loudly as I hurriedly pulled on the clothes that I was supposed to wear.

Domenic had ordered Mark to take both me and Leo for a little trip to the city so that I could get more familiar with the city and Leo could grasp a few things from the mall that he needed.

Of course, I was not that happy about the fact that I was left in the company of my least favorite brother but it was not like I had a say in the matter.

I could never ever imagine playing tricks with Mark even in my dreams but here I was, getting late and probably making his mood, even more, grumpier than it already was.

But it was not my fault entirely. Who knew that the moment I stood before the mirror after taking a quick shower to look at the bruise, I would find nothing.

The shock that I and my mind received was too much that I lost track of the time and somehow ended up wasting a lot of time.

If not for Leo and his constant banging and nagging, I would probably have kept standing there for a little longer.

"You better be quick. I'm not that eager about dying so soon." Leo said as he gave a final knock on the door before leaving my bedroom.

The moment I heard the door of my bedroom closing behind him, I was out of the bathroom in my bathrobe and was rushing towards the walk-in closet.

It barely took me seven minutes to put on black jeans with a white blouse and black sneakers.

My hair was held in a loose bun while I put a last touch of lip lose before marching out of my bedroom and rushing downstairs.

However, the moment I reached the living room and my eyes landed on the piercing gaze of Mark who was glaring right at me, I felt cold chills running down my spine.

I was doomed!