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.

firm, immovable as a mountain. Meanwhile, that

sighed. The Matrix never cared about being gentlemanly to people he

Arnold?" Asher stepped over the fallen man, heading straight for

I'll go

then he strode into the crowd,

churned. He let

Arnold was nothing

he never set

being with Kairos made him feel at peace, at ease. Yuri always assumed that meant

seemed that

breathtakingly beautiful face, Arnold was a wild stallion through and through, completely stubborn to the bone. He was the complete opposite

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

love with Arnold, not just the exterior. He loved Arnold-flaws and all. He especially

already surpassed what he once felt for

the buttons undone to reveal his sharp collarbones and smooth, fair skin. His drunken gaze wavered as a man

eyes burned with greed. "I spotted you the moment I

sent Arnold into peals of laughter. He turned his face slightly, revealing the scar on his cheek, his

now? Am I still your

scar. Then, unable to resist, he reached out to touch

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