While going back, I suddenly remembered something and asked Lucifer, "Lucifer... Who is the designer of your house?"
"Why?" he questioned back with one of his eyebrows raised.
"I just really, really, really, like your house. It's so beautifully designed that I can't get over it. So... can you tell me who the designer is? I would really love to know who that person is!!"
I actually liked the house a bit too much and I am really curious about the person with whom my thoughts and ideas, at least in the matter of houses, matched so well.
"You wouldn't like them." he casually stated.
"How can you even assume that when I haven't even met him... or her?" I was starting to get even more curious about that person's identity now that Lucifer said that we won't get along.
"Are you free this Saturday night?" he asked without even bothering to answer my question.
I was really eager to get an answer but was reminded about how me and Lucifer aren't even close enough to be called acquaintances much less friends and with his cold personality, the slight possibility that I would try to convince him also vanished. So it didn't feel right to bug him like I would if this situation happened with someone else.
Thus, I just let him change the subject.
"Maybe..... hold on let me check my schedule for that day."
I then proceeded to check my schedule on my phone and saw that I had a 12 hour shift that day, from 6:30 am to 6:30 pm.
"I'll be free after 6:30 pm."
"Okay then, be ready by 7:45. A few of my friends want to meet you."
"Where will we meet them?" I inquired as I would have to dress up according to the place.
"At Blue Ivy."
"The bar, right?"
"Hmm…"
"Okay." I said and made a note of it in my calendar in case I forget.
I felt quite tired, more so mentally than physically, due to all the events which took place today and had to try really hard to not just nod off in the car, thankfully the ride home was not long and we reached within half an hour.
Lucifer opened my door like the blue blooded gentleman he is and we both went straight to the bedroom. He went in the bathroom of the master bedroom while I took a bath in the washroom of the room beside it i.e. my new room.
I changed into my silk nightdress and then walked out of the bathroom to go to the master bedroom when my feet automatically stopped, when the thought of having to sleep on the same bed as him especially when wearing something like this entered my mind.
"You can do it Alexandra!! You have braved through medical school and so many difficult surgeries, so what can a simple night dress and sharing a bed with that man do to you, right? So woman up, go into the room and sleep on the bed like you own the place!!!!" I whispered to myself, trying to gather up my courage and opened the door but the mere sight of him made all my mustered up courage vanish. It wasn't like I was scared of him but it was just way too weird and awkward for me to act like all this was a normal routine when it was only my second night in this house.
I tiptoed to the bed, lifted the blanket and laid down on the edge only to find out that my drowsiness seemed to have vanished.
'Ugh!! Great now I need to lay here and count sheep.'
Just when the 'extraordinary' image of numerous sheep jumping over a fence, one by one was going to form in my mind, I suddenly recalled an unfortunate thought.
'How forgetful do I really need to be to keep forgetting something so important.' I internally face palmed myself. I turned around to face Lucifer's back.
"Lucifer…. Are you asleep?"
"Not yet."
"So…..Do you …um... remember when we first met?"
At this, he turned around and narrowed his eyes at me as if asking – 'Do you think that I would've already forgotten?'
After receiving his unspoken answer, I proceeded, "So, you sent your lawyer and I asked you to delay it till after the wedding..... but..... now that we are surprisingly married, are you still going to go forth with the case?"
"Well... I don't plan to sue you anymore..."
I was starting to feel hopeful but all these feelings of hopefulness mixed with joy completely vanished on hearing the remaining part of the sentence.
"..but don't think that I'll let you off the hook so easily."
"What do you plan to do?" I asked in a dismayed but curious tone.
"You'll know when the time comes." he said and turned around to sleep.
I knew that bugging him won't do anything so I turned around and tried to sleep. Fortunately I had started to feel drowsy after that conversation, probably because there was a lot on my mind.
After a few minutes of overthinking about what my fate will be, I fell asleep.
The next morning...
"Ahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!"
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AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT !!!! PLEASE READ!!!!
Hey guys!!! Today I have some really exciting news!!! ( at least for me it is exciting ) THIS BOOK HAS BEEN CONTRACTED!!!! I cannot thank all of you enough for the support that you have shown ever since the book started. From the power stones to the comments to the reviews, I am eternally grateful for everything, heck even adding the book to your library and reading it also supports the book. What I am trying to say is that it was you guys who made it possible for this book to reach the eyes of the Webnovel team which led them to think that this book has some potential. So, thank you.
For some more context, I was offered the contract in October but due to some issues here and there and my exams it got delayed till today. Keep reading and I will answer some questions which I think that you guys might have.
1. What happens when a book is contracted ?
• After a book gets contracted, a gift symbol would appear on the last page of every chapter right next to the power stones button. The chapters will also get locked which means that you need to unlock them with the help of coins or fast passes. Most books also get privileged ( I will talk about this later in the chapter )
2. Coins and fast passes ?
• Coins are the Webnovel currency that you need to buy with real money while fast passes are the free passes which you can get by completing tasks like voting with power stones and energy stones. You can unlock locked chapters using fast passes and coins. When you use coins that generates income for the author but using fast passes does not help the author at all. But it's completely fine if you don't want to use coins or cannot buy and use coins.
200 words = 1 Webnovel coin
3. What are privileged chapters ?
• Privileged chapters are locked behind a paywall i.e. you need to give money to access them. Basically, those who are privileged readers can access the chapters first and if you are not a privileged reader then you need to wait for a few days before those chapters are released for normal readers. If you buy privilege then you will gain the title of a loyal reader. You have to buy privilege for each book separately i.e. if you buy privilege for my book then that doesn't mean that you will be able to access the privileged chapters of other books.
4. What are gifts?
• When you reach the last page of any chapter, you will find three icons - comments, votes and send gifts. Gifts are bought with coins. There are 8 gifts, ranging from 5 coins to 2000 coins, that you can choose from. These gifts also add towards the author's income.
5. Why I chose to contract the book ?
• In case you haven't already guessed, I am just a student and I need to take out my own free time to write this novel and I love doing that but at the same time if I am spending so much time and effort into this book then I think that it's reasonable to want to earn some money through it. Thus, I accepted the offer for the contract. This will also help my book get more exposure through which I will be able to reach many amazing readers like you.
6. When will the chapters be locked?
• I will lock the chapters in the future but currently I am not sure when exactly I am planning to do that. This is not going to be a super long book that has thousands of chapters. I do have most of the story line for this planned out but I am still a bit unsure about the end and so I may add or remove some parts but I am sure that I will not make this book super long as I don't want to unnecessarily stretch it as in my opinion that kind of destroys the book.
If you guys have any questions that you want to ask then comment down below. My exams are going on due to which I am not able to upload but trust me, once my exams are over I will surely update but as for now I gotta go study. So bye guys!!!! And once again THANK YOU SO FREAKING MUCH !!!! This wouldn't have been possible without all of you!!!