Chapter 2

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"What took you so long, bîtch? Were you chatting with males? I see you've grown bold" Judith said immediately the door closed on her and Hailey.

Hailey tightened her hold on her purse before replying,

"I wasn't talking to anyone, stop trying to find fault where there is none. I already wore the vibrator like you want, leave me alone"

Judith smiled with a scoff, grabbing Blake's attention.

He's already seated, eating from a plate of delicious appetizer. His wrinkled forehead folded questioningly.

"What's happening over there?"

"It's nothing, sweetheart" Judith smiled, walking over to sit beside him. She took the fork from him and began feeding him the appetizer.

Hailey stood there, looking around the room which definitely costs a fortune. She once heard a dinner room here is more than a million dollars for an hour, and that doesn't even include the food.

It's believable cos of the ambience, the rare decor, and the majestic mood it sets.

There are only two chairs around the table, so Hailey just knew she has to stand throughout this shit.

She moved back, standing close to the closed door while watching the shameless two.

Blake and Judith were laughing, and even after their main course arrived, their chats and laughter never seized.

Judith started pressing the remote control again, and Hailey froze, holding her breaths.

This time, Judith didn't stop.

She did it repeatedly for more than six times, and Hailey had to mould her legs together, but it still didn't soothe the treacherous feeling in her core.

The sweat extended from her face to her whole body, the shivering extended to her legs, and her eyes became glassy as tears threatened to fall.

This is too much, she can't take this much and not faint. Her stomach is churning so bad, the dangerous type.

She fell on her knees, going on all fours as Judith pressed the remote for the twentieth time.

Her skull rotated in her head, messing with her medulla.

"Sèx at the pool when we get back home?" Judith said.

"No one does it like you, doll" Blake replied readily, capturing her lips.

Hailey remained on the ground, her sweat and tears dripping on the tiles.

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PRINCES DINNER ROOM*

Colt expected something extra crazy when Nickolas talked about the dîck cake, and it was indeed as crazy as he had imagined.

When their server wheeled in a big creamy cake with a dîck-shaped icing on top with cûm dropping out of the tip, he chuckled.

"Aren't you both insane? The hell is this sinful shit?"

"Sinful? If anything is sinful in here it's you Predator. Did you forget you taught me how to handle threesome? Even foursome. We once fuçked mother and daughter together on the same bed five years ago before you flew out." Nickolas said without pausing.

"You really didn't have to read that much about me" Colt replied, resting back on his couch.

"Should I start listing the sinful things I learnt from you too?" Tristan said, clearing his throat.

"Sure, reviews are appreciated" Colt shrugged, and Tristan bursted into laughter with Nickolas.

"So...where's the cake knife?" Nickolas asked, and it was immediately handed to him by another server.

"At the spell of Colt!" Nickolas shouted, and Tristan stood, grabbing a bottle of champagne before standing on the high table.

"C!" Nickolas shouted.

"O!" Tristan added.

"L!" Nickolas shouted again.

"And T!!" Tristan finished.

"Predator!!" Nickolas yelled, cutting the cake.

Tristan popped the champagne, pouring half of it on Colt's body.

"Shit!" Colt stood from the couch, but Tristan even poured more.

"I'm gonna kill you and offer you to the gods, this shirt is fuçking new" he said.

Now it's Nickolas's turn to pop his own champagne, soaking Colt with it too from his hair to his shirt and pants.

Cold had to take off his shirt at this point, and his body made the female staffs bite their lips in obvious worship.

They'd fall on their knees and lick that body if they're told to.

"Bloody pests" Colt said after dumping the shirt.

"There are enough shirts in the car, chill, bro" Tristan winked, and Colt gave him an eye roll.

The ringing of Nickolas's phone made the fun pause, and when he finished taking the call, he sighed out.

"We're to return to the palace for dinner with dad" he said.

"His Majesty is back? That was fast" Tristan said, checking time on his phone.

It's some minutes past 8pm.

"Let's hit the road then" Colt said leading the way out of the room.

The other two followed, and three minutes later, they're already driving out of the park.

--

PRIME MINISTER'S VILLA*

Hailey returned from the evil date just now, and she literally ran all the way to her room while Judith's laughter sounded behind her.

"The pool sèx?" Judith faced Blake.

"Get naked and wait for me at the poolside. Will meet you in twenty minutes, I need to meet the girls" Blake replied.

"Will be waiting" Judith gave him a peck before disappearing upstairs.

Blake made his way to his Web, right beside the villa, and he met his two female assassins waiting for him.

The two bowed as he made his entry, sitting on a high black chair in front of them.

One is wearing a leather jumpsuit which is strapped so tight to her body––Lysandra.

The second one is wearing a skin-tight ripped jean and a leather jacket on top––Leilani.

Leilani and Lysandra are Blake's major backbones. Trained to kill cleanly and mercilessly without attracting suspicions.

Anyone who dares to cross Blake will have their bullets to answer to. They're professionals, and they have rooms in this compound.

"Tell me the target is dead" Blake said, rubbing his stubbles as he awaited an answer.

"Lysandra lost him, but i cornered him and killed him, together with his five years old daughter. I buried their bodies too" Leilani reported, and Blake bursted into a cruel laughter.

"This is why I like you more, Leilani. Aren't you so smart? The fact that you killed his daughter too is so refreshing, now this is what I'm talking about" he said, his satisfaction clear in his voice.

Lysandra folded her fists secretly, hating Leilani more.

In all their years of serving Blake Augustus, Leilani always took the biggest praises and bonuses despite the fact that she's younger.

Lysandra's hatred for Leilani is alarming.

"You'll get a bonus for a job well done, Leilani. And as for you Lysandra, watch and learn cos if you fail the next mission again, you're getting poisoned by me" Blake said.

Lysandra quickly went on a knee.

"I won't disappoint, master"

"Actions should speak louder" Blake replied, leaving the .

Leilani started walking out too, but Lysandra pulled her back.

"Don't feel so high up now just because master praised you" she said, not attempting to hide her jealousy.

Leilani smirked. "Why should I feel high up when that wasn't the first time master praised me? You're the one who needs to hone your skills and stop being an incompetent fool. Try to succeed in the next mission instead, maybe master will praise you too"

She roughly released her arm from Lysandra and walked out of the room without looking back.

Lysandra's lips shook as she watched her exit, and every bone in her body boiled with rage.

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HAILEY'S ROOM*

Removing the vibrator was the first thing Hailey did when she arrived, and she had a cold bath.

Since she had nothing to eat at the dinner, she opened her vanity table drawer and got bread and bottled water.

She has bread and bottled water in all the drawers cos Judith never allows her to eat good food, so bread is her major food.

She settled on the bed, opening the bread and taking a large bite, nodding as she chewed.

She blinked when her mind went back to the guy she bumped into at the dinner hall, remembering she didn't apologize despite the fact that he had picked her purse for her.

She shook it off. They probably won't meet again anyways.

She drank some water and took another bite from the bread before taking her phone.

She went to Instagram, and the first post she saw is Manson Cobalt's.

He posted four picture slides one minute ago, and she immediately reacted on the pictures, scrolling through the four.

Manson Cobalt is a carefree but attractive guy who'd get any girl he wants without trying, but he's generally not interested in ladies.

He's the son of Senator Lucas Cobalt, and he attended the same college as Hailey and Judith.

Yes. Hailey and Judith, they attended the same college.

Hailey clicked on the comment button and was about to type a comment on the picture when Judith came in, so she dropped the phone.

"Lemme guess, you were on Manson's IG just now" Judith said, folding her arms on her chest.

"So what? Are you sad that I still chat him while you have no connection with him at all?" Hailey replied, taking another bite from her bread.

"You're differently bold tonight, and I hate it" Judith came closer.

"Am I not right? He's the main reason why you hate me this much anyways" Hailey replied, dropping the bread and standing.

Judith pushed her back to sit on the bed, then she grabbed her hair, forcing her to look up.

"What do you want?" Hailey breathed out.

"Draw me another design. I'm planning to launch it next week" Judith ordered, and Hailey smirked.

"Aren't you scared that your secret might get out one day? Judith Caldwell, CEO of Jud's World is not the original owner of her designs. I'm the brain behind everything! You force me to draw designs for you and then you go ahead to make them into outfits for your brand. If I die today, you'll stop trending"

"That's why you're not allowed to die! And why would the secret get out? I and Blake have you in the middle of our palms anyways, and your parents are like dogs who'd even stab you for money, so... we're all good" Judith cackled, letting go of her hair.

"Draw me a new design before daybreak" she said.

"What if I say no this time? Draw a design from your dead brain yourself" Hailey argued.

Judith's hand travelled to her face, slapping her so hard that her lip bursted.

Hailey stood with the intention of returning the slap, but she stopped herself before she could do it

The last time she slapped Judith back, Blake had poisoned her and locked her in The Labyrinth for a week. She suffered hell from the poison and almost bled all her blood before Blake gave her the antidote on the seventh day.

Such pain is what she's scared to go through again, never in her life.

"The design...will be ready before tomorrow morning" she said, drawing in a breath.

Judith smiled, stroking her hair.

"I knew the slap would reset your brain...make the design beautiful ok? Maybe I can take pity on you and let you have good food tomorrow instead of your signature bread" she said, laughing as she walked out of the room.

Hailey sat back in bed, wiping the blood on her lip while sniffling.

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MONARCHIAL PALACE, 9PM*

The royal dinning was already set when the brothers arrived.

They went straight to the big room where King Kaden is seated with Rania and Victoria already.

Maids are around them, facing the wall and not daring to watch royalties eat.

The royal dinning is a imperial vaulted chamber adorned with rich tapestries and beautiful works of art, featuring a stunning crystal chandelier, exquisite fine china, and plush velvet drapes.

The golden table is long with equally golden chairs at each side of it.

King Kaden is sitting at the right side of the table, a fine man despite being in his late fifties. His sons' definitely got their looks from him.

Victoria is sitting by his right side while Rania is by the left, looking sad as usual.

The brothers sat facing them on the other side of the table, and King Kaden smiled, seeing Colt.

"You finally made up your mind to come back home. It's good to see you again, son"

"Just say you missed me, it's not hard" Colt replied cockily, and King Kaden laughed shortly.

One look at him, one would know he's a free-spirited man who gets stern when needed.

"You're still this arrogant even at 26" he said.

"I believe mentioning my age is not for nothing" Colt replied suspiciously.

"You can't come back home and start cruising around clubhouses and fighting rings like your brothers, especially the one who's your age mate" King Kaden said.

Nickolas started eating, knowing the king is referring to him.

Nickolas and Colt share the same year, but Nickolas is older with two months.

"You're not interested in the state affairs, and I'll not force you, but I've got several companies in need of a CEO, and you're taking over one of them... RR to be precise" King Kaden announced.

"Regality & Royals? Yes!" Rania gushed across the table.

"I'm not interested" Colt said.

"What? Colt!" Raina's arms dropped.

"I said no, you heard me. I'm not ready to be a CEO yet. Getting hooked in meetings all day long ain't my lifelong plan" he replied, eating from his steak.

"I knew he'd share the same view with us, what are brothers for?" Nickolas said.

"Shut up, Nick" Victoria said, and Nickolas returned to his food.

"But Nick is right, what's so cool about being a CEO? Creepy shit" Tristan made faces.

"You too, Tris. Shut up" Victoria added, and Tristan returned to his food too.

"Colt...I know you wanna have fun, but you also have to serve your quota. You graduated with 4.95 CGPA, what else is needed? Get it started and you'll get married soon" Victoria continued, and Colt raised his lids

"Marriage?" He said.

"Crap" he and his brothers chorused.

Victoria sighed, getting fed up of the three at the same time.

"But I'll think about the CEO thingy, for your sake" Colt further said, and Victoria smiled.

"Thank you"

"Your closeness with Victoria is enviable" King Kaden spoke, and Rania slammed her palms on the table, standing up.

"It's starting" Nickolas muttered.

"What exactly is going on? Colt are you dating Victoria or what? She's the only one who can talk to you now? I'm your mother, but you always make me feel inferior!" Rania yelled.

"Sit down, Rania" King Kaden ordered.

"No, Your Majesty. You're being unfair too! I know you ordered a new Ferrari for Victoria for her upcoming birthday, but when I celebrated mine last month you only sent me on a vacation! I did nothing to deserve this maltreatment from y'all!" Rania cried

"Is that why you blinded a maid?" Kind Kaden looked up.

"She deserved it! She stepped on Colt!" Rania shouted like a rabbied dog.

"Rania!!!" Kaden stood suddenly, and Rania quickly went on her knees.

"My...my king."

"I know the past incident hurt you, and you're still scalded, but it's no one's fault, and I've tried my best to bring you back to track but you kept slipping back. What else do you want? Last week you poured hot water on a maid's face because she served too much lemonade for you, and now you blinded another and even threw her in solitary? If the guards hadn't reported to me, she'd have died in the confinement! She has a family too Rania!" King Kaden thundered.

"It...it won't happen again" Rania held the king's legs.

"Tell that lie to yourself!" King Kaden took his leg from her, and she sat on the bare ground.

"Please, calm down, Your Majesty" Victoria stood and began rubbing his chest.

She followed him out of the room, and Colt went to Rania.

He helped her up, taking her out of the dinning room.

He brought her to her room, and she quickly hugged him too tight.

"I know you'll scold me cos I can see the anger in your eyes already, but I did it because I was angry. I hate when anybody does anything to hurt you. You're the only one I have and even Victoria and her kids are trying to take you away from me" she cried.

Harshly, Colt broke the hug, and she fell on the bed.

"Colt–"

"You're not coming out of this room till daybreak. Sleep, and get your darn head back" he said, walking out of the room.

Rania ran after him, but he already shut the door, so she began hitting it hard.

"Colt!! Colt!!!"

Till he got out of that suite, she never turned back. He met his brothers waiting for him outside beside the fountain.

"The clubbing we planned? We can't miss it, and remember I'm supposed to introduce you to my toys?" Nickolas said.

"I'll pass" Colt replied, getting a cigar from his treasurer pack.

He's the only smoker among the tree, though he does it moderately.

"We shouldn't have let you go for dinner. I knew your crazy mum would ruin your mood" Tristan said disappointedly.

"Who the hell is that?" Colt asked, looking at the direction of the king's office building as he began smoking hotly.

A guy is in front of the building, snapping pictures of himself repeatedly.

"Isn't it obvious? The one and only deranged narcissist in this city, Manson Cobalt. He came with his father to see His Majesty" Nickolas said.

Colt frowned, taking another drag from his cigar.

"We'll see you tomorrow morning, too bad you won't be getting any pu$$y tonight, you're starving to bed but don't die of hunger" Tristan said.

"In case you later die, RIP in advance" Nickolas added.

"One of these days, I'll choke you both to death with a pillow in your sleeps" Colt replied.

The two were smiling as they went to the park, driving out of the palace.

A car full of military guards drove after them for full protection, and Colt was about to go back inside when the narcissist walked to him.

Manson Cobalt, the guy who's obsessed with himself than anyone else.

He has been visiting this palace with his father since he was young, but he just doesn't get along with the brothers for no reason, especially Colt.

They don't like each other at all.

"I know you hate me, but you're showing it too much. I didn't jump the fence into this palace, I came with my father, Senator Lucas Cobalt" Manson said, smiling arrogantly.

"You really wanna play the arrogance game right now? You think you're a star?" Colt scoffed, blowing smokes again.

"I know you're arrogant too, but there are levels to this thing" Manson said.

Colt left him there, walking to the park too.

"You're seriously not gonna leave me here, are you?" Manson shouted after him.

Colt never turned back till he got into his Lambo, driving out of the palace too.

He's just gonna go for a drive around the city to clear his fuçked up skull.

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PRIME MINISTER'S VILLA, HAILEY'S ROOM*

Judith barged in at exactly 10pm and woke Hailey up from her sleep.

Hailey sat up, letting go of the pillow she hugged and rubbing her eyes.

"Quickly go get me apples. There's none in the freezer and I'm craving so bad for it after the Blake had me in the pool" Judith said.

"By this time of the night?" Hailey's eyes widened, and Judith rolled eyes.

"You're not going?"

"I was planning to wake up at midnight and draw the design, but now I have to go get you apples? I won't get to sleep at all" Hailey said.

"Is there a problem with that?" Judith replied, her demeanor so mean.

Hailey took the money and dressed up without further argument since it'd lead nowhere.

She's never allowed to drive any car, and no driver is allowed to drive her, so she left the villa that night and luckily found a last minute taxi which took her to the fruits store.

She shopped for enough apples and rushed out, but unluckily for her, there's no taxi in sight anymore.

The time is past 11pm on her phone, so she decided to just trek even if it means she'd faint along the way.

She had barely trekked for five minutes when the apple nylon bursted, letting all the ten apples fall on the ground.

"Heck" she muttered, picking the apples into her gown which she folded.

She picked nine, but the tenth one already rolled into a corner.

She entered the corner to take it, but she was suddenly pulled deeper into the dark corner by strong arms, and her apples poured away for the second time.

"Oh no" She gasped, quickly taking a hidden pepper spray out of her purse despite the darkness.

She takes the spray with her whenever she goes night shopping for Judith like this.

She sprayed it, turning around on a spot and making sure it'd reach whoever dragged her even when he's not seeing any face.

She heard loud groans from two men, and that alerted her that it worked, so she turned around to leave, only to see another two behind.

The street lights shone on their faces, and she got scared to see they're criminally tattood.

She tried to press the pepper spray again, but they snatched it from her and broke it.

"Please... please don't hurt me" she shifted back skittishly.

"Your bank card, and every cash in your purse, get it out now!" Their leader ordered.

"I...I didn't bring my bank card. I bought apples with the money I have and I'm left with just by transport fare back home" she stuttered.

"You must think this is a joke" the leader punched her in the stomach, reminding her of Blake's punches.

The veins on her neck stretched out looking reddish, and her eyes watered.

"I swear I'm saying the truth!" She cried.

"Drag her here then. Let's take turns on her" another one said, and she gasped.

But before they could even touch her, a new presence entered the corner, and the sound of thrashing rented the cold air together with the groans of the thieves.

The four of them received good beatings, and Hailey just stood, getting scared than before.

Who the hell is that?

Will he take her after beating the thieves?

Her eyes widened in the dark, and she quickly turned around to run out of the corner, but the bulb in the corner spot came on, making her stop with a pounding heart.

"Turn around" a commanding voice spoke, and her throat moved as she slowly turned around, only to see the bodies of the four thieves on the ground, greatly injured.

Their beater is standing there with a cigar stick in the corner of his lips and blood-stained fists.

He's the same guy she had bumped into earlier at the dinner hall.

"Y-you?" She sounded in surprise.

He came closer–just three steps and he's with her, making her shift back as his smokes assaulted her nose.

"Thank you...for saving me" she said, and the next thing he did was lifting his hand to her face, right below her lips.

"Your lipstick is smeared" he said richly, and her lashes moved.

The lipstick is the only makeup she wore to the dinner house earlier. She must have forgotten to clean it when she arrived.

He raised his thumb to her lower lip, and she refused to blink as he pressed the thumb on the lip line, wiping the red lipstick with his eyes focused on hers.

He could feel the intense shift in the air, and the softness of the lip under his thumb.

He removed his cigar with his second hand, and his eyes went drowsy like he's totally high.

"You have soft lips," he said, his voice barely above a whisper.

Hailey attempted to step back, but then his next words came...

"Pretty sure they'd look good wrapped around a dîck."

Her jaws dropped.