Art of Darkness

Chapter 36

NATALIA ELYSE DELAVIN

I almost spat on my drink when those words left Zathrian's mouth!

"Ha! I was right!" He laughed loudly.

One of my brows raised at him making him shut up immediately.

"Boss! Before you kill me, hear me out first okay?! I haven't told anyone and I never will! Don't worry about that," he inhaled and exhaled deeply like he just got something off his chest. "Okay so, I just saw you two casually walking out of an underground fight club one time! Even though you two were wearing caps and shades, I just know because that's my specialty! Seeing through disguises," he proudly said, combing his hair with his hand.

So that's why I felt like I was being watched.

"Don't worry, boss! You're secret is safe with me, boss! Though I never imagined a cop and a... together... I mean yeah.. you... haha someone in a romantic... I don't know..." Zath scratched his head, contemplating whether he should finish his sentence or not but in the end, he didn't.

I shook my head in annoyance. I know he's not going to stop teasing me about this. So help me have the patience and not shoot him one day.

"But I never really expected... wait never mind I never expected myself either!" And now, he's talking to himself again.

"Aries' safety is my priority," I said, leaning back on my chair while earning a confused look on Zathrian's face.

"Safety? I'm pretty sure his combat skills are par with yours," he said.

"No matter how strong, skilled or smart you are, you can still be brought down with the right strategies. No matter how experienced you are, when the enemy knows you from the inside and out, you can still be destroyed." I coldly answered.

"I mean, he works in an agent thing company, right? Wait, no... he owns it. He already has a lot of enemies on his back so why protect him? You also have enemies too, though."

"Because one particular enemy of mine targeted him before."

Zathrian's jaw slowly opened as he nodded slowly. "But do you have like that feeling towards him? You know," he started to raise his brows up and down quickly making me furrow mine.

"Feel what towards him?"

"Okay lemme ask you this. What do you think of Aries?" Zathrian asked. I don't understand why is he even questioning this.

"He's a cop slash agent or whatever government position he has," I simply answered.

Zathrian pinched the bridge of his nose, shaking his head.

"No, boss. Not that type of think. Okay, how about this? What do you feel when you're around him?" He asked again.

I just shrugged refusing to answer because I don't know how to answer it.

"Okay okay, but I wanna tell what I feel when Maeve is around. Whenever I'm around her, I feel like my whole world revolves around her. I want to keep her safe, I love seeing her smile it makes me smile too! Whenever I could smell her lavender scent, I feel like I'm about to faint and my head goes lighter and my eyes only see her! Then whenever I feel her touch, I just don't want to let go then sometimes I feel like I'm electrocuted. Yes like that! I like her very much... No! I love her so much!" Zathrian narrated.

Since when did he because so cheesy?

"I know it sounds so cheesy and I never thought I'd be saying it to my boss! Please don't tell Claude 'cause he'll never gonna let it go!" Zathrian said, practically begging.