章節 12: Contract [6]
Knox quickly gathered his travel bag and took everything he could put inside. His head was running many scenarios about why Azrael asked him to work for him. Maybe he remembered him and he wanted to torture him for hitting his head with the tiger headpiece?
What about the 'omega bloom' they were talking about? He wasn't releasing a bloom when that happened! It was a public place, so he certainly made sure not to release…
Knox stiffened after remembering that he, indeed, released pheromones that time. He did it to release the pent-up pheromones in his body.
"Oh, f*ck."
But he was sure it wasn't a bloom!
He continued packing his things up. Only to freeze the second time. He just remembered he signed a contract and received advanced payment which he had used up already! How can he think of running away now?!
His boss looks like someone who won't let anyone who crossed him!
Knox shuddered upon recalling those sharp glaring eyes. He wearily slumped on the floor and kicked the bag away. He pulled his hair in frustration.
He talked to himself, 'No, let's think properly, Knox. That man doesn't seem to know that he was that omega yet. Let's try to make excuses, and beg to have the contract terminated. But if I do that, I have to return the payment and pay for the breach of contract…but, I'm broke!'
If he borrowed money, then he might be able to pay but that would mean another debt on his shoulders. But would it be better to drown in debt than be involved with a dangerous man? He recalled Franz telling him about some men looking like thugs or gangsters asking around about the tiger mascot he used.
If those people were working for Azrael, then he really couldn't stay with him. And he just found out that it was because of his pheromones that his boss was suffering from an unstable pheromone condition.
There's really no other way but to run away.
'But let's try begging first. I still want to live a peaceful life. Another thug on my tail will only stress me out more.'
Knox nodded to himself, and then he whispered, "I should do it very discreetly."
For now, he's going to take his medicine, and then, slowly, he'd take out his belongings one by one. He can't afford to leave them all, as he lacks money to buy another.
"What took you so long?"
Knox flinched slightly from the impatient voice of his boss. He smiled innocently and answered, "I had a hard time finding where I put this pouch. Anyway, please just inform me of when I should go back. I'm leaving now."
The doorbell rang. Since he was on his way to the door, he quickly opened it to ask who it was. However, a tall woman with sharp features and long copper-colored hair greeted Knox with a haughty look. She raised her eyebrow and asked, "Who are you? Why are you in my fiancé's unit?"
Knox froze. His grip on the doorknob tightened.
'Fiancé?' He muttered inside his head as a speck of fury was starting to rise inside him. How dare his boss kiss another person when he already has a fiancée?!
The woman glared at him impatiently and released a threatening scent. Knox shuddered. He confirmed the woman was an alpha. Then, he recalled how repulsed his boss is towards omegas, and betas aren't his type. So, of course, he can only date alphas, but whether it was the woman in front of him or the doctor behind him was the one warming his bed tonight, it shouldn't matter to Knox.
He quickly lowered his head and covered his nose. The scent was filled with hostility that it was making him more nauseous. He should leave right away. What's making him hesitate?
"Now, don't be so scary, Diva. He's a servant and a beta."
Knox flinched when someone patted him. It was the doctor.
If Kayden hadn't interfered and held Knox on the shoulders, his endurance might have given up and he could have fainted. He gave Kayden a grateful look before he excused himself and ran out of the woman's way.
Any longer time spent with those alphas will surely make him lose his reins. He dialed Franz's number and asked if he could stay in his apartment for a few days, when he got the okay, he wasted no time and headed there.
Meanwhile, the three alphas left in that expensive apartment unit settled in an awkward silence. Diva, who was the second daughter of the founder and president of Idol Entertainment; a famous female alpha model; and Azrael's fiancée still stood in the doorway with her arms folded on her chest.
She glared at Azrael and asked menacingly, "A mere servant, and a beta, yet filled with your pheromones? If I wasn't told he was a beta, I might have thought he's an omega with your marking. I don't buy that 'he's just a servant' excuse. Who is he? Is he your sex slave?"
The doctor coughed a few times out of disbelief and astonishment. He gave Azrael a judgmental look which earned a snarl from him.
Azrael flung his arm on the backrest of the sofa, and yelled defensively, "I don't buy slaves! Besides, I don't think that's any of your business."
Diva stomped forward and shouted back, "What?! It's not my business?! We're engaged! We might not be in 'that' kind of relationship, but we have an agreement! On top of that, I'm a public figure, if news gets out that I'm dating someone who owns slaves, it might ruin my reputation!"
Azrael nose fumed in rage, "Is that why you're interfering with my business? You do know about my condition, and what I always do to keep myself stable, and yet you're always getting in the way! If you don't want me f*cking anyone, then why not just help me yourself?!"
Slap!
Kayden gawked at the unfolding events. He stood in the doorway and couldn't get the right timing to get his things on the center table and leave. So, he pretended wearing his 3D glasses and munching on his invisible popcorn while leaning on the door.
Diva gasped. She seemed to realize what she had done so she frantically looked around while saying, "Oh my god! Do you have alcohol or hand sanitizer!? What if I got infected by this philanderer's disability and rotten head? I need a sanitizer! Kayden! Do you have any?!"
Azrael's face changed. He clicked his tongue and raised his hand. Diva raised her arms and took a stance, ready to block and throw punches. However, Azrael's hand landed on her nape, grabbing her back collar and turning her around forcefully, before kicking her off to Kayden.
"Get lost if you're not helping!"
Diva harrumphed and said, "I'll leave even if you don't tell me to! I only came here because you called, of all people, my best friend! I know you're aware that she likes you, so don't take advantage of her feelings and use her just to relieve those pent-up pheromones you had! At least, have decency! That's my best friend, don't ever call her again. Find someone to blow you instead, and do it discreetly."
The door slammed shut it almost shook the building. Kayden shrugged his shoulders as he made his way to the table and picked up his things, then he gave his cousin a skeptical look.
"You called your fiancée's best friend to open her legs for you and you don't even look regretful? My god, you deserve to be slapped, indeed."
Azrael glared at his cousin, "She's the one who insisted on warming my bed. What's wrong with taking for granted what's willingly coming to you? Anyway, I do not need your nagging. Get lost."
"You're still unstable. Take your medicine and—
"I'm calling someone different, so leave right now."
Kayden just shook his head and mumbled, "I'm surprised no one hasn't knocked on your door demanding child support."
Before he closed the door behind him, he heard Azrael answered arrogantly, "I'm no fool."
Kayden shivered out of nowhere.
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章節 13: Contract [7]
"Woo~ what's that smell? Oh! You're cooking!"
Franz came from behind and rested his elbow on Knox's shoulder after crossing his legs and leaning over to the kitchen counter.
"Wow. You said you're working as a manservant for someone. I bet they're drooling every time you cook!"
Knox was smiling, but after hearing that, the corners of his lips faltered after the images of the first time he cooked for Azrael rushed to his mind. His smile crooked and he quickly turned away from his friend.
"You bet. Haha."
It was actually his boss who cooked their food. But there's no way he'd tell that to him.
He took off the apron and hung it on the refrigerator's side, then he faced Franz and said, "Anyway, I'm going somewhere. Let me wash the dishes. You can just put them on the sink. I'll wash them after I come back."
Franz, "Where are you going without eating first?"
"I'm full. I ate the leftover pizza from last night—
"Why would you eat that and then cook breakfast for me?! Geez, man, you're making me feel bad!"
Knox smiled at Franz, "I'm the one who feels bad. I've been crashing here in your place for three days now."
Franz clicked his tongue and replied poutingly, "Do you hear me complaining?"
He sounded hurt. Knox frantically explained and convinced him that he wasn't complaining. But he also knew Franz was dating someone, and although his boyfriend was kind, he didn't want to impose on them too much.
Because of him, they can't date at Franz's home. So, Knox felt guilty and troubled.
Franz just laughed at his reason and responded, "Man~ that's not a problem! I'll just go to my boyfriend's house instead. Easy!"
Knox scratched his head, "Still. Let me do the chores here while I'm staying."
His friend sighed, "Alright. But next time, eat with me, you're not my servant, you know. Anyway, go! Don't be late with your appointment!"
After getting kicked out of the apartment, Knox dialed the number of Azrael's secretary, the one who brought the contract to him in the hospital. The secretary agreed to meet in a café, so without anything to do, he decided to go there and wait.
It was exactly lunchtime when the secretary came.
"So, you want to terminate the contract?"
Knox nodded. He already explained everything. The man was attentively listening to him without cutting him off, which he was grateful for. However, he wondered why such a polite and gentle-looking man was working for such an ill-tempered boss like Azrael.
"Mr. Arden, you can't just terminate the contract just like this. You've already received the advance payment—
"I'll make sure to pay it back!"
"Then, how about the charges for breaking the contract? Just so you know, Mr. Del Valle isn't someone who just lets off someone who wastes his time. He won't let you go easily. At most, you'd end up in jail for simply breaking the contract. And you already know too much about his condition, so who knows, you might end up losing your tongue as well."
Knox glared at the man, thinking – 'I'm taking back what I said about how polite and gentle this man looked. He's an assh*le!'
"Are you threatening me?"
The secretary just shrugged his shoulders and leaned back, "Take it as a warning, Mr. Arden. If you continue working for Mr. Del Valle, not only will you receive a huge salary and pay off your debts."
Knox's eyes widened. Did this person investigate him? He wondered.
The secretary continued, "You will also get to live in a great place and eat great food without spending a penny. You should think this twice, Mr. Arden. Don't pass on such an opportunity. Besides, you don't have any valid reason to quit, do you?"
Knox bit the insides of his cheeks in frustration. There was none. He couldn't probably tell the secretary that he was kissed by his boss when it was even written in the contract to provide sexual services.
He sighed. Is there really no other way other than to run and hide? But where the hell is he going to hide, especially when the person chasing him is as powerful and wealthy as his boss?
In the end, Knox just took a receipt from his wallet and showed it to the secretary, "I actually spent a hefty amount of penny because the boss threw a tantrum and left without paying for his groceries. Please, reimburse me."
The secretary's face brightened and gladly took the receipt. It seemed he didn't want Knox to quit as well. He happily replied, "I will send the exact amount as soon as I get back to my office."
"Well, then, thank you for your time, sir."
With that, Knox had no choice but to unblock his boss on his phone on his way home. He leaned at the bus window and stared at the passing images. His eyes were blank and dazed, so when his phone rang, he almost jumped from his seat in surprise.
He couldn't help but sweat after seeing the name 'Boss Bull' on his phone screen. He could already imagine his nose fuming with smoke because he hadn't been on reach for three days.
Knox nervously slid the green button up, "WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?!"
All heads on the bus turned in Knox's direction after that thunderous voice echoed from his phone. He pressed the stop button and quickly got off as soon as the driver halted the bus.
"Why aren't you answering? Do you know how many times I've ca—
"Sir, I was on the bus, so I can't answer you properly given how loud you were speaking…I'm sorry, sir," his voice trailed off after realizing how he just spoke to his boss. Before Azrael could shout again, Knox continued, "I lost my phone and figured it probably fell on a bus, so I have to visit the bus line terminal to search for it. The battery drained and I just came back from picking it up and having the battery charged full."
The other line went silent. Each second passed there was no response from the phone making Knox's heart beat louder.
Then, a muffled voice came through, "Why the hell does that sound convincing even if doesn't make sense?"
Knox gulped, "…what doesn't make sense, sir?"
Azrael chuckled dangerously, "How did you find your phone in the terminal if you couldn't call because the battery was dead? What? No one saw your phone sitting on the bus, or lying on the ground? If it was me and I saw such an outdated brand and old phone, I would pick it up and throw it out the window right away. Or if I saw it lying on the floor, I wouldn't even bother picking it up and just step on it."
Knox grimaced. He wanted to remark – 'Not all people are like you, sir.'
The bull beyond the phone continued rambling, "Ah, is that how the battery died? Was it damaged greatly that my calls couldn't reach you? Then, I wonder how the hell you were able to call my secretary and meet him not even an hour ago? What? Does your phone pick who wants it to work on?"
Knox, "…sorry, sir…"
"Hah!"
He jerked his head away from his phone and stared at it with a frown. He's dead. The bull is enraged. He shouldn't wear red if he meets with the boss.
Azrael sighed and spoke, "Get back here. Now."
Knox could hear his subdued voice. He gulped. He stood on the sidewalk for a few minutes, weighing whether to run away or go. A car's horn startled him and sent him back into the present.
He pulled his hair, blaming himself for being too reckless in signing contracts and getting easily blinded by heaps of money.
Ting.
A notification flashed on his screen.
[Bank Alert: A deposit of XXXX was made to your account ending in XXXX on…]
Knox's jaw fell. He only spent a few bucks on those groceries yet the reimbursement was ten times larger than the money he spent! His eyes turned into dollar symbols and the corners of his mouth twitched upward.
He's not someone who's obsessed with money, but he's someone who badly needs it. So, even when he was skeptical and scared, he turned around and headed back to that expensive apartment building.
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