A man lay bored in his bed because he couldn't do anything. The wound on his chest still hurt so he could only sit or lie on the bed.
He sighed softly, wanting to get out of bed and wander around his boyfriend's house but he was forbidden to leave the bed without him.
"Right now he's out buying food, leaving me alone in bed like this. I can only watch TV when I want to see something interesting on the internet," Daren complained because he was forbidden to turn on his cell phone so that no one could track his whereabouts.
It had been 5 days since he was shot by his boyfriend, to create an alibi that he was dead. In reality, the shot did not hit the place of his heart. Even so, he suffered a serious injury that even damaged his ribs a little, but it was worth it for his safety so that the client would believe he was dead.
"Mom must be looking for me right now. I'm worrying her but I can't leave for now because my wounds are still very fresh. Wilfred said my wound will heal in 10 to 12 weeks."
He looked around the room, which turned out to be Axel's room that he had always used since childhood. He was now in Axel and his mother's house when his mother was still alive. It turned out that the house was not so small and quite simple, so comfortable for two people to live in.
After almost an hour of waiting, Axel finally returned from the convenience store where he bought food.
"You were gone for so long. I've been all alone here with nothing to do!" Daren protested to his boyfriend.
"I only went out for a while, I went to buy groceries anyway. I also wanted to buy some snacks to keep you from getting bored in bed," Axel said.
He handed Daren a bag of his favorite snacks, which made the Omega happy to get them.
"Thank you, Victor," he said.
"I told you that you could call me Axel as usual. After all, you've known me by that name since the beginning," said Axel, whose real name was Victor.
But Daren wanted to try calling him by his real name, feeling that calling him by Axel's name was just like he was still playing a role. Axel himself didn't really mind it, thinking that Daren might not be used to it. Given that they had known each other by Axel's name for almost two years.
"What's the latest outside? Are they still looking for me?"
The man nodded his head. "Yes, the media keeps talking about you because it seems like your mother asked for it. Even they seem to be looking for me but luckily I've gotten rid of all the pictures of my face," he replied.
"I see. Are you sure there's no way for me to return home? Sometimes I wonder why you chose to shoot me instead of killing Ivan that time."
What Daren said, Axel could have done it. The agent could have killed Ivan instead of doing it to Daren. But he did it so Ivan could confirm that his job was done.
If he killed Ivan, Axel would have broken the rules of his organization by killing a client and choosing a target to keep alive. Daren and his life would be in danger because of his organization's target. If the task was considered complete, Daren would no longer be considered a target.
"Because no matter how innocent our target is, even if he is completely innocent. It's none of our business, because if we get an assignment from a client to kill someone, then we have to do it," Axel explained.
"That means you've killed a lot of innocent people?"
Again the man nodded and said that it was the demands of his job. He was just doing the tasks given by his superiors who got the money from the clients. And of course the pay would be very high to eliminate someone.
What he did to Daren was for his own good too, to get the Omega out of his house. At least keep him away from his father. Daren nodded in understanding and smiled at him.
"You don't have to think about it too much, do you need anything?" Axel asked as he smoothed the pillow on Daren's back that he was leaning against.
"Maybe you're here to keep me company," Daren pleaded with the man to keep him company. Axel then sat down in a nearby chair.
The Omega was happy because this time he knew a lot about his Alpha. He didn't really know much about the man's past. But now he felt his relationship with Axel was better than before.
As for the man, now he no longer needed to mask his feelings because his job was done. Daren was no longer his target, but his lover and his Omega. He promised to continue protecting Daren because he didn't want to lose anything that belonged to him.
Axel touch the man's face, and caressed his cheek gently. Daren, who was busy eating his snacks, immediately turned his head to look at his alpha and smiled because he felt the warm and gentle touch of the man.
"Even if you look at me like that, I won't share my snacks," Daren teased Axel.
"Who wants it? If I wanted to, I'd probably rather eat you than those sweet snacks."
Daren laughed then suddenly kissed Axel on the lips. "Too bad you can't because I'm hurting and like you said it'll take a few weeks for my wounds to heal."
"And after that I'll take what's pending and I won't spare you, even if you beg me," Axel replied with a husky voice and darkened eyes.
Daren's skin crawled as he heard it, worried that he would be 'corrupted' by Axel after he recovered.
"I'll make you unable to walk for a week and you'll have to go back to bed. Would you prefer that?"
Daren's face reddened at the thought, his lover would make love to him so many times that he couldn't walk. Moreover, they were already free to do anything since they were in Axel's house
"But don't overdo it, or you'll kill me!"
The two of them talked to each other until Daren finally thought about the fate of his family.
"If Marabella will indeed fall into Ivan's hands, what do you think will happen to my family?"
"Devastation, the servants will probably be fired because your family doesn't have any assets anymore. Especially if not only Marabella falls into the hands of that damn beta but your family's other inheritances. It's possible that you will lose the Mansion and all your possessions in it," he explained.
According to Axel, it was a good thing that Barney felt the karma he deserved.
Hearing that, of course Daren felt panicked because he didn't want his mother to be a victim of this incident too. He wanted to save his mother and Mike to stay with them.
"But with your condition, you can't go out for at least six weeks. That's just the recovery from your broken ribs."
That meant Daren could only go out after 2 months. But he didn't care as long as he could save his mother and Mike before Ivan did anything.
"I don't care, I'll save them both, whatever it takes!"