Cloudlike bar.
This place was quite busy, even though it was still daytime. Aarti sat at the counter pouring herself some strong wine, burping sporadically.
"Miss, you are quite strong. This is your 13th bottle." the bartender praised.
"Hehe. You don't know me. I could even finish 20 bottles of stronger wine." she laughed and drank from the wineglass. "This is really fine wine, dude. Want some?" she extended the glass towards the male bartender.
"Sorry, miss. I'd rather watch you drink. Every inch of you, every move of yours is art." he replied with a smile.
"Hahaha. Are you flirting with me? Do you know that I'm already taken?" she showed him her left hand but there was no ring on it.
He raised an eyebrow.
"What's with that look? You don't believe me? I'm taken by a rich man. My handsome boss! I really... really.... liked him. Who knew he was that.... (burps) that form... but he was... (burps twice) he was... very majestic. Hahaha." she poured wine into the glass again.
"You know my boss... he would be my man soon... I just need to agree, right? Hehehe... This wine becomes sweeter. Get me another bottle. I must drink to my heart's content... (burps) so... so..."
"Miss, I think you are tired. Let me take you to rest somewhere. Alright?"
"Will I see my handsome boss there?"
"Yes!"
He came out through the small gate at the extreme of the counter and walked towards her. She stretched her hands wide and giggled foolishly.
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The bartender took her to an empty VIP room and checked her purse. He saw her ID card, her phone and some cash.
He took her phone and found it was pass worded.
"Miss, I can't call your boss here if you don't put the password."
"It's easy. 104873." she burped and held her head as she felt really dizzy.
He put the said password in the phone but it failed.
"It didn't work..."
"Gimme!" she stretched her hand. "Gimme, gimme, gimme!"
He sighed and gave it to her.
She put her password and started calling someone.
The call went through and she brought the phone close to her ear.
"Hello? Hehe, it's Aarti. Don't you remember me? I'm Aarti... (burps) Can't you..."
The bartender snatched the phone from her.
"Hey!" she complained. "Gimme my baby back. I can't talk to handsome boss without it. Gimme!"
"Hello, are you her relative? You are? I'm glad. Please, come to Cloudlike bar. Yeah, she's here. Dead drunk! Alright sir, I'll send you the address." the call cut off.
He soon sent the person a message containing the address of the bar.
He then turned to see that she had fallen asleep on the long couch. He helped position her well on it and placed her phone back in her purse. Then he put the purse behind her.
He locked the door and returned to the counter to attend to customers.
Soon, a white jeep parked close to the entrance of the bar.
Its owner, a man with braided and dyed shoulder-length green hair wearing casual clothing and sneakers, alighted. He was wearing a black mask and black sunglasses. He was quite tall too.
He put the keys in his pocket and headed into the bar.
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“Hello, how may I help you, sir?" the bartender asked upon seeing the tall guy come over to the counter. He looked rather suspicious!
“Where's she?" the man asked.
“Um… are you her relative?”
“Isn't that obvious?" replied the man in an unhappy tone.
“I can't see how you're related to her… could you please take off…”
The man took off his mask and sunglasses.
The bartender was shocked at the striking resemblance between this man and the lady resting in that room.
“It's confirmed! Sorry for the trouble. Let me take you to her.”
The bartender quickly led the way.
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Grey heaven suites.
VIP room 309.
Aarti opened her eyes and slowly got up. She felt a headache and held her head.
“You're finally awake, huh?" she heard a familiar voice.
She turned her head to see a tall, green-haired man (with fair skin) entering the room holding a bottle of water.
“You… why are you here? Where is this place?” she asked, trying to get off the bed quickly, but her legs seemed to be unready. She fell to the floor after she tried to stand.
The man chuckled and drank more from the bottle of water before covering it with the lid.
“Relax, you don't have to be this tense around me. Right, lil sister?”
"I'm not your lil sis. I have nothing in common with a scum like you, Mohan!" she spat as she rose, using the bed as support.
The man (whom we may now call Mohan) smirked as he saw her sit back on the bed.
"You really should be a comedian. It's better than being a boring guard." he placed the bottle of water on the cupboard close to the bed then walked to her slowly, hands in his pockets.
"Dear sister, I've told you earlier. No need to be so tense around me. I'm not gonna bite you. Your big bro has changed for the better." he then tried to hug her but she pushed him away.
"Come on, Aarti. You haven't seen me for so long. I know you are stingy, but you can't be so stingy that you can't gimme a hug, right? Let's try again." he made to hug her again, but he received a wonderful slap for her. It was loud and profound. Her five fingerprints could be found on his face now.
Her chest heaved up and down and she got off the bed.
Mohan, who was still stunned by her reaction, slowly brought his right hand to his hurting cheeks. The pain was returning him to reality.
"Aarti, you dare hit me? I'm your senior..."
"Yeah right. But only by 10 minutes. I don't feel secure around you."
Mohan scoffed and closed in on her.
"Twin sis, I told you I've changed. But if you misbehave, I don't mind f*cking you till you call me 'Daddy!' " he spat.
"Get lost, you piece of shit."
"Well, it was this shit that you recalled calling when you were drunk at that bar."
"Well, I must have made a mistake. Never in my right mind would I call you." she thundered and pushed him away.
Then she stood and tried to walk forward. Her knees became weak and she fell to the bed.
Her eyes widened with horror.
"What did you feed me?" she asked in fear.
"I fed you a very nice pill. It will help you stay still on this bed while I do you. I promise, you will be satisfied. I'm a lot bigger down there now than back then." he chuckled and walked into the bathroom.
She felt her heart race.
Why did this happen? Why? Who can save her from this twisted twin of hers? An image came to her mind- her boss, Nelson Woodley in his majestic wolf form.
She remembered that tomorrow was the full moon. She was to give him an answer regarding the mate issue. She looked around the room but didn't find her purse or a telephone.
She panicked even more when her hands couldn't move as she wanted it to. She felt her body become hot and blush appeared on her cheeks.
This scum also gave her aphrodisiac. How nice of him!
While she was thinking of what to do, the bathroom door creaked and Mohan came out in a white towel that barely covered his hairy thighs.
He was still wet and hadn't bothered to dry himself before coming out.
"Girl, daddy's coming for you now." he walked leisurely to her.
By now, Aarti could only blink. She could not speak at all.
"Someone, please save me. Boss, if you can feel my anguish, please come save me." she prayed fervently in her heart as he closed in on her.
He climbed onto the bed and smirked.
Without warning, he took off the small towel from his waist, revealing his glory to her.
Aarti quickly closed her eyes.
She couldn't even turn her head in another direction. She had no energy. Blinking was already much of an effort.
"Don't be afraid. I promise, you'll enjoy it after I break that virgin wall. Hehe!" he laughed.
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Nelson suddenly felt his chest tighten. It was like he was being choked.
Peter Jones, his secretary, noticed this and got him a bottle of refined water. He quickly drank it, but the tightness and pain in his chest didn't lesson.
He could feel his wolf was about to surface.
"Eh... cough... cough... Peter?" he called.
"Yes, boss?"
"Go get me the flying duck in my car. It's a plushie!"
Peter furrowed his eyebrows. What plushie? Since when did his boss like plushies, say less of possessing one? And his boss was clearly uncomfortable in his chest. He needed medical attention!
"Don't just stand there. Go get me the winged bear plushie." Nelson said unhappily at his dumbness. He couldn't let his wolf surface with Peter around.
"Hurry and get lost!" he thundered.
'Yes, Sir! Sir, should I get you..."
"Out!" Nelson pointed at the door.
Peter sighed and left, not forgetting to close the door behind him.
Nelson's left eye turned red.
"Mate's in danger. Go, save her now. She's calling us."
his left eye returned to normal blue color.
The pain in his chest increased.
He got up and steadied himself with gritted teeth.
"Please, hold the pain for a while. I need to et to our mate." he whispered.
Immediately, the pain lessened and he exhaled.
He walked to the window and looked down.
He thought of what direction to take. Using car was clearly not an option.
Soon, he opened the window and jumped down.
While still in mid air, he jumped again and landed on the roof of another building.
He faced the direction that caused his heart to feel pain the most and started running and jumping on rooftops till he got to a lonely road.
He started running so fast that all that could be seen was a blur.
"Aarti, I'm coming. Hold on for me." he said in his heart, increasing his pace.
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Liege clinic
Female ward VIP room 18.
Andre smiled as the baby girl clasped her tiny hand around his finger.
" She's so cute. She's like an angel. A combination of Flora and Mason." he praised with teary eyes and the baby cooed.
"Aww!"
"Hey, if you make her cry, I won't forgive you." Dorothy warned as she stepped into the ward.
"She's so cute. How dare I make her sad? Mama, how can you be like this?" he complained, looking wronged.
"I asked you to introduce a girl, but you keep trying to bury the matter. Now see how you're behaving. You can say ' Cutie, little angel, blessed honey' as much as you want to your baby girl."
"Mama, calm down. Anger is dangerous for your health and not good for the baby to see."
He rose from the chair beside the bed and walked to her. Then he gave her a big hug.
"Mama, I promise to introduce her to you soon. I'll surprise you, I promise. Can you calm down now?"
"Hmph! I'm not gullible!" she folded her arms and looked away from him.
"Mama, can my abs calm you down? Legit 8 packs; not one missing. The price for seeing them is a warm hug. A fair trade, right?"
She looked at him, pissed.
She unfolded her arms and pulled on his right ear.
"Ow...ow...ouch! Mama, can you calm down, please?"
In response, she pulled on his ear more.
"I'm sorry. I was wrong. I was wrong!" he cried, and she stopped pulling on his ears.
"Mama, for a moment I thought I would become earless."
"On second thought, maybe I should cut those ears off. They are just decorations."
"Mumma, don't be like this. I swear on my life to bring you a girl soon."
"How soon. Like tomorrow?'"
"That's too early. I can't just pick up a random girl from the streets and then come show her to you as my girlfriend. Mumma..."
"Mother and son, do you want my baby to cry? See how she's staring at you guys? She should be having her beauty sleep!" the child's mother said as soon as she became awake.
"Oh lil sis, can I take her home for a day? I promise to devote my time to her. Won't let her outta my sight for a second. Please!" Andre put his palms together, blinking severally.
"Ahem... Why do you want to take her?" Flora asked.
"She's cute?"
"That isn't enough reason. There are many cuties out there."
"But she's the only cutie that caught my interest. Please, let me take her just for today."
"Big bro," she called.
"Yes!"
"Can you comfort crying babies?"
"I did so when I was younger. Even with you."
"What about now?"
"Err.. no?"
"Can you change her diaper? Can you sing lullabies? Can you bathe her? Her umbilical cord is still out."
Andre sheepishly shook his head. Their mother was shaking her head in amusement.
Flora touched her bosom that were much bigger than when they first reunited.
Andre looked away.
"Lil sis, how can you do that in front of me?"
"Do you have means to breastfeed her? She doesn't take milk in a bottle. She seeks the natural and original."
He shook his head and turned to face her and the happy baby girl.
"I guess all you wanna give her are kisses on her cheeks and forehead."
Andre blushed.
His mother laughed out with tears rolling down her eyes.
"Way to go, daughter." she gave her daughter a light high five.
Andre could only sigh and shake his head.
"Baby girl, don't worry. I'll earn the right to take you home for a day. Wait for me, ok?" he whispered to the baby and she cooed.
He placed a kiss on her forehead and rose. His phone rang when he was about to say something.
He took his phone from his pocket and saw the caller ID.
He immediately excused himself from the room.
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"Anna, what happened?" he asked outside the ward.
"Andre, you really need to come save me now." replied Annabelle from the other end in a distressed tone of voice.
He became worried.
"Annie, are you alright? Where are you?"
"I..." Annabelle didn't get to complete her words before the line went off.
His forehead creased.
He called her again, but she didn't pick.
What exactly was happening?
'Is someone after her life?' he thought in perplexity.
Suddenly, his phone began to ring again.
He saw it was her calling. He quickly answered.
"Anna..." he was cut short by a strange voice that sounded creepy.
"Boy, I have her in my custody. She's quite the looker. "
"Hey... Who are you and what do you want? Get this in mind. Don't you dare lay a finger on her. You hear me?" he barked.
"Hahahaha, hahahaha! You make me amused lad. A runt like you who doesn't know his position dares to threaten me. Should I be amazed or flattered? Hahahaha, hahaha. So funny."
"What do you want?" Andre headed to a more secluded place, apprehension clear on his face.
"Come to the address I'll send you ALONE!. If you play any tricks, you'll be getting a well-sewn corpse of your friend. I believe you are smart."
Andre heard the voice chuckle before the line went off again.
Andre exhaled hard. A lot of things raced through his mind.
Suddenly, his phone beeped and he saw it was a new message. Checking it out, he saw an address. It was an abandoned warehouse close to the sea.
He put the phone back in his pocket and composed himself. Then he went back to the ward. He saw his mum having fun with the cooing baby.
"I can't foresee how many will chase her even before high school."
"Hehe, she inherited good genes." replied Flora.
"Ahem... " he cleared his throat to get their attention.
"Mum, Flora, I have to attend to something urgent. I'll call when I get back." he said before giving them a hug each.
He smiled and waved at them before leaving the ward.
Some minutes later, he was riding at breakneck speed on a powered bike on a lonely road.
"Anna, please hold on for me. Please be safe. You have to be okay. You must be, Annie. I won't let harm come to you. Don't be afraid, my dear. I'm coming to rescue you. Wait for me!" he thought in his heart and increased his speed.
Not long after Andre had left, Bruce came with the other two sisters and their husbands. Mason also followed behind them with carrying some fruits. He was all smiles as he chatted with someone over the phone.
A/n: sorry 4 D late updates. :)