Before Jude could complete his words, a little girl suddenly ran toward them and pulled Jude's leg."Handsome brother, can you help find my mom?" The little girl of eight asked while batting her eyes at them both sweetly and helplessly. Jude and David, who don't know how to relate to children, looked at each other stiffly with a lost expression. "That…" As if the girl knew they were going to reject her, her lips began to quiver, and her beautiful eyes turned red and teary. "Please, handsome brothers." The little girl pleaded helplessly. The little girl was curious and playful when her mom went shopping, so she ignored the rule that she should sit until her mom was back. And when she'd returned, she received the information that her mother had left to look for her. Afraid that she wouldn't see her mother anymore, she couldn't help but look around, which made her walk further until she was lost, yet she couldn't find her mom, so she had no choice but to implore the help of str
“Ahhh.” Hayden cried out softly and immediately opened his eyes. Zenos was looking at him with a fond look when their eyes met, but like an illusion, it was immediately replaced with his cold ones. Hayden pointed his hand at Zenos and began to scold him unhappily. “You… Don't you know when to take a breather? What are you? A starved beast?” He grumbled while glaring at Zenos. Despite how he had begged Zenos yesterday, the man had made him do many positions before letting him go. Since he had confirmed that he was flexible, Zenos didn't let him go until he tried so many more that he couldn't even count anymore.“Is that a good morning?” Zenos kissed Hayden's nose, which made him wrinkle his nose with a frown.“I'm telling you, there's no touching me for the rest of today.” He threatened, but he was replied to with a smirk on Zenos' face. “Sexy,” Zenos muttered with a smirk, which made Hayden bury his red face under the blanket. Suddenly, Zenos stood up and immediately bridal-carr
Hayden fell into thoughts while devising a plan on how to make Zenos not return him home. Hayden really doesn't want to leave Zenos' side after such interesting days with him. Zenos was always pampering him and putting his preferences first. Even though Zenos always acts dominant and possessive, he really wants it that way. Hayden continued to roll about the bed languidly since Zenos wasn't in the room, and he was the only one in the room. Hayden parted his lips, intending to call Zenos for the umpteenth time.“Zennn…” Hayden called and immediately stopped upon hearing his words. “Zen? Zen. Zen! Wow. That's cool.” His eyes lit up at the discovery of a short new name for Zenos.“Zen! Zen!” Hayden yelled in order to get Zenos's attention while grinning.Zenos wasn't in the room with him, which made him bored out of his mind. Besides, his mind didn't seem to want to take the activeness he wanted because he couldn't even think of a plan, no matter how he thought it through, so he ca
If Zenos wanted to let him go back, he shouldn't continue pampering him this much because Hayden will keep remembering everything, and it'd make it hard to live as he has always done.“I'm greedy, right?” Hayden continued with his head bowed. Hayden couldn't get enough of Zenos. He wanted Zenos's attention to be focused solely on him. And it was surprising that it was coming from someone who had hurt Zenos a few months ago. Zenos' hand held Hayden's hand with a comforting expression: “Babe.”“I'm fine.” Hayden bent his head while feeling remorseful for what he had just said. What if Zenos did not only think he was a brat who blew up something from a small size to a massive proportion? What if Zenos now thinks Hayden is a clingy brat, which would make Zenos want to leave him? Seeing Hayden's expression, Zenos could understand what was running through his mind: “I don't dump what belongs to me, nor do I let it go. Even when I get tired of you, I won't let you go. I would kidnap and l
Hayden quickly rubbed his red ears and returned to lying on the table lazily. “You don't deserve it,” Hayden said while looking at Zenos from the corner of his eyes. Zenos smiled and decided to stop teasing Hayden, so he returned to continue working on his laptop while patting Hayden's back comfortingly until Hayden fell asleep. Zenos carried the sleeping Hayden to the sofa and tucked him under a blanket knowing that the boy was still recovering. He smiled and brushed a stray hair on Hayden's forehead. He kissed the boy's forehead before returning to his seat. Zenos had just sat down when he heard a ping. He picked up his phone and saw that David had posted, while Sean had pinned his BL posts in the group as if he couldn't wait until everyone saw them. Who's having a baby here? I want a cute daughter as my first godchild. @zenos @xander @aldric @levi @sean @everyone @single Jude. Xander's eyes darkened upon seeing Sean's post of him(S), Philips, and Craig. That damn Sean had
“The house owner is back.” Philip yawned lazily when he saw Hayden alighting from Zenos' car. Craig leaned back on the chair and eyed Zenos's car with envy, his phone on his lap. “That's an expensive brand of car I've been eyeing for a long time; unfortunately, it's a limited edition, and there are only five of them in the world.” He uttered with a sigh. “Who's the person Hayden is with?” Craig looked down at his phone and saw that Sean had yet to reply to his message. His bright eyes dimmed upon thinking that Sean wouldn't be coming again. “Come home?” Philips audio-text, Xander, after reading the man's message. His brows were wrinkled, and he bit the corner of his lips in anxiety. Well, he doesn't know whether to go or not… But what he knew was that he couldn't hide from Xander. After thinking about this, he calmed down a little. Mason's hold on his phone was calm. He turned back to the door as if he didn't care, but he was secretly waiting for Hayden to come in. He couldn't eve
As long as Zenos didn't leave, he was fine. Hayden was about to swagger into the house when Mia suddenly grabbed his hands.“Hayden, you're lying, right? I know you love me; why do you keep denying me?” Mia suddenly said behind him, which made his expression change into anger and panic.“You stop talking nonsense.” He muttered in a flustered voice and ran toward Zenos, who had just packed the things out. Hayden quickly hugged Zenos tightly.“It's really not true, Zenos. Don't leave me, okay? Just believe me, please!” Hayden used his cute voice, which he knew Zenos would always fall for. What he didn't know was that Zenos didn't care a bit about Mia because he was the only one in Hayden's eyes.Zenos parted from Hayden and smirked at his flustered expression. Without saying anything, he picked up the things. From the corner of his eyes, he saw all of Hayden's friends looking at the two of them with curiosity. Besides, they also show interest in the ongoing drama between Mia and Hay
Hayden's mood fell due to Mia's words because he never expected her to act in the way she did, but he tried to feign strong, “What the hell is wrong with her? I and Zenos were a thing before I met her.” Hayden declared angrily.“What did you expect her to do when she has been in love with you for all this while? We all expected you to be the real deal,” Caleb replied, deadpan.“I didn't ask her to fall in love with me! I warned her repeatedly, and the same was true on my birthday; why is she pushing the blame on me? I was always honest.” Hayden explained, but he paused when he saw Simon's actions. Simon kept on stealing several glances at the cold-looking Zenos before he looked back at Hayden while scratching his head. “No matter how I see it, I feel like I have seen him before, but I just couldn't remember where or when.” Simon revealed this while looking at Zenos again. Zenos raised his head to meet Simon's eyes, but Simon quickly looked away.Certain paintings filled Hayden's he
Simon used a hand to ruffle his hair and extended his other hand to beckon the group to leave without him. Even though he just stood calmly, somehow he seemed to look like a supermodel posing for a picture. "You can leave. I have to stay..."Without giving Simon the chance to complete his words, a cunning smile appeared on Philip's face, and he raised his eyebrows endlessly and mischievously. "Ah. For the new crush," he declared with a dramatic snicker.Immediately, Philip tucked his hands into his pockets and looked up to the sky with his signature ever-knowing sage look.If that person could appear today, then Philip needed to reclaim his ever-knowing sage position.Upon hearing and seeing Philip's expression, Simon's face gradually turned cold, and he glared at Philip coldly. He parted his lips to say a word, but before he could...Philip struck a pose and ran a hand through his hair dramatically. He shrugged and casually expressed, "Well. Keep waiting, but remember not to keep you
Upon hearing a total stranger directing questions at Hayden, Aria's brows knitted and her face contorted in a frown. She tilted her neck and inquired, "Do you know him?"Aria turned to Justin with a frown before turning to Hayden again.Without bothering to give Justin face, she openly chided Hayden fiercely while indirectly poking at Justin."Don't tell me you've gotten a poor taste ever since this lady isn't here to monitor you," she chided while staring at Hayden with an expression that conveyed: Don't tell me it's true.Without casting a glance at Justin, Hayden ruthlessly responded with a helpless sigh, "I don't know him."Justin's expression changed, and it felt as if his heart had been stabbed fiercely upon hearing Hayden's cold rejection.Upon hearing this, Aria dramatically sighed while patting her chest. "Fortunately."Immediately, Aria flashed a smile at Hayden. "Now, let's go!"Immediately, Aria scowled and clutched Hayden's hand tightly. She began to scold him fiercely. "
Justin tucked his hands into his pockets and silently descended the stairs after being informed by a maid that his mom had called for him.In the living room, June, Justin's mother, was currently applying paint to her hand while watching a romance drama series.“Mom,” he called.June raised her head and directed a sweet smile at Justin. She informed him, "Starting from now on, Nougat will attend school with you."Her voice was so calm and sweet—unfortunately, her words held no sweetness for Justin.Upon hearing this, Justin felt as if a thunderbolt had cracked his world, and his mood plunged deep into the abyss.Right now, Justin believed he had just heard the worst news of the week. No—of the century. Attend school? Attend school with that bastard?Justin's eyes widened in horror, and he retorted in a stutter, “Attend? What? Why? How? Why should that bastard attend school with me? Why should he interfere with my daily life?”A surge of dread hit Justin’s soul hard and overwhelmed him
The first thing Hayden always did after taking a bath was to 'visit' the snack room to select the perfect snack for his early morning craving.That bright morning, it was unsurprising to see Hayden sneaking towards his snack room.Upon seeing a guard standing at the front of his precious snacks' door, Hayden's eyes enlarged slightly, but in the next second, he made a turn in pretense of forgetting something important in the bedroom.What a nice way to begin the day, dear CEO Zenos. Hayden sulked and grumbled unhappily.Upon seeing such an interference with his morning craving, how could Hayden not realize that Zenos was hell-bent on making his sugar level go down to normal?Hayden silently scowled, but in the next second, he tried to calm down and tried to accept it.As long as this cruel punishment didn't affect Hayden's incoming Heart's products, Hayden would try to shut one eye and manage himself by sneaking sweets, cookies, or chocolates, etc., when Zenos wasn't watching. Sigh! Li
An hour and a few minutes later, the doctor had already done a check-up for Hayden and disinfected, diagnosed, and dressed Zenos’ wound.The doctor’s back straightened, and he stared at Zenos and Hayden politely before reporting calmly, “Mr. Hayden’s mental health stress has decreased a lot. However, it seemed Mr. Hayden had a lot on his mind lately and tended to think a lot. It’s as if Mr. Hayden was afraid or anxious.” The doctor finalized.Upon hearing the doctor’s sentence, Hayden lowered his head and stared at his palm placed on his knees. Even though he didn’t make a comment, it was easy to notice that the doctor was right with his words.Zenos’ brows furrowed slightly. Except for Hayden’s exceptional clinginess, Hayden had always acted fine. Could it be that the boy had been pretending and was hiding things from him? What could it be?Zenos wrapped his hands around Hayden’s waist and nudged gently. He took hold of the boy’s hands and gently stroked them. “What’s it, baby?” he c
"Zenos, did you touch my schoolbag?" Hayden pursed his lips together and eyed Zenos suspiciously.Zenos raised his head to stare at the boy calmly. Upon making eyes with Zenos' deep eyes, Hayden became flustered, and he quickly dodged away.At that moment, Hayden realized that he was very daring. In fact, who would touch his bag if it wasn't Zenos? It's enough that he brought an illegal thing into the mansion when Zenos even took it away; he even dared to ask Zenos about it. Definitely courting trouble.In fact, the day before is when Hayden is supposed to get his snack from Zenos. However, because Hayden was caught eating a snack, Zenos banned the boy for five days.Despite Hayden's pleas and negotiation, he was only able to coax Zenos into four days. How heartless.Just thinking about how Zenos coldly pronounced that ruthless order, Hayden felt like bursting into tears.His beautiful heart. His exquisite heart. Of course, no snacks can ever taste like it. Yet Zenos cruelly takes it
“Micheal,” Xavier interjected immediately with a call.Upon seeing Hayden's expression turning pale, Zenos engulfed the boy in a hug and gently coaxed him while throwing dagger-like glares at the unfazed and unremorseful Michael.Michael leisurely leaned against Xavier and gave Hayden a cold glare, killing intent flickering past his eyes. "If you dare Zenos again, it is best you go into hiding and never let me find you, or I'll kill you with bare hands.” Micheal threatened, his voice laced with seriousness and danger.Although Xavier should be the one interjecting and cautioning Michael, upon seeing the person acting so domineering, Xavier’s eyes darkened and his desires increased, a thought in his mind: damn, Michael is hot!Upon hearing Michael’s words, Hayden's eyes surged with determination, and he retorted firmly, sincerity laced in his tone. "I won't hurt Zenos.” Hayden will never hurt Zenos in his lifetime or the next. Back then, when Hayden hurt Zenos, it was because he was ch
Suddenly, Jude’s phone rang, interjecting his typing. Jude stood up and strode toward the panoramic window; he tucked his left hand into his pocket and stared at the city. Jude picked up Zenos’ call."For those who embezzled, did you put in a schedule with our lawyer in court?" Zenos’ calm voice and the rapid finger typing on the keyboard drifted from the other end of the phone. "En,” Jude responded calmly, but in the next second, he arched his brows.At first, Zenos planned to take a look at the company’s staff and day-to-day affairs, but he suddenly decided to kick everyone out today. Originally, didn’t Zenos claim it was too early?Also, Mr. Dylan already knows his way around the company more than anyone. He can even be said to know his way around better than the owner. It was as if he was the owner! He might try to use that to cause trouble. Wait! He’s already in the police. Coupled with the pile of evidence that they have against him and his son, they will definitely take a wh
“No way! How could it be…” Upon hearing this, the higher-up expression changed, and they stared at each other in shock. Someone in the company dared to do such a heinous thing?The company’s value kept falling drastically with each second that ticked before Zenos stepped in.Although the Heart product was launched using the company, in fact, Zenos used it to boost the company, and the Heart product completely belongs to Zenos.For the first time in years, their debt was finally decreasing, and they were able to see a profit.Yet someone dared to do something heinous! Certainly, that person deserves a judgment that’s worse than death!Suddenly, one of the higher-ups squinted his eyes in suspicion and pointed at the nerdy guy. When everyone thought the Shert product tasted good, he was quick to find out that it tasted like heart product.If he hasn’t done something so suspicious, there’s no way he’ll find out so quickly.Upon hearing this, all of their expressions changed, and they turn