Chapter 279 - Two Hundred And Seventy-nine: Oh, Thank God (1/2)

The third point of view

Eden was troubled in his office. Ever since Isabella terrorized his daughter at his place, Anabelle has refused to leave her room not to talk of seeing him.

It was true Isabella was not a model child but she had never been this destructive, they had worked out just fine since their childhood amid their personality differences. What could have caused the rift this time?

Eden was still wondering what he could do to brighten his daughter's mood when his phone rang. Glancing down, it was a strange number, and would have ignored the call if he hadn't felt the urge to answer.

This was a restricted number, hence the only people that could get to it were his family members, a close circle of friends, and few business associates. So whoever was calling him with this unknown line, must mean something to him.

”Hello,” He picked up with a bored tone.

”Oh, thank the universe you picked,” He heard a somewhat familiar feminine voice.

Wait a minute, Eden's eyes widened.

”Reina...?”

”Yes, you guessed correctly,”

He was delighted, she finally called him. Though her company was active but finding this woman without help from questionable sources was like finding a needle in a haystack.

”I'm so happy to hear your voice. Ever Since you left me at the hospital, I've been searching -”

”Eden, I would have chit-chatted with you on normal days, but right now, I need your help,”

Eden's brows furrowed, why does she sound like she was in trouble.

”You're in trouble, aren't you?” it dawned on him.

”Yes and no: yes, there's trouble but no, I'm not the one in trouble but your cousin Niklaus and you're the only person who can save him,” She revealed in one breath.

Eden had mixed feelings about this. Why was Niklaus in trouble and how did Reina get to know about that? Were Reina and Niklaus together?

”What the hell is happening? ”He questioned, pushing aside his personal feelings.

”You were right, I'm Maya, ”

It felt like a bomb went off in his head. From the start, Eden had an inkling that the girl was Maya come back to life somehow. But since her adamant rejection of that claim, he believed her and finally began to treat her like the Reina she allegedly claims to be.

Moreover, if she was Reina, that means dating and falling for her wouldn't be wrong since she wasn't Maya, his cousin's woman. But now, all his hopes came crashing down.

Amid that, Eden was relieved that she was alive - after all, he had contributed to her death. If he had protected his artist perfectly well, she wouldn't have been assaulted by angry anti-fans and pushed down a bridge.

”M-Maya?” his throat was clogged with emotion, ” How did you -”

”I would have loved this emotional reunion and possibly reminisce the past with you but like I said, I don't have enough time and the life of Niklaus is in your hands,” she told him with all manner of seriousness.

”Fine, what's going on?” Eden decided to leave this reunion for later. What mattered was finding that annoying cousin of his.

”Well, as you all know I'm Reina princess Armani but what you don't know is that I'm a Sakuzi. Sadly, it turns out that my father and Niklaus have quite a long history. He betrayed my father during a shady business deal which resulted in a shootout that claimed the life of the brother I don't know but called Maxwell and Kay, Niklaus's wife as well..”

Eden froze when that information was passed into his ears. It has been so long already, why was that case reopened again. If only they knew that he was the one who had leaked their location to the police force that night.

”Turns out that Sakuzi's are big on revenge and now, my father is insistent on hurting Niklaus. I've done my best but I'm helpless here neither is my father changing his mind anytime soon. Niklaus told me that I should seek you out, that you'd know what to do, ”

Eden rubbed his jaw, thoughtfully. Was Niklaus telling him to confess? But if he does that, Sakuzi's anger would be shifted to him and probably multiplied since he had hidden that secret for years.

”I'm sorry but I can't do that, ” Eden relayed.

”What?!” He sensed the disappointment in her tone, ”You can't be serious,”

”I'm sorry but unlike Niklaus who has a daughter, father, aunt, and you, Anabelle has only me; nothing should happen to me,” He told her.

”I never knew you were this selfish and here I was, about to tell you that I have the permanent cure for Anabelle's poison. So then, are you going to bust Niklaus in exchange for that?” She proposed a deal to him.

Eden thought hard over it and responded, ”I'm sorry Reina but I still can't do it,”

”Even with the deal? ”

”If you can find the cure, that means my team would make a breakthrough soon,”