CHAPTER 27

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WARNING: Implied mature scene and yeah, poorer description and grammar. I was in the state of 'the story matters the most. My brain is so tired of something to the point of it affected my writing'. Heck, I don't even know if what I wrote here does make sense or not. I really apologize for that.

CHAPTER 27

The VIP room of the restaurant was supposed to fill with only joy and cheekiness. That was what Otoya intended for it to happen. He wanted all STARISH members to gather here again and had a fun chit-chat for hours. Whenever they wanted to escape from their works and relieve their stress, this place would be their destination.

But now, it was crammed with worry, grief, and anxiety. His precious children, Ittoki Daichi and Ittoki Riku were kidnapped when he was supposed to pick them up from school. A few witnesses saw two men quickly took them into a car and left the school.

Now, it was already 24 hours since they were missing, much to everyone's concern. Otoya was sitting between Cecil and Syo. He lowered his redhead as the words of encouragement from his friends had managed to keep him from imagining the worst thing. Yet, he could not help but seldom muttered...

"If only I picked them up earlier..."

Meanwhile, his wife, Nozomi was sitting between Haruka and Ren's wife, Maaya. Her nose and eyes were still red from crying.

"If something happens to my children, I can't forgive myself," the redhead mumbled. The adult him had matured so much but his maturity would be shaken once this familiar situation hit him. He was done with the loss of someone he loved. He did not want to lose any of them anymore.

"Don't say that, Otoya. It's not your fault. No one can expect things like this to happen," Haruka said.

"But, Haruka... It's already almost a day and they hadn't found any sign of my children so that alone indicates something terrible might happen."

"We don't know for sure, right? You have to stay calm, Otoya. Nothing good will happen if you punish yourself with that kind of thought," Haruka said.

Meanwhile, Ren's mind echoed something.

"You know, with just a call, I can drag you all to hell."

His frame had endured so many negative emotions right now but with how creepy Saotome's line sounded back, he felt like he was fully swallowed into a hopeless hole.

Is it really him?

A certain call that he received in the midst of the sorrow made him left the VIP room.

"Hello, Masato?"

"Ren, what happened? I can't reach Haruka at all. Is everything okay?"

Ren could hear Mitsuki and Harumi's laugh from the call so he could assume that the scion was in his room.

"Haruka is busy comforting Otoya's wife since... they can't find the boys yet."

Heavy sigh instantly tickled his ears.

"God," Masato exclaimed. "Who could have done such a thing? I can't imagine Otoya has an enemy who wants to destroy his life."

"Me neither but as one of STARISH members, he does have an enemy."

"What?"

"I don't know. I don't want to accuse anyone but suddenly, I remembered the bastard's line, saying that with just a call, he can drag us to hell."

Chilling and quiet vibes emerged without ado. It was as familiar as when Masato scolded him for stealing his melon bun but Ren did not need to be a genius to know that now was not the right time to tease his friend.

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