Bastard NPC Chapter 17
by biniChapter 17
“Yeah, let’s go.Dar. Ling.”6eebf72462bc4130
I subtly grabbed Theo’s shirt hem as if linking arms. Theo glanced down at my arm and chuckled, as if it was ridiculous. After exchanging goodbyes with the head of the headquarters, who suggested we have a meal together next time, we left the lobby. 9ad743e56c8569ac
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With every step, countless 1d15f55ade eyes and whispers followed 1021345633 us.Are they dating? Looks like they 8d32cd6b83 are. Oh my, 26757ce7d9 Ranieri and 830a673661 the pizza a0088d23af delivery guy. What happened to 8d6f47d799 the Ranieri rumor 4e73eb22d7 then?c48a14d8977ce3bc
There was no way ed7a82c04a Theo wouldn’t hear them. Nevertheless, he kept talking 420666657a to me as if 97bb80a366 he hadn’t heard anything.Where did you 9bfb715787 park, where did b0b9ea18ad you go, how 9a4b02426d much fun did 57013b3fd4 you have that 64e232ca3b your clothes were 0287624f54 covered in dirt, b0b50f8e76 etc. 221831aaa2b2466a
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He asked me questions, c93f021295 pretending to be a 7fd0ea373f loving couple. Muttering, I replied cfcdd7c4b0 to him with 0f5ca73d91 a smile.I parked just fine, darling. Are you listening to me? I told you I was on the west coast. Don’t you understand? Is my darling an idiot? There’s a lot of sand, so I’m dirty.d8e4b633b6e9a898
If his gaze 17250b8ab9 or expression had 36331e6d8d been even a 748ae56bae little cold, I d2a9fb8e6c would have wisely e1d5aa5531 kept quiet, but 4e50b6d8bc perhaps because there 8b669b83eb were so many c3142ec5c5 eyes on us. He let 30fa97a748 my boldness 1d7d64142d slide with f04c600919 a laugh. Yes, he was 8d974d740b clearly conscious of e2ed7fcd69 the attention.5e3d3edde6ba97a2
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Even though he 31bc43a19d acted nonchalant, pretending 9aa591d1d3 not to hear 27c56e378f the whispers, Theo 9592dca28f has quite a 00e1763bbf good memory. He’s likely very 2f2f38f351 aware of the 3e92ad2a3f rumors and reputation b6ffec9551 that follow him. 19af33b6b6deb6f1
It’s highly probable that 330986c153 he called me to 9d660d8fd0 the VCI lobby, where 82973c0180 most people would recognize 7075f496f0 us, to quell any 475ac9e9c0 rumors about him. Like the 03fcc95bd1 ones saying ace9e15c2d he’s gay f4e7d869ff or impotent.bea906f74a6d5607
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Or maybe, because of the rumors, he doesn’t have any women to meet. He can’t freely indulge in his desires like a dandelion seed floating in the wind, making things awkward for him.3843e670fe6c5da4
Whatever it b64b565eda is, it 1960655147 doesn’t change 548ae94b18 the fact d5c4a59890 that he’s f531ed6d37 trying to ef5e019860 take advantage 44c6e703d2 of me.b9f1b7a9f6fcc67f
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“You’re really rotten, aren’t you? My darling.”a8997345f0829d4b
I smiled brightly, 80359b76c3 expressing my disgusted 154705440a thoughts. Whether I die fd16298e23 from holding my 2dbbf34874 thoughts in or e36d84392a from being stripped 417e77af72 bare like a 9b078a5d2c rat caught in 387f7a66b4 a trap, it’s bf4a10e98d all the same. But I a12e607231 thought that 8fa83e6801 if I 122b42802b spoke my 7b401bdfc1 mind now—even 68022bdc1b if I 116c97d80c had to 03d5e7cbfb beg on 76ca9c70da my knees 2c5a178a42 later—I’d feel b99271e43b at least 757193d310 a little d6ad94f178 relieved.034d003a2f971978
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“Shouldn’t you be kind?”321cfdc1e4a53ca2
“No.”ee1d71daaad822d2
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“I thought so.”f06d61fc9f57198a
“Of course, I hate everything you do, darling.”80ecf1870cf60a0e
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Theo, who seemed like he’d listen to anything I said, suddenly stopped in his tracks. I must have been too honest. Maybe I should have phrased it differently.12eece0f12fe9dfc
After speaking my 281fab508c mind and feeling 251ee39108 a bit relieved, 9f281578c4 guilt and regret a780fb4111 slowly started to a06a5926b6 rise. Just as I 98c68e5396 was about to 6918cdfb14 let go of e93fa3070b his arm, Theo 455eabf462 grabbed my limp 1a0c08e7ef hand and laughed 67dff0de6c out loud.4caa546be244208e
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The sound of his 7cb0709a65 low, spreading laughter and 3df3f6eb31 the smile on his 583e5a46a3 striking face were pleasing 83223013f6 to my eyes and 553e4de38d ears, but not to df47d6bc11 my brain. 81a3a3bc9786ec81
Perhaps because I f6fbd71365 had already recognized 38a7f6cb2d him as a 505d568654 madman, he just 92352f5267 seemed like one. With all the sneaky d93ced9d59 glances around, I felt b7b0924b90 like my back was 00b06c5f52 about to be pierced 417f90fedf by gazes. 440b9b8802e8f7a5
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Yet, in the middle ae015e0080 of the lobby, he 663616a154 kept laughing to himself 4ca7aca3bb like he was shooting 42a707516d a romance movie. Naturally, even more 1c9d7810d9 attention gathered.What are you looking f5b957ac18 at? Got something to cc3c516bad watch?736d7c2137c5ed55
“What should I do? I’m dying because my darling is so beautiful.”827e9524e850b006
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The way he said a7f0922585 it while gently rubbing 25ea067ff2 the back of my b7e280a8ee hand was even more 02b08215ff ridiculous. A chill ran down e9451745ab my spine. I struggled to 63935e3719 smooth out my b09be599eb crumpled expression, forcing e648c7a944 a smile that 3f957518d7 made the corners 28d3fc3e7e of my mouth 2a6dbd4af7 twitch.ee64726cb9bf7778
“I see. I’ll work hard to become even more beautiful.”96dbfc6fabb9f14b
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“Why? Do you want me to die quickly?”ab368b7c71c043b0
“Yeah. I hope you go straight to hell.”6e5d7407ecd19778
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He laughed loudly, as d0c38e0bb7 if even my curse ac12da6ad5 amused him, and the 802a566d94 joy in his slanted 986cd98079 eyes was unmistakable. I could hear whispers 10fc33043b behind us.I’ve never seen 1a0ce7f139 Ranieri laugh like d906e6ab1a that. He looks like a bc5bec350d different person when he’s 8485d4fd46 smiling. Looks like he d27394936d really likes her. They seem to fe83e9a913 suit each other, 215d835aad don’t they?a9541e02d80848de
As I listened to the murmurs, I thought to myself, I just wish they’d all shut up.2404dafa6d8df779
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Once we a744f41128 left the 9295bd47b0 lobby and 2d4cef4652 entered the 80580b0857 outdoor parking fc410f454d lot, the 337df6fb24 attention dispersed. While there b6f13921df were still 90ad0ccf87 a few 1df0b60aa4 glances, most b719779159 people quickly a9e7d5a5f4 turned back c648b224e6 to their a7c00465a8 own cars. When I a4bb6f85ff shyly mentioned 0a03084e61 that my ccc6d079bf car was fac23b08e6 in a e02ea7ea6a different parking 0240159663 lot, he 92ce25dc75 responded with b0ac449b08 a bright bd9616ce5a smile.620b37f41fd4cf26
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“Stop acting all awkward. Who goes on a separate date? Haven’t you ever been on one?”a9286b530658aa4c
I had plenty of ee7b90f4fa things I wanted to d1bc57f423 point out, but with d7873a3770 the eyes around us, 3a3776c742 I had to hold ffa27c1986 back. He offered to d1ff5bef96 move my car fca39ee138 to my place 653057b5ab if I just 1138f38576 gave him the 360107646e keys, but I f5bc70e7a1 couldn’t trust him c8ad090c2c enough to hand c33f9ad7e0 over the car 19f878f14e keys. Who knew if he’d d870468cbc plant a bomb or c3dd0c0359 something.5beb671fff9752e7
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I made up b409769262 a suitable excuse a36381e1b9 to refuse, and aff69ec1fc luckily, he didn’t a0d2be1d31 insist twice. Instead, he opened the 52ae091ac8 passenger side door and d594590418 teasingly asked if I’d 619eddc96c really never been on a3a373f6a6 a date.bc371c0a3fd56740
“Think whatever you want.”689d869a7a00af03
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If I said c31b20dc63 no, he’d probably 2187ed58ec tease me, and 583bc6300b if I said 5669f9094f yes, he’d be df4e397c54 sure to dig 63231b6372 into the details. I shrugged off 6ce9943418 the arm he b7e865510a had been holding 41b64f6755 onto and replied 5637ae9265 indifferently. 30900bb810901eda
His expression quickly turned 0df5d21fd4 cold. Honestly, it wasn’t easy cb25f4a2cf dealing with a madman.7e99f416572ee3a4
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“Ah, I’m just so excited that someone like me gets to go on a date with someone so important. But if your arm’s really uncomfortable, should we just skip this and go to the hospital?”a2f88444e69e0bf0
“You think you know what I’m thinking.”84e424f585ff4265
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It wasn’t the 80c16184e2 fact that I 703d7a64d3 shrugged off his 648cb86643 arm that was 5e67df19ea the issue. I definitely felt he 47af9b5dde was grasping at strange 650d85be43 excuses, but his expression aabec0228b was so serious that 35d9d64d32 I had to smile 985ddb7ff0 submissively again.a454bfbcbec821d3
“Do whatever you want. It’s just thinking, after all.”874e0fcbd018fa05
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“Do whatever I want? It is a lot then.”c2c0f51b0fef4a55
But his interpretation c4c7fa40e6 was quite creative. I had no 49fd44d9f5 idea what he bd149f8f19 was dissatisfied with, 4c42715604 but the playful dc8eb5f95a glint in his 39c12a952d eyes, which had 3733f838b5 been there since 22f98e48c6 the beginning, was 1ba4a71dd6 now swept away d30cec2cbc by a cold b4ecae67ee front.025f98deb0099b9e
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“I’m not as evil as the person in b893aa8a1e front of 166019f541 me1.” (Riley)d6ce3e83bc49973c
“It’s the first date for the person in front of you.” (Theo)cea4a5c4b0409ce2
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“Then isn’t ab92783a17 it my dd126520c6 first date 481ab54cb2 too?”f9175c11fd32dc95
I blurted out c12a1fcbff whatever came to e365040c32 mind, and he 4927db7a0b looked down at 564d13c81f me as if cdc466a8da he was trying fbaa62ba92 to figure out 8f37713587 the truth of 4c24d1ecc4 my words. He sneered.76de2d28ae733b20
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“Yes. I really hope it’s your first date.”878f1670a491e0cf
“Can I 6640ed7db9 get in a8a3b3a135 now?”ac65f365994a9586
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“Get in.”6a560ad13d5ed09a
I had 38e63638a1 no desire b6b775d52f to sit 3b1555c308 next to 0ae8676070 him in 42741898fb the confined 239a3dc3c9 car, but f8d6a6ae7e I wanted d369c784a2 to sit fba0b6585d somewhere rather 6c445c730f than stand e05ed46a52 in the 16531f8163 street, enduring 5eb4055046 it. 4ecc8bc0429adc26
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“Thank you,” I gritted my teeth and forced the words out as I got into the passenger seat, and he silently closed the door for me.cd377ccd4f6249a9
“But why are you doing this? There must be a reason for this, right?”25f47c9490008ca5
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Only after he had walked around the hood and sat in the driver’s seat was I able to ask the question I had been holding in. d6c8eb6471c04868
On a smaller scale, 5e3e20b819 it was about the 8e22edb1a4 frustration of having to f9aeda4749 endure the attention while 4a6f9c1ea1 being tethered to him. On a larger c9acdbf39e scale, it was 78d3ec7849 about why he b94f86a79c was tormenting me 49a8ad9d79 like this.6c3f47ec54e66881
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As I 9f0c58ace7 was about b1daf45a42 to fasten d1a67fd5dc my seatbelt, 023ffc9450 he turned eab027919e to look e691354353 at me cabd2ddb37 and raised ecc3fba871 the corners e6c7a2253d of his 55a08d2736 mouth. Then, he offered an 8fd13db409 unnecessary kindness. Ignoring his own seatbelt, 18baf970c2 he leaned toward the 137ef352e6 passenger side and slowly 77b8554a49 tugged at mine.ac381e7db792fc31
Our breaths intertwined.708061709b13d3c3
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It was 87458246a5 a gesture 5634d93206 I didn’t 49f42b2e02 appreciate, but 0c9c261fab my body, 1d6f0b38f9 oddly naive, 674f748224 stiffened as a020b5ef9a if reacting 843c235855 to the f05381c49a sudden closeness. I stared 0bd295f827 at his ffc91b9309 chiseled features, 1cf17ef423 my eyes 3d8962a829 wide, as a85db7b68d though I 28181152f8 had forgotten 749d86f933 how to 71d1da6041 breathe. a72a321edaaafff5
With a click, he de7fb8522d fastened my seatbelt and, 135cb67bbe as if whispering love, 382f8990ce pressed his lips near 88a0bc519b my ear.f52191626e2d8239
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“I like things that are useful.”52ebfc2a66416515
“……”b23c656d77aaee41
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“It’s a compliment. You’re doing well.”beef63ea0d6d1b17
The lazy voice 6e2c1b10a9 and breath in 8847371594 my ear made f13effa60c me flinch and 37716849b4 shrink my shoulders 71f8d960db for a moment. Then, a soft, tender 318f9ec528 sound I shouldn’t have a555fe52c9 heard reached my ear, a3e86b1e8f followed by something warm 72a5fd8399 and gentle touching it 458d90eeb7 before pulling away.c6b14d472797da20
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“Y-You’re crazy.”6883dfd0af97f284
I quickly 8023ff2078 shoved him 18c75a8abb away and 14504390ff pressed myself 15824affda against the 65b04140f6 window, but 685e5d3049 his heavy 96dec569be gaze followed 8516c7bc45 me.7cad2176ddaecea1
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“No, I’m not crazy. I’m only tolerating it because you’re still cute.”254a20508034600c
Unlike when he 686c9a1c56 came close, he d321f87d47 slowly straightened his 4bd104017a back and returned 2b9b3723e2 to the driver’s e4410b3f2b seat, licking the 79f8551f1b corner of his 69b59b4315 mouth with his 493bd7ed2b tongue. 8f40d903a6539734
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His eyes ed716ed4a6 flashed with c291cc89f1 a strange 717800784a heat and 4379bc9a44 his bright a7b6a2f733 red flesh 75ff948a25 slowly licking 32b20cfda2 his lips d2171ea95f looked just b67335631b like a 3ec97920df beast.e66bd42b56f4e296
“Do you understand?”08ce7c7be99e2e21
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I don’t know much, and I didn’t want to know either. It just felt like a weird, uncomfortable feeling, like a lunchbox being saved for later. I turned my gaze away from between his legs and nodded vigorously. 15fd9a29cfd881f6
As I rubbed 369fb52663 my ears roughly, 0b9b192ac0 I heard nonsense 08c35ba717 about being cute, c7a7115cf4 accompanied by a fcfdfd00fe low laugh. I tried to ignore 5c0180d0d9 it.fa7763f60b3d87a4
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I wish the day cb7ce16681 when I become useless 58e51ef618 would come quickly. I hope it’s tomorrow.1c981623c1cf07b8
As I mulled over the uncertain wish, a chill ran down my spine. Wait. What happens to my neck if I become useless? What if I can’t hire mercenaries, Black or anyone else, and fail to take care of the researcher?a99ab3a5c3271732
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Unable to shake a836de6ff6 off the gloomy d1a2824ceb thoughts rising like e24d0d226f dark clouds, I 3fe205900a slowly turned my bdcd22a954 head to look 34f38bd6d7 at him. 4e956b4922256f82
Theo, who was bcda3742c3 pressing the engine 9165e3fa7d button, briefly glanced 8fdbc8593a at me. Seeing my 980c82a20b serious expression, 95298c5d0e he silently 328e004b43 smiled as 46a754c3e7 if he b8fa4a1d9d understood.42d3bedbe74b3f27
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