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"Hello?" A soft voice broke the silence in the quiet room when Hannah picked up her phone to answer the call on its fourth buzz.
Still curled up under her blankets, Hannah's small palm rubbed her still-half-closed eyelids lightly like a little kitten, having just awoken from a hard night of partying.
"You finally answered your phone, Señorita! I was so worried when you didn't come home the entire night! You did not even tell us where you are!"
Hearing Arthur's loud voice, every ounce of sleepiness left Hannah's body and was immediately washed away as she rushed to sit up on the bed.
However, when she sat up, a wave of nausea washed over her, followed by a tremendous headache that made her groan in pain.
She has no recollection of how much she drank the previous night, but she is painfully aware of every ache and pounding in her brain.
"Are you alright? What happened, senorita?" Arthur immediately asked in concern, despite his unfinished rant, when he heard Hannah's groan.
"Everything is fine, Arthur. I'll go home later, but don't worry, I'm with everyone. I will rest more for a while since it's still quite early—Oh my god, Arthur! I'm late!" Hannah exclaimed as soon as she saw the wall clock hanging in front of the bed that she was sitting at.
Without waiting for Arthur to say anything else, Hannah bid him a quick goodbye before she dropped the call and ran to the bathroom to take a quick bath.
The noises that she made as she did so woke up her cousin, who was peacefully sleeping beside her.
"What's the matter, Hannah?" Alliana asked while slowly sitting up on the bed.
Alliana's bed hair looks a little crazy, but that only adds to her youthful appearance and doesn't hinder her beauty in any way, even though she can hardly open her eyes from how sleepy she is.
"What's happening?" Frost asked as he also sat up in the bed.
It turns out that it's not only Alliana whose sleep has been disturbed. Even Frost and Olivia, who were peacefully cuddling as they slept on the other bed, have been awoken by the sound of Hannah's movement.
However, no answer was heard as Hannah hurriedly slammed the door shut and opened the shower.
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On the other side of the city, in a modern mansion hidden deep inside a forest on top of a mountain, a half-naked man is currently sitting on a wine-colored couch with all of his tattoos on display.
The darkness in his eyes is hidden beneath his dark brown hair, but the ominous danger that he's omitting cannot be concealed, causing the temperature of the entire house to drop.
"Woah, woah, woah! Why are you frowning, big boss?" a man exclaimed upon arriving at the mansion's living room and seeing the terrifying look on his friend's face.
"What are you talking about, Richard? You know Ivan's always—mmp!" Before the second man could even finish what he was saying, the third man, who entered the mansion after them, was quick to cover his mouth and the mouth of the guy named Richard.
"I'm sorry about them, Ivan. These two had been drinking a little too much and weren't in their right mind," the man apologized.
The third man had a nervous grin on his face as he looked at their friend, who was still sitting on the couch. A lit cigarette was held between his right hand's fingers, and a glass of scotch was held in his left.
Instead of getting angry, however, the man named Ivan simply smiled and said, "It's fine. It looks like you guys had a good time tonight."
"That's right. Then, I'll be taking them up to their rooms first," the man said, excusing himself and his two other friends before he quickly started walking upstairs while slightly dragging them, their mouths still covered.
Not long after the three of them went to their respective rooms, another man entered the mansion and went straight to the living room.
"What a horrendous smile you're wearing," the man teased upon seeing the smile on his friend's face that didn't have a single trace of sincerity in it, but once again, Ivan didn't get mad. Instead, he just calmly poured him a full glass of scotch.
"Good evening to you as well, Daniel," Ivan said as Daniel sat on the couch in front of him and placed a brown envelope on top of the table in front of them.
"Now, tell me everything that you found out about the girl," he ordered as he handed him the glass of scotch that he had poured.
"Ivan, I don't think you should touch the girl. It's—" Daniel started, setting aside the drink that Ivan gave him, but before he could even finish what he was trying to say, Ivan cut him off.
"I don't remember asking you for your opinion, Daniel,"
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Author's NoteYikes! What a snappy man Ivan seems to be. Will Hannah be safe now that she is being scouted by the man? But before that, how did she even anger Ivan in the first place? Just what happened at Frost's birthday party?
Are you curious as well? Then, keep on reading and find out the answer to your questions. I promise that I won't disappoint you guys. Happy reading, cuties!