#THE_LAST_MINUTE_GROOM
©Sir_Zach
EPISODE 37
The intruder switched on the lights.
Standing by the switch was the same Young Miss who put Jeslyn in trouble– Christine’s sister.
The elegant lady in a black dress stood there staring daggers at Doris who was putting on her red dress.
After a while of glaring, she bowed and said: “It seems I intruded on something, I’ll leave for a while,” just when she turned around and was about to leave, the man called,
“You are already here. I believe you have things to say,”
“Yes, Master.” Christine’s sister walked towards them and stood in front of the young man who had a mask on.
“Here are the documents for the Lee properties. They were sent to me a few days ago. I was on a mission, so I couldn’t bring them over, I’m sorry, boss.”
The man stretched his hand out to her and she passed him the document. Seeing that Doris was still there dressing slowly, the man curled his thin lips and asked: “Are you a spy?”
Doris and Christine’s sister froze for a moment before they turned to look at each other. What sort of an expensive joke was that?
“M– master?” Doris called, a little flustered. That accusation could end her existence. Forget about her family, she doesn’t care about their lives and deaths.
The man chuckled, “If you aren’t a spy, why are you still here?”
Doris fell to her knees, “I’m– I’m sorry Master, I was having trouble with my zipper.” She didn’t lie, her zipper got stuck, probably from how fast she unzipped it a while ago.
However, who was Yu Damien? He wouldn’t be called ‘the psycho’ of Country M if he wasn’t a psychopath. He’d laugh with a person in a minute and the following second, the person’s head is dangling on a rope. That’s how bad he is.
“Hahahaha… your dress wasn’t difficult when you were taking it off, but suddenly got stuck while wearing it. Then why should you wear it out? Take it off and walk out like that,” he said.
Doris couldn’t believe her ears. No wait, she ought to believe it because he had done much worse to people. Not ki||ing her is already a blessing, but how could she, the second-ranked in the Yu faction, go out stark naked for her juniors to see!
That insult was too big for her to swallow but she values her life more, so she obeyed and slowly took the dress off.
She bowed and was about to leave with her dress when Damien raised his hand to stop her. “Where are you taking your dress? Put it down and put on your heels.”
Doris swallowed and did as commanded. Walking on heels without clothes on was… a sight to behold.
She’s an elegant woman who loves catwalking, so she’s certainly going to provoke the sleeping demons in the hearts of the men she would walk past.
Damien was very sure that before the break of dawn, he’d hear some ‘unpleasant’ stories about bad things happening tonight, but what does he care? He loves chaos like he loves his life.
Yes, Damien has nothing he cares about except what he has– Power, fame, wealth, and his life.
He ki||ed his older brother who was supposed to be the head of the Yu family and took over. Then he sold his prettiest sister to ‘those people’ to solidify his position.
If a person wants the definition of evil, then Damien is the best definition.
However, people often compare them, between Alpha Chaos and The Psycho, it would be hard to tell who is more evil, just that Alpha Chaos isn’t a psychopath and has people he cares about, unlike ‘the Psycho’.
Damien watched Doris leave the room before he shifted his gaze to Christine’s sister and smiled. He lowered his eyes to look at the document in his hand.
Opening it, he read every single bit and piece of the terms.
Jeslyn transferred the properties to Christine, Christine transferred them to her older sister, and now, the older sister transferred them to Damien.
“Hahaha… stupid girl, this is what you deserve for unintentionally getting in my way. Your suffering is just starting. I’ll break you so much that you’ll wish for death but I’ll keep you two apart.”
While he was saying that, he took his lighter and set the documents on fire!
Yes, Jeslyn’s inheritance, the Lee family’s fortune in Rose City which different people had their eyes on, was set ablaze, just like that!
Christine’s sister watched without an iota of feelings as the document that proved the ownership of the properties was set ablaze.
“Hmm… since I have set the papers ablaze, should I burn the properties to ashes too?… No, that’s not right…” he shook his head. “I’m still the predator hunting the prey. The game is just starting so I shouldn’t bring it to an end so soon, where’s the fun? Hahahaha…”
Christine’s sister stood there without uttering a sound. She had been with him for years so she could proudly say she knew him better than everyone else. When he starts to display like this, the best thing for anyone is to become a wallflower.
If a person joins him to laugh while he’s laughing or utters a word when they were not invited, then that person is tired of living.
“Emilee, where is that girl, Jeslyn?”
“Master, I have no idea. I have sent people to search everywhere for her but I couldn’t find her anywhere.”
“What do you mean you can’t find her? Do you want me to go find her myself?” He smiled.
“No, Master, I’ll continue searching for her until I find her… dead or alive.”
“No,” he shook his head. “She must be alive. If she’s dead, don’t bother to continue living– follow her to hell.”
Emilee raised her gaze to stare into his light peach eyes with gray irises.
Ever since he was young, Damien’s eyes have always been unique, but deadly to stare at for a long time.
Emilee lowered her gaze and bowed, “yes, Master,” she said.
“I wonder why it took you so long to respond, but anyway, don’t tempt me.” He waved his hand for her to leave.
Emilee lowered her gaze and bowed, “yes, Master,” she turned around and walked away.
Damien watched her leave through the door after switching the lights off before he picked up his phone to make a few calls. The first person he called was Maverick.
Maverick’s phone rang a few times but Damien got no response. He chuckled,
“I knew he wouldn’t answer me, such a bad person. However, you should answer my call or I’ll keep calling until you do. Even if you block me like you always do, I’ll keep changing sims and calling you. After all, I’m jobless. Hahahaha…”
After about five missed calls, the phone finally connected. Damien grinned and said into the phone: “Celebrity Chaos, you no longer answer calls. How did you know I was the caller? Don’t tell me you made a call–identification software? I should make an anti–blocking software too so you can’t block me anymore.”
“Reason!” Maverick started curtly. He didn’t scream but Damien knew from his tone that he wasn’t happy about the call, he never was.
But does Damien care? Of course not!
“What other reason would I have to call you other than to congratulate you for not disappointing me? Hahaha…”
Maverick narrowed his eyes. Like he connected the dots, he replied: “He’s half dead, one person from your Yu family will be the next.”
Maverick did suspect that someone instigated Xu Ming to dare him, but he never expected the man would be so foolish to let an enemy like Damien use him. When it comes to manipulation and schemes, Damien holds the crown, after all, humans are only pawns to him. No string attached.
Damien doesn’t mind to befriend an enemy and use their hand to get rid of a bigger enemy before turning against his helper again.
“Hahahahaha… Who cares? Should I bring them to you with a truck? How do you want me to bring the–”
“Nuisance, I got things to do…” Maverick ruthlessly cut him off. Who gladly sacrifices their family to their worst enemy? Only Damien would do that.
“Certainly not!…” Damien raised his voice before he smiled again. “You can’t end the call just yet. I called you to inform you that I’ll be doing a good job in letting Davis know what you did in his absence. It would be fun watching you two fight… hahaha–”
“You welcome,” Just when Maverick was about to disconnect the call, Damien hurriedly added.
“It’s been a while you caused massive disturbance in the country and its getting boring. Please live up to your name, Chaos!”
Maverick disconnected the call and blacklisted the number again. Looking at the tons of numbers belonging to that psycho he had blacklisted, he rubbed his dark brow.
If Maverick is asked to sum up Damien in two words, it would be an ‘annoying freak’.
“Boss, the rain is getting heavier, should we stop at a hotel?” Code 2 who was sitting in the front passenger seat asked.
“No,”
“Ok, boss,”
It was already getting dark and he needed to be at home with his son. Valen h@ťěs rainy days and days like this, they sleep together.
Maverick looked at the raindrops on the car window, thanks to the light from other cars moving along the road.
His mind flashed back to the memory of a lady in a white knee-length gown playing in the rain on one sunny afternoon. She looked happy and carefree.
While people ran to seek cover, the lady found solace in the rain. Her happy and free spirit reminded Maverick of a child he once knew. The child also loved rain. Due to a few coincidence, he became closer to the lady and found out she had so many things in common with the child he once knew.
After getting comfortable with her, she suddenly disappeared and now, he has another person like her in his house but with a different face and little difference in character. Is there such a coincidence?
Trying to picture the lady’s happy face, it was Jeslyn’s troubled face from that morning he saw.
Maverick blinked and the illusions disappeared. He rested his head on the seat and took a deep breath before he closed his eyes.
…
At Maverick’s mansion, the compound had returned to how it used to be unless the two buildings were destroyed. Nothing except those buildings will make strangers know that a dangerous fight happened.
Inside the house, Jeslyn was seen in Valen’s room. She was gently stroking his back as she sang him a lullaby.
Valen had long gone to sleep but Jeslyn was still stroking him and singing for him.
Pink sighed and shook her head. She had spoken to Jeslyn to take a rest for the umpteenth time but Jeslyn wouldn’t listen.
Jeslyn couldn’t believe it when Pink told her it was a normal occurrence to start a fight at people’s houses in this country.
“The adults might be able to endure, but not the kids. Valen is too young to go through that much trouble. He’s a child and should be made to live like a child with a healthy environment for him.” Jeslyn had said when Pink told her to leave the boy that he was used to it.
Pink, who couldn’t take Jeslyn’s naivety anymore pulled her up and dragged her to the front of the house just so she’d see the remains of the war.
“With this, do you still want that child to be softhearted? Jeslyn, this is county M. The ‘M’ isn’t there because it’s a letter, no, it means MONSTERS.
Country M is a country of monsters and not your regular country either. You either step on people to become stronger or you become a stepping stone for others to be successful.”
“I understand, but Valen is too young for such, he should be playing with toys at this age and when he’s a little older, he can then do what he needs to do.”