Brandon is sitting on the couch opposite them. He keeps staring at them with his mouth open wide and his eyes wide open. Damian starting to get annoyed with that expression of his.
“You… already married-I can’t… believe this. I never expect you will marry one day, boss,” he speaks up.
“Is that a crime?” Damian arches his eyebrows.
“No, it’s not! It just… unexpected,” Brandon sighs. “Anyway, it makes me curious.”
Damian and Melody looked at him with curiosity. He holds his chin and looks at Melody with firm gazes, making her shift uncomfortable. Is there something she did wrong? She fixed her skirt.
“Hmm…. so you are my boss’s wife…” Brandon narrows his eyes on her.
“Y-Yes, I am. Is there something wrong?” Melody furrows her eyebrows.
He pauses for a moment before speaking, “What is so attractive about my boss? He is nothing but a grumpy old man,”
Damian’s eyes twitch as he hears that.
“What so attractive about him, huh? Well… I can’t find anything that catches my eye,” she taps her chin.
“What the-I’m a good-looking man! I got everything and yet you say that!?” Damian glares at her.
“I’m just answering the truth,” she shrugs her shoulder. “What is so attractive about you? I can’t see anything,”
He pinches her cheeks, “Mind your words, lady.”
“I’m telling the truth!!” she whines holding his wrist.
Brandon looks at them stunned. He doesn’t know what to say but is surprised by their interaction. This is the first time seeing Damian interact with someone like that. Especially to a woman.
Somehow…
He could see the warmth and gentleness in Damian’s eyes. It’s such a rare sight to him. The way Damian holds and talks to her… everything is opposite of his character.
“You can’t blame me though. Not everyone will attracted to you…” Melody puffs her cheeks, rubbing them to soothe the pain from his pinch.
“Well, you are right. I can’t blame you but still! Can’t you just find something attractive about me? At least just one good thing about me,” Damian rolls his eyes.
“One thing….” she taps her chin, “Maybe your physical?”
“My physical? You mean my body?” he arches his eyebrows.
“Yes. You have a sexy and hot body. With muscle and that abs, yeah, I think only that makes you attractive,” she bluntly said.
Damian sitting there, looking at her with disbelief. “How about my face?”
“Your face? Nah, it’s look normal to me,” she shrugs her shoulder.
He glares at her and is about to pinch her cheeks once again. But, the laughter from Brandon caught their attention. He laughed so hard, clutching his stomach.
“Oh gosh, this is unexpected,” he laughs.
“What so funny?” Damian arches his eyebrows.
“Nothing. Just… I’m so happy that’s all,” he chuckles.
The waiter came and put down the drinks. Melody’s eyes light up to see the drink. She has been dreaming of trying this kind of drink. Brandon smiles at the waiter and dismisses him.
“Is there any food here?” Melody questioned.
“Seriously?” Damian frowns.
“What? We can’t just drink. At least, there’s a snack,” she huffs.
Brandon chuckles, “We didn’t prepare any snacks, but you can request them,” he snaps his finger, and a guard comes.
“Can you lead this girl to the bartender? Tell them it’s my order,”
The guard bowed his head and ushered Melody out of the VIP room. Damian shakes his head slightly before taking a sip of his drink. He didn’t expect her to request something like that.
“So, what happened?”
Brandon’s question makes him snap out, “What do you mean what happened?”
“Well, I can sense this marriage is not by… love. Isn’t it?” he guesses.
“It’s not,” Damian answers. “It’s all because of my parents. My father wants to take over the clan, but only if I get married.”
“So, this married is only… on paper?”
“You can say it like that,” he shrugs.
That’s sad. Brandon thought their marriage was all because of love. The way he looks at her and treats her is different. More to affectionate. He just smiles and nods in understanding and respect for his boss’s actions.
He doesn’t want to get involved even though he will be sad if this married couple is going to divorce one day.
“Look!! I got a lot of snacks!!” Melody comes back with snacks in her arms.
The guard went to Brandon and gave the receipt. He arches his eyebrows, seeing how much she has ordered.
“I didn’t expect her to order this much,” Brandon chuckles, not bothered by it.
Damian looks at her with a firm gaze, “Why did you order a lot? Are you going to finish it?”
“Not sure, but I’ll try,” she grins.
She opens the snacks before stuffing her mouth with them. Damian grumbles under his breath while watching her eating knowing she can’t finish it by herself. Brandon chuckles at her action.
The curtain opens by the waiter, who is holding a few bottles of wine.
“Oh, this is one of my expensive wines. The one we prepared is just a cheap one, but this one is much better,” Brandon smiles proudly.
Damian stares at the bottle, “Your new product?”
“Yup. All the ingredients I use are safe, don’t worry. Not to mention t expensive,” he grins.
Melody looks at the waiter who pours the wine for them. It looks sparkling and delicious in her eyes.
“But I got a warning for you: this wine of mine contains a lot of alcohol. So, it’s easy to get drunk,” Brandon warns them.
The waiter hands the glass toward Melody. She is about to accept it, but Damian snatches it away. “No, I don’t think so.”
“Oh come on! I want to taste it!!” she whines.
“Don’t you hear what Brandon said? It contains a lot of alcohol. You never drink one, and I bet you are easy to get drunk,” he says firmly, pulling the glass out of her reach.
“Just one glass, please…” she pleaded, showing her puppy eyes.
“No, Mel. No means no,” Damian glares at her.
Brandon takes a sip of his wine, ” Oh, come on, boss. Let the lady have her fun once in a while.”
“No. If I let her drink this, who knows what will happen,” he still insisted.
“But it makes her happy. Look at her face. You don’t want to make her unhappy, don’t you?”
Brandon’s words make him halt. Happy? He looks at her using her doe eyes, begging him to let her taste the wine. Damian shut his eyes and clenched his jaw. He wants nothing but to make her happy.
He takes a deep breath and lets it out.
“Please…” Melody pouts.
“Fine…” he sighs deeply.
A bright smile appeared on her face. Melody squeals and takes the glass from him.
Brandon chuckles, “You are whipped, boss.”
“Shut your mouth,” he glares at him.
He glances at Melody, who happily drinks the wine, and hums in deliciousness. Seeing her smile makes his frustration slightly fade. Besides, it’s just one drink. It’s not that bad.
Or so he thought?
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Brandon and Damian blink their eyes. They didn’t think one glass would become ten glasses of wine. Melody standing on the couch, dancing and giggling.
Damian sighs deeply, “I told you this will be bad,”
“I didn’t expect it to be this bad,” Brandon mumbles.
“Mel, get down from that couch,” he demands.
Melody didn’t listen. She keeps dancing on the couch. Damian pinches the bridge of his nose. He’s getting tipsy also, but he manages to control it. Since he has a lot of experience with alcohol.
“Boss, is she always this hyper?” Brandon asks.
“Not before she drinks this wine of yours, and you encourage her to drink more!” Damian scolds him.
He chuckles sheepishly, rubbing at the back of his neck. He thought this girl could handle a simple glass of wine.
“I think it’s time for us to go home,” Damian gets up and fixes his appearance.
“Yeah, I think it’s time to go home,” Brandon agreed, looking at Melody, who jumped on the couch.
Damian grabbed her waist and hoisted her to his shoulder. She giggled as he did that, not even protesting his move.
“I’m so tall!!” she giggles.
“You are, lady Melody,” Brandon chuckles, amused by her drunk behaviour.
“Thank you for inviting us, Brandon. Congrats on your grand opening,” Damian says before he steps out of the VIP room.
Brandon was left alone on the couch with his guard. A smile appeared on his face. The guard looks at him in confusion, not knowing why he’s smiling.
“What’s wrong, sir?” the guard questioned.
“Nothing. Just… happy for my boss,” he pours the wine into the glass.
“But, their marriage is just on the paper,” the guard frowns.
“I know, that’s so sad. But that didn’t change the fact my boss… started to have someone precious in his life,” Brandon smiles.
He is more than happy for Damian. Who is nothing but only a man who lives in a gloomy and dark world? Now… he got his ball of sunshine.
The car park is in front of the mansion. Damian didn’t waste time and hoist her up to his shoulder once again. He walks in the mansion greet by the butler.
“Can you help me park the car back to the garage?” he threw the keys to the butler.
The butler catches it and nods, “On it, sir.”
He nodded and went upstairs. His steps somehow wobble a bit. Not going to lie, but he felt his tipsy affecting him. Damian was on the wall for a moment to gain his consciousness.
“I’m in the new world~” Melody giggles to herself.
“You are, Mel,” he grumbles.
She saw his butt and pats it. Damian stiff and grunts, “Mel, keep your hands to yourself.”
“Your butt is sexy,” she giggles and keeps tapping it.
“Thank you for the compliment,” he walks toward their bedroom.
The door shuts close, and he puts her on the bed. Melody loves the bounce she got. She looks up at him in a drunken state. Damian looks down at her. Her dress slips a bit off her exposing a bit of her chest.
His eyes slowly went down to her soft and while looking thighs. It’s rubbing together as if she holding something.
“Why are you rubbing your thighs?” he questioned.
“I’m not sure…” she mumbles.
Damian sighs deeply before turning around and taking off his top. The tattoos, build and sexy body appeared in front of her. Melody couldn’t straight in her drunken state. Because of it, her brain controls her more.
He is about to take off his pants, but a soft fingertips touch his back. His muscles become tense, knowing who it is. She slowly brings her fingers down.
“M-Melody, what are you doing?” he asks with a gruff voice.
“Your body… is beautiful…” she mumbles.
As much as he wanted to push her hand away, he couldn’t bring himself to it. He’s tipsy and couldn’t think straight. The alcohol makes everything harder. Melody’s soft hands on his back only make his pants tighten.
Fuck.
This will lead to something that wouldn’t be expected by them.
“Melody, you better stop befo-”
His breath hitches when he felt something even more worse. Melody press her lips on his back, let him feel her warmth lips.
That’s it.
Damian push her on the bed, holding her wrist above her head. His knee between her legs, pressed on her core.
“Damian…” she whines.
“Your drunken state make me frustrated, you know that?” he growls.
He puts his face on her neck, kiss it softly. Melody let out a soft moans only to encourage him to go further. He bites and suck on her soft skin.
“Ah! Damian!” she arches her back.
“That’s it…” Damian grins.
Everything is blur with their lust and love. Nothing come to their mind right now. The only thing they need is each other. The thought of claim, taste and mark is the only thing that float in their mind. The night is long for them that for sure.