After choosing the suits they bought, Daren and Axel left the shop to go to the mansion.
"Hey, how about we go to Dolala first? We didn't go there the other day because of the stalkers. I really want a chessburger," Daren said.
"Craving it, huh? Are you pregnant to have cravings like that?" Axel teased, shaking his head.
Daren pouted as he heard the teasing, then got the idea to tease his bodyguard back.
"Yes, I'm pregnant, that's why I have cravings!" he replied while rubbing his stomach.
"Heh, then who's the father huh?"
"You! You are the father of this child! Now turn the car towards Dolala!"
Rolling his eyeballs, Axel drove the car towards Dolala. Daren hummed happily then looked out the window. His blue eyes refocused on the rearview mirror of a nearby car.
"Hey ugly Alpha," he called out.
"My name is Axel, don't call me that or I'll change your name too," Axel replied.
"That green car has been following us," Daren said as he looked in the rearview mirror.
"Which car?" Axel tilted his body slightly toward Daren and saw the green car he was referring to.
The Omega said that when they went to John's shop, that car had followed them too. He didn't know if it was the same car or not, but from the shape and color, Daren was sure it was the same car as before.
Hearing this, Axel became wary. He then asked Daren to say whether the car was still following them or not.
"I'll try to turn onto another road to see if the car is still following or not," said the bodyguard.
Axel turned the car around to turn onto another road and see if they were still being followed.
"He turned, he's behind our car again," Daren said.
"Alright, let's turn once more in front." The Alpha, who worked as Daren's bodyguard, turned the car around and headed for another turn.
Sure enough, the car continued to follow them, making Axel and Daren sure that it was the car of a stalker who had been following them since they left the mansion.
"Then what should we do? Should we go to the police station?" asked Daren.
"That's possible, but there's no guarantee that they won't follow us again. They'll still follow us," Axel replied as he watched the road around them.
Axel racked his brain, thinking of ways they could get out of such a situation. 'Who are they and what do they want? Daren or... Me? Are they...'
He tried to dismiss the thought and drove the car forward. Even if they could avoid the car, whoever was driving the green car would know where they were going.
"We're going home to the mansion, it'll be safer there than going anywhere else," Axel said.
"Well, I guess there's no other choice. Let's just go back home."
In the end, Daren's car drove back to his family's mansion, the car following them nowhere to be seen.
'This isn't something that usually happens, I need to be more vigilant. Maybe I should ask Willson about this,' thought the Alpha.
*****
Three days later, Daren and Axel went to the banquet together because his father and mother had left first. So Daren followed along with his bodyguard in his car as usual.
The banquet was held in a multipurpose building in the center of North Zondalia, where they lived. The part of Zondalia surrounded by the elite and wealthy.
"Do you think I'm handsome already? Wait, I've always been handsome," Daren said confidently as he smoothed his hair.
He knew that he would be in the spotlight because he was the son of the owner of a large company, Marabella, as well as the son of the host of the banquet.
"How long does the party last? I'm dying to take these clothes off," complained Axel who was forced to wear a black suit for the occasion.
Meanwhile, Daren wore a blue suit that matched the color of his eyes.
He chuckled at how his bodyguard didn't like wearing a suit.
"It's only for a short while, it's usually over before midnight anyway. It's still 8 o'clock, there's still about 4 hours left," the young master replied.
Their car finally arrived in front of the building, where there were already many cameras ready to photograph Daren. Axel got out of the car and opened the car door for Daren.
As soon as the Omega stepped out of the car, all the cameras immediately captured his image. Capturing the handsome Omega smiling at them.
"Come on," his bodyguard urged him to go inside, and Daren followed behind him into the building.
There were already a lot of people gathered inside, businessmen who owned large companies that worked with Marabella.
"Hmn... Do you think I can find a suitable Alpha here?" asked Daren.
"You intend to find a partner in this place?"
"Of course, though I'm not sure they'll be a match for what I'm looking for. I'm sure the Alphas I've rejected are here too."
Axel turned to Daren when he heard that. "That got me thinking, do you think those Alphas you rejected in such a rude manner have a grudge against you and they intend to do bad things to you?"
Daren instantly realized that. "You're right, that could happen. Do you think the stalkers were... One of them?"
Of course the bodyguard didn't know, but he felt it could happen.
Not long after, the host began to welcome the banquet. He welcomed the guests and asked them to enjoy the event.
"Let us give time for Mr. Wyne to make his speech."
Barney, the owner of the party, climbed the stage and began to give his speech. He looked stern but friendly, a far cry from the cold and grumpy man he was in front of his family and servants.
"Good evening guests, thank you for attending the banquet of Marabella's 35th birthday. I feel so happy because..."
He continued to speak, everyone looked at him and listened to every sentence he uttered.
"Tonight, I am proud to introduce someone, someone who has good and outstanding achievements. Someone I take good care of..."
"Is he going to call you up there?" asked Axel.
"I guess so, should I be prepared? Hehe..." asked Daren with a chuckle, thinking his father would introduce him officially in public.
Because so far only Aldrich had always been shown, while Daren had never been directly appointed even though they knew that Daren was the youngest son of Barney.
"We're calling, Ivan Howard!" called the middle-aged man.
"Wh-what?"
Everyone clapped their hands, Ivan walked onto the stage wearing a neat suit, he smiled and stood next to Barney.
"Hello everyone and good evening. My name is Ivan Howard, I'm the new manager at Marabella."