Chapter 34: Drunkenness

Tristan and the Twin Brothers decided to find a place inside the hall which was very far away from the furious eyes of Mark and Daniel.

The three of them settled in the bar counter, enjoying their drinks. After a few sips, Tristan's eyes roamed around the venue. He didn't see Hannah and Andrew inside.

He started to feel uneasy. He was worried about Hannah. When he left Andrew a while ago he was still mad. Tristan was afraid that Andrew would vent his anger to Hannah.

He excused himself to search for Hannah and Andrew, leaving Jake and Blake in the bar counter. He went to check the balcony outside. He saw the silhouette of two shadows.

He moved closer to confirm that those were Hannah and Andrew's shadows. As soon as he saw them, Tristan regretted coming there.

He was mistaken. The couple was not having a fight, instead, they were having their intimate moment, passionately kissing each other under the moonlight.

Hannah's hands were wrapped around Andrew's neck while his one hand was placed at the back of her head and the other one was holding her waist. The smacking sounds of their lips pressing and tasting each other's sweetness reverberated amidst the silence of the night.

Tristan was utterly astounded, frozen in his spot. He knew that kissing was just natural for a couple, Andrew and Hannah were no exception. He was aware that they had kissed each other lots of times and might do the deed beyond that.

But witnessing this with his own two eyes was a different story. It was breaking his already bleeding heart.

'F*ck, Tristan! You are a great fool! You shouldn't have come looking for them! Are you a masochist? Hurting yourself more just to see this?' He cursed inwardly, scolding himself.

The tears of jealousy and pain welled up in the corner of his eyes, but he was fighting it not to fall. After being frozen for a few seconds, Tristan finally found the strength to move his feet, turning around and running away from that place.

He headed straight to the bar counter where he left the Twins.

"Hey, Tristan! What's wrong?" Jake immediately asked him upon noticing his grave expression matched with his ashen face and reddened eyes.

"Nothing!" Tristan responded coldly, looking down to hide his gloomy face.

"Give me that!" Tristan snatched the bottle of imported rum away from one of their family butlers who was serving drinks in the bar counter.

Blake and Jake just exchanged a shrug after seeing Tristan's action. He never talked to the twins because he became busy drowning himself with alcoholic drinks.

The mixed drink of rum served a better distraction, as well as numbing pain killers to forget the unpleasant scene he had witnessed a while ago.

Jake and Blake tried to stop him and control his alcoholic drinks intake but Tristan was so stubborn. In the end, they just watched him helplessly and waited until he satisfied his thirst and got drunk in his heart's content.

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In contrast to Tristan's hellish night, Zhen- Zhen was having fun scanning Tristan's family photo album.

She was aware that Tristan attended the family dinner tonight so she asked Matthew about Tristan's family.

Fortunately, Tristan had kept some photo albums with him containing family pictures of the Davis Family. Matthew and Zhen-Zhen looked and watched together all the pictures while he introduced to Zhen-Zhen every person that they could see in the photos.

He was also providing her some brief backgrounds about those people. Fortunately, Zhen-Zhen had a sharp memory and she was able to remember everything Matthew had told her.

Now, Zhen-Zhen was familiar with the members of the Davis Family. She could easily recognize them if ever she would bump into them one day because of Matthew's help.

After spending time with Zhen-Zhen, Matthew got to know and understand her better. He agreed on Tristan, she was not dumb and she was a fast learner too. He was amazed by her sharp memory and witty behavior.

She was also fun to talk to- very innocent, kind, and pure-hearted fellow. They lost track of time just talking with each other.

Suddenly, they heard the ringing of the doorbell. Zhen-Zhen's eyes lit up then her gaze moved to the closed door of Tristan's condo.

"Tristan is here… he's with two other men." Zhen-Zhen blurted out as she sensed Tristan's aura and the other two auras that were unfamiliar to her.

Matthew just looked at her with confusion before he stood up to see the person outside the door. He wondered if Zhen-Zhen's assumption was right.

"Lillie, just stay here," Matt told her before he went to open the door.

The moment the door was opened, Tristan's drunken figure that was being supported by the twins, Jake and Blake, greeted Matthew's sight.

Blake: "Matthew?"

Jake: "Matthew!?"

The twins exclaimed in disbelief the moment they saw his face.

Tristan: "Heyyoh...my deZrr assshiztstant best frnnndz"

Tristan also greeted him in his drunken state.

Blake: "What are you doing here?"

Jake: "What are you doing here?"

They asked him in unison.

"What happened to him?" Instead of answering the twins, Matthew asked them about Tristan.

The twins also ignored Matthew's inquiry.

Jake: "We thought you were babysitting your younger sister, that's why you couldn't come for tonight's family dinner."

Blake: "Why are you here?"

The twin didn't expect to see Matthew. They tried asking Tristan about his pass code for his locked door. Instead of saying his door's pass code, Tristan just laughed like a fool and pressed the doorbell.

Meanwhile, Matthew could somehow grasp the situation. Tristan lied to the twins that he didn't come tonight because he was babysitting his younger sister.

Matt just shook his head and massaged his temple.

'BABYSITTING?! Seriously? Tristan, are you for real? What kind of lame excuse was that?' Matthew thought to himself before giving them an answer.

"Yeah… she was already asleep. I just arrived here not long ago since Tristan texted me to get some important documents." Matt said, supporting Tristan's lie.

The twins exchanged glances with each other, grinning widely.

"Great timing! Since you are here and you are Tristan's Assistant and Best Friend, then we will leave Tristan in your care now. Hehehe!" Jake said, gently pushing the responsibility of taking care of this drunkard to Matthew.

After saying that, the twins immediately left Tristan in Matthew's hand and fled in a rush.

"D@mn! What a troublesome fellow?! Why did you get drunk tonight?" Matthew lamented at him as he guided Tristan inside his Condo Unit.