SHAMELESS MEN

(Forewords: This chapter is a conversation of men as the title above. Yes, they are. Lol, I wish I could use emojis here. Enjoy!)

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Exactly six in the morning, everyone gathered, including Mikael, at Dely State South Harbor, where the SMITH private seaplane awaits.

Luna is forced to show up and join the trip toward Ridgewood. There are important things that they have to do once they arrive at the said place. Luna has to watch the children and the men not catch the priestess performing a ritual and opening a magic circle. Also, Zelenia has to be extra cautious since the attempt to abduct the children. It concerns her that maybe the dark elves will kidnap the kids for evil plans.

Zelenia was quietly contemplating when she heard Shane and Mikael arguing again. Last night, they were fighting already. Mikael declares the Davis family will invest in the industrial project the Smith to start up soon. Shane rejected Mikael, but Mikael revealed that Chairman Smith and Chairman Davis had talked about it already. And Mikael will help to convince both the Chairman about the change of location to build the factory. He reasoned that he must be part of the team as a major investor.

After confirming it with his grandfather, Shane cannot refuse, so he lets him go on this trip.

However, they continue fighting over small things.

"Enough!" Xanther yelled at them.

He kicked both Shane and Mikael, who confronted him after.

"How dare you kick your boss!"

"That's right! I am your boss from now on!" Mikael complains.

"The deal hasn't been signed yet, so you are not my boss and never will be," Xanther told Mikael with a scary poker-faced. His gaze sharpened, and he went on. "The two of you are idiot adults. Fighting shamelessly in front of the kids."

Both Shane and Mikael realized. They glanced in Zelena's direction; she was unsure how to react. She just smiled at these shameless men. Awkwardly, she said. "Don't worry. My children know the difference between a childish adult and the idiocy of an adult."

An arrow of shame hit straight into their heart. Shane glanced at Luna and smiled, blushing, while the kids were hiding behind her.

"I check everything! We're good to fly into the sky!" Kian announced enthusiastically. He called Janus and Aisha. "Let's go, kids! Please, Miss Luna, and I will show you your seat."

"Thank you, Mr. Kian," said Luna, pushing her long hair to the side and stepping the stairs off the plane.

Left behind, Shane turns into stone; he is shocked at the same, upset toward his assistant, who was treated differently by Luna. Kian betrayed him!

'Why is he flirting with my Luna!'

Mikael puts an arm around Shane's shoulder and pats his chest. "Don't worry. I'll help you bury your dead heart." Mikael taunts Shane.

"Hey! You assshhhhh…." Shane almost forgot that Xanther was standing behind them. "Ah, thanks for mourning, bro." Shane holds Mikael's palm. But the two have wrestling hands and gazes. No one wants to let go.

"Miss Henderson, let's get inside. We better leave the annoying adults in this port."

"Oh. Okay." Zelenia smiled and followed Xanther. The guy let her climb the plane before him, then closed the door.

"Xanther, what are you doing?!" Dumbfounded, Shane cannot believe that Xanther is overboard, treating him harshly.

The plane starts its engine and gradually glides into the ocean, leaving the port until it takes off.

"What the hell!?? Kian, come back here!" Shane keeps shouting when the plane leaves without him. "I will fire you on Monday!" he threatened, although he wasn't heard.

"Waah! Sister, why did you leave me behind!" it stunned Mikael when they left without them seriously.

"Ah, my Luna! I look forward to this morning being with youuuuu…." It was like a joke how carelessly his assistant left him behind. And that Xanther! He was cursing inside his head.

Mikael holds his chin, scratching it while pondering over it. "Well, I can rent a private jet to follow them. Heh."

"Wait, I'm coming with you!" Shane likes the idea.

"Rent your own plane!" Mikael snaps.

"I have my plane! That one just flew away!"

"Heh. I will find a bigger plane."

"What?" Shane is yelling, following Mikael toward the parking area of this port. "And what do you think of my plane? You already ride on it!"

"What does that mean?" whispers raising in the parking lot.

Girls in bikinis passed at them, winking and giggling while chatting. The girls scan Mikael and Shane's frames.

"I'm sure it's a huge plane," one mutter to her friends, and they fangirl.

Mikael dropped his mouth. He understood what those girls were referring to.

"See? You cannot deny that my plane is big."

"Drop the plane thing!"

"What?"

"Other people misunderstood it, dammit!"

"Huh?" Shane was clueless about why Mikael stresses a lot.

"Christ's sake! People are thinking we were talking about your thing!" Mikael is stressing out, pointing at Shane's torso.

"So? My thing, what? Well, you prove it was big."

"Goddammit!" Mikael slaps his face. How shameless this person is! Why has he stuck with this guy? 'Sister, why did you leave me!' Mikael can't get over it.

The girls are nearby giggling while listening to their conversation.

Mikael rolled his eyes, pulling Shane by the shirt. "Stop mentioning anything, dammit!"

"What's wrong with the truth?"

"Your name is just too perfect for you! SHANELESS!"

"What are you stressing about?"

"Just shut up if you want to come with me!"

"Mikael?"

"Shane?"

Two older men were calling out to them.

"Grandpa!" they said at once.

"What are you guys doing here? The plane just flew. Why are the two of you still here?"

"Xanther locked the door before we boarded the aircraft. And Kian did not even check on us!"

"Oh, well. Then nothing to worry about if Alexander were there," Chairman Smith laughs.

"But grandpa?"

"Now that you are here, you better accompany your grandfather," Chairman Davis told his grandson.

"No. We will follow them," Mikael reasoned to his grandfather.

"Yes, grandpa. I will call my friend to rent his private jet," Xanther supported the idea.

"What for? They will come back tomorrow. Besides, I trusted Xanther, and he can handle that to himself."

"Hey, grandpa. Aren't you trusting me?"

"I do. But since you left behind. Come on in the yacht." Chairman Smith resumes pacing, headed to his yacht.

"Accompany your grandpa, Mikael."

"Ehhhhh." I want to go!!!!!!

Mikael and Shane were forced to accompany the older men that were good friends. Mikael grew up in Finland, while Shane spent more time in Asia for their business branches there.

Holding a fishing pole in hand, a fish finally took the bait. Both pulled their fishing pole, and they caught mackerel.

"Woo-hoo! I caught one, and it's big!"

"What are you saying? Mine is bigger than yours." Mikael showed the fishhook on his fishing pole. He grinned at Shane to annoy the guy.

"Is that big for you? Look at mine! Undeniably, it's bigger than yours!"

"What the heck!"

"Hi, boys!"

"Don't worry! It doesn't matter who's bigger! Certainly, both are big!" shouts the girls, then giggles.

A yacht passes them with all female passengers. Shane and Mikael dropped their jaw, staring at topless women, laughing while teasing them.

"Bye!"

The girls wave at them, raising a glass of champagne as their yacht advances.

Shane and Mikael look at each other, beaming. They enjoy the scene.