The Equation of Hearts

√𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝟼𝟸ﮩ٨ـﮩﮩ٨ـﮩ٨ـﮩ

They had stood to the side and Adonis was checking his watch before looking up at Kato brightly. Kato looked down and sighed, feeling sick at the sight of what he had to clear up.

"I don't intervene with your marriage with Elena because each is to their own," he began, "but stop." He shook his head.

"What?"

"Stop making your wife look pathetic." Kato couldn't help but think she was here. Where in his world, she was praised and competent, confident and collected. She was an emotional mess here,

"What do you mean?" Adonis frowned and Kato leaned forward,

"She threw away her own brother for you. She saved his life." Kato stressed, "she made you your dream family," nodding to one of the four children of his desires, "and no one, no one, will be able to have her heart the way you do." He whispered; "she begs you not to hate her because you're all she has left. If her own brother can't love her now then no one can, Adonis. And for everything she did for you, you returned the favour with material wealth and seducing other women around her. You defaced her emotionally but you replaced it with diamonds and gold; nothing can replace the lengths she went for you. So no, I don't care what you do, who you may be, what you will become of you in the future. But if you married her because she was a good wife to show to the public as you continue hedonism subtly, you're better off killing her." He exhaled as he only leaned closer to Adonis. "Because you've left her with only you. And if you don't love her, she has no one to love her." He claimed and straightened up, looking down at Adonis, "I'm humiliated to be the one to tell you that. But look lively," he insisted, "because we're trusting you in another country without your wife. What an opportunity." He chided and led Adonis back. And like a true businessman, Adonis composed himself and smiled upon his return,

"So do we get the details?" Odele raised a brow,

"I heard Indonesia was hard on the meat, you sure you wanna go?" He nodded to Odele who shuddered, "let's change course to the Philippines." He offered.

"Is having a private jet like a taxi or something." Cassandra raised a brow and Adonis nodded,

"With me? Absolutely!" He laughed and walked ahead. Kato looked down at Elena and hummed, she looked up at him nicely, fixing her sunglasses.

"Are you tired?" Kato asked. She hummed, "I'll carry your things," he took her bag and the pair followed the other three to the departure gate, where Kato and Elena couldn't pass through. They all stopped and turned around to bid their farewells. Odele kissed Elena's forehead before Adonis gave her a rather passionate kiss for the others to turn away from. Kato went to Cassandra instead and pulled out more strands of her hair to fall all the way to her calf with how long she kept her hair. But he picked it up and tucked the ends around the bun so it was more tolerable. And before he did, he took a hold of the lock he pulled out and kissed it before tucking it in. "Stay safe, have fun," he rested his hands on her shoulders.

"I'll text you when I get there, man," she huffed in amusement at his intimacy, "and stop being... like that." She played with the hair he kissed absently.

"Okay... as long as you keep being you." He hugged her like it was their last, because it was.

"Philippines isn't gonna change me, stupid." She hugged back and sighed, "whatever, I'll text you all the goods." She promised and pushed away. He shoved his hat onto her head and watched her go through the gate with Odele before Adonis looked at Kato, he silently joined them. He looked down at Elena, she was flustered and flushed at her husband.

But Kato ignored that and urged her along, she was composing herself as they walked. When she finally fixed herself and her creased clothes, she looked up at Kato who was walking beside her silently.