Reborn: The Tyrant's Obsession-Chapter 192: He said—Ethereal

"Miss Yu, you don’t seem to be well.’’

Lilith’s voice snapped Ella out of her trance and she tamped down the uneasy feeling in her chest.

"Are you familiar with my secretary? This is Eli," Lilith turned to the man, "Eli, this is Miss Yu."

"We are meeting each other for the first time, I believe," Ella smiled at the man who nodded in return.

Ella had never seen the man before, in both her lives. But from the looks of it, he seemed to be working for Lilith.

Yet, for some reason, his aura was beyond that of a secretary or an assistant.

"Oh, she is Ace’s current girlfriend,’’ Lilith said to Eli, like that was the highlight of Ella’s identity.

She did it graciously but how could Ella not notice the hidden dagger in those words?

’Current girlfriend’ Which partner in the world would be happy to be introduced as their partner’s ’current’?

It was just a gracefully poisonous way of saying that: You’re a temporary toy. Just one in the line.

And Ella would’ve taken the bait, if she hadn’t known better.

Knowing the information regarding Adrian’s elder brother, Ella had no doubts that Adrian had been to the auction house yesterday to look into it, not to mingle with Lilith.

And that made her ponder over her emotional outburst after she saw Adrian and Lilith together.

She had known better than anyone that he had never been involved with any other woman. In her previous life, she would have been relieved had he gotten himself a mistress or wife and kicked her out.

But nothing like that ever happened as if she was the only one from the female species who had emotional and romantic access to the rare delicacy called ’Princess Adrian’.

"Miss Yu, I have a small gift for you."

Ella stopped the trail of her thoughts and received the golden box from Lilith’s hand, "For me?"

Lilith nodded, "Open it."

As Ella opened it, two lustrous pills entered her view.

"I went to an auction together with Ace last night. When I came across these beautifying pills, I couldn’t help but think of getting them over for you..."

"I am not dissatisfied with my looks so I barely have any use for this."

As Ella extended her hand to return the box, Lilith did not receive it, "Miss Yu, since the day I saw you for the first time, you have been losing weight rapidly. I have heard it ruins your features in the long run. You should keep it, lest you regret it in the future..." Lilith trailed off when Ella pulled out her phone and after punching a few keys, pressed it against the ear.

While at it, Ella looked at Lilith with an innocent smile. On the second ring, the call was answered and a deep ’Hello’ greeted her ears, making her nerves tingle for a split-second.

"Baby, how do I look?" Ella put the phone on speaker the moment she asked the question.

Lilith’s eyes narrowed.

There was a lingering silence in the air before Adrian’s mellow voice sounded. ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom

"Ethereal."

Let alone Lilith, even Ella’s brain glitched for a long time.

She had expected ’pretty’, even ’beautiful’ but ’ethereal’? If it came from someone else, she would have dismissed it as honeyed words. But as it came from Adrian ’I speak selectively using monosyllables’ King, Ella’s heart leapt despite herself.

She turned off the speaker and pulled the phone back to her ear, "Baby, I am a little busy right now. How about I text you back in a while?"

"Mm."

After hanging up, Ella turned to Lilith, "I doubt I have any use of these. Moreover, I am quite young, right at the age of decent cell turnover. I will manage to retain my features..."

"But if you are keen on these beautifying pills, you can keep it for yourself," Ella grabbed Lilith’s hand and placed the golden box right on her palm.

Later, Eli chased after Lilith who left the hotel with a straight face, "I told you not to do this."

"Did she just call me old?" Lilith halted in her tracks and dumped the beautifying pills in the nearest trashcan, "And she even called Ace... He..."

"What were you expecting?" Eli cut her off, "Did you think that if you humiliate her, he is going to open his eyes and realize how unappealing she is suddenly?"

Lilith looked at the man.

"The way you acted was unlike yourself. You underestimated the girl, you wanted her to know her place, and you want Mr. King to see her as less. I have provided you all the information about her and after that, shouldn’t you understand that she is more than what meets the eye?"

Lilith tilted her chin, "It was hard for me to believe that someone who was lying low for years would suddenly cause a wave in the social media, stir the Imperial University around and even Ace..." She did not finish her words.

Eli remained silent.

"It’s fine. I will let her fly for now. In a few days, we can enjoy the show you were talking about yesterday."

Eli nodded.

Lilith hesitated for a moment before she spoke, "I wanted to meet Ace before heading back to Vermilion City..."

Eli’s eyes darkened.

"But... I cannot track down his movements at all. As expected of him. When he doesn’t want to be approached, no one can find him..."

Lilith sighed, "Forget it. Daddy wanted me to familiarize myself with the business by inspecting the branch companies we have in Country V. However, the companies in Westra City are clean..."

"I have heard some flying rumors about ’Lilac’," Eli started.

"The skincare brand headquarters situated in Central Westra?" Lilith quirked a brow, "It doesn’t strike me as significant. The company has suffered a few losses but it’s not unmanageable. Not worth our attention."

...

In the central area of Westra City, a tall white building was situated. The name ’Lilac’ was written over it in sleek black cursive.

From the outside, the place looked glorious and elegant but inside the building, chaos had ensued.

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