Billionaire Mafia's Manny
Chapter 36

Chapter 36: Chapter 36

That night, Zeno was making dinner for Ken in the kitchen while the boy sat on the stool beside the table, playing on his tablet.

"Zeno, do you know where Daddy went to?" Ken asked, not removing his eyes from the screen.

Zeno paused the onion he was chopping for a second as he heard the question concerning Sebastian, "No, buddy, but I know he must’ve gone to do some work," Zeno poured his chopped onion into the steaming pot and walked over to Ken.

"Don’t worry, he’ll be back soon, okay?" He patted the boy’s head gently.

"Fine," Ken nodded.

"Zeno?" Butler Nicole called from the kitchen’s entrance.

Zeno turned and looked at the Butler, frowning as he saw him holding a piece of white paper and a pen in his hand, he wondered what he was planning to do with those in the kitchen.

"Yes, Sir, how can I help you?" Zeno asked, wiping his wet hands on a kitchen towel and walking toward the butler.

"The boss has asked you to state your terms," Butler Nicole said as he met Zeno halfway in the large kitchen

Zeno was left confused by what the Butler said.

What terms was he talking about?

"What do you mean?" He asked the Butler.

His brain couldn’t connect to any storage with the information Butler Nicole was giving.

"The boss has asked you to jot down the terms and conditions you require to be in an unofficial-"

"Oh, right!" Zeno Immediately snatched the paper from Butler Nicole, looking back at Ken to check if he was paying attention to their discussion.

"Right, I’m sorry," Butler Nicole replied, bowing in apology.

Zeno walked over to the dining and drew out a chair to sit on. He proceeded to take the pen from the Butler and wrote down all his terms and conditions.

It wasn’t much, but it was something that would make him be at peace.

1. Never threaten to hurt my Nana.

2. Outside the bed, we’ll remain professional.

3. Never interfere with my life.

4. Sex must be consensual.

5. Never see me as gay; I am not!

6. No more lip kisses.

Zeno paused and looked at what he’d written; he was satisfied with it; he didn’t want much; his main concern was getting his Nana out of the way; other things were secondary.

"Here you go," Zeno folded the paper in two and gave it back to Butler Nicole.

Butler Nicole just nodded politely as he took the paper from Zeno. He was about to leave when Zeno stopped him.

"Yes, Zeno?" He asked Zeno, already knowing what he wanted to say to him.

Zeno raised his arm below his chest and stared at his fingers in reluctance.

"I’m not going to ask how you knew about this...thing, between the boss and I. I just want to ask you never to mention it to anyone," Zeno said quietly.

"Even if you didn’t ask, Zeno, I wouldn’t. I’ll never betray the boss," Butler Nicole said and walked away.

Zeno nodded to himself and went back to his cooking.

He had just finished feeding Ken his food when he heard Siri’s voice welcoming Sebastian into the house. He thought he wouldn’t care or react when Sebastian came back, but, he found himself frozen in his actions, his heart seeming heavier and faster in rhythm.

"Daddy is back!" Ken jumped down from the table and dragged Zeno’s arm as he ran towards the door to welcome his Father.

Zeno didn’t expect the boy to drag him along to meet Sebastian; he felt uncomfortable as he approached Sebastian who had his back turned to them.

"Daddy! Where did you go?!" Ken asked as he hugged Sebastian’s leg with one hand while still holding Zeno tightly with his other hand.

Sebastian felt his son behind him and immediately put his phone into his pocket and turned to attend to his son, but as he turned, he was surprised to come almost face-to-face with Zeno.

He frowned at him, not saying anything to him.

"Um, I-"

"It’s time for bed, Ken, come," Sebastian bent over and carried Ken off the floor, ignoring Zeno.

"Can I sleep with Zeno tonight?" Ken asked, looking back at Zeno as his father took him upstairs.

Sebastian’s clenched his jaw at his son’s question. Ken’s never asked to sleep with him, but here he was asking to sleep with someone he’d barely known for two months.

"No, Ken, he’s not family, what did I tell you about being professional with my employees?" Sebastian asked sternly.

He kept in mind to find a means to restrict Zeno’s contact with his son, allowing him to come in contact with him only when it must be his job.

Zeno scoffed as he heard what Sebastian was telling Ken, he pitied the poor child for having such a senseless father.

As he cleared up the plates from the dining, he thought about poisoning Sebastian’s food that sat covered at the head of the table. Maybe he should, the world would be better and brighter with one evil gone.

He dares to ignore him? Fine, he was the boss anyway, he had the right to do whatever he wanted.

But Zeno promised himself never to bring up the mutual contract between them anymore. He would even be glad if this was him losing his interest in sleeping with him.

Zeno quietly went up to his room. If this was how everything died down, then he’d be the happiest...right?

***

Ida had just finished taking his bath and was ready for bed. He had just pulled his PJ pants up his waist when a soft knock sounded on his door.

He wasn’t expecting anyone; the boys had all returned to their rooms, so who could it be?

He walked over to his door and unlocked it, slowly pulling it open.

"Cody?" Ida called with shock, instantly stepping aside for him to let Cody enter.

Ida watched Cody ignore him as he walked past him into the room.

He closed the door, slowly turning to Cody who was standing at the center of his room.

"Cody, is everything okay?" Ida asked cautiously, walking over to the other side of his bed to take his shirt from the bed and quickly wore it, not wanting to make Cody uncomfortable.

Cody scoffed, ’Of course you’d ask such a dumb question.’ He thought to himself but still didn’t reply to Ida.

Ida saw how quiet Cody was and slowly approached him.

"Hey, you can tell me, what’s making you look so worried?" Ida came close to Cody and gently placed his hand on his arm.

"Don’t fucking touch me!" He pushed Ida away.

"Okay, okay, I’m sorry, calm down, Cody," Ida said as he raised his hand beside his head and stepped away from the angry Cody.

"Of course, you’d step away, that’s what you do best," Cody accused, angrily stepping toward Ida.

"Cody, I can’t know what’s wrong if you don’t speak to me," Ida said apprehensively.

"Why didn’t you stop them?!" Cody asked.

Ids looked at him with utter confusion, what did he mean? He couldn’t understand a single thing he was saying.

"Stop who, Cody?" Ida questioned, perplexed.

"You just stood and watched Thomas attack Jasper when you could have just explained the situation to him!" Cody accused angrily.

Ida instantly understood what Cody was talking about, but he couldn’t possibly be this agitated because of what had transpired between Thomas and Jasper in front of Mr. Glen’s hotel.

Or was he using this as a way to channel his hidden emotions to him?

Ida raised a brow at Cody, smirking, "Is this really why you’re angry, Co-"

"Fuck you!" Cody suddenly closed the distance between them and attacked Ida’s lips with his, kissing him relentlessly.

Ida was too stunned to move or even kiss back; he just stood there with his eyes widened in shock.

Cody noticed that his kiss hadn’t returned and slowly pulled away from Ida, avoiding his eyes.

"I’m so stupid, I should’ve known it was a one-time thing," Cody said quietly and turned to walk away.

It took Ida a few seconds to understand what was happening, and when he did, Cody was almost out of the door.

"Ugh!" Cody grunted as he was suddenly pulled back into the room and his back was slammed against the door.

"What do you want?" He questioned Ida, not looking at his face or eyes.

"You," Ida said and immediately tilted Cody’s head up to his and instantly captured his soft lips.

There was no longer hesitation, their clothes flew off their body one after the other as they battled each other to the bed.

"I thought you didn’t want me anymore," Cody complained breathlessly as Ida climbed on top of him, naked.

"Never," Ida whispered huskily, kissing along Cody’s neck, loving the feel of his racing pulse.

"But-"

"Shh! Enough talking," Ida suddenly flipped Cody on his tummy, "I’ve missed this," Ida whispered into Cody’s ear as he aligned his cock on his entrance.

"Then show me how much you’ve missed me," Cody was panting as he raised his ass to let Ida’s shaft slide into him.

Ida wasted no time in showing Cody just how much he’d missed him.

Tomorrow, they could talk, but, tonight, no one was saying a word, except it was words that would inspire their moments...