Madness
Chapter 33

The two tall men had just returned to the 8th floor, when the door of the meeting room opened. Lin looked out of the room and his countenance looked happy when he saw Nate.

"Nate!"

Slightly running, Lin bumped into the man's body and hugged him tightly.

Getting the hug she so desperately needed right now, made Nate hug back tightly. He needed the strength of this woman in his arms.

Silently, Felix slowly walked into the meeting room that was still open and came out again not long after.

"Nathanael. Master Johan wants to see you."

Slowly, Nate released a hug from Lin. He rubbed the woman's head.

"I'll stay first."

Smiling widely, Lin nodded. He watched Nate enter the room and closed the door behind him.

"Miss Alina Johan." That deep voice made Lin turn his head while still smiling.

Looking at the woman in front of him, Felix finally began to understand why Nate could forget the purpose of his previous life just for this woman. The man smiled back.

"Let's come with me Miss. Instead of us getting tired of waiting here, I'll show you how magnificent and extraordinary this building of mine is."

Felix spread his arms to his left and right. His face looked arrogant, but the man blinked one of his eyes.

Chuckling, Lin nodded. He liked Felix.

"Please Mr Felix."

The two of them finally walked away from the 8th floor, with Felix who was seen chattering about the history of the building he owned.

Meanwhile inside the room, Nate and Johan were still looking at each other in silence.

The old man had sat back in his wheelchair.

"Nathanael. How are you?"

Johan's voice sounded hoarse and sick. It was so different when they last met. Previously, the old man had an ever-high vitality and life spirit.

"good. Thank you." Thank you."

Johan nodded his head slowly. "Where's Marcus?"

"I'm not bringing him in right now, but he wants to meet you. Maybe we can arrange the next meeting next time."

The old man nodded his head again. The hand on the chair tightened. He doesn't have much time left.

They also went back to silence.

There were actually a lot of things that Nate wanted to ask Johan, but he didn't know where to start.

"Nathanael." Johan's voice broke the silence.

Nate looked at the old man in front of him. Look Johan's eyes sharp.

"Is Lin with you?"

That very direct question made Nate speechless.

"Are you together?" Johan demanded an answer from Nate.

Nate hesitated to answer. "I don't know."

Unseen by Nate, Johan tightened his grip back to his seat. He doesn't have much time!

"What do you mean, you don't know?"

"I don't know how Lin feels. I don't want to force it."

Nate honestly expressed his thoughts.

"When do you want to wait?"

"Until Lin is ready."

"And when is that?"

"I don't know. It all depends on Lin."

Johan snorted and threw his face away. He turned his chair around and slowly pointed it at the exit.

Seeing Johan coming out, Nate panicked a little. He has not expressed at all his desire to be with the old man's daughter.

Nate planned to mark Lin first, although their relationship was still unclear. And this, inevitably must be known by Johan.

"Wait Master! About this -"

Johan stopped his chair and just turned a little.

"Until any time, I will never approve of your relationship."

Johan's very firm and absolute words, made Nate stunned and his face paled quickly.

"wait. A moment."

Nate immediately chased after him and stood before the old man. Intercepting him to get out.

"Why? What reason?"

Johan looked at the young man in front of him with a cynical look.

"You still don't know the answer?"

Waving her eyes, Nate asked hesitantly. "Is it because I hate you?"

Johan snorted cynically. "Is that all you have in mind?"

"Or because of my wish to die before?"

Hearing that, Johan looked at her furiously.

"I don't have to listen to your nonsense anymore, Nathanael! A cowardly man like you, it's inappropriate to accompany my daughter!"

After taking out those harsh words, Johan immediately pushed his chair strong and immediately walked out of the room. Leaving Nate frozen inside.

Nate was still sculpting in place, when he finally felt one of his arms being held gently by someone.

"Nate?"

Looking beside him, Nate looked at Lin who was looking at him wonderingly.

"Are you okay?"

Closing his eyes, Nate finally realized that he was still in the middle of the meeting room. Johan had left her alone.

"Where's your dad?" His voice was slightly choked when he asked.

"Mr Felix had ushered him to rest earlier. I looked so tired and asked him to be delivered to my room."

"Master Johan is staying here?"

"Yes. It turns out that some of the floors of this building were used by Mr. Felix as a place of lodging for special guests."

Lin received information from Felix directly, that the man received special guests from the V who did have certain needs that only the blue-eyed man could provide.

This information made Nate a little relieved. At least he already knew the existence of the old man, allowing him to be able to meet at any time, which of course with Felix's permission as the owner of the place.

He finally decided to postpone his desire to confront the words of the old man, which greatly offended his pride so that Nate could not speak.

Never in his life was he called a coward, and he never became a coward. And this is evidenced by his brilliant war career so far.

Taking a deep breath, Nate tried to regulate his emotions.

Johan's words made his heart ache. No matter how much he hated Johan, the old man was his father's mentor and successor all along.

Nate tries to examine her shortcomings, which make Johan look disappointed and consider him not the right man for his daughter.

From his words earlier, it seems that the reason Johan rejected himself was not the thing that Nate was worried about at the beginning, but something else that he had not understood at all.

It's physical? Or his wealth? Or maybe Johan already has a candidate?

These thoughts caused Nate's emotions to ignite slightly, even though he was actually a person who could very well manage his emotions.

As a noble, he was taught to have high self-esteem. And the words of Johan earlier, had managed to hurt his pride today.

"Nate?"

The man's gloomy face made Lin worry. He was curious about the conversation between Nate and his father earlier, but did not want to mix it up. For the time being.

Looking at him, Nate suddenly kissed Lin's forehead long enough. The man's warm hand slightly stroked Lin's neck. After that, he clasped his woman's hand tightly.

"We're going home now?" Nate smiled at Lin.

Relieved, the woman nodded her head.

"I was saying goodbye to Mr. Felix, and he said that if the business is done, we can go right away."

Nate rubbed LIn's head. He knew that Felix was a very practical man and did not want to bother in entertaining his guests. If possible, after the business is finished then the man will immediately throw them out of his place.

Hand in hand, they walked towards Nate's car parked in the basement.

After they were in the streets that were quite quiet, Nate finally turned a little to the woman next to him.

"So, how was your meeting?"

Lin's face turned bright, happiness emanated strongly from all over his body.

"Very fun. He told me a lot about the days when I was still unborn, about the things he did back then. And I was able to feel and remember it from the womb."

Nate turned his head back towards the road, because suddenly there was a motorist who cut the lane arbitrarily.

"Since in the womb?" Finally Nate asked after being silent for a while.

"Yes." Yeah."

Lin looked forward but his eyes looked up, reminiscing about the meeting with his father earlier.

"When I came into contact with him, I suddenly remembered all the words he had spoken since I had not been born. It turns out the father said, a baby of his kind will be able to respond to outside voices since less than 2 months old."

Unknowingly, the woman placed one of her hands on Nate's thigh. She squeezes.

"He always sang songs for me. Well, even though his voice wasn't too melodious."

Lin chuckled when he said it.

The man who was driving stopped his car when they were finally at a red light intersection.

Lin turned to Nate right when the man looked at him. The woman's eyes were wet and her smile looked happy.

"He loves me very much, Nate. And all this time, he's been looking for me. Dad decided to see Mr. Felix because his time was already very limited."

Lin's eyes twitched as he looked at the face of the man in front of him.

"Thank you, Nate, for meeting me with her."

Focusing on his hand holding onto the man's thigh, Lin kissed Nate's cheek feelingly. This made Nate's heart feel a little treated.

Nate's hand raised stroked Lin's head. He kissed the forehead of the woman in front of him affectionately. How he wished Lin could immediately repay his feelings.

In his heart, Nate finally decided that he would discuss this matter more seriously with Lin. Next week seems like the right time. He will prepare a special surprise for the woman and will make her his own.

A few minutes later, they were in the hallway of Lin's apartment. Nate intended to be home soon after he made sure the woman arrived well in her room.

The two looked surprised, when they saw a bottle of wine and a bouquet of red roses hanging on the door of Lin's apartment.

Nate's wild instincts immediately rose, making his eyes blacken. He clearly smelled the V scent coming from the two objects in front of him. It smells the same man as it did this afternoon.

He could still control his voice, when he asked Lin who also looked shocked.

"Who is that, Lin?"

Lin pulled the card embedded in the bouquet of fresh flowers.

Dear Alina beautiful, dear,

I want to ask you out on a date sometime.

Love, though,

-D

"D? Dominic?" The woman was quieter, more on herself.

Nate's ears that heard it, made the man immediately turn his head quickly.

"Who did you say?"

Lin turned to look at Nate who was standing next to him. The woman showed the card she was holding.

"Dominic. My new neighbor."

Rigidly, Nate took the card from Lin's hand. It's too coincidental.

Simultaneously, a door opened behind them.

"lina! You're finally home."

The cheerful voice of a man. A voice that Nate was very familiar with.

The red-haired man greeted happily the woman he had been waiting for, but was instantly speechless as he smelled the scent of hostility from his own people.

Alert, he scrutinized the black-haired man who was standing behind him. His face paled, as he began to recognize who the man in front of him was.

Slowly, Nate turned her body around. He looked at the man with red hair and electric blue eyes.

In his entire life, Nate would never forget that man's face. The face of the one who had snatched away by force the breath of his former life.

"Allard." Nate's whisper is cold.