The rumours had calmed down thanks to the Mendes, who began to say through their contacts that they had recently bought merchandise from Icarus Rose, and the quality was the same as always, there were no changes in the formula, and fortunately thanks to their impeccable reputation, everyone had believed it, without exception.

March had arrived and after talking and insisting a lot to Zayn, he allowed Louis to go on a vacation to the islands of Europe, from Southampton to Italy, and at that moment they were packing their bags, it went without saying that Harry was excited, it was the first time he would go on a cruise and what better than to do it with his alpha.

"Lou, do you think I should pack a suit? What else should I bring?" The alpha chuckled and moved closer to his omega to briefly kiss his lips.

"Love, we're going to be at the beach, you don't need a suit to swim." Harry nodded and continued packing.

The next morning they left the house and a car took them to Southampton, just an hour and forty minutes from London, their ship left at three in the afternoon and they had to be there from two, so they could settle in their room quietly. Louis took Harry to lunch at his favourite restaurant in the city, they walked around the centre a couple of times and finally went to the port, where his ship was already waiting for them.

Of course, as soon as they saw Louis arrive, at least four alphas came to take their bags, Louis had chosen the most expensive suite and of course they knew who they were, everyone who worked on that cruise ship expected a look of approval from the couple, Harry was smiling at him and thanking the workers and Louis was expressionless, barely showing emotion when it came to paying attention to his omega.

"Lou, can we go swimming later? I think I saw a pool, a pool on the boat!" He whispered excitedly, Louis gave a small laugh and nodded.

"Whatever you ask for, little bear." She gave him a small kiss on the lips and they walked hand in hand to his room.

The suite was huge, it had a small room with a balcony, some stairs that led to the room, which was not closed, which allowed it to have a view of the window that separated the suite from the outside, on the ground floor there was also the fully equipped bathroom, including a bathtub, and a closet for his belongings, Harry's eyes sparkled and Louis' heart melted at the image of his omega so excited exploring the place.

"Uhm, love?" Harry called from upstairs, Louis went up and saw his omega with a box in hand. "They left us suppressors here."

The alpha laughed and hugged his omega around the waist, Harry hid in his neck and inhaled the intoxicating aroma of his alpha, it always calmed him in a way that he couldn't explain with words.

"So why don't we make good use of them?" He whispered in his ear, and Harry laughed and punched him on the shoulder.

"Idiot." He replied, but still he began to kiss him intensely, Louis's hands were running down his back and Harry was clinging to his neck.

And the holidays were just beginning.

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My watch had started at dawn, after Mr. Tomlinson left the house with his omega I knew it was time to act; I walked slowly through the corridor on the second floor, checking each room as usual, making sure that everything was in order and there wasn't an intruder sticking his nose where he didn't belong, trying to avoid the gazes of the other guards even though I knew perfectly well that nobody was going to say anything to me, who would say something to the most trusted guard?

After the conversation that I heard from Mr. Styles and Tomlinson, I knew that I had to investigate more. There were many things they were hiding from us and definitely some of them would help me finally get out of this place. I had hidden my identity for too long and I was already fed up with it. to do it, when Calder fell I swore to wait until he could exact revenge, I kept my position and a low profile, I gained Payne's trust until I became co-head of security, thanks to Tomlinson and Styles began their courtship there was a open position next to the boss and I was the second choice to fill the position after Styles, of course. The Calders were always the first to help me when I needed them, and although I had known Malik since he became the head of Icarus Rose, my loyalty was to Killian, I was indebted to him and his father, and it was time to act.

The door was in front of me and the copy of the key that I had made a few days ago was in my hand, it was time. I looked both ways to make sure no one would see me, and went inside. Louis Tomlinson's office, one of the places we're forbidden access to, even I, Payne's right-hand man; everything was in order, if there was one thing about Tomlinson it was that there was never a piece of paper out of place, everything had a system that I've been smart enough to memorise, all recent accounts he keeps in his desk drawer, while he keeps older ones in a locked filing cabinet that only he and Mr. Malik have kees for; the weekly bills were personally delivered by him to Mr. Malik, who kept them locked up somewhere in the house, which unfortunately he hadn't had the chance to meet, but only Horan, Payne, and Tomlinson knew of the place anyway.

I had to find something to deliver to the dealer so they could follow the rumours. I didn't know the plan, but one of the steps that corresponded to me was to give them information that would help gain the trust of the big partners of Icarus Rose, something that would make them distrust Malik. It was a risky move, but a necessary one. I had to move fast before someone noticed I wasn't on my watch, so I opened one of the drawers in the file cabinet and started looking at the pay stubs and bills Tomlinson had arranged in alphabetical order, and there it was, an error, a wrong couple of numbers. It could be seen that the mistake was specifically made for Icarus Rose to earn more money than specified in the price, a million euros more that would not be in the same bank account, a simple mistake that would ruin his empire.

"You're not as perfect as everyone thinks, Tomlinson." I whispered to myself, I took a picture of the sheet, that was all I needed, his signature was there and it would be easy to forge it on other documents. I put the sheet back in its place and closed the drawer, "let's see what's here."

I went to a bookseller, there are always things hidden in bookcases and behind paintings, that's something typical in mafias, they think no one will notice but they are the most obvious places. I started flipping through the books looking for something hidden in them, but I found something better, a button. I pressed that button knowing full well that it was not the panic button that they have in their offices, because it was under the desk, and a "click" sounded. The bookcase moved a little, it was a door.

"Bingo." I pulled the bookcase to see what was on the other side, it was some kind of old tunnel, I poked my head in to make sure there were no security cameras in that place and went inside.

I've never seen anything like it, it hadn't been part of the tour we were given at the start and it definitely wasn't showing up on the screens when I was checking the cameras. I walked for just a few minutes and realised that the tunnels were probably all over the house, I knew that there were rooms that led to other secret parts, but I didn't know that there were tunnels under the house, in fact I didn't even know if it was under the house, I actually had no idea where I was.

"Maybe this is in the house plans." I said to myself and went back to the office. I tried to memorise all the laps I had done but it was impossible to remember them, everything looked completely the same, every lap I did was like being in the same hallway. Once I was in the office, I pushed the bookcase and closed the door, I made sure everything was in place and I got out of there.

The house plans were hidden under lock and key in Mr. Malik's office, getting in there would be more difficult if the omega wasn't pregnant, but luckily he was, and spent most of his time in his room. I rushed down the stairs and walked towards the place, but the voice of an alpha stopped me, Liam.

"Hey!" I looked around and looked at him feigning kindness, "where were you? I need you to take a package from Zayn's office that just arrived, it seems that they don't know that they shouldn't put the package there."

"Of course, shall I take it to your office?"

"Yeah, the gate is open, after that I want you standing guard outside, they're going to load a truck." I nodded and Payne started walking towards the stairs.

Stupid idiot, you just made things easier for me.

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The weather was much warmer than the omega imagined, after spending an hour in bed with Louis he took a shower and put on yellow shorts and sandals to leave the suite, the alpha was still asleep when Harry left a kiss on his forehead and he began to walk through the corridors of the ship trying to know a little about everything. Louis had asked that there be guards but not follow them everywhere so they could enjoy the alone time they needed to have. His pale skin glowed in the sun and his tattoos stood out much more than usual, not to mention that the mark on his neck earned the attention of many of the alphas sitting by the pool.

Harry arranged a towel on one of the chairs and sat on it to put on some sunscreen. It was a bit strange to him that there was a specific place set up for him and Louis to go, but it didn't surprise him at all. He felt hands caressing his shoulders and he raised his head only to see the figure of Louis blocking the sun and a smile immediately appeared on his face. The alpha was wearing a sleeveless white shirt that showed off his toned arms and knee-length black shorts.

"Why didn't you wake me up to come down with you?" He asked with a frown, but the sunglasses hid his eyes.

"You looked very cute sleeping, I didn't want to bother you." The alpha smiled and leaned down to kiss his fiancée's lips.

"You never bother me, so wake me whenever you like, especially if I'm going to have this view." The omega smiled and Louis took the bottle of sunscreen from his hand, put some on Harry's back and began to spread it while massaging his skin a little.

"And what is the plan for today?" Asked the curly one with a smile.

"I don't know, I've never really been on vacation, but whatever you want to do or have in mind will be fine by me." He finished putting sunscreen on and sat in the same chair as Harry, wrapping his legs around the omega's waist and putting his arms around his shoulders.

"Whatever?"

"Yes."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, my love."

Harry held Louis's legs tightly and got up carrying the blue-eyed on his back, and in a quick movement he threw him into the pool causing the water to splash everywhere, the green-eyed man let out a laugh, perhaps the biggest that he has released in his entire life. The alpha swam to shore and looked at Harry as he put his sunglasses on the ground.

"I hope that made you happy." He said with a serious tone of voice, Harry couldn't stop laughing at what he had done and he could feel everyone's eyes on them, but he didn't care, he was having a good time with his alpha, and people's looks were the least important thing to him. He sat on the edge of the pool and put his legs in the water.

"Very happy, actually. You said that I could do whatever I wanted, I think you should think better about your words for the next time." Louis approached him and the omega took off his wet shirt and threw it near the chair where they were sitting before, then took the alpha's glasses and put them on, they were quite dark and made everything look more opaque. "How do you see with these things on? Everything looks sadder."

"That's because they are meant for the sun, not for making everything look brighter." He arranged his hair back and looked around. People looked at them carefully, but as soon as they met the alpha's blue eyes they returned to their activities as if nothing had happened.

"Ignore them, they see us because we are the only ones who come on vacation with bodyguards," Harry said without looking at him, "besides they must be surprised that you have such a cute omega like me." Louis laughed at the last one and pulled Harry so that he entered the water with him and kissed him slowly.

"The cutest of them all."

They swam for a while and sat next to each other, with their hands intertwined, from time to time they gave each other small kisses on the lips, cheeks and forehead, it seemed strange to Harry that from time to time a person from the staff went to check that everything was in order, they gave them drinks and if Louis indicated any damage, they did not hesitate to fix it immediately.

A few hours later, the captain of the ship invited them to have dinner with him and more of the staff. Of course they accepted the proposal, they were given a tour of the ship and even access to a more private area in the spa, Harry was amazed. He never imagined that there could be so many things on a ship.

"And how did they come up with the idea of putting tents on a ship? I never would have imagined that" Harry said once they were back in the suite, Louis was very tender at how easily Harry was impressed with anything that was on board. " Even a small theatre! Can we go see the show tonight?"

"We'll go every night if you want, little bear." Louis promised and sat on the couch, looking out the window.

The sea looked beautiful, they couldn't see where there was dry land anymore, it was all sky and sea, it reminded Harry of Louis's eyes, but if he had to choose which one was more beautiful, his alpha's eyes definitely won. He sat next to the brunette and rested his back on his chest, feeling his aroma flood his senses, he smiled as Louis gently caressed his curls.

"I was never a big fan of going on vacations with my family," the alpha admitted in a low voice, "my father was always too rigid when it came to planning activities, it was always golf or some other boring game of businessmen, and when we got on a boat, most of the time he would go to bars to drink with partners and leave mom and me alone in the room, he would get mad if he didn't find us when he arrived.

Harry looked at him and smiled sadly, he sat on his lap and began to leave soft kisses on Louis' cheeks, not caring that the beard that was beginning to grow stung his lips, hugged him and put his nose to the neck of him

"Then let's have fun, I think I saw a slide on our way back." The omega proposed and the alpha nodded with a smile, he was excited.

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Shawn was more and more excited about the idea of the wedding, after talking to his father and telling him that he was sure to continue, explaining that he was really falling in love, Michael took it upon himself to send him some wedding catalogues, assuring him that if he liked something from there, he would take care of getting it right away, the man seemed genuinely happy that everything turned out well and that his firstborn, after all, would marry a good alpha who wanted, respected and loved him.

And there he went, walking with those magazines to Niall's office, who lately spent hours there, after those rumours, he wanted to make sure that no partner changed his mind, that's why Shawn sometimes went and sat down to eat next to the alpha at his desk, of course they couldn't always limit themselves to just eating, but each time their relationship took on more of a normal couple's shape.

He opened the door and immediately a pair of blue eyes looked at him, Niall smiled at him and pushed the chair back so the omega could settle on his lap, Shawn did immediately and Niall kissed him on the temple.

"What are you doing?" The Canadian asked, looking at the scattered papers on the desk, unlike his two brothers, Niall was messier.

"Since Louis isn't here, I decided to look at some pendant accounts, but maths is definitely not my thing, so I'd better get my schedule in order, I have some deliveries and meetings pending this week, what were you doing?"

"Well, I got some magazines that my father sent me and I thought it would be a better idea to leaf through them here than in the solitude of my room." Niall nodded with a smile and began to type some things on his computer, while Shawn opened the first catalogue.

He took a pen from Niall's desk and began to scribble on the pages of the catalogue, noting what he liked, some flower arrangements and tablecloths, mostly, and Niall, curious as to why he was scribbling so much, leaned out and reached. to see what it was, a big smile appeared on his face when he saw what it was about.

"So planning a wedding, whose wedding will it be?" He asked and Shawn looked at him with a smile.

"From a very stupid and annoying alpha with a beautiful and magnificent omega, can you believe it? I don't know how that omega noticed an alpha like that." He teased and kissed his cheek.

"He's probably a handsome and charismatic alpha, the best alpha he could find."

"Uhm, well he's charismatic and handsome, but that doesn't take away from him being silly, you know?" They both laughed and stared into each other's eyes. "My father sent them to me, he's thrilled with the way everything turned out. He even promised that he would come as soon as he could so that he could have dinner with the family. You can feel proud that he accepted you so quickly."

"Well, it's that I'm managing to win the heart of the most difficult omega to win, that's something that adds a lot of points to me." Shawn hit his chest and laughed.

"Do you want to look through the catalogues with me? I can't decide whether to put gardenias or daffodils." Niall nodded and they decided to move to the couch to be more comfortable.