Serena held him even tighter, for her own balance and breath, like heck, He's too rough...just too rough.
_
She had to break the kiss slowly when she couldn't breathe anymore, her hands remained on his chest while their eyes locked again.
Serena swallowed.
Wolfe wiped his lips and moved away a little, Serena bashed her lashes.
"Did you...wiped my kiss?" She asked in a soft voice.
"You think so?" Wolfe asked with a smirk and she raised her brows.
Is he seriously going to continue using five brains for every single and little thing he's involved in?
"You just wiped your lips" Serena muttered.
Wolfe grabbed her waist and kissed her again, another deep one which made her moan within a second.
He pulled away right after that.
He left the bedroom and Serena watched him enter the closet room, she remained in the room. There should be an explanation somehow, why he kissed her in the first place. Is he going to let her continue working or he's sending her out?
She bit her nails and after about twenty minutes, Wolfe finally showed up again. He was already wearing his sleepwears,but when he came in, he walked straight to the couch and sat down,with his legs crossed as usual.
Serena stared from where she was standing.
Wolfe picked up a book on the couch and flipped the pages open without glancing at her.
Serena frowned, and the moment she moved from her position to say something, his voice hit her.
"You started working for money?"
Serena froze.
"Yeah, that's true" she mumbled.
Wolfe raised his head and glanced at her.
"You're not lying to me again are you?"
"Why would I? Then why do you think I'm doing this? I told you I don't have parents, I had to drop out of school..."
"You still don't get it do you?" Wolfe raised his brows.
"Then make me understand" Serena snapped.
"The issue here isn't you lying about your age, you fucking fooled everyone, you have a fake passport, a fake license, fake identity card, everything is fucking fake...do you even realize you can get arrested for all these shits? Just how did you even...." Wolfe paused and sighed.
Serena bit her lip. Of course she's very much aware about the punishment, but this is no longer a new thing to her....where she came from, this is normal. And of course she never planned to get caught by her target just after few weeks.
She rolled her eyes.
"I won't get caught, you don't have to worry about that" She assured him.
Wolfe glanced at her shortly then he chuckled.
"Fine then.....you can continue working from Monday" He said.
"Thank you....sir" Serena muttered.
"You can go then" Wolfe said, focusing back on the book in his hand.
Serena blinked,one,two,then three.
He's not really going to talk about the kiss? At all?
Really?
She scoffed and stormed out of the place, Wolfe chuckles and placed the book on his face.
"Cute" He muttered and closed the book.
"Krynth, lock the suite" He spoke up softly.
"Yes Wolfe, doors all locked" The luxury home AI responded.
"Turn off the light Krynth" Wolfe muttered.
All the lights went off and Wolfe closed his eyes right on the couch, the book still on his face.
He wasn't sleeping though.
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THE HAYES' RESIDENCE, EZRAN'S ROOM*
Ezran closed his book after he was done studying, he groaned and walked over to the bed where he fell on it. He took his phone and saw a message from someone, he clicked on it and checked.
Unknown: Hello, this is Rose. You gave me your contact yesterday, sorry I'm just sending a text.
Ezran stared at the message blankly and managed to save her contact before he replied.
Ezran: Okay.
Rose: Just okay? Are you mad at me?
Ezran: No
Rose: Are you busy?
Ezran: No.
Rose: I'm so bored, I wish I can hang out, a night hangout.
Ezran: Have fun then.
Ezran dropped his phone and turned to the other side then closed his eyes.
--
NEXT MORNING, WOLFE'S ESTATE*
Serena was jogging around, she wasn't really stressing too much because obviously she was doing something else while using the exercise to cover up.
She passed by some bodyguards who couldn't even hide the fact that they were staring and drawling over her. The leggings she wore brought out her perfect curves, alongside the bra top.
As she jogged a little away from them, the air pods in her ears beeped.
"I saw your text, what is this about?" Lucien asked.
Serena slowed down a little and started walking instead.
"He figured out about me" She said.
"What do you mean he figured out about you?"
"He fucking found out my age, he got the information from the orphanage, how is that possible? I thought you destroyed the orphanage, why is there still information about me?" Serena asked.
Lucien went quiet for a second and spoke up.
"Now what's up?" He asked.
"He's suspecting me more than anything right now, I've not been going out with him for one week, I just managed to convince him last night" Serena muttered.
"Do you still think you can do this alone or you want someone else to join you? Our client gave us just three months and you've used one month there, precisely you have less than two months to bring Wolfe Hayes down...do you need help or not?"
Serena sighed.
"No, I don't. I can do it" she mumbled.
"Good, report everything to me, everything" Lucien hung up.
Serena rolled her eyes and placed her two hands on her waist, she exhaled before she started jogging again.
---
Inside Wolfe's suite, he was sipping water while watching Serena from the full screen inside his private suite in the underground part.
Except Zayne, nobody in this estate knows about it.
He was watching Serena as she stood while talking and he knew she was speaking with someone through the pods, the only thing is he couldn't hear what the heck she was saying.
He sipped from the water he was drinking again when Serena finally started jogging again.
He sat down and crossed his legs.
He scoffed and ran his fingers through his hair, of course he can tell obviously she's hiding something. Maybe a normal person wouldn't find out easily, but he's never normal.
He was never and he still isn't, he thinks outside the box every fucking day of his life. That was how he was brought up by his dad, and he got to understand everything even better when his parents were murdered.
They all called it an accident, but Wolfe clearly knew it wasn't. And yeah, He's still going to make those bastards pay.
The only way they wouldn't pay is if they get to kill him first, but if they don't succeed in killing him first, then he's going to make them cry blood, black blood, so much.
And he wouldn't give a fuck about whoever it turns out to be...especially those family of his.
A light smirk appeared on his lips when he finally stood up and walked out of the suite.
"You missed three calls from Kyren" Krynth voice sounded immediately Wolfe entered the bedroom.
He dropped the bottle in his hand and grabbed one of his phones on the bed, the one he's sure got the call from Kyren.
He called him back and he picked on the second ring.
"Hey" Wolfe muttered.
"Sup bro, you busy?" Kyren asked.
"No I'm not..."
"Wanna go bowling? It's fucking boring, or any better idea? Racing?" Kyren asked.
Wolfe thought for a minute before speaking up.
"No mood for racing" He said.
"Then bowling it is, time?"
Wolfe checked the time and it's just past nine.
"Let's eat breakfast first, I will come over in one hour time, let's have breakfast together" He uttered.
"How the heck did you know I'm actually starving?"
"You're always hungry" Wolfe scoffed.
"Silly" Kyren laughed before hanging up.
--
MINUTES LATER*
Serena was just returning inside after her long laps,she was sweating so much that she just wants to get into the bathtub and sleep in there comfortably.
It's Sunday and work continues tomorrow so she better have the whole day to herself today.
As she approached the entrance, she saw Zayne and Wolfe coming out, both dressed which means they are going outing.
But then, only Wolfe entered the car, he even drove himself, no guards, nothing. So she wondered where he's off to.
Zayne turned and their eyes met.
"Hey" Serena smiled.
"Hi" Zayne replied and Serena moved closer.
"Where's he going?" She asked.
"Just...hanging out" Zayne answered shortly and went inside.
Serena took her lip in and went inside as well.
Getting into her room, she began undressing and that was when Magnolia's call came on her phone which she answered right away.
"Baby!" She screamed that Serena almost removed her phone from her ear.
"Did something fun happened?" She asked with a small smile.
"Nothing yet, but I hope so. Should we hang out? I've not seen you since last week, I miss you so much"
"Yeah true, what should we do?" Serena asked.
"How about my place? I have a lot of fun things we can do, we can bake together, dance, play games or movies..."
"I love that" Serena chuckled.
"Then, should we invite Clara too?" Magnolia asked.
"Oh that's true, I'm gonna call her right away and meet you soon" Serena said, checking the time.
"I can't wait then, love you baby" Magnolia said and hung up.
Serena smiled and tossed her phone on the bed before walking into the bathroom.
--
MAGNOLIA'S HOUSE*
Magnolia smiled excitedly when she hung up the call, she threw her phone on the bed and started twirling and dancing, then singing at the same time.
"The sky feels closer when I breathe you in
Whispers of sunlight brushing my skin
I don't need a reason, I don't need a sign
Just a little moment where your heart meets mine.....ohhhhhhh!!!!"
She put on her slippers and walked out of the room, coffee was on her mind as she climbed down the stairs.
Then got shocked to see Kayden in the living room, looks like he just came in actually.
"Kaykay!" Magnolia called aloud.
"Hey" Kayden gave her a short nod.
She stared at him from down, to up. Seems like he just got back from the gym and decided to branch, the fuck? He's mad hot...she blinked and looked away nervously, that was quite embarrassing.
"What are you doing here? I thought we aren't meeting till...Tuesday?" She asked.
"Yeah, I came to get my tablet. I wasn't supposed to let you know, don't worry" Kayden showed her the tablet.
"Oh" Magnolia mouthed.
Kayden raised his brows.
"You okay? Do you have any plans for today?"
Magnolia pouted and nodded.
"Clara and Serena are coming over soon, I want coffee tho" She touched her hair.
"Coffee?" Kayden looked at her and she nodded.
"I prefer your coffee taste to mine" she immediately grabbed his arm.
"I'm in a hurry...."
"Where are you going? To see a girl?" Magnolia cut in.
"Are you crazy? I don't even have time for girls because of you" Kayden snapped.
"Should I increase your salary then?" Magnolia asked.
"That's not your responsibility, the agency pays me not you" Kayden muttered and dropped everything in his hand.
"With enough milk right?" He asked, pulling his jacket sleeves up.
Magnolia immediately nodded and followed him as he made his way toward the kitchen area.
She stood there, watching him do everything.
"So....when are you planning to have a girlfriend? I'm not really holding you down you know?" Magnolia touched her hair.
"Yeah, I will think about that after your contract ends" Kayden replied and Magnolia's eyes widened.
She actually signed a four years contract with her agency and this is her third year, so next year?
"You know I'm actually going to renew my contract right? Might sign eight years this time" Magnolia said.
"Of course, I want you to. And you can always have another manager...."
"I don't want anyone else" Magnolia snapped and Kayden looked at her.
"What, I don't want anyone else but you" She glared.
Kayden said nothing and placed the coffee mug on the table for her.
"See you next week" He said and before she could say anything more, he already left.
Magnolia rolled her eyes and took the mug with a pissed expression on his face.
"Who's going to give him permission to leave me? Nobody" She fumed and sipped from the coffee, so fast that if it was super hot, it would have burnt her tongue.
But of course that's Kayden for you, always the sweetest guy.
Magnolia sighed when she thought of him again.
--
GOLD COAST DISTRICT, LAWRENCE HALSTEN'S HOUSE*
Inside the dimly lit study of Lawrence, The fireplace crackled slowly in the corner, but it did nothing to melt the cold smirks stretched across the faces of the three men seated around the table.
Lawrence poured himself another glass of red, then lazily swirled it before leaning back with a sigh.
"This kid," he muttered, "keeps multiplying his net worth like he's feeding it steroids."
David Vaughn chuckled as he reached for the cigar tray.
"It's unnatural. The numbers Hayes Global is pulling in from the East Asian expansion alone, do you know how many hands we should have in that bowl?"
Marcus Lee sat straighter, his voice lower.
"We're lucky he still thinks we're on his side. The moment he stops trusting us, we're finished. Hell, we shouldn't even be talking like this."
Lawrence raised a brow.
"Then talk quieter, Marcus. Or grow a pair."
David laughed.
"He's right. Besides...we've been careful. We always sign off on those property movements through shell companies. He doesn't even know those minor estate shares are rerouted to us."
Marcus leaned forward, his expression tense.
"Yeah, for now. But Wolfe isn't stupid. You know how many directors tried playing smart with him? Where are they now?"
Lawrence took a long sip.
"Out of the board. Out of the game. Some out of the country."
David lit his cigar.
"And still, no one questions him. Twenty-four years old, and he walks into a room with CEOs twice his age, and they all rise."
Lawrence's lips curled.
"Because the boy owns everything. He didn't inherit crumbs like the rest of them. He built Hayes Global into a luxury empire. And that makes him dangerous."
Marcus whispered,
"Too dangerous."
Lawrence's voice dropped, deadly calm.
"That's why we need to bleed the empire slowly. Take slices, not chunks. Don't give him a reason to look this way."
David nodded.
"Exactly. No drama. No sudden movements. As long as we keep our faces clean, the money flows, and Wolfe keeps thinking we're loyal."
Lawrence glanced at both of them.
"And if he ever finds out?"
David and Marcus said nothing.
Lawrence raised his glass again, smirking.
"Then let's make sure he doesn't."
"What if" Marcus asked again.
"Then we silent him, the only way" Lawrence smirked.
"Cool" Marcus and David nodded while chuckling.
--
MAGNOLIA'S HOUSE*
"Can anyone recommend a movie to watch please?!"
Magnolia and Serena heard Clara's voice from the living room.
"Can you get your ass here and forget the movie first?" Magnolia called back and Serena laughed.
"So, you said this is your first time trying to bake right? " she asked and Magnolia looked at her with a smile.
"Yeah, but you know how to bake right?" She asked and Serena immediately shook her head.
"You don't know? Really?!" Magnolia blinked.
Clara entered the kitchen.
"Hey, do you know how to bake?" Serena asked her.
"I've never tried it" She replied.
The three of them paused for a second and exchanged glances, before bursting into laughter.
"But we can watch a video..."
"Nah, we aren't doing shit. I'm not interested anymore" Magnolia cut Serena off.
"Well you brought the idea of baking tho" Serena crossed her arms.
Clara chuckled.
"But I'm craving for cake...like a really nice cake" Magnolia muttered sadly.
"We should order that, let's not burn the kitchen please" Clara said.
"True, I don't want Kaykay scolding me" Magnolia shook her head and raised her finger in the air.
"Nobody should say a word...."
"You like him" Clara said before she even finished.
"What?! He's my manager" Magnolia scoffed.
"Well....I have a manager too" Clara said, opening the fridge to pick a drink.
"So? What are you driving at?" Magnolia asked as they left the kitchen.
"Let's go to my room instead, it's more cozy in there" She quickly added before Clara spoke up, so they took the stairs.
"I'm saying, you obviously act more different with him. It's more than him being a manager" Clara finally said.
"Hmm, maybe because he's young? How old is he?" Serena asked.
"Twenty five, and yes Kay is hot....but he doesn't like me that way. And I'm not going to push it" Magnolia groaned and fell on her bed.
"Who's ordering the cake?" She asked.
"Me" Clara picked her phone.
"So...nobody got a boyfriend among us?" Magnolia asked, placing her chin on her palms.
"Serena should" Clara glanced at her.
"What? Why do you think I should?" Serena snapped.
"Coz you're hot" Clara said.
"Your body is fucking sexy, who would ignore that?" Magnolia scoffed.
"Oh" Serena took her lip in.
"I've never had a boyfriend" She spoke up.
"Even in high school?" Clara asked.
Serena chuckled, that's if she even went to high school.
"Yeah, no boyfriend" She told them.
"So...practically. You're a vir....."
"No I'm not" Serena immediately interrupted.
"Oh" Clara mouthed.
"Really?! Who was your first?" Magnolia asked, grinning.
Serena swallowed.
"Wait...don't tell me...." She moved closer.
"Just a night stand?" She whispered.
"Gosh Mag, don't corrupt our ears!" Clara shouted and Magnolia laughed.
Serena held her fists, and somehow her body was shaking inwardly.
"Serena?" Clara called.
Serena stood up.
"I'm going to use the bathroom" She said and hurriedly left the bedroom.
Clara and Magnolia exchanged glances but said nothing.
Inside the bathroom, Serena's chest and throat got so hard, choked like someone was choking her indeed. She had to use her two hands to actually choke herself.
She coughed out and then the hardness went down, she began breathing heavily and her mind got messed up.
'Please don't do it!!'
'Somebody help!!'
'Ahhhh!!!!'
Tears rolled down her eyes as she fell on the ground and sat down there, trying to return back to normal as she got taunted by her own thought.
When she finally calmed down, she washed her face then wiped before going back inside.
"You okay?" The girls asked.
"Yeah, I just...got pressed a little" Serena replied and joined them again.
"Do you like chocolate cake? I'm ordering this delicious one" Clara showed them the cake on the screen.
"Perfect" Magnolia nodded.
"Yeah, I like that" Serena said.
"So, Clara do you have any crush yet?" Magnolia continued her question.
"I...actually don't know" Clara shook her head.
Serena smiled.
"How come you don't?"
"I like you as long as you're hot" Clara grinned and they laughed.
"What about you?" They asked Serena.
"No I don't, I don't really crush on people...."
"What about Wolfe?" Magnolia asked.
"I was about saying that, how can you work with him and not crush? Nearly impossible girl" Clara flipped her hair.
"I'm not crushing on him this" Serena muttered and took her lip in.
"I will believe you" Magnolia gave a funny suspicious look and she laughed.
Serena watched them laugh and she sighed, if only they knew what she really is....of course they would stay away.
So before they get deeper into these? She have to finish up and return to where she belongs.