Axel and Daren were surprised when a box arrived in Daren's room. They thought it was a present. But it turns out that the box contains animal carcasses and disgusting insects. Like maggots, centipedes, rat carcasses and others.
The smell was so pungent and disgusting that Daren immediately ran to the bathroom because he felt so sick.
BLAM!
This was certainly of more concern to Axel, as there was terror appearing in front of him for the man who was supposed to be his target
"Is this the beginning of more terrors to come? Considering a few hours ago he failed to do a photo shoot because a crazy woman ruined the clothes he was supposed to wear," the Alpha muttered as he took the box back.
He called Mike to talk about this and had the servants clean up the leftovers that were scattered on the floor.
"How did this happen? I didn't know it was carrion and bugs," Mike said since he was the one who brought the box into Daren's room.
"How could you not know when the smell was so strong. An Alpha like you should have a keen sense of smell unlike an Omega or a Beta," said the bodyguard as he folded his arms across his chest.
He asked this of the butler who had brought the box. Interrogating the person who had brought the box in.
Mike argued that he had a cold, so he didn't smell anything from the box. He apologized to Daren for letting something like that stay in his room.
"I'm sorry young master, I didn't know about this and I hope you'll forgive me. Next time I'll check the contents first before giving it to you," said the ginger.
"It's okay, I'm just as surprised and I don't understand why this gift was sent to me. It's really a nightmare," Daren replied.
The man admitted that when he received the box, the guards at the gate gave it to him. They also didn't know who the sender was but the box was delivered by a frequent delivery man.
"They probably didn't dare to check inside even though they smelled a strange odor from inside the box. That's why he gave it to Mike," Axel summed up what happened.
Daren himself felt quite frustrated about what happened that day. Two things had happened and he hoped nothing else happened afterwards.
The two Alphas finally left the room to let the Omega rest. Although Mike had given a statement that he had a cold, Axel still seemed suspicious of him.
'Why did the guards really not check the contents of the box even though they suspected what was inside? They should have had a good reason to check the box. And is it true that the butler has a cold or is it just an excuse to put the box in Deren's room and make up all these stories?' Axel thought at the time.
What made him suspect the man was the answer from his boss at the agency. When Axel asked about the client who gave the mission, his boss only said that the client seemed to be the closest person to the target.
"All the data provided is quite complete, and from how he narrated his objectives it seems that he knows our current target very well," his boss explained when Axel tried to ask about the client a few days ago.
'Could it be him? But what made him want to get rid of that Omega?'
He then followed Mike who was walking towards the kitchen. His movements looked suspicious as he seemed to be paying attention to his surroundings especially when he was in the kitchen and there was no maid there.
'What does he want to do? Why does he have to look like he's watching his surroundings?' Axel thought as he watched the butler from a distance.
Mike opened the cabinet in the kitchen and looked right and left.
'No one's watching, right? I hope everything is safe...' he thought as he took something out of his coat pocket, and put in something he took from the shelf.
Axel's eyes narrowed sharply at this with a suspicious look. He couldn't have suddenly reprimanded and asked about what Mike was doing, considering it wasn't his area to be there.
Finished putting in something he took from the cabinet, the man put it back into his suit before being startled by two maids.
"What are you doing Mr. Mike?" asked one of the maids.
He turned around frantically then looked for an excuse to answer the question.
"It's nothing, I was just checking the sweets for the young master. He seems to be in shock from what happened earlier, and I intend to bring him his favorite lemon cake," he replied.
"I see, I pity the young master for what happened today. How did a box filled with a very smelly carcass escape into his room?"
With the same excuse, Mike explained that he had a cold so he couldn't smell the scent clearly. He suddenly sneezed and reflexively covered his face with his palm.
"God bless you, get some rest Mr. Mike. Young master seems to be sleeping too, so you can rest for a while until he wakes up," said another.
"Alright, if young master is looking for me, I'll be in my room." He then turned to leave the kitchen.
Axel quickly walked out of the door before Mike saw him. He went straight to his own room but was still thinking about what the butler had done.
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It turned out that the terror didn't stop that day and returned five days later. Luckily Daren didn't receive the box directly, but Axel opened it and saw that the contents were the same as five days ago.
"There's a note written inside the box," he said and read the note.
It's all your fault, you're just like the contents inside this box. So disgusting and you should die like the rat carcass I sent you. You shouldn't be on TV, you should be ashamed of yourself for bringing down our angel Noah Oliver.
From your grim reaper.
"So she wants me dead? This is the first time I've gotten haters, not because of my bad acting or the gossip I made up. But because of an incident that even I was a victim of," Daren said.
"You don't have to think about this. They're just stupid people who do silly things like this. So you should just forget about it and focus on your work." Axel ruffled the Omega's blond hair lightly.
Mike was thinking the same thing, and asked Deren not to worry about it. However, Axel was still suspicious of Mike's movements that he had noticed in the past few days.
Later that night, Axel had just come out of Daren's room after the man was fast asleep. Just as he went down to the second floor, he saw Mike walking towards the stairs and descending them.
"What is he doing? Shouldn't the servants not be doing any work at this hour? Especially since he's usually in his room," Axel muttered suspiciously.
Moreover, he remembered about the incident where they met in the library. What was Mike doing in the midnight hour when Axel was there?
"What exactly does he intend to do?"