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     "We're here", Johnson tells me as he parked the car in front of the main entrance of the building.

     I went out of the car and immediately heard noise coming from the main entrance of the building.

     "Let go! I personally know the chairman here! He's an acquaintance of a friend of mine so let go!" a man suddenly shouts.

     I walked towards the noise and saw two guards carrying a man out of the building.

     "Excuse me? What's going on here?" I asked, making the two guards quickly let go of the man that they were carrying.

     "Chairman Val!" the two guards greeted in unison.

     "What are you doing to him?" I asked as I gestured at the man who was fixing his clothes. But before the guards could answer, the man suddenly removes his sunglasses, and my eyes automatically widened as I recognized who he was.

     "Number 14", I unknowingly said out loud.

     "Romeo!" he shouts as he recognizes who I was too.

     He runs to me and starts firing me questions, "How's Julien? Is he doing okay? Is he resting well?"

     I actually had to raise my hand to stop him from talking.

    "He's fine, don't worry", I answered, but then I looked at him seriously and asked, "But what are you doing here?"

     Number 14 doesn't answer but gives me a tissue paper instead.

     I hold it with two fingers and looked at it with disgust, "What the hell is this?"

     "It's a note. The same men who "forced" themselves on Julien...came back last night. But there was a new one, an intimidating looking man, Asian like Julien. When they found out that Julien wasn't there anymore, the Asian man suddenly took a tissue paper and wrote something down. He said to give it to Julien, and to make sure he reads it", number 14 explained.

     I looked back at the tissue paper but still didn't dare touch it.

     "What did it say?" I asked.

     Number 14 shrugs his shoulder and says, "Don't know, it's in Korean. And there's like a...symbol."

     "Symbol?" I asked as I finally unfolded the tissue paper, my eyes widening when I saw what it was.

     Like how number 14 described it, there was a written text that was in Korean, and as predicted, there was a symbol that was exactly the same as the tattoo on the side of Julien's eyes.

     "Dark Saints", I said under my breath.

     "What's going on here?" Johnson suddenly asked as he finally arrived beside me.

     I don't answer him and quickly hide the tissue inside my pocket. Then I looked back at number 14 and said, "Thank you for giving this to me. If you need anything I'll-"

     "No. Just...keep Julien safe, okay?" he suddenly asks, and without waiting for me, he leaves.

     "Romeo", Johnson called out.

     I finally looked at him and said, "Find a Korean employee immediately."

     Johnson looked confused, but without saying anything, he nods his head anyways. Then I looked at the two guards and quickly said, "You may now go back to your stations."

     The guards gave a quick nod before leaving. Johnson excused himself as well to go look for a Korean employee. While everyone got busy, I went straight to my office. I took out the tissue again and gently placed it on top of my desk.

     Rather than trying to figure out what the Korean text said, I decided to look at the symbol instead.

     I knew that there was a meaning behind it, but it was obvious Julien wouldn't just be telling me about it if I asked him to explain to me the detailed meaning of his tattoo.

     The symbol had like a number 3, another one that I suspect is a number 1, or maybe it's actually the letter I? But whatever that was, I'm pretty sure the last one is an x. And that's pretty much it.

     "Romeo", Johnson says as he knocks on the door tree times before entering the room without even waiting for me to tell him he could come in.

     "What was the point of knocking?" I told myself as I stared at Johnson enter the room with what I suspect was the Korean employee.

     "Here he is", Johnson says as he gently pushed the employee to go in front of me.

     The man looked terrified as he quickly bows and says, "G-Good morning chairman V-Val...I am Kim Minsu of the Marketing Depart-"

     I sighed and quickly stopped the man midsentence.

     "I'm not going to fire you", I tell him as I pushed the tissue closer to him.

     "But I will if you fuck this one up", I continued, and Mr. Kim looked at me confusingly, like he didn't know what I was actually asking him to do.

     I sighed again and said, "Read."

     I didn't know what was scary about saying the word read, but Mr. Kim suddenly flinched as he immediately grabbed the tissue paper from the desk.

     He gulps and reads the note, then he looks back at me and asked, "You want me to translate...this?"

     "Yes. Every word of it", I answered him.

     The employee gulps again and finally says, "H-Hope you liked my gift. Can't wait to play with you again...little brother."

     Little brother?

     "Little brother?" Johnson asked, like he just read my mind.

     "That's what it said", the employee tells me. He was about to return the tissue paper but suddenly stopped and looked back at it with shock, "Wait...this symbol...it's..."

     "The Dark Saints", Mr. Kim and I said in unison.

     Johnson looked surprised. Mainly surprised that I didn't even tell him about that information that I already acquired from Julien.

     "Yes, they're the most feared men in Korea", the man adds, a little shocked that I knew about it too.

     "Tell me something about them. Who's their boss? What are they doing here?" I asked, half expecting the man to not know the answers to some of my questions.

     The man gulps for the hundredth time and answered, "Well they handle the prostitution houses, the drugs, and even half of the country's crime. They're loan sharks, thugs, criminals, you name it. I don't know who their boss is exactly but for what I have known he's an old man that goes by the name The Sinful. And for them being here? I don't know...they're powerful in my country but I didn't know they had power here too."

     So they're a big time gang then. Practically runs the whole country too.

     "Sons, does he have sons?" I suddenly asked, like there was something about it that I just had to know.

     "Sons? I actually don't know sir. They're very secretive about family information", Mr. Kim explained as he finally hands me back the tissue.

     "Alright, thank you so much", I say, and Mr. Kim bows again before leaving my office.

     The moment he was gone, Johnson immediately looks at me and walks in front of my desk.

     "So, when were you going to tell me that Julien being in a gang was actually true?" Johnson asked. I knew he was mad but he tried his best not to show it.

     I take the tissue from my desk and hid it inside my pocket.

     "I was going to tell you but I felt like it wasn't really big deal", I say, finally making Johnson show his anger towards me.

     "Wasn't a big deal? Romeo, that's a fucking gang! And by the looks of it, it's a big and famous one. You can't be acquainted to a gang or any other organizations that aren't in one oath with the family", Johnson explains. Anger, but also worry, present in his voice.

     "I said it wasn't a big deal because Julien isn't acquainted to them anymore. He made some trouble and left the gang, easy as that", I said, but it was obviously not convincing me, which wasn't going to convince Johnson either.

     "You can't just leave a gang Romeo and you of all people should know that", Johnson says.

     "I told you he-"

     Johnson quickly cuts me off and says, "If he isn't acquainted to them anymore then why the fuck are they here for him now?"

     I take a deep breath and tried to calm myself down.

     I quickly take my stress ball out of the drawer and squeezed it tightly, "Do I look like I fucking know? Julien talked about that "Dark Saints" like it wasn't a big deal. And he just got fucking...abused...and you want me to interrogate him?"

     "I don't want you to do anything. All I'm worried about is your safety. If the family finds out about this, they'd definitely call you out for it. And if those gangs find out about you...oh Romeo...The Valentino Family is a name that makes gangs, politicians, and mafia's run from fear. But it also makes them hungrier and challenged. They'd start wanting to defeat us to upgrade their ranks, they start declaring wars, they start-"

     I quickly cut Johnson off and said, "Johnson, we're not dealing with the Yakuzas, the Russian mafia, or even the Chinese Triads. Because if they were then fine, let's be cautious. But this is just a gang, and you're acting like Julien – a mere gang member – can get the whole underworld into war by escaping a club that his brother goes to. We're just dealing with a bunch of gang members whose only power is to pay men to fuck someone. That alone won't even make the Valentino Family flinch", I tell him.

      "You're belittling them too much Romeo. That attitude is the same attitude that got Don Claudio killed."

     I immediately slammed my hand on the table. But Johnson didn't even flinch.

     "Leave", I immediately say, my hands already red because I've been squeezing the stress ball too much.

     "You listen to me first", Johnson persistently says.

     "I will not listen to a man who's scared of a mere gang", I fired back at him.

     I thought Johnson was going to get mad at me again, but he answered instead, "I am scared...because a mere gang was the exact reason...why your father died."

     I looked at Jonson, my chest rising up and down, making me realize that I was actually breathing heavily now.

     "Love Julien all you want. Marry him for all I care. But until this..."Dark Saints" matter settles down...Julien has to go. It's for yours and his safety, understand?" Johnson seriously tells me. But before I could even react, Johnson leaves the room.

     The moment Johnson leaves the room; I immediately threw my stress ball and massaged my temple from complete anger.

     I took out the tissue again and looked at it.

     I don't want to involve myself with a gang because I know the consequences, but the people who actually tormented Julien was actually the gang he's a part of.

     I don't mind taking my revenge on them, because that part would be easy. But what won't be easy would be the Valentino's finding out about Julien being in a gang. My so-call family would do something even more terrible to him just because he's beside me, and I won't be able to do something about that.

     And to make things worse, Dario knows about him too.

     This isn't easy for me to admit, but somehow, Johnson's right. If I really do want to protect him, I have to hide him first. Make sure no one realizes that I'm acquainted to him.

     And I have to think fast before Dario says something to the Valentino Family. Because if the family ever confronts me about this; then Julien won't be with me anymore.

     So if I want to hide someone, there's no one else who can do the job better than...

     "Call Mat Luca", I say as I pressed a button on my telephone.

     "Calling Mat Luca", the telephone says as it starts ringing.

      Seconds later, someone answers the call, "Hello? Who is this?"

     "Mat, this is Val", I answered, then suddenly, there was noise, like Mat just fell off his chair or something.

     "V-Val! Chairman Val! It's been so long my old friend, how can Mat Luca assist you?" he asked with this host-like voice.

     "Remember the apartment you were selling me? Is that still available?" I asked. And Mat immediately answered, "Of course it is! It was too expensive, no one wanted to buy it", then he starts laughing, like there was something really funny about what he just said.

     "Consider it sold. I want it. Send me the papers as soon as you can", I tell him, and Mat sounded like he fell off his chair for the second time.

    "Oh god, thank you Val! You really know how to make a man's day. I'll send you the papers immediately!" he excitedly says.

     "Okay, thank you", I say.

     "No, thank YOU", Mat says back before ending the call.

     I sighed and stood up from my seat and walked in front of the window to look at the scenery outside.

     Just until this Dark Saints matter settles down. Everything...

      Will be back to normal.

*****

     "Welcome back Master Val", my maids greeted as I entered the house.

     I nodded my head and immediately went straight to Julien's room.

     "Julien", I called out as I opened the door.

     Julien, who was reading magazines, quickly let's go of the magazine that he was holding so he could look at me. He smiles and stands up, and then he runs to me and says, "Rome! You're back!"

     He was about to give me a hug, but I stopped him and took his hand instead.

     Julien looked at me confusingly as I handed him the tissue paper. He looked at the tissue paper and slowly opened it up, but the moment he opened it up, Julien gasps and lets go of the tissue paper.

     "W-where did you-"

     "No one cared about you, especially your family. You said that to me last night", I tell him. Julien bites his lower lip and quickly goes to the window so I could face his back.

     "Julien, that note came from your older brother. Your friend told me they came back to the club and looked for you again. Is this a sick game your brother does to you? Even after you left they're still doing something this horrible to you?" I asked, but Julien doesn't answer.

     "For what? What was the mistake that you made that would cause them to do such things?" I asked, trying my best not to get mad again.

     "This doesn't concern you", Julien finally answered, honestly shocking me.

    "Doesn't concern me? Oh believe me Julien it does. I can face death by just being with you so I want you to tell me everything so my life being in danger would be worth it", I told him, finally making Julien look at me.

     "W-what do you...mean?" he asked from shock.

     I stopped and clenched on my fist.

     I wasn't supposed to say that.

     "I told you I'll protect you right? Then tell me what's really going on. Tell me why those men are doing this to you, and tell me why you're so afraid of telling me about it!" I now shouted, immediately regretting it because Julien really hasn't done anything wrong.

     I took a deep breath and slowly walked towards him.

     Julien stares at me with shock, but he still doesn't answer.

     When I was a few inches away from him, I reached out for his cheek and said, "From everything that you could have been, you just had to be a fucking gang member."

     Julien gulps and quickly puts his head down.

     I took a deep breath again and removed my hand from Julien.

     "It would be dangerous for you to stay with me so for now you'll be staying at an apartment that I own. There are guards there that will be able to protect you if something came up. Until this situation settles down you'll have to stay there for a while", I told him as I removed my coat and loosened my tie.

     I thought Julien was going to start asking questions, but he looks at me and nods his head anyways.

     I knew that he wouldn't dare ask me questions now, because if he did, I'd ask him a question back, and he obviously didn't want to answer them.

     "If possible, you'd be able to leave tomorrow", I added as I sat down on the bed.

     I removed the buttons on my cuffs, and then suddenly, Julien goes to the bed and hugs me from behind.

     "I'm sorry", he says.

    "Don't be", I coldly answered.

    Julien hugged me tighter and continued, "Why is a secretary liking his chairman so complicated?"

    I took a deep breath and said, "That's because I'm not just a chairman, and you're not just a secretary."

     "It's a more complicated forbidden love then. Just like Romeo and Juliet", Julien whispered in my ear.

     "I'm not in the mood to play ga-"

     I suddenly stopped midsentence when I felt Julien snake his hand near my crotch area.

     "What are you doing?" I ask as I was about to push his hand away.

     "It's my last night with you right?" he asked as he finally got inside my pants.

    I was about to say something again when I suddenly felt Julien squeeze my cock. Immediately making me moan because of the physical contact.

     "J-Julien stop..." I tried to say, but Julien wasn't listening.

    "I might be worn out but I can still use my hands", Julien suddenly tells me as he started stroking my manhood.

    Julien was obviously seducing me so I would forget about the Dark Saints and just finally stop asking him about it.

    And as stupid and weak as I am, I was obviously seduced.

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