تسجيل الدخولLewis walked out of the house like someone trying to escape a fire.He just kept walking… walking as fast as his legs could go. His shoes crunched against the gravel pathway while his fingers tightened around the brown paper envelope in his hand. He couldn't believe he had bought breakfast with the intention of sharing it with Derek and maybe Raine and Paulo. Now, holding it made him feel ridiculous and embarrassed. Behind him, the mansion doors opened again.“Lewis!” Raine called but he ignored her. “Lewis, stop walking like someone in a heartbreak scene of a music video!”That made him pause. Quickly, Raine jogged down the steps toward him, struggling not to laugh.“You’re very dramatic for a paramedic.”Lewis resumed walking as she got closer. “I learned from the psychopath inside,” he said flatly. “Okay, that one is kind of too much,” Raine said as she finally caught up beside him near the edge of the driveway.Lewis stopped abruptly and turned toward her.“What do you want?
“You shouldn’t have overreacted,” Paulo said the moment Raine ran after Lewis. Derek let out a dry laugh as he leaned on the edge of his desk. “Overreacted?” “You just did,” Paulo said carefully, not to raise the tension more than it had been. Derek turned slowly toward Paulo with a deeper frown. “You heard everything he said.”“I did.”“And you still think I overreacted?”Paulo shrugged lightly. “I think both of you are acting stubborn.”Derek scoffed and walked toward the liquor cabinet.“That boy acts childish all the time.”Now, it was Paulo's turn to lean against the desk.“He’s not used to this life,” he said.Derek poured himself a drink.“And whose fault is that?”“Yours,” Paulo answered immediately.Derek paused midway before slowly turning toward him again.Paulo looked completely serious.“You started this.”“How exactly did I start this?” Derek asked, narrowing his eyes.Paulo looked genuinely offended by the question.“You provoked his girlfriend.”Derek took a sip fr
One moment Paulo and Raine were still recovering from the story of Barbie getting arrested for insulting officers, and the next, the atmosphere shifted completely.Derek settled back into his chair, his gaze fixed on Lewis as he tried to restrain his anger. “You shouldn’t have gone to the police at all.”“What?” Lewis asked with a frown. Derek’s expression remained calm, but there was irritation beneath it. “You heard me,” he said. Lewis looked around briefly like he was expecting someone else to react, but Paulo looked away and Raine suddenly became interested in her coffee.Realizing that he was now on his own, Lewis looked back at Derek. “And why exactly shouldn’t I go to the police?”Derek’s fingers tapped lightly against the armrest. Just last night, he had told Lewis why he didn't like getting involved with the police. He still couldn't believe that Lewis would do that same thing. “Because I don’t like when my people involve the police in their drama.”Lewis blinked, then
Derek woke up to silence.Not the kind that brought peace. It was the wrong silence. The kind that made him open his eyes immediately. The kind that made a hundred questions run through his head at once. For a few seconds, he remained still in bed, staring at the ceiling while different questions swirled through his mind. And everything happened because Lewis was gone.The other side of the bed… Well, the couch technically, because Lewis had refused to sleep beside him, was empty.Derek sat up as he scanned the room. The space still carried traces of Lewis. The strong scent of his perfume that Derek used. The glass of water Lewis had left on the bedside table after nagging him to drink it. The wardrobe door was slightly opened because apparently, Lewis had no respect for order.Annoyance and irritation settled on Derek as he got out of bed. He wasn't mad because Lewis left. He was mad because Lewis left without saying anything.*******By the time Derek entered his study downstairs
Lewis stood outside the police station for almost five minutes before finally entering. He was skeptical about his choice of involving the police. But at the same time, he wanted to report Barbie for destroying his apartment. At first, he wanted Derek to handle her. But Derek's methods weren't justice to him. What if he over did it? What if he did something worse to her? Those questions kept holding him back. So, instead of involving Derek, he went to the police. Immediately he stepped into the station, the smell of old paper, coffee, sweat and stress hit him all at once. Lewis walked straight to a tired-looking officer behind the desk“Yes?” the officer asked. “I want to report vandalism,” Lewis said carefully.The officer raised his eyebrow. “Someone vandalized your property?”The image of his apartment flashed through his mind. The broken things, the shattered things, the important things Barbie destroyed, his clothes that she scattered ever. Then he nodded. “My property wa
Derek’s room was too calm for someone who had just returned from violence. Maybe it was because of Lewis' presence in it. In the middle of Derek's chaotic life, he still wanted Lewis to have the right amount of serenity and the calmness in this room was one of it. However, Lewis still couldn’t get over the violence. The severed thumb and Derek's bloody shirt weren't something he could easily forget. He hadn't even recovered from Barbie's craziness and now, blood?“I don't even know what to think,” Lewis said.“Then don't think at all,” Derek said, glancing at him briefly. “Being thoughtless for a day won't add to your IQ.”“You are not in the position to insult me,” Lewis said, flashing Derek a sideways glare. “I didn't stay for you to throw words at me.”“Insult you?” Derek said, feigning innocence. “Why would I insult someone as smart as you?”“That’s what they say when they throw rude words at you,” Lewis retorted.Derek didn't respond, he just kept his gaze on Lewis while he re
There are three kinds of desire.The natural and necessary desire. The natural but unnecessary desire. And the empty and vain desires. The kind that looked real on the surface but meant nothing if you looked deeper. Derek had never fit into any of them. Nothing about him had ever felt natural. Not
“Get him,” Derek ordered. Paulo left without saying a word. There was no time to waste in situations like that. They've never gotten themselves into something like this before. While Paulo was gone, Derek thought of all possible ways to get rid of Lewis without drawing attention from the public.
Derek’s eyes stay on Lewis for only a moment before his expression changes. He doesn't have to say much before Lewis can understand that he was in trouble. “Paulo.” Derek calls. Paulo entered immediately. “What did I say about this young man? He asked. Derek got no response from Paulo but his e
Lewis jumped out of the bed the moment his mind fully caught up with what was happening.“You kidnapped me!” he shouted again, pointing wildly between Derek and Paulo. “This is illegal! Do you hear me? Completely illegal!” His voice echoed through the room.Derek was already sitting on the edge of







