148 You are Celine? (1/2)

”Then let's go.”, Celine said, before getting up from the couch. ”Do you want to drive or should I? But let me warn you, I haven't driven for a long time.”

”Just tell me where to go and I'll drive.”, Ivan said.

The two of them went into the garage, where Ivan selected a black Audi for them to take. After boarding the car, Celine told him the route to one of the biggest shopping malls in the city, Kurd Mall.

After parking their car, the two of them entered the mall. It was the first time Ivan saw such a mall. Until now he had always shopped in the smaller stores at the alliance, which were very different from this mall. With the targeted customer group being the members of the alliance, they were mainly focused on practicality and ease of finding what one needs. In the mall, on the other hand, the customers were normal citizens, who, after school, hadn't fought even a single time. Of course, their expectations would be different.

When he first entered he admired the great hall, which white marble floor together with the warm lighting gave it a very welcome atmosphere. While the sides were occupied by a multitude of shops, the center was filled with plants, seating areas, and cafes.

While he was still looking around an arm wound around his. It was Celine's who now stood close beside him, making them look like any other couple walking around here.

”Let's get some clothes first.”, she proposed and subtle pulled him towards one of the stairs leading up to the second floor.

On the second floor were a multitude of clothing stores. They were separated into four groups: children, woman, man and mixed, with the woman area being the biggest. This made it easy to see that women made up a large part of the customers of this mall. All of the stores belonged to known brands, which Ivan knew nothing about.

Under Celine's lead, they arrived before a store, which seemed to offer all kinds of woman clothes. It seemed like she was familiar with the store, as when she entered she directly walked towards one of the young women in uniform, which were waiting to serve the customers.

”Hey, Lia.”, she greeted the woman, but only earned a confused look in response. It seemed that the woman was unable to recognize her, which wasn't a surprise, considering her drastic change.

Celine didn't felt slighted since she understood that fact and only told her with a smile, ”I'm Celine. You know, the old woman in a wheelchair.”

When she said that a flash of recognition flashed through Lia's eyes, but was once again replaced with confusion.

”You are Celine? But ...”, she asked in confusion.

”Yeah. I was ill before and have now recovered.” while saying that, she removed her arm around Ivan's and walked towards the young woman.

”Really? You told me you were ill, but this transformation is just too huge.”, Lia was still unbelieving. It had only been one week since she last saw Celine, so seeing her having changed so much in just one week wasn't something she could believe.

”Do I have to first tell everyone about what happened when we first met?”, Celine jokingly treated her.

Lia hurriedly shook her head, ”No need, no need. I believe you.”

Ivan looked at the two of them with a gentle smile. It seemed like the two of them were good friends. Although he wondered how that had happened, it should have something to do with that first meeting Celine mentioned, and it didn't seem appropriate to ask about it.

Now that the first confusion had been solved, the two women started to happily chat, leaving Ivan with nothing to do. He slowly walked around the store, looking at the different dresses on display.

All of them were well made and looked beautiful. Finally, he stopped before one of the simpler clothes on display. It was a cream-colored suit for women, which he thought would fit Lara very well.

”You want to buy it for Lara?”, suddenly a voice behind him asked.

Surprised he turned around and saw the woman who had asked the question. It was Yevina who stood behind him. She was accompanied by her fiancee Key who greeted him as well.

”Hello, Ivan.”

”Hello”, Ivan returned the greeting, before asking Yevina, ”How did you know that I was wanting to buy this suit for Lara?”

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She shrugged, ”I guessed it. From what Key has told me about her, that would be something one could gift his sister. For other women, it would be kind of weird to gift a suit instead of a dress.”, she then explained.

”Oh, so that's how it is.”, Ivan nodded in understanding before asking the two of them, ”Right, how come you are here?”

”Haha, this mall belongs to the Imperial Trust Fund, so we regularly check it out.”, Key explained.

Ivan looked around and saw, that everyone was ignoring them. ”It doesn't seem like the employees here know that you are their boss.”, he then commented.

”They don't. Or to be exact they don't know that I'm their boss. Our family has always been secretive with our appearance. Just check out some videos of our public appearances and you will find out that we look very different in them. It would be such a hassle if everyone knew how we look in reality.”, Key explained.