Chapter 129

**Acacia Point of View**

"I told you I don't need this. Should I write it out for you to understand now?" Gosh, I'm irritated to the height of mount Everest.

I cannot take this madness anymore.

"Eelk, of all the people of your race, you are the first and the only one who became my friend in the past." I took a deep breath and gave him a somber glance.

"I know Milady and I'm honored to be considered as your friend." Eelk nodded enthusiastically and smiled like a child.

"I knew you were giving my minute to minute updates to your King in the past but still you were the only person who was my friend, do you know why?" I pulled the chair and sat down and grabbed the juice bottle to take few gulps.

I offered one bottle to Eelk as well and gestured him to sit. When he sat down, he thought for several moments but did not reply so I clarified his confusion.

"Because you know you limitations. You spied on me because it was direct orders from your king. However, you still made sure you didn't reveal everything about me. You maintained my secrets and you were understanding; with a bottom line in doing things."

"Thank you, Milady." He smiled genuinely at me with a hint of gratitude in his eyes.

"Good. In that case, I hope you be the same understanding friend to me now as well. One, do not call me 'Milady'. I am not a royalty from your race. Call me Ms. Winters if you are too firm on formality. Two, tell your boss, you king that sending me three meals a day and arranging personal facilities in onsite work area for me will not make things any different between us. I don't want or need anything from him."

Did he think that just by sending over some food and drinks will change things between us? What a foolish Jerk!

If he sent portable air cooler and blankets for me, will I see him in special light?

What is he trying to do? Bribe me or make my staff think that something is going on between him and me?

"Mila – Miss Winters, I know. But he is trying his best to understand your feelings and make it better for what happened in the past. I will not say he is a complete new man now but he is in the course of transformation. A little slower, but he is changing." As expected from the most sympathetic person of the whole damn race.

"Doesn't matter to me. Make it clear to him that I only take money for the work I am doing on this project. Other than that, I will not accept anything from him. Tell him to stay away from me and my son. He change his ways or not is none of my concerns anymore." Eelk groaned hearing my words and looked like he is getting sandwiched between two parties.

After staring at me with puppy eyes for a while he finally realized that I am firm on my decision so he sighed sadly and nodded his head.

He got up from the chair weakly and walked as if energy left his body forever. "Eelk, wait!" I stopped him when he was one step away from the door.

He turned around like a bullet and blinked at me with expectant eyes. "You want to say anything Ms. Winters?"

"Nothing about your king." Like a deflated balloon he went weak again and glanced at me vulnerably.

The effort it took me not to smile; only I know how painful it was. This guy changed for better after coming to this world. Not bad!

"Viva is my best friend and is most worried about me. She saw what I experienced and how I suffered in the past six years so she is protective over me. But she is also a calm and thoughtful girl. Give her some time, she will come around." His eyes went from dead to glittering in the matter of fraction of second.

His face is glowing like an LED bulb. "Really?" The anticipation in his voice is not lost on me.

"Hmm."

"After what happened to you – will she – will you -" He scratched his head guiltily.

"She has her own scale of judgments, Eelk. I will not stop her from pursuing her love, not if it is you she is pursuing. But I do have to warn you not to make a mistake that you cannot undo. She is one of those people who I care about the most and if something were to happen to her because of you, you will not be my friend anymore. I will make sure you face the consequences."

"Of course, of course. Ms. Winters, Rest assured, I am sincere towards her and will not let her or you down."

"That' good then. She is going to Eloy alone on a business trip this coming weekend." I stressed on the words 'alone' and 'trip' so that he can catch the hint.

His eyes brightened in enlightenment and soon he is surrounded in pink light. Literally!

It was such a funny scene to look at the commander of royal guards behaving like a pink piglet in love. I nearly choked on my laugh.

"Got it, Ms. Winters. Thanks." I nodded and waved at him but he was so into his own bubble that he did not even see my hand wave even when his eyes are on me.

I wonder, is love so magical?

Will I ever get to feel something so magical?

As soon as that thought came to my mind, I shook it off and occupied myself in work so that I will never get such useless thoughts again.

The following week, delivery of food and other necessities did not stop. Except, the person to delivery them changed from Eelk to Azar.

I never touched the things delivered to me and I'm sure the Jerk knows it but he still insisted on 'taking care' of me from what Azar said.

No matter how many times I rejected and refused, the deliveries kept coming which started to make me frustrated beyond words.

Frustrated more because my staff has been talking about it now. Some brave ones even asked me if the great Mr. Ebernus is pursuing me.

What can I say? When there is a flare of rumors, no matter how you explain, you still cannot clarify the situation completely. So I only told them that I am not interested in anyone yet so if he has a mind of pursuing me, he will be disappointed.

My staff knows I am a single parent so most of them nodded in understanding and did not follow the matter anymore; thankfully.

Few days later, the delivery took an upgrade. Along with food and simple and immediate necessities, I started getting letters.

Love letter? I don't think so. The pattern and profile of those letters are unidentified to this date.

They are hand written letters from Jerk himself. The content of the letters usually go about him and his achievements in the current days in the first part of the letter.

Like I care what he is up to.

At first I did not even open the letters and just threw them in the dustbin. But my secretary once read a letter before throwing it away and that was when I started reading them because the second part of the letter made me want to kill him.

The second part of the letter is his brave and bold confession on his spying talent. He writes about how my son is doing and that I should not worry about him as my family is taking best care of him.

He is spying on my family and my son and he mentions it in the letters as if it was an innocent act which meant well.

Reading those letters proved to be the true test of patience.

I mean, don't I know how my son is doing? I talk to him thrice every day. We talk at least once on a video call. My parents are best parents out there so in the matter of taking care of their grandson, they will do beyond their best.

Heck, I can even see them pampering him to no end. Even I and Liam were never pampered like that. We were never overly pampered at all. Mom and dad have always been balanced in what they did. However, they truly go out of their way when it comes to pampering my son.

Igses is living a life of prince boss right now!

Do I have to know this from the Jerk?

And look at his audacity; he is spying on us and is still telling me about his findings bravely.

I sent him a threatening text message about spying on us and he did not reply to it. He replied by sending the letters as usual with similar content.

I threatened him to take this matter to police but he got shared a picture of him with a couple of his police friends and a statement in which it was written that he has a right to know the information on his son so it is not illegal to pry for such information.

It has been three days since he sent me those pictures and since then, there was another upgrade in deliveries.

Jerk started to send flowers!

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