Chapter 5

Lancaster Manor

A tall and large building greeted Azarel as soon as he got out of the car. It still has a touch of the medieval era even though it was already the 21st century

The Manor is still the same as what Azarel could remember and he kind of misses it if not for the dreadful man living in there

"Sir Azarel, you have arrived. Sir Azael is already waiting for you inside" the Manor's butler - Landers said respectfully

"Landers, you're still as handsome as ever. If you were not too old and ancient, I might want to sleep with you" Azarel replied with a sigh but the butler wasn't fazed at all

"My apologies, sir, I don't sleep with my boss's son or daughter"

Azarel just chuckled at that. Landers was already around 60 of age but he was definitely a very handsome guy in his youth

Even with wrinkled skin and gray hair, he still looks much better than most guys at his age

"My God, you're still as gross as before. No wonder that you are dad's biggest headache!"

"Yeah, yeah, and sis is dad's biggest sucker!"

With that, Azarel took the initiative to enter the Manor that has a door that can possibly fit around 10 people side by side. The door alone was already that ridiculously large

Following behind Azarel was his sister that stomped her feet in anger. Both of them have bitchy personalities but Azarel's tongue is more venomous than his sister

As soon as Azarel entered, the large two-way staircase immediately greeted his eyes along with the flowers and decorations that just screams the word 'Christmas'

The maids are working their ass off to make sure that everything is ready and perfect

Azarel scanned the servants with his eyes before raising his brows as he found out that there was something wrong

As if his reaction is to be expected, Landers steps out and explained the situation

"Sir Azael fired the male servants. He feared that his son would seduce and bed them"

Hearing that, Azarel rolled his eyes. Geez, just what his father even thinks of him?

"Hihihihi, serves you right!" Hessy was delighted by that. It was her own way of gloating for her brother's misfortune

"If you don't close your mouth, Christmas socks are not the only thing that would be hanging tonight" Azarel retorted before he went to the dining hall and his bitchy sister could only stomp her feet again

When Azarel arrives, his eyes instantly locked on the man sitting at the head table

Azarel expected a more furious reaction after his father - Azael Lancaster sees him but the man simply stared at him without saying anything

If they were in a novel, his father is certainly being out of character and that's not a good sign

"Just so you know, my personal assistant is informed that I am back in the Manor. If I were to suddenly go missing in Christmas, he knows where to find me or the culprit" Azarel said with a bit of a warning tone

Whenever his father would go OOC, hell would surely follow suit. He'll rather have his father shout and scold him rather than give him this silent stare

"Don't be ridiculous, seat. It's close to 12 am" Azael replied to his son's nonsense and the latter looks at his sister

"Do you know what bullet this man is going to fire later?" He asks and Hessy shrug her shoulders

"I don't know but I hope it would be something that will make you wish you were dead" Hessy replied before sitting on her seat

With raise eyebrows, Azarel also sat. He was the youngest among his three siblings but he was the only male of them. As such, he sat on the right side of his homophobic and old-fashioned father

As for Hessy, she sat next to Azarel and starts playing with her phone

A long moment of silence appeared at the dinner table

Azael kept his silence and his only son don't want to talk to him. As for Hessy, she is not interested in being sandwiched by the two stubborn men in her life and she would rather play with her phone

Silence is not bad but this kind of silence is not to Azarel's taste, as such, he also took out his phone and opened an app that is almost known by every gay people in the entire world

Deciding that he should enjoy the little time he has before his father chew him off, Azarel's eyes scanned the pictures of the other app users

He would like whoever he thinks is attractive and ignore the ones that are too ugly for his taste

Beep!

The familiar sound of the app when someone sent the user a message rang and Azarel waited for his father's outburst

Although his father is not a Grindr user, with Azarel as his son, how could he not know what that sound means?

99% of the time, that sound means booty call and by this time, Azael should have been seething with anger already

He should be shouting, pointing fingers, throwing things, etc. The typical things that people do when their anger reaches the peak

However, none of that happened. Azael just kept his silence as if he doesn't hear anything

"Okay, stop, stop, stop! You're being dangerously silent and I don't like that. Should you at least shout at me like the lunatic you are?" Azarel cried out

His father is definitely not this patient of a man. Where is this immense patience coming from? Wait...

Azarel dramatically gasp while looking at his father with eyed filled with great pity. "Do you happen to have cancer or other terminal illness? Don't tell me that you are dying soon? That's impossible! Bad grass, devils, demons, monsters, and the like all live a long life.. It's impossible for a man with a heart as black as yours to die early. You still have many years ahead of you to be the menace of human society!"