Chapter 56: 56: We Both Know
Eden was confused about "Me?"
Adrian smiled "I had learnt that my good friend somehow stayed at the palace, so I knew I had to be here"
Eden stiffened for a while. So he had come because of him?
Eden figured he had changed the plotline yet again. And he was pretty much going to continue changing it with his existence that didn’t stick to the script.
Adrian who wasn’t supposed to be here at all had actually come because of him. And he guessed Leo had also done so too because of him.
"That’s kind of you. Well you could leave now because I don’t think I have anything to say to you" Eden said as he shifted his chin away from his hands.
He wanted to turn to leave from the side, but Adrian blocked him. Caging him to the wall with both hands.
"I don’t think I can let you off that easily" Adrian said.
Eden had his eyes on him "What do you want from me then, My Lord?"
"Why don’t you come home with me? We can talk about it all there" Adrian said knowing full well the wizard of EL wouldn’t buy it.
Eden smiled "And why would you think the wizard of EL would just walk into your house for fun?"
Eden knew his words and he had used them meticulously.
They both knew who they were. And they were aware that they knew who they were.
So Eden guessed it didn’t make sense to hide it anymore. Especially now that he wasn’t trying to escape from Adrian’s house.
He was done playing the ignorance game with them. He preferred getting straight to the point.
Adrian had his eyes on him now, smiling "I thought we were still playing? Are you already coming clean?"
"We both knew. So it wasn’t so fun anymore. Was it?" Eden asked. "Instead of beating around the bush, why don’t we get straight to the point"
"I don’t want to" Adrian said.
"Then you can keep playing. I don’t want to. And I am certainly not going home with you. Neither am I letting you have your way"
Adrian hesitated "For someone who’s powers were sealed, you’re pretty confident with your words. I wonder what backup you have? The Royal family? Or a secret power?"
Eden stared right into his eyes "You take a guess, what do you think it is?"
"Both" Adrian said.
Eden brought up his hands to meet Adrian’s cheeks. He patted them "That’s smart of you"
Eden added "Now make way for me. I have to go meet the royal family"
"Are you sure they want to meet you?" He asked "Apart from the princes, they didn’t seem like they knew you were here"
Eden paused. Damn it! Eden hated how Adrian could read the room.
"Does that matter?"
"It does. Because either way, we all want the same thing. Your head, so do you really think you’re safe here?" Adrain asked.
Eden stared at him for a while. Slowly stood on his toe, now drawing closer to meet Adrian’s face.
His face was soon close as Eden slowly brought his lips close to Adrian’s lips.
It was almost a kiss. A kiss Adrian actually stood there expecting a kiss.
But Eden diverted his lips to meet Adrian’s ears instead "Do you think you can kill me that easily? No one can"
He said with a soft smile. One that solidified the fact that he wasn’t one to mess with. Even Adrain felt so.
And as Eden slowly took his lips away from Adrian’s ears, Adrian suddenly gave Eden a surprise.
Adrian grabbed Eden by the waist with a hand and pinned him to the wall with the other hand that was on the wall.
And then Adrain brushed his lips against Eden’s lips while having pinned him to the wall.
An abrupt kiss that left Eden shocked. Adrian’s lips had pretty much attacked his. Violently brushing open his mouth as Adrian’s lips broke into Eden’s lips.
Eden couldn’t fight him off. His hands held him tightly over his waist, he brought his other hand to hold him by the neck as he pushed through the kiss.
Adrain let his tongue run through Eden’s inner mouth, entangling his tongue with his own while covering up Eden’s lips completely.
It was a messy kiss. A short messy kiss that lasted for over a minute.
And after Adrian was done dominating Eden’s mouth, he abruptly ended the kiss. His eyes were now in Eden. Firery and hungry.
Eden was shocked. His expression was purely one of shock as he glared at Adrian who had a mischievous smile on now.
Eden didn’t even need to ask the question that ran through his mind.
Adrian could already tell what he wanted to ask. It was a "what the hell was that about?" Question
"I don’t like being used. I’d rather be the one doing the using. And the one taking the initiative. So this is my payback. I’ve settled the scores from that night. So we’re even for now"
Adrian said with a sharp smile as he turned and walked off, heading back into the banquet hall.
While he left, Eden stood there watching him leave, speechless.
He couldn’t believe what the hell had just happened now. Adrian had stolen a kiss from him for the reason that he was getting back at him for the last time?
Eden recalled him leading him on that night after he was drunk. He couldn’t believe Adrian had taken offense to that that he even got back at him??
Pathetic. He thought. He didn’t even know what to say about it.
But one thing he knew was that he was certainly going to get back at him for this. Get back at him in the worst way possible.
As Adrian almost got to the entrance door connecting to the hallway, he had met with Elvis who he walked past without bothering to greet.
Crown prince Elvis had also come to the hallway in search of Eden.