
A few weeks ago, Nina was still working in the kitchen with her apron, staring with dim eyeballs outside the light circle of the Ricci family's luxury. But now, it was Olivia's turn to observe the moment of Nina's dramatic revelation.
The oppressed son-in-law was debuting in front of a crowd packed the vast courtyard of Villa Ricci. The courtyard has now been transformed into an area full of red carpets and tables of various dishes. Nina looks stunning in a mask of falsehood - rows of sweet peeking teeth behind tiny lips - and circulates among the invited guests like a reliably imaging socialite.
Nina did not smile that wide if she was venting anger in front of them - she and Naomi. Just wait until Nolan gets home and we're gonna kick this rotten girl into the streets, Olivia's grudge comes to heart. Naomi by her side was impatient to see the moment where Nina would be competing. The girl looked at Nina with a fiery flame. Hateful without being overrun.
"I wouldn't do it if I were you."
It sounds like someone is interrupting the design of future scenes that are revolving in their thinking. Olivia and Naomi were jolted away when Sindoorah appeared in the middle of the two. They kept as safe a distance as possible from Nina's guest of honor.
"Don't think you're gonna win. Don't be happy just yet, fake shaman!" Olivia cursed Sindoorah without hesitation. Perhaps only Naomi seemed intimidated and tried so hard not to make physical contact with the Rabbit Man, while Olivia had obviously experienced something. Yesterday, his mother returned to the room with a view as if she wanted to burn down the entire villa Ricci. Naomi asks why, but Olivia prefers to hold her own thoughts.
Naomi memorized, sometimes Olivia will close herself if there are serious things that she is considering. Naomi just doesn't know when the mother will give birth to the secret plan.
When Olivia swerved across-the-way toward the princess-sharply, Naomi realized that her mother had reached a point of decision. Naomi felt a bit heavy-hearted when Olivia moved her chin as a signal for the princess to leave her with the Rabbit Man. There was no other choice for Naomi.
Sindoorah's red lips lifted as she read Olivia's heart. The woman approached him. While in the corner of his eyes, he could see Nina was enjoying a moment of glory with the attention of the people. The existence of Ricci's son-in-law who was originally dark, has now been lit up. In a moment, it was possible that the pseudo-glitter would fade away, even be wiped out by the vile plan that rose in Olivia's mind.
"Say, Mr. Sin. What has Nina given you for her to rule?"
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The alarm warning sign of danger was carried by the breeze to where Nina was. He was serving a stale chatter of the capital when he saw Olivia talking at a suspicious distance with Sindoorah.
Nina knew that something was wrong with Sindoorah's red lip curvature, even from her position at the time. Hurriedly he ended the story of the number one woman of Halimun Hill under the pretext of saying goodbye to the restroom. The woman did not care because she was immediately surrounded by sycophant socialites who were looking for face.
However, Nina's intention to reach Sindoorah must be hindered by someone who suddenly appears to pull her hand to get away from the crowd.
Nina is shocked when she learns that this man is Commander Gerald. The police commander seemed to be not well in Nina's view: dark eyes like cloudy eyes caused by lack of sleep, failed to be helped by the pale complexion around him, instead of giving a clean impression after shaving.
"You're so stubborn, Mr. Detective Chief." Nina made a slow voice, even barely swallowed by the party in the distance. Commander Gerald pulled him behind the pillar, just below the balcony. The place looked deserted as the center of the party was taking place in the courtyard. He wondered why the commander could be in this place now, while Nina remembered not inviting him.
"You didn't give me much choice, Nina.
Nina's eyelids clenched slightly to hear Commander Gerald's name. The man did not hesitate anymore to jump over the wall of formality between them and Nina knew why. These police commanders behave as if they are bound by a special relationship since the first fucking incident. If he were the old Nina, he might blush at the commander's seemingly inarticulate tone of hospitality. Chief Commander Gerald must have turned his back on his supposed position.
"I'm not going to apologize for the trouble you made yourself, Detective Chief." Nina speaks flat. He wanted to know where the limits of the commander faced with his persistent attitude. If Nina could read the heart of the commander when she looked at him sharply.
"I realized I had asked for your help at the wrong time. Norman Ricci's death has nothing to do with you, but your cooperation has helped me to achieve the truth hidden in this villa, Nina."
Gerald immediately targeted the core of his arrival to meet Nina. And, the police commander chose the right time, in the midst of the festivities full of buzzing chatter as well as the clanking of tableware, while he was trying to sniff out the incongruity that goes on between his in-laws and Sindoorah now.
Nina imagines the furore that would occur if she started a fight with current Commander Gerald: guests were scattering home and the story of the young mistress in Ricci's troublemaking villa would be a city-wide meal.
Sounds sensational, indeed, but the tranquility of Nina's life will then end. Because in this country, anomalies are not as well liked as the terasi aroma. Or maybe ... otherwise? Whatever it was, Nina did not want the story of her to be mixed into a cheap sensation.
"Say. What should I do to stop bothering me?" Nina glanced fiercely at the police commander.
"Stop allying yourself with whatever creature you are now with, Nina. You'll just get in more trouble. I-I mean, the police, will grant you asylum in connection with yesterday's case." Gerald hastily corrected his mistake.
"No!" sergeant Nina fast. The woman drew close to the commander's face so her wide-open eyes seemed so intimidating, as well as tempting Gerald's mind to swim in them.
Nina continued her words in half a whisper like a spell. "You don't know what to go through without this power. A weak woman who usually just cries helplessly, only draws sympathy for a moment, but then it will feel troublesome and people will think it is better to leave her stranded on the streets."
Nina shook her head with squashed eyelids and was full of hostility. His words just now were enough to jolt the feeling of the commander.
Commander Gerald also gulped to relieve the tightness that suddenly spear his heart. "There are still good people who will care, Nina."
"But not much. You want to tell me you're one of them?"
"It's the police's job to protect the citizens"
"That sounds so naive." Nina chuckled cynically without caring about the commander's flushed face.
"We already know each other's identities, so I don't need to explain why you should escape the evil entity that now rules you!" Gerald's jaw is hardened.
"You don't need to feel condescending, Detective Chief. Because someone's life could be threatened while you're back and forth like this."
"Milina!" The woman's taunts ended Gerald's patience, and a shrill voice chimed in the commander's words. Two women appeared and were astonished to find their second position unnatural. Gerald immediately turned to move away from there, but his name was called.
"Commander Gerald?"
Damnit. He nodded and saluted the woman. "Greetings, Mayor."
"Ah, yes. You coming too?" ask the woman while digesting the incident just now.
"Of course, Mom. Commander Gerald must be informed that this event runs smoothly because it is the duty of the police to protect the citizens, right?"
The Mayor's mother and the secretary by her side chuckled blandly in response to Nina's words. They looked awkwardly before the commander who was flinching about the next strategic step because his presence had been sniffed by the number one man on Halimun Hill.
"Well we're all here, what if we had a quick chat about the city's security conditions lately"
"Sorry, Mrs Walkot." Nina interrupted the woman's words. "I'll excuse you for a second. I have to go back now." He cast a deliberate gaze at unprepared Commander Gerald and greeted him with a huff, in order to avoid the astonished gazes of the mayor and his secretary.
Soon Nina breaks away from them in search of Sindoorah and Olivia. He had hit Naomi's back who seemed lost in the party, then a line of smiles and then knotted in the lips of the girl. "It's you, Nina," he said.
It must be Naomi who has invited the police commander! But, Nina had no idea what Naomi meant just now. He must find Sindoorah first.
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