Before Jordan returned with a glass of water and pills, Lu had already bathed and dressed Alita. He did make sure to wear her jean trousers and a big top, every part of her body was covered so Jordan wouldn’t get to see much of her.
“You look nice” Jordan compliment Lu.
His lazy eyes were all over Lu, who was dressed in navy blue trousers and a matching shirt, the blazers sat on his bed next to Alita as he fumbled with his wrist buttons.
“May I help you, sir?” Jordan offered but got ignored, he smiled and rubbed the back of his neck “Ok, I will be over here minding my business”
Jordan kept glancing from Lu’s head to his toes, his whole body sending a different message entirely. His face looks icy, as clueless as a colorless liquid. His legs shook, telling how desperately he wants to put an end to the things that are happening. His elegant body look perfect, as perfect as seducing him and his hands strong, his palms were even clenched.
“I can help you change the bandage on your palm” Jordan walked closer, he caught glimpse of Lu’s hard stare and he grinned “It can get contaminated, you know?” He looked around the room refusing to lock gaze with his boss.
“I know” Lu replied still looking at his stern face in the mirror “It’s not a deep wound and I have changed it immediately I got Alita dressed and took my bath”
“You know how to do it?” Jordan asked confused “How?” He stopped really close to Lu and stared at the already healing scar under his eyes.
His face lifted into a cute smile as he noticed the wound under his boss’s eye had almost healed completely, it even looked like it never happened. Even though Jordan knows his boss is trying to hide his real emotions from him, he is as well ready to stand for him or talk till he let his feelings out.
“I had always wanted to be a doctor” Lu suddenly said, he was still facing the mirror “When I was younger, I used to treat my battle wounds as my father would call it” he swallowed, took in a deep breath, and exhale from his mouth “I see getting a doctor a waste of time because I already know what to do and how to do them perfectly. I had hopes that I would become a doctor until I got my tattoo”
Lu’s voice dropped as he lowered his head, his shoulders kept rising and falling as he stared at the back of his palm, he wasn’t putting on his gloves, as usual, he had his hands plain this time. Since he is going to see his family and the person that had made him hide his tattoo for a long already knows about it, he sees nothing more useful in hiding it.
He stared at his blue eyes in the mirror and exhaled again, nothing more to be compassionate upon. He looked at the chest below the mirror than his eyes color. The only thing keeping him from going wide is Alita and he had done a lot more damages than he could fix to her. He bent slowly like he was trying to consider not doing what he was about to do and brought out a small box, a person can mistake it for a Ring box.
After staring at the box for a while he won his feelings and opened it, with the tiny object on his index finger, he lean closer and held the down of his eyes with his other hand. Doing the same thing to both eyes, he looked up to glance at the grey reflection of himself.
“Wow!” Jordan said, he held his laughter as Lu startled and smile at the end “I don’t know which one of you I am fall-”
He stopped, they both looked at the bed where Alita held her head and rolled on the bed.
“Alita!” Lu gasped in a harsh whisper. He remained in his spot and allowed Jordan to rush to her.
He couldn’t get his eyes off her as she slowly sat up on the bed and stared at Jordan, her green eyes were moist and filled with fear. His heart aches as he sees the way she flinched when Jordan tried to console her. Lu would not want to go to her and freak her out more, mere looking at her, he could tell how scared she was to have Jordan close to her.
“Please don’t hurt me” Alita coiled as Jordan tried to hug her “please go away” she cried.
With a calm smile on his face, Jordan pulled Alita close and hugged her, at first she remain stiff until he placed his jaw on her head and whispered assuring words to her.
“I just want to die” Alita hugged him back and cried, she buried her face in his chest and shook “I am tired of all of this”
Lu’s eyes filled with tears as he watched her cry and engulf herself more in Jordan’s frame that looks comfortable for her. Her small arms were wrapped around his torso and her face buried in his chest. He really crave to hug her and kiss the tears dry from her face but he could not.
Letting her see him would only freak her out if she doesn’t try to kill him again, it hurts him that he had to go but he has to. Slowly so he wouldn’t get noticed, he opened the chest and brought out two handguns, he bent and looked inside as if searching for another but didn’t find any.
He was puzzled, normally he was supposed to find three guns there but he found only two. Yesterday he took one out but didn’t remember where he had placed it hopefully, it would be in his office, the car he took out, or somewhere else he had no idea of.
His gaze narrowed as he rolled his eyes dramatically, trying to remember where had kept it last or had used it. No matter how he roam around his hot brain, he still couldn’t get to remember where he had dropped it. With an uncertain expression on his face, be brought out bullets.
He didn’t want to cock the gun in their presence or check if it had bullets so he just filled his trouser pocket with it. He lifted the ankle side of his left leg and forced a gun into it, the other went into his waistband at the back of his waist.
Lu looked at them for the last time to see Alita still sniffing in Jordan’s cuddle, her face was hidden in the boy’s chest and it hurt him that he didn’t get to see her lovely face for a few hours. He picked up his blazer and tiptoed towards the door.
“Take care of her” he mouthed as he went out.
As he took the elevator to the front of his room, many things occupied his mind. Even if he knows Jordan had this huge crush on him and Alita, he knew the boy would not do anything to hurt Alita. The way he seeded him cuddle her and comfort her alone made me more like a big brother when Alita was literally four years older than him.
The afternoon breeze was surprisingly cool when he reached outside, his eyes scanned the whole place as he checked how his men were. A black Lamborghini was parked in his front and the door opened for him to enter, his chauffeur stood beside the open door his professional look on his face.
“Gather round,” he said more to himself as he signaled on his men to move closer which they all did “We have a snitch in the brotherhood and I want all of us to check out for each other”
He paused to look at the expression of his men, hoping he had not done the wrong thing or he is on the right track.
“Protect Luca at all cause for he is the next target,” he said “Beware of Ugo and if he happens to be back before me, apprehend him” anger laced his voice “Do not kill him, keep him in chains till I return”
From the back seat of his Lamborghini, Lu watched as the men went back to their positions. Their guns in their arms and their face straight, he couldn’t even tell what mood they might as their faces were emotionless.
As the driver drove off, he wondered what he would do or say to his half-brother he had not seen for years. Lu had no idea if his brother would want to hit him in the groin and choke his neck like before or want to hug him as he wants to. Even if he acts like he doesn’t really care, he strongly wishes to have family, Aside from his daughter Amara, he wishes there was someone she could call uncle and that’s Davidson, his brother.