Before I begin, you might be wondering why I didn't include a title for this chapter (But then again, you might not notice at all or can't be bothered). That's mainly because I've finally decided to relieve you readers from those boring and corny titles which I've been coming up with for the past 7 chapters. I'm frightfully sorry about that, and decided to do something about it. So from this chapter onwards, I think that I might let you decide what title you want. If any of you have an idea of what would be a good title, just email me at poseidon7801@yahoo.com(just click the below link) and I will put out the title which has the most votes at the end of a certain period (say, a month). But then again, it might remain as Chapter 8 if no one responds, so it's all up to you. Okay then, I won't keep you from the story anymore. Tata, and enjoy??
Arian sits with his eyes closed and leans back in his seat. He is on a flight to Singapore, where he has an extremely important meeting with the rest of his family, whom he hasn't seen in literally a million years. (No, I'm not kidding you). In fact, since that great big explosion in his original world, he had yet to seen anyone from it, except for his wife Skylar, and his brothers Fabian and Mariteus.
Personally, he thought that this meeting was unnecessary. He could dominate the world all by himself, and had no need for interference from those useless siblings of his. He had already secretly started his own moves for Operation: World Domination as he simply couldn't wait! Besides, who was to say that that Idiot Mariteus wouldn't come out half way and stop them? This was a certainty; he just knew it.
Speaking of Mariteus, he didn't know why, but he always did have a mixture of feelings whenever he thought about him. On the one hand, he hated him more than anything, just because he was. On the other?? he felt his heart pull painfully in that old familiar way??
"Sir, what would you like to have for a drink?" He opened his eyes, with his forehead creasing just a tiny bit at the interruption, but not for long. The "offender" was an extremely pretty girl with the face of an angel and the figure of a playboy pinup.
"Just you, honey??" he smiled lazily at her, taking in her good figure with pleasure.
The air stewardess blushed bashfully and exclaimed,
" Seriously, sir! Please do not make fun of me!!"
" Ahh, but I'm more serious than you know. Alright then, if you don't have that, I'll just have some red wine, if you don't mind" He flashed that charming smile of his again. This was the smile that left many goddesses swooning during the old days, so its impact was more than deep on the stewardess.
All this bantering might have gone on forever if not for the murderous stares that kept coming their way as this went on. Besides, there were other thirsty passengers who were staring at them too.
"My dear Skylar, don't you ever let up? It was just some harmless teasing, you don't have to become all steamed up!" Arian tried to sooth his wife by stroking her hand the way she liked it.
The owner of the murderous glances glared at him for a while, then glanced sadly out of the window, pretending to be looking at the clouds.
Arian felt a stab of pity for his wife and tried to get back into her good books. He held her hand up to his lips and planted a soft kiss there.
However, this made things worse, in a sense. For Skylar let out a stifled sob, startling both Arian and herself (and a certain other male behind them).
"What did I do that made you so sad, my love? I promise to change, but you do know that I am bad at adapting to new situations!" Even though Arian did not love his wife, he still did not want her to cry, for she had remained faithfully by his side throughout all these years. Besides, she's a knockout beauty who would never age.
The certain male behind them was alarmed and called out,
" Are you alright, Skylar? Has Brother made you unhappy again?" Outwardly, he said this. But inside, he was burning with anger and thinking to himself that how dare that Arian ask in such an innocent manner what made her so sad, when he was the cause himself!!
Sniffing in her hanky, Skylar said that she was all right, and that it was the dust that got into her eyes and caused her to tear.
All of them knew that it was a lie, but none of them wished to say out the unspoken truth.
"Well, if you're alright, my dear, I shall go to sleep, is that okay?" Arian tried to get out of the sticky situation by getting some more rest again. He had already been sleeping for three hours, and tried not to groan.
Skylar nodded and turned away before he could catch a glimpse of the look of despair on her face. She too wished that he could go to sleep quickly, before her last restraint on her tears failed.
Three hours later, the three of them had already reached the Singapore Convention Centre, where they would be holding that all important meeting. There was some kind of book fair held there, resulting in a huge crowd of people gathering there. As Arian walked by, a group of four teenage girls were overheard commenting about him.
"Oooh, look at that guy! He's so handsome! I'll bet he's from some exotic country like Greece!"
" Yeah!! You know what? I think he looks a bit like Chris O' Donnell!"
"And he's so tall! He looks very rich too, with that well-cut suit and?.. if I'm not wrong, that is an MM (being a very exclusive brand , I cannot name it) sunglasses and watch! And CC socks! I bet even his underwear is branded!"
"You huh!! Not that I want to say you, why is it that everything you notice about other people is the brand of clothes and accessories they wear? But I have to admit, this guy really does have class!"
The girls' drooling and admiring glances does not escape Arian and company's attention. Arian, as per normal practice, immediately takes out his MM brand sunglasses in a very suave manner and smiled at the group of girls. Then, in that same very suave manner, he puts them back on.
Of course, the girls go delirious. One of them even faints, as if attending a major pop star idol's concert.
"He smiled at me! Me!!" The fainting girl muttered before fainting another time.
Then, the girls proceeded to fight among themselves that it was her that the guy was smiling at, creating a quite disturbing noise.
Fabian was very displeased with his ever-flirty brother. He frowned at him and asked him if he could ever go to a place and not create a commotion such as this? To which Arian laughed and replied,
"My dearest Fabian, it isn't my fault that the opposite sex are so entranced with my good looks, regal bearing and impeccable character! Don't be a case of sour grapes, or your face will look like a sour plum!" He then slapped Fabian hard on the back, partly to irritate him and partly to punish him for loving his wife. Arian can be a very selfish twerp sometimes.
Fabian could hardly control his disbelief at the egomaniac that his brother had morphed into, and of course, his anger at the taunting words. He stalked quickly into the conference room that had been prepared for their meeting.
And Skylar could only sadly look on??
What about the rest?
Introduction
Chapter 1 - The Beginning
Chapter 2 - The Awakening
Chapter 3 - Claudine = Mikamiko?!!
Chapter 4 - Journey to the Centre of the Jungle
The Second Condition is......
Chapter 6 - Skylar
Chapter 7 - Old Flame Attack
Chapter 9
The Yishegai Gallery
