LOVER MONSTER!
55. Needs Clarity.

"Don't drown that, Jesse. A palace is not built overnight, it needs patience and deep attention. Love is the same..."

Today, after hearing a report from Jessica about the progress of their strategy last night that turned out to be 'Impact ends', Dania immediately issued comforting words to support her best friend.

Jessica withered and shone. The hope of making Demian fall in love from the beginning was just a fingernail, and now, when the early stages of their planning did not go smoothly, was a reasonableness for Jessica to want to step down.

But Dania is not! He hasn't given up! Dania believes men like Demian are not difficult men to conquer. Dania believes Jessica can conquer the beast. Jessica has a charm too, you know! Just watch out for that motherfucker! How dare he make Jessica goose!

"Believe me, Jesse. It's just the early stages. Listen to me, you'll thank me when you stand at the altar later.., I'll pour champagne for you as a celebration of conquering that demon demon."

"A-altar? That far?" Jessica might like Demian, but thinks that they're going to get to the wedding...? Is Dania so confident in her tricks?

"There is no place too far for my beloved friend. My dear, you must be confident. You have me as your hero, you know me, right? Since when have I ever lost a man's problem?"

Never, but you've been in singles for the last few years.

"All you need now is a persistent attitude, Jesse. Until this first try is successful, I will take you to level two even more difficult."

"W-uh.., is that it?"

Dania nodded. She, who was in Jessica's room at the time, stood up to support her waist, looking around Jessica's room thoughtfully.

"I have an interesting idea" Dania said after looking around.

"What's that?"

"Do you know when Demian's coming?"

Jessica scratched her cheeks, weighing. To be honest, Jessica never took into account when the man would visit. What Jessica knows is that lately she is often waiting for the arrival of the man. Like the sad lead in the angst novel.

"Tsk.., very bad. Start noticing the day she used to come, that way you know what to wear when she gets here."

"I think my clothes are fine."

"There's nothing wrong with your appearance, of course. But, since you're on the battlefield, all you need to do is look tempting to the faith."

Jessica immediately shuddered in disgust. "I don't want to wear something that makes me uncomfortable."

"Honeeey, I know what you're thinking. Don't be a fool, I won't tell you to wear lingerie or nudity in your own room. It's the same I exposed our planning in front of Demian."

"So...?"

"Remember what I said, right? Wear loose and large clothing, made of light and thin. Prior to black and white, the two colors are elegant. Then.., if you dare, try occasionally wearing croptop. You're gonna look sexy with that."

"E-eh, that..., is that okay?" Jessica did not want to look drastically changed in front of Demian, the man would look at her full of suspicion.

"Just calm down, it's still summer. It's even weird that you keep getting dressed neatly and politely this season."

"Well, how long do I have to do this? If Demian won't fall in love with me, at least, I want to put a time limit on my expectations, Dania. I can't wait for that guy's love forever and play intrigue with you."

Jessica doesn't want to waste time.

Accepting Jessica's question as the truth, Dania nodded her head in agreement. "I know," he said. "Because of that, I will as much as possible not waste your time."

"..."

"Your 29th birthday is on September 24th, isn't it?"

Jessica nodded.

"September 24th, then it's about three weeks away because we're still at the end of August."

"What happened to my birthday?" jessica asked, she did not understand the correlation of their conversation with this.

"I'm setting a target limit for our planning" Dania said. "I think your birthday is the limit."

"Oh..."

"Since it's a turn of age for you to become more mature, I want you to move on from what happened to you at 28." In another sense, Dania wants Jessica to let go of all the problems that had happened in Jessica's life when she was at the age of 28, on the day of her age change.

"Whether you fail or succeed, that day will be the determination of the final outcome of our plan. Until then, I want you not to give up."

"All right, then. I'll try hard to follow your instructions." Jessica felt more satisfied when Dania set a time limit for their project. At least he knows when he will have to fight.

At the turn of her age, Jessica wondered. His heart was beating in an illusion that was burning the chest.

Later, will he succeed in making Demian as his lover or not?

*

A bad situation befell leader Bellamy.

Although Demian and Oscar already do not have access to information to the sacred place, the news that happened there ended up reaching them by itself. Perhaps because of its sudden occurrence, Bellamy was unable to close the information faster than the media.

Whatever the reason, thanks to their carelessness in closing the information as well, Oscar came to know one thing.

Christian Bellamy-on his business trip in Milan-had an accident.From Oscar's informational sources, Christian drives under the influence of narcotics. Among men taking illegal drugs in a conscious state or...

"He was definitely poisoned" said Adam. In Demian and Oscar's meeting, Adam gets involved because he is also curious about what has happened.

"I think it's true. There's no way the head at Bellamy's negligent in looking after himself." Oscar supported Adam. "Someone must have been impatient to make Erthian the successor at Bellamy, they were determined to poison their own superiors."

"Does that mean some people have left Christian and are focused on Erthian?"

"Perhaps, what do you think, Demian?"

Demian-kendati listening to the conversion of Oscar and Adam, thinking of something else. He was not very concerned about the situation at Bellamy right now.

Demian meant that even if the information about Christian's death reached his ears, Demian might just send a flower.

Demian felt she had left Jessica in vain. He got a report on the urgent information going on at Bellamy. However, when he reached Bronze, he instead got information about the accident Christian only scratched his toenails, aka completely harmless. He's not dead.

"I'm telling you this because I think you're interested" Oscar changed his seat to face Demian. In the room that is often used as a meeting room, Adam and Oscar both pay their attention to the youngest Bellamy who is now supported by a bored chin.

"I'm more interested that the accident took his life."

"Ohoo, disrespectful to your own father." Oscar spoke as if he were a moral man.

"Omong is empty" Demian said.

The father in Demian's eyes was a man who became a superhero in his family. A leader who protects, protects and loves.

A father is supposed to provide warmth, but Christian's existence in Demian's life has never been so glorious and high. If there is anything that reminds Demian of Christian, then savagery is the right word.

"Hey, hey, hey, if Christian were to die, you wouldn't have a shield anymore, you know. Everyone can target your life solely so that Erthian is in a solid position."

"Do you think Christian's whereabouts protect me?" Demian better die. "Listen, Oscar, you may not know, but that fucker only cares about himself. He never cared about my safety or anyone."

"Rather than debating the identity and position of Christian Bellamy, shouldn't you two be discussing more important matters?" Adam was the only cold-headed man there. Like a mirage, he is usually the most explosive.

"True, something more important..." Demian and Oscar agreed with Adam. However, the two mindsets were so opposite.

"We should think of who the mastermind who tried to harm Christian-", "What fictional man is more charming than real-world man?"- Questions came out simultaneously from the lips of Oscar and Demian, and, overlap without continuity.

"What?", "What?"- their words were at once again.

Adam cringing weird. "Demian, do you have anything clogging your head? Don't you realize who's been the topic of our conversation from now on?"

"No, wait..., aren't you the one who asked me to talk about more important things?" Demian protested back. He did not feel guilty even though he was now being stared at strangely by two colleagues.

Oscar raised his eyebrows. "Do you think discussing a fictional man is more important than thinking about a mastermind who hurt your father?"

"I'm not worried about Christian's situation because even the one who harmed him was not competent enough to kill him. Christian will solve the problem himself without my intervention. Also, the motive is obvious isn't it?"

"..."

"They hurt Christian so that he would lose his power in leading Bellamy, who else would have done that if not Erthian's supporters?" Demian spoke without putting any long thoughts into what was happening there. He's been poulting dead patterns of riots at Bellamy.

"Christian is still in top shape, he is healthier than Erthian, it is difficult to pull him down from his position as leader at Bellamy. I believe that in just one act, Christian will clean up the life of the man who played with his life. He's not the one I hate for no reason."

Christian is the scary guy in Demian's life. For 23 years living in the lap of Christian Bellamy made Demian become a duplicate of the monster.

Demian was afraid of himself to the stage he wanted to escape from the monster's lair. He does not want to end up like Christian who does not look at the importance of others other than himself. Demian didn't want to end up like Erthian.

"So...., where did the thought of the fictional man just come from? Does that bother you more now?"

Demian scratched his chin in doubt, "I guess..."

Demian was curious about a man named Alecto who now read Jessica morning and night. As if the man was real, he begged him lovingly. That's repulsive.

You should be in love with a man in the real world! Not engineering!

"Is this Angela again?" Adam curious.

To be honest, Adam was very curious about the continuation of Demian's romance. Not because the problem was important to him, but because the stakes and the Oscars were very expensive. Adam did not want to lose his beloved bike.

"No, there's no way it's Angela." Oscar rectifies Adam's enthusiasm and drops the man's hopes on the floor. "That's definitely Jessica, right?"

"Where do you know if it's Jessica, Demian could've talked about Angela."

"Bego, Demian doesn't care at all about Angela buying Jake every day, why should she be jealous if Angela has a crush on a fictional character. It was certain that what she was thinking about was Jessica."

"Wait, who did you say was jealous?" Demian is not jealous. Maybe she was jealous. She's just..., um, not happy? Anyway, Demian just doesn't like Jessica putting her attention on things that don't matter.

"You." - Oscar.

"I'm not jealous, you idiot."

"Why then would you be curious that the situation doesn't bother you?"

"Bothering doesn't mean jealousy, idiot. Stop interpreting my questions from a distance. Besides, it's none of your business if it's Angela or Jessica, right?!"

Oscar rolled his eyes, "Boring denial. You have to be careful, Demian. If you close your eyes to your own feelings you can be stabbed by people who know for sure their own hearts."

"Tsk, don't talk nonsense." Demian screeched with a look of disgust engraved on his face. Lazy to hear the words of Oscar who is smart and mature, Demian so moved from the sofa. He wears his leather jacket while reaching for a key from his pants pocket.

"I'm leaving now, I hope you stop calling me when the information you're receiving is just unimportant information like that."

"How do I know it doesn't matter?"

"Do I have to help you think now? Use your brains, jeez. It sucks!" After answering Oscar in a voice implying aggravation, Demian walked away from the two men.

Oscar and the abandoned Adam then throw glances at each other.

"Why is he so angry?" Oscar grumbling.

"That's because you diagnosed her jealous." Adam chuckles.

"Am I wrong? Look at his expression, he's really jealous." Demian's annoyance now contracted to Oscar, the sweet-faced babyface sipping scotch before him in one gulp, a muffled face.

"If things continue like this, I might lose Emperor's hotel," Oscar felt a failure at the end of his hand. The stakes and Adam will find bitter endings unpleasant.

"Why are you not confident? I think the situation is on your side right now. I mean, Demian's jealous of Jessica, doesn't that mean she has special feelings that are beginning to grow-"

"You know nothing, Adam..." Oscar cut. "The man who does not understand his own heart is a man who often loses in battles like this."

The problem of the heart and love requires honesty in it.

*