Billionaire Mafia's Manny
Chapter 71

Chapter 71: Chapter 71

Zeno, who was backing Ken, was surprised to hear his voice; he’d been caught off guard.

He immediately stepped away from Sebastian and turned to Ken, "No, he’s not hugging me, Ken, he’s just helping with my belt, yes, my belt," Zeno felt his ears turning red from embarrassment and lying.

"Oh, okay, how do I look?" Ken spread his arms and smiled at Zeno, proudly showing off his white shirt with the Spongebob drawing imprinted on the chest.

Zeno cleared his throat, he was surprised to see that Ken had a cloth that looked like a child’s.

He nodded, "It’s cool, Ken, let’s go downstairs; Nicholas must be waiting, "He went over to Ken and held his hand, leading him past Sebastian, who was staring at them with unreadable eyes.

Sebastian felt like he was the unloved parent, the one who the child didn’t like to spend time with.

"What the fuck..." He muttered and sighed.

Where the hell did he get the idea of Zeno being Ken’s parent? Something must be going on in his brain, he must need to see a psychiatrist for even letting himself think that way.

He went over to Ken’s bed and picked up Zeno’s phone which he had forgotten, and walked out of the room.

Downstairs, Nicholas and Zeno were already walking out of the house with Ken between them.

He silently followed them, waiting for when Zeno would realize that he didn’t have his phone.

They stepped outside and Sebastian saw Zeno walking toward Nicholas’ car.

He scoffed silently. Did Zeno really think he was about to let him have some dumb "quality time" with Nicholas today?

He could keep dreaming.

"Zeno," Sebastian called when Zeno was almost reaching Nicholas’s car.

Zeno paused and turned, "Yes, boss," He replied but didn’t look at his face.

"Bring Ken over here," He said, pointing to his car.

Zeno didn’t respond but Sebastian saw him saying something to Nicholas and then held Ken’s hand and led him over to him.

"Are we riding with Daddy?" Ken asked.

"Yes," Zeno nodded.

Sebastian took Ken’s hand from him as they reached his side.

"You’re riding with me, baby girl," Sebastian said beside Zeno before going to open the car for Ken.

Zeno sighed, he already knew that’s what was going to happen and had told Nicholas to go ahead on his own.

He went closer to Sebastian who had his upper body leaned into the car as he strapped Ken’s seat belt on.

"Do I drive, boss?" He asked.

Sebastian finished with Ken and straightened up to look at Zeno.

"Get in the car, Sweetcheeks, I’m driving," He smirked at Zeno and walked around him to get in the car.

Zeno was already feeling exhausted without having gone to the park yet.

He walked over to the other side of the car and entered the front seat.

As he shut his door, he saw Nicholas’ car already driving out of the gate and felt bad. He knew Nicholas was here for him, but it seemed like a certain someone wasn’t about to let that happen.

Zeno suddenly heard the familiar message beep on his phone and put his hand in his pocket.

"Looking for this?" Sebastian asked as he started driving the car toward the gate.

Zeno was surprised to see his phone in Sebastian’s hand, "Um, yeah, thank-"

"Not so fast, let’s see what our boy-"

"Boss..." Zeno interrupted, subtly moving his head behind the car, reminding him of Ken who was busy on his tablet watching videos.

"Well, let’s see," Sebastian held the stirring with one hand while he swiped through Zeno’s phone with his free hand.

"You don’t have to read my messages..." Zeno said in a tired voice.

"It says; see you at the park," Sebastian said with a raised brow then returned the phone to Zeno

"He’s sweet, isn’t he?" He asked, driving in the direction Nicholas had gone.

Zeno didn’t reply, he simply lay his head on the headrest and shut his eyes.

"I asked a question, Mr. Evander," Sebastian suddenly placed his hand on Zeno’s thigh, causing his eyes to fly open.

The first thing Zeno did was to check if Ken was looking through the front view mirror, sighing when he saw that he was still buried in his tablet.

"Sebastian..." Zeno whispered with a frown.

He placed a hand over Sebastian’s wandering hand, stopping it from going up his thigh. "You have to stop this, Seb-"

"Answer my question," Sebastian said without taking his eyes off the road.

"Do you think Nicholas is s-"

"Yes, he is. He is sweet, kind, handsome, hot, and - shit!" Zeno braced his hand on the headboard, snapping his head at Sebastian in anger.

He couldn’t hold his anger back this time.

Sebastian had violently swerved the car and almost ran into the pedestrian.

"Ken, you okay?" Zeno turned his head to the boy at the back.

He was properly strapped, unaffected by the sudden swerve.

"I’m fine, Zeno, that was awesome, Dad, can we do it again?" Ken asked excitedly.

"Depends, son, depends," Sebastian replied and put the car back on the right track.

"No, Ken, we won’t be doing it anymore, it’s dangerous, understood?" Zeno asked gently.

Ken sighed and nodded. "Understood," He went back to his tablet.

As the car proceeded in a smooth drive this time, Zeno kept glaring at Sebastian who just ignored him and focused on driving.

"You might not care about my life, but playing that way with a child in the car is just not acceptable, Sebastian; it’s inhumane," Zeno was clenching his fists to hold back his anger.

He never tolerated any form of abuse to a child.

Sebastian scoffed. "My child, Zeno, not yours," He replied.

"Well then treat him like one," Zeno bit back.

"Watch your words, Zeno," Sebastian warned.

"No, you watch your attitude, Mr. Sebastian!" Zeno flamed, clenching his fists.

Sebastian was shocked to hear Zeno raising his voice so angrily at him, in front of his son too.

He suddenly parked the car and turned to Zeno, "Get out of the car," He ordered.

Zeno gritted his teeth; he knew he had overstepped his boundary this time, but was that why Sebastian was dropping him off on the road?

He was about to say something to Sebastian when he heard Ken’s excited voice behind them.

"Nicholas! We’re here, Yay!" Ken started to remove his seat belt so he could leave the car.

That’s when Zeno looked up from his lap and stared out of his window.

They had reached the park.

He saw Nicholas walking toward them.

"Oh...we’ve arrived," He muttered to himself.

"What were you thinking? Get out of the car already," Sebastian said and got down from the car and opened the car for his son.

Zeno got himself out of the car, thinking about how he was going to apologize for the way he spoke to his boss.

He absolutely had no right to speak to Sebastian in that manner.

Firstly, he was just a bodyguard. Secondly, Ken wasn’t his son. He knew Sebastian was angry, but he was ignoring him for the sake of his son.

He stood beside the car and watched Sebastian take Ken to meet Nicholas, "Do your uncle duties; you brought him to the park; you take care of him. Go get him some snacks," He handed Ken to Nicholas and walked away.

Nicholas sent Zeno a short look before walking away with Ken.

Zeno sighed when he saw Sebastian coming back to him.

He was still standing under the tree where Sebastian had parked his car. The place was a large park, and children were running around everywhere, their parents walking slowly behind them in supervision.

He didn’t have to wait for Sebastian to walk back to the car because he started to walk toward him too.

They stood in front of each other and Zeno was the first to speak.

"Boss, I’m sorry for the way I spoke to you earlier, it was out of place," Zeno apologized, looking into Sebastian’s eyes.

"Then why did you do it?" He questioned Zeno.

Zeno bit his lips, "I was angry about the way you swerved the car...it was just too dangerous with a child in there, but as you said, he’s not mine and I shouldn’t have reacted that way,"

Sebastian nodded, "Good thing you still have a functioning brain, Zeno, I thought you lost it to Nicholas," He taunted.

Zeno remained quiet, he was ready for the insults he knew that were coming.

"I might let it slide this time, and I’ll leave you with a kind reminder," Sebastian stepped closer to Zeno and whispered beside his face.

Zeno stood still, waiting for Sebastian’s hurtful words.

"Never disrespect me that way, and never in front of my son. No matter how much I fuck with you, it’s never going to make you worth speaking to me in that manner, are we clear here, baby girl?" Sebastian asked.

Zeno gritted his teeth and nodded, "Yes, boss..." Just a few months more, and he’d be out of this crappy situation.

Sebastian stepped away and stared at Zeno’s face, then he turned around and walked away.

’Fuck, I did it again,’ Sebastian sighed in frustration.

He’d once again succeeded in speaking to Zeno in a way that’d make him run miles away from him and into Nicholas’ arms.

"Zeno! Come on, we’re going to the haunted house!" Ken ran last his father and went over to Zeno.