Sweet Revenge's
Chapter 1: Prologue

"Wow, you're a real expert, gorgeous."

The short-haired young lady chuckled as she continued to flip the bottle in her hand; if only she was not at work, he would roll his eyeballs uninterested in the cheap temptations of this man in front of him; he was a bartender so obviously he was an expert, he was an expert, maybe the temptation was just the old man's effort to be invited home 'play around'.

Dreams. ah, in dreams will not happen.

Look at that man's hair that has turned white! Not ashamed of it? Tease her? Is it because you feel you have a lot of money that all women will bend their knees... ? It's not gonna happen to him, bobo.

The young woman continued her work, poured the contents of the bottle into the glass the old man was holding, and at that very moment the man's hand slipped into his mini-skirt she was wearing, giving a lustful squeeze on his buttocks, he then straightened his body again, his cheeks blushing with anger. "What are you doing!?"

The old man did not heed the protests instead grew bolder. "Come on, you'll take it a lot, don't be shy, please,"

The young woman clenched her hands.

'No one can play games, Gaea!'

Gaea prepared to slap the hand but was hunted down by the other hand that stopped her, she turned to see who was helping her, and her chest thumped hard knowing her helper was the man she admired.

"Mr Eryk..."

Eryk smiled sweetly. "I think you've missed it, there's a rule no one can touch a female worker here," she said kindly, "Understand?" he asked, even he gave a tight squeeze in the old man's hand as a warning sign.

"Ugh," the old man groaned in pain. "Hell,"

Eryk let go of the clutches of his hand, and at once the perverted man ran away from the club, his blue eyes against Gaea's green eyes.

Gaea is as normal as possible; being stared at like that makes her heart melt, and don't forget the heroic act just now; she feels like in a romantic movie. "Thank you" he said in embarrassment.

Eryk did not answer, immediately turned around, walking towards the top floor while calling someone.

Gaea was still stunned; although his words were unanswered, it was fine; he was engrossed in looking at Eryk's back in admiration, in the shadows of the scene earlier; even today Eryk still looks handsome, with his black suit as usual and not forgetting the blonde hair that was combed back, leaving the bangs in style to the side.

"Haaah~ Mr. Eryk is indeed my dream man,"

Gaea nodded innocently. "Yes,"—without a doubt.

Silent...

"L-Lola!?" gaea awakens from his wild fantasies.

The long black haired young lady smiled sweetly; just sober? "Aww.. it's a pity that I don't bring a phone, it would be nice if taped~" his god while blinking his eyes ignorant.

Gaea's cheeks fumbled for a moment. "Don't joke!"

"I'm not~"

Gaea rolled her eyeballs, while enduring the embarrassment, she returned to her bar; why was she also friends with Lola? Because he often asked for help. "You're back at work, '" he said.

Lola is still flirting. "Alright, Mrs Enzo,"

"Lola's enough!" gaea exclaimed in anger, though her little heart flowered about imagining herself to be Enzo's mistress. "Ugh," he patted his forehead, inexhaustible with his best friend; his brainwhy imagine Lola's words as well? "You want to make me lose my mind, huh?"

"I don't" said Lola quickly, a second later her blue eyes turned ignorant again. "But Mr. Eryk might want to,"

The words successfully made Gaea's brain think seventeen years and above.

Basic Lola.

Seriously.

When will Lola keep teasing him? This is why he refuses to tell her about his feelings for Lola.

When Lola finds out, she won't stop teasing him.

Gaea blames herself for being so drunk that she unwittingly reveals her small heart of pent-up love for Eryk to Lola during a small party in her apartment.

"Lola, me and Eryk won't make it" Gaea said seriously, fixing up empty glasses and putting them in the kitchen sink.

Lola is interested now, she is sitting in the bar chair. "Where do you know Gaea? We won't know if we haven't tried, right?" tanyanya.

"Lola..." said Gaea reluctantly; how many times must he say? And also how many times should his own words be like a hard slap for him? "Simple. Look at Eryk, keep looking at me."

"Hm..." Lola propped up her chin thinking. "Eryk is a man and you are a woman" he said innocently. "He's got pen—"

"Stop!" cut off Gaea this time was really embarrassed. "Lola, get back to work, leave me alone" he asked.

"But—"

"Please?"

Lola relented finally, sighing, she walked towards the stage, and started dancing again.

Gaea also returned to work, filling the order deftly, and in her heart she thanked Eryk because the man who ordered the drink no longer messed with her.

Eryk did not say much or rather never pay attention to himself, come see the reality, he is just a regular bartender while Eryk a successful businessman, so where might the man as mature as it wants to see it, so where might the old man want to see it, after all sometimes Eryk likes to take women to klub— ruining his hopes.

Gaea can only admire from afar, pathetic right? He knew, but his heart still could not stop pounding for his boss.

A masochist? Mabe.

Gaea exhaled as she placed her freshly cleaned glass onto the shelf, staring blankly at Lola who was dancing sexy, who occasionally gave off a spoiled kiss or wink when someone threw money at her.

Should it stay like this? To become a bartender? He was impatient to graduate from college and dabble in the world of research.

Gaea sometimes wants to find another job, being a bartender has many risks even though his security is top until their name is kept secret for security, just because his love for Eryk makes him survive.

Gaea knows there is no hope with Eryk but stays put all along.

Her stupid...

'Maybe I have to find a ba— job'

"Ohhhh!"

Gaea is shocked to hear a screaming sound believed to be coming from Lola, her green eyes return to the place where Lola last danced and there is nothing; there is a crowd there, she exits the bar, and immediately ran towards the stage, and was amazed to see his best friend sitting down while holding his ankle; without thinking, he immediately led Lola slowly to the women's locker room before the situation became more crowded. "What's going on?" tanyakanya.

"When I came down, someone tried to hold my butt, I lost my balance, and this happened" said Lola, groaning in pain.

Gaea sits Lola's body in a black long chair. "I'll get you es—"

The sound of the door opening violently made Gaea stop talking to turn to 'doer' who had just opened the door violently.

A young brown haired woman stood up with a breath as if after running far away. "What happened to Lola!?" the young woman panicked.

Lola laughed out loud. "Ha, ha, I'm slipping, careless me,"

"Oh," Gaea unknowingly had her green eyes fixed on the plastic held by the brown-haired young lady. "Ava, what are you carrying?"

"Oh, this?" Ava lifted the plastic she was carrying. "I bought a drink for our rest" he said cheerfully. "And also my dim sum~"

Gaea patted her on the forehead; she knew Ava was a good woman, too good in fact but not like this. "The club provides food, you know?"

"Oh," Ava muttered in disappointment; she did not know because it was her first day of work; her efforts were in vain.

"I'll get you some ice" said Gaea.

"Before that," Ava stopped Gaea's move to get out. "Who will dance in the VIP room?"

"VIP ROOM?"

Ava nodded. "I got an order from Ferdinand to have Lola dance in the VIP room," she explained nervously. "But Lola.." his brown eyes directed at Lola's feet and then grimaced; it must have hurt.

Gaea glanced at her best friend's ankle that was turning red; seeing that Lola was moaning in pain when she came here, it was clear that her best friend would not be able to dance and if not dance meant to be expelled.

Lola tried to stand up, "I'm bis—" her words were cut off by the pain in her legs making her sit down again in the long chair. "Ugh," he groaned slowly.

"Don't push yourself, Lola" Gaea said.

"Yes," Ava agreed.

"But who would dance if it wasn't me—?" lola said frustratedly.

Gaea did not answer.

There were other dancers, only Lola, and she knew how perfectionist Eryk would be, if the young man knew his orders were not obeyed, then get ready to leave.

"What about you, Gaea?" Ava gave me an idea, which can be said to be crazy.

"How's what?"

"You replaced Lola," said Ava innocently.

"Wait a minute" said Gaea. "You want me to dance in Lola's place?" tanyanya could not believe it.

Ava nodded with her innocence.

"You're crazy, huh!?" gaea. "Ferdinand will know right away that it's me!"

Ava shook her head. "Not if you're wearing a wig."

"Wig!?"

"I think it's a good idea" Lola agreed with Ava's idea, it sounded crazy but they had no other choice, "Help me this time, Ge," she said.

Gaea is not flinching. "Why should I? Why don't you just Ava?" he asked, it was not his idea, why would he take such a big risk?

"I want to but I'm new today to enter so I can't because I want to take care of my ID Card" said Ava.

Ava had a point, and again was the closest Lola's body came from everything, there was only one thing different. "But my chest." she said blushing red; one different thing that always made her jealous was Lola's bigger chest.

"You know the power of foam" said Lola, taking a roll in her eyeballs. "Again, your chest is not much different from mine,"—why is it a problem? Does Gaea consider it a rival? Even about the body? Sillier. "Gaea, you're the best fit, and you know the risk of making a customer wait a long time, right?"

Gaea was intrigued; of course she knew it but dancing sexy in front of a foreign man still embarrassed her. "I can't dance!"

"Bullshit," said Lola rolling her eyes. "If you don't want to say it," he said, "Goodbye my work." he said sadly, and began to sob.

Gaea patted her forehead.

Start again Lola with her sensitive side or arguably too dramatic something.

Seriously.

Why is Lola so good at acting that it is difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake? And made him feel guilty.

Gaea patted her forehead, "Alright," he said relented.

"You are indeed the best of friends" Lola said with a smile as sweet as possible. "I love you so much,"

Gaea is starting to get disgusted; and don't forget Lola's a smart bragging. He rolled his eyeballs. "Give me your wig,"

Lola's smile widened, she thrust a small silver key at Ava. "Can you please get Ava~?"

Ava nodded, and opened Lola's locker.

Gaea rolled her eyeballs again; sometimes she thought whether Lola was too smart to manipulate people into following her words.

"This,"

"Thanks," Gaea accepted it with pleasure.

Gaea was a little shocked to see Lola bring the hair net all to the club. "You're planning this, huh?" ask wondered.

"Where is it possible" said Lola exasperated; why plan this? Until he had to fall just wanted to see Gaea look like him? "Hurry here!"

"Ugh," Gaea grumbled but according to, sitting next to her best friend let Lola work on the 'magic' on her brown short hair.

"Hm~hm~hm~" Lola hummed as she put a hair net on Gaea's head; it was true people said, there was wisdom behind every calamity. After definitely installed perfectly, to the next step install a wig and wear a brace on each side. "Done! It's tight but don't let you wag your hair, okay?"

Gaea rolled her eyeballs. "Why should I do it?"—and where is that pain groan!?

Lola put away the strands of her black hair confidently behind her ears. "You're gonna love this customer, Ge."

Okay, that's getting late. "Where is possible!" rebut Gaea, he will love other men even though only clapping one hand.

Lola rolled her eyeballs. "Come, as the saying goes, there are still plenty of fish in the ocean! You can't just stick to Eryk" he said. "Although I admit Eryk is indeed a 'material daddy', it's still his feelings for you are different."

Gaea couldn't argue with him; how could it? That was the fact; he paid no heed, chose to take off his clothes, leaving his underwear, he felt uncomfortable, as if he were naked.

"Ge, don't shut yourself up, will you?" lola said softly; sometimes she worried that Gaea was too in love with Eryk to reject other men all this time, although Gaea always reasoned that the men were not her type, still.

"I tried," Gaea half-heartedly said, wearing a long jacket to cover her body.

"I'm serious!"

Gaea chose to ignore his best friend's words again, walking out towards the top floor wearing his eye mask; his green eyes began to look for Ferdinand's figure, the upper floor was much wider than the lower floor, there are casinos specifically for the rich or those with businesses with Eryk always here, and there are bigger bars as well, makes him wish he could work there but he is still not long here, only experienced ones who work upstairs while he is still an amateur.

Gaea glanced into the casino, a fad looking for Ferdinand might be there; her lips could not stop clucking in amazement at the sight of so much money at the card table, the servants here were much sexier, too, if on the lower floor only wear a mini skirt, here only wear a 'sexy bunny' costume and do not forget black stockings and bow ties that give the impression of being naughty.

Gaea's green eyes blinked; what was she doing? He shouldn't be here! Returning to the main goal again was to find Ferdinand, who turned out to be nil, he rolled his eyeballs; of course there would be none.

His footsteps moved back, combing the VIP room, Gaea just remembered how big the upper floor, he almost rarely came here, working as a bartender did not make it as free as Lola or Ava even though Eryk often went upstairs.

Maybe this is indeed a signal the two of them can not be together...

Gaea shook her head vigorously; it was not the time to feel sorry for her love life, she had to look for Ferdinand! "Aah!" her green eyes accidentally caught the 'standing' modeled hair at the end of the stairs leading up to the roof of the building. He immediately sprinted to where Ferdinand was before the young man disappeared from his sight.

Waita minute! She was dressed up like Lola, but her voice was not the same!

What's he supposed to do!?

Before Gaea could solve his problem, Ferdinand realized his existence, and stepped closer.

Gaea was instantly petrified, her brain blanked, thinking how to chat with Ferdinand; if only she had a bow tie that could change the sound in the detective manga she read.

"Lola? You okay?" Ferdinand raised his eyebrows in astonishment. "You're still here? Hurry to VIP room seven, Mr. Eryk is waiting for you,"

Gaea awoke from his shock; thankfully Ferdinand told him the number of rooms he had to reach without him having to speak. Without further ado, he nodded and walked cheerfully towards room seven.

How is he unhappy?

Ferdinand said Eryk was waiting for him there~

Waiting for her to dance sexy~

Sexy—h?

Gaea finally regained her senses, her steps halting.

Eryk waiting for him—? What do you mean by Ferdinand? Was Eryk asking for a special dance not a business associate as usual?

Gaea begins to get jealous; she begins to wonder if Lola ever did a sexy dance on Eryk without her knowledge; if that Lola might not dare the story to keep her feelings.

"Rose?" ask one of the burly men.

Gaea exhaled; there was only one answer. "Y-yes,"

"Please enter" said the burly man as he opened the door slowly.

Gaea hesitated for a moment, before finally stepping inside, then closing the door smoothly.

Silent...

Gaea knew that at the moment she set foot into the room, all the eyes of the person inside were on her, but she could not dare to look at her, fearing his suspicions was correct if there was a pair of blue eyes staring at him.

"How long will you stand there?"

Gaea was stunned from her daydreams, and continued her steps again with mixed feelings.

That was the voice of Eryk, who made sure it was true, Gaea became worried; how long had Lola kept this from her? He was sure this call was not the first time; his heart began to burn with jealous flames; in a moment of despair over his love for Eryk, behind whom his best friend gave the young man a sexy dance? He would talk about this to Lola after their work was done.

Gaea stopped right in front of Eryk who was looking at him—actly his body intensely which made him feel uncomfortable; he hoped the young man did not realize that he was not Lola.

"Open." orders Eryk flat.

Gaea who was still not comfortable, obeyed the order; although she wore underwear in front of Eryk still did not change her heart; beside her was another person, who might be Eryk—'s business partner waiting, who was waiting for her, Gaea knew the black-haired man, as she remembered Rainer, Eryk's friend.

Rainer rarely goes to the club until he barely recognizes him; his body looks slimmer than the last time he was here, maybe too busy working—? He remembered Rainer as also Eryk's co-worker.

It felt strange standing between the two young men, their appearance so opposite, Rainer's style was much simpler wearing a dark blue sweater covered in a black jacket than Eryk's elegant wearing a suit.

Their physiques were also different, as Rainer was of Japanese descent while Eryk was more of an American; both were handsome in different directions.

If this was a romantic drama maybe the female audience would envy her.

Wait, why did he think of that? Style Eryk is so because of the demands of the job, in contrast to Rainer who is more relaxed?

Eryk propped up his chin on the shoulder of the sofa. "Show him your best skills, Rose."

Gaea breathed a sigh of relief— beyond belief Eryk was unaware of his disguise; he should be happy right? He approached the black-haired man and began to dance; though disappointed, he did, he did not deny a little of Eryk's comfort in being here because he believed the young man would protect him from the dirty hands of the men here, though he wasn't sure Rainer would do anything to him.

"As per the agreement, you give me the information first, Rainer," Eryk began to open the conversation.

The information?

Gaea was interested; what information was as important as what to pay for? Did Eryk commit a crime!? He had indeed heard cheap rumors that his boss was involved in smuggling illegal or other goods but the evidence was less strong.

"Where's my reward?" ask Rainer calmly.

Eryk's eye brows fused together, irritated. "Alexes,"

The brown-haired young man who had been sitting next to Eryk, took out a black suitcase, put it on the table and opened it, revealing a dollar bill inside.

Gaea's green eyes widened; what information was so important as to require that much money? He believes it is worth millions of dollars.

Rainer's black eyes glanced momentarily into the suitcase, before returning again to Eryk. "That's not the reward I want."

"Then what?" eryk asked, sounding mocking.

Rainer closed his black eyes. "You know that,"

"Don't be like a child" said Eryk flatly. "You can't keep looking at the past, 'friend'."

Silent...

Gaea stops her dancing, feeling the atmosphere is getting tense; she doesn't know Eryk and Rainer's relationship, what makes the past more meaningful than money?

"Everybody can change, I know," Rainer said calmly. "But if it turns out to be worse, wouldn't as 'friends' need to remind them to look back on how good they used to be?"

"Say. Informations. Yang. You're. Get the. Rainer." orders Eryk, stressing his every word; he has no time for unimportant speech.

Rainer let out a small breath; his efforts failed again but he still would not give up. "I've been looking for information on your orders, and as you're guessing, he's likely coming at the auction next week,"

"Possible?" Eryk sounded dissatisfied. "I don't pay for possibilities, 'friends',"

Gaea was startled; for the first time he saw Eryk's emotions, and immediately recorded them in his head to never make the young man's emotions; rainer also looked very calm, this may not be the first time they've been friends.

"I'll tell you again if he changes his mind" Rainer said. "Hacking data without leaving a trace is not as easy as you think Eryk."

Gaea flattered; hack-hack? He knew how difficult it was, he had studied it once, and it took him a long time to understand.

Rainer must be a genius, and why is he still working for Eryk? Maybe for corporate data security? Given Eryk business people who are on the rise, surely many want to drop Eryk.

"I should have known this was just a waste" Eryk said. "Their system is too tight, I have trouble tracking because 'he' often moves around, too" he continued. "I'm getting tired of playing rat and cat."

"He's the best, right?" rainer said calmly as if it was a normal thing. "You sure you want to keep dealing with him?"

"After he dared to touch my family, I guess that's a natural thing,"

Gaea was in shock; my family—? Eryk has a family!? Do you remember if the boss was an orphan, or Eryk was married? No, he could not speculate there just yet, perhaps Eryk had a brother unknown to him; the young man was so guarding his privacy let alone having a family would definitely run into a big scandal until he found out, right?

Gaea was doubtful.

What if Eryk got married secretly?

Just imagining it makes her heart hurt.

"If that's what you want," Rainer said indifferently, his black eyes refocused on Gaea's body then moved upwards, and widened his eyes to see something awkward before returning to calm as usual. "Excuse me, I want to enjoy this first."—ia wants to make sure of something.

Gaea tried her best not to feel disgusted; this is why she did not want to be a dancer, she could not stand the thoughts and dirty words of the men who hired her, until now he did not understand why Lola wanted to do it. "Hey!" she stops the dance when she feels Rainer's hand touch her back.

"Come on, this is normal for you, right?" rainer asked with her sweet smile; her guess was correct.

Gaea rode apitam: how dare to say that, and again why suddenly Rainer felt attracted to him? Rainer did not look at him at all, not interested! Why change like this? "I'm a dancer, but I'm not a cheap woman!"

Whatever it is Gaea is disappointed.

"You? Hahaha..." Rainer felt Gaea's words were the funniest thing she had ever heard. "Your jokes are good too, Rose" he continued withholding his laughter. "And why you too, hm~? I touch you like that is normal."

A regular? So this isn't the first time for Lola?

Rainer got up, walked over to Gaea. "What's with your dance too, you're like an amateur."

Gaea stepped back; because their conversation was so exciting, grabbing his attention, the dance became impressed amateurs.

"You danced amateurs to lure me?" rainer asked, her black eyes twitching mockingly. "Wow, as soon as you want my touch, Rose~?"

"No," Gara was beginning to be disgusted now, taking some distance again, if there was someone he would be willing to invite it would be Eryk. "Ugh," he stepped back again, until his right foot touched something.

Rainer gave a small laugh; it was so fun to tease Gaea.

"God..." Gaea was a little stunned by Rainer's sweet laugh? So he lost his balance and fell backwards, "Uh—?" why doesn't his ass feel pain? He turned his head, his face blushing violently to find that he was sitting on Eryk's lap. "Sorry!"

Eryk himself was irritated, if only it wasn't Lola, it was certain that he gave the words 'sweet'; the young lady's body was a little heavy; unwilling to linger, he immediately removed Gaea's body from it but his blue eyes involuntarily found something interesting. "Huh?"—it's not hallucinating, is it? Curious, he touched Gaea's back slowly.

Gaea herself held her breath, trying not to sigh; she knew this was wrong but the one who touched her was her boss Eryk—the man she liked—ia could do nothing about. "Eep—!" he was impressed when he felt Eryk's hand lift his black hair just a moment before returning it back.

"Stand up" said Eryk coldly.

"Um—?" gaea muttered still not fully aware that Eryk was angry.

"I said stand up, 'Orchid'!"

Gaea's green eyes opened completely, quickly standing up.

Didn't you hear wrong just now?

Eryk calls him Orchid instead of Rose—?

Eryk looked once again at Gaea precisely the young woman's body from top to bottom before finally standing up, his facial expression now angry. "I want the two of you out, there's something I want to talk to Orchid about." the order was cold, stressing Orchid— said a little emotion.

Gaea is deceived; Eryk turns out to know her disguise and wrath; what is she supposed to do? It's Lola's fault.

Alex said without saying anything, in contrast to Rainer who watched Gaea for a moment, sympathizing, before then walking out.

Gaea was a little surprised when Rainer's hand slapped his shoulder as it passed him—it would be encouraging or he was thinking too far, whatever it meant he was a little amused.

After the sound of the door closing signifies Rainer has left, the room is so quiet, Gaea does not dare to look at Eryk because she believes the young man is very angry.

"You want to be a dancer?" Eryk opened a flat conversation.

"No,"

"Then give me a reason why you're posing as Rose?" ask Eryk as professionally as possible.

How should he explain it? He wanted to but Eryk's overly intimidating blue eyes made his lips tightly closed.

Eryk let out a small breath; good, another employee who could not defend himself and the severity was Gaea among all his female employees. "That's it, I won't take it either" he said. "You know the risk, right? Thankfully Rainer did not notice. If only he protested about you..."

"I have no choice!" gaea did not accept. "Rose's legs sprained so he asked me to take his place!"

"Of course.." said Eryk, more in the direction of belittling; why not? Everyone always wears sad excuses including Gaea.

Gaea did not expect this, she was also upset. "Have you ever heard of 'friendship'?" his question was disgusted; indeed his speech was late but he did not care because he was sure to be expelled.

The friendship Eryk showed on Rainer was not something close, can be judged from Eryk who humbled Rainer with 'sweet' circus'.

"I don't trust friends, or any other trashy thing," said Eryk coldly.

Gaea's hands clenched, holding back from hitting his boss's handsome face; for the first time he saw Eryk's ugly side, the, he had indeed heard rumors that his boss had a sharp tongue because of logical thinking but he did not expect it to be this bad, he said, he thought maybe Eryk was being softer towards women considering that the young man liked to bring women to the club was the same, too, now it makes sense that Eryk often bergonta women because maybe they can not stand the 'logic' speech of the young man.

The sound of ringtones, breaking the tension of the two of them.

Eryk took the phone in his pocket, saw who called him, his originally angry face turned a little cheerful knowing the name 'Katherine' which was on his phone. "I have to pick it up, you stay here, I'll be right back" he said without looking, then went out.

Gaea rolled her eyeballs.

Eryk didn't even wait for an answer from him; talk about controlling others; what to do as long as the boss was gone?

Gaea looked around him, now that Eryk was leaving made him able to pay more attention to this room; this room was wider than the last time he came here, was it possible that this room was not a VIP room but an Eryk workspace? He saw a table containing books and documents—? There is even a laptop and a photo frame. "Hm.." he was curious who was in the photo, his green eyes glanced back to make sure again if Eryk really left, after being in safety, he just stepped towards the table, glancing at the contents of the photo; there was a black-haired middle-aged man embracing the blond-haired youth not forgetting the wide grin that indicated they were close.

Gaea knew the middle-aged man, Xander, the man who adopted Eryk.

Come to think of it, Eryk has absolutely no definite background, only men are adopted by wealthy families, Enzo has a company in advertising, a, he did not understand why Eryk refused to continue the business, perhaps because of the adoption status? He doesn't know.

Gaea's green eyes are now glued to the open laptop; no, it shouldn't touch something that doesn't belong to her, right? Eryk's cold words flashed back in his head; who cared? At this level he is sure to be expelled, why worry? He also pressed the 'power' button and snorted disappointed to know there was a security code.

'Maybe the code is 'me' greatest' or something, or maybe 'fuck', ' Gaea swears in his heart.

Gaea can hack but he doesn't bring anything, "Huh?" his green eyes saw something unnatural on the laptop screen. "This symbol—" he stopped talking after seeing around him suddenly there was smoke. "Huh—!?" where did this smoke come from? Why does his body feel heavy and sleepy? Did he sleep enough this afternoon?

Gaea was unable to control her body and fell down, amid her consciousness that was beginning to disappear, she saw a pair of legs up a notch before fainting.

"Look at this, you're really unlucky, Rose."

.#.#.#.#.#.

"Ba. ng..un..."

Huh uh?

"Don.un..."

'I dreamed—?'

"Wake, woy!"

Gaea's green eyes opened at once, "Uh.." he said weakly. "What happened—?"

"You fell into a deep sleep" said Eryk. "Happy?"

"Aah!" Gaea instantly woke up that very second, her green eyes sweeping the room; no one, no smoke too—? Only Eryk looked at him in wonder; was he dreaming? But it's too real to just dream. "Ah, yes! Your laptop!"

"What's wrong with my laptop?"

"Your laptop's been hacked!" sakura panicked.

Eryk's blue eyes widened for a moment before returning to normal. "You're sleeping too much,"

"I'm not lying" Gaea said convincingly.

Eryk thought for a moment. "Enough. Now you go home,"

"Huh!?" why is Eryk so calm, and again, home? He has to work again, right?

"It's morning" said Eryk as if he knew what Gaea was thinking.

"What!?" exclaims Gaea in shock; morning? Was he asleep that long? And if you notice this room is not like a VIP room in the club more like a bedroom—? Could it be the Eryk— bedroom?

Eryk exhaled. "Should you scream this early?" her question was a little upset; already sleeping in her room, taking all parts of her bed to make her sleep on the sofa, was that how Gaea returned her kindness?

"Sorry,"

At least, Gaea understood his position, or because of the new effects of waking from a beautiful sleep; Eryk also understood. "Go home, Alex will drive you."

Take after? Now Eryk's being nice to her? What the hell's going on? He began to wonder if the young man's cold demeanor was real last night or a dream as well.

Gaea patted her forehead. "All right," without a fight, he walked out.

"Oh, before that," Eryk recalled something.

Gaea paused, before he had time to say Eryk was already in front of him, Eryk's blue eyes emitting an aura of intimidation made him reflexively step back— until his back touched the old gray wall behind him.

Eryk slightly pulled the corner of his lips; he liked to see Gaea's current expression, exuding fear—it seemed like the young woman's courage last night had already disappeared; he added by putting both hands on the side of Gaea's head. "Listen to me Orchid, forget what you heard last night."

Gaea's eyes widened slightly; last night—? So it wasn't a dream?

"If you tell someone you consider a friend..." Eryk stopped his words, index fingers and was clamping down on a strand of Gaea's brown hair. "Prepare you can't see them again, okay?"

Gaea's brain is still blank, digesting word for word.

"And next time, cover up your orchid flower tattoo before going undercover."

Didn't tell anyone or he couldn't meet his friend again—?

Can't meet—

Gaea finally understood and her blood boiled instantly; with the power at hand, she kicked Eryk's private area hard, really hard to the point of making the young man fall to the floor holding onto his pride.

Gaea folded her hands on her chest, not regretting at all seeing her boss whimpering in pain. "Nobody can rule me but myself. Remember that, Enzo."

"Wha—!" how dare the young woman to him, but before she could say anything else, Gaea had already left.

Eryk tried to get up, moaning, he sat on his bed and groaned again.

Gaea's punch was still as strong as the last time he felt it...

Damn.

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Gaea leaned her head against her locker.

He had been asleep until morning but why did his body feel heavy? Was it because of last night's dope?

Gaea exhaled.

It was just a dream, not a reality, at least that's what Eryk said.

Gaea himself believes the incident he experienced was not a dream, he even saw a pair of legs! He was sure that the foot that gave him the anesthetic, from the looks of it, the owner of the foot was a woman, he could see her smooth and tiny legs, and also from the color of the paint of her dark blue nails; of course there are men who wear paint, but he still believes it is women.

Gaea wondered why the mysterious woman had to sedate him, maybe it had something to do with Eryk? VIP room number seven is specifically for the young man's guests, and do not forget the conversation about hiring hackers to break into the secrets of other people's data.

Maybe he only knew Eryk a little, there is still a lot he did not know.

Gaea patted her forehead.

Thinking Eryk will never end, just make his head dizzy, after all he has warned his boss so it is up to you to believe it or not.

Gaea took off her jacket, which was when something fell to the floor, making a loud noise in this quiet locker room, "Huh?" what was that sound? His eyes looked to the floor, what had fallen, and he found it finally after he crouched on the floor to look under the long bench occupied by Lola, he picked it up, and it was amazing to know it was a ring with a bright pink diamond.

Gaea wonders if the ring belongs to Lola, but the diamond so large makes her a little hesitant. "H... ?" maybe he should test it?

Gaea blew air into the pink diamond and was surprised it was not dewy, it was a real diamond, he was petrified in shock.

Diamonds this big, where did Lola get them? Is it from her profession as a sexy dancer? Gaea does like to hear Lola prides herself when earning a lot of money.

Maybe Lola did raise money to buy this pink ring.

Whatever it was, Gaea did not want to take the risk, she took out a handkerchief in her locker and wrapped the ring in a handkerchief earlier, she knew this was the wrong way; but he had no choice, and Alex must have been angry for waiting for him for too long.

Soon, Gaea placed the ring wrapped in tissue into her bag, and immediately changed her clothes...

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"You know, for someone who claims to have fallen in love with her, you're pretty shitty."

Eryk rolled his eyeballs bored, he chose to ignore them, and opened another topic. "I have a request, I want Rainer to check the security in my work space at the club,"

"Why?" alex asked astonished; he was also tired of having to return to the club first because Gaea wanted to take his things.

"Normally, I don't care" said Eryk; considering Gaea was so stubborn as to dare to fight him, he thought it wasn't bad to accept the young woman's opinion. "I wonder if there's anything weird, Alex."

"Ok," said Alex briefly.

"Gaea's safe?" ask Eryk.

"Yes, I'm driving her to the door of her apartment" Alex said. "Until Gaea got upset with me," he continued exasperated given how noisy the young woman was.

"You don't see anything strange?" Eryk was not satisfied.

"No," said Alex, then his face turned ignorant. "You've fulfilled your promise, why are you still trying to protect her? You still like him?"

Hearing the word 'like' made Eryk a little offended even though he briefly calmed back down. "Have you ever heard of the safety regulations in my company?" askalanya. "Oh yeah, I forgot you were too busy seducing female visitors to want to fulfill your desires."

Now it's Alex's turn to be upset; Eryk is not wrong, it's just that the way his childhood friend spoke was so annoying. "Sometimes, I'm confused as to why women are so crazy about you."

Eryk rolled his eyeballs; don't have this conversation again. "Are you still not satisfied? Better save your bullshit and do what I tell you, then I'll hear your complaint."

Eryk's not in a good mood, maybe he pushed the conversation too far? They talk about the past that Eryk hates anyway; Alex complies. "Yes" he said, just go out.

Eryk took a deep breath, took a coffee at his desk, and walked towards the large window of his room, looking blankly at it.

Seeing the trees and the sound of birds chirping in his backyard did not calm him down, neither did Eryk understand. He felt something was wrong, but didn't know what, making him a little frustrated.

Is this frustration because there will be an auction tonight? Because this is the first time he has become an auction donor? Afraid things aren't going according to his plan?

Whatever it is is too late, there is no word of retreat.

Eryk couldn't wait any longer, he had enough patience, Rainer still continued to act like this, so he decided to act alone.

God knows how dangerous it is, Kervyn.

Eryk inhaled the aroma of his coffee, calmed himself to the thought of his 'friend', then drank it; there was nothing better than drinking one cup of coffee, "Hm," he murmured.

If Katherine had been by his side, it would have been much more perfect, why would the young lady refuse to be picked up by him? Prefer to walk here.

Women are mysterious and complicated.

His blue eyes were fixed on the coffee in his hand, then a small smile.

At least not with coffee...

The ringtone stopped his activity.

Eryk put his coffee cup back on, and checked his phone. "Oh..."

**From : Aizawa-sama

Eryk-kun, good morning.

There are some we should discuss, can we meet today?

And don't forget to bring the goods**.

Eryk thought for a moment, before typing a reply for his partner.

**To : Aizawa-sama

Good morning too, Mr. Aizawa.

Of course I have free time, how about lunch? I have a good Japanese recommendation restaurant**.

And Eryk pressed the 'send' button, it didn't take long, the phone vibrated again.

**From : Aizawa-sama

Lunch time? Of course you can, and Eryk-kun, I told you to call me Aizawa-san**.

Eryk slightly pulled his lips up after he finished reading the email from Aizawa; what a kind-hearted middle-aged man he was; he was so lucky to meet Aizawa, who was so lucky, almost everyone who did the auction did not believe it because he was young and fairly new, fortunately when his loneliness drinking wine outside the cruise ship brought the two of them together.

Eryk gave their appointment time, and began to change clothes to get ready.

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Eryk returned to the club after receiving an email from Rainer to come here, he honestly did not want to remember he still had to prepare to meet with Aizawa, but the word 'emergency' made him succumb.

Eryk removed the thick black coat from his body, handed it to Alex, and walked towards the top floor where his study was located.

Eryk as quiet as possible, emergency and can not be talked about via mobile phone does not mean bad news.

Before carrying the unconscious Gaea out of the club, he ordered Ferdinand to be on guard, nothing to worry about. There aren't.

Eryk opened his door, and there Rainer stood waiting for him.

"Eryk," call Rainer uninspired.

Eryk was able to catch something that went wrong from Rainer's voice. "What's wrong?" tanyakanya.

"I've done your orders" Rainer said, checking his phone again, his black eyes dimming. "I think something's wrong..."

"You mean?" ask Eryk.

Rainer couldn't believe he was going to say this. "Gaea might hack your laptop,"

Eryk's blue eyes widened. "What!?"

Rainer was equally surprised to find out but the camera footage and hacking time were the same so where there might be lies, he also did not want to believe it, but the evidence said otherwise.

"I can't believe this" said Eryk; how did Gaea hack her laptop while the young woman told her to check her laptop? That doesn't make any sense. "You sure?" tanyanya.

Rainer threw away his face; however he wanted to say 'no', he couldn't. "Yes,"

"I think there's something you're missing." Eryk still doesn't want to believe it. "You sure you checked everything?"

"I did, indeed" said Rainer, a second later he remembered something. "While it's a little weird, the footage after Gaea touched your laptop is gone..."

"You can't find him?"

Rainer shook his head.

Eryk sat in his chair, and started turning on his laptop, hoping for another clue. "You know what Gaea's looking for?"

"Well," Rainer had to say what? "Surprisingly, Gaea wasn't looking for anything, I think she just wanted to break your laptop password."

"Just break the password, huh...?" Eryk muttered softly, playing his chair left and right; it was strange, strange indeed. "Except... !" Eryk swiftly pulled the drawer under his desk and scolded when he found out the sensor was not on, then took the suitcase contained in it, different, the security code in his suitcase is still active, and pressed the password then 'enter', a small sound is heard indicating that the password is open.

'Please, ' Eryk murmured in his heart.

Eryk opened the suitcase slowly, and was angry to find it empty.

'Gaea... !'

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