The glamorous bar was bustling with noise. The deafening music, the haze of cigarette smoke, and the stench of alcohol flooded one's senses.

The place seemed to be steeped in indulgence and depravity.

"Where's Arnold?"

The moment Asher stepped through the door, every ravenous gaze was on him, seemingly bewitched by the sight of him.

"Handsome, are you here alone? Need some company?" A sultry man slid up to Asher,

resting a hand lightly on his shoulder, daring to give it a squeeze. "If you're bored, I can keep you entertained!"

Asher's striking features remained cold and forbidding. The bulging veins twisted beneath the skin of his hand.

Yuri pushed through the crowd and spotted Asher, who stood tall and imposing, surrounded by thirsty, promiscuous men.

Terrified, he shouted, "Don't touch him!"

The next second, a loud thud rang through the air.

Like a gunshot fired, the entire crowd recoiled, shrieking as they scrambled to the edges of the room.

Yuri focused his gaze.

man called "The Matrix" stood firm, immovable as a mountain. Meanwhile, that flirtatious man lay sprawled at his feet, clutching his backside, writhing

being gentlemanly to people

is Arnold?" Asher stepped over the fallen man,

the bar. I'll

swept past Yuri, then he strode into the crowd, his commanding figure

churned. He let out a quiet

right. Arnold was

and even virtuous. Aside from work, he never

at peace, at ease. Yuri always assumed that meant Asher preferred someone

seemed that was not

wild stallion through and through, completely stubborn to the bone. He was the complete opposite of Kairos in every way,

Asher tolerated Arnold only because of that face. Now he knew

not just the exterior. He loved Arnold-flaws and all.

love had already surpassed what

at the bar, dressed in a lavender silk shirt, the buttons undone to reveal his sharp collarbones and smooth,

burned with greed. "I spotted you the moment I walked in.

of laughter. He turned his face slightly, revealing

Am I still your

scar. Then, unable

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