Simon rubbed his eyes leisurely and turned slightly before continuing to sleep, his hands clutching the blanket tighter.Suddenly, a thought came to his mind, and he sprang up immediately. His eyes flew wide open, devoid of sleep.Simon's eyes widened slightly in shock. Right at that moment, he discovered that he was on the bed, sleeping next to Prothero!What happened? How did he wake up on the bed when he sat on the chair? He doesn't sleepwalk!“Big. Big brother Simon, are you awake?” A slightly husky, deep voice spoke next to Simon's ear with a frown. The person's hot breath spilled on Simon's ear, causing Simon's ears to be dyed red.Simon jumped slightly in shock and turned to Prothero.Prothero, who was rubbing his eyes while yawning, undoubtedly looked cute yet wild. He's the type every lady will undoubtedly choose in a man.Simon blushed slightly out of shame. He had slept on the sofa; why had he woken next to Prothero?In the next minute, Simon's embarrassed expression turned
"Ah!" A bored sigh spilled past Michael's lips again. He turned on the chair and wrapped the duvet closer around his body. "Ahhh!" Michael winced out in pain immediately. He turned, and he began to gently rub his painful waist.Michael's face scrunched up in an unhappy frown. "That Xavier jerk is too much! He had gone too far!" Michael, who was unable to take it anymore, seethed and sat up, wincing.His mind was wandering so chaotically that he was unable to pay attention to the rom-com drama that was playing on TV.Well, how could it?Ever since Michael and Xavier had reconciled, poor doctor Michael was locked inside the suite by Xavier with deep warnings not to take a step out of the suite.Although the suite wasn't locked and no guards were safeguarding Michael from outside, the deep warnings left by Xavier always rang in Michael's ears whenever he planned to go against Xavier's warning.But now how could poor doctor Michael take it any longer? He wanted to go to work. He wanted t
A surging and intensely anxious feeling suddenly overwhelmed Xavier. Even when nothing is going wrong, the surging feeling continues to take root in his heart and begins to spread around his whole heart, making him breathless for a few minutes.Xavier raised his hand and slowly made his way to touch his chest, which his heart was heavily thrumming against. A deep frown settled on Xavier's face immediately.Perhaps it was because Michael departed for three years, but Xavier was always sensitive when it came to Michael. And now his intuition is screaming that something is wrong somewhere.Almost every hour, Xavier will have a video call with Michael to keep him company and not make him bored.Even if Xavier forgot to call Michael, an indignant Michael would voice-call Xavier immediately to scold him about how Xavier had locked up Michael against his will but still wouldn't care to chat Michael out or bother with how Michael was faring, but...It's been two and a half hours since Xavier
"Boss, the mansion is ready." A trusted aide revealed with a bow as soon as he stepped into Xavier's office, mansion keys in his hand.Immediately, Xavier checked his wristwatch, and he discovered that there were three and a half hours left before he closed off work, but...Upon sweeping a faint gaze at the almost completed documents lying on the table, Xavier decided at that moment that dumping work at this time didn't matter.After all, he's almost done working on the documents. Moreover, Xavier hadn't heard from Michael since he left home that morning, and he really missed Michael."En," Xavier responded without lifting his head from his laptop. His fingers quickly typed on the keyboard in a bid to save his files, power off, and shut his laptop.It was after a while that Xavier was done packing his things up. Xavier wore his unique mask, picked up his suitcase, and collected the mansion key from his trusted aide before walking out of the office.The instant Xavier got into his car,
Zenos indifferently leaned back, his exquisite, long fingers twirling an expensive, limited edition pen.Zenos' eyes suddenly fell on Xavier, whose brows were furrowed in anxiety yet still feigning composure."What did you do? Why'd he run away?" Zenos shot Xavier a cold look. His cold aura is on full display toward this engaged partner of Michael, who came out of nowhere to steal Michael away!Zenos and his friends knew Michael wasn't the type to run around. After all, if Michael were the type, in the three years he was in Green City, he would have chosen to cause trouble by being everywhere instead of locking himself up at work.Michael would rather work than go out to play, so why would Michael suddenly run away from the suite if Xavier was innocent? None of them believed that Xavier didn't have a hand in it. Xavier must have done something bad, and that must be the reason Michael ran away!Xavier revealed a tight-lipped smile, understanding what their gaze meant.His eyes fell on
The cold aura oozing out of Xavier almost made Michael shrink into the car seat.There are still two hours left before Xavier's normal time; how come Xavier knew Michael was missing? Did Xavier arrive early, or was there a bodyguard tracing him that Michael didn't know about?Even if Michael tried to stay calm, he couldn't! Xavier had caught Michael in such an ambiguous position with another man who wouldn't be annoyed?The only reason one's partner won't be annoyed is if they don't have love in their relationship, but they do! Besides, Xavier is a person who likes eating vinegar!Michael silently and fearfully gulped down the saliva forming in his mouth.He took a glance at Xavier's cold and dark face, and he quickly looked away before he was caught watching by the driving man.Michael clenched his shirt in nervousness and fearfully stretched his hand toward Xavier. "Xav, I...""Quiet!" Xavier's indignant voice sounded like thunder in Michael's ears.Michael jumped slightly, and he s
Xavier blinked in bewilderment, wondering what could have led Michael to his current situation. Xavier hadn't done anything to Michael or said anything to him, so why was he crying? He has only acted coldly so Michael could think about his wrongdoing! Is that enough reason to make Michael cry?Xavier almost let out a curse due to being shocked. “What the! You're crying?” Xavier inquired, his brows furrowed in disbelief while trying to figure out what could have happened.After all, Xavier never expected that he'd encounter Michael outside his study, not to mention seeing Michael cry.Talking about crying, Xavier never expected to see Michael drop a tear from his eyes during the daytime because Michael is mostly cold and indifferent. Except for when Michael was being tossed on the bed by Xavier. Who knew there were more to come, and Xavier would be stunned silly by the words that would emit from Michael's lips that night, or all of Michael's actions?Michael's lips quivered in sadnes
Xavier stared into space with furrowed brows and glazed eyes.Different chaotic thoughts ran through his mind, especially after recalling last night's event.No matter how much Xavier tried to decipher things, he couldn't understand yesterday's happening, and he deduced that he wouldn't be able to find information on it, no matter how much he investigated.Last night, the four firmly promised that they'd never expose Michael to the risk of the underworld.Although the five were working together, they only seemed to involve Michael in businesses that had less or no risk.Even though Michael was the oldest, they all seemed to protect him the most.No matter how Xavier tried to decipher things, everything was perplexing.Does that mean something was wrong somewhere? Especially with Michael. No wonder…Xavier's brows became constricted, and he paused.Xavier closed his eyes to calm his chaotic thoughts.In the next second, Xavier's eyes were extremely calm, clear, and blank.Xavier stood