Chapter 51

'Attracted?' he pretended to play dumb of what the man was saying.

Simon grinned, showing rows of yellowish teeth, with the inside of his lips a little dark from smoking a cigar too much. 'The younger and more beautiful, the more attractive they'll become. Increasingly suitable to be one of my precious collection. You know this feeling, right? I've always been obsessed with pretty things. And as you know, beautiful things are destined to be collected. Collected, owned completely, and be admired. Easy as that.'

'Sorry, I don't understand your nonsense at all,' he prepared a stance, stretched his neck muscles and stiff hands while staring lazily at the man in front of him. 'But that doesn't mean I just let you take my boss.'

'So that's your real answer?'

'What do you think?'