Madness
Chapter 54's

"You're late, Marc."

At that moment, Nate was looking at Marcus who finally arrived at the office at 18:00. His assistant should have finished the meeting at 14:00 and be able to return 45 minutes later, because the location is not too far away.

"What's going on?"

His superior looked relaxed when asking, but made Marcus' body become very stiff. The cold man felt that he had failed in his duty.

"I'm sorry Sir. There was a pretty bad accident on the road. I've been trying to find another alternative, but-"

Nate's hand suddenly lifted. The man opened his reading glasses and looked smilingly at his assistant.

"You don't have to explain it in detail, Marc. I've understood enough."

"I won't do it again, sir. I'm really sorry about this."

Nate didn't really have a problem with this. After all, Marcus' delay brought blessings to him and his wife. They can 'play' longer this afternoon and do fun things.

But still, it would always be satisfying to be able to take a little revenge.

Nate's eyes were glittering as he stared at his assistant sharply. The man laughed loudly in his heart. Finally he could return the words of his assistant first.

"There's always something called 'first time' Marc. Don't worry too much."

Hearing that, Marcus fell silent in a thousand languages. He knew exactly what his boss meant and was deeply ashamed.

"Good Sir. Then, excuse me first."

"Abrent Marc. I want to tell you something."

Slowly, the cold man turned around and looked at Nate back stiffly.

"Mr Felix called and said that Master Johan's condition was getting worse. "

The information made Marcus' eyes slightly widen.

His superior looked at Marcus meaningfully.

" Lin and I are planning to meet the old man tomorrow morning and actually, I want the three of us to be able to meet him together. Are you ready to come, Marc?"

Flashback 4 hours ago.

Lin tidied up her clothes and her husband's hands helped her lower her slightly exposed skirt. They just cleaned each other in the bathroom.

Nate was buttoning his shirt arm when his phone rang from his desk.

"Hello." The man immediately picked her up without seeing the caller's ID.

"Mr Felix. I just wanted to call you again."

He smiled at Lin who was currently helping him put a tie around his neck. The man's hand automatically rubbed his wife's long hair that was still broken.

The woman had just finished pairing her tie and buttoning her husband's vest, when she felt Nate's hand stop wiping her hair and was in her back area with a slight squeeze.

In wonder, Lin turned his head and saw the look on Nate's face that looked stiff. Slowly, her husband's eyes turned towards her and her gaze seemed confused.

"good. I-i understand. Please arrange for tomorrow morning. Thank you very much, Felix."

Her husband hung up his phone with deeply furrowed brows.

"What's up, Nate? Something happened to dad?"

Lin's heart was pounding. He was already beginning to be able to guess the news he would hear.

Nodding, Nate directly directed them to the sofa. "We better sit down first."

After the two sat down, the man immediately took his wife's arm and squeezed it in his lap. His eyes looked inside.

"Lins. Your father had an attack last night and passed out. At the moment, his condition was already quite stable and he was also conscious. But Mr. Felix suggested that we could meet him if there was time."

Hearing the bad news, Lin's two eyes immediately looked red and watery.

"Dad really is okay?"

One of Nate's hands rubbed his wife's cheeks gently.

"Said Felix, his condition has started to improve. But as we know, his age may not be long. We'll see your father in the morning. You want to, right?"

With pushy eyes, Lin could only nod. "Why not now?"

The question made her husband sigh heavily.

"Because I want to take Marcus, Lin."

Lin's brows frowned at hearing him. "What does Mr. Marcus have to do with my father?"

Nate's hand squeezed his wife's fingers.

"Because Marcus is the same as me Lin. Your father was the creator of Marcus as well."

His wife's eyes blinked quickly. She saw her husband not believing.

"Sir Marcus belongs to the V?"

Nate nodded slowly. "true."

His wife seemed to still be unable to believe this information. He had guessed that Marcus was not an ordinary person, but did not expect that the cold man was a V as well.

"Is that how shocking this news is, Lin?"

Chief Lin nodded quickly. "To be honest."

"I mean, Mr. Marcus looks like a normal human being. He seems ordinary when he is with his employees. There was absolutely nothing strange about him, except..."

Lin suddenly recalled the first time he met the cold man in the elevator. He did indeed feel there was a different aura from that man, which made him feel afraid.

Both of Nate's eyebrows were raised, indicating that he was still waiting for the continuation of his wife's words. "Except...?"

"Well actually, the first time I met him, he was a little scary. I'm pretty scared to be close to her."

"Where did you meet?" Nate leaned her body on the sofa.

"In the elevator. Ye know? I intend to meet with him to report you know?"

Lin's eyes squinted as she turned to her husband.

His wife's gaze made Nate even chuckle.

"Yes. Marcus told me a little bit about meeting you. But if you want to know, Marcus's aura has always been like that. There was absolutely nothing different about him, either before or after he turned into a V."

Lin's body leaned against the sofa, following her husband. Seeing that, Nate's hand automatically hugged his wife's shoulder and rubbed it.

"Have you known each other for a long time?"

Lin turned to look at Nate who was dreamy.

"Long enough actually. I knew him over 400 years ago. Even a part of this company, it was his."

Both of his wife's eyes were patterning making her husband smile. "really?"

"Yes. But somehow, Marcus sold it to me. I never asked the reason either. Do you want to know the abbreviation of NAMAC Inc.?"

"Don't tell me that the name NAMAC is really from..."

"Nathanael Axelle and Marcus Corentin. Silly huh?"

The man laughed. If you think about it again when they determine the name of the company, Marcus seems to be not at all dizzy.

His wife put her hands on her husband's stomach. He liked Nate's laughter very much and felt the man's body tremble a little because of the sound he made.

The atmosphere returned to silence and Nate kissed his wife's forehead softly. He pulled his body away and looked at his wife.

"I don't know why your father changed it, Lin. I never even knew why I changed myself. But clearly, it was only the two of us the Vs that he had created through blood."

"If he's soon, at least I'd like for both of us to have a chance to ask him that. I never wanted to know but now, I really want to know why."

Lin actually knew the reason her father created Nate and herself, but she did not want to tell him this and wanted her husband to hear directly from her father.

"So, may I take Marcus with us to see your father?"

In response, his wife lowered her head to her husband's chest and smelled his scent deeply. Both of his hands tightly hugged Nate's large body.

"certain Nate. No problem."

Suddenly Nate's phone on the table rang loudly. Slightly lowered his head, one of the man's hands grabbed his phone while still hugging his wife tightly.

"From who?"

"Marcus." Her husband replied while staring at the ID on his phone.

Lin noticed her husband did not pick up his phone at all until his ring died. The man was seen smiling when a moment later he heard the incoming message notification.

Putting his phone on the table, the man looked at his wife again. His two eyes slowly began to blacken, making Lin blink his eyes confused.

"You still sad, baby?"

Wife nodded. His face looks grim.

"So it's not actually. But the news about dad makes me sad again."

Her husband stroked Lin's cheek and slowly, his hand dropped to his wife's neck and rubbed the front of his chest. His short-nailed fingers opened one of his wife's shirt buttons.

"Marcus said it'd be too late. Want to 'play' in a minute? So you won't be sad anymore?"

Next to her husband's eyes was blinking sexy and one of his hands had already slipped into Lin's shirt, played one of his wife's chests and squeezed it gently.

Taking a sharp breath, Lin pulled her husband's hair. "okay."

Back to the present.

"So, how's Marc? Do you want to come with us?"

Nate asked again because Marcus had not answered his question at all.

"Mrs know about me?"

The rigid questions of his assistant made Nate smile. He leaned his back against the chair and then got up from his seat.

The man approached Marcus and patted him on the shoulder.

"Sit on the couch, Marc. I'll make you something."

Those words made Marcus' eyes blink rapidly. "No Sir. Don'tdon't. Let me the one"

Nate's eyes shone sharply. "I'm asking you to sit down, Marc."

Sighing, the cold man finally relented and took a position on the long sofa. He saw his boss was concocting something in his small pantry and not long carrying two cups that reflected thick smoke.

Unlike usual, Nate took a sitting position next to Marcus. The man shoved the cup he had brought before his assistant on the table.

"Try it. I'm sure you've been wondering how it feels."

Hesitating, the cold man took the cup in front of him and slowly sipped it.

A strong enough bitter taste hit him, but then it disappeared and left a fresh scent around his mouth.

Nate noticed Marcus' facial features that looked amazed by this change in taste.

"What do you think?"

"Fresh."

Finally his assistant understood why Nate always wanted to drink green tea when the man was hungry. This liquid can eliminate the sour taste in the mouth and calm the stomach that is turbulent.

His superior is seen drinking the contents in his own cup solemnly before finally putting it on the table. The man put his feet down neatly.

"In the past, the only one who would accompany me to tea was Dominic."

He looked at Marcus who was still staring at him. His lips smiled faintly.

"But now, there's you and Lin beside me."

Nate's words made Marcus speechless.

"I'm actually quite curious about Marc, why have you stayed by my side for so long? You can become independent and get away from me. And until now, you still call me 'Master'."

Nate looked at Marcus' head slightly bowed, and the man had yet to answer his question.

"Do you want to explain, Marc?"

Without looking at his superior, Marcus answered Nate by directing his gaze towards the front. The side profile of the man looked very stiff.

"Does that bother you, sir? With my presence, you mean?"

Questions answered with questions. This made Nate chuckle a little.

"Not really. Even frankly, I feel really helped by you."

His superior finally patted Marcus on the shoulder slowly and moved from his seat. He is seen sitting behind his desk and wearing his glasses, preparing to start the work he left behind.

Seeing Nate not forcing her, making the cold man feel bad.

"Does my answer really matter, sir?"

Nate paused from his activities and looked towards his assistant who was still unwilling to look at him.

"I just don't want you to feel trapped beside me, Marc. If you really want to leave, then I will never stand in your way."

"But I'm the one who won't go."

Marcus' stern answer left Nate languishing in his seat.

"Can I know why, Marc?"

Slowly the cold man turned his head. He finally looked at his boss. Both of his brown eyes were shining sharply.

"Because I still want to be on Sir's side. I will leave when I have another goal. But for now, the purpose of my life is to be on Mr. Axelle's side."

Marcus' answer made Nate feel moved. The man closed both his eyes. The loyalty of his assistant he had never doubted all this time.

"I can only thank you for your loyalty all along, Marc. I'll never forget it."

"No need, Sir. It is precisely I who must thank you for being allowed to be by your side all this time."

Nate's head nodded once. The two men were silent to each other. His assistant looked back at the distance, seemingly thinking of something.

Nate finally decided to say what was on his mind.

"I've told Lin a glimpse of you. And honestly, I want the three of us to go straight to the old man. Because we're the only one in line, the one he's ever created during his long life."

Nate's back touched the back of his chair. He breathed slowly.

"There are some things I want to ask him about as well. Things that were not important to me, but now make me quite curious."

Nate's words made Marcus turn his head. He looked at his superiors who looked pensive.

"What's that?"

"I wonder why he changed me. And I want to know why out of the billions of people on earth, he only created the three of us. The old man was unlike the other Masters, who could probably create hundreds of Vs for as long as they lived."

Slowly, Nate's eyes rose and stared at his assistant sharply.

"Don't you also want to know, Marc?"