THE LAST MINUTE GROOM SEASON 2: CHAPTERS 51 – 60
BY SIR ZACH
CHAPTER 54
Randy was asked to not come along but he blatantly disobeyed and Damien wasn’t mad about it.
“Where do you think I’m heading?” Damien hissed without looking back.
“That’s the twins’ quarters.”
Damien turned around and glared at Randy. “So? Is the compound and quarter theirs? Can’t I take a tour around my enemy’s house and see where I can attack from?”
“Of course,” Randy sneered and rolled his eyes. His master has become soft but to be honest, he likes this side of his Master more.
Randy wasn’t an indigene of Country M. He grew up knowing fun and Love but circumstances turned him into what he has become.
Damien suddenly stopped walking and turned around. “Say, are those girls angry at me?”
“Huh?” It took Randy a lot of time to understand his master. “Of course! Who wouldn’t?! You ‘killed’ them, remember?”
“Aish, don’t say it like that. It was all a scheme and by the way…” he narrowed his eyes and started to walk towards Randy. “How did I not perceive Maverick’s scheme? You helped him out, didn’t you?”
“Wh– what are you saying? I didn’t, didn’t…” Randy started to walk backwards in haste.
“What do you think you are doing?… Stop right there…hey!…. Where are you going?!… Randy, stop running!…. I promise I’ll break your legs for making me chase you around!”
“Hahaha…. I’ll be stupid if I wait for you to catch up!”
That night, two figures could be seen running around Maverick’s compound while laughing and screaming.
Maverick’s men couldn’t help wondering if this was the same man that they’d been fighting for ages. He was laughing while running, painting a picture of a young and happy child. Although some of them were not comfortable with him being around the mansion, they didn’t bother to get involved since their Master brought him here in the first place.
THE LAST MINUTE GROOM SEASON 2: CHAPTERS 51 – 60
A while later, Damien and Randy were seen lying with their backs on the sun loungers beside the pool, panting with their faces up.
Randy turned his head to Damien whose eyes were closed and said: “Boss, you’ve changed so much. Do you like this side of you?”
“What? Haven’t I always been like this?” Damien retorted nonchalantly.
“Haha… quit playing around. You’ve not been yourself for some days now.”
“What changed wasn’t me but you. You’ve been very disrespectful lately and you seem not to be scared of me anymore, so I’m wondering if I should cut you into smaller pieces or just throw you whole into the sea for sharks to feed on. I think the latter is more kind to fishes. What do you think?” Damien asked slowly in a drowsy voice, though he wasn’t feeling sleepy even though his eyes were closed.
A chill ran down Randy’s back. “Haha…You don’t have to scare me like that. It’s fine, it’s fine, I won’t talk about your changes anymore. But Master, you should be a little nice to me, I’m the only one who hasn’t abandoned you from my batch. Others fled to Emilee’s side and those on the island left with other Bosses, thinking you won’t be able to leave ever again and that with the ATOM in you, you will die soon. So sad,” he sighed.
“Those betrayers, you shouldn’t be seeking permission to go kill them like this. We both know I won’t spare them… However, this is not the right time. We can’t beat the bush to startle the snake. No one knows I’ve left the island, except the higher-ups.” Damien’s lips stretched into a sweet smile.
Randy brought up those who betrayed him because he felt it was time they settle those people.
“Yes, boss, but what should we be doing while we are here? You asked me to gather Intel and I’ve done that already.”
“That’s fast, who did you get it from? You didn’t call our people, did you?”
“No, I bought the information from Code 10. That greedy idiot almost sucked my blood dry.”
“Maverick and his people are leeches. Just play smarter next time, so, what did you find out?”
“Emilee is growing more powerful by the day. She had made connections with lots of our enemies. She seemed to have made your life a wager for peace. Emilee made a deal with Echo cooperation and the terms and conditions state that you can be killed by anyone from the Echo groups if she breaches the contract. Maybe she brought you forth as the true leader of the Yu faction for this…”
“Yes, the witch is a smart one. She does not intend for me to return, so she’s making plans for whenever I step foot in the Country. Ha…” he snorted, then thought of something and asked: “When was this deal made?”
“This afternoon. I’m guessing she’s aware that you’ve arrived because Emilee rejected a business collaboration with Echo cooperation three days ago but suddenly, she sent them an invite yesterday. Isn’t it strange?”
Damien frowned. Yes, it is. No one knows that he no longer has the chip, so why is Emilee openly trying to kill him? Also, everyone thought he was still on the island… his eyes snapped open and his lips curled into a crazed smile.
“Elder Five seems to be desperate to get rid of me. Is he aware that I’m trying to make up with Maverick?”
“I’m sure that’s the case, boss.”
“Impressive. Hahaha… Say,” he turned on his side, facing Randy. “Does Elder Five not strike you like a familiar person?”
Randy’s eyes widened and he gasped. “You noticed?” He has been having this weird feeling that Elder Five is someone close to them but he has no idea who it was. Because of that, he didn’t bother to let his master know that and was planning on finding out the truth somehow.
“Of course, why won’t I know my twin brother, stupid.” Damien chuckled like a maniac.
Randy bolted up like he was electrocuted and almost fell from his action. “Wh– what are you talking about?”
“What? What’s so weird about that? Ruben and I aren’t very close, so why can’t he seek to benefit? I also killed my older brother for the leadership position, right? So what’s wrong if Ruben or anyone else in the Yu family comes for me?”
“Master!” Randy sat back down and sighed helplessly. “Have you lost your motivation to live? They will really kill you if you don’t fight back. Ruben, he was never one who would betray you like this. What if it isn’t him? What if someone else is disguising as him just to tear your relationship apart?” He asked.
Damien stared at Randy for a long time before he shook his head and said; “you’re too naive and it makes me wonder why you haven’t with that brain of yours.” He turned his face back to the starless sky and continued: “Stop talking, let me sleep. At dawn, look for who would tell you where Kimberly was kept.”
“You want to sleep here?” Randy asked in astonishment.
“Why can’t I sleep here? I told you to stop talking, didn’t I?” Seeing Randy wanted to speak again, Damien cut him off. “Another word and you’ll show me how the swimmers swim until morning.”
Randy shifted his gaze between his Master and the calm pool before he glared at Damien. “Goodnight,” he said and closed his eyes.
Damien continued to look at the sky and after a long time, he turned his head to look at the sleeping Randy, then his lips stretched into a thin smile.
“Thanks for coming,” he mumbled under his breath.
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THE LAST MINUTE GROOM SEASON 2: CHAPTERS 51 – 60
The next day was Christine’s official debut. Her team was running around and putting things in place for her.
Inside the dressing room was the beautiful-looking Christine, dressed in a flowy white gown with a wireless headset microphone. She looked calm and collected as she stared back at her reflection in the large dressing mirror in front of her.
Her red lips were a contrast to her pale face and her nose was pointed to the sky like it was disdaining all beings except herself.
At that moment, the door was pushed open and the masked VJ Cute walked in with her guards stationed by the door.
“You haven’t held success in your grasp, yet you’re already looking so pompous. What would happen after you’ve become a sensation? Tch!”
Christine shifted her gaze to VJ Cute whose image was also reflecting in the mirror.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about but since you’re here, I would like for us to talk some things through.”
VJ Cute took an empty seat and sat with her back resting on the seat and her leg crossed over the other. She crossed her arms over her chest and closed her eyes to cool off. She had a small fight with Valen before coming and it saddened her heart. Poor child…
“…Are you listening?”
Christine’s voice pulled her mind back to reality and without opening her eyes, she said: “If you weren’t speaking as if you were in a hole, I would have heard you, don’t you think?”
“Y–”
“If you can’t speak, get your Manager or CEO boyfriend to communicate with me on your behalf, I don’t have the time to waste words with you.”
“…”
For a long time, nobody said anything and to Christine, the silence was suffocating. She doesn’t like this lady and it seems the lady feels the same way.
“I won’t have a problem with you provided you don’t embarrass me on stage.” She managed to say.
“That’s what every sensible person won’t worry about because they know that I signed a contract with 200 billion as damages if I breached the contract.”
Christine was flabbergasted. She pointed to her nose after a long while and asked in disbelief: “Are you by chance implying that I’m senseless?”
“No, not implying, It’s a fact… You’re stupid.” VJ Cute replied lazily.
“Y– you, how dare you!!”
“Truth hurts.” VJ Cute shrugged.
“What is going on here?” The door burst open and the Manager walked in with Christine’s Assistant.
“I also want to know why your artist has a problem with me. Why is she picking on me? I’m doing you all a favor and ages hating on me? The effrontery!” VJ Cute thundered.
A chill ran down Christine’s back after hearing that. “You lying bitch!!” She couldn’t hold it back and directly screamed.
“That’s enough! Get a grip of yourselves, you two!!” Manager Richard stopped them both as he was having a hard time holding back his fury. “If the both of you can’t collaborate in peace, then I see no need for this act we are putting on. You should all fix yourselves!”
Christine bit her lower lip and whispered pitifully. “I’m sorry for my outburst…VJ I’m sorry.”
VJ Cute rolled her eyes and refused to reply.
“Ok, now that you both have settled your differences, you can head out to the stage now. VJ, you’ll be backstage like always and do your thing… Christine, adhere to the instructions and don’t kill the music. This performance would determine how strong your foot in the industry will become. You are already lucky with thousands of fans. All you need to do is impress them with your movements to the music and let VJ win them over. Is that understood?”
“Yes, Manager,” Christine responded.
“Great, now you can head out.”
After Christine left, Manager Richard stared at VJ Cute for a long time before heading out. He didn’t want to annoy her because she truly had the potential to help him win the Award, so he’ll tolerate her excesses for now.
“We should leave,” he said and VJ Cute got up and followed him out.
In the concert hall, housing tens of thousands of fans from Country A, Country Y, Country Z, Country M, and a few more Countries, Christine stood on the stage like a sore thumb. It was simply too unbelievable and surreal that she would be getting these many followers from just a few songs released by VJ Cute some day ago.
After VJ Cute signed the contract to be a voice artist, she was made to start remixing popular songs just to entertain people and to also draw fans with her voice. Together with the fans that Christine already had before, this gathering of hungry fans became possible.
She could hear the cheers and excitement coming from these fans and it made her get super excited and nervous. She was scared of making mistakes for any little mistake she makes right now will be the beginning of her failure.
THE LAST MINUTE GROOM SEASON 2: CHAPTERS 51 – 60
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