Madness
Chapter 39's

That day, Lin spent his time in one of the cafes that was quite close to his apartment. It requires a new atmosphere and fresh air at the moment.

When working inside his house, inevitably he will imagine when Nate was on the sofa of his living room. Even if he worked in his room, the man's clothes could not be removed from his bed.

Being in a new place, makes his mind clearer. He was able to complete all his work in a short time and had finished coordinating with Mr. Robertus, his supervisor in the office.

The middle-aged man once again expected that he would be willing to consider his decision. And Lin promised to give the answer by the end of the week.

Looking at her watch, the woman realized that she had spent almost eight hours in this cafe.

Gender to his chair, he finally pulled his phone out of his backpack.

When he turned it on, several notifications started flooding his inbox. There were several chat messages from Nate, and the man called her several times.

Smiling obliquely, Lin was about to put his phone on the table when his phone suddenly rang.

Recognizing the caller's ID, the woman immediately picked him up.

"Miss Alina. How are you?"

The warm voice of the man opposite her, inevitably made Lin smile.

"Good news, Mr. Felix. I've just wanted to call you back."

Chuckling, the man opposite her began to explain his intention of contacting the woman.

"What a coincidence. Do you have time today? Master Johan wants to be reunited with you this afternoon."

Of course the woman wanted to meet her father again. He's been dying to find out since his father was seen sick yesterday.

"I'll be there soon, Mr. Felix. Thank you for letting me know."

They talked for a while and said goodbye to each other before finally disconnecting the phone.

Cleaning up all his belongings, Lin rushed to the cashier's desk to pay for his order that day.

He was seen in a hurry out of the cafe and did not notice that there was a pair of electric blue eyes that had been watching him for several hours.

The red-haired man noticed Lin coming into his car from the window of the cafe and was seen immediately gasping to leave the location.

Sighing, Dominic leaned his body against the chair. He began to feel guilty about the woman. Somehow, Lin reminded him a little bit of his wife first.

His quite evil words a few days ago made the man uneasy.

Due to his fight with Nate yesterday, he had to hibernate due to the lack of blood. And his guilt re-emerged when he woke up this morning.

After paying for his order, the man walked out of the cafe, completely unaware that there were several pairs of women's eyes looking at him and attracted to him.

Normally, Dominic would respond to them and play around a little. Although not very fond of the smell of human women, but the man often considers it as a distraction.

Since being forced to part with his wife first, Dominic can not be tied to one woman at all. He went from one woman to another, wanting to forget his wife.

He loved his wife very much, making her unwilling and unable to have a new commitment with someone. His wife's death also left the man feeling deeply guilty and with hundreds of years of remorse.

It was only this time that Dominic really felt attracted to a woman. And damn for her, the woman turned out to belong to her former best friend.

Although originally intended to make the relationship of the two people is difficult, but he will not be able to compete with Nate, especially because he is also the person responsible for eliminating the happiness of his best friend first.

Arriving at the door of his apartment, Dominic glanced at the door of Lin's apartment that was still closed.

He decided that this misunderstanding should be resolved immediately. The man began to feel fed up with the various negative nicknames that are always embedded in his name.

It is time to clear his name that has been covered in mud for hundreds of years, because of the actions of someone who is greedy and irresponsible.

Elsewhere, after a while driving his car, Lin finally reached his destination.

Immediately, the woman headed straight for her father's room and not long after she knocked on the door, a tall figure of Felix greeted her.

"Miss Alina. Good afternoon."

The man greeted kindly and invited Lin to enter the room.

Entering the familiar room, Lin instantly found the figure of his father who was waiting for him in the living room.

"Dad!"

Reflexes, Lin instantly scattered and hugged his father's body firmly. He was quite afraid of losing his father, let alone remembering information from Felix yesterday.

Seeing that the father-son had met each other, Felix slowly withdrew from the room.

Johan hugged his daughter tightly while smiling. How happy the old man still had the chance to meet his son.

Distancing each other's bodies, the two men smiled happily at each other.

"Sit down Lin." Johan patted the sofa that was nearby.

The old man stroked his son's head at will. He had only been stroking his wife for a few months, until she suddenly disappeared.

There are no words of farewell from his wife, making Johan distraught in search of them.

He had spent decades searching for them, and finally asked Felix for help after realizing that his age limit was over the edge.

During this time, Johan spent his life and time helping others. He built many hospitals and various disease foundations around the world.

His motivation is quite noble it turned out to give quite an advantage to him.

He became to have access to a supply of human blood. Which is certainly an offer that Felix will not be able to refuse.

All his life, the old man guaranteed Felix a free blood supply, when he needed to 'eat' and until he reached his age limit.

And secretly, Johan has transferred all his assets to his only daughter. He only has to inform him of this agreement later when the time has come.

"Dad, are you really okay?"

Smiling, Johan nodded. He likes to rub his son's head.

"Dad's fine, Lin. You don't worry. Let's have another chat. What else do you want to know from Dad?"

Lin nodded slowly. He actually wanted to ask about Dominic Allard to his father, but was afraid that the old man would return.

Trying to find another topic of conversation, Lin finally decided to find out more about her mother.

"May I ask you something about my mother?"

Johan pulled his hand from Lin's head and looked at him gently. He took his two sons' hands and held them tightly in his lap.

"certain. Ask what you want to know, Lin. After all, she's your mother."

Slightly hesitant, Lin finally revealed the thing that had been a burden on his mind long ago.

"Why did you split up?"

Nodding his head, Johan bit his lips slightly.

"What I'm going to say is that this isn't fun, but I hope you can accept it wisely enough, Lin. Can you promise?"

Lin looked at his father's face and nodded steadily. At the moment, he is better prepared to receive any information, about anything.

"Yes. I promise."

"All right."

Johan slightly took a deep breath and paused his words.

"Actually your father and mother were married not out of love. Dad revealed he wanted to have a child with your mother, in return for protecting her from her possessive ex-boyfriend who turned out to be a cop."

"Mother's been subjected to violence from her ex-boyfriend?"

Squeezing Lin's hand slightly, Johan asked carefully.

"Do you know what your mother's job is, Lin?"

"I only know that she's a nurse. Until I was 15, my mother was still working. But after that, he fell ill and had to be treated at home."

Chief Johan nodded. Her mother Lin was one of the nurses in her hospital first. He accidentally meets the woman while in the parking lot, and sees her being slapped by her possessive boyfriend.

"The point is, we made a deal. Dad's gonna finance his hdup so he doesn't have to work anymore for a while, but he's gonna have to give me a kid."

Lin's eyes seemed to be twitching rapidly. "Mother agreed?"

Johan's head nodded again. "He had to agree. Her boyfriend was pretty dangerous back then, until your mother asked for a warrant from the court. Dad finally took her home and married her, to make it all official."

"Then what happened?"

"Inadvertently your mother was reunited with her ex when she came to the hospital. They had a fight in the parking lot, and somehow, the man was carrying a folding knife in his pocket. He almost stabbed your mother, but thankfully I came and the knife stabbed me in the stomach and caused heavy bleeding."

"Then, was the man arrested? He stabbed me."

Lin was a little angry hearing this. There are people who dare to hurt their father intentionally.

"of course. The incident was witnessed by many people, making the man easily snatched and arrested. But there's something else that's actually more important than that."

"At that time, your mother looked panicked and panicked when she found out that my wounds had healed perfectly. That's when, I had to tell a little about myself so that your mother doesn't tell this to just anyone."

His father's events remind Lin of his childhood, when he was severely injured.

Johan looked at his son and his eyes looked a little regretful.

"Dad threatened him a little. If your mother leaked this to anyone else, then I'd suck her blood out."

Lin's eyes glared at hearing that. The woman covered her open mouth.

"Dad! You're really gonna do that?"

Sighing in a rough breath, Johan shook his head.

"Of course not, Lin. During this time, the V almost never consume blood by biting the human neck directly. We choose to suck it out of the human body and drink it out of the blood bag."

"Oh, really? It's not what I imagined and watched in the movies."

"The spectacle damaged Lin's human brain a lot. We are civilized and ethical people. Many of us are from the middle ages. Of course things like that would be pretty disgusting to us, especially since we don't like the smell of humans either."

Suddenly, something stuck in the old man's mind.

"Oh yes, Lin. Have you been consuming human blood?"

Lin's body shuddered automatically hearing the question.

"Of course not. Just hearing it makes me sick."

But not for long, the woman fell silent and a red hue slowly appeared on her cheeks.

Realizing the change in hue of his son, made Johan curious.

"Lin?"

The woman was really embarrassed to admit it, let alone to her father.

"Actually, I've 'tasted' Nate's blood. Little."

The old man's eyeballs were perfectly rounded. V couples will 'taste' each other's blood, when the attraction between them is very strong. It was as if it had become a marriage ritual for their people.

Usually that is when, a V man will mark his woman as his life partner. And the mark will not disappear until the woman dies, and the man will generally catch up with his partner shortly afterwards. This is one of the indirect death-seekers of a V. Died of a broken heart.

Johan's heart was pounding with excitement. He was very curious about his son's feelings for Nathanael.

"What did you feel then?"

Her daughter nodded slowly. "I don't know. But clearly, my mind is blank and-"

Lin suddenly fell silent as he recalled the extremely embarrassing incident in his apartment.

"Lin?" Johan clasped his son's hand, he was really very curious.

Drooping down deeply, her daughter's face looked very red to her ears.

"A-A-I almost raped her."

Inwardly, Johan cheered. Half-dead, he tried to maintain his expression so as not to look overjoyed.

Her daughter turned out to have a very strong interest in Nate, and that was without her realizing it. Johan is also very sure, that Nate has the same feeling. He could feel it when the young man paled when Johan rejected him.

"You didn't rape her?"

That question made Lin look up straight and feel embarrassed half to death, when he saw his father smilingly looking at him.

"Dad!" Lin's lips looked pouted.

Chuckling, the father patted his son's head fondly.

"You were supposed to rape her back then, Lin. So dad's job will be easier."

"Oh God!"

Lin hid his face in his two hands. He only heard this time that a father seemed happy, when he found out that his daughter had abused a man.

"Oh, don't talk about it anymore. Better yet, I'm continuing the story of why I separated from my mother."

Ketus, Lin tried to direct their conversation to the original topic.

Hearing this, his father was shocked. Just this time, Johan felt very happy in his life. Having a princess is really entertainment for him.

After calming his laughter. Johan took his breath back in length.

"yeah. In short after father threatened your mother, she ended up becoming more reserved. Her gestational age at that time was eight months, when all of a sudden you disappeared."

"Mom didn't tell me why?"

"Absolutely not. Your mother didn't even leave any letters or clues. Until now, I really didn't understand why he left. The only thing he thought about was that he was scared when he found out who the real father was. And maybe he wants to protect you from me."

The woman nodded slowly. It's possible, but he'll never find out.

She also knew that her mother from the beginning seemed to be trying to escape from something, and it turned out to be her own husband.

"Thirty-year-old I'm trying to find you, but it's very difficult. Your mother is smart to hide herself, especially considering she has a relationship in government that can help her. In the end, I was forced to ask Felix for help in finding you."

"Why not ask Mr Felix for help from the beginning?"

The woman did not understand, why it seemed like Nate and her father were hesitant to ask the blonde man for help.

Johan smiled wisely at his daughter.

"It's not that easy, Lin. Asking for his help may be easy, but it is very difficult to pay for Felix's services. And the price of his services cannot be measured by money alone."

"I still don't understand."

"Dad ever heard that there are V people who have to give up their life partner's blood to be 'tasted' by Felix. Do you have any idea how taboo that is for the Vs?"

Lin shook his head slowly, making Johan's smile widen even more.

"Blood for the V is sacred. That said, it is a substitute for wedding rings in the human world. A V who tasted the blood of another V, means to declare possession. You understand now?"

This information made Lin's mind spin. Meaning the thing he did to Nate back then was... His face warmed up again when he realized this reality.

The two fell silent again, as Lin suddenly asked.

"Did you love mom?"

Johan looked at his son sadly. He didn't really want to answer this question, but at least before he died, he tried to be honest with him.

"No Lin. I never loved your mother."

"Did you love me?"

His father shook slowly. "Dad is sure not. Because throughout our short marriage, we never slept in the same room at all. As far as I know, your mother still loves her possessive ex-boyfriend."

Their conversation was interrupted when suddenly a cell phone rang.

After listening for a while, Lin realized that the ringing was coming from his bag.

He immediately opened his backpack and pulled out his phone.

His forehead frowned when he saw the caller's ID, and Lin slowly rejected the call.

Seeing his son's behavior, Johan asked curiously.

"Who, Lin?"

Before her daughter could answer her question, the caller had not given up and her phone rang again.

Upset, Lin turned off her phone and put it back in her backpack.

"Who is that, Lin?" His father still asked curiously.

Sighing deeply, Lin answered briefly. "Nate."

The father opened his eyes. "Why don't you want to lift it?"

Her daughter propped her chin to the fists of both her hands. Lips pouting.

"I want to punish him. Let him feel ignored. Once in a while, that man should indeed be taught a lesson!"

Johan's eyebrows rose and his lips smiled faintly. Apparently, he will be able to enjoy a little drama before his death later.

Johan's heart does not stop giving thanks for being given the opportunity to see these children who are very dear to him.

There was only one person he wanted to see again.

Marcus. His most loyal son.