Just A Bit Ruthless

"I told you not to stay in this house," said Vlad, who had come to deliver the food.

Luke took the tray and ignored his words.It has been six days since Roman left. During this period of time, he has successfully practiced a set of kung fu that does not take the security director of Roman's family seriously.It's not difficult at all.He didn't know what Roman ordered Vlad, but in the past few days, the blond man didn't even dare to look at him when he was delivering food to him.It was amusing to see Vlad so carefully avoiding eye contact.This man's attitude was in stark contrast to the previous look: every time Vlad came to see him, the look in his eyes always made Luke very uncomfortable.Now, this guy didn't even glance at him, and he didn't even dare to meet Luke's eyes when he nagged and reprimanded Luke for various reasons.

"He'll be mad when he comes back and finds you here," Vlad went on lecturing.

Luke shrugged. "In that case, he should have locked me in another room," he said, turning on the TV before snuggling up among the pillows.He spends most of his time here instead of his own room, mostly because of the TV.A few days ago, when Vlad first caught him loitering in Roman's room, he had decided to ignore the other's objections.

While most of the channels were in Russian, he was thankful for something to distract him from the status quo—and the ant-bitten boredom.

Luke loves meeting people.He is not a person who is good at entertaining himself, and the current situation is simply a backwater.Sometimes, he would see the guards in the yard giggling, drinking, and making nasty jokes.Sometimes he would hear the singing and laughing of drunks far away from the door.It seemed that as soon as the boss left, Roman's subordinates immediately slacked off and became undisciplined.When Roman was here, they wouldn't put on such a virtue.Luke was pretty sure that if the door wasn't locked, he wouldn't be seen sneaking away.He could have escaped.

"You can't stay here," Vlad said.

Luke poured himself some coffee and sipped it, looking over the rim at Vlad.He knew Vlad was interested in him; he had found out the first day.He was pretty sure Vlad was a closet gay.He had thought about using Vlad to escape, but the thought of using this man as a "beauty trick" made him lose his appetite.He can't do it.Not only because he didn't have any affection for this person, but also because the other person made him feel insecure.Unlike Roman, Vlad was a guy who could throw his hands out for no reason.When Luke was beaten by those guards, the sadistic look in Vlad's eyes was still fresh in Luke's memory.

He has to be careful.

"I think you're the one who shouldn't be here," Luke said calmly. "It's agreed that you will leave as long as you deliver the food to me. If you disobey the orders of your boss, he won't be happy." Knowing in his heart that Roman's orders have always protected him, Luke felt very comfortable. He won't deny it.Of course, Roman had ulterior motives for issuing such an order, but it was also an indisputable fact that Vlad was not allowed to do anything to Luke.This point, they are both very clear.

Vlad's face turned black, and he rushed out the door angrily, muttering in Russian that when Roman came back, Luke should be unable to eat and walk away.

Luke bit his lip.In fact, he felt that Vlad might be right.Technically, Roman didn't say he could linger in his bedroom.Roman just left him here, on that day...

Luke sighed, put down his mug, and began to browse the TV channels one by one, trying to suppress the restlessness in his body.Time flies so slowly, today is only Wednesday, Roman can't come back until tomorrow, Luke waits for him impatiently.It felt as if... as if he was in prison, waiting for news from the outside world.It has been almost three weeks since he was kidnapped, and none of the questions in his head have been answered.He was always wondering what was going on with his family and friends.He was worried about James: his buddy was so depressed it wasn't a good idea to leave him alone for so long.Is James eating well?Also, Luke's father must know by now that he was kidnapped.Has anyone here contacted him?Where is his mother?Was there a ransom demand?

Luke frowned: That doesn't make sense.Roman is not short of money at all.He's so rich that his official net worth already ranks him as one of the richest men in Eastern Europe (Luke has no doubts that his official net worth is nowhere near his actual net worth).But if Roman didn't want money, why didn't he let Luke go?Of course, the whole kidnapping could have been pure revenge against his father, but Luke hadn't been harmed, so what's the point?Yes, his men did torture Luke before Roman arrived, but Luke doesn't think that was ordered by Roman.Or... did he order it?Was Roman just playing an intricate mind game?

Damn, all of this is so overwhelming, it's disheartening to think about it—even if you don't think about it... considering the increasingly hard to ignore facts of what happened between him and Roman.

twice.That kind of thing has happened twice.

It wasn't even the oral sex that bothered Luke.It was the pull, just the force of it, the tension that drove him, too strong to resist.Attracted by a man who is cold and scheming, someone he can't even like, what is that?That's being stupid.

Luke laughed.That's right, isn't it?It's as stupid as it gets.He swore to himself never to mess with bad men again.He swore.He wants to meet a good man, fall in love with him, and start a family together—a real family.have a husband.There are many, many children.There is a beautiful house full of laughter, comfort and love.James says he's hopelessly sweet, but Luke doesn't feel ashamed of his dreams at all.With his father aloof and his mother isolated most of the time, Luke longed for a real home and family.Being gay complicates things a little bit — well, it's complicated, given his homophobic father — but Luke won't give up on his dreams.Now it is the 21st century, gays in many countries can get married.There are also many ways to have children: adoption, surrogacy.His dream is achievable.He just needs to find a good man to build his life with - don't get involved with a bad man again.

Luke smiled bitterly: Well, don't get involved with bad men again!Compared with Roman, his ex-boyfriends are all saints.The exes are nothing more than a bunch of scumbags; theirs is not at the same level as Roman—a person who can really carry out kidnappings—and Roman has probably done far more than that.Even so, he allowed the man to touch him, to have his cock down his throat any time he got angry.Hell, he's hungry for it.Even by his pathetic standards, it was a shame.James would say he was a fool, and he was not wronged.

Luke sighed and turned his attention back to the TV screen—it was Masha and the Bear playing now.He'd seen it with his goddaughter Camilla, and for some reason the Russian version was much more fun, and Luke giggled happily at Martha's goofiness.

Note ①: Martha and The Bear, a popular Russian animation series in recent years.

"what are you doing here?"

Luke's smile faded from his face.