Chapter 120
They were standing in front of Sebastian's house, waiting for Andre to bring the car over.
Ezra had been thinking deeply since Sebastian asked Zeno to follow him for an adventure. He didn't think it was safe.
"Dad, you go, I'll go with them," Ezra said to Rico.
Rico frowned, he looked at Ezra with a confused stare, "You're going with them? For what? You don't know the first thing about self-defense. Are you planning to get killed today?" He asked.
Ezra sighed. "You underestimate me, Dad, just go, I think I'll be of help to them today," He said.
Rico told him for some time, "My humble opinion?"
"No, Dad, just-"
"He can come with us, it's not as if we're going to fight, right?" Zeno asked Sebastian.
Sebastian shrugged, "He'll find out,"
The gate suddenly opened, and Nicholas'car drove into the compound, drawing their attention; they watched as the car parked beside Rico's car.
Nicholas came down and opened the door for someone.
Zeno was surprised to see Florence come out of the car and Meyer too, he had already forgotten that Sebastian mentioned they'd be coming today.
"Hey, cousin! Long time no see!" Florence excitedly ran up the stairs, hugging Sebastian who didn't look ready to hug her back.
"The weather's quite hit, Florence, step away from me," Sebastian said in a bored tone.
Florence pouted and moved away from him.
"Hi, Ezra, Mr. Rico, you're looking handsome as always, got a date yet?" She asked the old man with a wink.
Rico chuckled, shaking his head, "Not yet, Florence; I can't get in a relationship before my son; it would be impolite, right, son?" He asked Ezra.
Ezra ignored his father's indirect insult and went over to Meyer. "Hello, Meyer, been a long time," He shook the tall man.
Meyer nodded, "It has," He walked past Ezra and met Sebastian, "Boss," He bowed his head.
Sebastian simply nodded at him, not saying a word.
Zeno has been quiet. He was surprised by the way Florence and Meyer were happily interacting with Sebastian.
Were they not the same people who begged him to ac elt their money and kill Sebastian just because of some family feud? She even planted a chip in his clothes, which hasn't even been settled between him and Sebastian.
He was confused; he'd find time to speak to Sebastian about how two-faced Florence was; now that they were dating, he couldn't hide something like that from him.
The sound of Andre driving the car over was heard. He parked the car near the gate, waiting for Sebastian and Zeno to enter the car.
"It's time to leave," Sebastian announced.
Florence suddenly came and stood in front of Sebastian, blocking his path.
"What's going on?" She questioned, narrowing her eyes at him.
"You..." She paused and looked over at Zeno.
Zeno removed his eyes from her. He didn't want to communicate with her.
Sebastian frowned, "What is it, Florence?" He asked.
Florence went and stood in front of Zeno.
"You said you hated him. You always called me and told me how you hated your bodyguard and how you can't wait to get rid of him -"
"Florence," Sebastian called in a warning tone. He knew what she was about to say, and she knew that Zeno wouldn't like it even though it was in the past.
However, Florence continued, not listening to him.
"You even asked me to set him up. Remember that time you brought him to your hotel and asked us to bribe him and see if he was genuine or not?" She turned to Sebastian and smiled.
"You never really said anything after I told you he was genuine," She chuckled.
Zeno frowned, slowly turning his head to Sebastian.
Sebastian saw Zeno's disappointed look and sighed. How can one kill a family member without going to jail?
"He asked you to paint the chip, too?" Zeno slowly questioned.
Florence looked guilty, she looked from Sebastian to Zeno, scratching the side of her neck, "Umm, no, he didn't, in just did that to see if you would really spy on him and get back to me later, but hey, you didn't, and you two look quite close now, am I right, cousin?" She smiled at Sebastian.
Sebastian ignored her and looked over at Zeno. As expected, he wasn't looking happy.
He moved back up the stairs and went to say something to him, but Zeno moved swiftly and went over to Nicholas, who had been quietly observing the whole scene.
Florence's words made Nicholas realize he wasn't alone in his thoughts. He wasn't the only one who thought that Sebastian was being too soft toward his bodyguard.
"Can I ride with you?" Zeno asked Nicholas.
Nicholas cleared his throat and looked at Zeno, "Sure, Florence can ride with his cousin," Nicholas said and opened the door front door for Zeno to enter.
Sebastian helplessly stared at his sulking boyfriend as he entered someone else's car.
"You can take the back seat, Meyer," Nicholas said to The tall guy.
Meyer simply nodded and went back into the car.
Rico suddenly thought of something and went over to Ezra who was standing in front of Nicholas' car.
"Nick, you're single, right?" He asked out of the blue causing Ezra to snap his head to his father.
Nicholas frowned, he blinked in confusion and answered anyway, "Yes, Mr. Rico," He was curious to know what the man wanted to say to him.
"Ah, awesome, then you can date my son, he's been single for so long," Rico suggested with a smirk.
"No way!" Ezra and Rico replied at the same time.
They both had a disgusted look on their faces.
Rico didn't look phased, he simply tapped Ezra's and Nicholas' shoulders, "We'll see about that," he said before walking away and entering his car.
Nicholas and Ezra, who hadn't said a word to each other, spared each other a shirt glance before looking away again.
They were both Sebastian's friends, but that didn't mean they also had to be friends.
"Ezra, you can join my car," Sebastian called from beside his car, his eyes looking at Zeno's window.
Ezra sighed, he glanced at Nicholas one last time before walking over to Sebastian.
It was no secret to everyone present, except Zeno and Andre of course, that Ezra and Nicholas had a fallout in college.
Ezra may or may not have gone ahead to date the person Nicholas liked, even after he had confessed to him that he liked that person. After that, they had a huge fight and that was the end of their friendship.
Even after many years, Nicholas still held resentment over Ezra for that single act.
Zeno wasn't really paying attention to what was happening, all his thoughts were on what Florence had just said to him.
So Sebastian was accusing him of being a spy whereby he was the one who set him up all this while.
He felt so stupid; he spent his days trying to prove to Sebastian that he wasn't a spy while Sebastian tried his best to make him look like one.
As the cars drove out of the compound, Zeno took out his phone and texted Sebastian.
"I'm not happy,"
He sent it and turned off his screen, facing the road.
His phone started to vibrate with a call, but he didn't answer it; it stopped, and a series of messages followed, yet he still didn't check his phone.
He wanted Sebastian to understand that he wasn't happy.
"Are you not going to answer your phone?" Nicholas asked as he turned a corner and kept driving.
Zeno shook his head, "It's just spam," He replied.
Nicholas bit his lips and nodded, not saying anything. Something told him that Zeno didn't want to talk about it. He knew it wasn't spam, but he won't push it.
Nicholas recurved a calm from Sebastian, he answered it and put it on speaker.
Zeno was quiet as he heard Sebastian's voice telling Nicholas the distance to park his car from the house they were going to.
"I got you, bye," Nicholas replied and ended the call.
"Ida and Jasper are already there; we just need to park somewhere safe and observe; Sebastian will head in when it's necessary," Nicholas informed.
Zeno hummed, his mind going back to his thoughts.
In Sebastian's car, Ezra sat with Sebastian at the back while Florence and Andre sat in front.
Ezra looked at Sebastian and raised a brow at him, "You know, his silence is given; you were such a monster back then; I mean, who would have thought you'd fall for him?" He smirked.
Florence suddenly twisted her upper body to look behind the car, "I'm sorry, what?!" She shouted.
Andre winced from how loud Florence's voice was. He knew she was shocked; her reaction was even softer than how he screamed in his head when he found out about his boss and Zeno.
"Yeah, I know, it's shocking, but you're stoic cousin over here is deeply and irrevocably in love with his bodyguard whom he hated before," Ezra explained to Florence.
"Sebastian Orion, tell me it's a lie! Do you know what your father would do?!" She asked, looking mortified, she was happy for him but she felt sorry for him at the same time.
She knew Sebastian's relationship was going to be hard; he was going to try his best to protect his poor bodyguard; there was no way in hell Mr. Orion was going to let his son date a man. He'd kill Zeno the moment he found out about them.
"That's the main reason why you're going to keep your mouth shut about it, Florence," Sebastian said as the car parked beside a shady-looking building.
He gave Florence a dead glare before he pushed the door and walked out of the car
"Of course, no spilling the tea," She muttered and sighed, looking petrified.
Ezra shouldn't have told her; everyone in the family knew she had a big mouth, so how was she supposed to keep such a juicy gist to herself? She hoped she wouldn't end up getting killed by Sebastian.
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