My Soul card is a Reaper

Enric Garcia's grin stretched from ear to ear.

"Of course not! Of course not! Who are you, Second Brother? How could someone like you lie?" he laughed foolishly. "As long as my national goddess is still single, I'm not worried about chasing her!"

"Second Brother, I wronged you! I sincerely apologize!"

Victor Steele was already completely used to his shameless flattery and didn't react at all.

"Where are you now?"

Enric Garcia leaned out of the car window and glanced around.

"We'll reach the hotel in about two minutes. Second Brother, where are you?"

"I've been on the plane for more than ten hours. I'll be landing in Averton soon," Victor Steele said calmly. "Don't go back to the hotel with Isabella Cruz. Come straight to the airport and pick me up."

Enric Garcia instantly straightened up.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Victor Steele's forehead twitched.

Sometimes, he truly despaired at the intelligence level of humanity.

But Enric Garcia was already so excited he practically vibrated in his seat. Naturally he obeyed everything Victor Steele said.

Just before hanging up, he couldn't help asking eagerly:

"Does His Majesty have any other orders?"

As it turned out...

He did.

Victor Steele coughed lightly and asked again, almost casually,

"She… really smashed the wine?"

Now that Enric Garcia knew Sienna Vale had nothing to do with Victor Steele, his brain had finally returned to normal operating mode.

The moment he heard this question, his expression became extremely strange.

"Oh yeah," he said slowly. "A bottle of '95 Burgundy. Just smashed it like that. And she even told the boss to put the entire bill on my tab."

He paused and rubbed his chin. "Second Brother… can this count as public expense?"

Victor Steele answered calmly. "When I get back, I'll have someone bring you a box of '90 Burgundy from my private cellar."

"Just consider it payment for the past few days of hard work."

Enric Garcia nearly cried with happiness.

"SECOND BROTHER IS THE BEST!"

"SECOND BROTHER IS MY ANGEL!"

He almost kissed the phone.

But just as he was about to hang up, Victor Steele's cold voice suddenly came through again.

"Enric Garcia."

His tone had turned stern.

"Don't have any improper thoughts about Isabella Cruz."

"Even if it's just a thought, don't even think about it."

"Don't contaminate her with your dirty imagination."

"If I find out when I get back, I'll hold you responsible."

Enric Garcia immediately promised again and again.

With wine and his goddess still waiting for him in the world, he had no interest in anything else anyway.

However...

What he didn't realize was that Isabella Cruz, who was sitting quietly beside him in the car, had heard the entire conversation.

When she heard those last words, the corner of her lips slowly curved into a strange smile.

She glanced sideways at Enric Garcia.

Her eyes sparkled with calculation.

So…

Victor Steele was coming back.

Very good.

Then she would prepare a big gift for him.

When Enric Garcia told the driver to change direction toward the airport, he had been worried Isabella Cruz would refuse.

Unexpectedly...

She said nothing.

Not only that, she looked completely calm, even slightly cheerful.

Seeing this, Enric Garcia relaxed immediately.

After all, he was about to see his goddess again.

What could possibly be better than that?

In the distance, Isabella Cruz leaned back in her seat and watched the city lights slide past the car window.

A quiet smile lingered on her lips.

Soon.

Very soon.

Mr. Garcia would probably become extremely miserable.

After the plane landed in Averton, Sienna Vale stepped down the stairs and immediately began searching for Victor Steele's figure.

Her eyes swept across the VIP exit again and again.

But no matter how hard she looked, she couldn't find him.

Just as a trace of anxiety appeared on her face, her manager walked toward her together with Victor Steele's personal secretary, Steven Han.

Steven Han smiled politely.

"I'm sorry, Miss Vale. CEO Steele has already left."

A flash of disappointment passed through Sienna's eyes.

However, she also understood very clearly that what she had done at the Milan airport had already crossed Victor Steele's bottom line.

When she leaned against him deliberately, she had clearly seen the momentary anger in his eyes.

His entire body had gone stiff.

Facing such a Victor Steele, she hadn't even dared to breathe too loudly.

But after so many years of stagnant progress between them, Sienna Vale had finally decided to take a risk.

She wanted to push their relationship forward.

That was why, in that brief moment of courage, she had grabbed Victor Steele's arm and walked forward without even looking at his expression.

At that time, Victor Steele's body had clearly stiffened.

Yet somehow, he had still followed her steps onto the plane.

Her heart had been filled with both excitement and unease.

Only when they reached the boarding area did she dare to glance back at him.

What she saw was Victor Steele staring coldly at the arm she was holding, his brows tightly furrowed.

She called tentatively, "Victor?"

Victor Steele lifted his eyes.

The temperature in his gaze dropped instantly.

"Let go."

His voice was colder than ice.

"Victor… actually I—"

Before she could finish speaking, Victor Steele had already shaken her hand away without hesitation and stepped onto the plane.

Afterward, the flight attendants politely guided her to another cabin.

During the entire flight, whenever she asked to see Victor Steele, the staff only repeated the same sentence.

"CEO Steele is resting. No one is allowed to disturb him."

Sienna Vale felt both angry and anxious.

But she also knew she had truly acted recklessly this time.

Now that they had landed and Victor Steele had already left the airport ahead of her, she had no choice but to follow her manager back to the company.

—

At the airport's VIP exit.

Enric Garcia and Isabella Cruz arrived just as Victor Steele's plane finished landing.

They stood waiting outside the private arrival passage.

Enric Garcia looked unusually excited.

Thinking about how he might soon see Sienna Vale, his smile practically reached his ears.

Meanwhile, Isabella Cruz had remained quiet the entire journey.

She didn't show any reluctance about coming to the airport at all.

This naturally made Enric Garcia lower his guard completely.

He kept craning his neck, looking around eagerly for any sign of Sienna Vale.

Just then—

Isabella Cruz, who had been standing beside him silently, suddenly grabbed his arm.

Enric Garcia instinctively tried to pull away.

But before he could say anything, Isabella Cruz's weak voice suddenly sounded beside him.

"Mr. Garcia… I'm sorry…"

Her voice trembled slightly.

"I suddenly feel very uncomfortable. Could you… take me to the hospital?"

Enric Garcia froze.

His expression changed instantly.

Isabella Cruz was Victor Steele's treasure.

If anything happened to her, Victor Steele would definitely tear him into pieces.

"MISS CRUZ, are you okay?" he asked anxiously. "Where do you feel unwell? Don't endure it, tell me clearly!"

Isabella Cruz's face had turned pale.

Her body seemed soft and weak as she leaned heavily against him.

After a long pause, she finally spoke again in a trembling voice.

"It's… not good…"

"Mr. Garcia… actually… I lied to you yesterday."

Her voice sounded fragile and painful.

"Yesterday I asked Emily to distract you because I needed to go to the hospital for a checkup…"

Enric Garcia's eyes widened.

Isabella Cruz slowly lowered her head, her voice becoming even weaker. "In fact… I'm already pregnant with Victor's child."

"But I didn't want the baby… so I bought abortion medicine…"

"I just took it earlier…"

Her hand clutched her stomach as if in pain.

"But now I regret it…"

"Mr. Garcia… my stomach hurts so much right now…"

"Please hurry and take me to the hospital…"

When Enric Garcia heard her words, his mind exploded.

What the hell?!

MISS CRUZ was actually pregnant with Second Brother's child?

Damn it… Second Brother moved this fast?!

But the next thought nearly made his soul leave his body.

If Victor Steele found out that his child had been lost during the few days Enric Garcia was "protecting" Isabella Cruz… what kind of ending would he have?

Just imagining it made cold sweat pour down his back.

Without thinking further, Enric Garcia bent down, lifted Isabella Cruz into his arms, and stood up in a panic.

"MISS CRUZ, don't worry! I'll take you to the hospital right now!"

He had just taken two steps toward the exit when—

A cold voice sounded behind him.

"Enric Garcia."

His entire body froze.

"What are you doing?"

Victor Steele stood a few meters away, his expression unreadable.

Enric Garcia opened his mouth to explain.

But when he remembered Isabella Cruz's earlier words about pregnancy, abortion medicine, and stomach pain, the explanation got stuck in his throat.

He didn't even know where to begin.

And right at that moment—

Isabella Cruz suddenly wrapped her arms around Enric Garcia's neck.

Before he could react, she lifted her head and pressed her lips against his cheek.