Just when Mystica was about to send her current location, Master Reed Ville’s mansion, there was a voice from behind that shocked her.
"Who are you?"
Mystica turned her head immediately and saw the two kids, whom she finally recognized as Clarke and Gaius’ children. They were still wet after swimming, standing in front of her with their curious eyes.
"Who are you, Miss?" Hermes asked again. He was wary because he thought she was an intruder.
But then again, Uncle Reed’s mansion was heavily guarded. It’s a bit impossible for anyone to enter without permission.
"Are you Uncle Reed’s girlfriend?" Artemis tilted her head. Then she was surprised by her own statement, "Ah, but Uncle Reed said that he likes Mommy...."
Mystica was getting one after another shock. She was dazed after hearing the innocent comment from the little girl, "Master Reed... loves Gaius?"
"Ah, yes! Uncle said that we’ll be a family in the future! Because we don’t stay with Daddy anymore, Uncle Reed said that he’ll be our Dad!"
"And he will also marry Mommy because he likes Mommy!" Artemis added.
"Arte, don’t say that in front of a stranger...." Hermes scolded.
"Ah, sorry, big brother!"
’I have to leave before Master Reed found me,’ Mystica thought. She smiled at the kids and said, "I see, then I’ll leave for now. Goodbye, kids."
"Uncle Reed told us not to allow anyone to enter or leave without his permission...." Hermes said.
"Un! Stay with us, Miss!" Artemis used her power by innocently summoning a light rope from her pointer finger, the light rope wrapped around Mystica’s body, preventing her from moving.
"Ah!" Mystica was surprised by the sudden attack. She looked at the kids and realized how much of an idiot she was.
They were the kids of two superhumans. Of course, they’d be super too!
"L—Listen, little girl. I’m here to help you two. Don’t you want to see your Dad? He misses you two a lot," Mystica said, trying to persuade the kids first.
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Artemis and Hermes turned their heads, looking at each other, and Hermes yelled out loud, "UNCLE! THERE IS AN INTRUDER HERE! SHE’S HOLDING HER PHONE!"
"NO!" Mystica struggled wildly, trying to escape from her death, but that scream alerted Reed Ville.
Reed came out from his room with Gaius. He was wearing a red robe with nothing underneath, proof that he was naked before, getting a service from his brother-in-law.
"Ah, so there is a rat here," Reed glared at Mystica. He had a small malicious smirk on his face that dissipated instantly, turning into a benevolent gentleman when facing the kids.
Reed patted the kids’ heads, "Good job, you two did a great job here. My little princess has a light power, right? That rope is so strong. You’re a strong princess!"
"Hehe, thank you, Uncle! Arte is a strong princess!" Artemis nodded happily. She tightened the rope around Mystica’s waist to make Uncle Reed even prouder to her.
"Urk!" Mystica’s face was red as she couldn’t breathe at all.
"Now, now, your work is done, princess. Don’t restraint her too much, and Uncle will take care from here," Reed said.
Artemis nodded and stopped choking Mystica. Reed approached Mystica and grabbed her hair, dragging her to the master bedroom.
"Uncle, Arte wants to eat Mommy’s cooking!" Artemis said suddenly.
Reed halted his step, turning his head towards Artemis, and smiled, "Yes, your Mommy said that he will cook for lunch today. You two, take a shower first and be ready for lunch, okay?"
"YES, UNCLE!"
With Artemis and Hermes going to their rooms to prepare themselves, Reed dragged Mystica to the master bedroom.
Gaius’ eyes widened when he saw Mystica, "W—Who is she, Reed?"
"Oh, this is just my subordinate. Well, she’s a traitor now because the kids said she’s holding her phone, must be texting someone, huh?"
Reed flung her to the ground, right in front of Gaius.
"Urk!" Mystica’s eyes were blurry as Master Ville flung her without mercy. She already guessed she had some broken ribs just now. But that wasn’t really important, knowing that her death was near.
Mystica glared at Reed, "This is not what you planned originally, Master Reed."
"It is not, of course. But that doesn’t matter. I am the one who makes the rules anyway," Reed said with a little shrug. "Now, tell me, Mystica, what did you do? I didn’t ask you to come here today."
Mystica paused for a moment and then turned her head at Gaius. She hated this old male wife for being so lucky, of course, and she wanted him to suffer.
But when imagining how sad and desperate Clarke must be, she didn’t have the heart.
Thus, she put aside her ego and used her power to transform with Gaia’s face, "Gaius, I am Gaia, your husband’s secretary!"
Gaius was shocked by her sudden transformation, while Reed only stared at Mystica with interest.
"I—I am Master Reed Ville’s subordinate, and he’s the one who instructs me to be Gaia, someone who looks like you, but younger and female version!" Mystica didn’t know why Master Reed hasn’t shut her up or killed her yet. But she used all the borrowed time she had to tell Gaius about the villainous Master Reed.
"He—He is the one who sent me to Clarke Gaist’s office, so I can seduce him! He plans to ruin your marriage with him, and he’s also the one who set me up to sleep with Clarke!"
"But believe me, Gaius. Clarke loves you so much! He never chea—"
Before Mystica could say that Clarke never cheated on Gaius and revealed the devious plan Reed Ville made to ruin the marriage, Reed clenched his fist and crushed her heart.
Mystica’s eyes widened, and she spurted blood from her mouth. She was unable to continue her words. She closed her eyes slowly as she pulled her last breath.
Gaius watched everything without saying a word.
He was too stunned and terrified right now.
Gaius looked up to Reed, who still had the same smirk on his face, "W—What did you do to her?"
"Hm? I just killed her, isn’t that obvious?" Reed replied lightly. "I crushed her heart from the inside. It’s one of my power. I can crush anyone’s heart as long as I have physical contact with them."
Gaius’ face paled, he backed off out of reflex, "T—Then, you can also—"
"Not only you, but I can also crush Clarke’s heart too if I want," Reed smiled meaningfully. "But I didn’t do it because that’d be boring, right?"
"T—Then, what she said—"
"Yes, it’s true," Reed nodded lightly. He touched Mystica’s body so she’d disintegrate into nothingness. Then, he sat at the edge of the bed, staring at Gaius, "I am the one who set her to imitate your face and be Clarke’s secretary. But I have no more plan after that because all I wanted was to test him."
"Test... Clarke?"
"Yes, Gaius..." Reed held Gaius’ hand and kissed it gently. "I’ve been thinking about you for a long time. And I feel like Clarke doesn’t deserve you and the kids. So I put a little test, whether he will continue loving you or cheat instead."
"Turns out, he cheated on you in full consciousness. I can’t stretch how disappointed I am. That’s why I want to take you away from him."