Samuel's heart was beating extremely fast when he burned the painting after he poured a bottle of oil he had gotten from the buffet service. It was either out of excitement … or out of regret. Frankly, he had no idea about it. He tried to brush off the feelings.
'Think of what Hugo did to you,' he told himself.
The man looked at the painting, which was slowly swallowed by the fire. The escort felt as if he was being judged by both Lawrence and Martha Newell themselves as their eyes were looking straight at him.
"Judge me if you can," the auburn-haired man muttered as he enjoyed how the painting burnt.
"But I've suffered enough," he continued.
When the fire was reaching the couple's waists, Samuel stopped the fire. He never meant to burn the whole painting. After all, he was here to get some documents for Lucius whom he had been texting with. Yet, the auburn-haired couldn't help it. Hugo had made a terrible mistake in Samuel's opinion. The blonde man really pissed Samuel off with what he had said hours ago.
This painting being burnt was a sign of power for Samuel. After all, it was one of the most cherished items that Hugo loved. Hugo was no longer able to underestimate him ever again. From now on, the soon-to-be dismissed CEO of the Newell Co. had to watch his back carefully. Soon, Hugo's life would be a living hell just like Samuel's life in the past.
Besides, the burning incident would be a very good distraction to Hugo so that he wouldn't realize he had lost the documents he had kept in his safe. That was why he had made a plan in a short amount of time when he got out to buy suits hours ago before he returned to this mansion. So, it served both Lucius and Samuel.
The caterers working today were from the company he used to work with as a customer service officer. One of the caterers, James Bell, had a similar build with him. He also happened to be smitten with the escort as well, so it was all smooth sailing from there. Samuel managed to seduce James to borrow his uniform, slipping into the mansion to cut the library's CCTV access smoothly.
Since everyone focused on Hugo, his movement to the library became easier. As soon as he grabbed the documents, he quietly gave them to someone whom Lucius had assigned. Everything went smoothly.
When it was almost 9 p.m., Samuel calmly walked to the podium. Then, the escort watched with his own eyes as the old Benjamin whispered something to Hugo.
Hugo's expression looked perfect to Samuel. It was the mix of shock and rage that was trying to be hidden. Most of the people wouldn't be able to notice it. However, Samuel knew well that expression. To the escort, it was his first victory.
'I hope you like my birthday gift, Hugo,' Samuel thought to himself.
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When Hugo confronted him and threatened to hunt his family down, Samuel laughed like a maniac. What Hugo said reminded the auburn-haired man of how scared he was of Hugo's threats. It would be different this time. And, it wouldn't end up well for Hugo.
Thus, Samuel put on a pity mask to continue with his plan. As he ran up to Hugo, Samuel calmly said, "Sir. I would never lie to you. I'm telling you the truth."
Hugo looked at Samuel carefully. The latter had to admit that his heartbeat felt so loud as if Hugo could hear it. Obviously, the escort knew his response would make or break the plan. Hence, he calmed himself down and looked back at Hugo.
"Hm."
It seemed that his response managed to fool Hugo as the birthday man didn't question him any further. Instead, the blonde man then got so close to Samuel that their noses were touching each other's. They felt each other's breaths. Samuel noticed that Hugo had a strong smell of champagne. Clearly, this man was drunk. Still, it was impressive to see that he was able to talk and walk like a normal person.
"Happy birthday, Mr. Newell," Samuel said.
Unsurprisingly for Samuel, Hugo then kissed him. Samuel couldn't help but notice that sex seemed to be Hugo's coping mechanism. However, the escort didn't expect that Hugo would caress him tenderly just like what he was doing. This was simply new for Samuel as their sexual encounters were always rough.
'Did something bother him?' Samuel asked himself.
Samuel just let Hugo strip himself in this dark yet ethereal garden of red roses. In less than 2 minutes, both of them were naked. Hugo immediately directed his penis for Samuel to suck. The auburn-haired escort sucked and played with the erect penis until Hugo came, swallowing the cum and licking his sticky fingers.
Hugo's eyes never left his face. Again, Samuel was left bewildered when Hugo kissed him tenderly. Lots of questions were demanding to be said in his mind, but the escort kept it quiet. Their tongues were dancing for a while. Just as Samuel was about to turn his back, the birthday boy stopped him.
"No, we're not going to do that," Hugo quietly said.
Although Samuel was confused, he played along. The escort then laid his back on the grass awkwardly, warily waiting for what Hugo wanted to do. Then, something unexpected happened. Hugo directed his face to Samuel's lower body. After that, the blonde man began playing with Samuel's balls before he sucked Samuel's erect cock.
It made Samuel speechless. His mind instantly went blank.
'Why would Hugo do this?' the escort thought to himself.
It didn't last for long, though, because Samuel felt that he wanted to come. He tried to release his penis from Hugo's mouth. But the blonde man refused. The escort became desperate as he got closer to his orgasm. Unfortunately, Hugo still didn't budge.
Eventually, Samuel came. It made the man panic. To his shock, Hugo swallowed all of it before he kissed Samuel on the lips. Lots of mixed emotions were happening inside the auburn-haired man's mind. Confusion, mostly. Yet, he sort of felt … good about it? Honestly, he had no idea.
Hugo suddenly fell to his knees. Fortunately, the escort was able to catch the drunken man. Before Samuel could say anything, the birthday boy cut him off by saying, "That's what you get for calling me, Sir, Drake, and flirting with someone else. Don't ever do that again."