Artemis' POV
Zelo returned to the party first because they were looking for him. While I spent more time in a cubicle just to be sure that no one would notice.I was about to leave when I heard a familiar name."Viper, I told you! She's familiar. I can't be wrong! She was with the Governor at the club back then." I heard a voice entering the comfort room. My lips immediately parted and I immediately hid in the cubicle because I could hear her trying to see if anyone was inside."Yes, let's meet after this party, please. I would like to have a sexy time with you too. Yes, I'm sure that she's that girl. She's so familiar I told you. Her hair was only blonde before but her face is still the same," she said. I was sure it was referring to me.After flirting with the other person, she immediately decided to leave."Who's the girl who left the comfort room, Leo?" I asked my brother from the other line.Artemis' POV“I'll be moving now. Please bring Hades home,” I whispered on the other line for Zelo. I know that he can hear my brother and me talking.I took one more look at their place to look at my son. No one knows what I'm doing while Zelo glares at me. I immediately averted my gaze before I went out. I just tore off the gown I was wearing when I was finally out of the venue and started walking up to the hotel. My brother already sent me the blueprint of the whole place."Be careful, Artemis," Ares reminded me as I started to climb the dark part of the hotel. Little by little, my lips parted when I saw that there was a secret passage here. I was about to enter the door when I heard footsteps and a voice."Yes, I'm almost there, Babe. Of course, we will." Ares only hacked up to the bottom, so I couldn't even go to the CCTV parts of the upstairs rooms. This is also the reason why he doesn't want me to continue what I'm plann
Artemis' POVI immediately jumped to the next floor. When I left the veranda of the vice president's room, there were still people chasing me, but they seemed to have gradually stopped because we were not the only people outside. It seems that they really planned to take me to that hotel room because it is soundproof. It's just that they didn't expect my escape.I was out of breath when I finally got out of there. A car approached me. I immediately saw Macoy who just shook his head at me."Fuck! You are rushing again, you are not bulletproof you know," Macoy said as he let me inside. I just leaned against the car while panting. It seems that he is calling Junio as well.“You were hit!” Macoy shouted loudly so Ares immediately cursed from the other line. I also turned off my mic because I'm pretty sure he'll just curse me out and preach for how many hours. Zelo might hear it as well.I just closed my eyes at the
Artemis' POVI told Zelo everything that happened. It looks like he doesn't want to listen to me but he really has no choice but to hear me.He didn't want to talk about the plan yet but I insisted. I'm not even sure if Honey knows that I'm a member of the president's staff, but I'm sure they know now. They can't make a move while I'm still attached to Zelo and the same goes for us who can't just do whatever we want, especially since people's eyes are on two of them. The media is certainly watching too."For now, you need to rest... We'll talk about this again after you are already fine," he said to me so I immediately frowned. Even he is still angry to this day. His eyes are still sharp when looking at me. He looks really dangerous whenever I look at him.Before I could speak, his secretary called him. He didn't attend a few meetings because of me and for sure with his whole day watching over me, his responsibility increased e
Artemis' POVHe stopped because of that. I used that opportunity to remove his hand from me but before I could run again he grabbed my wrist."I need to go, Zelo! Can you hear me?! I fucking need to fucking find my daughter!” I shouted loudly. I didn't care if he got to know more about Athena. What is important is my daughter's safety.I couldn't stop the tears from falling from my eyes when I looked at him in the eyes."Please just let me go, Zelo... I need to find my daughter... I can't forgive myself if something bad happens to Athena..." I said, unable to hold back my sobs and my knees gradually softened as his hand didn't release his grip on me.I also know that it is unlikely that I will be able to get out of here now if I do not ask for his help."Please... Just this one, Zelo... I can't afford to lose my daughter. I want to see Athena…” I said, unable to stop crying. I was still holding on to
Artemis' POVI bit my lip hard when I realized that I had been so occupied with Athena that I didn't realize that there were some people here and also couldn't stop biting my lip when I realized that Zelo was just staring at Athena now."Why do you have bandages, Mama? Are you being hurt here? And why are you on your knees while crying? Do you want to go home? Who doesn't want that?" she asked as her eyes gradually narrowed as she turned around to look at Zelo. I immediately cleared my throat before I shook my head at my daughter."It's not like that, Baby... Mama just got hurt on her own," I said, turning her to face me because I could see her sharp eyes looking at her father.I looked again at Hades who was just looking at the two of us. He looks like he was lost. I bit my lip hard as I didn't know what to do now. Athena faced me again before she stared at me."Should we go home now, Mama? Please say yes... If t
Artemis' POVI just called my brother before Athena fell asleep. He and Seb could breathe a sigh of relief after the talk."Your daughter really inherited you being a headache!" Ares complained to me from the other line."I'm sorry for the trouble. She is okay now. She's already sleeping… Thank you for the help, Ares and Seb… I'll take care of her for now…” I said so Ares let out a sigh."I think I have a fault why she went there. She must have heard our conversation. I thought it wasn't like that because she just came to school then and acted like nothing happened," Ares said, so I just shook my head and couldn't help but laugh because this kid can be an actress too."You two should rest now. I'm sorry if I didn't answer the call right away and thank you for looking for her. I'm sorry again for the trouble.”"It's alright. As long as she's fine now. But your girl really gave us a headache! She'll e
Artemis' POVEven now that I see Athena sleeping peacefully, I still can't calm down because her brother is on my mind right now. I couldn't help but sigh before standing up. I saw Junio straighten his back while watching over us now. A few guards were in guarding mode as if I was going to do something bad."I'm not going to do anything. I'll just visit Hades," I said, making Junio raise his eyebrows. He even said that to Zelo from the other line. Zelo is very busy now and I think that it's connected to what happened last night. He just didn't want to talk about it."Here's Mr. President," Junio said, handing the intercom to me. I just rolled my eyes."I told you to rest. Don't add more headache to me, Artemis," he said to me coldly."It won't take long. I'll just check on Hades. They said he hasn't had dinner yet," I said. He didn't speak for a while but eventually, he let out a sigh.“Fine. Just
Artemis' POVAthena and I were already at the table and I was giving her food when Ms. Yu came with my son. Athena immediately looked at me with questioning eyes.I could not immediately explain to her about Ms. Yu. I know Athena is smart but everything is too complicated for her little mind."So it's true that you brought another kid here. Are you sure it's also Zelo's kid?" Ms. Yu can't stop herself from talking. If she was just insulting me, I would just let it go. But not really this time."Excuse me?" I raised my eyebrows at her so she looked at me as if challenging me."What? Did you bring some kids here so you won't need to leave? What? You are going to leech over my fiance?” she asked."I don't care about all your insults about me, Ms. Yu, but don't let me hear any insult for my children." I looked at her coldly. I saw her closing her mouth because of how sharp my eyes were. And it looks like
Zelo's POV"Fuck it!" I curse while holding the steering wheel tightly.I don't fully understand why the odds are always against me. When I'm finally living my best life with my family, fate will make a move to do something harsh.I almost got into the twins' room but they immediately moved the children and even included Artemis. I don't know what I'll do if I lose any of them. I won't be able to forgive myself.It's my fault for being fucking weak. Why can't I fight those people easily? I should have taken those people to jail long ago.I was driving the car too fast. I can't even calm myself anymore knowing that if I ever come there late, there's a chance that I won't be able to see any of them anymore.It broke my heart to see the two children screaming to help their mother. I could feel the tears forming when I saw the wounds from their bodies. How can people be this monstrous. They don't have any hearts at all."Get the kids to the safe place. Prioritize the kids and Artemis. Mov
…" I can't even control my voice. I can only feel my voice shaking. I can see him looking at me before the tears form in his eyes."Isn't she pretty?" I asked, smiling at him. I saw him slowly nod before looking away."But she left. She left us… I… I hate her…” He was barely able to say that."She has her reason, Baby... And I have fault too... I brought you abroad," I said but he didn't speak there."She wasn't even there when I needed her... Why would she come back as if nothing happened now?" he asked, biting his lip even harder."Baby... Believe me, she wants to. She probably wants to be with you too..." I said, smiling at him. He just cried quietly asking me to give him space. I gave him one. Sometimes, I felt like I wasn't doing my best to be a father to him too. I was always so busy with work that I sometimes didn't bond with him that much.At first, I let him cry his heart out but when he kept locking himself in the room several times, I couldn't stop going to him. I can't jus
Zelo's POVI'm not really sure when it all started. I'm not sure when I fell in love with Umbrielle. I just knew that she already become my safe place in just a short period of time."Artemis... That's my real name," she said one night when we were having a drink at her apartment. I don't know how we ended up drinking. We just got brought things in the grocery store and she took a lot of beer. So now, it's the two of us trying to play games while drinking."You have a pretty name..." I said softly while staring into her eyes."I know right." She even laughed a little before rolling the bottle. She looks shy when she’s being complimented. I couldn't stop laughing softly there. She immediately frowned."One truth again," I said. Maybe I'm too thirsty to know her that every time the bottle points to her, I'll ask her to tell one truth about her."Hmm, I'm not as good as you think I am," she said, avoiding my eyes and reaching for her glass."People are not always good though," I said so
Zelo's POV"What are you still doing here? I thought I asked you that you shouldn't be here once I'm already awake?” she asked while I was still lying on the floor of her living room. There was nothing to do here because she didn't even have a television or anything."I'm hungry. I didn't eat since lunch yesterday," I said, looking at her. She looked at me there before slowly parting her lips."What? Are you stupid? Why don't you say? Are you crazy?” I was always a genius in the eyes of other people but this girl never forgets to tell me how stupid I am. I just couldn't help but shake my head before folding the comforter.“I have no food here. I will order for now. I only have instant noodles,” she said, dialing a food delivery. She looked like she wasn't fully awake so I approached her in her kitchen. She was looking for a portion of food to eat that's why her apartment is full of instant food."I'll cook," I said so she just raised his eyebrows and let me go. There are eggs and som
Zelo's POV"We meet again, Nerd!" a man whispering in an alley near the library told me with a smirk. I don't have my car with me right now. I didn't even call someone to pick me up because there are cabs passing by here.I looked at the man. I frowned when I realized that they were the boys in the library who were trying to hit on Umbrielle."You think you are all that? Let's see if your annoying personality will work outside," he said with a grin. Kids these days are really funny. They intend to do things that they won't have any improvement with. I couldn't stop shaking my head and was about to pass them but they immediately blocked me."I'm true to my words so let's spar! Don't be a scary cat!” he said, pulling me towards the alley. This is just a waste of time. I probably have a lot of things to learn right now if I went home instead of watching these idiotic people.I was about to call my bodyguards when the guy talked again."One more thing, your father owes me money! Your good
Zelo's POV“Isn't there an easier way to get inside that? This is hard! It's hard to kill time! I'm just about to enter the library and I want to go home right away. One more thing, that man's behavior is bad! He inherited it from his father," she whispered to whoever it was from the other line. I heard whispers.I continued walking as if I didn't know that the CCTV here had also been hacked. She immediately stood up properly and seemed to be told that I was just behind her. Her voice immediately calmed down."Okay, I'll take it down. I'll give you money for your studies. Study hard." I wanted to laugh at her acting but I just stopped myself. I just walked straight but she immediately caught up with me."Hi, I always see you around the library. That's you, right? Are you going to the library again?” she said when she blocked me before she put the loose hair behind her ear. I just looked at her coldly."Do I know you? Excuse me," I said and walked towards her first. Her lips parted the
Zelo's POV"I talk to Umbrielle now, Mr. Tiger. She already agreed to the deal. She already created plans. She'll use the son of the governor to do it," Alfredo said, one of my men from the Tigers. I couldn't stop the smile from curling my lips. So she'll use me?"That's all for the report, Mr. Tiger," he said again when he didn't hear anything from me."Alright. That's good to hear. I want this job to be done as soon as possible," I said. I have a voice changer so Alfredo doesn't know what my real voice is. He was the acting head of Tigers.I put my phone down before looking at the folder in front of me. I look at the girl in the photo. This is her portfolio. She stains her hands killing a lot of dirty politicians. She's not even serious in her photo. There was a smile on her lips as she held her gray hair. The beauty of her gray eyes is also visible in the photo. No wonder she has used her face a lot.I just shrugged my shoulders before putting down the folder I was holding. For now
Artemis' POVWe ended up going out of the house. We are in the garden now. He put a cardigan to me and gave me the milk as well."Thank you..." I said softly before pouting."You are welcome..." he said before sitting beside me. I just watch him sip on his glass of milk before talking."What's the thing that was upsetting you?" I asked while meeting his eyes now. He pouted and even frowned at me now.“What are we, Artemis? Aren't we together yet? Am I assuming too much?” he asked. He was just staring at me now. My lips slowly parted there before I pouted.“Is it because of Juan Cloud's question? I'm sorry. I wanted to talk to you about it first. I don't want to assume things and decide on my own. To begin with, we are the ones who will be in a relationship together…”"Alright. I had fault there too. I thought you already knew when I said that I'm in love with you." "That's why I wanted to talk to you. I don't want to just say that we are when you aren't comfortable going back to me y
Artemis' POVZelo is really confusing me. He is always hot and cold. I don't really know what's with him because for the rest of the trip, he was already not in the mood. I looked at him but he wasn't even trying to steal glances at me.I just cleared my throat while walking back to the boat."You know what I really enjoy that time when we spend the night together for the campaign to love the Philippines," Ms. Brown said making me almost stop walking. Spend the night together... It doesn't mean anything, Artemis. Stop thinking about what.“I would love to do that again! I hope you have time again, Mr. President!” It was just a friendly exclamation but why do I feel like something tugged in my heart?"Oh, you two spend the night together? Where? Is that in Bataan? Is that the article that came out that you two dated?" I don't know why Juan Cloud sounds so annoying. I can't help but frown. I don't even realize that my pace is getting faster and their voice is getting weaker. The last qu