Chapter43

Laneglancedatit,saidnothing,pouredthewhiskyintotheglass,andthendrankitagain.Afterawhile,Chaninkasaid,hewouldbeorderedtodowhathehaddonebefore,buthewaswrong.Lanekeptpouringwhiskyintotheglassanddrankituntilhespoke.

"Haveyoudrunktoomuch,myLord?"

Lanepausedandgavehimanangrylook.

"Don'tsmoke!"

Iwasyelledat,butIkeptsilent,butIcouldn'thelpwonderingifRunwasirritated.

Midoriispossible,butnotsurewhichone.

Isitbecausethegirlshowedupwithoutbeinginvited,orbecauseMidoriinvitedhimtodateinfrontofRan,

ThefirstthingIthoughtof,butdeepdown,wasthathehopedthatRunwouldbedepressedforthesecondreason,atleastitwouldmakehisheartpounding.

Ifso,aslavelikehimwouldbehappytobeaman...No,theessenceofthemaster.

Aslavelikehimcanonlybeinanimateproperty,andhissoulcanonlysatisfyhismaster.

Butevenso...

Evenso,hewantstobeimportant,evenifunderestimated,andifitisLan'simportance,hewillgiveupeverything.

"Sir,areyouinabadmoodbecauseofMr.West?"Askbecauseofcuriosity.