A Promise Of Ten Lifetimes

Arc 2:9 Laleh Darling

A/N: Not really satisfied with this chapter but whatever. Enjoy!

"What the..."

Zachary Lahey's pale face stared at the picture of his face with a knife in between his brows. The picture wasn't flawless... it was full of tiny holes. He doesn't know wether to laugh or cry.

"Ops...", Laleh Darling sheepishly said and diverted her eyes. She glanced at his face as he stared at the picture.

"W-what is the meaning of this?" He was speechless. Should he be happy that she had a picture of him or sad because she used the picture as a target?

Laleh tilted her head and spoke, "Oh as you can see... it's a picture of you." Zachary moved his gaze towards her, "I know that." She met his gaze, "I'll take it down and put it in the closet." Lahey stared confused at her, "Why would you put the picture in your closet?"

She sighed and lightly tapped her foot. "It's a little souvenir. Everytime I'm mad at you I'll take out this picture from the closet and you know what will happen next." He secretly gulped and his already pale face got paler. Sweats formed on his forehead as he reminded himself of not to anger this woman in the future. He must never forget his promises and deals with her or otherwise this merciless she-devil will use his handsome face as an target. My poor face! He thought.

Zachary nervously laughed and said, "Darling don't worry about that because it will never happen again." He checked his X-watch on purpose and added, "Oh the time passes so quickly. It's time to see my jet." With that he dragged her out.

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Laleh Darling couldn't help but hold her breath when she saw her dream jet. His skin was so shiny like a dolphin and she bet it was hard too. Zachary Lahey crossed his arms as he watched the female admiring his jet. He narrowed his eyes and pursed his lips. Why is her attitude so gentle towards my jet?

She reached her hands out to the the jet but was stopped by his hand. His large hand easily covered over her small one. She glared at him as he spoke, "Remember no touching." Laleh scoffed, "No touching my butt. You were the first one to break the deal so why would I care about your ridiculous condition?" She reminded him about the broken deal again. He didn't contact her for a whole month. After all, she had already done her part as being his maid for a day and believe her it was freaking exhausting.

"I already apologized for that and for my defense I was occupied with my duties", Zachary Lahey defended himself. But little did he know that she doesn't care about that at all. She doesn't even care about her real parents' company and what's happening in there... so why would she care about that?

"Well Mr. Lahey don't use that as an excuse", she fired back as her small hand withdrew from his big one. Her twin sister and Hudson Steinfeld met each other several times this month and she knew that he had duties like Zachary. And that didn't stop him at all from seeing Joanne Darling. Zachary Lahey sighed as he watched Darling touching his extraordinary jet. He was aware that his jet was not average. Its design was superior and it was the only one in the world. It took a long time to develop its design and build the jet. The second jet is now being built in one of the building around the area.

"Call me Zach", Laleh ignored the handsome man and let her fingers wander on the jet. As expected, its skin was indeed hard and unexpectedly silky. Lahey felt that Darling was neglecting him and his athletic features darkened. He watched as her full attention was on the jet. "Can I go inside?" She asked with puppy eyes. He couldn't refute and nodded.

They got inside the jet. It was a little cramped inside since the design was only made for one flyer. "Wow is that a fridge?" Laleh asked as she opened the small fridge which was attached behind the seat. "Yes, sometimes pilots tend to spend a lot of time inside the jet thus the fridge is always full of food in case we get hungry so we won't die out of starvation", Zachary explained and watched her amused eyes. He couldn't understand why she was so amused by a fridge. It just a fridge. But to Laleh who loves food, is was not just a fridge. Those who loves food can only relate...

"Oh me gee! Puddings!" She squealed and grabbed one. She grabbed the spoon which was attached on the pudding and opened it. She moaned as she took a bite. Laleh ate the pudding without even asking the owner. Zachary's mouth twitched as he watched her eating without shame. He shook his head slightly and secretly smiled. She was sure something else...

When she was done eating, she realized that Lahey stared at her the whole time. She could feel her cheeks warming up as she sheepishly smiled. "Want?" She asked and handed him a pudding. He just smirked and shook his head, "No thanks. You can have it, no, you can have all of them." Laleh beamed and thanked him. Zachary's heart warmed up at the sight of her smile. Her smile was contagious as it infected him. He couldn't help but smile along.

The smile on his face immediately fell at the thought of the war. His father and grandfather have already retired so all of the responsibility was on him. Of course, they helped him as much as they could and he was grateful for that. The Pilot section contains a lot of different positions and jobs like divers, snipers and soldiers. Why wasn't the Pilot section called Military section? Here's the story behind that name. A long time ago when Tamon Lahey was alive, he was a valiant pilot and designed the jets. Once the jets were build, he and some other skillful men used the jets to defend their motherland by bombing and shooting at the targets when needed. Their country was in war with Country Bronze. The pilots weren't a part of the military force at that time and thus Tamon Lahey led all of the other pilots. One day, all of the pilots sacrificed their life to win the war and to save their motherland. Country Diamond's citizens were deeply moved by this and the upper hands made a section for the pilots in the military force. Since Tamon Lahey was the one who found Planet X and the other pilots along with him sacrificed their lives to protect them, they decided to name the military for Pilot to honour them, especially Tamon Lahey. The then citizens and the current ones still had deeply respect for the heroic pilots.

"Are you listening to me at all?" Laleh asked as she waved her hand in front of his face, Zachary Lahey was pulled out of his thoughts. His eyes met hers as he said, "What did you say?" Laleh groaned and resisted to roll her eyes.

"Who is Penelope?" She asked again. His eyes darkened as his thin lips was pursued to a line. "How do you know her name?" He stared into her eyes. She shrugged, "I don't. Your phone has been ringing the last few minutes and the caller was Penelope."

He mentally cursed and forgot that everytime someone calls him, a hologram would show up with their name. "So who's she?" Laleh asked again and was determined to find out who she was. He sighed, "She's no one."

"Liar."

He turned his face away from hers. It was clearly that he avoided her. Laleh put her hand on his face and made him look into her beautiful eyes. "Who is she?" She whispered and let her hand fall on his broad shoulder.

He closed his eyes for a second before he opened them and answered, "She's my ex."

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