Chapter 74 - Seventy-Three: Stick To Me Just Like A Koala

"What are you wearing?" Mark asked the moment his eyes landed on Emily as she entered the living room.

He was so used to seeing her in full sleeves blouses and tops with her hair always tied that suddenly seeing her bare arms and open hair which were falling around her, he was taken off guard.

Rather than answering him, Emily pulled all her hair in a ponytail with the help of her hands to show the answer to her brother.

She was wearing an off-shoulder fluffy dark blue satin top with black trousers.

"Why the hell are you wearing that? I-I mean you all are heading to the club and that's definitely not something you should be wearing there. You can wear it some other normal day, but you need to change it now." Mark said in a flustered tone.

He just could not imagine her walking into that building in that clothes, especially when she would be meeting the Sullivans there.

"There's no need." Domenic's deep voice entered the living room as the man himself walked over to where Emily was standing.

"But Dom, you are taking her to the club. She should...." Mark trailed off when Crist gave him a sharp pinch on his arm.

He glared at his brother but then quieted down, knowing very well that there was no need for him to continue his rant since no one was listening.

Emily was taken aback when she felt someone's hand pulling her hair back. Just when she was about to turn around, she heard Simon's voice near her ear.

"Stay still."

It was not sharp, neither loud. Just a soft voice telling her not to move.

Emily did exactly what she was told to do and then she felt Simon fixing her hair in a loose bun. She even felt him inserting a hair stick in her bun.

Simon stepped back when he was satisfied with his work. The beautiful pearl hair stick with three little pearls hanging from the end of the pearl flower made his sister look so elegant and cute.

As soon as Emily felt Simon stepping back, Domenic was there, standing exactly in front of her.

He was carrying a black oversize coat in his hands which he immediately draped over her shoulders, hiding the mark beneath it as he buttoned it in the front.

Emily tried to move her arms beneath the coat but she could merely snake her palms out from under the coat.

This made Leo and Crist burst out into giggles, even Daniel tried to suppress the twitch that was threatening to appear on his lips.

"Don't worry. You will be safe. Just don't leave Simon's side no matter what happens, okay?" Domenic looked into her eyes as he waited for her reply.

Emily immediately nodded her head with a soft smile. There's no way she was going to cause another problem. She's gonna do as she was told - stick to Simon. 

Domenic gave her a soft nod as he turned towards the rest of his brothers.

"You all, have your dinner and then head to your beds." He told his brothers and after giving Daniel a nod, he started walking towards the entrance of the mansion.

Emily felt a hand holding her left hand and when she turned to look, she found Simon entangling their fingers together in a tight and protective grip.

"Let's go." He softly said and Emily happily followed him. She was too happy to see such a sweet side of Simon to complain about anything.

The drive to the Club took some time and Emily sat in the middle of two of her brothers, Domenic and Simon, in the back of the huge black car.

Sam also accompanied them for some reason. Sometimes Emily felt like Sam was more than just a family doctor. He was probably a close friend of her brothers or something.

The interior of the car was silent throughout the drive. It was not until they were in the underground parking lot of the Club when Simon once again took hold of her hand and finally broke the silence.

"Have you ever seen a Koala hugging something very tightly?" 

His question was so weird and out of the blue that for a few moments Emily just stared at him with a confused look on her face.

Only when he raised his eyebrows slightly as he waited for her answer, did she came out of her shocked phase.

"I.....ahhh.....y-yeah. I-I mean yes." She somehow stuttered out as she tried to get a hold of her still shocked mind.

"Good. Because all you need to do is to stick to me just like a Koala. Got it?" Somehow, Simon succeeded in staying serious as he spoke those words.

"Huh?"

For a moment Emily appeared completely clueless but then she hurriedly nodded her head as a huge smile emerged on her lips.

She tightened her fingers around his while her other hand snake around his arm as she replied, "Don't worry. I'm not letting go of you until you say so."

A small twitch that appeared on her brother's lips was the only indication that told Emily that he was actually smiling at her.

Domenic and Sam took the lead as they started towards the private lift that would directly take them to the seventh and the topmost floor of the building.

She and Simon followed behind them with a group of five bodyguards who followed closely.

It barely took them five minutes before they were crossing the long hallway on the seventh floor which would ultimately lead them to the meeting area.

The seventh floor was totally different from the lower floors of the building that Emily had seen the last time she came to the Club.

The lower floors actually reminded her of Clubs that she had seen in movies and tv shows.

However, the seventh floor looked more like a lobby of some official building so far.

They finally appeared in front of a huge oak door and her fingers tightened on Simon's arm unconsciously as a guard opened the door.

Emily stepped into the room along with her brothers and Sam while the bodyguards stopped outside the room.

The sound of the wooden door closing behind her almost made her jump in surprise.

She let her eyes roam over the room and its possessions. The room was huge with neat and clean furnishing.

There were sitting arrangements on both left and right side of the room while the center of the room was occupied by a small but beautiful aquarium.

Her eyes landed on the three people who were currently sitting on the left side of the room.

She immediately recognized Rylan who was also looking at her and as their eyes met, the idiot even dared to pass a small smile at her.

Hah? The man seriously got some guts! 

Even though Emily was not sure if she had imagined the part where he stabbed her or if happened in reality, she still was not ready to forego the fact that half of her problems were related to him.

Almost as if Rylan Sullivan was a bad luck star for her. 

She did not respond to his fake smile and let her eyes land on the second person. He was a young man probably in his mid-twenties. His Asian looks with those round glasses and black wavy hair made him appear so cute and innocent.

He was doing something on the tablet that he was holding, making it hard for her to observe his features properly.

A sudden sound of a throat clearing pulled her attention away from the cute man and towards the third and final man present there.

As her eyes landed on the silhouette of the most handsome man that she had ever seen in her entire life, Emily felt like her heart had stopped beating at all.

He had similar long silver hair that was pulled into a high bun with a jade hair stick parking from it.

Even though he was sitting, she could tell that he was tall. Almost as tall as Domenic if not more.

The royal blue-colored suit he was wearing fit on his lean but well-built body like a second skin.

A luxurious rose golden-colored custom-made watch peeked from under the sleeve of his suit coat.

Her eyes finally traveled towards his face. Sharp jawline, luscious rosy tint lips, straight nose, thick eyelashes, and the most mesmerizing blue eyes that could ever exist.

Emily could not help but stare at the man who looked only a few years older than her and Rylan, probably in his early twenties.

She did not even realize that she was constantly staring at him as his eyes bored into hers in return.

It was not until she felt Simon's hands tightening around hers a little that she was pulled out of her trance.

As soon as she was back to her senses, she felt embarrassment taking over her entire being as she realized that she had been outright staring at a man for so long.

It was a good thing that both Domenic and Sam had their backs towards her while the cute dude was still busy with his tablet, meaning that both Rylan and Simon saw her staring at the handsome man.

But the worst part was that the man himself had seen her staring at him.