She felt something soft on her. Her eyes flicker open a bit, and she notices the light is off. She looks around, and it is dark only a few dim lights. Melody looks outside the window, and it is dark.
Such a long nap she had.
She didn’t feel tired at all. Maybe because she felt too comfortable. Melody sat up and a soft blanket fell off her.
“Blanket?” she whispers to herself.
As far as she remembered, she didn’t have a blanket on her. Melody shrugs her shoulder and turns to Damian, who has his eyes closed, but his laptop is on.
“Is this old man sleeping or working while sleeping?” she mumbles to herself. She glances at the time on the laptop.
It’s shows it only at 8 pm.
Melody slowly gets up and leaves her seat. She looks around to find the bathroom. She pushed one door and found Matthew and Victor in the other section, playing games.
“I don’t know if this jet got another private section,” she speaks.
“Well, it does have,” Victor shrugs his shoulder.
“You take a long nap, sweetie,” Matthew teased her.
“I don’t know why, I just felt comfortable,” she giggles.
Victor scoffs, “Of course you do. Damian demands us to go here since we keep making noise. That’s why you feel comfortable,”
“Yeah, he doesn’t want us to wake you up,” Matthew added.
Their words make Melody stiff. She furrows her eyebrows. It didn’t sound like Damian.
“What?” she frowns.
“We telling the truth. He even turns off the lights for you,” Victor leans on the seat, crossing his legs. “Fuck! How can you beat me easily like that!?”
“That’s because you are not a pro in this game, buddy,” Matthew smirks.
Melody is still in her position. Is the blanket from him too? It gave her shivers since Damian would never do that. She is sure of it since he always throws hate at her.
“Anyway, where is the bathroom?” she changed the topic.
After a moment, she comes back to her seat feeling relief. Damian is still in the same position. She carefully does not step on his feet or something and takes her seat. She fixes the blanket on her.
Those two man words still lingered in her head. There’s no way this old man will do that to her right? He is nothing but a tyrant.
Despite the unbothered feeling she got in her to him, she could see tiredness in his expression. Melody looks at her blanket. She sighs and grabs it before putting it on him slowly.
She shut the laptop gently and put it away. She lowered his chair and tried her best not to wake him up. Melody huffs and back to her laid position. Even though he is being harsh to her just now, she understands him.
Since Mrs. Gabriella told her, he became like this after losing his twin.
Melody flinches when a blanket is thrown at her. She looked beside her and found Damian still with his eyes closed.
“There’s only one blanket. So don’t pull it while you’re asleep,” he speaks.
Is he trying to say he wants to share it?
“You bad at communication,” she let out a snicker.
“Don’t start, little one,” Damian warns her.
Melody giggles and snuggles on the blanket even more.
After a long journey, they finally landed. Melody couldn’t stay still in her seat. She got excited as the pilot announced that they finally arrived. When Damian unbuckles his seatbelt, she quickly follows his action.
Melody rushes outside when the door opens. Matthew and Victor got pushed aside by her. She stands at the doorway and squeals.
“We in Thailand!!” she jumps in excitement. The stewardess chuckles at her adorable thrill.
Without thinking twice, Melody quickly gets down from the private jet. Matthew leans toward Damian’s ear.
“I think… you got a new burden on your shoulder,”
“She promises me she will be in good behaviour. So, if she doesn’t stick to her promises, I swear I will leave her here,” Damian bluntly speaks.
“Why did you bring her in the first place anyway?” Victor frowns.
Damian twitched as he heard that question. If he tells them the truth that he is scared of her threat, they will laugh ass off. He clears his throat and gets his coat.
“Just for safety,” by that, he walks away.
Matthew and Victor exchange looks in confusion. They just shrug their shoulder, not wanting to think much about it and follow their boss.
The black Mercedes car is already parked, waiting for them with two guards. Melody is about to walk past the car, but Damian pulls her back.
“Where do you think you are going? Our car is here,” he frowns.
“I want to explore,” she answers.
“We will be going to the hotel,” Damian sighs, getting tired of handling her.
Melody whines, “Hotel? Can’t we explore first—”
“Get in the car. Now,” he demands, leaving no room for protest.
Melody huffs and gets inside the car. Damian turns to Matthew and Victor, who are standing there, watching their interaction.
“We will meet tonight. Before that, try to track Ludwig. He must be not too far though,” he orders.
Victor nods, “That’s what I’m doing.”
“Will you bring her too?” Matthew nods towards Melody, who is sulking inside the car.
“Hell no,” he grumbles, “I had enough of her. She will be staying in the hotel room.”
“Are you sure about that? I don’t know about her but I got to see the possibilities of her doing dumb things,” Matthew chuckles.
“I will make sure the guards keep an eye on every action here,” Damian replied, laced with strictness. He doesn’t want to deal with another stupid thing.
They nod. Damian dismissed them before getting inside the car. The car starts to drive away leaving those two behind with their driver.
After a moment, Melody could see the city of Thailand. She puts her hands on the window, watching everything that passes by them. She needs to savour this moment as long as she can.
Damian sighs, “Can you sit still and not be a kid for a moment?”
“Oh come on! I never went to Thailand before! This is a great opportunity!” she squeals.
“That explains why,” he mumbles.
Melody turns to him with thrilled in her eyes, “Can we go check out some great places!?”
“No,”
“Please!!”
“No, Melody,” he firmly said.
“I know you will lock me up in the hotel room after this and for the whole day. Just let me enjoy it for a moment, just for today. Can we?” she clasped her hands together and titled her head.
Damian let out a deep sigh, “I told you. I come here for work and not for some shitty vacation.”
“That’s you. Not me,” she talks back. “Please, please pretty please. Just for today. Please!!”
Melody keeps pleading over and over. Damian turns his head towards her, and that’s when he realises it is a bad idea. Her green doe eyes looked straight into his cold ones. Somehow, it affected him.
Despite his annoyance toward her, he found that this action of hers was breaking something in him. He looks away, trying to ease his mind.
“No means no,” he firmly speaks.
“Please…” her voice getting softened.
Damian knows she won’t give up. No matter what answers he gave to her, she will keep pleading. He let out a deep and rough sigh. He glances at her watch, and there’s still some time left before he goes to work.
“Fine,”
That one word gives an excitement rush inside her. Melody squeals brightly and clapping her hands. Damian pinches the bridge of his nose, not knowing why he felt unsatisfied with this kind of situation.
“You are the best, Mr. Angelo!!” she giggles.
“Fuck this,” he mumbles to himself.