“I don’t want you to fuck this up, “Jordan Lu said as they stopped outside the building ” Freeze the camera and don’t look at too many boobs” he warned.
Jordan cringed, he moved stray hair off his face and gave a toothy grin.
“I don’t look at boobs,” he said looking out the window “And you know freezing the camera would be a little bit of a-”
“Jordan? FOCUS!!!” Lu interrupted “Do not make me break the glass with your pretty face” he pleaded “Freeze the shit and get me on air”
Jordan swallowed, he brought out his laptop from his bag and began to type random things on it. After a while, he looked up with a plain expression, but even his cheeky smile main.
“Done!” He said.
With a slight nod, Lu got off the card after he had covered his face with the mask. After adjusting it to fit his face, he cleared his throat before touching his left ear.
“I can hear your heartbeat sir” Jordan yelled into the hearing device causing Lu to flinch “Never meant to do that,” he said.
Immediately Lu left the car side completely, it drove off, leaving the compound like it was an Uber.
The outrageous laughter of teenagers and young adults filled the room as Lu entered. The air was already bad, filled with alcohol, drugs, and sex. It’s just 30 minutes to nine o’clock which means the party started 30 minutes ago and a lot had happened.
Well, a lot had been happening because Lu just passed two immature couples making out at the corner of the room. The hall almost looks like a high school party or college freshman party.
He rolled his eyes as he put one thing to another and analyze the kind of party Arianna had always wanted. The kind of party when you come and do whatever you want without shame because no one gets to see your face. That doesn’t justify a girl being so drunk and high to the point of having sex in the middle of the room and everybody is watching.
Many had their phones out and in the next few seconds, something new would be trending online. That should be a huge relief for him as no one or few people would pay attention to Davidson’s last pathetic video.
“Testing testing,” Jordan said through the hearing device “testing the mic” he continued.
“I can freaking hear you ” Lu groaned “What is it?” He walked past drunk and sweaty dancers.
His eyes were fixed as his main reason for coming is to get Arianna and get out of such place. This is something he could have asked one of his men to do but he doesn’t know why he feels that he should come personally.
At first, he had just thought about kidnapping her but that would alarm Zeno. Since their informant is yet to be known and he doesn’t know the condition of the person, doing open things might mean he would not hear anything from them again.
It’s indeed a huge surprise when Jordan first told him about the message, it came so fast as if the person was waiting for Alita to come so they can play their mysterious games. He wonders how Gio and Jordan get to understand the message because the first intention after getting them is to smash his laptop.
“Boss, we have a slight problem,” Jordan said.
“What is it?” Lu asked a bit concerned.
The hesitation and harshness in Jordan’s voice are so suspicious that Lu stopped for a few seconds.
“Jordan!?” He groaned impatiently.
His left hand was in his ear while the other was behind his back. He knew how fishy things is so he began to caress his chin like he had something on it. Patiently, he listened to Jordan say random things but he was waiting for the mean one.
His eyes moved up to meet the host, Arianna standing with some ground of friends taking photographs. The way they surrounded her, there was no way he could get close to her, much more getting her out.
They were all in masks and he could not tell who is who but with the cloth the girl in the middle is wearing and the number of guards around her, it only tells that’s Zeno’s precious child.
The security in the room was heavy as every guard had guns in their waistbands and another stripped in leathers their neck. Even the ones taking forced pictures with Arianna had guns, he wonders how all the people felt comfortable with the guns.
Although, he knew he doesn’t get to rest without a gun but with one, he feels paranoid too. There is no place in his house that he doesn’t have a gun even in the kitchen. The fate that he doesn’t get to be in his Kitchen for almost years had made him forget about the gun but he still knew he had it.
“Jordan” he whispered “What is the matter?” He said harshly again.
Although he knew it can’t be anything dangerous but at the same time, it would be something that me needs to know. He was about to move to join the pictures when someone tapped him from behind.
“I like your shoes,” She said with a smile.
If only she could see the scorn on Lu’s face behind the mask, she would never try to pick on a stranger much more complimenting his plain white shoes.
“Stick with that” Jordan whispered to him “In the next few minutes Arianna would be free of the pictures”
Even as Lu stared at her, the urge to talk to her wasn’t found much more keeping himself busy with her. Muttering what he doesn’t really know, he turned to leave but the girl grabbed his wrist.
“Dance with me,” she said in a commanding tone “You have your time now or might never get to be this close to me” she smiled.
Thank God for her half kitty mask, her sweet smile and blue eyes could be seen, while Lu went for a full one. The only thing that could be seen in his face are his eyes, aside from that, nothing else.
“Meet the next junkie” He said “I can bet you are just one drunk kid, go look for another drunkie,” he said through clenched teeth.
With her hand still wrapped around his wrist, she held her chest with the other and gasps. Her mouth is wide open as she pretends to cry after then she pouts.
“I wish you know who you are talking to” she released his hand “But before that”, she turned back “Do not look for me”
The authority in her statement is the only thing keeping Lu with her. She sounds so bold and full of herself, it was even the same reason she suddenly found herself in Lu’s arms.
His intention is to get the mask off her face and see who she really is to talk to him like that. Maybe before he finishes, the host would have gotten rid of her groupies.
Luciano placed his palm on her face and traced the kitty mask with his index, he definitely knew that it won’t be a nice idea to just pull it down.
“What is I choose to apologize?” He asked. The smile on her face was breathless, reminding him of someone “You remains me of someone I use to have a huge crush on as a kid”
Their gaze looked, with the look of things, it seems they knew each other but not so sure.
“What is your name?” She asked.
As Lu stared deeply into her familiar eyes, he thought of a name to tell her before something caught his attention. He saw someone he never believed he would meet, also with someone he would kill to meet.
“Rocco!?” He said.
“Rocco?” The girl seems confused “I am Arianna Alonso” she smiled as she removed her mask.
“Arianna” Lu gasped.
Luciano went rigid, as cold and stiff as ice. He just has what he came for while Rocco just passed with what he wanted.
The way Alita looked beautiful but pale without a mask as she was been dragged to a room. Her legs seems shaky in the heels she wore and her hair no longer looks as black as it used to be, it looked somehow brown.
His first motive was to run to her but she is more than heavily guarded. He knows that he tries to go to her, his identity would be open and it would be like running into another wolf’s park.
“Get prepared to take her out,” Jordan said to him “On my counts: three – two – one ”
At the count of one, the whole light in the room went off.