It was soon shown that it wasn't fine because the next day, Hayden still didn't show any signs of waking up, which caught everyone by an alarm. Andy took on the mission of buying their meals because he was sure that if he didn't, Hayden's parents wouldn't put their minds to eating, so he has to take on the work of making sure they are well-fed. He was on his way back from buying breakfast that morning when he saw something that made his eyes widen in surprise. Andy was dumbfounded, and he quickly rubbed his eyes in surprise to confirm. Yes, it's Zenos! Even if the person was in a mask, Andy could still recognize Zenos' outstanding figure. “Hey, you, please wait…” Andy had a feeling that Zenos would ignore him, which was true because Zenos did ignore him. Andy immediately sped up his pace and quickly ran up to Zenos. He immediately stood in front of Zenos to block him.“Please, just see him. Even if it's once or for the last time, please. I know I'm greedy with my request, but c
CRUNCH!“Hayden!” Zenos called out at the same time and pulled him back to his strong chest. His heart was thumping in fear because he almost lost him. What if? What if he wasn't there anymore? Would he have lost… Hayden's eyes widened in shock, and he froze in fear. His fingers trembled, and his pale face looked paler. If not for Zenos, he could have been hit by the car.“You stu…” the driver who almost hit Hayden due to Hayden suddenly running into the road, came out angrily. He was heaving heavily in fear and anger. He wanted to curse Hayden for ridiculously running into the road, but a blank and cold stare from Zenos made him tongue-tied.“Hayden!” Zenni, Ethan, and Andy came running toward them in fear, but before they could reach them. Zenos threw “settle him” and left with Hayden. Zenos immediately bridal-carried him and strode towards Hayden's ward. He began to scold Hayden. “What are you doing? Did you lose your mind? Are you so tired of living…”“Zenos. You really came!” H
“How do you end up here? Really fever? Or lovesick?” Mateo smirked. Hayden smacked Mateo's hand away from his chin. He also evaded Mateo's questions. “Stop going around in circles. Why did you send those videos?” He queried straightforwardly. Mateo stretched both of his hands and shrugged evilly. “Zenos is cool and attentive. Of course, my aim is to break both of you up. That's the revenge for the humiliation Zenos caused at the restaurant. But…” Mateo eyed Hayden and sighed again. “Your stupidity was on another level.” He concluded. Hayden's eyes narrowed, and he pointed at Mateo angrily. “You're the stupid one! Idiot” Hayden finally looked at Mateo with seriousness. He has always thought Mateo is just someone who was obsessed with his handsomeness and the beautiful girls' love for him, but it seems it's not so; everything was a facade perfectly pulled by Mateo. “Mateo, I really don't expect you to have eyes around.” Hayden sneered. Mateo nodded proudly and affirmed. “Of course
“Are you really stupid to fall for his lies again?” Hayden chuckled mockingly. Hayden knew Andy was always played by Levi, and whenever Andy promised not to fall for Levi's traps would be the time he fell harder. Andy immediately glared at Hayden due to Hayden's mockery. “I'm not…” Suddenly, a knock sounded, which interrupted their conversation. Hayden and Andy looked at themselves in a loss before Andy said: “Come in.”“Speaking about the devil spawn, and he shall appear. What's he doing here, anyway?” Andy's eyes widened in displeasure after Levi entered.“I can hear that, kid.” A devilishly handsome face, with attractive brown eyes, a beautifully carved nose, and enticing kissable lips, said. He has a tall figure and well-combed jet-black hair. Levi was dressed in a tucked-in white shirt and deep-blue suit trousers. The shirt's hand was rolled up, which revealed Levi's bulging muscle.“Like I care.” Andy rolled his eyes.“That's not the right tone to speak to elder brother.” Lev
Luggage was being pulled by the guards while Zenos and his friends made their way to the car. They were 'traveling'. Zenos handed Michael an advanced tablet. On the tablet was a list of things Zenos was about to instruct Michael and his team to do. “I want you to work on these two projects for now,” Zenos said while swiping the tab for Michael to see the things he was referring to. Michael's eyes dilated slightly, and he lifted his head, so he could try to gouge Zenos's expression and reaction, but seeing Zenos being nonchalant, Michael sighed lightly, he was probably thinking too much.“Micheal, can your team do this?” He asked. Michael immediately frowned playfully. “Are you underestimating me?”“No, I know you are capable. I'll leave it to you then.” He added, and with that entered a luxurious and limited edition car.“Boss.” A burly guard, in black, saluted Zenos. “One of the maids found this button while cleaning the rooms.” He said, talking about the mansion Zenos took Hayde
He totally never knew when Ethan came into his room, when did his father come in?“Father.” Hayden immediately changed his expression to a calm one and tried to stand up respectfully.“Don't.” His father stopped him and immediately walked over elegantly, toward Hayden's bed.“How are you doing, son?”. Ethan asked with a caring, fatherly smile.“Dad, I'm fine”.His father immediately removed the mask on his face to reveal his real face. Ethan then asked Hayden to remove his, and Hayden immediately did without protest. “You've changed.” Was Ethan's first word after they both removed the mask and let it rest on the bed beside them.“Dad…” Hayden called in confusion.“You didn't shake at all when you removed the mask, but previously, you always act up,” Ethan explained. Hayden knew his father's word was true, but he too never knew when he stopped caring whether the mask was on or not, maybe it was due to Zenos repeatedly removing his mask and telling him he prefers his real face to the
Hayden patiently kept shut as Zenni 'scolded' him for his reckless behavior. “Mom, I promise I'll be home soon. I'm just bored.” he cajoled. Zenni sighed and then warned him repeatedly to take care of himself, or he'll be 'scolded' by Ethan, which Hayden knew both of his parents won't be able to do anyway because they both treat him like a fragile egg.... In a classic expensive restaurant, the soft sound of the playing piano was heard, and everywhere was serene and calm. Rose was jittering in her seat, but when she saw Hayden, her cold and nervous expression immediately broke into a happy smile. No one could know or understand how miserable Rose has been ever since her secret was revealed. Even all of those men she previously kept kicked her out regardless of how she begged them. She didn't know who she offended, but that person really did her wicked. What made her more frustrated is that she was sure she never offended powerful people. Why would she offend powerful people w
The crowd looked at themselves with disbelief. “Is that the end of the drama?” Someone asked unconvinced.“So boring!” The crowd said in annoyance. What's the meaning of this argument when they don't even know what causes the fight and what the boy whispered to the girl before he walked out? At least let them know one side of the story; either the beginning or the end is fine with them. The crowd was so annoyed that no one cared about Rose's pitiful and invoking expression until when a man in his early twenties began to approach Rose which makes people's excitement return in folds.“That's the heir of the ROLCE'S company. I heard they'd soon become the next best thing.”“The ROLCE was even invited to the socialites' party last month, that girl is so lucky.”“That young master should spare me a look.” “TSK. TSK. This girl is so lucky, she got dumped by a man while another immediately…”The crowds continued to fawn with envious expressions at Rose's luck, while some were filled with j
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
Zenos, that fool. Why is Zenos stupid? Why can't he realize that he's hurt? Why can't he be selfish for himself?Hayden was the one who rashly left; why was Zenos the one preparing all this for him when Zenos was the one who got hurt?"You fool!" Hayden sniffed and muttered in a shaky and bristly tone. His eyes fall on Zenos, who elegantly and majestically sits on one of the dining chairs.At that moment, Hayden realized that Zenos didn't have any intent of receiving phone calls in secrecy. It was actually all because of this.Of course, regardless of what call Zenos is receiving, Zenos used to take it in Hayden's presence. Hayden should have expected that Zenos wouldn't hide from him unless there was an issue.Hayden finally burst into tears when he saw the maids holding letters that formed the sentence, "Welcome back home, young master lazy Hayde."Hayden threw caution into the wind and rushed into Zenos's embrace. He sobbed and sniffed while hiccuping pitifully, his body trembling
Craig lowered his phone and leaned back while staring at the two dramatic couples, his eyes glinting and his lips raised in feigned contempt. Such a big show-off. Hmph. "So it's all over?" Craig said with a scoff, completely amused by the duo's behavior.One was so angry that he didn't even recognize, not to mention greet, his friends, while the other? Let's not even talk about the freezing aura oozing out of him! These two can be really crazy when they separate from each other. The hell did they fight for in the first place?Hayden pressed his lips together, coldly glanced at the annoying brat, and eyed him with irritation. What did Craig mean? Did he mean that Hayden and Zenos should keep fighting?“Wishing this to last longer?" Hayden scowled and held onto Zenos' hand tightly while thinking that all these people who can only speak to their partner and can't touch can be very miserable. Look at this jealous Craig. Hmph. HuffLuckily, he has his Zen!Mason paused his typing and scoff
Upon hearing Hayden's words, an amused smile crept on Zenos' face, and he nodded in agreement. He grabbed the boy's hand and placed his head on the boy's shoulder; he kissed the boy's smooth and pale cheek. "Hm, let's stay at home.” Upon hearing Zenos' words, a smile unconsciously lit up on Hayden's face. However, upon realizing that he had just smiled, Hayden quickly puffed out his cheek and looked away. Huff, that Zenos always knows how to placate him and make him smile so easily. So otherworldly!Zenos got down from Hayden and instead wrapped his hands around the boy's waist and pulled him closer. His eyes were fixated on the boy's lips, and their noses brushed against each other. "Stop holding grudges, young master lazy Hayden." He susurrated in a husky and deep voice. A surge of sweet sensation coursed down Hayden's spine, and his face and ears turned red. His lips subconsciously parted. However, before he could blink, the kiss that Hayden expected on his lips didn't happen
Ring The endless ringing of Hayden’s phone made Hayden groan and turn repeatedly. After a few seconds, he opened his eyes and peered at the phone. After seeing the caller, Hayden grabbed a pillow and used it to cover his ears in ‘frustration.’ Hayden shut his eyes, ignored the call, and let it ring. After a few minutes of contemplation and endless ringing, Hayden picked up the call with a scowl. "What?" he articulated coldly. "Where are you?" Zenos inquired, his voice surprisingly gentle; clearly, he knew Hayden was still annoyed at him. The tides sure turned over!Upon hearing Zenos’s words, Hayden’s expression changed. He puffed out his cheeks, and he bellowed, "You think I don't know that you have men following and narrating my movement to you? You jerk!" He harrumphed coldly and cut off the call. Not up to twelve minutes, a calm-looking Zenos strode into the house. His eyes brushed past Hayden’s friends, and upon seeing that Hayden was absent, he nodded to them in greeting.
Hayden stomped into his mansion, his face reddened and his cheeks puffed out in anger. He clenched his fists, several thoughts pervading his mind. To think Zenos didn't follow him at all! Although Hayden said Zenos shouldn’t follow him, he didn’t expect that Zenos would indeed do as Hayden said. Hmph! Who cares anyway? Does he seem like he cares? No. He didn’t. He wasn’t moved a bit. Not a bit. Unfortunately, Hayden’s increasingly reddened eyes betrayed him. The night started so good and beautiful; how can it end like this? He even said that Zenos should give him a break; what if Zenos indeed does as he says… Hayden’s eyes reddened, and he was on the verge of bursting into tears… The sudden scoff of Mason and his sarcastic voice drifted into Hayden’s ear. "Oh. You remember you still have an apartment and friends here?” Mason chided without taking a glance away from his phone or taking a look at Hayden’s face. In fact, he believed that Hayden was there to visit them. “Stupid.” H
Upon seeing Zenos’s back, Zenos’s subordinate's expression changed instantly. One of them pointed at Zenos’s back. "Boss. You're…" Before the subordinates could let out a word, Zenos’s cold gaze swept past them.The subordinates immediately kept their mouths shut and could only watch Zenos stride past them. As soon as Zenos stepped out of the place, the subordinates’ expressions changed and their faces turned cold. How dare these lowly assassins do something like that? The subordinates inwardly swore to make the assassin's last days on earth a living hell! Zenos strode toward Hayden at a long and fast pace. He grabbed Hayden’s hand and dragged him out of the supermarket. As soon as they arrived in the parking lot, Zenos let go of the boy’s hand and scowled, his heart filled with petrification and heartache. What if he didn’t discover the gun and the bullet met Hayden? What if? The thought is enough to send overwhelming fear coursing through Zenos. "Are you crazy? How can you co