Chapter 122: All The Best
anwhile, just outside the coffee shop, Red and Rum stood by the entrance.
From their spot, they could see Ashley and that silver-haired trash talking.
"The hell?" Rum grumbled in disbelief. "How in the world does she know soone like that?"
Red didn’t answer, keeping his attention on Ashley and the man with her. His expression remained stern and grim as he studied the tattoo peeking from the man’s neck.
"Say, Rum... am I tripping?" he asked without looking away. "Isn’t that tattoo the symbol of the White Serpent?"
Rum raised his brows and glanced at Red’s side profile.
It was true that Ashley told them to wait in the parking lot. She was just going to send Shyaan off and didn’t plan to stay long. However, no matter how questionable Ashley’s reputation and image were in their minds, protecting her was still their job.
So, they ca to check on her.
Then, they saw her bump into soone.
They intervened when the man approached Ashley—not because they recognized his tattoo, but out of instinct. They could sll danger from him.
Now that they were observing him more closely, the large tattoo peeking from his exposed skin reminded them of that organization.
"White Serpent, huh?" Rum rocked his head. "It does look like it."
"They say the bigger the snake, the higher the rank," Red muttered. "Considering how massive his is, doesn’t that make him at least an underboss?"
Rum nodded, then shrugged. "But why would they send soone like that into Dominion? They wouldn’t dare."
Red slowly shifted his gaze to Rum, already regretting bringing him along. He should’ve brought Gin—the brain of their group—instead of this loudmouth.
"Red, you know people these days get tattoos just for aesthetics," Rum argued. "There’s nothing wrong with that! But in the underground, no one would dare step into Dominion’s territory. Especially people like that. Otherwise, they’d just be picking a fight with us!"
"They’re not that stupid, are they?" he added with a shrug.
Red listened, rocking his head slightly. Although he wasn’t convinced, it made so sense. The ground they stood on was under Dominion’s protection. Soone from the White Serpent wouldn’t casually walk into it.
"We’ll see," he humd, keeping his eyes on Ashley. "What the hell are they talking about?"
"He’s seducing her, isn’t he?"
"Shut up."
Rum narrowed his eyes, darting his gaze between the two figures inside. "He’s definitely hitting on her. I’m gonna tell Master!"
Red shot him a look. "If he’s innocent, do you really want him dead?"
Did Rum forget Lucian was ready to skin June alive not long ago?
*****
Ashley sat in the backseat, deep in thought.
Red glanced at her through the rearview mirror, noticing how unusually quiet she was. She had been staring out the window in complete silence.
It made him uneasy, like she was planning sothing again.
To his surprise, Ashley suddenly snapped her gaze toward him.
"Do you know what kind of ice cream Lucian likes?"
For a few seconds, silence filled the car. Red’s face twitched, ntally hissing.
For a second, I thought she was planning another grand escape... damn it!
Rum chuckled awkwardly from the front passenger seat, glancing back at her.
"Hehe... from what I know, Master doesn’t like sweet things."
"Eh?" she tilted her head. "But he keeps telling
I’m sweet."
"..."
Both Red and Rum deadpanned, staring straight ahead.
anwhile, Ashley rubbed her chin, genuinely thinking about it. What she didn’t know was that the two n silently sympathized with Gustav and the driver from last night, having been trapped in the sa vehicle as Lucian and Ashley.
"I’ll just get him anything!" she declared, leaning back with a sigh as she turned to the window again.
Ashley clicked her tongue, thinking about her eting with that man.
"Silvestre. That’s the na I go by now! And I’m part of the White Serpent’s Seventh Division. aning, we’re ranked seventh!"
Another deep exhale escaped her as she recalled his proud declaration. She didn’t want to dwell on it, so she focused instead on what to get Lucian on the way back since she had promised to buy Primo so gas.
He really changed, she thought. He’s not the sa quiet kid... like a wild, wounded animal.
Back then, the boy had been quiet but fierce. He got into fights with other kids and never backed down. Yet with her, he listened without question.
He wasn’t loud, but his actions spoke enough.
Now, he was completely different.
And being in this world, she knew that behind Silvestre’s smile were all the scars they had carried just to survive.
Not to ntion... that fool ca into Dominion because of .
She exhaled again, caught in a moral dilemma about whether to tell Lucian or not.
If Lucian found out a mber of the White Serpent was in his territory, it wouldn’t sit well with him. Or with anyone in Dominion.
She was just glad these two weren’t asking questions.
Ashley shook her head and pulled out her phone. She was about to check her contacts when a ssage from an unknown number appeared.
[From: Unknown
This is my number, Boo.
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