"Aren't you the one who's going to lick my shoes?" Matthias replied to Jonathan.The mood went down to drain.It feels like the silent waters are disturbed by Matthias' appearance hence the heavy silence.The gangsters looked at each other and then to Jonathan, laughing heartily that someone stupid said some nonsense to him."Hey, where did you get this guy?" One of the men asked Jonathan.Everyone took it as a joke but Jonathan feels humiliated from that. He immediately got up from his seat, and spit on the floor and exhaled, showing dominance over Matthias."Heh, are you trying to die early?" Jonathan asked him.Well, the question just passed like a fly because after that, the gangsters surrounded Matthias on Jonathan's order.Because of Matthias, the once silent bar became filled with the shuffling of shoes and knives, ready to throw at Matthias. "For your insolence, why not let this brother teach you a rough lesson, huh?" Jonathan hissed at Matthias, growling in impatience and
Several days passed and Matthias met another Saturday morning where he’s alone sitting inside his cramped apartment.The shirt from his previous job hangs on his wall and flies gently on the rhythm of the whirring wall fan.Fuck!Nothing ever changed.He means, he’s changed obviously. A lot of things happened but he’s still here, stuck inside the smelly moldy apartment of the ugly Ms. Greta. “Matt!” A knock followed by calling his name.Matthias smiled.Well, there’s still this person with him so life is still not that much boring compared to before.Matthias opened the door and smiled at Elisha.Elisha returned the smile and pointed at her opened door.“I cooked some spaghetti, do you wanna eat with me?” she asked.Matthias nodded and just took the phone he left on her bed to go with Elisha. “Aren’t you going to look for another place?” Matthias suddenly asked Elisha when he remembered that he gave him a lot of money just recently.Elisha pursed her lips cutely, smiled, and cross
Matthias sighed at what he saw. Did Mr. Owen made a blunder?He clearly said that he only needed a new small space and not some grand mansion with its own garden.“Hi, are you the visitors for today?” Matthias glanced up to the young boy that’s trimming the garden’s bonsai plant with his shears.The boy went down from the ladder and took off his gloves. He introduced himself as Gabby and gave Matthias a firm handshake.“This place is already for sale but because the house is too huge and no one wants to live in this area since it’s a bit far from the city, the owners just decided that it’s better to have someone live in it than let it age by time… uh here’s the key.”And he gave the house keys with a tiger keychain on it.“The owners will drop by later, you can wait for them here while I continue my work in the garden.”Then as swiftly as a running rabbit, Gabby went back to his work.What’s that, an NPC?Matthias eyes’ roamed around the house.Its vintage style made the mansion a b
"What's the meaning of that?" Elisha questioned Matthias.A wedding talk all of a sudden just because she reunited with her family? Elisha furiously stepped down from the house and walked to Matthias on the garden, talking to Mr. Owen."Elisha, this is—""Do you think I want to marry you?" Elisha yelled.Matthias bit his lip. Elisha clearly misunderstood something but without knowing which part of the conversation she misunderstood or how to explain everything to her is a struggle for him. So, to get out of trouble, Matthias took the initiative to leave."So, you're going to run away?" Elisha asked her when Matthias turned his back to her. Matthias did not say a word."Did you think I'm into you just because I invited you over multiple times?" she said furiously, clenching her fist. "Isn't that a pathetic mindset?" Then Elisha went back inside their house and slammed the door the way she closed the door when she first met Matthias."What's that?" Mr. Owen asked him when Elisha was
"Do you know him?" Zack asked Matthias when the latter greeted Jared."Yes!" Matthias quickly responded.He looked at Jared and wiped more of the blood out of his face."Poor you," Matthias comforted him and let Zack drop Jared down to the floor, unable to speak anymore."He's my classmate and someone who should be in prison if it weren't for his age and family's acquaintances. Do you want to know what this creep did before?"Matthias' smile faded. It already happened a long time ago yet he still can't shake off the horror that day when Jared's group ganged up on him and his childhood friend. The two of them almost died from the injuries they sustained from bullying, making his childhood friend's parents report the incident to the authorities and sue Jared.But in the end, Jared and his friends just ended up serving 2 months in a juvenile house despite the fact that his friend needed his left leg to be amputated."What are you going to do with him?" Matthias questioned Zack in a s
"What took you so long?"Without shifting his gaze to Mr. Owen, Matthias answered the question briefly. "Something happened."He's not into conversation right now since the sensation from what he did to Jared still lingers on him.It's his first time to assault someone like that!No, that's no assault but a torture.Matthias planted his face on his palms and breathed heavily.That's... that's a torture right? He did...Then he looked at his slightly feverish hands that brought Jared's leg up to that chair. Matthias inhaled and calmed himself down. Minutes later, Zack followed him, taking the driver's seat again and offering a bottle of water to Matthias."I think you might need this?" Matthias grabbed the water bottle and chugged down the half liter of water until it was more than half empty. "Hah!"Zack smiled at Matthias' reaction. "Are you okay now?" he asked the still nervous Matthias. "It looks too bad but the injuries he received aren't that very critical," Zack informed
Chapter 21The next day, as expected from Mr. Owen’s swift arrangement, Matthias left the room he’s renting and transferred to a condominium located at the top floor of SKY Palace, a renowned high quality condo that can only be afford by those who have the same standing as Mr. Owen.Miss Greta even gave him a look when he walked past her after one of Mr. Owen’s men paid the ugly landlady four times of his monthly rent just to let him go without any objection.“You don’t need to do that,” Matthias told the person assisting him in moving out.“I’m sorry, but I am just listening to what the president tells me,” the assistant informed Matthias.So, Matthias just let it go.No good thing will happen if he’ll object to Mr. Owen’s decision since a seasoned business man like him has more knowledge than him.When the assistant left the condominium, Matthias immediately opened the window and let the fresh air come inside of his place, turning off the AC that is much colder than the temperature
Chapter 22Monday, Matthias arrived at school in his new car that Mr. Owen also arranged for him. The ‘Black Panther’- as what the company selling it calls the car’s design– parked at the school’s gate, gathering the attention of the students more than what’s intended.Because of that, Matthias became reluctant to get out of the car.Until he heard Elisha’s voice.“Matthias, what course are you taking again?” Matthias took a quick glance at Elisha sitting next to her.“Business Management,” he answered as he grabbed the car door’s handle to get out.“Is that so? Okay!” Elisha chirped, holding Matthias hands to stop him from getting out too quickly. “Take care, okay?” Matthias just gave her a slight nod before getting out of the car.Ever since Elisha read Cheska’s name, she became more insistent that the two of us should get married as soon as possible! And that they should register their marriage right away.But he ignored it saying that Friday this week is already too soon.If