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Who Might You Be?
🕑 Added 2022-03-15 13:21:43 +0000 UTC.................
Chapter 34: Who Might You Be?
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Ian waited until she calmed down, then held her hand and started leading her to the collection chamber, but not before sending a message for Ralf to meet him there.
"As your new boss, we have a few things to talk about, a lot of things actually, and what better place to do so than in the luxury of my collection." He tried to lighten the mood, and he succeeded to a certain extent in taking her mind off that at least.
"What're those?" Selina asked with curiosity, noticing new things in the collection.
"It's the new harvest from the tomb."
"It's... beautiful," Selina remarked as she touched the golden collar necklace, something that would steal the limelight at any place.
"Hmm, let's see," Ian murmured as he picked it up and walked behind Selina before putting the gorgeous thing on her.
"It fits perfectly, especially with the black catsuit." Ian admired how she looked, and it indeed fit her nicely.
He brought out his phone and showed her how she looks with the front camera, "Looking at you, I am reminded of an exquisite Egyptian statue, one of a black royal cat with a similarly golden collar necklace.
If I remember correctly, it was a symbol of the goddess Bastet. She was the goddess of protection, pleasure, and the bringer of good health, I think?"
Ian strangely eyed Selina from top to bottom, "Now that I think about it, it fits you almost too perfectly. Are you blessed by Goddess Bastet or something?"
"Pfft Hahahaha," Selina simply couldn't hold it in as she let out a long laugh. She then took a deep breath as she started getting her usual naughty self back, "Oh stop it, you might just make me blush."
"Says the one who almost collapsed just by a kiss, so much for the Goddess of pleasure." Ian struck right back at her making her flinch.
"Well, it's too bad, isn't it? It could've gone so much further, and you would've experienced a magical night... It's really too bad I'm such a weak woman that I can't handle you."
And did she not strike a nerve with that, she even went as far as to hug him from behind, teasing him of what he had missed... All because of his power.
"I... My power is a fucking bitch, isn't she?" Ian simply had no way to counter-attack, she just spoke plain facts. His power did cockblock him, and Selina just had to open the wounds.
"But naughty cats don't get any rewards, do they?" As he said that, Ian took the collar necklace from her neck, just when she was starting to get comfortable with it.
Selina let out a pout before retorting, "Oh, but what if I act a bit too naughty despite the consequences."
"Unfortunately, you're so much of a weak woman that you simply can't handle me, as you said."
"Hm? Is that supposed to be a good thing? A retort?"
"For God's sake Selina, just let me heal my wounds. Talk about being the bringer of good health." Ian complained. The wounds were simply too deep, and he still doesn't know how long it will take to heal.
"Hahahahaha," The mood has indeed lightened and he could at least see happiness in her eyes, "I guess I'll have to help you heal though I don't mind just ignoring the consequences and..."
"I do, I mind the consequences. My power can be a bitch sometimes, so it could be quite bad... I will solve it soon, so don't worry about it." Ian interrupted her and explained.
"Just don't do anything too dangerous, alright? That might sound stupid considering your ability, but you should understand what I mean."
Ian nodded in understanding. She was just worried about him, "Now let's get into the good news... Penguin was apprehended, and he should be locked out for a long time, so you can do whatever you want with the diamond."
"Yeah, I heard." Selina murmured as she walked up to the diamond, "But I am not really interested in selling it... I want to keep it with me for the rest You know, my sister worked at the Gotham Museum of antiques for a while, and all she talked about is the diamond. Having it was her dream."
What she didn't say however was the important reason. It was after all his first gift for her and an unimaginably valuable gift at that, not just in price but also in symbolism.
She just felt like she's gonna overload with sweetness and happiness if she spoke any further. She never felt as relaxed as she was at the moment as if a huge weight was taken off her shoulders.
It was at that point that Ralf arrived, the perfect moment to arrive. He then closed the chamber door after entering.
"Have a seat," Ian stated as he took a seat himself in one of the already prepared seats.
"I have some plans, and some guesses to verify." Ian directly got into the main topic and the main thing on his mind.
That instantly got the duo tensed, knowing of what was to come, and indeed, danger followed.
"I have yet to think it through, but our goal is to contact the Penguin in secret. No one but us can know about this... He should be held in prison now until his trial is scheduled, and he knows something I don't."
"I-I don't understand. We just did what we did, leading to his current state, so why go through the trouble? There is no other source to get the information you desire?" Ralf was confused, so he voiced his thoughts.
"I just don't understand his actions at all... Why did he target us? What was his purpose in meeting the Sicilians?
He figured something out, but how? I was very careful and thoughtful about my plan, so I am sure there weren't any loopholes large enough to drive his actions to that extent."
It was apparent that Ian wasn't joking, in fact, he was never more serious, so they just waited for his next words.
"Someone knows a lot about us, and I don't know how. That some is also keeping an eye on us, and he was setting up some kind of plan or play for us. However, he didn't expect us to have something like that kind of weapon."
Ian started stroking his chin in thoughtfulness. Somehow just that made the air several times tenser and it went on for a while.
He really thought and thought about it for a while, more than ten minutes, "All the plans have to change, and we have to take more risks. We have to be more aggressive to be accepted because despite us calling ourselves the Rose family, the other crime families don't consider us as such."
Ian closed his eyes for a second, thinking further before muttering, "We also need connections in the Gotham police. Selina, we'll talk about all of your connections to see if they can benefit us in any way."
Ian crossed his legs as he got to the most dangerous subject, "We'll be spending most of our funds for the next month in the expansion process.
We'll be 'Negotiating' with a lot of people to acquire as many properties as possible in the east end of the city.
I and Selina will be responsible for acquiring information and evidence on certain people so we can have more control in the east end.
And yeah... we'll be spending so much money, so don't shy out from inviting all the homeless of Gotham. We'll still go with the same expansion plan, just a bit more aggressive.
We'll be as unpredictable as possible, or perhaps as predictable as possible. It all depends on what the Penguin tells us, the source of his information."
Ian smiled, thinking of something funny, "Someone is eyeing us, and I don't like it, so let's get to work... Starting with bringing half of our explosives stock here. I have a use for them..."
Well, to the absolute shock of nobody, he's starting big, way too big...
