AZARIAH SERENE:

I was standing beside Jade, talking to her when suddenly Levi cannonballed into the pool, taking me with him.

I splashed into the water and some water even got into my mouth. I immediately swam to the surface and rubbed a hand on my face trying to clear out the water in my eyes.

"Levi motherfucking Carter!" I shouted his name and saw him running towards Zemen hiding behind him.

I quickly got out of the pool and walked up to him.

"Zemen get aside!"

"Boss please no!"

"I said get aside!"

"Boss, I swear you move and I'll-"

Just then, Zemen picked up Levi and threw him into the pool.

Levi came out of the pool breathing and gasping. Everyone bursted out laughing when we saw his shorts floating to the other side of the pool.

"Don't fucking threaten me."  Zemen said to Levi who was blushing red and pink from embarrassment.

I walked beside the pool, crouching down and picked up Levi's short, pinching it with my index finger and thumb, not wanting to get in more contact with it.

"Azzy, yes please. Pass it to me" Levi smiled wide at me and waddled towards me while both his hands were hiding his gender confirmer.

I smirked at him and leaned towards him. "Want this?" He nodded like an obedient child.

I passed his shorts to Jade who threw it on top of the roof making all of us laugh and Levi gasp.

I looked back at him and his eyes were widened with jaw dropped, pink cheeks and red ears, a sense of betrayal on his face.

I thought I had won and walked to the pool chair to sit there but I saw Jade turning like a chameleon changing colours.

I looked back where she was looking and saw Levi walking up to us with a smirk on his face and....

"Ahh!" I screamed so loud making Zemen and everyone around us flinch when I saw Levi walking completely naked.

"Azzy?" I heard his smug voice and I instantly got up.

"Get it away! Get it away!!" I started screaming and ran inside the house with a pitter patter sound leaving a trail of  water behind.

I heard Levi's chuckle but it died down when Zemen yelled.

"Hide that disgusting creature before I shoot it!" I heard a gun cock and immediately saw Levi running inside causing me to scream more and rush to my room.

Thankfully he went inside his room making me sigh a sigh of relief.

Gosh. That was scary.

I walked back downstairs to the backyard where the pool was and saw everyone still laughing.

I rolled my eyes and sat down on the chair.

"Get it away! Get it away! Ahhh!" Santino mimicked and mocked me making me throw a towel at him which he caught while chuckling.

A bunch of freaking idiots!

I looked at Zemen who was standing there talking to Santino while drinking his wine swiftly. He looked like a work of art. With his tattoos to his veins. All were prominent as he was shirtless. His hand was wrapped around the wine glass tightly, making his rings touch it and make a cling sound once in a while.

I picked up a towel to dry myself but looking at him, I felt dry... Yet wet.

••••••••••••••••BOTH POVs•••••••••••••••••

"Give me the full details" - Jade.
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"Tell me everything. Don't leave out a piece" - Levi.
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I sighed. - Azariah.
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I groaned. - Zemen
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"So uh... He pinned me to the wall" - Azariah
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"I demanded answers" - Zemen
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"He asked me why I kissed Blaise when I clearly didnot!"
- Azariah
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"She clearly wanted to."  - Zemen
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"I asked him if he was jealous." - Azariah
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"She had the fucking audacity to ask me if I was jealous."
- Zemen
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"He lied and denied." - Azariah
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"I obviously told her the truth."  - Zemen
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"He was jealous." - Azariah
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"I definitely wasn't jealous."  - Zemen
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"You were" - Levi.
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"He was" - Jade.
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"Get the fuck out of my sight!" - Zemen
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"I know right!" - Azariah
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ZEMEN ACÉTTA:

"What's stopping you?" Levi asked as I leaned back in my seat, spreading my legs apart, getting comfortable.

I answered nothing and kept rolling the pen in between my fingers.

"I have known you for over ten years now, Zemen" he took my name and I knew he was talking to me as a friend rather than my employee.

"I know what you have been through, but don't you think it's time for you to be happy now?"

I looked up at him to see him looking at me with worry in his eyes.

"I have built up walls and I am not letting someone like her crush it" I answered to him.

"Have you even tried it? It's like you have given up even before trying. That's not the Zemen Acétta I know."

He walked up to me and stood right in front of me.

"Nothing lasts forever but we should cherish it while it does. Let her be happy and let yourself be happy.... You deserve it"

He patted my shoulder and walked off to my office door. I turned my chair around to the window.

"Do you like her?" I heard him ask and saw his reflection on the window.

I nodded.

"Do you see a future with her?"

I shook my head.

He didn't say anything, just nodded and left the room.

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AZARIAH SERENE:

"You guys go... I-I'll just stay here" I told everyone while sitting in the car with no motive to get out.

"Babygirl, it's literally nothing. We'll just have booze and will dance till we can't no more."

I shook my head with tears forming in my eyes.

I can't go in there and see drunk people who will remind me of my dad.

"Let loose once. Alcohol helps you forget things, Azzy. It will help you. Come on." Levi calmly said turning in his seat to look at me.

I didn't say anything and just shook my head, ducking my head down, making my hair fall down as a curtain.

I tried my hardest to control the urge to cry but a tear managed to escape.

"Everyone out." I slowly looked up with my blurry eyes and saw Zemen pointing his finger at the car door commanding everyone to leave.

All nodded and left while I sat there with my tears falling. I needed to sniffle but I couldn't make any sound as that will tell him that I was crying.

Suddenly, my side's door opened and I looked up with my tearful eyes to see Zemen standing there with his hand out.

He tilted his head and gently nodded to the side as a gesture to tell me to come out.

I placed my shaking hand in his and got down the SUV van.

He closed the door and gently pushed me to the front.

He placed his hand, flat, on my lower back and guided me to the club where some two bulky buff men stood.

I heard the music blasting very loud and sniffled finally hoping that Zemen didn't hear me.

The men outside the club bowed down to Zemen and stood back up with their blank expressions and stiff stance.

Zemen guided me inside and the smell of alcohol and musk instantly filled my nostrils. This was my second time coming to a club and I still wasn't used to it.

As expected I wanted to gag and puke when I saw two people practically fucking against the bar, and the bartender just stood their serving drinks looking completely unaware of the situation. Or maybe he knew and didn't care.

Drunk people were puking everywhere and as expected, men were gawking at the strippers which were pole dancing.

"Stay in sight" I heard Zemen whisper to me and a shiver ran down my spine as his lips almost brushed my ear.

"Don't wander off or you'll regret it" I rolled my eyes. Way to ruin a moment.

He guided me to the VIP section, walking behind me but his hand wasn't on my back anymore.

We entered the VIP section and my shoulders instantly dropped due to relief.

It was soooo much better than the drunkyard outside.

A calm music was playing and people weren't fucking or puking in here, instead all were sitting at the VIP table with expensive wine and beer.

We walked to where the other 4 were sitting. The four being, Levi, Santino, Jade, and Chloe. Chloe insisted on coming so we took her too.

All their heads turned to me and all smiled wide looking at me except Chloe.

"You said you didn't wanna come?" Chloe asked me and I just shrugged my shoulders and glanced at Zemen.

He was sitting on the couch with his legs spread ajar and his hands on the arm stand.

I checked him out and looked at his ear where there were multiple ear piercings. He had three piercings on his ear lobe and had one on his upper helix. He wore silver earrings making me look at them.

He wore a black turtleneck under his black coat, where laid a silver necklace.

Only one word came to my mind. Gorgeous.

"Is there something on my face?" He asked me while swirling his drink around in the wine glass.

I shook my head but kept looking at him.

"Then fucking look away" he slightly raised his voice and I instantly looked away to find everyone indulged in a conversation.

"What do you want hermósa?" (Beautiful). Santino asked me.

"Oh.. Uh.. I don't drink" I meekly spoke while looking at each of them.

They all nodded with smiles and went back to talking to each other.

We were all sitting there, laughing and having a good time when Zemen's phone rang gaining everyone's attention.

He held up a finger to us and then left the table walking to who knows where.

I watched his retrieving figure until he turned to the corner, disappearing.

I felt a tap on my shoulder and turned around to look at Santino. He pointed to Levi who was taking shots after shots with Jade.

I sighed and stopped them before they could get drunk.

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My bladder is about to explode from the two cups of lemonade I had and I can't take it anymore.

Levi and Jade are drunk out of their mind and Chloe left to go somewhere, so I asked Santino to come with me and he agreed un-reluctantly.

"Is this your excuse to rail me in a bathroom stall?" I turned around to look at him with wide eyes.

"S-sorry" he cleared his throat and walked past me to the bathroom.

I shook my head and asked him to stay outside.

I did my business and thankfully I can freaking breathe now!

I came out of the bathroom to find Santino shouting at someone.

I turned to the side of the wall to look at the scene and found Santino shouting at Chloe while Zemen stood there with his jaw clenched and fisted knuckles.

"Why the fuck did you just kiss him?!" Santino roared making my heart drop.

"It's not like he pushed me away" Chloe spoke looking at her nails.

My eyes bulged out of their sockets when Zemen took out his gun and clicked it.

Santino stopped speaking and Chloe's head snapped up to look at Zemen.

"I told you that I hate people touching me without consent, didn't I?"

He leaned down to Chloe's height and her eyes widened.

"B-boss-"

BANG!

I let out a horrendous scream when Zemen shot Chloe, blowing her brains out.

Their heads turned to me and I stood there shaking.

"Hermósa" Santino spoke calmly and kept his hands in front of him lowering them as a gesture to calm me down but I didn't and just took steps back.

"Azariah" he called me but I felt my limbs almost dropping.

I have seen him kill people multiple times then why did I feel such panic right now?

Maybe because he just killed his teammate over a fact that she touched him. Meaning he can kill me anytime too.

"Azariah" he called me again, looking at me with concern.

I shook my head as my eyes burned with tears and turned around running as fast as I could.

"Aera!"

I stopped.

My head whipped back to look at him.

He walked up to me and grabbed my wrist harshly.

"Don't you dare run away!" He shouted in my face not caring that he's gaining attention from everyone.

"What did you just call me?" My voice came out croaked and low.

"Aera... Aera Mun" my eyes widened and my tears fell.

I felt my limbs dropping but before I could fall, he grabbed onto my waist tight and shook me.

"How?" He knew what I was talking about.

"Since when?" My eyes were desperate. Desperate for an answer.

"Since the day we met." He answered looking straight into my eyes.

I closed my eyes tightly feeling memory after memory come to my mind.

"You're no Aera! Your name is Azariah! You hear me!?"

"I don't give a fuck you bitch! If I ever hear you being called by that name I'll cut your tongue!"

"O-omma, h-he-"

"I know, baby. I'll call you Riah now. My beautiful, beautiful Riah."

After my omma's death, dad calls me Riah too to make me feel the pain by remembering omma. I asked him. I asked him to stop mentally hurting me, but he didn't listen.

"Azariah" I came back from my trance and looked around to see everyone's eyes on me.

I looked up front and saw Zemen standing there looking at me with what seemed like agitation.

I pushed him away as hard as I could but he just sighed and left my waist and then stepped back.

Without looking back, I ran out of the lounge and found myself at the bar.

"Give me the darkest, toxic, heavy drink you have."

"Yes ma'am"

I know this was wrong of me to do and that I will probably regret it but then I remembered Levi's words.

"Alcohol helps you forgets things, Azzy"

I want it to completely wipe my memory away leaving no trace, so I could start my life all over again. Maybe this time, with happiness.

He passed me a shot glass which had a white almost clear liquid inside of it.

I picked it up to chug it but it was snatched from my hand.

"Are you fucking crazy?!" I looked up with my bloodshot tearful eyes at Zemen.

"Yes I am. You didn't know?"

"Azariah. Let's go...Now!" He grabbed my wrist and took me down from the bar stool.

"Leave me!" I pushed his hand away.

"I want to let loose once! Let me be!"

"Aza-"

"I said! Let. Me. Be!" I shouted at his face and he just looked down and backed away but didn't leave.

"Leave!" He didn't say anything and just stood there leaning against the counter.

I rolled my eyes, not caring about him.

"Get me the drink again. And keep them coming"

The bartender looked at Zemen making me sneer. Zemen stiffly nodded and the bartender bowed down before placing two shots in front of me.

I picked up one and looked at it.

I need this.

I placed it to my lips and threw my head back, chugging its contents at once.

I clutched my throat tightly and tears formed in my eyes as the burning sensation ignited down my throat.

Zemen came to my side at once but I stopped him, raising my hand.

I picked up the second shot and did the same with it.

And then from two, to three, to four.

And then before realization, I had taken 12 shots.
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Do you guys like the name "Aera"?

And oh-oh.... Drunk Aera... How will she be?