"hey, Dahlia" came Freya's nervous voice.
"where are you?" Dahlia asked with a stiff voice. Freya took a short while to reply. She hated to do this but it was necessary for her plan.
"I am with…. With Yelia" she lied. Dahlia closed her eyes and let out a sigh. Her sister just lied to her because of this man. " we are having lunch" Freya said. Dahlia did not say anything more and just hanged the phone. She opened her eyes and saw Freya walk back to the table with Eder. Dahlia then drove away from there.
Inside the restaurant….
Freya came back to her seat looking a bit disturbed.
"Is everything alright?" Eder's voice pulled her out of her thoughts.
"uh.. no. no don't worry" she replied
"you shouldn't lie to your sister. Won't she get angry when she will know it?"
"I don't know" Freya said causing Eder to frown.
"what do you mean you don't know. Don't she get angry at you some times?"
"she does get angry but never against me thankfully" Freya said.
"why thankfully?"
"well,because her anger is something no one ever wish to see" Freya whispered and Eder narrowed his eyes in a contemplative manner.
"so what would she do when she will know you lied?"
"I prefer not to know. That's why I am not going to tell her anything"
"I see."
"so, enough talking about my sister. Tell me why you invited me here?"
"just so we could discuss. I wanted to know who I am dealing with and your sister is not the cooperative type" he said.
"you are right. She is sometimes difficult to understand. Authoritative, controlling and rude but she raised me and I love her"
"you love her just because she raised you?"
"no, I just love her. She is my only family"
"if it's not indiscreet, what happened to your family?" Freya looked down at her hands "sorry. I shouldn't have asked. Let's order" he said and called a waiter. They order meat. When the waiter left, they started to talk about trivial things. Freya sat happily chatting with him. It was good of her to be able to have someone like her to talk to. Someone who was not her cold sister or human.
At the end of their lunch date, Eder dropped Freya at her friend's house, where she had left her car. He promised to call her and drove away. Freya turned around, only to see her friend walking out of the house, with a surprised and exited look on her face.
"oh my God. What just happened? You need to tell me everything in details" Yelia pulled Freya into the house.
***
Eder reached his office, full of new information. Matt was walking behind him wondering about what Freya could have told him. He had asked but Eder said that they would talk about it later. When the reached his office's floor, Eder froze in the corridor. He had felt something, or someone more exactly. What was she doing here? He wondered. He walked over to his office and his secretary came to him.
"Mr Galann, you-" Eder cut his secretary off by raising his hand and he proceeded to enter the office.
There he found two women. One he was expecting, and one he was not.
"well, what luck brought you two here today?" he asked lightly.
Dahlia sat there quietly with Anna seating on another couch. Dahlia was in a bad mood and it showed in her aura which she did not care to canalize. Anna on her side was sweaty and also seating quietly, frozen like she was scared and she was. She looked like a child waiting for her mom's scolding.
It was funny to Eder when he remembered how Anna badmouthed Dahlia the night of the bidding. Now she was their completely trembling when she could have spoken to her directly. What a coward! In the same time, Dahlia had her particular charm that made people like this.
"we need to talk" Dahlia's cold voice echoed. "alone" she added. Eder gave Anna a glance and she immediately scurried away. Now they were alone. Dahlia stood up and slowly walked over to him. He did not move nor flinched. He just waited for her.
"listen Mr Galann, i don't want you close to my sister. Stop seeing her, don't contact her. I don't want you hundred meters around her. That's all I had to say." she said and started to walk away.
"else what?" Eder asked looking outside the window. Dahlia looked back at him.
"keep your distance from my life, or will destroy you!" she said those words with great threat and warning etched in her voice. However, Eder only got more amused. He approached her slowly and stood close to her with a soft smile.
"I am looking forward to it" he whispered softly with a small smirk that shook Dahlia's countenance. That man wasn't scare of her? Not even a bit?
"fine" she muttered and left him him with a smile on his handsome face.
***
Freya walked inside the mansion with a smile on her face but her smile disappeared when she saw that Dahlia was on her usual place but the fire was off, everything was cold and dark in the house. Freya found it really weird.
Dahlia sat there in the dark with a wine glass in her hand. Freya could see her sister's eyes gleaming in the dark and she could feel her dark aura around the whole parlor. Freya could only wonder what was going on? It was rare that her sister got in this state. Something must have happened.
"D- Dahlia?" she called hesitantly. "wha- what is going on? Why is everything so dark?"
"where were you?" Dahlia asked calmly.
"I - I was with Yelia"
"the whole day?" Freya took a short while to answer
"yes" she lied.
"Freya" Dahlia suddenly called with a voice which sent shivers all over Freya's body.
"y- yes?" she replied. Dahlia stood up and walked over to her. Her every steps were lite but still made Freya's heart pound. Dahlia stood right in front of her sister. She was a bit taller than Freya so she looked down on her sister.
"I warned you, Freya. I warned you" she said and then walked away. Freya was left standing there wondering what was happening. Is it possible that she got to know that she met Eder? No right? Well, knowing her sister it won't be surprising. She knew much things. Does it mean she knew? Freya's eyes widened and she looked back but her sister was gone.
"oh God" she walked to Dahlia's room. She knocked but she got no reply, she pushed the door opened and peeked inside but she did not find anyone there. With a sigh, she closed the door again and went to her room feeling conflicted. She wondered if it was necessary to continue, but she felt like it was.