The Princess And The Lord

1360  Planning and Scheming

"I'll call the Noxcra agent in charge of protecting the Hamilton family. In the meantime, you should call someone who's directly involved in this to make it clear," Fargo suggested.

Lory bit her lip while contemplating her decision afterward she took her phone and dialed Lilly's number. After a few rings Lilly answered the phone and greeted her cheerfully "Lory, it's been a long time, how are you?" Lory was stunned by how excited Lilly was and she became worried, "I'm fine Lilly... Um, can I want ask you something"

"sure, what's up?" Lilly's voice sounded relaxed and cheerful..

"Well, I heard about you and Sean Lockwood, what's going on here?" Lory asked carefully so as not to sound like she was interrogating her.

"Oh yeah about that..." Lilly's voice instantly softened then Lory notice the background noise behind the phone gradually decreased indicating Lilly moving somewhere more quiet.

"Where are you?" Lory asked.

"Chillin' at the bar with my 'plastic friends, to spread my family influence" she replied sarcastically.

Lory then heard Lilly talking to someone saying to someone: "Can you guard this place to make sure no one hears me"

"Yes!" the other woman replied firmly without further explanation.

Lilly then went back to her phone "The agent you sent me was great, he speaks no-nonsense, very effective when doing her jobs, and have a quick responded!"

"Well, that's standard for a Noxcra agents," Lory replied proudly.

"Oh yeah about Sean Lockwood..." Lilly closed the door behind her before continuing, "That guy is so persistent, everywhere I go he would be there, I go to the mall, he's there, I go to the bookstore, he's there, I go to the cat cafe, he's there too! He's like a mole that pops up everywhere, so annoying. Since I can't avoid him I thought why not use this to our advantage?!" she snorted in disgust.

"What did Hugo and your parents say about this? I don't think they agree you interact with a suspicious man like Sean Lockwood," Lory was sure Lilly's parents would let her take such a big risk after what happened to Ethan.

"Grandpa had conflicted feelings about this so he told me to talk to my parents, but the situation had already become like this. In the end, they knew this was inevitable, it's Ethan's fault in the first place, anyway. So they had no choice but to accept the situation, besides what do they want to do, locking me up? As if that would stop the enemy from knocking on our house."

Lilly's words made sense and from the last discussion they were indeed had expected the enemy might approach Lilly that's why Lory suggested Lilly and her mother move to Harland but because of many other considerations, they chose to stay in Eagle Rock. But speak was eisier than done, now that the enemy was start targeting Lilly they understandably became apprehensive, including Lory.

 Lory sighed heavily, "Okay, so how is your situation now?"

"So far so good, he didn't try to do anything inappropriate with me, guessed I'm not his type, thankfully. However, he asked a lot about you, I mean Raven Jane" Lilly's voice sounded enthusiastic like a girl who couldn't wait to gossip with her friend.

Lory had expected this so she wasn't surprised "What did he want to know?"

Lilly thought for a moment before saying: "He asked me when I met you, how your relationship with your husband is and how close you are with Garrof and the others and have you ever contacted me again? Thank goodness I didn't like him, otherwise, I would have been upset for having my date kept asking about other women during our date" she giggles.

Even though Lilly didn't have any feelings for Sean, it was still quite annoying. Lilly sneered inwardly at how badly Sean was trying to hide his intentions, she wondered how stupid Sean thought she was.

"He won't just ask about me, right?" Lory doesn't care about what Sean thinks about her because in her opinion it isn't relevant to her.

"Well...he asked about Sean too, he covers it up by caring about me, but I know he wants to know if I've contacted Sean lately"

"Oh...so obviously he must be someone from Luxemborough or the S.A.I.N.T organization" Lory mumbles.

"Well...but he's more focused on your whereabouts, Lory, and I think it's for a more personal reason" Lilly half whispers.

"Oh, how did you know?" Lory asks.

Lilly's voice gets smaller as if afraid someone will hear her and that person is Zhao Li Xin.

"From the aura that Sean Lockwood exudes, I see that he has a romantic interest in you..."

Lory's brows furrowed, she didn't expect it at all "Really...?"

"Yes..." Lilly felt uncomfortable telling Lory about this because Lory was a married woman.

Zhao Li Xin who had sharp hearing, his ears became even sharper.

But Lory's reaction was so flat "Oh... what else does he want to know?"

Lilly was stunned at how indifferent Lory was. Lory didn't sound bothered or flattered at all,

"Um.. he asked a little about the painting exhibition and about Mr. Zhao"

Only now did Lory's curiosity arise "What did he want to know?"

"He asked what Mr. Zhao looked like, How his relationship with you, and whether Mr. Zhao was strong or not?"

Lory contemplated for a few seconds before speaking again. "It seems like he's trying to find a way to contact me," she sneered coldly. "He could try, but he'll be disappointed." "That's what I thought." still and all, Lilly couldn't help but worry for Lory. "But from his attitude, it doesn't seem like he's going to give up so easily, I'm afraid he'll trick you into approaching him.

Lory wasn't worried at all, "Well, I expected that. I guess I could just use it against him, like you did right now, right."

Lilly felt flattered, she laughed: "That's right. He thinks I don't realize that he treats me like a young and stupid rich girl."

"Still, you have to be careful, never go anywhere without telling the agents protecting you and anything you get from that man, no matter how trivial or not, you have to tell the Noxcra agents and they will decide whether it's important or not" Lory kept reminding Lilly not to be reckless Because, despite all that, the fact is that Sean Lockwood is more experienced. Lilly also did not dare to underestimate Sean Lockwood, she answered obediently "Of course Lory"

Suddenly Fargo calls her, "Lory, our pick-up has arrived!"

Strong winds hit her face accompanied by the loud sound of the aircraft's engine. Lory lifted his head as the aircraft hovered above her, "Sorry Lilly we'll talk again later, okay"

"Okay, see you later, Lory," Lilly also heard the engine roar from behind the phone.

"Yes, don't forget always to be careful and never believe Sean's words. He might tell you some sad stories about himself to make you feel sorry for him, then use that to manipulate you. So, never believe a hundred percent of what he says, but you can pretend to care about him!" Lory warned her again.

"Got It!" Lilly replied firmly before ending their conversation.

The aircraft slowly descended and the door opened shortly after a King's Men soldier greeted them. He formally saluted by placing his fist on his right chest and bowed to Lory as she walked past him.

Once they were seated the plane took off. Fargo soon asked about his conversation with Lilliane Hamilton. Lory explained Lilly's purpose for dating Sean Hamilton, who most likely worked for Luxemborough, if not the S.A.I.N.T. organization, which ended up being the same thing. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Sean Lockwood huh? Well, Me and Jay have been investigating him, but we haven't gotten any useful information about him other than he made his acting debut two years ago and his career skyrocketed from there but that wasn't strange since after the Dark Age War ended much past information about people had disappeared or changed due to the destruction of many government facilities at that time." Lory said nothing when Zhao Li Xin suddenly commented "The Hamilton Lady said that Sean is interested in you?" Lory turned to Zhao Li Xin and playfully grinned "Your wife is quite popular, you know" "Indeed, you've always been popular." Zhao Li Xin remembered that even in his world, some men were interested in Lory despite using an ordinary appearance, such as Luo Ri Yi. "Really? Well, regardless, you don't have nothing to worry about~" Lory coquettishly leaned her head on Zhao Li Xin's shoulder.