Breaking Free, Loving Again -The Flash Marriage with Mr. CEO

"Alice has gone out a while ago," Harris said while looking around to confirm that the girl wasn't around. "She probably would be on her way back."

Arwen nodded to him. "Oh, then give her a call and ask how long will it take. I have a job for her." She said and at her words, others exchanged glances before looking at Arwen with a bit suspicious gaze.

"Queen Sister, you are doing fine, right?"

Sam asked, and right after him, Charles's voice out his concern.

"Did you encounter any trouble outside?"

"If you have, Queen Sister, don't worry. We have got your back. We will help you." Nic chimed in.

Aled already reached for the laptop kept on the desk nearby. "Tell me, Queen Sister, which company offended you? We will make their shares suffer."

"Was it any socialite who spoke rudely to you?" Harris asked, his brows furrowed. "Give me her name and I will make sure she ends up on the gossip page for at least three weeks."

"Or, is it some company you want to collaborate with? We can even help you with that?" Davide offered.

And hearing them say all that, Arwen didn't know how she should react.

She would have easily taken their words as bluffs if she wasn't aware of things these guys were capable of doing. As long as she says it, she knows they all will do the things they promised her just now.

They weren't bluffing, they were serious …

Arwen's gaze darted to Aled as she saw him already moving his fingers over the keys of the laptop. And she didn't need to ask to know what he was up to.

Immediately leaping, she snatched the laptop off his hand, closing it. "Aled, my competitors are not up for you to handle, I can handle them myself." And then, she swept her gaze over everyone there, reassuring them. "And I am fine. Nobody is troubling me. So, all the six young Lords don't need to worry."

With that, she kept the laptop aside and turned back again to look at the six youngsters.

Finding them staring at her suspiciously, she couldn't help but purse her lips. "What? Now, don't you want to show me your work? I don't have much time. I need to return home and sleep. Unlike you guys, I follow the human schedule of day and night where nights require me to sleep."

As she said, she already grabbed Nic and ushered him towards his desk. "Come on, kid, show me what new game you have developed recently. Once I am done with you, I need to go around and check for the rest."

She didn't allow anyone to pursue it any further.

After a good while, she was almost done going around with everyone. They had a lot to share. They wanted to just share everything that they did while she was away. All their achievement, all their improved record, as if seeking her appreciation.

And she appreciated them. She was truly impressed by how well they were managing everything.

If come across face to face, people might not recognize them. But if mentioned the name of 'Guild of Seven Sins', there would be hardly anyone who wouldn't recognize them. It was just that they preferred to stay anonymous, operating through the suburbs that were hardly known by anyone.

Arwen didn't know ho long have passed. Just as she was done, and was about to check the time on her watch, she heard a soft voice, that was laced with overwhelming emotion.

"Queen Sister, you are really here?"

Before Arwen could even raise her gaze to see the person, a force ran straight into her arms, hugging her tight between the arms.

At first, Arwen was a bit surprised, but soon her lips curled up in a warm smile while her hands went up to caress the girl's long black locks.

"Such a warm welcome. No doubt you are the most precious one to me," she said, making no move to pull the girl away from her embrace, even after feeling her tears soaking her. She just allowed her to cry as much as she want because in a way she understood her emotion.

At this Harris, who was standing just in front of her, pouted and complained. "Queen Sister, that's not fair. Should you treat us all equally. Why does Alice gets to be your favorite?"

At this moment, the girl snorted befor turning to face the guy. "Because, I am Queen Sister's favorite. You don't deserve to be."

"You —"

"What you?" Before Harris could even say anything, Alice cut him off sharply. "Why did you not inform me earlier that Queen Sister has come. I would have raced my way here and wouldn't been this late."

Harris furrowed his brows in confusion. "Didn't I send you a text? Did you not see it?"

Alice pressed her lips ina thin line before raising a leg to kick him. "Dumbhead, in the text you just asked me to come back soon. You didn't mention Queen Sister was here. What if I would have come any late and she would have left. I would have send you straight to death."

"You —"

Once again before Harris could speak, his words were cut off.

Arwen looked at the girl in her arms and softly said, "No matter how late you would have arrive, I wouldn't have left without meeting you, Alice."

"Really?" Alice turned to look at Arwen with sparkling gaze.

Arwen simply smiled and Alice couldn't help but hug her back.

"Queen Sister, I have been missing you. If you wouldn't have showed up today, in a week or two, I would have come to find you."

"You all cane always come to find me. It's not like I have ever stopped you." Arwen said, not understanding why even after so many months none of them come to meet her. Usually they would always show up occasionally. Mostly in a month or two.

However this time, it was almost a year and none of them showed up.

So, in the end, Arwen end up coming here to find them.

"What's wrong?" Arwen asked when she saw the look of hesitation on seven faces.

Her eyes paused at Nic. He looked like he had things to say, but didn't know whether to speak it out or not.

"Nic, what do you want to say?"

"Sister, did you truly never stopped us?" he asked, after considering bhis words carefully.

When Arwen heard him, her brows tugged in a frown. "What do you mean? When did I stop you?"

Nic was about to speak, but just then Harris hold him back. Shaking his head to him, he turned to look at Arwen with his cherry smile.

"It's nothing. He just misunderstood something. How could you have stopped us? Haven't you always been very caring to us? If it hadn't been you, we would have been able to the Guild of Seven Sins."

Although Harris tried to change the topic well, Arwen still had notice the small exchange of expression between him and Nic. And apart from them, even other's expression seemed a little hesitant which further strengthened her suspicion.

Hence turning to Alice, she asked, "What is it, Alice? Won't you tell me?"

Alice exchanged gazes with other. And like before Harris shook his head to her. But just as he did, Arwen tugged on Alice's arm and probed strongly.

"Alice, tell me."

"Q-Queen Sister, we know it wasn't you, it was your Mom."