112 Chapter 112: Invitation to Southampton City (2/2)
”Yeah. What's up?”
”I need to ask you something. Come on in.” she stepped aside and waved me inside her office. I nodded and then glanced at my friends.
”Please go on ahead without me.”
”Okay!” Harvey said, as hyper as always. The other two nodded in compliance, and then I stepped through the door.
”What's up, Alicia?” I asked. She had returned to sit behind her desk, and was scanning through the holographic screen projected upward after gesturing for me to take a seat in the chair just opposite her huge table.
”I received an email from Cecilia.” She turned the holographic screen around to show an image recording of the Stuart heiress. Instead of playing it, Alicia summed up the message for me. ”Basically Cecilia's father has invited us to attend her engagement ceremony.”
”…engagement ceremony?” I blanched at that. That was totally unexpected. I wasn't sure how I should feel about that. Maybe amusement and the desire to offer my congratulations. ”That's great news. So she finally found a guy good enough to be her fiancé?”
”Something like that.” Cecilia flipped the screen around, opened a text message and read through it. ”Shawn Franklin. He is the second guy in our generation to defeat her in combat, after you. And he isn't committed to a relationship at the moment, so Cecilia decided that he's the one for her. He's understandably delighted, or so I hear.”
I could see photographs of the handsome but smug-looking guy in social media. He had wavy, blond hair and a face that would put a supermodel to shame. Underneath his luxurious clothes was a sturdy build and lithe figure that was coiled with power, as if he was about to lunge at a target at any time. Reminded me of a predator.
”He seems strong.” I nodded. Alicia made a face.
”That's all you have to say?”
”Well…isn't Cecilia looking for a strong person to be her fiancé in the first place?” I shrugged. ”He does look the type.”
Alicia studied me, half relieved and half astonished, and then she nodded.
”Yeah…he's not too bad. A bit on the arrogant and snobbish side, but he has the looks, strength and skills to back it up. He's also from a wealthy background too. The Franklin family owns a corporation that sells fashion products globally, and are associated with the universal movie industry.”
”That's quite the catch,” I remarked. Then I frowned. ”So what does that have to do with me? Why are they inviting me along too?”
”…well…it's because you nuked the three Crastrates and became the center of attention of the media for the last month or so.” Alicia giggled. ”Cecilia's father is curious about you, and wants to personally meet you. He regrets not being able to personally talk to you when we first went to Southampton City all those months ago.”
Personally, I preferred if it stayed that way. I wasn't fond of meeting a middle-aged man I had never seen before. Sure, Cecilia's father was probably some big shot and extremely famous figure known throughout the Global Federation, but all the more reason I wanted to stay away from him. Thomas Whitmore was intimidating enough, but for someone of his exalted rank, he wasn't too bad. Especially since he was ex-military.
I wasn't sure I could say the same about Stuart…
”He was very impressed by your display, and wonders what could have been if you were the fiancé instead of Shawn Franklin.” Alicia scowled. ”But he's aware of your relationship with me, which is why he invited me along as well.”
Now was a good time as any to approach that topic.
”…what exactly is our relationship?” I asked uncertainly, hoping that Alicia wouldn't blow up in my face. Even if it sounded like a perfectly reasonable question to me…you know how women are. Men just couldn't understand them.
Alicia stopped abruptly, staring at me for a moment. Then she smiled sweetly.
”…that's a good question.” she shrugged. ”To everyone else, we are a couple.”
I felt more confused. ”…are we?”
”What do you think?”
Fuck. I hated playing these games. ”Probably not officially. I mean, we never really discussed what exactly we should do. After our match…”
”Then, shall we make it official?”
”Uh…okay?” I wondered if I was giving the right answer. Alicia seemed pretty pleased with my reply, though. She nodded.
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”Then I guess our first official date will begin this Saturday. We'll meet at Jing Tian station in the morning. Don't train too hard on Friday night – it'll be a long trip to Southampton City.”