C1 One

"I didn't make any promise with you last night, Christina." Zephyr hissed, he was so angry as he pushed the crying woman out of his way as he took another order of whisky to the bartender in his bar, he is starting to kick the annoying woman because of her being pushy.

"But you said~" she was cut off.

"I know what I said last night and that's that... nothing more. You are the one who begged me to sleep with you and you agreed that it was only one night and after that we will forget each other!" he harshly snapped at her and looked around the club as he signaled his two bouncer to come near him "I don't want to see this woman ever again in my club, you understand that? Or else I will all of you." he comanded them and he just turned his back as he heard his two men pushed the girl away and Zephyr couldn't care less.

Zephyrus is the owner of Midnight Phantom Club where he is currently right now trying to get drunk because he doesn't have any plans to go home since he had no one else there. That's why he rather stay here where he is surrounded by different people who won't even bother him.

He sat down on the stool as he just continued drinking his glass of whisky when someone spoke beside him all of a sudden "Aren't you being harsh on her?" he knows who that is. There is no doubt it was his serious buddy.

"Stephan," He greeted his friend using his genuine smile. Stephan Draco is the only man that can relate to what he is going through. "What brings you here?" his face immediately turned confused. This man is very simple and hates a huge crowd so it's really surprising to see him here.

"I'm also here to get drunk like you, dummy." Stephan shouted near his ear because of the loud music surrounding the entire club.

"Why, what's wrong?" He asked, totally not satisfy with his simple answer that left him hanging.

"My parents again." He groaned, leaning his elbows on the table.

"Aren't they always your problem?" Zephyr sarcastically asked, because he surely knows the answer to that.

" I thought they finally stopped controlling me and this time...it's even worse. And if I don't agree on this one, I will be screwed. Dad is sick and he even told me that this is his last wish for me. See how fuck up that is?" Stephan complained, really angry, nearly slamming his fist on the table. "Now I'm thinking how to get out of this mess again."

Zephyr laughed at his friend "Well, man. You came into the right place. I'm also getting drunk tonight for no reason unlike you. Besides, your Stephan Draco! You can solve anything! This is surely not a problem to you anymore." He tried to comfort him in a bad way "So, want me to call the others to join us tonight?"

"Do as you wish" he replied as he ordered the drink he needed to the bartender.

He just chuckled and walked outside the club where there are no noise and music so he can talk to his friends clearly but before his finger could touch the name of his friend, he heard some pleading voice not too far from him. It's normal actually to hear those kinds of voices but this one is different.

"Let me go!" the voice from not afar "I said let me go, you idiot! If you don't, I swear I'm gonna kick you in your gut!"

"Shut up, you bitch!" someone hissed.

Zephyr really doesn't care of them but this is his club, he hates any scandal that will ruin the reputation of this club and his. "Excuse me" he quickly marched to the place where he saw a man hovering a woman on the deepest corner. "The woman says to let her go,"

The man in ragged clothes turned his head and gave Zephyr a very angry look and scowled "Stay the fuck out, asshole!" he shouted at him and he continued hovering the poor girl.

Zephyr rolled his eyes and just marched his way towards them and he kicked the man harshly at his back and he ended up rolling on the cold ground, "Call me like that one more time and I will kill you right here," he threatened as he put his one foot on the man's chest and pushed him down on the floor harder.

"Fuck man, I'm gonna kill you first!" he was going to fight him but Zephyr was faster. He already gave the man a hard tight closed fist punched on his face causing the man's nose and mouth to bleed as he continuously punch his face

Suddenly he stopped from punching the man when a soft hand touched his arm "Stop! Please stop!" she shouted as he continued pushing him off the almost unconscious man lying on the floor. God, he is still breathing?

Zephyr raised his head and suddenly felt like he was hit by a volt when he came eye to eye with the woman he saved from the man. But he thought she is going to hug him but it changes when the woman suddenly keeled next to the man and gave Zephyr an angry look "Damn, you killed him!"

Zephyr suddenly became confused "What?"

The woman ran to him and slapped him on the face!

"The fuck!" he hissed angrily while holding his right cheek where the woman slapped him. "What did you do that for?!"

"You killed him!" she shouted at him "God, what am I going to do now?!"

"Wait, wait, wait...you're still worried about him even if he is gonna rape you?" he questioned really no t getting the idea why the woman is angry at him while all he did was save her.

The woman ran her hands through her face "Fuck, I'm screwed." She muttered and her hands quickly went in his pockets and took out his wallet "Oh shit, this man fooled me!" she cursed loudly and started to stand up and stood in front of him.

"Who is this man?" Zephyr asked her.

"This asshole told me that he owns Midnight Phantom and he is gonna give me a job!" she hissed angriy.

"And what in the right mind you are to believe this rat?!" He nearly shouted pointing at the barely breathing body lying on the floor.

"Sorry, I am just so desperate to have a job! The restaurant that I was working for just fired me without reason and now I have to find a fucking job!" She spoke fast and her face clearly shows how angry she was right now.

"So, you want to apply here as a worker?"

"Yes that's my real plan." She murmured "But I just get my hopes us in a wrong way."

His eyebrows touched in confusion "You're saying that you don't know who the owner of this club is?"

'He doesn't know me ?This is a first.'

"Nope." She arranged her crippled clothes and straightened her blouse and started walking away.

"Where are you going?" He asked.

"Leaving? I have no business here anymore. The real owner might just kick me out if he sees a poor girl outside his club." She said, and about to turn to leave once again.

"Without any 'thank you' for the one who saved your life?" He hinted.

The woman just gave him an amused look then rolled her eyes "Thank you, Sir for saving me from that asshole but also no thank you because I surely can handle myself. I was about to kick him away when you suddenly appeared here." She spoke straightly without a hint of hesitation in her voice.

"Woah, I don't think if I should accept that but I think I am gonna do that." Zephyr said and she is really amusing him.

"Who is the owner of this club, anyway?" She just asked out of the blue causing him to let out a small chuckle.

Zephyr raised an eyebrow and smiled "If you like, I can get you in the job"

She just gave her a disbelief look then rolled her eyes "Oh, so you are also planning to fool me like this asshole did?" she flipped her hair. "Men are really so hard to trust." He heard her muttered under her breath.

"I can really do that, love." He said, crossing his arms "Just say the word and I will let you meet the owner himself."

"And what makes you sure that I will believe you, huh?" She gave her a narrowed look.

Zephyr shrugged and this time put his hands in his pockets "I don't know...I guess you just have to trust me."

She just laughed loudly "Me, trust a stranger like you? You're so full of yourself, Mr." she playfully slapped his shoulder.

"I bet you are gonna regret that. Come back here at the club tomorrow evening and give this to the bouncers or any waiter or waitress inside." He took his hand and put a green card with a Midnight Phantom Club logo. "Just come and yo u will be amaze, pretty lady." He winked at her and smirked. "I'm definitely sure that you're gonna pass whatever you want to. Because I know he will like you" he told her before walking out and coming back inside the club.

That woman really impressed Zephyr. Her guts was really different and she was not an ordinary woman that he usually meet every night. And the fact that she doesn't know him really made him more interested on her. And the way she talks to him, not like those sluts who begs him but she sounds like she is ready to fight him.

The woman is definitely different.

'I wonder what's her name' he thought as a smile appears from him.

Then he almost forgot that he is here to call his friends. The first one he called was Rune, a private investigator/secret agent, well he's all around. "Hello, man?"

"Hey dickhead, Stephan and I are in my club right now." He informed his friend on the other line.

"Oh good, I'm hitting the road right now." Rune said. "I'll be there in a minute."

"Good." Zephyr ended the call then called his next friend, Lucas, the a famous actor and model but seriously, from all of them, Lucas was the only one in their group that is not a playboy. He is the kind of man who would stick to only one girl.

After a few rings, he finally answered "Hello?"

"Hey Lucas, come here in my club, we're all here." He informed him.

Lucas just groaned in reply "Damn you, Cloud. It's 11 in the evening and you just woke me up!" He seems a little mad.

But that didn't scare his Zephyr "I know so stop whining like a kitten and get your ass in here!" He ordered him and ended the call quickly. But then when he brought his phone back inside his pocket, he can't help but smile as he remembers the pair of blue orbs he just saw earlier.

He came back in the club, light headed until he reached the VIP section where Stephan is. There are so many bottles of wine on the table and he just thought that this will be a very long night for him and his friends. "You look like you've been beat up." He saw Zephyr coming up.

Well, his clothes got wrinkled from his punching with the lunatic man.

"No, I just had a little chat with someone outside the club." He told him taking the seat next to him and taking one bottle of beer and drink straight from the bottle.

"So, have you talking to the others?"

"Yes, indeed."

"And what did they say?"

"That they are gonna kill me once they saw my sorry ass because I woke them up." He replied, laughing as he recalls his conversation with Lucas who is so angry at him.

Yep, Lucas can be the nicest one in the group but he is the most hot headed guy and he really hates being waked up in the middle of the night.

After a few minutes, Rune arrived first wearing his uniform which is a black jacket with his agency's logo on his shoulder, a white shirt underneath and torn denim jeans. Seems like he just got off his duty. Then 11 minutes later, Lucas came wearing his usual attire which are just simple shirt and jeans and partnered it with his black cap and black shades.

"Is something wrong with you two?" Lucas asked, referring to Zephyr and Stephan.

Stephan just tsked and took a quick gulp of the vodka in his hand. "You're really asking that?"

Lucas looks a little scared at Stephan's reaction and just leaned closer to Zephyr who is silently drinking a bottle of beer. Honestly, if Stephan is in a bad mood and you asked him a wrong question, you have no choice but to run and hide from him. "What's wrong?" he whispered at Zephry.

"Looks like Stephan had some family issues again." Rune teased. "Why Stephen? Had a little fight with mommy and daddy?" he continue with a fake baby voice.

Stephan glared at Rune "Fuck off, Rune."

Rune just laughed at him.

"How about Lucas, what have you been doing lately?" the conversation turns to his silent friend.

"Nothing different. My life is still boring and dull." He answered.

"Still searching for her?" Rune teased him this time.

I laughed at that one especially because Lucas' reaction was priceless. He really looks so angry "Shut the fuck up, Rune. She has nothing to do with me anymore."

"Aw, true love." Stephan's turn to tease that made the three of them laugh except for Lucas who is guilty.

"Okay then, if you have nothing to share then...maybe I can..." Rune changed the topic. "I had a meeting with the mayor this morning."

Zephyr put his drink down "Why? Is he gonna kill you?"

Rune laughed then narrowed his eyes at me "No. He just visited us in the office and told me secretly that he had a job for me."

All of them looked at him questioningly "A job?"

"Yep, and I don't know what it is yet. He told me that he will call for a meeting next week...and to think that it's a private meeting, he only called limited officers and agents that will work in this task. Then I'm pretty sure that this case must be very serious...and dangerous." He explained, his mouth forming a thin line.

And that is his job being an agent to protect the mayor and all the illegal things in this place. "How about you, Mr. Playboy? How is your sex with Geneva?" Rune asked Zephyr.

He raised his head and rolled his eyes. "Stay out of my sex life."

"Well, dude, you were all over the news when they caught you and Geneva entering a hotel. She told the media that you two are dating." Lucas added.

His eyebrows frowned and tightened his fist "What? That slut said that?!"

Stephan laughed "Well, that's what you get for sleeping with a famous actress. They know how to work in front of the camera and act like it's true."

"But I made it clear to her that night... it was only one night! One Fucking night and she even told me that she will protect me from the media and all other kinds of shits. Damn, that whore just made it worse." Zephyr cursed angrily while he slammed his fist on the table.

"Dude, that woman is so obsessed with you. You can't get rid of her that easily." Rune told him, tapping his shoulder. "And besides, just ignore the social media thingy and go on with your life, look for someone else that will get your attention."

"I surely will do that." He sigh, finished his 5th bottle of beer.

"By the way, your club looks so boring tonight. Where are your singers?" Lucas noticed.

Midnight Phantom are known for the amazing club interior, bar, amazing parties, women that are working, the famous and rich guests and the singers.

"Three of the singers were fired last nigh that's why I'm hiring." Zephyr answered. Well, he did ask the woman earlier to join the job so he is praying that she has an amazing voice.

"Fired? What did they do this time?" Stephan smirked, kinda knowing why he fired them.

"They fall in love with me." He simply answered. "They know the rules, baby. I will not let a woman who loves me sets foot in my club or else they wanted to be fired."

"You're an idiot." Rune hissed, shaking his head and looked so unpleased with his reasons. "Poor women. You just don't have a heart to them, huh?"

Zephyr just laughed and continue on drinking. He doesn't want to talk about his fear and hatred in woman right now. All he has to deal tonight is how to get drunk and be happy in life...

Cause he doesn't know how and what to answer to that. His life is so boring and fucked up.