LOVER MONSTER!
98. Searches.

Upon Demian's return after meeting Adam, what greeted him was an empty room. Demian did not find Jessica, neither in the bathroom nor in Elixir. Along the steps Demian made anyway, his heartbeat increased rapidly. Fear and nervousness blurred in his chest, creating pain there.

No. gabe. Demian should think positively. Jessica could've gone brugh!

"Demian, are you okay?" Dania immediately chased after Demian who was sitting on the floor. Demian lost strength in his legs and fell on Elixir's doorstep. The few guests who left the cafe gave Demian an astonished look. But no one really cares.

"What's going on? Why are you suddenly like this?" As Dania recalled, when Demian entered Elixir, the man walked lightly. He's very healthy. He's not as pale as he is now.

"Dania, do you know where Jessica went?" Addressing Dania's concerns, Demian chose to seek information about Jessica. Demian had asked Elliot and Ethan before, but they were both completely unaware that Jessica had disappeared.

'He's outside I guess,' is Elliot's answer while Ethan lightly says 'in the room.'

"Jesse.., she said she had some business outside for a while." Dania gave an answer. "Say she's only gone for a while.., but..., right too..." Dania checked the watch in her hand and realized that Jessica had been outside for too long.

"Demian.., why is your expression like that. Jesse's not in danger, is he?"

"What time did he leave?" ask Demian again. It is better not to create panic in Jessica's friends, they can complicate the situation.

"Three hours ago" Dania said. His heart sank in anxiety as he read Demian's expression. The man exuded a frightening calmness. Like he was ready to slaughter anyone who was in front of him right now.

"Demians..." Dania spoke again, this time her voice was full of caution. Dania was terrified. "Jessica..., all right, right?"

Giving Dania a small nod, Demian walked back to the exit. "He'll be fine" Demian said, a voice full of reassurance.

After Demian rushes to leave Elixir, Demian immediately contacts Adam and Oscar.

Although in his head he has a high desire to rebuke both of them because they have failed to keep Jessica, Demian prefers to hold his voice and focus on the main thing.

"Help me find Jessica, right now!" it came out of his mouth, cold and full of anger.

Adam and Oscar, hearing Demian's orders, are shocked to hear that Jessica has disappeared. For God's sake, the people Oscar planted on Almond Street as Jessica's guards outnumbered those who lived on those streets. Jessica couldn't have gotten that easy out of their sight.

"Gather everyone together" Oscar said. "Also, call my cousin in Carson to check the list of guests at the Vegas hotel. Find anyone who might be related to Bellamy."

"Hotel, boss?"

"The only person who might have kidnapped Jessica was Erthian Bellamy. The sick man will not be able to be in a slum other than in a hotel. He's too noble for that."

Erthian would not risk his health for Jessica. At least, Oscar quite understands the mindset of that bastard man.

'Ah, motherfucker!' Oscar became a headache thinking about the probabilities he would face in the future. A disaster. Definitely a disaster!

*

Shortly after Oscar issued his order, Demian joined them in Bronze and met people who had been on guard at Elixir lately. They-with the appearance of a delinquent-lined tub on the deserted Bronze VIP floor. Oscar, Adam and Demian. The triumvirate that rules the streets of Vegas.

"I swear we're not off guard at all." A man who has more control than his crowd, tries to defend himself restlessly.

"I don't care how good your work is, I want to know what happened!" Adam was the speaker who represented Demian and Oscar there.

Adam inevitably intervened because if it was Demian, he would have ripped the mouths of those who were here and bloodshed would have occurred. Oscar also did not want to get involved in the haphazard and chose to contact his colleagues who might know a thing or two about Erthian's whereabouts.

"I-I.." a young man raised his hand, he seemed to be engulfed in guilt. "I was watching Jessica at the time."

Demian spontaneously raised his head, eyes swerving as wide as a lion.

"He went out drinking with his friend at the pub. Their conversation was short before..."

"Before? Speak clearly, idiot!"

"Jessica looks really sick in there."

"Huh?"

"She was about to faint so.., I tried to help but.., her friend refused my help. I thought it would be fine because they were together.., so I let it go."

Jessica was definitely sedated by them. They had already taken him by force!

Those cunning people who enjoyed playing with poison and drugs were only Erthian. That son of a bitch, what's he gonna do to Jessica? Is Jessica okay? What if she cries in fear?

Thinking that her Jessica was now with Erthian, Demian felt an incredible pain stabbing her head. His heart was beating restlessly, sultry. He will die if he does nothing here. Demian needs information about Jessica right now. He couldn't stay silent in Bronze without doing anything at all!

"Don't do anything stupid, Demian." Oscar prevented her from returning with the same message. "You won't find any clues by acting rashly."

Oscar's words may have a point. Even Demian, if he was in the position of Oscar would do the same. However, doing nothing made Demian even worse there.

Time kept turning and the night grew darker. The longer Demian sat quietly waiting, Jessica somewhere, could have been in a worse situation.

Demian has failed completely. He failed to protect Jessica!

"Do you know any of Jessica's friends that met this afternoon?" Adam-as the side that is still level-headed there-continues to ask.

It was impossible for his men to be careless for no reason. They're not real idiots. The people Adam gathered on the Bronze floor today are some of those who already have experience in reconnaissance. They should be more sensitive to danger.

"Di-he's a friend of Demian's boss too, I guess..."

Demian walked up and approached the last witness who had seen Jessica being picked up. He raised his fist on that pale face. He needs a punching bag to release his anger.

"Demian, what are you doing?"

"If it wasn't for her being off guard, I wouldn't be losing Jessica right now!" Demian was about to strike back Adam's men who fell on the floor. However, before his feet reached and stomped on the young man's stomach, a shout implying resistance stopped Demian.

"I WOULDN'T LET MY GUARD DOWN IF THE WOMAN WHO WAS WITH HIM THIS AFTERNOON WASN'T YOUR FRIEND! I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG!" Adam's men roared in fear and wrath.

He was already content to witness how Demian lost his temper and could be as brutal as what the man was when he went berserk. Because Demian was not a man who often gave forgiveness, for whatever sake, Adam's men did not want to be Demian's victims.

"Who do you mean?" Adam spoke while pushing Demian backwards.

"A-Angela? She is Angela. Jessica went with him."

*

Angela Lancaster has never been so bothered by the fact she's still breathing now. That is, the ability to breathe itself is common, so he never considered that ability to be an advantage of God or anything else.

Breathing is just something natural. Angela never really appreciated her ability to breathe oxygen freely until the burly hand squeezed her neck. Shackle his breath.

"Le-let go..." Angela groaned in panic. It will die if the hand does not loosen at all.

"I remember giving you a warning not to make me your enemy, Angela?" demian's voice was cold and stabbed at his skin.

Angela did not expect that the Demian in front of her right now was the same Demian who had been showering her with affection all along. This isn't Demian at all. The man who strangled her now was a demon!

"De-De-Demians.uhkk..." Angela patted Demian's arm, she was already unable to hold on. His face had turned a bright red.

If it wasn't for Demian not wanting to be a killer for Jessica, Demian would probably have broken the woman's neck there. However, Demian stopped. Demian throws Angela to the floor while her hand swings strongly against the wall.

Finding her breath back, Angela immediately scooped up oxygen and filled her lungs that had run out of air supply. After the pain in her throat subsided a little, Angela put her head down on the cold marble floor. His heart was racing, terrified. He thought he was going to die just now.

"Why are you doing this?" coughing, Angela forced herself to speak. He looked at Demian who was pacing around near the sofa. Demian's two friends looked so serious and exuded a dangerous aura, but Demian was even more terrifying there.

"You should be grateful!" angela exclaimed, her cries spilling out instantly. "I'm doing this for you."

"Rather than saying nonsense, Angela. You better pray Jessica doesn't do anything." Oscar breathed a tired sigh. It's one in the morning, my goodness! Oscar needs to sleep.

Taking a moment to rest, Oscar also approached Angela who looked terrible on the floor. Oscar notices Angela's beautiful face now soiled by tears and mascara. The chocolate mane is a mess.

"You've created a mess" Oscar said. He took out a firearm from his pocket, the appearance of the weapon also made Angela's lips dry alert. "If something happens to Jessica, believe me.., that person..." Oscar pointed at Demian with his gun, "Demian Bellamy will kill you. You're gonna disappear without a trace of this earth."

"..."

"Demian doesn't care about your whereabouts at all, but I do." Oscar smiled faintly, "because you're here in my study. If you make any more noise here, I'll decorate my wall of work with your brain. How about that?"

"Why are you guys this long for me? What have I done? Do you have no humanity at all?"

"That's a wise question, if it hadn't come from someone like you. Where was your humanity when you drove Jessica to Erthian, huh?"

"I didn't make a mistake." Angela concluded. He remained firm on his decision. "Jessica has taken everything from me, this is her karma."

Angela threw her gaze towards Demian who was now slumped quietly. Demian was trying to cool his head, finding clues that might have delivered him to Jessica's feet. Anything..., think! Think on!

"I HOPE YOU'RE LATE!" angela's exclamation greeted Demian's ears right then and there. "YOU CAN'T TURN THE CLOCK AROUND. NOW, JESSICA'S BEEN A WHORE TO THE BROTHERS"

The dorrrr!!!

The powerful explosive sound of the firearm filled the space, shocking and frightening. Oscar and Adam throw one another glances.

Demian - the man who had snatched the firearm from Oscar's hand - stood with one foot on Angela's shoulder. Just a few centi from Angela's head, a hole that is a bullet trail, emits thin smoke from there.

Angela's heart froze for a moment.

The still loyal Demian Bellamy retraced on his shoulder, the monster that had pulled the trigger without pity, looking at him with a defiant twinkle of eyes. Demian was so eager to see Angela to make another sound, voicing her black head.

Demian wanted to see how far Angela dared to speak. How far he would risk his life.

At that time, neither Oscar nor Adam had any intention of preventing Demian or calming the man down. The sight that now everyone was indifferent to her life made Angela feel so weak and small there. It feels like an insect. His existence, his life means nothing.

Angela's disappointed.

"Pardon me," Angela said those words in a stifled voice. A directed bullet casing was right on her face, ready to wipe out her existence.

"Demian.., forgive me..."

"I'm sorry I've known you, Angela." Demian's words escaped with an obvious disgusting feeling. He nearly ended the woman's life there, too, but the tremors in her pants pocket made Demian's focus change.

Forgetting Angela, Demian reached into her phone and stared at the rectangular object expectantly. He hoped Jessica's name would be there, or Erthian. However, instead of those two people, Demian found a foreign number.

"Hello?" Demian picked up the phone with anticipation. It did not rule out the possibility that the one who called him now was still related to Erthian.

"Demian, is that you?"

"..."

"..."

"Demians?"

Demian's face stiffened. "Hestia?" the swipe came back, like swallowing a dagger. "Why are you calling me now?"

If the phone was still on topic at Bellamy forcing her home, Demian didn't care. Demian is facing an urgent problem right now. Also, how could Hestia obtain her contact?

"I believe you're missing something precious right now." Hestia's voice dictated her silence. "Jessica Cerise, isn't she?"

"What have you done?!"

"I didn't do anything. He's with Erthian. If you want to save him from your psych brother, let's meet him at the Diamond hotel. My beloved and I were there. Don't be late."

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