Infatuation Of Darkness - Chapter 216

The conversation with Elijah had dampened her the mood that she had come in the house with and her husband without any delay, took notice of it. He kept a supporting hand on her waist throughout the time as they watched television and glanced at her time to time to make sure that she was okay during the dinner.

And now she was on the terrace drinking a hot cup of chocolate and staring at the sky above.

“You are supposed to be in bed.” Her husband said as the first thing when he took a seat beside her. A glass of amber coloured liquid was in his hand.

“Don’t I know it.” She commented not taking her eyes off the sky. “For the first time in the year I had the pleasure to look at the sky and look at that, there are no stars.”

“Does it matter?”

She sipped her chocolate, “well to some people it might.”

He mirrored her action with his drink. “Well, I hope this some people know better and talk about what the matter really is.”

She looked at him, finally taking her eyes off of the sky and asked, “what does that mean?”

He shrugged and spoke, staring at his glass, “Your mind is thinking of something else and you tell me something completely different and off track.” He then looked at her with eyes so strong with determination in them that she shivered a bit. “I think you have to tell someone about it.”

“Why you?” Asked her.

“Because you are on your way to revenge and might I remind you, I am the best-given person you know at it.” The bastard gloated at it.

She looked at him for a few seconds and then sighed. Turning back to the guard stationed behind, she pointed at her husband. “I’ll have what he’s having.” He nodded and left immediately. Angelo laughed.

“What,” she defended. “I might need it.”

He shook his head and laughed taking another sip. None of them spoke anything as they waited for him to come back which he did after a short period, keeping the glass and a bottle on the table between them. He left to stand on his previous post.

She sighed as she revealed, “I’m a beautiful person,” Angelo rose a brow to that before she could continue.

“Good with the self-praising, aren’t we?”

She hit him on the arm and said, “My brother said so!” She told him. “He said that I was a beautiful person who was just..”

“Nice hearted? Kind? Selfless?” He offered as if he knew where this conversation was going.

“Yes,” she looked down a bit sad from reality. “That.”

“Ah, those people are shit.” He drank to that. “Why if you ask me,” he took a look at her expressions and explained further, “Because no matter how selfless, kind or loving, you have to become a selfish, unforgiving bastard to move forward. And I don’t mean in any specific terms, I mean it everywhere.”

She looked at him talking and a bit shocked from what he said, “Surely it can’t be everything.”

“Oh, it is.” He chuckled. “Everywhere sweetheart. I’ll give you two examples if you had the chance to the promotion and so did a mother of two, you would want the promotion just as much and be considered for it equally important because you put in every ounce of effort if not more. Similarly, even if you were standing in a grocery store counter, you wouldn’t let anyone get in front of you than the ones who were already there.” He pointed out.

Subtle examples of power and selfishness with a bit of ambition on the side.

She took a small sip. “That is true.”

“They didn’t say, life is a race, for nothing my love.” He smirked.

So, everyone was selfish. That’s it? “So I am right in taking revenge?”

He smiled at her. “Only you know that and It could turn out to be wrong, so when the consequences come. You have to deal with it.”

Today what she felt was strange happiness that she got as she thought of Jeff going and telling his husband about what happened today.

There was a satisfaction, a strange sense of calm surrounding her about having a little control in her life. Control over something for a beginning. For the first time.

A question popped over in her mind and she knew that given his mood right now he would answer her.

“What happens when they best me?” She asked her grip tightening on the glass thinking of him figuring it out. “Like when they just outdo me and I standing there like an idiot.”

“Well don’t be one for first.” He sighed. “Always analyse their body first, if they have something their body language would give out a confident vibe and the second no matter how long it takes, always analyse the situation.” He finished. “Not everyone knows everything sometimes it’s just a bluff and we just give in to it making it come true.”

Completely in a trance of the conversation, she asked immediately as his sentence completed. “Have you ever done it? Set a bluff?”

He nodded taking a sip of his drink. “More times than I can count.”

She nodded with a slight smile on her face. “So not everyone knows everything.”

He looked at her. “Yes.” He answered in all seriousness.

She nodded. “And just so I am sure, to what extent can I take my revenge?”

He smiled and leaned closer, taking her hand in his examine his wedding ring on her finger. “For anyone else, I would say as long as you can afford it but for you my dear, I would say long as you wish.”

“I have that luxury?” She teased unknowingly taking in his dark humour as well. “So kind of you to grant me it.”

He scoffed. “Kind of me to grant it, yes, but it would be more intelligent of you to use it.”

She smiled a bit hesitantly as another question popped in her mind. Yet given his mood, she did not want to let the opportunity go waste. “This luxury I have, can I impose it on everyone?”

The silence was all she heard from his side making her heart quicker than before. Did he understand what she was trying to learn? It would be difficult for him to understand.

But the machinery of her brain was put to rest as he finally answered. “With stupidity, no one. But we with intelligence, everyone.” She smiled and kissed his lips.

With intelligence, yes.