The Alchemists

L was seen at war with herself. Her face showed a variety of mixed expressions between anger, sadness, and despair. London could not bear to see it. He was always weak toward L. tears. No matter how annoying the girl was, he loved her.

"What happened to you?" London asked again.

L looked at him for a long time before she shook her head slowly, wiping her tears, and suddenly she turned off the Virconnect connection.

Instantly there were only London and Finland in the magnificent library. Both looked at each other in confusion.

"She's mad at me..." London murmured to himself. He should have known L would have reacted to an extreme. That girl was not someone who can be fooled.

"Do you think she's jealous?" Finland asked her son. London did not answer. He did not know for sure.

Meanwhile, one by one, their family members entered the library and surrounded London.

"Wow ... what happened?" Caspar asked in amazement.

"Are you two fighting?" Rune looked at his brother in surprise.

"Gosh ... she is so beautiful, how on earth she wants to be with you?" grumbled Terry.

He had seen L's pictures several times in the media but only recently had he peeked and seen L's appearance at close range. The girl looked like an angel with her distinctive beauty. She was so much more beautiful than the pictures. Even though she was pregnant, she actually looked even more glowing and charming.

London could only hit his brother's shoulder with disgust. Terry's words seemed to rub salt over his wound. How could his brother tease him like that? Obviously, L didn't want to be with him and always refused when London asked her to marry him...

"Maybe that could be a reason for you to give her the veritaserum and force her to tell you the truth about what she really wants," Rune told London.

Aldebar, who listened to their conversation, seemed to understand what was happening. As a new guest, he missed many stories and only heard about what happened to London and L from Rune.

"Rune is right. If you have got her to be honest with you and turns out that L really doesn't love you, I can make a love potion for her... hihihi, so that she would fall in love with you and agrees to marry you," Aldebar joked.

Everyone was staring at him with a reproachful look. Considering Aldebar was 230 years old and was still faithfully single, without ever being close to a single woman, no sane person would believe his love potion.

"Wait a minute ..." London took his cellphone and tried to contact L. He didn't like the way L had suddenly hung up the call. That confused him. Until twenty rings, L still did not also pick up the phone.

"She didn't pick up? She must be really jealous," Finland commented as she ruffled her son's hair. "I will come to Germany in two weeks to see you. Hopefully, when that time comes, L will give you clarity."

London did not reply. Somehow, he felt uncomfortable. He then contacted Jan.

"Jan, it's me. Something just happened and it looks like L is angry. Can you please check the situation?" asked London hastily. Jan, who was used to his boss's behavior, just said yes and hung up without asking any questions.

"Come on, let's go back to the garden," Caspar said, giving a signal to everyone to stop meddling in his son's business. "It's my birthday, and London's birthday too, we haven't blown any candles!"

Finland just pinched her husband's waist when she heard Caspar's words. Her husband was 470 years old today. There was absolutely nothing special on his birthday, and it did not need to be celebrated with cake and candles.

Slowly the atmosphere was back to being cheerful again, and they continued chatting while eating and drinking until evening came. London was the only one who couldn't enjoy the party because he was still thinking about L. He had never seen L's eyes as sad as today.

Did L really keep her feelings inside and was jealous of Finland's presence? Was it true that L wanted to take care of her baby? London really couldn't wait to talk directly to L. If they met in person and talk to each other, L won't be able to avoid him like that.

These thoughts made him unable to focus at the party. Only his body was in Singapore, but his mind had drifted to Germany.

***

A call from Jan came when London, Rune, and Terry were on their way back to the penthouse. It made London very surprised.

"Miss L had secretly left the suite. We were looking for her whereabouts. I'm sorry, Sir. I couldn't watch her properly," Jan reported in a regretful voice.

Gosh! What does a girl who is six months pregnant want by going out alone?? London thought anxiously.

"Have you contacted Pammy? What did she say?" asked London quickly.

"I did, Sir. I immediately interrogated Pammy. Even Pammy was just as surprised as we were. She didn't know where Miss L went. Pammy couldn't contact her at all."

Instantly London's head became dizzy. Did his actions make L so angry that she decided to run away? If that was true, he was feeling regretful.

"Rune, you should go home alone, I have an emergency in Germany and must return as soon as possible." London turned to Rune, who sat next to him. "I will go straight to the airport."

Rune could already guess the problem being faced by his brother and only shrugged. "Okay. I will take you to the airport and then go back to the penthouse. Good luck."

Terry just patted his brother's shoulder in support. London did not respond. He only massaged his temple and tried to think.

Oh, L ... where are you going? he asked himself.

He did not even feel the need to stop by the penthouse first, London immediately decided to fly back to Germany. Jan had arranged for his flight so that London could go home right then and there.

Some of the flight crew were waiting for him at the airport when London arrived. The pilot and co-pilot were the last to arrive. They hurriedly greeted him and prepared for the flight.

Both of them were enjoying a nice vacation and basking in the hotel pool when suddenly they were told to prepare to fly right then and there. They suspected that there must have been an emergency. So, without much consideration, they immediately changed their clothes and drove to the airport as soon as possible.

After the plane took off, London got a more detailed report from Jan, and his c.h.e.s.t became heavy.

"Pammy finally said that in the last few weeks, Miss L often received flowers from a mysterious man." Jan's voice sounded a little hesitant. "Ms. L said something that the person was an old friend, and she was very pleased to be able to see him again. Pammy suspected that the person was very wealthy because he sent so many expensive gifts to the agency's office for Ms. L."

"L has a mysterious fan who was also her old friend?" London swallowed hard. "Do you know who that person is?"

Not yet. I'm still investigating. Pammy was starting to suspect, maybe Miss L ran away with that person. Pammy said that L talked to him several times over the phone, and yesterday she met him secretly in a cafe."

"Which cafe? I want all the CCTV footage. I want to know who that person is!" London slammed down his cellphone after hanging up the phone call.

He did not expect that, during the last few weeks, L was talking to another man behind his back. Who was this man?

If L really ran away with him, it showed that L trusted that person so much that she would reveal the secret of her pregnancy. This meant, London could be sure their relationship was not simple. London felt so anxious. He was not willing to let L go and took his child to be with another man.

He would not allow it!