AUSTIN'S POV Ending the call, I wished I hadn't said the word in the first place. I could have hired some men online to protect us or called some officers to guard the road while I had the meeting with him in the Cafe, in a bar or even anywhere outside my house but I already made the mistake and changing the term might make him see me as a coward. I packed the notes on my bed and laid the bed properly before relaxing again. I called some maids into the room later "Make sure none of you stays around in the next two hours, okay?" I gave them an instruction and they quickly went ahead. I knew Adrian would come around in an hour or 30 minutes and he would spend at least 30 minutes around. I didn't want the maids seeing him at all as it was giving me creeps just thinking about what would happen if they heard what we wanted to talk about. I stayed patiently in my room, waiting for him until I heard a knock on the door. "Who is that?" I asked. "It's me, Young Master." I heard one of the
AUSTIN'S POV "So, I won't advise us to make the mistake of getting a paper for this as it might later put us in trouble." He explained further and my head banged. "You know it could put us in trouble so why do you still want to do it? Why?" I questioned him and he smirked. "That's because it's fun." He replied. His reply made me angrier and it was like he intentionally came to my place that evening to provoke me. "I'm sure you remember me saying that this room is soundproof. They won't hear us from outside no matter how loud you scream..." I reminded in a low tone and he pursed his lips. "Okay, okay. I won't provoke you anymore. Let's just get to the point." He said as he brought out his laptop. "Tell me your rules and I will tell you mine." He said and I frowned. "Didn't you say we won't use paper? Why are you bringing out your laptop again?" I demanded. "Oh! I just want us to remember everything we want and immediately we are done, I will delete it all." He replied and I nod
AUSTIN'S POV As much as I wanted to believe that things would still be alright, it was hard to think it would, because Adrian was making life hell for me. How I wish I hadn't created a medium for him to make this come to pass... It hurt to think that I was at his mercy and he could do with me whatever he wanted without my consent. I hated him more, and the urge to kill him increased but more than that, I wondered why he was doing all this to me. "Why? Why are you doing this to me?" With the anger rising in me, I tried to control my tone as I asked him the question that had been troubling me for a while. He stood up from his seat and took a step back "Remember the rule, you can touch me... You can't beat me, Austin!" He shouted like the coward that he was. I frowned. "Who said I wanted to beat you? I would be dirtying my hand by using it to touch or beat you, don't you think?" I asked angrily. He smirked, shaking his head as he returned to his seat and sat down "I guess so. Touc
AUSTIN'S POV"It's nice meeting you too, Jason" I replied half-heartedly.Truth be told, I wasn't okay with the sudden familiarity he was trying to pull with me and the smile on his face was something I wasn't appreciating either but I couldn't just wipe the smile off at that moment now, can I?He smiled more as he grabbed my hand and turned around. Without waiting for me to say anything or even ask me if I would be happy to go with him, he dragged me inside the stadium and only stopped when we reached a place where many people were shooting guns.The shooting range was wider than I expected and there were a lot of people there, learning to shoot, teaching and even chatting leisurely.Jason stared at them for a while before he shook his head and turned "Let's go to my personal space. We will be freer there." He said to me before practically dragging me there again.His attitude was strange, to say the least. He was treating me as if I was his younger brother and it was annoying me but
ADRIAN'S POVAfter searching for so long, I finally found a place to learn how to fight without alerting Austin at all. The last thing I wanted was to let him know I had feelings for him and I would do anything and everything to keep that hidden forever."I can start today, right?" I asked the man after paying all the necessary fees."Yes. It is quite strange though. You want to learn taekwondo, Karate, Boxing, Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai and Judo at the same time?" The man asked with amusement on his face and I nodded as it wasn't funny to me at all.This was something I needed to learn and I must be fast with it~"Yes. I need to learn them all so I can start helping him as fast as possible. I can't let them kill him now, can I?" I mumbled and let out a deep breath."Excuse me? What did you say?""What?" I looked at the man and quickly waved my hand. "Oh! I was just talking to myself." I replied and stood up. "I would like to start right away." To me, each second spent talking was a waste
KELVIN'S POV"Should I drop you home?" Austin asked as usual and I shook my head. "I won't be going home today. I just got a part-time job as a home tutor." I explained, earning a confused look from two friends. "Part-time work? When did you become so broke that you needed to work part-time to get some money? Why didn't you tell us anything?" Tine was annoyed. He was staring at me impatiently, and I knew he was ready to throw a punch or two if my reply wasn't correct. After Austin told us about his ordeal with Adrian, we were angry about it for a while because Austin kept it away from us for several days while we were worried about him and since then, we all promised each other never to keep secrets anymore. The day Tine hung out with a girl without telling any of us, I was the first to punch his chest and since then, I knew he had been waiting for me to screw up so he could pay me back tenfold. I took a step back and forced a smile. "I'm not broke, guys. My family's business is
KELVIN'S POV I couldn't believe my eyes. I kept staring at him as if I was seeing a ghost and he wasn't faring better either. He was staring at me with shock and disbelief in his eyes and after a while, he stood up and looked around the room. It was as if he was trying to confirm if he was in the right house or not before he said anything. I opened my mouth to question his presence in the room when someone suddenly cleared their throat and I turned around to see who it was only to find out that it was that woman... The student's mother. "Kelvin, right?" She asked and it took me a few seconds to nod my head as I was still very angry. Why on earth would she put Knight and I in the same room? His presence alone was polluting my mood and it was suffocating! The urge to turn around and leave the room was huge at that moment but I had to refrain myself as it would be silly to walk out just because of someone like Knight. Judging by what the old man who brought me in said earlier, he
AUSTIN'S POVMy friends had been busy with their new jobs, Kelvin wouldn't stop complaining about how he hated being around Knight which was understandable as I would have hated to work alongside someone like Adrian too.Tine on the other hand was yet to get a nice job but he had been helping some friends on how to drive and he claimed to enjoy driving. He also told us he might take a jobteaching people how to drive which I knew would be nice as something of such would suit him well."Hey, When is the audition?" Sulking Kelvin questioned with his hands on his lap.He had remained frustrated since he started working a week ago but neither Tine nor I had a way of helping him. I even advised him to stop working but he claimed that wouldn't be possible because he had a crush on Abby, Knight's little sister.He showed us the picture and we all agreed that the girl was cute but would that really be possible? The only way he would ever have a chance with the girl would be to make up with Kni