"You've been stealing food from me," Kyel complained before hitting Teodore's hand hard.
Astreille smiled when he saw Teodore's hand, trying to steal Kyel's food again. Earlier this was the situation of the two while they were eating.
He was shaken that he just continued eating to finish it. He simply looked at the man next to him once without an expression to eat.
She can't help but to feel scared, especially that he's beside her. Even with the four noisy men here, he still feels fear and nervousness every time he is with his boss.
When she finished eating, Astreille wiped her mouth with a tissue. He looked up when he saw the figure of a woman who had just arrived.
Her eyes narrowed as she watched the back of it. The girl's back looks familiar.
It seems like she has seen her somewhere.
Astreille's eyes widened when she finally saw the woman's face. He wasn't wrong, he knew it. It's Lei, her co-agent in her former agency.
This is the woman most in charge of insulting him.
Now that it's here, it's impossible not to notice her because she's the only woman.
Astreille watched her former co-worker as she walked closer in a different direction. It approached a man before kissing.
She has a boyfriend here? Astreille asked inside her mind.
Astreille's chest throbbed with nervousness when she saw the man with her pointing at her. He automatically stiffened to his feet when Lei looked back at him.
She saw how those wicked smirks flash in Lei's face. He was even more nervous as he walked closer to their direction.
"Oh, hi, everyone," she greeted with a teasing look on the maiden.
The girl could see the lookup of the four men except for her boss who didn't know anyone around.
"Lei?" wrinkled when Ephraim greeted the woman.
"Oh, boss, hello," the maid greeted back.
Astreille gripped Xord's dress tightly when the newcomer grinned at her demonically. She bit her lower lip when Xord turned his gaze on her. Her gaze dropped to his hand firmly gripping her dress.
"Hey Astreille, I didn't know you moved agency. You didn't even tell us your co-workers. And look, you're the only woman here?" Lei's tone seems wicked and playful. It seems like something else is being implied.
"I wonder what your job here is. Ahm, after all you're the only woman. Maybe ... Sex slave?" He even laughed out loud after saying that.
Tears streamed down Astreille's cheeks when she heard that. He was also shocked to see four men stand up.
"Tabil ng dila mo, ha. Tangina sino ka ba?" Teodore asked angrily.
Lei's face turned pale while facing the four guys.
"Tangina, get out of here if you don't have anything to say. You're just like garbage squeezing gold," Kyel's threat was silent.
"H-How dare you," Lei uttered.
"Miss, we kill people and you know that. So it's not new to us if we drag you out towing your hair," Greg answered coldly.
"I can't b-believe this. How dare you threaten me!" It was about to slap the man but Ephraim quickly caught the girl's hand.
"Lei? What? You're embarrassed. You're still an employee, get out of this agency before I even say things to you," he said emphatically.
Astreille sobbed when she saw the girl running away out of embarrassment. Nor did it escape the woman's eyes how her boss's gaze followed the direction Lei was running. He looks scary and powerful with that clenched jaw.
"Hala, Astre, don't cry anymore. Why are you crying, he's just a walking corpse," Teodore teased before the tissue reached him.
She gladly accepted it before wiping her tears away.
"S-I'm sorry," he apologized for crying.
"It's okay, we're going to jump on you because he can't handle us," Greg said proudly before showing his biceps.
"Your splendor, what power, idiot?"
Astreille can't help but laugh when Kyel answers the man. He looks crazy, before he was crying but now he is laughing.
"Lei seems so confident about insulting you, Astreille. Tell me the truth, they've been torturing you for a long time with that agency, right?" Ephraim asked him seriously.
Tears welled up in her eyes again before she nodded slowly. "Yes."
"Shit, why didn't you report me? That's torture! You've been working in that agency for years!" It's a hysterical question.
"P-They are threatening me. Then I don't want to hurt others," she admitted.
"Even Astre, they should be thrown into the river," Greg groaned.
"So Jezreel is telling the truth, she told me once that these people