Chapter 3: The Black Sheep is Home

"Who are you?" Chealsy asks when an unknown person pops up in the dining room.

"Why do you care?" he answers nonchalantly.

Since his arrival two weeks ago, he barely gets out of his room... only when he eats or gets something from the dining area.

Among the ladies, only Primrose and Sophia know about him staying at the lord's mansion. So, Chealsy is surprised to see him.

"Oh my gosh! There's a thief~"

"Thief?!"

"Chealsy... no need to worry, he is the lords' uncle," Carmen says to calm Chealsy down. When she calms down, Carmen goes back to the kitchen.

"Uncle? You look quite young to be their uncle~"

"So what?"

She looks at him intently and grins as she walks around while checking on his face and body.

"But yeah--- the charm, the built--- your handsomeness... really run in your blood," she says, obviously hitting on him.

He raises his brow.

"How long have you been here?" she asks as she leans on the door of the refrigerator.

She gulps as Jason leans over slowly. Then, he suddenly opens the refrigerator, pushing Chealsy away.

"Ugh! What the fuck are you doing?" she yells as she recovers her balance.

"Shut up--- before I shut it for you," he mutters.

Chealsy stomps in irritation then she leaves.

Jason shakes his head and gets a bottle of water from the refrigerator. As he closes it, a strong hand stops it.

He turns his head to see Jay standing behind him.

"Move," Jay says as he walks to the ref, but Jason stays. Their eyes meet. Equaling and weighing each other's intensity and power. They look like two fighters ready to take on one another.

"Uhm... excuse me, I have to get something~," Primrose says as she walks between them, breaking the tension.

Then, Jason smirks before leaving Jay fuming, clenching his fist.

"You want some?" she offers Jay, who is clearly irritated.

"Is he really staying here?" Primrose asks.

"Why don't you ask him yourself?!" he scoffs. Takes out a can of soda and leaves.

"Whoa~ that Jason guy is pretty handsome. Hmmm... I wonder what the lords think about him," she mumbles as she smiles mischievously.

In Jay's room...

"Who the hell does he think he is? Whoa! He is really getting into my nerves!" Jay grunts as he punches and kicks the punching bag.

I installed a stationary bicycle and a punching bag in each lord's room to subdue their volcanic tempers.

When they were younger, they communicated through kicks and punches, leaving scars on each other's bodies. Luckily, when I introduced them to an MMA master, physical fights are lessened as they vent their anger on the pads.

"Ben has a practice tonight, do you wanna come?" Leo says as he holds the kicking pads for Jay.

"Does he have a game?" Jay asks Leo, who dodges his 45 kick.

"Yeah~ a friendly match... on Saturday."

"I'll be watching his match, but tonight... I am planning to visit an old pal," he replies before giving his powerful kick. The good thing is Leo sees it coming.

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"Sophia, is that Jay?" Camille asks, pointing at a guy in a cafe.

Sophia follows her gaze and finds him happily chatting with a beautiful tall lady. They seem familiar with each other as the lady even clings on his arm.

"Ah! That's his childhood friend, Belle. She arrived yesterday from LA," Ron says.

"She's beautiful and tall~" Camille blurts out.

"I know!" Sophia yells. "So, you don't have to say it coz I can see it clearly from where I am standing!"

"Why are you shouting?" Camille curiously asks.

"Oh, they're coming!" Ron exclaims excitedly, feeding Sophia's annoyance.

Sophia impulsively turns around and starts walking away. But Ron stops her at once by pulling her bag.

"I have to check on something. Lem'me go!" Sophia screams.

"Hey~ Ron... what are you doing here?" Belle says, smiling sweetly at him.

"Hi~ Belle! What a surprise?!" Ron says as he gives her a friendly hug. Belle looks at the two ladies with a question of 'who are they'.

"My name's Camille. I'm Ron's friend," she introduces. They shake hands.

"This is Sophia, also our friend!" Ron says. Jay stares at Sophia, who is weirdly quiet at this time.

"Ah~ please to meet you," Belle says, extending her hand for a handshake. Sophia takes it.

"We gotta go~ we have to find a welcome present," Camille utters.

"Welcome present?" Jay asks while tilting his head to find who will be the present for.

"Uhm~ Sophia wants to give Jason a welcome gift, so we are actually looking for a gift now," Camille explains. Ron hits Camille to stop her from talking, but she goes on and on.

"Who's Jason?" Belle curiously asks.

"A handsome guy at the mansion~" Sophia answers. Jay's face turns sour and looks at Ron in a deadly way.

"Bye~ see you around! Nice meeting you," Camille says as she pulls Ron, who is shit scared.

"So... where do we go next, Harry?" they hear Belle say.

"Harry?" Sophia whispers, but Ron hears it.

"Uhm~ short for Harrison," Ron says.

"Ah~" Camille reacts while nodding her head.

"...so she has a nickname for him~" Sophia exclaims.

"When they were little... she didn't want to call him Jay coz that's how everyone calls him," Ron explains.

"Hmmmm.... kinda possessive, huh?" Camille comments.

Ron chuckles.

"Actually, Jay gave Belle her nickname, too."

"Oh~?"

"Her name is Arabelle Diana..."

"Whoa~ sounds romantic!"

Sophia just listens to their conversation as her growing irritation is clouding her sanity.

She walks fast and goes inside a jewelry store to escape.

"What are we looking for exactly?" Rons asks when they catch up.

"Something unique!" Sophia answers.

"How about this?" Camille says while pointing at a gold chain necklace.

"Nope~"

"This!" Ron shouts directing their attention to a silver necklace with a cross pendant.

Sophia and Camille crease their forehead.

"I think... it might help remove the evil spirits in him. He literally gives me creeps," he says while hugging himself.

They laugh.

Then, Sophia finds the perfect gift. So, they went home.

Knock.

Jason opens the door and surprised by Sophia beaming at him.

"What brings you here?"

"I wanna give you something~," she says while showing him a blue velvet jewelry box. He stares at it.

"Come on! Take it~"

"I am not interested!"

Sophia looks at him and smirks. Jason scoffs while giving her his left hand.

"No~ another hand..."

Then, she puts on a ring on his right index finger. It's a gold signet with a small blue topaz in the middle of an engraved northern star.

Jason stares at it with questions in his mind.

"Welcome home Jason..." she says before walking away.

Then, she meets Jay on the stairs. They stop and look at each other.

"How's your Jason?"

"How's your Belle?"

They say as they walk past each other.