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Grace closed her eyes and inhaled deeply. She couldn’t recall why and when she thought that she would be able to keep everything a secret from him. But at the same time, she never expected for Davian King Parker to suddenly show this much interest in her and her matters.
What’s wrong with him today? She wondered.
In her previous life, during the apocalypse, the two of them were stuck in different countries. Yet, he somehow made his way to her within three months of apocalypse.
However, things didn’t go well between them as she decided to trust Daniel over him. Daniel knew that he might never succeed in overthrowing her from her position if Davian King Parker stayed with them. Thus, he did everything in his power to turn her against him. And considering the past Grace and Davian shared, it wasn’t that hard for Daniel to succeed in his motives.
Grace ended up cutting ties with Davian and the two went their separate ways after a big fight. She still remembered how angry he was when he failed to make her understand that she was walking straight into Daniel’s trap and called her foolish.
He did try to approach her a few times over the years, but she never allowed him into her circle. Thinking about her tragic end, she actually felt happy that she didn’t drag him down with her.
Closing her eyes, she inhaled deeply. She indeed was foolish in her previous life who couldn’t tell right from wrong. Back then, all she wanted was for Davian to stay away from her. But what was she supposed to do this time? She had no answer for that.
The past they shared was too complicated for her to just keep him by her side, even if the danger they were about to face was an apocalypse. And yet, she couldn’t deny that having him on her side would be like the second biggest cheat after the jade bracelet to confirm her survival in the apocalypse.
"Grace, I’m talking to you."
She was pulled out of her thoughts when she heard him speaking after a few moments of silence. She finally turned her gaze toward him and spoke, "The identity of Mrs. Parker might belong to you, but the identity of Ms. Brown has always been mine. Don’t get too greedy."
She noticed how he was about to contradict her statement, so she quickly followed, "As for killing Daniel, I should have done that a long time ago considering his betrayal. It’s good that he’s dead now and I don’t have people living with me who wants to kill me all the time."
This time, Davian arched one of his eyebrows high as if he was - either impressed by her words, or questioning the truth behind them.
Ignoring him, she gave the final explanation. "I burned my mansion, closed my base, and am buying supplies because I want to move to the Starfall Isle. I’m done living here among these people. I want to move to a new place and start a new life."
There was silence in the room following her lies, and when she didn’t hear him speak even after several long moments, she finally turned her head to look at him once again.
He was again staring at her, but she couldn’t tell exactly what was going on in that head of his. She wondered if he even believed a word of what she had told him.
Truth be told, if she was in his place, she would have never believed even a single word of such nonsense. But even if he didn’t believe her, he could only speculate her motive. After all, there was no way he would ever find out about the real motive behind her decisions, at least not until the arrival of apocalypse.
But what if he decided to come after her for supplies once the apocalypse would arrive? She would hate to become his enemy. Did she have to kill him with one of those weapons she had hoarded? The thoughts were troublesome and made her sigh out loud.
Right at that moment, she felt something knocking on her temple. She turned her head and glared at the man who just knocked her head with his knuckle. "What?" She demanded while glaring at him.
"Stop your thoughts from wandering too far." He replied while staring back at her, and if she wasn’t wrong, there was even a hint of smile on his lips that was barely visible.
"Do you even know what I’m thinking?" She demanded in return, not liking how different he was behaving from his usual self. The Davian King Parker she knew would have never knocked her head or talked to her like that.
Davian tilted his head to the side, surprising her further by that gesture, before he answered, "I might not have the skill of mind-reading, but I think I’m really good at reading your face. And from what I saw, it felt like you were thinking about ways for killing me."
Grace just sat there staring at him in stunned silence. He was way too close to the truth, or to be precise - he was absolutely right in his guess. Before she could have found something to say in response, he was once again speaking.
"It’s alright if you want to shift to Starfall Isle, I think it’s a good idea to start anew." He had a proper smile on his lips this time as he spoke the next sentence. "I’m thinking about selling my company and retiring too. Let me accompany you to Starfall Isle. We both will start our new lives there."
"Impossible."
Grace wasted no time in replying. She stood up and took hold of his hand, dragging him toward the door. Once she had pushed him out of the house, she added, "Stop dreaming, Mr. Parker."
And then, she closed the door on his face before letting out a deep sigh. Something was indeed very wrong with Davian King Parker and she suddenly wanted to stay even more far away from him.