บท 54: Bathroom Encounter
Calixto's brows furrowed and his breathing became shallow. The audacity of uncle Talon to tell Iris to run when he faced his father. He would give his uncle a piece of his mind once he met him. And he would make sure that it would happen soon because, despite his annoyance, he understood that Talon was giving him a warning. The silly message that he left in the shower and what he told Iris about running when she came across his father was not really meant just for her but mostly for him.
Now, he had to find out where Talon was hiding and how the hell did he get to enter his mansion when he was not invited. He hated that there were a lot of things that he had a hard time finding out just because he was still adjusting to this new world.
"Do you need to talk to Talon?"
Calixto was pulled out of his thoughts when he heard Iris' question.
"Why? Did he tell you where I could find him?" He asked in a snippy tone because he was still pissed off that someone was able to get through his property and leave without him knowing. He felt stupid and weak. He had a feeling that Talon was gloating right now—wherever the hell he is, with the fact that he was able to get to Iris under his nose—within his property!
"No, but Love may know," she said.
In the back of her mind, she was thinking of how Love would properly hate her because she had told her clearly when she met Talon for the first time that she should not tell him about Talon. And she had the intention to keep her promise, however, the situation is different now. Talon came into the mansion, in her bathroom which was a few steps away from her bedroom.
The situation is different now and hopefully, Love can see it that way because she doesn't want her to be really angry at her because even though she is bitchy, she likes her.
"Why would Love know about Talon's whereabouts?" He asked in a dangerous tone of voice. After what his father and the woman he loved did to him, betrayal would be something that he would never want to experience again, especially from the few people that he still trusts.
"Explain," he snarled at Iris who unconsciously step back with the tone of his voice.
"Well, when you left me with Love, she took me to a club—"
"A club??"
Iris heaved a deep sigh and pursed her lips. She did not feel good spilling everything to Calixto when she gave her word to Love that she would not say anything. And if Calixto would continue to interrupt her while she was talking, she would rather not tell him anything.
She stared at him and it seemed that he understood her annoyance, he leaned his back against the doorframe, folded his arms across his chest, and nodded to her to continue with her story.
Iris cleared her throat and opened her mouth to speak.
"Just what I was saying, Love took me to a club and Talon just appeared…" She cocked her head to the side, "or he just happened to be there…I don't know." She shrugged her shoulders, trying to be cool while she recounted the event that night, making sure to leave out some details that she knew would make Calixto's temper flare up. For example, the fact that Talon danced with her for a long time while she was drunk on the dance floor, or the way Talon held her and how she shamelessly danced with him in a provocative way.
She did not know exactly why she thought that those things would make Calixto angry. Just that she knew, hence, she carefully told her story, making sure that those details were omitted.
"I don't know exactly how he was also there at the club. So, I guess you have to ask Love about it."
Calixto remained quiet even after Iris was done talking. He was deep in his thoughts, trying to put two and two together based on Iris' story and the event that Talon entered his mansion like a thief, leaving cryptic messages for him.
"Did Talon introduce himself to you at the club?"
Iris sucked in some air and held it in her chest. She was anticipating the question from Calixto but she was hoping that he would not ask it because she deliberately avoided any hint that she had a close encounter with Talon at the club. She was just trying to paint the event in the club as something in passing. She even left out the fact that Talon followed her in the bathroom like a pervert.
She smirked inwardly when she realized that today was her second encounter with Talon inside a bathroom.
"He followed me to the bathroom at the club. I did not know him at that time until Love came to the bathroom as well and the two of them started talking."
"What do they talk about?"
Iris bit her lower lip and lowered her gaze.
"I don't know."
He furrowed his brows. "Why don't you know?" He asked, feeling the frustration rise up from his chest. He did not like the way Iris was acting and the way she could not look him straight in the eyes.
Iris heaved a deep breath and as she exhaled her breath, she whispered. "I was drunk."
"You were drunk?" He asked, enunciating each word, disbelief was in his tone. He had to talk to Love and she was not only going to tell everything she knew about Talon but she also had to explain why she took Iris to a club when he clearly told her to keep her safe while he was away and why in the world did she let her drink to the point of intoxication.
"Yes," Iris nodded. Her eyes were glued on the floor that she did not see the hint of a smirk, playing at the corner of Calixto's lips.
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