Luckily for her, she did not have to wait for long, Master Swanson would escort hal out of the store just ten minutes later, she would apologize for her brother's misconduct and master Swanson would accept her apologies and retreat back into his store.
Throughout the conversation, Alexander was upset at the gaze the 'apprentice' was giving the girl he had set his eyes on, so the instant master Swanson was back in his store he decided to give him a piece of his mind but alas...
"Hi, my na is Hal"
...the pervert would introduce himself first. The fact that hal had not ntioned his last na, should have cald him down because that would have ant he either was a commoner and did not have one (which was unlikely, judging by his clothes ) or it was not important enough to be ntioned, but his instinct were screaming at him to be careful of this skinny, handso youth. To make matters worse...
"I'm Alia Horst"
...she introduced herself with a smile.
"And I'm Alexander Edgar, Alia's boyfriend" so he decided to mark his territory. Alia glared at him but said nothing, But how could Hal possibly miss it.
"That's too long, I'll just call you Alex instead" Hal said and turned towards Alia "You're very beautiful by the way, is he really your boyfriend"
Alia smiled "Thank you and no, he is not"
"And are you by any chance already with soone?" Hal asked, glancing furtively at Alex
"No, not at the mont" she replied, she found Hal uncharacteristically charming
"Oh, that's good" Hal sighed
"Why is that good?" Alex snarled
"'Cause, that makes you and kindred spirits, both equal admirers of Lady Horst's beauty" Hal said honestly
"And what if I reject you both?" Alia was intrigued
"We're still allowed to try, aren't we?"
"You are" Alia said with emphasis on the 'you'
Hal winked at her and drew a blush from her for the first ti.
Alexander was fuming 'who the hell does he think he is?' The truth was that being a mber of a great family, he had intimidated a lot of Alia's admirers, it was the fist ti soone disregarded him this much.
What he did not know was that Alia knew what he did to those poor young n behind her back and while she did not condone bullying, she had no interest in standing up for people who didn't give themselves a chance due to intimidation. That was what intrigued her the most about Hal, even after hearing Alexander's family na and receiving multiple glares, he still spoke his mind and was even so carefree, he was either a fool or he genuinely did not care.
How could she have known hal was trying to provoke Alexander
'All those novels I read were so wrong, I expected this guy to punch the mont I shortened his na, *sigh* who would have thought cultivators were such cowards' Hal lanted to grimoire
If Alexander could hear Hal's thoughts, he would have completely lost it 'who would possibly be so insane to attack Master Swanson's apprentice right outside his store'
"Where do you live Hal?" Alia asked
"I live in linda Dane's mansion"
"Oh, are you two related?" Alexander did not like the curiosity in Alia's voice
"Kind of" Hal smiled and Alia decided not to pry, Alexander however was smiling like Christmas just ca early
"It was a pleasure eting you, Miss Horst but I have to be on my way" Hal took Alia's hand and kissed it like the gentleman he was not. However knowing Alexander was more likely to punch him than shake his hand, Hal patted him on the shoulder, smiled at him like an old friend, and then left with castor.
As soon as he was gone Alex turned towards Alia grinning triumphantly
"What is it?" Alia asked
"I know who he is. He is a slave that linda Dane purchased just yesterday" Alex said grinning from ear to ear
"And why does that make you smile you sicko, he must have suffered a lot in that slave house but you couldn't care less" Alia was livid
"You do know what the rumors about linda are, don't you?" Alex asked, his smile unchanged
"Does he look unwell to you" Alia asked before returning to her carriage. Alex followed soon after believing there was no way this slave could compete with him.
If only he knew how wrong he was and how the reverse was the case.
...
linda's mansion
Hal had told linda all about his day after she had told him about hers. He noticed she acted weird when he ntioned the encounter with Alia but it passed so quickly that he later believed he had imagined it.
That night when he decided to go to sleep, soone knocked on the door
"Hal it's , can I co in?" linda's voice sounded from the other side
He was about to tell her to co inside when he noticed that she had not called him master. His Instincts kicked to high gear.
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