When Adonis went to the balcony, he saw a small boy, probably three or four years old sitting on the floor and a plate of cake in front of him.
When the child noticed someone had come, he stared at the intruder with his peach blossom eyes.
Adonis couldn't help smiling at the beautiful kid.
He went to sit near him.
"Are you hurt somewhere?"
The child stared at him for a while and then extended his hands hesitantly towards Adonis.
Adonis checked his hands but didn't find any cut so he concluded that the child must have hit his hand on something.
He caressed his hands and said,"Don't worry, this pain will be gone soon. God will help good children heal fast. I'll blow on it and it will be gone by tomorrow."
The child just stared at Adonis while Adonis blew on his hand.
"What are you doing here alone?"
Adonis noticed that the kid was staring at the cake time and again, so he smiled and asked,"You want to eat the cake? Do you want me to feed you?"
The child looked at Adonis in daze again and nodded his head, this time enthusiastically.
Adonis caressed his fluffy hair.
"Okay, come here."
Also the whole time Adonis was feeding him, he kept on staring at Adonis.
After they were done, Adonis stood up and said,"Where are your parents? Do you know? I'll take you there."
The child didn't answer his question but after a while he held Adonis's hands and said cautiously,"I'm sleepy."
"But I don't know where to take you to sleep. Wait I'll-"
Before Adonis finished, he was dragged to a room.
Adonis didn't notice but it was a lavish room.
"Is this your room?"
He saw the kid nod his head.
Then the kid adorably opened his shoes, claimed in bed with much effort, sat there and patted the place near him.
Adonis now didn't know what to do.
"You want me to help you sleep?"
The kid nodded enthusiastically again.
"But it's rude to get in someone's bed without informing the head-"
When Adonis saw those peach blossom eyes droop down he couldn't help but give in.
"It's not like I'm stealing something, come on baby I'll help you to sleep."
And for the first time he saw a smile on the child's face.
Adonis felt a warm and fuzzy feeling in his heart. The feeling was so warm that he wanted to hug the kid and never let go.
His mother might always be happy to have such an adorable kid around her all day.
Adonis lied beside the kid in the bed.
The child held Adonis's hands tightly. He kept on staring at Adonis.
Adonis smiled. He caressed his head and asked him,"What is your name?"
The kid smiled brightly again and said,"Osiris."
"What a beautiful name. Now sleep dear Osiris."
After a while, Adonis noticed that Osiris had fallen asleep clutching Adonis's sleeves.
He had to go but he didn't want to remove his hands.
Hesitantly, he did it.
Not finding something to hold onto the child stirred.
Adonis took out his handkerchief and put it in Osiris's hands. Osiris held into it tightly and smiled, sleeping peacefully.
Adonis felt his heart stirr again. Same warm and fuzzy feeling inside his heart.
After taking a last look at Osiris, he exited the room and walked down the unfamiliar corridor.
He saw that maids were rushing in the corridor speaking something.
He heard just a bit of it "Young mas-" before he heard another familiar voice.
"Young Master, I've been searching for you for a long time. Where were you?"
"I was just-"
"We have to go to the town right now. It's about our mine deal."
"Okay, let's go."
The plain looking carriage stopped at the busy part of town with narrow alleys. This part of town was called Thief's Alley.
Two people wearing plain clothes came out of it.
A carriage without a family crest mark there could only mean two things, first is that the people weren't noble enough to have crest or they were too noble to show their crest in the Thief's Alley.
One led the other to a man standing in front of a bakery. After only having exchanged less than three words, the three men went inside the busy bakery.
"Nice to meet you, Young Master Blake. I heard you contacted my butler to request for something as well as told us that you could help us?"
Blake was a noble looking guy with a more than outstanding calm temperament.
He sipped his tea and said,"It is a pleasure to meet such a praiseworthy noble, Young Master Adonis. What Young Master has heard is truly correct. I can help Young Master with his issue whereas I also have a request."
"And that would be."
"I want to have a share in the mine Young Master wants to buy. If Young Master agrees to that I can become the lackey owner you guys want."
Adonis smiled, twirling the dessert fork in his fingers and said,"Son wants to have just one of the Eight parts in what father is selling."
He just looked at Blake Delve. He was the son of Count Alexander Delve who was currently the owner of the mine.
Blake Delve spoke,"You might have or not known but my mother was a mistress of the Count. It is her family mine. She gave it to him in exchange for me becoming a noble legal son. She had told him to wait till I'm 25 and he'll find diamonds in the mine. But by the time I was twenty, he lost his patience and started digging and since he didn't find anything for three years, he was trying to sell it and even kicked me out of the household."
"Is it for revenge?"
"I won't say it's revenge since I was never hurt. I never expected anything from that man. I just think my mother made a losing deal. She might be regretting her signing the papers, I just want to reduce her regrets so she can rest in peace."
Adonis finally cut the desert and ate it.
"Ummm. Nice. Rosie, we should take some to home too. Everyone will like this."
Osiris's image flashed in his mind when he said that.
[That child also seemed to like sweets.]
"Yes, Young Master. I'll order some when our business is finished."
He gave her a nod and looked at Blake Delve.
"How about you become the actual owner of the Diamonds, Young Master Blake?"
"I beg your pardon."
"If you buy our share of diamonds too, you will become the actual owner of all the Diamonds."
Blake Delve stared at his plate for a while and looked up at Adonis who was smiling at him.
How could a person who was hardly twenty think of this.
"What will Young Master gain if I open a Jewelry Shop?"
Adonis smirked.
"Young Master Blake is intelligent."
He put his fork down and laced both his hands.
"I won't beat around the bush anymore. I'll get information and a credible, intelligent and loyal partner. What more will one wish for? If the Young Master is good with the deal then, let's sign the contract. I've already signed my part."
Rosie took out the paper and put it in front of Blake Delve.
Blake Delve smiled and said,"Young Master is much more intelligent than I thought."
"It is Young Master who is praiseworthy, I have a capable person like Rosie on my side who assists me to a great level but Young Master Blake was able to find out and understand my plan on his own. Wouldn't I be a fool to let Young Master go?"
Both of them laughed.
After reading thoroughly, Blake Delve signed the contract.
Rosie took out another paper from her and put it in front of Blake Delve.
As soon as Blake read the paper, the look on his face changed.
"This-I-my-thank you so much-mother."
Adonis patted him on the shoulder and said,"It's okay, Young Master. Now we are partners. We need to understand each other and work together. We have to think about the other before making a decision. Both Young Master and I."
"Thank you so much. I will show you my loyalty and seriousness with my work."
They parted ways after shaking their hands.
On the way home, Rosie asked Adonis,"When did Young Master search about Young Master Blake Delve?"
"After he came to us."
"Why did you decide to make him your Alley?"
"Because he came to us first. I like that. Blake Delve is a very straightforward person. He won't betray us."
"Understood."
[And of course there is another reason. Blake Delve is a business genius. Every business he touched, he turned it into something enormous. He had become so rich that the first prince who was king then checked everything with the intention of framing him but didn't find even a slight mistake worthy of fining him. The God of wealth had walked into his door with Blake Delve himself sending a letter to him. How could he let go of that?]
Adonis smiled.
Now no one and nothing can stop his plans.