Meanwhile, Alicia who had been too deep into her mind for hours on end finally opened her eyes. She could not find anything else that was new about Ezekiel, but she had found some interesting and helpful things that she could convey to Lilith that might be useful one day.
Her eyes immediately fell onto the bed and the moment she saw that it was empty, her eyes widened in panic. Damn it! She quickly looked at the floor to ceiling window which was covered with thick dark curtains and saw that it was still dawn.
As though the house was on fire, Alicia hastily searched the whole house for him. How could he wake up so early?! Did he not even need sleep?
To her relief, she found him in the living room. He was already dressed in that signature outfit of his. All black and regal and menacing. However, she could not even deny that the whole look worked for him, as if the clothes were just made to be worn by him.
Lucas and another man were already standing alongside him as well.
"Is Kyle ready?" Ezekiel’s voice echoed. That was the first sentence that Alicia had heard him speak in a long time that she had almost forgotten how he sounded like.
"Yes, boss. Everything’s ready."
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Alicia of course followed after them, making sure to stick a bit closer to the prince of all statues which was Ezekiel. She knew she could not afford to take her eyes off him, knowing how just how unfathomable he was. She would lose him the moment she got even the slightest bit distracted.
They all went to the building’s rooftop where a helicopter was ready and waiting. Alicia nonchalantly climbed into the passenger seats with them. She was expecting and waiting for them to talk to glean more information, but all throughout the trip, no one spoke at all.
Back then, she had found out that the other prince who was the second to the youngest was in another country and schooling there. Was that missing prince been sent off for schooling somewhere else as well? For some reason, Alicia doubt that that was the case.
"Did you look over the rules I gave to you to review?" she heard Ezekiel ask Kyle as they entered into a private jet.
"Yes." Kyle replied shortly. The young man’s face had even matured a lot more now as well, since the last time she had seen him. He did not look like that soft young boy he was anymore. Gone were the sparkly eyes and cute smiles. But in its place, stood a tough, and cold guy as well. To be honest, Alicia was not pleased at all with his changes. Because it was as though Kyle was being slowly infected by Ezekiel’s coldness and heartlessness. She did not want him to be statue version no.2 after Ezekiel.
"Damn you Ezekiel, what did you do to my sweet little Kyle? Must you infect him with your coldness like this? Look at him, he’s slowly becoming just like you!" Alicia mumbled agitatedly as she stood behind Ezekiel. "He doesn’t even smile anymore! Are you really trying to turn him into another prince of statues like you?"
Since Alicia was right behind him, she did not get to see how Ezekiel’s enigmatic expression changed for one brief moment as if he heard what she had said.
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