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Oirana hotel.

It was a 30-minute drive from Milestonz village. Jack got alighted from the bike and headed to the gate. He knocked three times and the security guard came out after opening the smaller section of the gate.

"Hello, sir. How may I help you?" the security courteously asked.

He wasn't blind. This man before him was worth a lot. This was a giant. The famous Jack Oliver Reynolds!

Deep inside, he was excited to meet him face to face. He could boast among his peers now. Haha!

"Is my grandpa here?"

"Please, sir, what is his name?"

"Out of my way." Jack pushed him aside and stormed in.

The guard looked at him, dumbfounded.

"How rude!" he thought. But then, what could he do about it? Cry out to the public about the injustice? Would his outcry even get to the public? Sigh.

He arranged his tie, locked the gate and sat on the chair that was at the front of the security building.

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Inside the hotel premises.

The receptionist tried to stop Jack but got cautioned by a staff member.

"Are you an idiot, Caroline? That's the zillionaire, Jack Oliver Reynolds. If you offend him, this hotel will be closed down. Where then can you find work as good as this one? Think about it."

"Thank you for the advice, Maria. I won't be so impulsive next time." Caroline bowed to her fellow slightly before returning to her duty.

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Jack kicked open the door of a certain VIP room and saw his grandpa drinking wine with 2 milfs. Both were dressed provocatively, with long eyelashes and ample female assets. Their shoes were 10 inches and their natural fingernails were long.

"Grandpa?" he called out in disbelief.

"Oho! Grandson. My beloved Jackie. Come, come, come inside. Don't feel like a stranger. Come, give grandpa a big hug." the older man who donned a blue hat, golden thobe and navy blue sandals said with excitement.

Jack frowned.

"So I rushed over here just to see this?" he looked pissed now.

"Laila, Theresa, go calm him down for me. I'm scared he'll beat me to a pulp." grandpa Reynolds said to the two milfs sitting beside him.

Both got up and cat walked towards Jack.

One went behind and gently pushed him inside the room.

His grandpa took out a small red bluetooth speaker and played an unfamiliar instrumental recording.

The milfs started to dance around him.

The one with red hair sang:

♫ Baby Jackie, you don't need to be this angry. Take a look at Zaddy. He is begging for a hug.

Have some sense of filial piety, will you? Or one day when it finally comes to your mind, Zaddy'll be beyond your reach. Little Jackie, you Zaddy's favorite honey...♫

Jack's face became green while his grandpa enjoyed the show, even recording it on his tablet.

He tried to get closer to him, but the ladies prevented him. He turned around to leave, but the red-haired lady pushed him back in with a creepy smile and continued singing.

"Leopard says it's repentant but will never trade its spots. Zaddy cried to see you but you only came coz you heard he's on his deathbed..."

Grandpa applauded after putting down the tablet.

"Good job, Laila, Theresa." he praised and they giggled.

"Anything for you, Zaddy!" said the redhead.

"You'll receive the alert soon. Make sure to buy something nice with it." grandpa resumed drinking wine.

"Thank you, Zaddy!"

"Call us again, Zaddy!" they squealed and left the room. Now it was just two of them left.

Jack walked to his grandpa and sat opposite him.

"I heard you were dying, but what do I see?"

"Come on, Jackie! Your old man can't die when he hasn't seen his boy get a wife and 300 kids."

Jack scoffed. "300 kids? How many sperms do I have? I don't think it's enough to father even one child."

"How can you curse your self as impotent, grandson?" the old man put down his wine and adjusted his meditated glasses.

"Have some wine..."

"Grandpa, you know how busy I am. I rushed here only to see that you played a prank on me..."

"Boy, family is more important than money. Besides, why didn't you come with Lisa?"

"Why should I bring her to see a dying man? She's too young for that."

"Boy, look." grandpa cleared his throat. "Look at me. I'm wasting away but I'm prolonging my time coz I want to see you marry and have kids."

"But I can't father 300."

"Okay. One great-grandchild will do."

"I already have Lisa. She's your grandkid."

"Look. At least, get a mum for Lisa." he got up and headed to a corner of the room. He picked up a book from the cupboard and brought it to Jack.

"What's this for?" Jack asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Open it."

Jack sighed and opened the first page.

What he saw made him frown.

There was a picture of a beautiful lady and her background written under it. He went through the other pages and it was the same- pictures of refined, pretty ladies from elite families all around the country.

"My boy, what do you think? Do you find any of them to your liking?" grandpa asked with a smile.

"They are uglier than that monkfish," he mumbled.

"Monkfish! Who's a monkfish?" grandpa turned gossipy.

"None of your business!" he put down the book and rose.

"Grandpa, please don't do this next time. Well, I'm glad you're okay. I'll take my leave." he bowed slightly before leaving.

"Jackie? Jackie, wait! Don't go yet. Jackie?" the old man ran after him but couldn't catch up. He suddenly tripped and fell to the ground.

Jack turned his head to see his grandpa bleeding from his mouth. His angry expression became that of concern.

"Grandpa, grandpa!" he ran to him.

Grandpa seemed to be unconscious.

"Someone, come!" he yelled and a staff member ran over.

"Call an ambulance!" Jack ordered.

"Sir, you see... I have no credit and I've already reached my limit for a call loan. I'm sorry..."

"Are you dumb? Here, take this." he gave the staff his phone.

At this moment, Jack saw his grandpa's eyelids tremble.

"Thank..." the staff couldn't complete his words as the phone fell to the floor.

"Ah... I'm so sorry sir." he bent over to pick up the phone and saw that its screen was broken.

Jack took out a phone from his grandpa's pocket.

"Break this one too."

"Eh?" the staff member who was about to grovel was stupefied.

"Do it or not?"

"I'll do it. I'll do it." he shakily accepted the old man's phone.

When he was about to dash it to the floor, the old man's eyes opened.

He quickly sat up, looking annoyed.

"Gimme my phone. What nonsense! How can you ruin my phone, Jackie? That's not nice!" he complained as he snatched the phone from the hotel staff's hands.

"Pfft!" Jackie looked amused.

"What?"

"You seem to have forgotten your wig, old man."

"Eh?" grandpa took his left hand to touch his head. It was bald.

He saw the wig in Jack's hands.

"It's high time, you live by your age. I'll get a wife if you agree not to wear a wig anymore. You look more charming this way."

Grandpa gritted his teeth.

"Agree or not?"

"I agree, but you must introduce the monkfish properly in two months, alright? If she's to my liking..."

"She'll definitely be one you'll rate 100 stars," Jack said haughtily.

"Hmph! Better hurry up." grandpa rose with the staff's help. "Take Lisa with you when you come back, alright?" he reminded as Jack rose.

"Of course, old man!"

"Hmph! Gimme back my wig. It cost a fortune."

"Don't worry. It's very safe with me. You'll get it back in two months." Jack chuckled, put the wig in his right pocket and turned to leave.

" Unfilial grandson. I'm gonna get back at you in some way. Just you wait. I won't let this slide, kiddo!"

"Make sure to try get back at me, old man." Jack laughed, waving as he walked away.

"Don't forget to pay for my phone, young man. I need the money in my account tomorrow. I'm broke right now. Can't afford any losses." he added.

The hotel staff trembled.

"Sir... even if I'm sold off with my family, I can't afford that amount. Even if I work and save my salary for 4 years, I still can't pay. Sir... I acted on your orders..."

"Shut up. It's just some cash. He's that petty from childhood. Take me to the other room I booked."grandpa ordered.

"Yes, sir." the staff helped him to another room that was 3 times bigger and more conducive than the first.

"Get me those hotties. Zaddy misses them." he commanded. "And here's your reward." he gave the staff a card. "There's not much in it. Pin's 4 zeroes."

The staff grovelled and sincerely thanked grandpa before leaving.

"Hehe! I can't wait to see the beauty that caught this stony heart. Lisa, you're in luck." he giggled and poured wine into a refined wineglass.

"I can't wait for two months to end." he reclined his back to the chair and watched the news.

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Andre quickly got off the bike, as the road ahead had nails and bottles. He guessed that the evil lady must have done it on purpose. His phone rang and he answered.

"I'm nearby!"

"I know. Just come to the highest floor of the warehouse in 3 minutes or she'll be DEAD!" replied the owner of the creepy voice.

"Please, I'll come over now. Don't do anything to her," he said as he started running along the path that led to the warehouse.

The line went off and he quickly placed his phone back in his pocket and increased his running pace. He had to get there in time. He had to!

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He finally reached the highest floor of this warehouse. He panted as he looked around to see no one.

His phone rang and he answered the call.

"Hello, ma'am. I'm here now. Where can I find you?" he asked in agitation.

"You wanna find me or us?"

"You two. Where are you guys?"

"Hehe! You're sure you wanna know?"

"Please, tell me. Whatever it is you want, I'll give it to you. Just don't harm her, ok?"

"Get into the sea. We're waiting for you there!" the line went off again.

Andre became gloomy. She wanted him to get in the water? Do phones work underwater? Who does she wanna fool? The key problem is that this mysterious evil lady seems to love me torturing him like this.

He called Annabelle's number again, but no one picked. He sighed in defeat.

"I should really get into the water then."

He jumped from that high point and landed on the ground.

His feet hurt a little from the impact, but there was no time to waste.

He placed his phone on a rock and took off his upper attire.

He then ran towards the sea and on reaching the seashore, he saw Annabelle (in her siren form) seated on a protruding large rock with a veiled lady standing behind her. She's quite tall and her golden gown embroidered with green thread, fluttered with the wind.

Annabelle's hands were tied behind her back and there was a neck shackle on her neck. Her hair had been cut short; it was now above her neck. Her mouth was taped and there were several injuries on her skin. Even her tail was bleeding.

And since in her merform, her long hair served as a covering for her melons, now that it was cut short, her melons were exposed.

He would have wanted to look away, but not in this situation. He faced the veiled figure instead.

"Lad, get into the water now." the veiled lady's voice was heard by him loud and clear, though they were far away from him.

Annabelle, who was barely breathing, slowly shook her head.

Andre gritted his teeth. His fists clenched.

"Don't make me repeat myself." spat the lady as she pulled on the chains adjoined to the shackle around Annabelle's neck.

She began to choke. Tears flowed down her eyes and formed pearls before falling into the seawater.

Incensed, Andre walked into the water and when it was deep enough, he dived in.

A transparent shield appeared around him as his clothes vanished.

His hair changed to a fiery red that was fluttering.

Patches of draconic scales appeared on his forehead, cheeks, neck, back, around his navel and his legs. His eyes turned golden and his canines extended.

He stretched his hand forward and the shield surrounding him started moving fast towards the rock where the two ladies were.

On getting there, he surfaced and saw that the lady had taken off her black veil. He saw patches of snake scales on her face. Her eyes were red with a black slit in the middle.

'This lady's a snake?' he thought in disbelief.

"Do you not recognize me, Andre?" she asked. This time, her voice wasn't creepy anymore. It was just too coquettish.

"I don't know you." he stated.

"Do you remember the girl back at university whom you kissed in the library?" she asked.

"I... That was an accident. Are you her relative?" he asked. He didn't want to believe he kissed a serpent's relative.

"No. I'm her. I'm Seline Hunter," she introduced.

His eyes widened. He actually kissed a snake? Gosh!

"Look, Seline, whatever happened was an accident. I didn't have that in mind. Before then I've never seen you and even after that accident we didn't see each other. If you're mad at me, just come at me. Why target Annabelle?"

"Because she's the one you spent time with. She stole you from me."

"She's my friend. Friend! You get it?"

"Does that mean I can be your girlfriend?" she asked hopefully, her eyes twinkling.

Andre shook his head. How would he dare? Annabelle was a million times better.

"You'd better choose quickly. Become my boyfriend or she'll die." Seline pulled on the chains of the neck shackle and Anna started to struggle. If her hands weren't tied at her back, she'd be pulling on the chains with her hands by now.

Seeing this, Andre gritted his teeth and created two fireballs that levitated above his hands. He merged the two fireballs until they became one large fireball and he launched it at her, but before it could reach her, it was extinguished.

"My dear Andre, you think you can beat me? You're just too weak. That's why I referred to you as 'Lad'." she said in disdain. She stretched out her right free hand and the seawater started to freeze. Annabelle and Andre were shocked.

This Seline was a higher level snake!

'Heaven, what sort of temptation is this? Why my girl has to suffer coz of my one mistake?' he lamented in his heart.

He couldn't get out of the water. His shield was also destroyed as it couldn't stand the ice.

Now he was frozen from belly down. He felt a great chill inside.

This was a horrible thing for him. He hugged himself as his shoulders trembled; his teeth shattered.

"See what a pitiable condition you are in? Have you changed your mind now?" she asked, with a bossy attitude.

Andre shook his head and looked at Annabelle. Realizing again that her melons were exposed, he looked back at Seline instead.

"Are you unsatisfied with her melons? Why, aren't they round enough? See, her pink n*pples are quite long and look soft. You can even put your cock in between these huge melons.

"Please stop talking," Andre said with gritted teeth. This one sentence seemed to sap all his energy.

"Oh, you're telling me to shut up?"

Her eyes glowed and the ice started climbing up to his neck.

The glow in his eyes dimmed.

His face has become very pale and his lips turned blue.

"I give you another chance..."

He shook his head and she pulled hard on the chain of the neck shackle. Annabelle was in great pain.'She doesn't deserve this. It's all my fault,' he said in his heart. If only he was more powerful... then he could protect her from any harm. If only he wasn't weak, she wouldn't be suffering like this- stripped of her covering in merform and constantly humiliated.

"3... 2..." she had begun counting.

"I.. I agree. Please, just let her go." he compromised.

The ice turned back to chilly water. His shield appeared again as he approached the rock.

He could see that many of Annabelle's scales had been pulled out. He couldn't imagine what pain she had gone through before he got here. Once, when he accidentally pulled on one of her tail's scales, she nearly cried and didn't talk to him for days. He had to pull off one of his draconic scales before she forgave him. Now over 50 of her scales had been pulled out.

A tear escaped from his right eye as he looked into Anna's pale face and dim eyes.

"Anna... I'm sorry!" he apologized with a hoarse voice. "I'm sorry. It's all my fault!"

"Hey, no need to apologise to her. Now that we're a couple. Let's make it official." Seline declared with happiness. She signalled for him to climb into the rock.

This rock was big enough to contain ten people, regardless of their size.

He climbed out of the water and knelt, covering his nether regions from the ladies' view.

"Honey, why cover that? Are you coy in front of me? Do you think I won't be satisfied with your little brother?" Seline asked coquettishly and stopped to touch his face.

She let go of the chain in her left hand and started tracing on his skin from his shoulders to his abs.

"How much I dreamt of touching these solid huns. Finally, my wish is fulfilled. Hahahaha, hahahaha! Annabelle, Annabelle, do you see? He's mine now. Exclusively, my dear!" she giggled and lower her head to plant kisses on his shoulder.

He flinched and looked at the calm seawater instead. He thought of many ways for both of them to escape from this woman's clutches, but there was no idea.

"Honey, why look away? Am I not pretty enough? Look at me." she walked behind him and caressed his face.

"Don't you like the feeling? Don't you feel... excited?" she whispered into his left ear and kissed it. Andre gritted his teeth. How much he hated being this helpless.

"Andre, do you feel wronged? Do you want me to compensate you?"

Andre did not reply to her. His eyes had become teary and he fought hard not to let a tear fall.

Seline started caressing his shoulders gently while blowing air on his neck.

"Are you enjoying it?" she asked, but he didn't reply.

"Hands up!" she commanded, but he didn't obey. She became pissed.

"I will not repeat my words. Andre, hands up!" she barked, but he still didn't obey.

"You dare defy me?"

"I can't do it. There's a limit to things, Seline. Have some shame too, will you? Annabelle is here and you want me to show my glory for you to ravage is front of her? I'm not doing it." he spat.

"Oh?" she raised an eyebrow. "You mean if we go somewhere else, you'd be more willing?"

"I have no desire..." before he could complete his sentence, she slapped him and pushed him back into the water. He surfaced and she froze the seawater and ice climbed up to his neck.

"I don't like being short-changed. We're already a couple. I should have access to every inch of your body."

"Seline, please stop this. None of us will benefit from this," he pleaded.

In response, her legs transformed into a green snake's tail. She glided into the frozen sea and sat close to him.

Andre saw her tail moving on its own and was scared it would coil around his neck.