"I didn't know you guys are such gossip lovers." Zayn was getting impatient. "Are you leaving or not?"
"Alright, alright, let's go." Lucas relented after Zayn got angry. "But we want to talk about the project."
"Let's take this to your place." Zayn forcibly pushed them out, and Benard told the servants to close the door immediately.
Cain and Kyle finally managed to break free from being caught up by Bugara, but when they arrived, Zayn was already gone like the wind.
"I told you it's just Lucas and his girlfriend. You gossip lovers, you, " Bugara teased.
"Something seems odd." They thought something was off, but they didn't pry any further.
"Just go in."
"Mr. Giblo, your girlfriend would be left alone if you come with us, won't she?" Carla poked fun at him, but all Zayn did was look at her coldly.
"It's fine. He'll go back in a minute, " Lucas stopped their argument once again. "This'll only take a second."
"True." Carla smirked. "It's not even ten. We won't disturb their night."
"Someone seems jealous." Zayn approached her, his gaze passionate. "I can stay with you if you want."
"Why you…" Carla's face turned scarlet.
"What are you doing, Zayn?" Lucas quickly sat between them, separating Zayn from Carla. "Stop this. She's my girlfriend."
"I wonder if that's the case." Zayn arched his eyebrow.
"What does that have to do with you?" Carla glared back.
"Of course it has something to do with me." He teased, "I want you."
What the heck? Lucas was shocked. "Are you for real?"
Carla was equally shocked. She thought she was hearing things.
"Consider it, Carla." He shoved Lucas away and closed in on her. "I know you better than Lucas does."
"Zayn, what are you doing?"
"You're joking." Carla frowned, glaring back at him with doubt. "You can't have fallen for me, can you?"
"Let's see…" Zayn smirked. "If I hadn't fallen for you, how did you take down the South Sea territorial waters?
"If I hadn't fallen for you, why did I tolerated your behavior? And that I let you go despite the fact you lost that night? Do you really think an eagle's enough to stop me?
"If I hadn't fallen for you, why do you think I was in a hurry to save you back then?
"If I hadn't fallen for you, why do you think I didn't kill you when you came to my home with your pet eagle?
"If I hadn't fallen for you, why do you think you can still sit with us despite telling Lucas to pull off all that offensive stunts? I would have kicked anyone else out of the partnership, but you're still here.
"Why do you think that is the case?"
Carla couldn't come up with any rebuttal for that, and Lucas was aghast, while Rogan the driver was sweating from her palms. Freda frowned as if an enemy was behind her.
Benard kept quiet, though he looked at his employer knowingly. He knew there were two reasons Zayn was doing that. One, he was worried that Lucas might take Carla for himself, and two, he was worried Carla might cause a lot of trouble for the Giblo Group if she kept it up. When that time came, he'd be hard-pressed to take action against her, except that he wouldn't be able to. That'd pose a big problem.
"You must be kidding, Zayn." Lucas finally snapped out of it and was agitated. "I thought you have a girlfriend now. Why'd you fall for Carla?"
"She's not my girlfriend, " Zayn answered curtly.
"What a joke." Carla was infuriated. "You think you can kick me out of the partnership with that kind of cheap trick? I gave Lucas my money, so I am not—"
Before she could finish her sentence, Zayn held the back of her head and kissed her.
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