Angelica's POV

"You said—" Jonathan was cut off when his father came, I just bowed to them and his mother entered after.

"We were worried," she says, Madeleine hugs me and smiles at me.

"You still look the same, but..." she sniffs me and instantly looks at Jonathan, "be careful next time." she looks at us with a dismayed look before spraying perfume at us and I cough at it.

"Thank you for the warm welcome," Nicholas says to Madeleine.

"You're very much welcome," she says sarcastically, "I need to go, unfortunately. Just call me when there's something important." she struts and was about to walk out.

"There is." she stopped walking when I said it.

"Mom, Dad, sit down. Ms. Lalaine? Please bring us a scorching hot tea," Madeleine says and fixes her dress.

"You're overreacting," her mother says.

"I might be, but this is what millennials call a tea spill." I snorted and she looked at me, "speak now." Their mother shoots an eyebrow up at us before taking the scenery.

"Well, I'm intrigued by that term." Vice-Chairman Young looked at me seriously and I told them the truth after the maid gave us a real tea, their father just looks impressed while their mother has different reactions to what I told her. I stopped to take a breath and Jonathan, out of the blue, continued the story.

"Wait, so what you're telling me was that Ronaldo... or Alexander was mad at us?" his mother asks.

"Yes, Mrs. Young. Because..." I trailed off, looking at Jonathan.

"Because of what? Monica? That woman is a fine one, doesn't he even dare," she says.

"Mom, no, listen... I know all of you will be pretty mad at what I'm about to say," he says hesitantly.

"Don't give us the suspense, brother," Madeleine says.

"I created a serum," he says, all of their reactions worsened and even his father had a new reaction. He was not happy at all, then he started to talk.

"How long have you been hiding that serum from us?" he asks through gritted teeth.

"More than 75 years," Jonathan says, his jaw clenches a bit and it feels like he's expecting something on him like a slap or what.

"How about you?" he looks at me, "how long have you known this?" he asks.

"I just found out yesterday... From Alexander," I said worryingly.

"If you're scared about what's gonna happen, don't be. We knew it also a long time ago, we're just waiting and acting like we don't know it," she adds.

"Mom, you should've told me. I could have made a way," he says.

"We've lived long enough, and we don't want to live another decade to suffer. We've been meaning to tell you all that, and seeing that the two of you, my boys have found a woman. We are happy, your father's face might not say it all, but he always says to me that he's proud of what you all have accomplished in life. If that serum were ever to cure this curse, we'd be really happy." Vice-Chairman Young pointed with a smile before continuing.

"We could spend only decades, not a century or even a millennium. Normally, we still shift when all of you are just little... But we chose to stop, we chose to not be young anymore. Some people wish for eternity, but all I can say was to hell with that. We've been on this very surface for a long time now, so we chose to give up life. We shift to look young and to slow the aging process, but we still die at the very end of our lives." She sniffs and Madeleine wipes her cheeks off and Nicholas just silently cries while Jonathan is crying on his mother's hand. His father just closes his eyes and holds the bridge of his nose.

"We're sorry if we ever have to say it to you all, we've just been very careful I guess. But Monica said this to me before she died, she tells me 'I want you to keep on moving and living. And maybe one day, you'll be over here soon. It's hard to admit that I will be leaving you soon, but you need each other. Be there for each other, and love each other endlessly. If I ever was to be born again, don't find me, because that might be a different scenario, and don't force yourself on them. I love you so much,'" Vice-Chairman Young says and cries.

"I miss her, mom," Jonathan says, but he starts to stand.

"I guess this is where we end this discussion," I said and they chuckle, Jonathan invites me to his room to sleep with him and I just rest. We rested peacefully and I woke up earlier to surprise everyone with a meal. I got up and went outside their house to stretch my body. I raise my hand to hail a cab and when someone stops, I get in and his eyes are kind of familiar. His face was hidden on a mask and he pushed something that made the smell strong.

When I inhaled and smelled chamomile, it smelled amazing, and then I felt relaxed, somewhat like I wanted to sleep. I fought it to wake up and ended up staying fully awake, I got out of the cab and looked at the plate number. EG2007, but he's probably gonna change that in no time. I noticed a gas canister that is labeled nitrous oxide. Is he going to kidnap me though? He dropped me off, maybe I wasn't his victim. I shrugged it off and went to the grocery store, even though they have a variety of things there I still bought my own and went back to their house. His mom is awake and looks at me surprisingly.

"Oh, you went shopping. Funny, because I just was about to start cooking."

"Good morning, Mrs. Young." I smiled at her and she smiled back at me.

"Jonathan talks a lot about you and he says that you cook deliciously, isn't that right?" She looked at me dearly and I just agreed by nodding my head.