Billionaire Mafia's Manny
Chapter 51

Chapter 51: Chapter 51

"Hello?" Zeno groggily answered the call that came into his phone.

"Hey, Coach, still sleeping? It’s time for practice, get your fine ass down here immediately," Jeremiah spoke through the phone.

Zeno squeezed his eyes and moved the phone away from his ear, Jeremiah was quite loud that morning.

"Got it...I’ll be there in a minute," Zeno replied, still feeling a little sleepy.

He ended the call and placed the phone face down on the bed.

He slowly yawned and rubbed his eyes, stretching himself across the bed.

"Damn it..." He suddenly stopped his stretching and frowned.

His ass was sore, very sore; Sebastian had been very rough with him last night.

He had enjoyed it at that time, but, now, his whole body felt like he had been run over by a trailer, especially his ass, it almost felt like he could still feel Sebastian’s cock inside him.

He opened his eyes and stared blankly at the ceiling for a few seconds.

His mind went back to what happened with Sebastian last night in his room.

Sebastian had made it clear that he was nothing but a fuck buddy to him, and as strange as it was for him to feel hurt by that realization, he did feel hurt.

Sebastian made him feel like an object; he understood that they had a contract, but at the end of the day, they were still humans; he could at least show him some emotions. But he had fucked him like a sex doll, getting off of him the moment he released his cum into the fucking condom.

Sebastian really attacked his self-esteem, but he wasn’t about to wallow in self-pity. He was going to find a way to act unaffected too, he would treat Sebastian the same way he treated him, after all, it was good they treated each other that way because it wouldn’t be good if they started to develop feelings for one another when it was certain that they weren’t meant to be.

He slowly got out of bed and limped into the bathroom. After bathing, Zeno carefully practiced across his room how he was going to walk in front of his friends without them finding out that something was wrong with his gait.

Honestly, Zeno never knew he could be in that kind of situation because of his fellow man; it was usual to see it in frail women who got slammed badly by men, and he never thought he’d be experiencing it first-hand in life.

After walking back and forth for a minute, he was satisfied with how he walked, so he proceeded to leave the room.

He didn’t even glance at Sebastian’s door, he went straight for the stairs and walked past the living room.

These days, he’d noticed that Julia was now the one who catered for Ken, and he wasn’t complaining, but he kind of missed taking care of the boy.

Ken was like a purifier to his soul each time he saw him smile and laugh. He would try and make out time to play with the little boy, at least, give his mind some break from all the drama.

He walked out of the house, glad that he hadn’t seen Sebastian anywhere.

Walking over to the bodyguards’ quarters, he saw Lucia and Jasper discussing in front of the building. They looked so serious as they talked, and he wondered what their topic was all about.

"Morning, guys," Zeno greeted as he approached them.

Jasper quickly looked up at Zeno and smiled, "Good morning, Zeno." He turned away from Lucia and faced him.

"Came for practice?" Lucia asked, staring at Zeno with narrowed eyes.

Zeno nodded, "Yes, Jeremiah called me," He replied.

Lucia nodded, "But, you don’t look so well, don’t you think so too, Jasper?" Lucia asked.

Jasper tilted his head to the side and observed Zeno’s look, he couldn’t see anything wrong with him, but Zeno did look tired.

"Nothing...unless you’re talking about how tired he looks," Jasper responded.

Lucia shook her head, "Nah, it seems there’s more than just tiredness, I think-"

"Alright, that’s enough, how about telling me what you guys were so engrossed talking about?" Zeno quickly asked, diverting the topic away from him.

Jasper sighed, "She was telling me about how the boss was planning to choose three people for his Japan trip next month," Jasper replied.

Zeno frowned, "Japan? Next month?" He questioned.

He’d never heard of anything like that before; what was Sebastian going to do in Japan, and why didn’t he know about the plan?

"Well, I don’t really know the details about the Japan trip, but I do know that it’s time for both of you to get in there for practice before it’s too late," Lucia placed her hands on Zeno and Jasper’s shoulder and pushed them towards the entrance of the building.

"See you," She said and quietly walked away.

Zeno walked beside Jasper as they went toward the gym, his mind thinking about what he had just heard. Why was Sebastian was planning to go to Japan next month?

So, does it mean that he gets to be free for the whole month? One month without Sebastian, what would it be like?

"Zeno, can you hear me?" Jasper tapped Zeno’s arm as he pushed open the door to the gym.

Zeno blinked back to reality and saw that they’d reached the gym and Jasper was asking him about something.

"My bad, sorry. What were you saying?" He asked Jasper.

Jasper smiled and shook his head, "You look quite adorable when you’re lost in thought," he muttered.

"What?" Zeno was surprised by Jasper’s words, he chuckled and shook his head.

"You’re wrong, Jasper, I’m a man, and I’m anything but adorable," He smiled at his friend.

Jasper smirked, "Trust me, I know what I’m talking about," He led Zeno into the gym.

The moment they entered, they realized the whole place was quiet, which was quite unusual.

Music was supposed to be blasting, and chatters were supposed to be going around the whole large room, but no, it was as quiet as a graveyard.

Zeno slowly looked up from his phone and looked around the room, again, he was surprised to see all the guards standing quietly and staring at them.

The place was so quiet that Zeno suddenly realized that they must have heard him and Jasper’s short conversation in front of the door...they all heard Jasper call him adorable.

’Damn...how awkward could this get?’ He asked himself.

"What’s going on here?" Zeno whispered to Jasper.

Jasper slowly and carefully looked around the room, and when his eyes found the figure at the corner of the large room, he immediately realized why Lucia had warned them to get going before it was too late.

"The boss is here," Jasper whispered back to Zeno.

Zeno became alert; he immediately followed Jasper’s sight, and truly, Sebastian stood there in black joggers and shirtless!

His aura was formidable, his physique got his eyes glued, and the sweat that ran down his chest was proof that he had been working out not long ago.

All his muscles were more defined: abs, biceps and triceps, pectoral muscles, his sharp V-line; everything about him looked so spicy that morning, but he quickly pushed such thoughts away, he forced himself to focus on the angry look on Sebastian’s face as he stared daggers at him.

"Come here," Sebastian ordered in a cold tone.

’Just great, when I thought I’d escaped him,’ Zeno thought.

Jasper was the first to move forward, followed by Zeno who was cautiously walking behind him.

Sebastian couldn’t take his eyes off Zeno. Last night’s event played through his mind as he stared at him.

Part of the reason he was out so early that morning was because he couldn’t sleep well last night. After he had left Zeno’s room; he found himself unable to concentrate; he kept recalling the way he had left Zeno and the confusion and hurt he had glimpsed from his face.

He thought he’d be fulfilled by doing what he did, but he wasn’t, he found himself fighting the urge to go back into Zeno’s room and hold him in his arms.

That morning, when he finally woke up from the little sleep he was able to catch, he didn’t want to face Zeno, so he immediately rushed over to the bodyguards’ quarters to train with them, purposely leaving Zeno to sleep.

He was surprised when he heard his voice behind the door, and he wondered who must have informed him about the practice, and, hearing what Jasper had said to him agrevated those feelings he’d been trying to fight since last night.

"Good morning, boss. We’re sorry for being late," Jasper apologized with his head bowed as they stopped in front of the shirtless Sebastian.

"Good morning, boss," Zeno greeted politely.

Sebastian frowned; Zeno wasn’t even looking at him; he rather preferred to look at the equipment beside him.

"You can be pardoned, Jasper, but not Zeno," Sebastian said indifferently.

Jasper couldn’t question his boss’ decision, he bowed his head and replied. "Thank you, boss," he said.

"Fall in line, Jasper," Sebastian ordered.

"Yes, boss," Jasper immediately went and stood beside Jeremiah at the back.

Zeno sighed very quietly; he knew his case was going to be different, what did Sebastian want with him now?

Sebastian walked closer and stood in front of Zeno. Zeno wasn’t still looking at him, but he wasn’t worried, he knew how to get him to look at him.

"Everyone, choose a partner for today’s combat. As your punishment, Zeno, you’ll fight with me, and make sure you win. Otherwise, you’ll face a more serious punishment, understood?" Sebastian challenged.

Zeno bit his lips and clenched his jaws, "Yes, boss." He replied.

So be it.

He just had to find a way to ignore the pain in his ass and focus on winning Sebastian in the combat.