The Devil Charming's
The Part 39
Moscow, Russian 10:05 a.m.
After a journey of about nine hours from New York to Moscow, now Edward, Lizbeth, Dmitry, Alexa and Louis are standing in front of a tall building with the symbol of the GR Group clearly visible. Thanks to help from Rafael who gave the company address, Edward could go directly to the building after arriving without having to experience difficulties. They hope to get what they want here, certainly an answer to the big question they have.
Edward looked at Lizbeth who was beside him. Now they have walked into the lobby and went straight to the reception desk. There they were greeted by two beautiful Russian women who immediately gave a friendly smile. “Good morning, sir. Can we help you?” Greet one of the receptionists using English when looking at the face of America Edward despite being with Lizbeth who beraras Russia.
Can we meet your boss?”
“Sorry, we cannot let just anyone meet with him,” replied the woman.
giving his best smile then taking one step forward let go of his hand link with Edward. “We've made an appointment, but through my assistant.”
“We are sorry, you still can not see him because he did not leave any message to us.”
Alexa, who heard the debate, approached Lizbeth and stared intently at the two receptionists in front of her.
“We just want to meet up, does that hurt the company?!” Said Alexa with a high tone that is able to steal the attention of some people.
Knowing that their guest was not someone who could be subtly evicted, one of the receptionists immediately contacted the security who soon approached Edward and the others. “There can we help you, Sir?” Ask one of the security with a fierce look and style like a bodyguard but with a security uniform as usual.
“They forbid us to meet with your boss,” replied Alexa.
“Sorry. That is the rule, we cannot accept foreign guests just like that let alone force to meet with him.”
Edward was about to move directly on his arm by Lizbeth, but not Alexa. The girl still insisted on wanting to enter and ignored the two security warnings. Directly the two men blocked the steps of Alexa and the others and looked at them full of investigation especially when the typical American face belongs to Edward, who is, Alexa and Louis are again clearly visible among the Russian levels in that place.
“Sorry. Please go.”
Security was adamant not to allow them to enter and meet their leaders. Alexa repeatedly sighed she held back the emotional explosion that suddenly culminated when they were blatantly expelled from the place, lucky there was Louis who faithfully calmed Alexa. Meanwhile, Edward stared intently at the two people in front of him without wanting to move even a bit away from the place.
“Allow us to enter carefully before we enter in our own way,” said Edward full of emphasis along with the gaze without the slightest fear.
The two security men looked at each other before moving quickly to take out a small object and attack Edward
just like that but unfortunately, the movement can be read by Lizbeth who immediately kicked the leg of one security and attached his favorite knife to the waist of security others. Of course, their activities did not raise the suspicion of the people around because Lizbeth did not reveal his knife openly.
“The electric shock from your little guns won't be able to stop us just like that. Now choose! Let us in or I won't hesitate to blow up this building and stab you in the stomach!” Lizbeth's bluff was enough to make the two people think hard.
Alexa who was silent now stepped forward. “We just want to meet your superiors, nothing more. So, don't force me to skin you and make your brains dog food!”
Lizbeth distanced her body when she saw the faint nod of the two security. On the other hand, the men who witnessed their women's bravery could only shake their heads and hope that Lizbeth and Alexa would not lose their sanity later by doing more crazy things. Edward himself could only sigh before walking after the two security men towards the elevator with the others.
“Why don't I know if you're carrying that knife?” Edward muttered beside Lizbeth.
Lizbeth turned his head and smiled widely without wanting to answer Edward's words. Actually before their departure to Russia, Edward had been raving at length on Lizbeth about what Lizbeth could and could not do. Including playing guns was the number one prohibition of the new rules that Edward applied to Lizbeth. But in fact it was only considered the wind and then by his wife.
Before long the clanking of the elevator rang and the door opened which instantly made everyone step out. They stopped in front of an open room after one of the security cards attached to the door.
“Please enter and wait here, we can't take you directly to his room.”
Everyone looked at each other and Alexa violently kicked the door until it made a loud noise that broke the silence of the room.
“Damn! If in ten minutes you don't return with your leader, then I won't hesitate to destroy this place!” Alexa was full of annoyance. The nature of temperament that he has is indeed difficult to control.
The two men did not answer and just left the five men in a large white-painted room that resembled a meeting room and locked the door again Alexa growled furiously.
“F*ck! I'll skin you guys soon!”
Edward and Dmitry chuckled at Alexa's annoyance. While Lizbeth is busy playing the knife in her hand with Louis pulling Alexa to sit down.
“Quiet, Lexa. Do not let everything fall apart just because you can not control your emotions,” said Louis softly.
Alexa snorted and looked up at the ceiling of the room and looked at every corner.
“What are you looking for?” Ask Dmitry. “CCTV,” Answer Alexa briefly.
Edward shook his head slowly and pointed at the large crystal-like lamp hanging directly above them. “CCTV is inside that lamp,” Edward said flatly.
“How do you know?” Ask Lizbeth without stopping his activities.
“Try to read the situation from the other side. CCTV placed in the corner of the room is very common. People like them wouldn't put the security system down. They prefer to manipulate the eyesight of others by disguising the presence of a surveillance or security system. That way people think they are not being watched and can do anything without trying to keep secrets.”
Edward pulled his hair back and leaned his back on the chair he was sitting on. “What will you do with that CCTV, Alexa?” Alexa frowned before sighing in disappointment. “I forgot we didn't bring any equipment.”
“Because our goal is not to attack,” said Dmitry.
“But why can Lizbeth carry the knife?” Alexa looked at Edward with a mocking look that showed how bored Edward could be like this.
Before heading to this place they did agree not to bring any weapons and any electronic items other than mobile phones because they are well intentioned and do not want to look for a commotion. The step they take is by negotiation, if the plan fails then they will just run another step that will automatically involve weapons.
Edward cleared his throat slowly and was about to answer before Lizbeth's voice forced him to shut up again.
“The gun-carrying ban rule only applies to five people. But not applicable to the person to six.”
“You mean?” Ask Alexa wonder.
“My baby needs a gun for protection and you forget not to apply that rule to him. So my baby is free to do anything including carry a weapon or attack.” Everyone was dumbfounded by Lizbeth's absurd answer
even Edward to close his eyes and would definitely choke if he was drinking. Why has his wife turned so weird since she got pregnant? Ooh, God!
“Who taught you such strange sentences, huh?! I'm not sure your memory has returned completely. Or do not-don't Sam wrongly inject drugs to you?” Edward said without fear that his sentence sounded rude if revealed to a woman, especially his own wife.
Lizbeth glared sharply and grabbed Edward's hair firmly. I don't know why lately grabbed her husband's hair to be fun for him when he was upset. “So you think I'm crazy?”
“Oh,God!” Edward grimaced with pain due to Edward's jubilee. “Who said you were crazy? Let go of your fingers, Liz!” “Basic heartless man! Every sentence that comes out of your mouth never once made me happy!”
Lizbeth let go of her trap and snorted. Their little quarrel was watched live by Alexa, who, Dmitry and Louis make the three men hold their laughter as hard as possible when Edward looks unfriendly with a scary look ready to blow his anger at any moment. They did not expect that Edward only dared to bully Lizbeth without doing anything when the wife was already angry. Yes, Edward would have chosen to be quiet.
Before long the door opened displaying the figure of a middle-aged man wrapped in a tuxedo and a stick in his right hand which increasingly made the man look very dignified. The green eyes that the old man had looked one by one at the faces of the five people in front of him who were already standing in silence. Until his eyes fell on Lizbeth and Dmitry.
The man flicked his hand gesturing for his bodyguard to leave on his own before stepping closer to the five people still standing.
“Please sit down,” the man said with a knotty smile.
“There is a need do you guys want to meet the owner of this company?” Ask the man.
“If you are not the owner, you should go and call your boss because we want to meet him not with you,” said Alexa without interest that immediately makes Louis sigh and stroke the hand of Alexa that he held.
The man chuckled softly and did not show any offence even the slightest anger.
“You can convey it to me, it happens that he is not in place and I am his confidant.”
Edward who was tired of the annoying stale base began to sit up straight with a serious look before opening his voice. “We want to know who is the owner of GR Group that always closes itself with American companies. I'm not gonna get stale here. I just want to make sure that the data I have is not wrong that GR Group is Golden Rose Group owned by the Kostov.” family
Instantly silence was created even the old man's expression turned cold. “Who are you? And on what basis did you pry that information at us?”
“We..”.
“We are the last prince and princess,” Dmitry replied quickly cutting Lizbeth's greeting. “If our guess is correct, then you will not be confused with that code,”.
Edward took out a piece of paper from his pocket that folded neatly in front of the old man. “You're not a fool to understand that, are you?”
The man looked at Edward for a moment then grabbed the fold of paper in front of him then read it carefully.
“It was the last record of Mr. Kostov before he died as well as several photos complete with the identities of his two children who were considered dead by his enemies. You can check the veracity of the letter if you have any doubts. But I'm sure you won't hesitate after seeing the rose stamp and the code underneath which is the last password. Alexa and I are the children of Vladmir Jarvis, a close friend of the Kostov family.”
All eyes looked at Edward with demanding gazes. Because none of them knew about Edward's discovery, not even Lizbeth knew anything. While the old man took off his glasses and placed them on the table in a relaxed motion.
“Can we ask for a little blood prince and princess?”
“Sure,” replied Lizbeth without thinking twice. “If it will make you believe and don't blame me if I will ask for all your blood if you lie just a little and cover up the truth of the information we need.”
The old man nodded and stood up. “Mari follow me.”
They walked out of the room and down the dead-end aisle at the end. But the wall in front of them turned out to be a secret door that automatically opened when the old man successfully scanned his retina.
They walked back into the spacious room where there was only one door in front of them and there was nothing there as if it was just a place used to hide the door.
The old man stopped his steps and then turned around.
“I forgot to introduce myself. I am Makarov who is the right hand of Mr. Kostov. And sorry, are you a couple?” Makarov asked after seeing Edward holding Lizbeth's hand and looking at Lizbeth's belly.
Edward just nodded without wanting to let out his voice in response to the question Makarov was asking. Makarov stared at Lizbeth and Dmitry alternately.
“Although I personally have confidence in the evidence that you bring and remember the similarity of your face with Mr. Kostov, but without strong evidence that we will do here, I still cannot open my mouth to convey any information. This door can never be opened without a blood sample from Kostov's descendants that is already connected to the DNA of the system. If it is true that you are his descendants, then it will not be difficult to open this door with your little blood.”
Makarov pulled out a small knife from behind his pants pocket. “Please scratch your finger a bit and then stick it on this door.”
Without a doubt, Lizbeth and Dmitry scratched one of their fingers then attached it to the two door leaves that were in front of each of them. Everyone waited tensely for what would happen until the sound from the computer made Makarov smile.
“successfully opened access code.”
Lizbeth and Dmitry were still quietly leaving the door in front of them open so that the spacious room filled with photos on the wall greeted their arrival. “Sialhkan login, young ladies and gentlemen.” Makarov bowed respectfully inviting Lizbeth and Dmitry in with the others.
“What space is this?” Ask Alexa.
“For so long we have not been able to enter this room, as we have already explained that this room will not open without a blood sample from the descendants of Kostov. I only know from Mr. Kostov's explanation that this place is a family memory room. The rest I don't know.”
Both Edward, Lizbeth and the others immediately surrounded the room and sure enough, in addition to the many picture frames displayed on the wall, there were also bookshelves, sofas, and so on, the fireplace is also a large tv screen. Edward's sharp eyes were immediately fixed on the large painting that was stuck on the wall close to the fireplace. The painting looks ordinary but the picture of a rose with one butterfly that became the object of the painting caught Edward's attention.
“Can you two come here? Looks like I found something.”
Lizbeth and Dmitry, who were standing not far from Edward, approached.
“What did you find?”
“Optical illusion,” replied Edward with a slanted smile. “A button inside painting.”
Edward pressed a small black spot on the butterfly wing in the middle of the painting to reveal a hologram and video of a woman laughing with a baby on her lap.
Everyone watched the video in silence as did Makarov.
“Mommy, mommy, point Nathalia's face at camera.”
The boy's voice rang out loud with footage of him approaching the position where a woman was sitting holding her baby.
“Close, nak.”
The woman waved her hand at the camera. “Hai.”
“Can I call her princess?”
“Of course, son.he is our princess.” That woman looks so happy.
“Hallo princess Nathalia, I'm Nikolai. The prince will always look after you. Mommy, look at her eyes the same as mine!”
The tape was seen moving irregularly with a happy laughter that sounded clear.
“Do not jump Niko. Put your camera on the table so you can record all of us.”
“What is me, mom and Dmitry?” Lizbeth asked Makarov who was standing next to her.
“True, Mistress. Ah I remember, the recording was made when you were seven months old, your birth coincided with the birth of the first son of the Jarvis family,” explained Makarov.
They again watched the video which now features a handsome man with a big smile welcoming the embrace of a three-year-old boy.
“Daddy! Did you bring baby Eric and aunty Diana?” “Do you really want to meet them, Niko?”
“Of course, dad! Baby Eric has beautiful blue eyes like the eyes of Uncle Valdmir while my eyes and princess eyes are green like mommy.”
“They will be here soon. Wah..you call your sister princess?”
It appears that the man walked up to his wife and kissed her forehead briefly before holding her little daughter. “Mommy says she is our princess.”
The man, Iwano Yuryevich Kostov, stroked his son's head gently.
“Yes, and you are a prince. Would you promise to protect the princess?”
“Of course! I will beat anyone who dares to hurt my sister,”, Nikolai said excitedly before sitting with her mother and father on the long sofa while enjoying their togetherness with little daughter Kostov.
Shortly the footage died and re-lit featuring the arrival of two men with a baby in a tall man's sling wearing a white shirt.
“Baby Eric!”
Nikolai's voice rang out loud and immediately asked Vladmir to duck to let Nikolai kiss the baby. Valdmir and the others just laughed at Nikolai's behavior. “I didn't expect you'd be this fast again pregnant with the descendants of Jarvis,” said Lina stroked Diana who is the wife of Vladmir Jarvis.
“Entailah, may God trust me too much to return to receive a little angel while Eric was only seven months old.” “You're right, at least Eric will have a brother like Nikolai.”
The light talk just flowed along with the joy of the two families who enjoyed their time together until the video just died.
Unknowingly, Lizbeth wiped her tears. The longing with the warm atmosphere as he saw felt squeezing his heart at this moment. How happy their lives used to be with a perfect family. Seeing such a fragile Lizbeth, Dmitry immediately hugged his sister and channeled his affection as an older brother who had promised to protect his sister from anyone.
“I will keep my promise to always protect you, princess.” Edward lets Lizbeth sob in Dmitry's arms and believes that Dmitry can make Lizbeth feel calm.
“So my parents gave me the name Eric?” Said Edward who got the nod from Makarov.
“I'm not sure if my mother is the one who betrayed and caused all the trouble all this time,” said Lizbeth.
Makarov sighed. “I have no right to explain all that. Some are more entitled to tell the truth later.” “Who?” Search Dmitry.
“You will know soon,” replied Makarov with his best smile.
Alexa who had just been silent was now in Louis' arms. He can always understand Alexa well. Alexa actually also wanted to cry like Lizbeth when she saw how happy their family was in the video, but the girl still tried to keep looking strong.
“You will not be able to lie to me by pretending that you are okay at this time,”.
Finally Alexa could only cry in silence in Louis' warm embrace. The figure that he could never deny his presence is as strong as Alexa avoids. The man returned to be his home, a place to feel the serenity.