What was this mysterious alien doing on earth and how did he get here? Was he the one pulling the strings behind the five great nations sudden hostility towards him? What was he's after?
Luke had all this questions in his head, but the answers were not going to magically appear.
Luke heard the a knock on the door and with a wave of his hand, the holographic system disappeared.
Steve walked into the room, "Steve, what's the emergency?" Luke asked.
The only time Steve bothered him like this at this late in the night was when it was an extreme emergency, anything else he would wait for morning.
"Sir the monitoring unit at HQ commander saids he has important info to report to you ASAP! Steve reported.
"Schedule a meeting with him first thing tomorrow morning when I get to the crystals citadel''
"Understood sir!" Steve responded before leaving the room.
After the door was closed Luke stood in the study for a while.
"What do you think of the Level 1 Limit Breaker?" Luke asked as if asking the books in the study.
"I may have an idea who he is?'' A man in a black armour suddenly appeared from the dark.
"You have an idea who he is?" Luke asked a bit surprised.
Then go ahead and tell me then" Luke was quite curious to find out the identity of the mysterious alien.
Dark shadow hesitated before going ahead, "There is something The Venerable Four are yet to inform you of.. grant me the permission! Dark shadow said as he knelt down.
Luke couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. The Venerable Four were right below him in hierarchy when it comes to the Archman civilization. They literally trained him and taught him everything he needed to know about the wider universe.
"Go ahead, I grant you permission!"
...
The next day, Beatrice woke up to see Luke leaning on the door with his hands folded on his chest as he observed her sleep, "It's so unlike you to wake up so late" Luke said with a smile.
Oh no! What's the time?" Beatrice asked as she rushed out of bed, "fifteen minutes past eight, Luke casually said.
Why didn't you wake me up? Beatrice asked as she rushed to the bathroom.
"That's not the bathroom door, the bathroom door is on the right'' Luke directed her. Why was she forgetful, Luke shook his head.
....
When Beatrice returned from the bathroom, Luke was already dressed up in a black suit.
I moved all your clothes here" Luke said as he pointed at a walk in closet,
"I'll be waiting for you downstairs, Luke said as he left the room.
Beatrice couldn't help but sigh, things were getting a little distant between them and she didn't like that, but she also wanted to be assured that this Luke was the one she was used to.
Luke waited downstairs for Beatrice, then a goddess descended.
Beatrice wore a tailored white blouse, dark grey tailored trousers, and a simple piece of jewelry, her sleek hair and subtle makeup radiating a sense of refined sophistication and effortless beauty"
Luke couldn't take his eyes of her, she looked stunning.
Luke stretched his hands to help her climb, down the stairs.
"You look stunning" Luke said with a smile. Beatrice couldn't help blush upon hearing him''
"Thank you'' she simply said. Just as she took a step, Luke gently pushed her towards him.
"I know you have your reservations about me, I didn't intend to hide anything from you nor did I mean to hurt you.
But you don't have to worry about anything, I'm still the man you fell for, this is the real me and nothing will ever change how I feel about you"
Luke spoke with a gentle voice as he held Beatrice in his hands.
"And how do you feel about me?" Beatrice asked stammering
Luke simply lowered his head and kissed her juicy red lips with no warning.
Beatrice fell electric pass through her body, after the kiss, "I love you!'' Luke said as he looked into Beatrice eyes.
Beatrice could see how genuine and sincere Luke was being just by looking at his clear lake blue eyes which looked like calm lake.
Beatrice wrapped her hands around Luke and gave him a kiss on the lips, "From now on, no more secrets!'' she said back with a smile.
Beatrice couldn't tell what the future had installed for them, but what she was sure of was that she'll never abandon Luke unless he abandoned her. She was going to stand by him as long as he needed her.
Luke couldn't help but smile back, Beatrice looked more beautiful than any sunrise or sunsets to him.
The couple stood in the middle of the room smiling at each other, the awkwardness between them could be said to have settled.
"Let's go, they are waiting for us.'' Luke said as he held Beatrice hand.
.....
In Luke's motorcade,
Who are we going to meet? Beatrice asked curiously.
"My mother, sister and some directors of Archman Group nothing to worry about" Luke said as he rested his head head on Beatrice in the car.
"Sir your meeting with the Monitoring unit commander has been rescheduled after your board meeting"
Luke nodded.
You'll be holding a board meeting? Beatrice asked.
My mom called for it, it's probably her gift to you, you are her daughter in-law after all" Luke said.
After a few minutes, the motorcade entered into the Triangular territory of the Crystal Citadel.
Beatrice was amazed, Inside the triangle was completely different from Gold country and the world, it looked like a totally complete different world, the only way she could describe it was beautiful.
It looked more advanced yet simple than any
other city or country she had ever visited.
This city is built to be humanity last shelter, unless an extinction event that completely destroys the planet , this place will never fall to any attack or disaster, Luke said confidently.
It didn't take long for them to arrive before a building made of pure crystals, the sunlight reflection on the crystals made it glitter in various colours.
Luke stepped out first and opened the door for Beatrice.
Beatrice couldn't help but look at the magnificent building in awe, it was a wonder in architecture.
Luke took her by the hands and walked her in with a smile.
All the workers stopped to greet the couple, majority of the workers had never seen Luke before, to them today was the first time.
Luke took Beatrice to the executive meeting room where his board executives and family were were already seated.
Diana, Luke mom immediately pulled her daughter in-law for a hug, "Poor girl, you must have been so confused and scared after the stunt that brat pulled" she said as she glanced coldly at Luke.
Luke rolled his eyes before taking the main seat, why was his mother pretending to be innocent? She had a whole lot of opportunities to tell Beatrice the truth but she didn't. She's also to be partly blamed.
Diana guided Beatrice gently to the seat next to her. Luke sisters couldn't help but smile wryly. Their mother doted on their sister in law a little too much.
"The reason I calledfor this meeting was to introduce my daughter in law to the executive board"
"Welcome Mrs Archman!"
'It's a pleasure to meet you!
The twelve executives exchanged a few pleasantries with Beatrice before Diana continued.
"That vagabond son of mine couldn't even prepare a proper wedding for my daughter in-law, this issue has quite bothered me for sometime now" Diana said glaring at her son.
She turned to Beatrice her expression softening, " Dear, forgive us for our negligence, I hope you don't blame us too much!" She said gently.
"You don't have to worry mother, I was rather the one who rushed things with Luke!'' she said with feeling ashamed.
"Nonsense it's not your fault! It's definitely his fault!" Diana comforted.
"And so I've decided to give you all my shares of Archman Group! Consider it your dowry"
Silence
Luke couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly, he owed eighty percent of Archman Group shares, the remaining twenty were owned by his mother.
The twelve executives couldn't help but swallow their breath!
All twelve of them were renowned business men and women with companies with a net worth a few billions.
When the young Luke approached them to buy shares in his company and invest, they gave it shot and invested in the boy vision which was frightening to them at that time.
At that time each of them had owned 7 percent shares of Archman Group, with Luke only owning 16 percent.
But in the contract they signed with Luke, the was a clause that stated that Luke had a time limit of three years to buy back those shares at a price of hundred billion per share.
They had no problem signing that since that clause was impossible to fulfill,no matter how ambitious Luke vision was, that simply wasn't possible. But as fate would have it, Luke was able to buy back all his shares within three years.
Though they were reluctant, a deal was a deal, besides Luke power within the group had grown too powerful for them to even think about fighting him so they opted to sell it all to him, making him the sole share holder, untill twnenty percent of the shares were transfared to his mother.
The reason why Luke gave that much to his mother was to put a leash on his power. The twenty percent shares contained enormous power that could in some situations veto Luke's decision.
That made that twenty percent shares so important, because only that twenty percent can go against Luke.
Though Beatrice didn't know how enormous that shares was, she tried to reject it, but of course Diana stopped her from objecting.
With this shares you can truly become Mrs Archman, it also prevents him from bullying you!" Diana said jokingly.
"Are you sure you want to do that, mother?" Luke asked with an unbothered expression.
Diana ignored him and pulled out the necessary paperwork for Beatrice to sign, Beatrice was reluctant at first but through Diana persuasion, she was forced to sign.
"Now the responsibility of the first wife of the Archman family has fallen to you! You are truly now Mrs Archman, it's no longer just a title, but it holds weight.
Now I can successfully retire in peace" she said laughing.
After the meeting, Beatrice and Diana along with Luke's siblings were left to show Beatrice around.
Luke headed for his office, two men in the monitoring unit uniform were waiting for him in the lounge area, he identified one of them as the monitoring unit commander.
"Commander, to what do I owe the pleasure of your visit?" Luke asked with a smile.