Chapter 5

Olivia was sitting in Mia's living room, explaining her night adventure to Mia.

"Today had been utter sh*t" Mia looked up from her book when she heard Olivia cursing. Olivia has been in a bad mood this morning, and she has been complaining about it since the morning.

"Mia, are you listening?" Mia just gave a slight nod. "You know I couldn't sleep at all last night because of the mob boss thingy."

Mia kept nodding her head, indicating she was listening, "and laying down in bed with a knife wasn't the smartest thing I’ve ever done in my life, quite frankly."

"You slept with a knife in your hand?" Mia raised an eyebrow. Sometimes she wondered what exactly runs through Olivia's mind.

"Yes, what should I do if the Mob boss sends someone to kill me because I called him stupid" Olivia was terrified. Mia stared at the small knife in Olivia's hand, and she couldn't help but shake her head.

"You are a Wolf Hybrid if I remember correctly. You could just turn and attack the person if someone tries to harm you. Why do you need a knife?"

"Ohh?" Olivia was startled. Mia was right; why did she hold a knife when she could do more harm than a knife in her Wolf form?

"You are right" Olivia smiled and threw a knife away, and dusted her hands casually.

"But, you know, Now I need to buy new bedsheets because I think at one point I blacked out and unsheathed the knife. There are pieces of blanket everywhere in my room," Olivia looked sad, "and I even slashed the headboard" Olivia slumped on the couch.

"It's fine. We can get a new one." Mia consoled Olivia.

It's been five minutes. Olivia was checking her mobile and sighing.

Mia couldn't handle the tension in the room. So, she asked, "What is it?"

"He still hasn't replied" Mia was speechless. She was sighing because the mob boss hadn’t replied to her.

"Fine, if he doesn't reply, I’ll text him," Olivia said with resolution. Then she lifted her head and looked at Mia and said, "I'm about to harass a mob boss, so if I suddenly disappear, you know that I have been kidnapped and I’m kept prisoner somewhere."

Olivia said with a serious face. Mia chuckled and said, "Okay, But I will see you a few days later though"

Olivia looked at Mia with confusion, and Mia continued, "Because even a mob wouldn't be able to stand you for a long time" Mia started to run when Olivia got up to chase after her. "I swear, one day I will actually eat you" Olivia was red from anger.

After bickering with Mia, Olivia sat down and texted the mob boss.

Olivia: Hey, mob boss. So, all jokes aside, can we actually talk a bit more? Because as calm and collected as I was yesterday, I'm still wondering whether or not all that happened is real

Olivia: That is if you're still interested in adopting me

Olivia: Which, if you're not, I understand. I wasn't expecting you or anyone else to ever go through a full adoption with me

Olivia: But Yeah, text me whenever you can, Mob boss Ash and what you told me stays between us, of course

Olivia: Plus, it's not like anyone would believe me either way

Olivia looks at the messages she sent to Ash, and her heart sinks. She is right. Who would want to be her full-time adopter? She is a brat, hard to handle, rude, crazy, who doesn’t have a filter on her mouth, and very demanding as well.

The last 38 failed adoptions were proof that people couldn’t tolerate her. And nobody will love her or like her for her, Olivia, the hybrid. And She can never be someone who they want her to be, So Olivia understands if the Mob boss doesn’t want her anymore.

It’s not like Olivia is dying for him to take her as his hybrid. These dark thoughts make Olivia’s stomach churn, and she decides to take and rest and have a nap. It’s not like Ash will reply to her instantly.

Just when Olivia is about to lie down on the bed, her phone chimes.

Ash(?!): I’m free right now. We can talk.

Olivia looks at the notification, petrified. She hasn't expected a reply. Well, not so early, at least.

Ash has been replying to her so fast she is not used to it. Olivia never had someone else's attention that isn't Mia. And now, the way Ash replies to her message instantly is doing things to her in a homoerotic way.

Olivia opens the text in excitement.

Ash (?!): I'm free right now. We can talk.

Olivia: Oh, hey

Olivia: Will you be busy later?

Ash (?!): No. Not for the rest of the night. Why?

Olivia: Nothing, I was just wondering

Olivia: I have questions

Ash (?!): That I'm starting to understand

Ash (?!): One moment

Olivia: What is it?

Olivia: Hello??

Ash (?!): Patience is a virtue

Olivia: One that you don't seem to have

Olivia: Sh*t. I didn't mean to hit send

Ash (?!): Wait

Olivia: What am I waiting for exactly?

Olivia: Are you always so cryptic?

Olivia: Is this a mob boss requirement?

Ash (?!): can you shut up? You don't have to blow up my phone at every chance you have

Olivia: I have to admit that there are other things I’d rather blow than a phone, but desperation calls for a desperate measure

"Would you say it's dangerous to make sexual innuendos with a mob boss?" Olivia looked up and asked Mia, who was working on her laptop in front of her.

Mia stopped what she was doing and looked at Olivia in confusion. "You are still talking to Ash?"

"Yeah, he piqued my interest with his dart," Olivia shrugged.

"What the f*ck, Oly, You actually had sex with ash???" Mia looked alarmed. "Oh my God"

"What? I never said that" Olivia was lost. When did she do that?

Mia looked at Olivia accusingly. "You said he railed you last night, and now you have mentioned his d*ck."

"HE DIDN"T RAIL ME, AND I HAVE NEVER MENTIONED ANYTHING LIKE THAT," Olivia was flustered.

"His dart???" Mia reminded Olivia.

"That wasn't a euphemism for his d*ck Mia." Olivia defended herself. "What goes on through your head besides hair and air."

"A lot more than yours, that's for sure," Mia said smugly.

Olivia surged, "Moving on, I didn't f*ck a mob boss, and I never will. Although he is surprisingly handsome and young, but that's beside the point," Olivia said.

"All right, I want you to stop right there," Mia was asking Olivia, but...

Olivia had already opened her gallery to search for Asher's picture. She looked at his sharp jawline, deep eyes, and smug look on his handsome face like it was a masterpiece.

"You know he is kinda hot, look" Olivia showed Mia the picture again for the nth time. "Don't you think he is hot? as in really hot and pretty too” Olivia took her phone back to scan the photo. “I'm curious now."

"About what?" Mia asked, for which she got a grin from Olivia. "Oly, please stay away from Ash. He is dangerous. Whatever you are about to do, don't do it," Mia advised.

But it never reached Olivia's deaf ears. She was already busy with her phone, looking at the new message she had received from the mob boss.

Ash(?!): Do you have any brain-to-mouth/finger filters?

Olivia: I do, but I skillfully ignore it

Asher chuckled, looking at the message he had received from Olivia.

"Oww, you look cute when giggling to yourself like that, Ashy," Paul coos.

Asher's face turned back to an emotionless face. He looks at his brother and scowls.

"Boss, would you like me to terminate Paul?" Adam Asher's overprotective gang member asks.

"Yes," Asher says without any expression. "On another note, I’ll be talking to the hybrid, so leave me be for the rest of the night unless there is an emergency," Asher informed Adam and his gang members and leaves the room with his phone.

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"I'm probably being too much with a mob boss, but I can't stop it. Holy sh*t, What should I do, Mia? Someone else would have already snapped at me, but Ash hasn't yet. He seems to be the impatient type but also not" Olivia looked up from her phone to Mia.

"Why are you actively trying to piss him off??" Mia asked.

"Because I'm bored??" Olivia answered.

"If you are bored, you could do some crocheting," Mia suggested.

"Really?? Of all hobbies existing in this world, you chose crocheting. My God, how did you even end up dating a gangster" Olivia was surprised.

"My dazzling charms"

"You bored me to an early death" Olivia rolled her eyes.

"Aww, I taught you so well."

"You did," Olivia winked at Mia.

Olivia: So, why was I waiting?

Ash(?!): I was stepping out of the bath

Olivia: Did you have fun?

Ash(?!): ?

Olivia: igniroe Thta

Olivia: I wasn't expecting that reply

Ash(?!): So you become deranged and idiotic when you are flustered?

Olivia: WH

Olivia: HELLO??

It was an unpromoted attack. Olivia was really flustered and angry now.

Olivia: the b*tchy audacity your body holds knows no bound

Ash(?!): Did you just call me a b*tch?

Olivia: Oh my god, I was just saying b*tchy attitude. I was joking you are not a b*tch I’m a brat but I wouldn't call a mob boss a b*tch I swear you are not a b*tch I mean I don't think you are, but I don't know you so far all I know you may be a b*tch but you wouldn't hear it from me

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Chaos breaks down in the gang when Adam informs the team that he heard Asher laugh in his room.

“I think Boss is losing his mind; what should we do?” Adam comes into the office urgently.

“What? What happened?” Steven panics when he hears it.

I was passing by his room, and I heard a weird noise through it," Adam says.

Okay, hearing a weird noise is a bit weird to consider a threat, so everyone sighs and tries to understand the situation calmly.

"Maybe Boss brought someone home," Walter says, thinking it's the best scenario.

"Well, I can't remember the last time he has, though, so I doubt it. Plus, he has been really busy lately," Steven rejects it.

Paul, who was seating silently, asks Adam, "Weird as in how Adam?"

"He laughed"

Everyone was stupefied and looked at Adam as if he was the one who had lost his mind.

"He never laughs with me..." Adam defends.

"You know, you'd have to be funny for him to laugh. Pity that you aren't," Walter says sarcastically.

Paul scolds Walter for being mean to Adam "Walter, don't be mean."

"A bit late for that, Isn't it?" Walter raises an eyebrow.

But this time, the laugh comes so loud everyone hears it.

"He laughed again. What's going on?" Adam was confused now. He even ignored Walter's sarcastic comments.

"Boss said he'd be speaking to the hybrid tonight, so maybe that's why," Steven wonders.

"I'll keep an eye on that Hybrid, Olivia. I don't trust her," Adam says seriously.

"Yes, yes, that we have heard about the whole day." Paul tries to calm Adam, "You have been working all day. You should go and rest, Adam."

Adam nods his head at Paul. "Yeah, I will, and Walter, I hope you die in your sleep, by the way. Good night, mates" Adam left the room.

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Ash(?!): You ramble a lot

Olivia: Yeah, well, anyone would, talking to a goddamn mob boss

Ash(?!): I suppose that's true, especially if it's me

Olivia: Damn... arrogant much?

Ash(?!): I'm Ash

Olivia: Fair enough

Olivia: I have a question

Ash(?!): Just ask right away instead of saying that. It’s annoying

Olivia: I need more proof that you are Ash, a physical one

Ash(?!): How?

Olivia: If the one whose picture you filed in the adoption papers with is truly you, then you can send me another photo of you doing a certain pose so that I’m sure you took it now

Ash(?!): That sounds reasonable

Olivia couldn't believe it was actually working. She cackled like she was some sort of villain character exploiting a poor heroine.

Ash(?!): But first, send me yours, and I’ll send mine after

Olivia: It sounds like we are exchanging *** pics

Ash(?!): I wouldn't want to slap you through your screenmlllllll

Olivia: I'm

Ash(?!): I was erasing, IGNORE THAT

Olivia: Wow

Ash(?!): I said IGNORE THAT

Olivia: Mob boss Ash...

Olivia: did you just make a sexual joke to me...? (*3*)

Ash(?!): You are obnoxious

Olivia: We are already growing closer

Olivia: Can't wait for when we will proceed with that Nsfw exchange of pics so that I’m knocked out by your girth into a deep, moist slumber

Ash(?!): Why are you like this

Olivia: I question that myself approximately 50 times a day

Ash(?!): Send a photo

Olivia: Right away, Boss

Olivia: [Pic attached]

In the picture, she was tilting her head to the side, her long jet-black hair freely falling on her shoulder. She was looking into her camera with a dazzling smile. Her black T-shirt was making her skin glow white.

Olivia looked at her picture with a satisfied smile.

Olivia: I combed my hair and tried to find a background that isn't my comic collection

Olivia: Aren't I great?

Olivia: Look at that pretty smile of mine

Ash(?!): Already doing things for me I didn't even ask for

Olivia: Huh

Olivia: Anyway, you have got mine now. Send me yours

Ash(?!): [Picture attached]

Olivia looked at the picture. Asher took a selfie of him, a hand covering his mouth, his sexy eyes directly looking into Olivia's eyes. He had messy hair after his bath. A loose T-shirt which is not helping in covering his broad shoulders. Olivia gulped. Why is he hiding his face, though? Is he shy??

Olivia had an evil grin on her face.

Olivia: Did you send the pic?

Ash(?!): I have

Olivia: I don't see anything??

Ash(?!): I have sent it though

Olivia: Probably my phone is bugging again. Can you send me another one??

Ash(?!): [picture attached]

Ash(?!): there

In the picture, Asher was holding his hair which was falling on his face. He had a neatly trimmed beard. He had angled his face, so his jawline was clearly visible in the photo.

"Would you say it's strange to wonder how a beard burn would feel like after realizing that Ash has a beard?" Olivia asked Mia.

"What? Olivia," Mia was confused. After she started talking to Ash, Olivia was randomly saying something about Asher, which was going on her head for Mia. She tried to ignore it, but when Olivia was not ready to leave the room, it was hard to ignore.

Mia sighed. It’s not like Olivia would listen to what she wants to say

"Yeah, that's true. There is nothing wrong with that. Thanks again," Olivia said and went back to her mobile.

See. Mia could only shrug.

Olivia: There what?

Ash(?!): The photo? I sent it

Olivia: I don't see anything :(

Ash(?!): [Picture attached]

Ash(?!): I don't like taking pictures of myself, so this is the last one I’m sending, whether you received it or not

Asher sent another picture. He looked serious and angry in the photo. Olivia could see the fire in his eyes, and a fear raised in her heart. She knew she should stop now, or she will be in danger.

But he still sent her three of his pictures. Olivia was happy about that, he is a mob boss, yet he seems naïve, too. Why is that so cute?

Olivia: I got it! Thank you

Ash(?!): You're welcome

Ash(?!): Don't you hate lying??

Olivia: What?

Olivia: Yes, I do. What about it?

Ash(?!): Next time, tell me right away you want several photos of mine instead of lying to me

Ash(?!): I don't really appreciate being played with, Olivia

Olivia sighed loudly. "Perhaps I’m the naive one. I'm both aroused and terrified right now."

"What the f*ck are you doing?" Mia asked questioningly at Olivia.

"Surviving"

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Olivia: Sorry. Don't go all scary on me, please haha

Olivia: I just wanted more pictures

Ash(?!): Then ask

Olivia: Can I have one more?

Ash(?!): don't mean now, Jesus Christ. I meant earlier

Olivia: I figured but was worth a shot

Olivia: You still sent them to me though

Ash(?!): I was wondering how far you'd be willing to go

Olivia; If you hadn't stopped me at the third, I would have probably asked for a dozen more or so

Ash(?!): That I understood

Olivia: But I still got three hehe

Asher looked at the message and pinched in brows in frustration "this hybrid is testing my patience... I can't believe I have to entertain her and her ‘getting to know each other’ game when I don't care about her in the first place and simply need her for the tournament". His phone chimed with notification.

Olivia: How come you don't like taking photos of yourself?

Ash(?!): I just don't. Not my thing

Olivia: Why?

Olivia: If I’m too noisy sometimes tell me because I tend not to realize it

Ash(?!): You're too noisy

Olivia: Okay

Olivia: Sorry, I know I can be annoying

Olivia looked at her phone with sadness. She never thought she would even be rejected by a mob boss, just like everyone who rejected her. Well, now Olivia acquired a new member in her sad Pokedex of people who rejected her.