Arranged Marriage: Dangerous Heiress

        Owen put the paper bags for the kids and the newborn baby.

"Thank you, Owen."

"I haven't got to see my niece and nephews," Owen said with a grin. "Aria checked out the new items that I bought for you."

        Aria checked it and her eyes widen.

"This is the latest tablet."

"Yup."

"Wow," Her eyes are shinning. "Thank you so much, Uncle."

"I wouldn't even forget my nieces."

"What's mine?" Carter asked. He gave me a big blue paper bag. He pulled out the box and her eyes widen.

"Just as I promise. Robot toys."

"Yehay!" Carter clapped his hands.

        Owen excuse himself and visit Andel upstairs to his office. Lots of computers around and there are controls. The room is also dark and has a strong AC.

"I found somethings." He told and put it the zip plastic over the table. "I found this on the bushes of roses."

"Hmm. Thank you!" Andel smirked. "I will focus on that. I'll just prepare my forensic mode."

"I'll be staying here until we find out who it was."

"Yup. We'll catch those bastards."

****

        Zendaya slumped on her bed and let the maids clean the new clothes and organize them to her room. She wanted to sleep. But as soon as she closed her eyes, she saw Athena staring at the man. Athena is older than her real age and it's probably the future. Tears streaming down her cheek as she watched the man walked away.

"We can't be together. My mother is part of your mother's dark past."

        She sat up and reached her chest. She could feel Athena's pain and she nearly breaks. Damn, what if the same thing happened to her? Holy shit!

"Geez!" She looked at the clock. It's time to get ready and pack for school. It's five in the afternoon and tomorrow they need to go back to school. It's Thursday tomorrow and since the holiday is five days from Saturday, she needs to go to school.

        She went to the bathroom and washed her face and then she checked out the paper bags for the girls and boys. Her mother knocked and entered her room.

"Have you ready your clothes until the next week?

"I am getting it ready." She said with a sigh.

"What's with your mood?" Andy asked and helped her choose her to nightgowns and then running shoes, shorts, and jogging pants.

"Nothing."

"That looks like nothing, darling."

"I just had a vision of the grown-up Athena."

"Oh,"

"It's heartbreaking. Someone just breaks her heart."

"Hmm. Interesting."

"It hurts, like shit." She mumbled.

"Okay." Andy just needed to agree with her sometimes.

****

        Christian stayed at their residence. It's another mansion and it wasn't that huge like the other one that has been on fire, but Dmitri already set a room for him. He's too lucky to have Dmitri. He doesn't want to stay with them, but Dmitri told him to escort Demi back to her room in Empire Academy tomorrow.

        Demi complained telling her father that she's not a little girl that needed a bodyguard. It was an exhausting day, but she fell asleep without making it to the dinner. She wasn't even hungry because all they do is eat in their Luxury Beach vacation. The same with him too and he played with baby Dean since he kept on insisting to play with him and he did play with him until Deal fell asleep on his chest. He carried him upstairs and Agatha took Dean from him and thanked him.

"Dinner is ready." She told.

"Okay."

        He went downstairs and Andre tackle him, and he tackled him back.

"You need to exercise more," Christian told.

        Their dinner goes by and Agatha took care of him like a real son and he wasn't used to that, but it just happened. He helped Agatha and since there's a maid or butler, he didn't give much help. Dmitri called him to his office, and he went to Dmitri's office and he knocked first before entering. Dmitri told him to come in and he did. He poured wine for him and he accepted it.

"You are a teen," Dmitri started. "I just want you to be aware of you. The girl that you break up with might be your first. There will be lots of girls that would linger at you. I want you to always carry protection on your wallet. If you impregnate someone, it will be bad for your future. Your goal isn't just serving us, but you have to start again to build your own business or empire."

"I—I promised to serve your family."

"You'll never get married if you only think of that."

"Well, if a woman would love me and willing to be with me until we grow old, I think she should learn to accept who I am and my responsibilities," Christian said sincerely. Just like Hazel, he needed to end it up before Hazel would.

"Good choice. I love Agatha when I was her bodyguard."

        Christian stopped.

"Nobody knows about my business and I keep a low profile and just save to raise my empire until I just fight for Agatha. Because I love her so much and she loves me back without even caring if I was just an agent in the Dragon Empire. She doesn't care if I was penniless, she said that she would provide, and she just wanted to be with me." He can see the happiness in Dmitri's eyes and the love for his wife. "I never cheated on her because she sacrificed for me. The secret of a happy marriage? You should love your wife more than she loves you and treats her like a queen each day. Even though, she looked fat because she just gave birth and she needed to eat a lot to breastmilk the baby. I assure you. You'll be contented."

        Christian had thought about it. Would he have a family-like Dmitri have? With less luxury and all, would someone be willing to just accept him even if he's penniless? Or doesn't have a statue in the business?

        After a drink with Dmitri, he already took his advice to his heart. He passed by at Demi's room and he stood there, thinking. If Demi would have little children, he will protect them and her. He would always do the same even to Andre, Dominic, and Dean.

"Fuck." He stopped when he heard Demi cursing. He knocked on the door.

"Demi, are you okay?" He asked just to make sure.

"Y-yeah…"

"Can I come in?"

"O-okay."

        He squeezed the doorknob and found her on the bed, and she turned on the lampshade. He looked around her room and check if there is anyone else besides her.

"Are you done?" Demi asked.

"Why are you shouting, by the way?" He asked.

"Just—just some bad dream."

        He went to the small fridge and pulled out a glass bottle and gave it to her.

"Do you need anything else?" He asked.

"I feel good now. Thank you." She removed the seal and open the cap of the glass bottle and sipped on it.

"Good night." He left the room and went to his room. Agatha prepared his clothes. He doesn't know why she would buy him clothes. But it's just there and each of them is expensive. He pressed his lips. "At least he's still living a decent life. More decent than anymore.

        He took a long bath and stared at himself in the mirror just in front of the shower. He sighed. After his shower, he went to the walk-in closet and took out a pair of silk PJs. He smiled. Agatha is the best mother. He put his PJs on and dry his hair. He went to bed and stopped seeing a silhouette sitting at the edge of his bed.

"Hey, I thought you are tired."

"Christian,"

"Yes, Lady Demi?"

"You said that you'll do everything I wanted."

"Yes," He approached her and sat beside her. "What do you want, Miss Demi?"

"Can you promise me to build your own company?"

"Uh, how can I protect you and your siblings when I am busy building a company?" He patted her head. "Demi, you don't have to worry about me. Even though I am poor, I would always protect you and your family."

"It's not about that. Just do it."

"Okay."

"Can you also change your surname?"

"I can do that."

"If you change your name, you are no longer a Lebedov or you'll forget that you are part of that family."

"I have no family." He keeps patting her head and she slapped it away.

"We are your family. But it's just ironic that we accepted you as our family when this family killed your family."

        Christian is hurt about that fact, but they are dead already. And resentment would bring him to nothing.

"What else do you want, milady?"

"For now, I want you to succeed in something and also your name."

"As you wish."

"Good night." She stood and left. Christian at least needed to fulfill his promises to the Princess.