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We changed to normal clothes, and I settled for a button down shirt and leggings--- that are quite old and baggy now. 
I walked out and saw that they wore the same style of clothes. Just different colors.  
They really made sure to wear sleeveless shirts to show off their biceps.  Great. I'm unaffected! OK..  who am I kidding? 

I went to the bathroom and sighed a relief.  Good thing they kept the dares tame, and asked for truths that I am comfortable of answering. 

I learned about them too.  Navi is basically Ivan's shadow.  He created his own persona, but he end up still being another Ivan.  He, at first, felt really irritated by it.  But eventually they were able to use it to their advantage.  Now he doesn't want to be anything else.  Ivan, back in the days, was irritated by his brother too.  But when they formulated their life now, it makes sense and it gave them not only comfort but also a life nobody can take away from them.  Navi being Ivan's shadow is their security.  The only down thing about this is, if people find out about Navi, then everything shatters. 
I swore to myself that I will take the secret to my grave when they told me about this. 

When I got out, Ivan started bombarding me with questions about my sexual life.  I politely dodge the questions, but when Navi started to butt in and they started to share things I didn't asked to know, I kinda felt that I need to go bathroom again.  Not to pee but to control my emotions. I know I am not angry, or afraid.  I don't know, I just can't explain myself.  This is happening all too fast? I am liking this? 
It's only my second day of vacation. Tomorrow will be the last and the day after, I shall be alone again in my apartment.   


"Are you a virgin?" Navi casually asked when he passed by when I went out of the bathroom, snapping me back to reality.
I didn't answer. It was a very personal question and it's really hard to answer. Not here with the two of them, inside THEIR penthouse. Since the level of intensity  of each topic we delve on, I need to save my ass now. I'm beginning to swim on deep waters. I walked to the sofa and sat.
"Why do Jeff insist of pushing me to be with the two of you. I learned that ya'll close to each other. Care to put some little details there?"
Navi cleared his throat and said, "Honestly, I don't know. He seems to have this notion that we will never find a girl suitable for our lifestyle and set up. You do remember that I don't exist in the eyes of the public?" He took his phone out of his pocket looked at it and then looked at me. "I'm basically Ivan Anderson to everyone. Ivan... on the other hand doesn't want to get involved with girls."
"Why?" I immediately asked. It was too abrupt, I chastised myself for sounding so eager to know.
Navi smiled at me, his smile was sad yet... somehow happy. "He thinks that women will only get in our way. As him, Ivan Anderson, owner of Scarlet Prince Hotel, Resort and Spa, will fall in love with some girl with pretty face and all that shebang, eventually he would need to marry her. If that happens, his time will be divided. Even my time will be.  He's a very affectionate man, if I may say so. He knows his responsibility as family. The both of us knows how much time and effort that will cause us. That is why we both dedicated ourselves to our business, and each other only.
But sometimes, you just have to break cycle." he said. His eyes staring at me. I wanted to jump into conclusions. But finding and understanding those will only be a conflict.

"You... own this hotel." I said, remembering the name of the hotel. Stupid me. How can I even forget about that information?

"Well yes.. I thought you know." Navi crossed his arms and again, stared at me.
"You do know that the very first conversation we ever got involved to is somewhere in the lines 'It's rude to stare'.  You quite have a habit of staring at me when you talk to me." I said uncomfortably.
"Well, it's hard not to." He said and winked at me.
"You're flirting with me?" I raised my eyebrow at him.  He chuckled. 
"We both have been, if you haven't noticed." he said.
"Sorry, I really do not know how to respond to that. And I just had to be really honest here." I said with a smile. I can't help but to have a little laugh at what's happening. It's like some movie or a book.
"That's what makes you even more special. You don't see your beauty, so you need people to rub it on you." He said.  Pausing to sigh and shookt his head.

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