Chapter 18
* Later In The Evening *
” Oh God ” Lyra let out a tired sigh as she landed on the bed.
” I’m tired ” She said to Tia who also nodded as she sat on the bed gently.
” Seems Sire Bruce and his friend aren’t around ” Tia said and Lyra nodded.
” I guess, I didn’t see them around earlier ” She replied.
” You perhaps know where they are? ” Lyra asked but she shook her head.
” No, but I could ask Henri ” She muttered and Lyra raised a brow.
” He’s going to tell you? ” She asked like she was suprised. Tia nodded and a smirk played on Lyra’s lips.
” Wow, at least we could always ask him some few things about Bruce’s movement ” She said and Tia nodded.
” I will text him now ” She said but Lyra shook her head. ” No, call him. I wanna see how you two communicate ” Lyra said with a silly smile and Tia blushed a little.
” No, I’m not doing that. I’m just going to text him instead ” She said as she worked on her phone but suddenly, Lyra snatched her phone.
She dialed the number immediately as Tia struggled to take the phone from her.
” Bring it! ” Tia groaned as she tried to reach Lyra’s height.
” No! ” Lyra replied as she raised the phone a bit higher again.
” Please ” Tia struggled but Lyra refused until a masculine voice made them stop.
” Hey baby ” Henri’s deep voice came out and that sent a blush to Tia’s cheeks while Lyra covered her mouth preventing herself from squealing out loud.
She handed the phone over to Tia reluctantly who also took it reluctantly.
” Hi ” Her tiny voice came out almost in a whisper.
” What’s up? ” Henri asked.
” Do you perhaps know about Sire Bruce’s movement? ” She asked slowly, picking her words.
” Um yeah, I’m with him. He’s at a get-together meeting with some of his business partners ” Henri replied, his deep voice echoing through the phone.
” Oh, okay.. bye ” Tia muttered.
” Bye ” Henri also said and she hanged immediately. She lowered her phone slowly to look up to Lyra’s silly eyes.
” Wow, I’m suprised. You two are so cute! ” She suddenly jumped up with smiles and Tia couldn’t help but smile at her childishness.
Lyra is really a nice and fun to be with lady, if only Bruce knows her worth. If only she would sign the divorce papers and leave this hell of a place.
” You’re pretty too ” Tia muttered out loudly and Lyra stopped the smiles with a raised brow.
” Huh?” She asked but Tia only smiled.
” Your lover, he’s really lucky to have you ” Tia said and Lyra let out a smile.
” Really? ” She asked and Tia nodded.
” Yeah, I know, I can’t wait to meet him and get married to him. I love him really much ” She muttered dreamily in smiles.
Tia raised her brows in confusion. ” You love him that much?” She asked and Lyra nodded.
” Yeah I do, really much ” She replied Tia. Tia only raised her brows the more. ” So, why won’t you sign the divorce papers and then go be with him? ” She asked.
” I wanna be able to trust him really much. I know he loves me and I do too, but it’s only been months. We’ve only been together for some months. I wanna wait for some months more before I get out of this hell ” She explained.
” Oh, that’s true tho ” Tia reasoned with her explanation.
Lyra smiled at her. ” Yeah, so we should devour our dinner now ” She said and Tia nodded as they brought out some packaged food they had bought earlier on their way back home.
** Next Day **
Tia actually slept in Lyra’s room and she was just on her way out of the room when she met almost face in face with Bruce who ascended the stairs with Henri beside him.
She was dressed already and was headed downstairs to get Lyra her breakfast when she met them.
Her eyes met with Henri but she looked away from his gaze and he bit his lips slightly.
” Good morning sire ” She greeted with a bow. ” Morning ” Bruce replied her and she slowly walked past them while Bruce continued with his walk.
He suddenly stopped when Tia was out of view and Henri stopped too.
” Who’s that? ” He asked Henri. ” Huh? Tia? ” Henri replied unconsciously.
Bruce turned to him with a raised brow. ” Um.. I meant.. that’s her name ” He replied.
” She seemed close to Lyra ” He said and Henri nodded. ” Yeah, they look close ” He said not sure of what to say.
” Is there a problem sire? ” Henri had to ask to be sure if Tia was in trouble or not.
” She could be a useful help in helping to draw Lyra away, what do you think? ” Bruce asked Henri as they continued their walk to his room.
” I really don’t think so ” Henri muttered as they both walked into Bruce’s room and he began to unbutton his shirt, they’re pretty close.
” What do you mean by that? ” Bruce asked as he took off his shirt.
” I don’t think they’re actually that close for her to know about Miss Lyra’s secret, that’s if she has one.. ” Henri stopped as he handed over a new shirt to Bruce to put on.
” I think she only serves as Miss Lyra’s personal maid ” Henri replied.
” Hmm hmm.. alright then ” Bruce replied as he grabbed his phone and begin to walk out.
Henri let out a sigh of relief before walking after his boss.
**
Lyra let out a yawn as she took a sit on one of the couches in the sitting room.
She switched the current channel playing to a different channel with the remote on her hand.
Her phone made a beep and she dropped the remote to bring out her phone from her pocket, taking the phone out, she was a bit suprised that it wasn’t hers.
She turned to see if anyone else was present in the sitting room until her landed on a phone sitting helplessly on the couch.
It might be Alex’s, she had seen him earlier, rushing into his room.
She ignored it until the phone made another beep, she tried ignoring it but got fed up when the phone wouldn’t stop making those beep sounds.
She got up from her seat and walking over to the couch where the phone was, she took the phone slowly.
The phone wasn’t off and instead it revealed a chat Alex was having with someone and she saw unread messages from the person.
” Oh, it must have been this notification ” She muttered and was almost dropping the phone when her hand mistakenly tapped on the *back* icon and it displayed another region of chats.
She was almost dropping it anyways until a part of her eye caught * Lyra Cutie * she wasn’t sure if that was what she saw truly but she was almost clicking on it or checking it to see if it was truly what a part of her had grasp when she heard footsteps approaching.
She dropped the phone hurriedly and rushed over to her seat. Some seconds later, Alex walked over to his seat and grabbed his phone, he didn’t notice Lyra’s presence who was lost in thoughts as she wondered if she had seen that correctly.
” Hey.. I didn’t see you seated there ” Alex said, snapping out of her thoughts.
She raised her head to him and then flashed him a smile which seemed weird.
” Yeah, I got here some minutes ago but you wasn’t on seat ” She said and he nodded.
She thought of asking him if he knew anyone with the name *Lyra* other from her but she kept it in as she pondered over what the probability of Alex being Bryan might be.
Or is she just making a big deal out of this cause she wanted to see Bryan so bad?
Bryan addresses her as cutie, he’s the only one who would call her that, but then.. Alex? What’s going on?
She bit her lips as various thoughts roamed around her head but she couldn’t find a right answer to it.
She stood up and made her way to her room at once. On entering her room, she dialed Bryan’s number.
He picked at the second ring. ” Hey baby” His hoarse voice came out.
” Hi ” She muttered and he could detect something was wrong with the tone in her voice.
” Is everything okay? ” He asked worriedly.
” Um, I have a silly question ” She asked as she opened the door, walking out of her room and making her way back downstairs only to be taken aback as she flinched, almost making her fall.
Alex was on a phone call just like she was. She stood at that spot with a widened eye and her mouth which refused to close.
” Babe? What question? ” Bryan asked, making her snap out of her thoughts.
She ignored him as she walked over to Alex at once and snatched his phone at once. Alex was shocked at her action.
” What.. are.. you doing? ” He asked in confusion but she ignored him as she took her eyes to his phone and she was disappointed and at the same time embarrassed when she saw *Mom* on the contact icon.
It was his mom. What was she thinking? What’s wrong?
” What’s up with you? ” Alex asked as he snatched his phone from her hand.
” Um… I.. I’m sorry ” She muttered at once and turned to walk away leaving Alex who was still wondering why she did that.
” What’s wrong with me? But why are there so many glaring and confusing coincidences ” She muttered and the brought her phone back to her phone.
Bryan had already ended the call but was now calling her back.
She picked immediately. ” Lyra, is everything okay? You’re scaring me ” Bryan asked worriedly as he wondered why his girlfriend was acting weird.
” I’m sorry… I just suddenly paced off ” She muttered. ” Is there something you’re not telling me? ” He asked.
” Um.. Gosh ” She sighed and he knew something was definitely bothering her.
” Alright tell me what’s wrong, I promise I won’t flare up ” He said.
” Um, I wanna ask a question first to clear my doubts and I’mma tell you what’s wrong ” She said.
” You promise? ” He asked and she nodded.
” Yeah, I promise ” She said.
” Alright, go on ” He said.
” What.. did you save my number as on your phone? ” She asked at once and it took a while before Bryan responded as he let out a worried sigh.
” Lyra, what’s this about? ” He asked worriedly.
” It’s nothing, I promise.. it’s nothing I promise ” She said hurriedly.
” No it’s not, something’s wrong ” He insisted and Lyra sighed.
” It’s nothing ”
” Is this some kind of test to see if I truly love you or what? ” Bryan asked, sounding pissed but Lyra shook her head hurriedly.
” No, it’s not. I promise.. it’s just me trying to find out something ”
” Cutie ” He cut her off and she almost lost her breath.
” I saved it as Cutie ” He repeated.
She was right, it was definitely Cutie. But then.. Alex? How?
Was it cutie alone she saw or Lyra Cutie? She was sure it’s Lyra Cutie she saw.
Or is Bryan lying right now?
” Um.. could you make a screenshot right now as we’re on the call and send it to me ” She said and that landed as a shock to Bryan.
” You.. you don’t believe me? ” He asked brokenly, one could notice that in his voice and it made Lyra retreat immediately.
” Um no.. it’s not that… I only meant.. ”
” Sent ” Bryan cut her off and hanged up immediately before she could say anymore word.
A notification popped on her phone immediately, he sent a screenshot of their call log and then the contact icon read “Cutie* with some love emojis.
He’s right? He wasn’t lying. But then he’s definitely mad at her. He hanged up on her.
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