Taming Mrs. Mafia

70 Whipped

Zeno's POV

Zeno placed his phone in his pocket after his call with Hana ended.

"Tsk. There's so many flies flying around her these days."

He looked down at the man curling under his feet.

"You, tell me where Ookida is hiding so I can get this over and done with. I'm wasting too much time with you lot."

The man didn't move. He kicked him a few more times but he was still unresponsive.

"Did I end up killing him when I kicked him earlier?" He wondered.

He crouched down to check if the man's still breathing.

"Damn, I killed him before he could tell me where that bastard is."

The man made a sound while he was on a call with Hana so he absentmindedly kicked him to shut him up, not noticing that he crushed his throat under his feet.

Damn it!

Holding back himself had always been a problem. His investigation was always delayed because he always ended up killing people before he could get any information.

After calling for a cleanup crew, he left the place pissed off.

Zeno went back to his condo. He immediately stepped into the bathroom to wash away the blood that marred his clothes.

Under the shower, he thought hard about how to track down his elusive uncle. It frustrated him that he sucked at investigating. He's too impatient to gather information. This was why he used to hand investigation tasks to his men. But this time, he was too antsy to just wait. He wanted to end this and get back to Hana as soon as possible. He didn't want their bond to fade.

He had just finished showering when he heard a knock on the door. He went on high alert in an instant. Picking up the gun that he left on his bed, he headed to the door to know who his guest that night was.

Through the peephole, he saw Craig, the man who had been on his side for a long time. He had folders tucked under his armpit as he scrolled through his phone, laughing at whatever he was seeing on his screen.

Zeno opened the door for him.

Craig looked up from his phone, only to see Zeno wearing a towel on his waist.

"You only finished showering just now?"

"I had a hard time scrubbing off the dried ones." He was referring to the blood that had dried off because he had taken his time talking to Hana over the phone.

"Whipped."

Craig said as he made his way to the couch. He went back to his phone as he waited for Zeno to finish getting dressed.

Instead of feeling insulted, Zeno grinned as he looked for something to wear.

"Tell them to be extra vigilant watching over Hana. She's a little adventurous."

"Yeah right. Why don't you tell them that? They're already complaining about their 'babysitting' job."

He ignored Craig.

Craig was not used to this side of Zeno. In the past, all the things he asked him to handle only revolved around Ookida- Zeno's step-uncle. But, recently he was investigating things about that woman, and the worst part of the task was Zeno asking for the woman's photos, for him to know all the things she's doing even when he's far from her.

It would've been fine if it's just her pictures out in the open, but this creep was asking for pictures that were inside the house as well so Craig had no choice but to install hidden cameras inside the house.

Zeno wanted to know everything about Hana.

If this is how he'll get the woman he likes, he will stay single forever.

Thankfully, Zeno allowed an exemption of putting cameras inside her room and bathroom where Hana preferred to strip off her clothes. But, still...

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Zeno asked while drying his hair.

"Do you like Hana? Like romantically?"

"What are you talking about?" Zeno asked Craig with confusion all over his face.

This fucker...

"Are you not aware of what you're doing? Think about all the girls that you've been with. Did you stalk any of them?"

"Stalk? I had you check their backgrounds, didn't I?"

"Yes, and you got the reports I made. You read the words, looked at one ID picture, and moved to another girl. What about Hana?"

"What about her?" Craig's point was still not dawning on him.

"Man, you're being a creep around her!"

"Huh?"

"I know your parents hid you from the world and you don't have enough exposure with other people, but, are you seriously not aware that you are treating Hana weirdly?"

"Weird? That's too much. I'm just curious about her."

"And?"

"And nothing."

Zeno sat beside Craig and he scanned through the files that Craig casually threw on top of the coffee table.

It was a report on Hana. She's now planning to go home.

Should I go back to Princil and fetch her from the airport?

He smiled at the thought and Craig witnessed it. It felt weird for him to see Zeno smiling so he took out his phone and took a picture. Zeno was so engrossed in looking at Hana's pictures that he did not notice Craig's actions.

"Are you sure it's nothing? Remember the other girls that you've been with? You did not care if they were flirty with other guys as long as they didn't fuck each other. Once you knew they did, you ditch those girls. Hana? She's aversive to guys so she's not fucking any of them. Still, guys would flock around her. If you're treating her just like those other girls, I wouldn't be this puzzled, but no. You instructed your men to intimidate all the guys who had plans on approaching her. When one of them slipped under your men's radar, you personally called her to threaten the guy into leaving her alone. When did you get so territorial?"

"Why are you so pressed that I treat her differently?"

"Nothing, I just felt the need to understand your character because this change is creeping me out."

Zeno ditched the folder with the printed documents on the table. He just took Hana's pictures and headed to his bedside table.

"You see dead bodies regularly but the changes in me creep you out?" Zeno just chuckled.

He crouched in front of his bedside table and pulled the last drawer out. He picked a photo album out of it and sat at the edge of his bed.

It was Hana's photo collection and he carefully added the new ones in it. He was unconsciously humming.

"What a psycho!" Craig continued watching videos on his phone.

When Zeno's done organizing the pictures, he put it back in the drawer and was about to go to sleep when he noticed that Craig was still lazing on the couch.

"What are you still doing here? Go home!"

He threw one of his pillows at him but the guy smoothly caught it without taking his eyes off the screen of his phone.

"Thanks, man." He placed the pillow under his head.

"I already booked tickets to Princil and we're leaving tomorrow afternoon. I'm not sure if you've seen the other report, but it's about your uncle and clues are pointing towards Princil where Hana will be. Make sure to pack up quickly tomorrow. Good night."

Zeno sighed in frustration for not being able to kick him out of his room.