Venom

《 Ninety - Two 》

"Lorenzo, what's wrong?"

Yifan held Lorenzo's face in his hands as the man began to cry. The tiger nodded while looking at Mr. Jun who had been guarding at the side. "Haoran, be a good boy and go to your room with Mr. Jun and Bella. Your Papa is sick so I need to check him."

"Okay, daddy." Haoran had a worried look on his face as the bodyguard came forward and picked him up in his arms. Bella followed them as they left the garden.

"Yifan..m-my parents..what are they doing here? How did they find us?" Lorenzo's breathing became sharp as he panicked. Yifan stood up and gathered his lover into his arms. He carried the smaller man into the living room and sat him on the sofa, taking a seat next to him right after. The tiger placed a kiss on Lorenzo's cheek and made him meet his eyes.

"We can run so much from the demons of our past but sometimes they catch up to us. Sometimes, we have to face them, babe." Yifan said softly while wiping his lover's tears away.

"Do you want to confront them about what they did to you or do you want me to send them away? I'll support any decision you make, doll." The taller man said and Lorenzo took a deep breath.

"It's been years since they abandoned me. What could they possibly want now?" The elder asked and Yifan shrugged.

"I don't know either, babe." The tiger said truthfully. "The only way to find that out is if you face them."

"What if they try to hurt you?" The elder asked and Yifan was surprised that the older man was worried more about him rather than himself.

"There are bodyguards all over the place if the situation gets out of control. Tell me, babe. What do you want me to do?" Yifan asked. Lorenzo was silent for a few minutes but his husband gave him time. The taller man waited for an answer patiently. Five minutes later, Lorenzo wiped his tears away and his face became completely blank.

"Let them in." His voice was strong and certain. Yifan nodded at the bodyguards who stood at the entrance of the living room.

A few minutes later, they heard the sounds of heels tapping against the tile floor. A tall old woman walked in along with a short bald man following behind her. They had similar facial features to Lorenzo who kept his face expressionless. Lorenzo looked at his mother who was dressed in a black full-length dress and a white scarf around her neck. She looked just the same as he had last seen her. Her eyes were full of tears but the man knew how to read past them. He could still see the same coldness in the brown pair of eyes. The same cold look that she had given him while kicking him out.

Lorenzo glanced at his father who kept his head down. His face had more wrinkles and the grey hair that once sat on his head was completely gone now. He was dressed in a black business suit and grey shoes that seemed worn out. The father didn't meet his son's eyes even once. He stood behind his wife like a puppet, just like he had always done in the past.

The old woman looked at her son and tried to move closer to him. "Lorenzo, my dear."

Two tall bodyguards blocked her way with their arms, not letting her get close to him. Yifan tightened his hand on Lorenzo's stomach with a protective look in his noir eyes. This was the line he had made that they couldn't cross. Lorenzo remained calm and placed his hand over his husband's as Yifan spoke, voice threatening and rough.

"You can talk to him as much as you want but touching is off-limits." The tiger warned.

"Yifan, please calm down." The smaller man rubbed his husband's broad chest while staring at his parents.

"My son, you've grown so much since I've last seen you. I'm so happy." His mother said and the man smirked.

"I wish I could say the same about you both." Lorenzo's soft voice was now rough and cold. Yifan had never heard that tone before. He had heard about Lorenzo's tough side from Grandma Jia but this was his first time seeing his lover like this. The smaller man's aggressiveness excited him.