Good Girl Gone Bad: Queen Of The Underworld

"Ahhh!" Riggs winced in annoyance. As of the moment, he apparently dozed off on the hammock placed in between two trees, nearby the resthouse Seraphina chose to live in seclusion. However, an abrupt forced made him fall off and decided to interrupt his rest. 

Glaring dagger at the culprit, Riggs insulted as he rubbed his eyes as if he wanted to cleanse it with holiness, "Ahh! Goddamnit! My eyes hurt even more than my back. Such an eyesore." 

"You finally realized what I have felt all these years." Ace dissed back in disgust. Though he was accustomed to his diva attitude, Ace could not help his face twitch every time Riggs opened his mouth. His confidant's mouth was just too profane that even demons would scurry away hearing him prattle nonstop. 

"What an ingrate. I heard you mumbling 'fattie' in your sleep and thought of helping you out from your nightmare." Shaking his head in disbelief, Ace explicated why he woke him up by kicking him out of the hammock where Riggs was having a nap.

"Ha! Thank you… Is that what you want me to say, you cretin." 

"D_i_c_kass." Ace could only retort with one insult as he would never win against this narrow-headed man. Raising his gaze on a certain window, as usual, it was covered with a thick curtain. Ace uttered, "It's been three months, when will her close cultivation ends?"

Yes, it's been three months since Sebastian Yue's death and since they arrived there, Seraphina never steps her foot outside her room. None of them saw her through this course of time and as ordered, no one dared near her room aside from Rex who brought her food and fetch it afterward.

"Probably after her breakthrough." Riggs humored with a heavy sigh as he peered at Seraphina's room window. Though he was worried about her, Riggs perceived that she needed time for herself to slightly heal. He knew that very well. Hence, despite that he was seeing Rex annoying face every day for the past three months, he s_u_c_k_e_d it up as he wanted to be there for Seraphina even though from the distant.

'Aiya, until when will you lock yourself up?' Riggs thought inwardly as his eyes softened into a bitter pain.

Ace, on the other hand, cast him a quick glance. To his knowledge, Riggs was the most stubborn person and when he was told not it's restrictions, he'll still do it to feed his curiosity. Ace knew that as he had seen many occurrences in the past that Riggs being chased to death by Venus.

However, in these past months, even though Riggs never followed Rex orders if it wasn't from their boss Luciano, it appalled him that Riggs behaved and obeyed not to disturb Seraphina. Of course, his guessing game with Seraphina was still valid but how can Ace continue his investigation if Riggs and Rex kept a tight lip -- leaving no clue regarding anything.

They always spat that they were just doing their jobs and Seraphina living in seclusion isn't actually their loss; they received their payroll while doing nothing. Good trade indeed. Yet, it still bothered him to the point that he could not sleep at night thinking that his comrades had betrayed Luciano.

"*Yawn* This place is relaxing." Out of the blue, Leon's lazy familiar voice reached them from above. Riggs and Ace abruptly raised their head and there, Leon was sitting at the on of the tree branch where Riggs tied his hammock.

By the looks of it, Leon just woke up as he stretched his neck sideways and then in a circular motion. Seeing Leon, his senior, Ace stood rooted on the ground. He did contact Leon these past months but to no avail, as expected, he never returned his calls. For security, Ace never left a message regarding his suspicion towards his comrades and only told Leon to call him back as it was an urgent matter.

"Yo, Casper!" Riggs, as usual, greeted Leon with his stupid nicknames and nod his head towards Leon before he looked away and stared at the room window of Seraphina. Ace, on the other hand, creased his brows in confusion.

"Goombah, why are you here? and why doesn't this wanker surprised?" The words that left Ace mouth was his questions that bothered him a lot. Hence, even before he knew it, he already spatted his concern.

"Aiya~, what reason do I always have whenever I exert my efforts?" 

"Did the boss came back?!" Hearing Leon's obvious words, Ace face brightened. Of course, Leon would only bother to move if it was for Luciano's sake and Luciano's orders.

"Uh-huh…" Leon hummed in response. He repositioned himself and hung his feet as he swung them to and fro while turning his gaze to where Riggs was looking.

When Leon confirmed that Luciano is back, Ace turned his head towards Riggs but to his surprise, Riggs was unmoved and seemed it wasn't news to him that their boss is back.

"Hey, did you heard him?" 

"Yeah, so what?" Riggs nonchalantly uttered and retracted his gazed away from the window of Seraphina's room and laid back on the hammock. Sure, his statement aggravates Ace to the core. 

"So what? Our boss came back -- you knew?" Ace bellowed alas, coming to a realization, he gasped in disbelief.

"Huh, such a dipstick." Riggs indifferently responded as he closed his eyes to rest. Since he had a terrible long dream, Riggs was up to share his burden by annoying the ever galling Ace who knows nothing from the beginning.