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Chapter 34 - Telling Them

Okay, here we are. I step out of the car, fiddling with my shirt's button and take a deep breath. I'm so nervous, my heart's beating so fast it feels like it's going to explode. But it's not like I can back out or anything.

I brace myself and walk inside the club. It should be the same room. I head to the front seat and the receptionist's jaw drops when she sees me. Huh, not a reaction I'm unfamiliar with.

I pay it no mind and tell her which room I want to use. She leads me there with her cheeks tinted red.

Receptionist: Here you are, Sir.

She opens the door to reveal two very attractive men, one brunette and the other blonde, seated in the dimly lit room. There they are; Drake and Louis. Drake sits there with his legs crossed, emotionless as always and Louis smiles warmly at me.

Louis Moore is one of the country's best surgeons. He comes from a prestigious family of doctors and has long surpassed his ancestors in technique and skill when he was just 19 years old.

People often refer to him as the 'God of Surgery' because of his achievements. He has, to date, a 'zero failure' record. His good looks and bubbly demeanor has earned him thousands of hearts of men and women.

However, what only a few people know about him is that he has 2 sides, one bright and angelic and the other dark and demonic. He maintains his bubbly personality in front of the world but when he gets tipped off, he turns into the Devil himself or even... a psychopath. You could say that he has a multi personality disorder.

The receptionist closes the door behind me.

Ashton: He-

Louis: You son of a bitch!!

Ashton:..!!

His smile disappears and turns into a malicious glare. He lunges towards me and grabs a hold of my shirt's collar.

Louis: When were you going to tell this to us?! First you run away all of sudden and then you hide such an important thing?!

No matter how many times I've met the 'Bad Louis', it always scares me. It's been too long since I've seen him like this and I freeze.

Ashton: U-Um... I didn't-

Drake: You're overreacting, Louis.

Drake, who had walked over to us in the midst of Louis's outburst, puts his hand over Louis's shoulder to stop him. Louis reluctantly lets me go and I finally catch my breath.

Ashton: Phew...

Drake: Let me guess, arranged marriage?

We take a seat with Drake considerately sitting between Louis and me so that he doesn't attack me again.

Ashton: Yeah.

I guess this isn't a surprise. We generally never have a say in choosing our suitors. The only reason Drake found someone himself is because he had cut off himself from his family after he inherited the company.

Speaking of his family, they're really cruel. After his father passed away, his stepmother and her son tried by many methods to make him back out from taking over the company. They even made him fall hard for a woman (who later turned out to be married) to ruin his reputation and give him an breakdown.

I don't know about Louis's current condition though. All I know is that he's a secretly adopted child of the Moore family who was used as a tool to continue their family name. Since he wasn't their biological child, he was always treated with hostility which turned him into the person he is today.

Louis: Huh, come to think of it, I heard that there were some problems with the Emperor Group recently. They used you, didn't they?

Ashton: Yeah..

Drake: The wife those douche bags (he's referring to his family) had chosen for me was 13 years older than me. What did you get?

Ashton: Kate Bleu.

Both: What?!

They both exclaim in surprise.

Ashton: Huh?

Louis: Kate Bleu, as in the second child of Intel-Corp's CEO?!

Ashton: Um, yes..?

They both look at each other, a little worried. Is something wrong?

Drake: You know that their older childe ran away and is living under a new name, right?

Ashton: I know she had a brother, but nothing more. Is there anything I should know about?

Louis:... Not really.

Ashton:..?

That doesn't sound very convincing but I'll let that go.

Drake: So, what's it like?

Ashton: I dunno, it's like having a roommate you... sleep with..?

I already have the hang of living with her since we dated for so long so it doesn't make much of a difference.

Louis: YOU are asking that? You already live with your fiancee.

Louis throws an uninterested glance at Drake.

Drake: I was asking for you, Mr. Single.

Louis: I'm not single, I'm just... in a relationship that hasn't started yet.

Ashton: What's that supposed to mean?

Drake: He's to scared to ask him out.

Drake crosses his arms and sighs.

Louis: Why should I ask him out? I'm not pursuing him or anything plus, he's straight AND he hates me.

Ashton: Hates you? There are plenty of people who would throw themselves on you, why would he hate you?

That's strange, Louis never shows his bad side to outsiders, what could he have done that made this guy hate him so much?

Louis: Because I killed his pregnant girlfriend.

Ashton: What?!

Louis... he.. killed someone?! My eyes go wide open in surprise with a chill running down my spine which is only responded by Louis's matter-of-factly gaze. This can't be true, right..?