Mike and Edgar's recovery period at the hospital was over, they were both allowed to go home and keep resting until their wounds were fully healed.
"You two can stay at the hotel, you can use my credit card," Daren said, opening his wallet.
However, Edgar refused and wanted to stay with Viona to keep her company. Instead, he asked Daren, Mike and Axel to rest at the hotel.
"If there are any developments regarding Madam Viona, I will let you know, Young Master. You must be exhausted from looking after her since yesterday," Edgar said.
"I'm a bit tired, but you should rest since your wound hasn't healed yet," replied a worried Daren.
He knew what it was like to have a gunshot wound, even if it was in the chest.
However, the man still refused and insisted on looking after Viona. He said he could rest while waiting for her. Having no other choice, Daren finally left the hospital along with Mike and Axel.
"I'll be back tomorrow to bring you a change of clothes," he said.
"Call me if you need anything, dad," Mike said as he gave his father a quick hug and they left for the hotel.
On the way, they intended to go to a nearby cafe for lunch before going to stay at the hotel.
"Your father was so loyal as a butler, I admire him. He even preferred my mother to that old man," Daren said.
"Father once said that he's known Madam Viona since they were children. Just like us, Young Master. So they grew up together until Madam finally got married," the ginger Alpha explained.
Daren nodded in understanding, and then joked that the two of them must have liked each other like in the movies.
"Ahahaha... Love with childhood friends, everyone loves it. But it's only natural, isn't it? Always together since childhood, knowing each other," he said.
The butler was silent as he heard Daren talk about it. His eyes continued to stare at the Omega sitting next to him. The man he had known since childhood and he knew everything that had happened to Daren since then, was always there to be there for him.
"You think so?" asked Mike.
"Yeah, I think that kind of love would be very genuine. Loving since they were innocent and didn't know much, growing and learning together and finally falling in love. How many memories have they gone through together?"
The man just nodded and said that it must be so many, it wouldn't even be counted on his fingers. His own answer made him feel something heavy in his own chest. He now admitted that he wanted to be with Daren and that he loved Omega who was his master.
But he couldn't say this, because it was obvious that Daren didn't like him because he already had an Alpha that he wanted.
His eyes glanced at Axel who was still driving, he saw in the car's center mirror that the Alpha had been watching them and listening to Mike and Daren's conversation.
Their eyes met, Axel seemed to confirm that Daren was his Omega from how he looked at Mike, and the man chose to avert his eyes and let out a soft sigh.
'Without you saying it, I also know that his heart is not for me and will never be mine.'
They finally arrived at the cafe and ordered food for lunch. The three men chatted as they finished the food they had ordered.
At the same time, both Axel and Mike felt something threatening in the cafe. Their Alpha instincts seemed to be telling them to get out of there before something really happened.
"We're leaving now," Axel said, standing up from his chair which confused Daren.
"Huh? But the food isn't finished yet," he said.
Not only Axel, Mike also stood up from his seat. Seeing the expressions of both of them, he now understood what was happening. Daren sighed and paid for their food and left the cafe.
They quickly rushed to the car and left the cafe. Behind them, there was already a car following after seeing Daren and Axel getting out of the car.
"There's our target, don't let them get away and we must get them immediately!"
Seeing that their car was being chased, Axel deliberately entered the fast highway where there were a lot of cars there. He overtook several cars on the fast lane to make it difficult for them to catch up.
"Who are they? What do they want?" asked Daren who was lying in the back seat because Axel ordered him to do so.
Meanwhile, Mike sat next to him to monitor their surroundings.
"I forgot to say this, but I think they're the people Master Barney sent," said Mike.
He explained that one of the servants still working at the mansion called him, saying that Barney sent his men to capture Daren and Axel and bring them before him.
"He wants to eliminate you two with his own hands. This also happened because Ivan influenced him to do so," the butler explained.
"He's done something to us again! Heh... He even took advantage of the situation because he knew the old man had men so he didn't have to find someone to catch me," Daren said with a feeling of anger and resentment.
"But for now we should focus on what we're doing now. Don't let them catch us," Axel explained.
"Why does trouble keep coming! Why don't they let us breathe for a moment!"
Axel thought that surely Barney's men wouldn't do something that would endanger the people around them, namely the neighborhood residents.
That's why he chose to stay on a street crowded with people so that the men wouldn't do anything more than chase after them.
But this time he made a mistake.
BRAK! BRAK!
Several cars collided with each other due to the actions of Barney's men. The car was blocking the path of Axel's car, so he was forced to stop his car rather than have a head-on collision with several cars that had already collided with each other in front of them.
"How awful, they even went to this length just to catch us," Mike said.
"Then put the car in reverse before--"
Just as they were about to turn around, several black cars surrounded them from behind.
Daren sat up and looked around through the car window. There were several people dressed in black suits, preparing to take them away.
"We're surrounded."