Chapter 146 Healing I (2/2)

Nitocris just looked at him, then at the dead body that was being carried out for disposal, then back at him. Without a word, he got up, fixed his suit and walked out.

Kyle grinned, then quickly ran after him, shouting, ”Hey! Big Bro! Don't leave me behind!”

It was a sight people in the building would never forget. Ice, the notorious cold guy, running after their boss like a puppy that had been left behind ... their respect for the Boss went up even higher. For him to be able to tame such a wild card, Boss must be great indeed.

✿✿ Two Weeks Later ✿✿

It was a bit crowded at Master Shifu's dining room.

There was Kyle, Kay, Master Shifu, Rheia, Nitocris, Drako and May all gathered around the dining table. School was going to begin soon, so Kyle and Kay would be leaving. Nitocris had already moved into Master Shifu's house, and May was staying with Drako in one room. Kitten Oreo was asleep in the living room.

When May woke up from the hypnotism that Kyle placed her under, she was, unsurprisingly, scared of them. However, Master Shifu assured them that May would recover in time, as she had not been under Kazuya's control for long. If it had been a year, then she may never be able to break the hold Kazuya had over her.

What they did not expect was that May latched herself onto Drako the moment she set eyes on him. Drako had shrunk back at first, but seeing the total dependency she had upon him, he didn't have the heart to push her away. He had heard that she was Kazuya's latest pet, and he knew what that entailed.

As for May, when she first set her eyes on Drako, she saw the pain in his eyes that she had seen in Kazuya's, but at a much higher level. For some reason that she couldn't explain, she gravitated towards him. When he didn't reject her hanging on to him, she was elated. He was kind to her and she became dependent upon him.

Whenever she saw him in pain, she had this compulsion to help him. To her, however, that meant pleasing him sexually. When Drako rejected her and refused all her advances, she was shocked and hurt. She would cry, thinking that she was useless.

She didn't give up, though, and kept on trying to help in. Eventually, he caved in.

However, unlike Kazuya, Drako had been gentle. Kind. Sweet. May found herself more and more unable to leave his side, for it was only with him did she feel safe. With others, she would shiver uncontrollably, even though she knew they were not the enemy.

Drako was also being healed by May.

She took care of him, held him when he had his nightmares, soothed him when he was in pain. Her gentle nature belied the wild way she was in bed, and initially, he had not wanted to take advantage of her because he knew she had been brainwashed by Kazuya.

Still, he was a normal man, who found himself weakening each time he pushed her away ... especially when each time he did so, she would look so sad and she would cry. She wouldn't cry in front of him, however, as she would turn around and sob quietly into the pillow. As if him refusing it meant he was rejecting her completely. His heart broke and he finally relented.

After a while, he found that he couldn't sleep unless she was beside him. It only then did the nightmares not come. Both were still healing and both were the balms to each other's broken souls.

Life was weird that way.They may have gotten together in an unusual way but from the looks of it, both appeared genuinely happy.

Which was what they both needed.

”Do you really have to go?” asked Rheia towards Kyle and Kay.

”Yes, Auntie,” Kyle said gently, ”School will reopen next week and we stay in the dorms.”

”But we will come and visit whenever we can,” Kay added, ”Besides, Big Bro Nick lives here now, so you have him.”

”Yes, but he's so busy now that Kazuya retired,” Rheia said with a slight frown, ”He hasn't been coming to visit either. I wonder about that father of yours.”

Nitocris patted her hand, ”It's okay, mum. Dad's always been like that. It's better this way, don't you think?”

Rheia's face looked like she was struggling for a while but when she looked at Nitocris's happy face, and the warm family-like atmosphere around her, she couldn't help but feel ... content. She had been having memories of her husband doing these things like not coming home for months and she wondered why she never remembered them before.

Rheia smiled then and nodded, patting Nitocris on the cheek.

”As long as you're happy,” she said simply.

”I am, Mum. I am,” Nitocris replied with a gentle smile, seeing how his mother was accepting things calmly. He was overjoyed. The process may be slow, but he didn't mind. He could see how much better his mother was all the time.

Kyle watched all of this with a smile.

”I would like to make an announcement,” Drako suddenly said, standing up.