Reborn: The Tyrant's Obsession novel Chapter 181

Chapter 181: A bewitching ghost in dungeon

If Ella thought of running away from him, he would lock her up again.

A bitter smile crept on Ella’s lips.

Maybe she expected too much from him, too soon.

That night, Ella did not see Adrian at the night table.

And even the next morning, the man was absent at the breakfast table.

Ella took a spoonful of oatmeal in her mouth, and her face scrunched up. She poured some more honey into it.

"Miss Yu, it will become too sweet—’’ Rin’s mouth zipped when Ella took another spoonful from the bowl.

Ella’s lips puckered. "Bitter..." she muttered.

Rin blinked. That bowl had enough honey to drown a beehive.

Ella grabbed an apple from the fruit basket.

Hearing the approaching footsteps, Ella perked up a little.

Was Adrian... still here? She thought he had left last night.

However, when she turned around, her face fell a little.

"Secretary Ji..."

Ji Yan, who was descending the stairs with light footsteps, carrying a pile of files in his hands, nearly lost his footing when Ella called out to him.

"Miss Yu," Nevertheless, he turned to her enthusiastically.

As he walked to her, Ella placed the apple down on her plate, "Where..."

"Miss Yu?" Ji Yan was bewildered when the girl suddenly went silent.

After a few seconds, Ella opened her mouth, "Actually, there is something I need your permission for as I don’t know if it would be fine to do it..."

...

King Empires.

"Shishi and Rin work in Eve Mansion so it’s no trouble but Miss Yu wants to invite the other two ladies to the mansion for work purposes. She said it is too eye-catching in her apartment..." Ji Yan trailed off when he noticed the lost look on Adrian’s face.

The man had retreated into the secret room inside his office. As usual, the hidden room was enshrouded in darkness. Adrian sat on the bed like a bewitching ghost in a dungeon.

Adrian leaned back against the headboard of the board, his face was pale and one could see the veins on his neck popping whenever he tilted his face to the side.

One couldn’t tell what he was thinking.

"S-Second Master?"

Adrian did not look at Ji Yan, let alone bother replying. He sat there with the phone in his hand, his head slightly tilted.

"That’s all?" The man uttered two words, his voice came out rough.

"H-Huh? Yes, Yes, that’s all that Miss Yu said. She wanted permission to invite the other two ladies to the Eve Mansion," Not wanting to offend Adrian by making her wait any longer, Ji Yan agreed to it.

Suddenly, the temperature in the room dropped. A stormy wind stirred in the gloom.

Ji Yan’s legs trembled and his little heart jumped. Oh how wrong he was when he thought that these two would settle the matters peacefully this time!

If Ji Yan had to walk over the deadly thorns of their silences, then he would rather they have a war. At least, they could confront each other instead of tormenting his poor self.

"Second Master, we have to set out for Westra City tonight..." Ji Yan spoke in an attempt to distract the man.

[Must have been an eye-opener to watch her take down all the geniuses in one sweep.]

[Probably her sugar daddy contributed.]

[You fools, Imperial University is not a place which can be brought over by a little influence. I heard the founder is a big shot and it has deep connections.]

[Her scores were real. Don’t hate.]

[Then why’s she vanished now?]

The Ella who had been popping up on social media every other day with a new picture of herself and a borderline narcissistic caption like—’Missed me? Here I am’ seemed to have disappeared into thin air.

When she posted, nobody bothered to give her pictures any attention. They treated her comment section as hatred-venting-space.

Now that she wasn’t posting, people had mixed reactions about it. Some were curious, some hated her more, some were judgemental while a very few expressed their concerns.

Later that night, a piece of news caused uproar in the internet, sweeping fashion fanatics off their feet.

A website named ’Elle’ was launched by a top ex-model and what shocked the people was that it contained a collection of hundreds of rarest fashion pieces that one couldn’t just buy with money.

At the Eve Mansion.

Two ladies sat stiffly on one couch, rigid as stones as if they were afraid they would ruin the grandeur of the place if they breathed too loud.

"Sister June, Sister Penny, you should make yourself comfortable..." Rin spoke.

Beside her, Shishi sat straight, looking prim and proper.

June cleared her throat and smiled a little naturally but Penny, the younger girl could barely contain the anxiety in her eyes. Never in their wildest dreams had they thought of stepping in a place like this.

Hearing the sound of approaching footsteps, all of them turned in the direction of the stairs.