Craig's head was held high as they alighted from Zenos's car. The unmasked Hayden was about to make his way toward Zenos, hold Zenos' arms, and return to the hotel when Craig's eyes were pinned on him fiercely."It's late. Won't you go home already?" Craig glared at the shameless person who had fun throughout the day with Zenos yet still planned not to let Zenos go in the evening when that time should belong to Hayden. How can Craig accept that? Hayden glared at Craig unhappily. He didn't know if he should categorize Craig as his friend or archenemy after all he had gone through in Craig's hands today. If Craig can do it, he'll definitely prevent Hayden from talking to Zenos, not to mention interacting with Zenos. Hayden was quite grateful that his friend's hand didn't itch enough to make it violent because Hayden was his clingy self. Perhaps, it was because that stinky Craig is with Sean? Only Heaven and Craig know. Hayden knew what Craig was thinking, and it warmed his fille
Hayden's hand continued to tug at his silky blonde hair gently, even after he entered the cake and dessert shop closest to the hotel. Had Zenos seen his actions, Zenos would've tried to stop him, but Hayden was far too nervous to stop himself from tugging at his hair. Hayden had spent his day bickering with Craig, so he didn't care, or it was more like Hayden had forgotten about the mask's case, but now that he was alone, a sense of nervousness and unease filled him deeply. He couldn't help fidgeting. Hayden tucked his hand into his pocket with the thought of how he had already begun to miss Zenos, even though they had just departed from each other and would be back together in a few minutes.“Good day, handsome young man. What do you like?” Hayden was asked as soon as he sat down in one of the restaurant's cozy black chairs. He took a polite glance at the waiter. The waiter is a young girl in her early twenties. She looked fair, refined, and petite. She is wearing a white shirt,
And after doing so, he turned his back on Zenos and began to sulk. Zenos chuckled in amusement. He turned the sulking Hayden toward him, and with a light tug of Zenos, Hayden crashed into his chest."I'll miss you, Hayden," Zenos uttered sincerely and tucked a strand of stray hair behind Hayden's ear. He cupped Hayden's cheeks and placed a tender kiss on Hayden's lips."When will you return to Grail?" Hayden asked quietly and laid his head on Zenos' chest.Tears pooled in Hayden's eyes because he realized that he'd be parting ways with Zenos for a while. Hayden had been used to Zenos' presence; how could he cope with Zenos' absence? Within a few seconds, Zenos' shirt had a noticeable wet patch due to Hayden's tears."Don't leave for long this time, okay? And don't avoid me anymore. I'm really sorry." Hayden whispered and hugged Zenos' strong waist tightly as if his life depended on it. Zenos ruffled Hayden's hair playfully, but that wasn't enough to make the deflated Hayden happy.
"Shameless." Hayden cried out while glaring at Zenos angrily. He held the wall for support while making his way to the bed. Hayden had kicked Zenos out when Zenos suggested bathing him. Well, Hayden knew Zenos could definitely not keep his hands to himself. Who is he kidding? Why would he give that lustful person a chance?Unfortunately for him, that smart Zenos had sneaked into the bathroom and Papapa Hayden again and again."Get me my clothes," Hayden ordered coldly, still glaring at Zenos.With his shaky legs, he got onto the bed and slept on it after such intense eating from evening to morning. Ah! He felt so tired. He just wants to sleep all week while basking in Zenos' warm care.Without warning, Hayden's hands were suddenly pinned to the bed. Hayden had a premonition in his heart and turned to stare at Zenos.Zenos had an innocent expression on his face, which made Hayden's anger soften. Hmph! Just a bit. "What are you doing?" He whispered with a gulp while eyeing the innocent
'Hayden looked so cute sleeping.' That was Zenos' thought.Hayden yawned lazily and turned away from Zenos.Zenos' heart warmed at the sight of the cute Hayden; he pecked Hayden's cheeks and took multiple photos of the unmasked sleeping Hayden."I'll miss you, babe," Zenos muttered in a sincere tone while stroking Hayden's silky hair."Zen," Hayden whined from sleep.Zenos chuckled at the cute sight of the sleeping Hayden, who had just called him from sleep.Zenos watched Hayden's chest rise and fall with happiness in his eyes before he stood up and finally left the room.Zenos entered his study and sat on one of the couches after picking up a file that was submitted to him. The smile on his face disappeared in an instant, and a dangerous smirk replaced it. His lips curled up while he went through the files.Soon, an amused chuckle fell past his lips, and he dropped the file on the table.Zenos checked the time, and the time said it was 2 hours, 5 minutes past the flight they missed.
Hayden hummed in pleasure, his hand playing with Zenos' neatly slicked hair while Zenos helped Hayden tie his shoelaces after dressing Hayden up.Zenos grabbed Hayden's unruly hand and placed a kiss on it, "All done." Zenos muttered and stretched his hand out for Hayden.Hayden beamed and grabbed Zenos' hand. He stood up from the bed in Zenos' clothes."Cute," Zenos said and ruffled Hayden's hair, which made Hayden pout."Stop it, Zen." Hayden wrinkled his nose and straightened his hair with his hand, forgetting that he was doing the same thing with Zenos' hair a few minutes ago.Zenos chuckled and grabbed Hayden's waist closer, "Babe, I'm leaving." He whispered and pecked Hayden's forehead.Hayden burrowed into Zenos' embrace and fondled Zenos' abs, "Zen, I want to come with you." Hayden whined and pulled Zenos' arms childishly.Hayden wanted to spend more time with Zenos because he couldn't bear to watch him leave. Although he wanted to tell Zenos to stay, he knew Zenos had delayed
A blushing Craig quietly leaned against Sean, who in turn wrapped his hand around his waist, both chatting with each other even though they were next to each other and carelessly throwing dogfood into the environs.The two, coupled with David and Jude, were waiting for the lovebirds Hayden and Zenos to walk out of the suite.Unexpectedly, Zenos, who had always taken punctuality as an important thing, was the reason behind their lateness this time.Xena, who had been sitting in her car, suddenly stood up and cat-walked toward Craig, saying, "Craig, I'd like to see you." She said with a joyful smirk on her face.Her eyes are fixated on Craig, who has just lifted his head to stare at her.Seeing Xena's actions and hearing her words, Craig's hand wrapped around Sean possessively, and his expression turned fierce.Staring at the smirking Xena, Craig already knew that she couldn't be around him for a good reason. "What do you need?" He asked, sticking tightly to Sean, who became joyful at C
"Then you're going to the airport?" He asked with excitement in his eyes.There was an uncontained, wide smile on Craig's face, which made Caleb snort. He realized that Craig was probably denied going to the airport by Sean, and Caleb is Craig's only hope now."What do I do? I'm involved in your couple's departure." He replied, and Craig patted his shoulder joyfully."Buddy. I'll leave with you at the airport, together with Hayden." He said and returned to wrapping his hands around Sean. "Case solved, Sean." He said and Sean nodded.Sean took a step toward Caleb, carrying the sticky Craig."Thank you. I owe you one," Sean said, and Caleb shrugged."I'm in charge of taking care of those silly two." He said.Craig bared his teeth and raised his fist to threaten Caleb in reply."We're leaving," Sean announced upon seeing Hayden and Zenos walk out of the hotel.He bid them farewell before he pulled Craig to his car, leaving for the airport. Jude and David snorted at Sean in reply.The fou
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
“Hayden.” Zenos calmly articulated, while leaning against the car, his arms folded, accentuating his toned muscles and the sun landing on his frame, making everything pale in sight.Once the boy’s green eyes shifted toward Zenos’s car, Zenos raised his right hand and waved at the boy twice before retracting his hand.At the sight of the impeccably handsome Zenos, the students’ attention was grabbed, and their eyes landed on Zenos.Several girls begin to blush shyly while sneaking glances at Zenos as if doing so will grab Zenos’ attention and make him notice them; others begin to whisper to themselves in amazement, completely lovestruck.Upon hearing Zenos’s voice, Hayden’s eyes widened in shock. Zenos is here?Without hesitating, Hayden deserted his group of friends and ran toward Zenos. He only paused when he arrived in Zenos’s presence. Hayden carefully chewed the cookies in his mouth before speaking in happiness, “Zenos, you are here to pick me up?” Immediately, he completed his w
Justin leaned against the patio chair and took out his phone; his eyes grew soft, and he tapped open his phone gallery.Immediately, Justin opened his favorite photos, which included a sneak shot of Hayden. He fondly caressed the blurry faces of Hayden, and he exhaled ruefully. “What to do? I can't get over you.” He mumbled to himself. Especially Hayden’s tearful expression that night. The more he recalled, the more his heart ached on Hayden’s behalf. He really wished he had enough power to save Hayden from that boyfriend of his. Sigh! Justin shook his head to rid himself of Hayden's sad expression when Zenos yelled at him that night…“Oh no!” The familiar, annoying voice of Nougat cried out behind Justin, and Justin stiffened. Justin’s expression changed, and his voice rose a tad higher due to annoyance. "What are you doing here?" Justin coldly chided and quickly placed his phone into his pocket.Nougat’s eyes narrowed with a wicked and mischievous glint. His lips curved up in a
In a beautiful and serene luxurious private room, a peerlessly handsome man, donning a blasé expression on his face and a cinnamon roll in between his thin lips, majestically sat on a luxurious chair, faintly looking at the idiot in front of him.While the other, the supposed idiot, looked on the verge of tears. He extended his hand as if trying to clutch the handsome man's legs, yet his hand never touched the man's legs.“Big brother Zenos, don't be like this.” Jack pleaded pitifully, almost on the brink of tears.Even though Jack is older than Zenos, Jack doesn't mind begging the devilish Zenos in front of him to get what he wants.To even think that Jack doesn't know how he offended Zenos in the first place!Zenos calmly removed the cinnamon roll from his lips. He immediately directed a cold glare that froze Jack's soul right at that moment. He pronounced coldly, “What?” But in the next moment, Jack snapped out of his reverie and began to bawl so loudly that Zenos wanted nothing b
"Hayden, wake up or you'll be late for school." Zenos' eyes instantly fell on the sleeping Hayden. He extended his hands, patted Hayden's back, and tried to remove the blanket from the sleeping Hayden's right grip. Unfortunately, Hayden won't let go. Hayden puckered his lips and snuggled deeper into the blanket without opening his eyes. He shook his head and articulated, "I don't want to go to school." Hayden said in a sleepy voice while clutching his sense of comfort tighter before Zenos collected it from him completely. Early in the morning, Hayden hid under the blanket and continued sleeping even though he needed to attend school. This is the reason why Zenos had been trying to wake and pull a certain someone away from the bed. Unfortunately, the little rascal isn't ready to budge from position.Upon hearing the boy's words, Zenos arched his brows. He let go of the blanket and sat on the bed; his eyes fell on Hayden, and he cuddled Hayden to his chest. Gently, he stroked the boy