The days passed quicker now that she was anticipating something and Cayenne felt that she hasn't prepared everything at all. The day for them to meet has finally arrived but Cayenne felt that something was wrong. As soon as she got inside the car after class, Stefan felt the anxiety coming from her.

  "Don't be nervous. Everything will be fine." Stefan stated as he gently rubbed his wife's head. "I will try my best to behave as well."

  "I know you will." Cayenne replied. "Is everything ready? Have you called the organizing committee?"

  "Not only the organizing committee. I also called her parents."

  "Oh." Cayenne fastened her seatbelt and watched Stefan started the car. "Did her parents say anything? You know what, I haven't really met them even when we were still students."

  "Sweetheart, don't feel about that. Aside from John, none of her friends really met her parents. They kind of…uhm…they look down on people. I have heard a lot about them but I never really though you'd be associated with their daughter. They don't like to socialize with people of lower status."

  "Thank goodness my best friend didn't end up the sort of her person like her parents."

  "I don't think she'd end up like them when she never really spent so much time with her."

  "What do you mean? With them being so strict, I thought they kept an eye on her and spent so much time with her."

  Stefan finally drove out of the school vicinity and was heading for the meet up venue that Cayenne has planned for the small reunion event with her friends. "As far as I know, Marian didn't grow up with her parents around her. When she turned three years old, she's surrounded with many tutors and had a personal nanny. She grew up with her nanny but that person passed away when she was in 5th grade. After that, they no longer hired anyone to stay with her until she met Veronica, her current personal maid. She told her parents to hire the woman and up until now, Veronica remained loyal to her. Her parents being strict to her doesn't mean that they love her. They're just being strict because she's carrying their name and bloodline. Any mistakes she commits will be a stain to their reputation."

  "So, that is why." Cayenne looked outside the window for few seconds but she suddenly turned around and glared at Stefan. "We can't be like that to our children in the future."

  "Of course, we won't. And it's not children. It's a child. I only wish you to go through such pain once in your life. No more than that."

  "But being the one and only child of our family, it will be lonely."

  "How can that be? Your brothers can give birth to children, too. Then, our child will have playmates."

  "You're impossible." Cayenne rolled her eyes and sighed.

  "And why are we even talking about children? We're not having them until you graduate."

  "I know. I know. It's just a comment in passing." Cayenne retorted but her mind refused to accept Stefan's decision of having one child. 'If there's a will, there's a way.' She thought to herself. She could already imagine their house brimming with hearty laughter from their children and she couldn't stop herself from smiling. Cayenne's thought was cut off by her phone's ringtone.

  She picked up her phone and found Arthur calling her. Stefan also read the name on the screen when he took a glance to see who was calling her. "You have his number? I thought you blocked him already."

  "I did but, I have to unblock him in order to have a peaceful cooperation."

  "Block him again after this event."

  "Isn't that weird?"

  "It's weird if he starts messaging you and calling you for no reason."

  "I don't think – " Looking at his grim face, Cayenne swallowed the rest of her words and finally nodded. "Let me answer this call first." As soon as she answered it, Arthur's voice came through the call line. He was asking Cayenne were exactly the venue in City D since he had arrived already. "There's a store called La Vida Resto and Bar. It's in the city center and it's near the shopping mall and it's reserved for this event already. Just give them my name."

  "O-okay. I'll see you there." Cayenne was about to hang up but Arthur said something which made her smile sheepishly. "Tell your husband that I'm sorry for contacting you."

  "Hn." Cayenne ended the call and looked at her husband. "You hear that? He didn't really mean to contact me because he likes me and he's even considerate of your feelings."

  "Whatever with that guy." Stefan didn't buy that reasoning at all and just continued to drive.

  Unlike Arthur, Seiji didn't have a hard time finding the place. It's because his secretary scouted the store first before picking him up from the hotel he was staying. He didn't want to contact Cayenne for such small matter, lest he'd make the tiger angry for contacting his mate.

  Half an hour later, Cayenne finally arrived at the place and saw the two males sizing up each other. Seeing their intense gazes, she couldn't stop herself from approaching them and knocked on their heads. "What are you guys glaring at? I didn't bring you guys here to start a fight."

  "So, what are we here for?"

  "We're here for a little reunion with our dearest friend. When you see her later, do not ever show pity on her or I will kick you to the ends of the earth." Cayenne threatened and even gave then two of them her deathly glares.

  "I'm not friends with your husband, though. Why is he here?" Arthur questioned.

  "Neither am I." Seiji agreed.

  "I really want to beat these people up." Cayenne muttered.

  "Don't get your hands dirty." Stefan replied and kissed her knuckles. "They're not worthy."

  Both Seiji and Arthur were just commenting in passing but if they had known they'd be fed up with dog food, they'd rather die in silence than say something about Stefan.