“So, what should we do?” Carlos asked the question he had been meaning to ask. “I mean, I don’t feel great doing anything. What do you do in general?”Akira didn’t respond.“Hello, Madam,” Carlos asked again, “what do you do in general?”“Aren’t you rude!” she snapped a little. “Why should I tell you what I do in my personal time? Besides, why are you interested in a woman’s routine? Are you a pervert?”“P-Per, what?” Carlos’ eyes widened. He quickly felt the need to correct her. “I’m a decent gentleman, madam. I give and take respect.”“Asking what a woman does in her private time is giving respect, huh,” she sighed and shook her head.Embarrassed, Carlos yelled, “D-Don’t twist my words! I only asked you what you do in general.”“Yeah, but I doubt you meant that.”“Huh? What’s that supposed to mean?” he sat down next to her on the rolled-up mat. She gave him a look, and he stood. “C-Can’t I sit next to you?”“I’m your master. Can a bondslave sit beside their master?”“B-Bondslave?” T

Carlos felt utterly powerless the moment the black wooden stake pierced through his heart like metal digging through butter.All the veins and arteries in his chest felt ruptured immediately. The sudden internal bleeding seized his whole body. He looked half-dead already.“NOOO!” Akira cried out.She instantly turned into a vampire and closed in the distance. “Here’s the halo,” she tempted Thomas with the halo, but then threw it into the distance.Thomas’ eyes glowed; he let go of Carlos’ neck without a second thought and ran for the halo.Akira’s nails turned red, and she swiped at Jericho’s arm that had driven a stake into Carlos’ chest. Her nails slashed through the arm and severed it asunder.“AARRGGH!” Jericho stepped back in shock. He couldn’t believe this woman had just managed to cut through his tough scales so effortlessly. Before he could do anything, Akira took Carlos and dashed out.He chased her, but she was too fast, even while carrying Carlos.Once she had exited the bu

Carlos called Laurel and Sofia, but neither of them answered his calls, understandably. They were the daughters of billionaires, and he hadn’t answered their calls. It was only natural that they had chosen to maintain their pride.He could just keep calling them until they answered, but he didn’t want to look desperate. He also didn’t want to irritate them.“Let’s give them a day to think. Hopefully, they haven’t found a boyfriend in these couple of weeks. I’m not worried about Laurel, but I can’t say the same about Sofia. While most women date men either for sex or for money, she dates them to feel superior, as if she wants to keep validating herself about her superiority in front of her friends. Maybe that’s why she never liked me. She probably didn’t like marrying me, but she couldn’t refuse her dad. She probably redirected all that anger on his dad toward me.”Carlos was surprised by his own thought process.“I couldn’t figure this out in the past. Why do I feel like I am suddenly

Bob and Charlie had escaped from the orphanage and met Thomas in the jail with the help of an adult. And then they came back to the grocery store because they had no other place to stay. They had previously stayed on the third floor, but now, since the orphanage people might be looking for them, they broke the sealing blocking the way to the rooftop, wanting to live in the single room on the fourth floor.However, to their surprise, they found the room door open. They were sure it was locked when they had seen it in the past from the nearby buildings, so someone must have broken in, they thought.Just when they were thinking they would face no problems here, they were naturally shocked to see the door open.The window was also closed, so they kept pushing and telling each other to peek inside through the door. After some wrestling, Bob got tired and decided to peek inside, and he did. However, he saw Carlos cooking a meal.“Brother Carlos!” Bob rushed in and hugged him. Soon, Charlie

On the same evening, Charles took Naida to a music concert. He had to spend 40 grand for the VIP tickets so that both of them would get to meet the music artists behind the stage after the event finished.Naida got so excited when she met her favorite music band Frickin’ Blues. She completely forgot about Charles.Charles ended up visiting the dressing hall behind. There were musical instruments. He picked up a guitar and started playing one of the tunes of the Frickin’ Blues. After two minutes, the music stopped.A clapping noise reached his ears. He looked toward the entrance, and to his surprise, Narika was standing there.“I didn’t know you could play like this,” she walked over to him. “Mind playing another song… for me?”“Uh…” Charles didn’t want to let Naida see him with Narika. “Sorry, but I’m not good at playing when there are other people around me.” He gave a random excuse.Narika kept staring at him as if she didn’t believe his lie. She then sighed, “Alright. Let’s go and