328 A New Member or a New Leader? 2

"What? What is he talking about?" Katherine questioned upon seeing the men's expressions as if they were talking about something she shouldn't know anything about.

Damien came to a realization that Styles was the hacker whom Zero told him about—the one whose skills were higher than Zero's — that night when a scandal about Katherine and him broke the internet and he had Zero take care of it, only to find out that there was another hacker who was faster and more skillful. 

"Nothing important," Damien dismissed Katherine's question and addressed Styles, "No, I'm not talking about that. I just happened to know someone who can probably help us." He grimaced at the thought of that certain person that he had to contact. There was no way that he would do it if he knew other ways… But for Katherine, he would do anything.

Styles slowly nodded and backed away from the nook and went to grab some plates from the cabinet. That morning before Amelia left to see Edward, she told him about what happened last night and how she told her son about her past. Although she didn't tell him anything about her son joining their little team, judging by how cozy Katherine and Damien were now and the fact that the latter was proactive in lending a hand, Styles thought that he was a great addition.

Swiveling her chair to face Damien, she placed a hand on his arm and probed, "Can you really ask someone to help you with this? Who is this person?" Katherine was curious, especially since Damien's expression didn't seem like he was too excited to ask that person's help. 

He clenched his jaw and stared at her, contemplating whether it was necessary to tell her who the person was and decided that it wasn't. "He's… You don't really know him…"

"You're not going to get in trouble, are you?" she worried. "It's nice that you want to help us with this but I don't want you to go through something that you don't want to. Especially if that could harm you in the process."

Damien dragged his gaze from the side to Katherine's eyes and saw concern written all over her face, making him smile. "You're sweet. Don't worry, I won't get into trouble. I just… If I could help it, I wouldn't ask this person but right now he's the only one I know who could. It's not a big deal." Cupping her face with his hand, he brushed his thumb on her cheek and pulled her close to press his lips on her forehead. "You should eat."

"I guess I'll start eating dog food from now on…" Styles mumbled under his breath as he brought the plates to the dining table. His voice was too low but the couple definitely heard what he said. Katherine had a scowl on her face but her cheeks were red while Damien heartily laughed.

Styles, who was still oblivious and thought that King Charming was talking to Katherine, drank his juice with one hand while the other checked the new message that he received on his phone. As soon as he saw that he received Damien's email address through text, he froze, juice flowed out of his mouth and was poured back into his glass. King Charming was talking to him! The King wants a list of 'everything' he needs?! Like everything?

Lifting his head, he met Katherine's amused expression. She only smiled and shrugged at him as though she was telling him, "He's a billionaire. Go crazy!"

She didn't really say that, but she might as well have. It was exactly what Styles had in his imagination and he couldn't contain his excitement — his heart was just about to burst. He turned his head to Damien and saw him just minding his own business—aka putting food onto Katherine's plate while she tried to refuse him because she could no longer eat. 

Styles wanted to say something but his mouth forgot to function and all he could manage to do was whimper an incoherent sound. He sounded like a dog trying to speak a human language but failing miserably.

Hearing the weird sound, Damien turned to look at Styles and saw him agape. "What?" He straightened up.

Styles opened and closed his mouth, unsure of what to say exactly. What was he supposed to say to this man?

Katherine saw Styles's reaction which she was all too familiar with. He looked like this when he tries to speak to a woman who wasn't her nor Amelia. Styles also looked like this when he's attracted to some girl but couldn't speak a word. Was he attracted to Damien? She chortled.

"What's wrong with him?" Damien questioned.

"I think he's in love with you."

When Damien heard Katherine, he snapped his head towards her and saw her laugh. "What?!"

"I think he wants to know if you're serious about what you said. Can he really request anything and you will give it to him?" A smile flitted across her face before he took a sip of the warm chocolate that Damien made for her. The drink tasted so good, she didn't know how he makes them. She could make one for herself but Damien's always tasted different compared to hers.

Realizing what Katherine was saying, he turned to Styles who was still staring dumbstruck at him and confirmed, "Yeah… you can list whatever gadget or technology you want. You'll get it on or before noon." When Styles didn't say anything but only widened his eyes, Damien added, "Knock yourself out…?"

As soon the last three words left Damien's mouth, Styles abruptly got up from his chair and was about to sprint to his bedroom but he stopped and quickly gave Damien a big kiss on the cheek. "I love you!" he praised. "No homo!" he added as he hurriedly went to his bedroom to list everything he wanted.

Damien's eyes went so wide. Styles just kissed him. 

"Ugh!" He slapped his cheek with a table napkin and wiped the kiss off. He cursed under his breath and glared at Katherine who laughed at him. "You dare to laugh?"

Before she knew it, Damien went in for her neck.