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I was furious because of the news received. Why not burn Almazan’s forest? Why does fire always go out? Damn it! It can't be. The burning had to start so that large buildings and subdivisions could be built. If it doesn’t burn down the project will take even longer and that’s not good for our business.
“Mr. Garnerstone, Zayn is outside of your office. He wants to talk with you.”
“Zayn? My brother?”
"Yes."
“Let me in here in my office. After you do that, talk to the head of the person you took to burn the forest, burn it again, don't stop them until Almazan's Forest is on fire.”
"I will do that," she says then leave my office.
Right after five minutes, Zayn came in with his wide smile and smirk. Combined with the smile and grin on his lips I was especially annoyed with my brother.
“What’s with that look my dear brother?” Zayn asks.
He noticed maybe my head was hot. "The burning of the forest did not continue."
"Is that what you hate?"
"Yes."
“Chill. Relax your brain as well.”
“How can I relax? If the area has not burned down, many investors will back out.”
“I am sure you can find other investors. Don't think too hard about leaving others.”
I did not speak. Zayn is right, many more investors want to invest in me, in case it's another meeting and contract signing. I don’t want to waste time. So, it needs to be done as soon as possible.
"What?" He raised his eyebrows.
He must have noticed me staring at his face. That's why it took him a while to get inside. Allison and I even did something outside. Allison only wears maroon lipstick, and I can see that in her wearing a white collar, as well as on her lips.
"You think you're killing me," he said with a laugh and guessed well why I was staring at him like this.
She had no idea that lipstick was put on her collar and lips. Didn’t he look at himself before coming here to my office? Probably not, so she didn’t know she had lipstick on those parts.
"Wipe the lipstick on the side of your lip?"
“Meron? Where?" This question is still too early for me.
“Left side of your lips asshole,” I pointed out. He wouldn't have known that if I hadn't pointed out which band.
“Oh,” he then wiped it with his one hand. "Your secretary misses me so much," he smirked like an evil dog.
"I guess she likes kissing you,"
"Likewise,"
"Stop playing with my secretary Zayn."
"I'm not playing,"
"Stop using her."
"I'm not using her."
"I will be forced to fire him and find a male secretary so that he will not be affected by your flirtation."
“You can’t stop my charms, Zoren. Even if your secretary is a man, I know it will fall on me too. It will be gay because of me so don't even try to change the secretary. Allison is fine and sexy. She’s f*****g good at bed, I’m telling you, you lost a chance to bed her. It's a good thing I was ahead of you to him.”
I shuddered at what he said. "Don't worry, she's not my type."
He frowned and suspiciously stared at me. "Confess to me."
"What will I admit?"
"You haven't introduced your girlfriend yet."
"So?"
"Have you ever been hard on me?"
“f**k! You are my brother!”
“So what? It doesn’t mean you can’t get hard because of my hotness ”
“I don’t like you the other way around, Zayn. Over my ass!”
"Well, I just guessed."
"Do you think I am gay?"
“Yes. Aren’t you?”
“I’m not gay! What's wrong with you? The hell!”
“Okay. Okay. Don’t be mad at me. You won't make me feel sorry for you, you haven't introduced a woman to us yet. Is it wrong to think that my brother is gay?”
"Yes!"
"Whoa, why are you so angry?"
"Because you thought wrong!"
“In your situation, just stand up and support me. You don't have to react like that, I understand you, Zoren. You are busy making yourself and our family rich.”
I clenched my fist because of frustration. "Have you talked to Dad yet?"
“No. What’s the matter?”
"You took his gun."
“And so? Does it matter?”
“Yes. You are not required to hold the same gun.”
"I just borrowed it."
"You didn't borrow the gun, you took it."
"I borrowed it, but they didn't know because they weren't there when I borrowed it." He laughs and sits down in front of my desk. "My dear brother, stop being this good, you have to live your life according to your wants, not with our parents' wants."
"Stop telling me what to do Zayn."
“You will not be happy if you follow them. If you force yourself to do the things, they will be proud of you for, you will not be happy. For the rest of your life, you will be imprisoned for living a life you do not want.”
I was stunned by what he said. He has a point. But I just ignored it.
"The project you are doing now, I'm here to support you. If someone threatened you, just tell me. I will take care of them.”
“Thank you, Zayn. Are you going back to Manila?”
“Yes. I have something important to take care of there.”
“Please do not remove the tracking device. That is the only way to calm me down.”
"Are you that scared to kill me unopposed?"
“I just remember your life. I know you are a bad person but you are still my brother and I don't want you to die.”
“Can I cry now? My brother is really smart. Don’t worry, bad people don’t die right away.”
Zayn also left immediately after greeting me. He will be gone in a few weeks. That's for sure.
I also went home immediately after I signed the contracts Allison handed me. I took home the other papers first, I still have to read them, I'll think about it before I sign.
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