Reborn: The Tyrant's Obsession-Chapter 231: Second Madam

"You are zoning out. Again," As soon as Professor Grimwood left the class, Kade turned to Ella.

"Is everything alright?" Ruby asked.

Ella sighed. It has been more than three days since she came back from Country A, alone.

In Country Z, everything seemed to be just as she had left them. Except, she had not seen Esther in the university for days.

Everything seemed to be going fine yet Ella’s heart was at a little unrest.

In the three days, Ella had not received a single text from Adrian, let alone a call.

That day, she did not get a proper answer to the question that she had asked Ji Yan.

Adrian’s mother, just like before, remained wrapped like a mystery.

Suddenly, a thought crossed her mind. Ji Yan didn’t but Kade must be knowing something about Adrian’s mother.

She looked at Kade, "You..."

Kade was Adrian’s half brother and so she doubted his relationship with Mrs. King would be a conventional one.

Ella opened her mouth to speak but after a moment, she closed her mouth.

Kade’s brows twitched, "The past few days, I feel like you want to say something to me but you are holding back..."

He trailed off, his eyes widening.

Within an instant, he crossed his arms in front of his chest, "Don’t tell me you fell for me? Ella, you...!"

His voice was not too loud but not too low either.

The girls who were sitting nearby glared daggers at Ella.

"I don’t want to sit beside you."

Before Ella could move away, Kade tugged her down on the seat and made a begging face at her.

Ella received another round of glares from the girls, making her heart ache.

After the results, the seating arrangements were changed according to the scores.

Yet, Kade charmed Ella’s new seatmate and managed to reserve the seat beside Ella. He had three reasonings:

He could keep an eye on Ella on his brother’s behalf, so she won’t go around seducing men and women.He had a doubt that she used some unconventional methods to do well in exams so he could uncover it.

But Ella and Ruby both knew there was a third reason that Kade did not mention and that was the real reason behind his sneaky seat switch campaign.

Kade wanted to get rid of the birds and bees surrounding him so he used Ella as the perfect shield.

"You see, I was just being cautious... I mean..." Kade whispered in Ella’s ears, his gaze darting around, "Brother finally released some of my cards after seeing my results this time. If you fall for me, won’t I need to shave my head and become a monk to get my cards again?"

Ella glared at him so hard that two daggers could pierce through his skull with that one look, "Your brother is taller, richer, hotter and a hundred times better-looking than you, and you think I will fall for someone like you?"

"_"

"What do you mean a hundred times better looking? It would be 10 times... fine 20 times at most..."

Ruby and Ella: "_" Is that the point here?

After the classes, the three of them walked out together.

As soon as he reached the gates, Kade got into his flashy red sports car and winked at the duo, "Bye, ladies!"

Ella rolled her eyes. The man really returned to his golden goose era, laying eggs everywhere once he got the money.

"Ella, are you nervous for tomorrow?"

Ella turned to Ruby, "Tomorrow?"

"You forgot... Tomorrow, we have the auditions."

Ella nodded slowly. It was true, a lot had happened since the past few days and the auditions of the drama ’The Rising Rose’ totally slipped off her mind.

"Don’t worry. I have followed your directions and prepared myself for the role. I doubt anything can go wrong with it!"

Seeing her confidence, Ruby finally smiled, "About other things... don’t worry too much."

"Other things?" Ella looked at Ruby doubtfully.

The past few days, she had felt like people did look at her a little weirdly but she had not paid attention to it. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Seeing the clueless look on her face, Ruby fell silent.

"What is it?" Ella leaned towards her, eyes narrowed suspiciously.

Ruby sighed, "The Yu Family scandal."

...

"Was it his doing?"

Ji Yan stood there with a straight face as if Ella was talking to the air, "Second Madam, I don’t know what you are talking about."

Ella choked on that form of address, "Why are you addressing me like that..."

She trailed off, realizing whose handiwork this was.

Ella was about to interrogate Ji Yan some more when he received a call.

Ji Yan stepped aside to answer the call and his face blanched visibly, "Yes, I will be there."

After the call, Ji Yan bowed to Ella, "Second Madam, I need to be away for some business. In case there is a situation or you need any help, please reach out to me."

After instructing Bertha to take care of her, he retreated.

Ella’s eyes narrowed.

A few moments after Ji Yan left, Ella rose to her feet.

"Second Madam, are you heading somewhere?" Bertha came to stand beside her.

"_"

Ella almost stumbled hearing the first two ’heavy words’.

She almost felt like the members of the Eve Mansion had a private group where they kept each other updated about everything.

Bertha arranged for the driver on Ella’s command.

"Second Madam, where to...?" The driver asked Ella politely.

Ella paused, her lips twitching slightly at the form of address yet again before she spoke, "Follow that car."

When the driver looked in the direction Ella was pointing, his jaws dropped, "T-That’s Secretary Ji’s car..."

As Adrian’s right hand man, Ji Yan was at the top of the hierarchy amongst the staff and servants. Nobody dared to mess with him.

Ella arched a brow, "What? You are not doing it?"

The driver’s looked like he would rather die than make this choice but eventually he gulped, "O-On it, Second Madam.’’