Chapter 31 - The Creators

He pursed his lips.

"I'm sorry. I can't tell you. It's for your safety." Maverick said apologetically.

"Don't tell me that you were part of the Mafia?"

He chuckled and patted her head.

"Don't get your hopes high." He smirked.

"It will be cool." Stacey's mind started swirling. "Now I got the image in my head. I'll speak to Victoria about it. This could be a big hit of money!"

"What are you talking about?" He asked.

"It's webcom, creation. Then, Victoria would write, while I'll illustrate." She winked.

"Wow, that's nice." Maverick complimented. "I only saw your doodle. Can I see your other works?"

Her lips turned into a grin and she laughed.

"What?" Maverick asked and was curious about what makes her laugh.

"Don't say anything about my work after you saw it."

"You are making comics right?"

She nodded at him.

"But sometimes, comics are gore and lots of r-18."

"Okay…" Maverick nodded and he stopped. "Don't tell me…" He prolonged and she laughed out loud.

"My tablet is at the back."

He turned and reached the tablet from the case. Then, he turned on the tablet and faced it to her for face recognition. The tablet unlocked.

"Go to Webcom making."

He swiped to search for it and then, he opened it. He was amazed by the detailed 2d drawings.

"Yes, I also make 3d comics and animation."

"Wow," he nodded and scrolled to read the story. "So, why is it that your main characters had big boobs and big butts?"

"That's because men like such things. Men usually subscribe to such things."

"You are really something. But normal men wouldn't ask for the big stuff. The normal one is enough."

"I also made normal sizes of the breasts and butts." She smirked.

He smiled and showed him the beautiful girl in 2D drawing with blond hair, wearing a medieval dress.

"I like this one. So, natural." He even emphasized it. She laughed at him.

"Nice choice…"

"It's okay with you if I read this?"

"Yeah, sure… but that's not completely a hentai comic."

"Hentai comics?" he asked.

She laughed again.

"Search for it."

He tapped the browser and searched for that word. He creased his brows and showed it to her.

"These are hentai?"

"Yeah." She giggled.

"You are really something, Stace." He chuckled and he adjusted his seat to read her comics. He likes visuals and it's easy too.

The story is about the royal family, face slaps, and bullying. The bullying was most likely the main lead even though she tried to be strong and tough. But, whenever she would show how tough she was, she would be bashed all over again. It's a sad story for the main character. Then, the male lead watched as she was bullied by them. In the next scenario, the main lead who was the King ordered his men to take her to his car.

The two meet finally. The King has smitten already with her features. She's beautiful even without makeup. She begged him to let her go. But instead, the King just leaned down and stared at her scared face while they were leaving the area. He took her to his villa and the men dragged her in, and or more like take her to his room against her will. She was thrown to the bed.

The King sat on the sofa across the bed as he crossed his legs. She moved away scared and hugged herself.

"Your family threw you away after you understood that you weren't fully from their family. Do you want revenge?" The King asked.

"I'm already broken, what's there for me to get revenge?"

"Marry me."

She shook her head.

"I don't want to live in hell, please… just let me go."

"Do you think that living with me is hell? I'll give you heavens instead."

She looked away as she cried. The King's heart was broken by listening to her cries. Then, the next scene was the King's past as he was running off. He was young and he nearly died at the hands of an assassin but someone threw a big stone at the assassin's head. A girl came to him and kicked the man and threw more stones at the assassins. They run away and the girl takes him to a safe place. Her beautiful dress was ruined and the make-up on her face was messy or more like the person who put make-up on her made her look like a clown. He even took out his handkerchief, wet it, and removed the makeup to see her true beauty.

"Keep it. I'll meet you again."

The King watched the girl cuddled into a fetus position. He approached her, removed her shoes, and covered her with the duvet. He even kissed her forehead saying: "I found you."

He yawned and rubbed his eyes. The story was good. Then, it also portrayed how royals would embarrass each other in front of the King and ruin each other's reputation for the sake of position, power, and wealth. While they are drowning themselves in expensive wines, foods, and other things. The story portrayed the hunger on the other walls. The ministers didn't know that the King found out about that wall. They would fund such useless things but not on those poor people. So, the war kept going.

"This is really, really good!" Maverick exclaimed.

"Hmm, you find it out." She winked. "Actually, Victoria made up that story. So, I helped her with research as we drove around the town on our weekend until our butts heated up on the car seat. Then, we happened to drive across a few specific places where the roads have holes. Like, it was actually drilled to change it but days passed, the road was undone. I mean, it's still a good road, but the government somehow planned to drill it to get that funds and put it in their pocket."

"I know few places. I've been there." Maverick told.

"See, what I am saying?" She laughed, sounding mighty. "Victoria, my Victoria is a genius! But, Kenzo took her away. That man needs a spanking."

Maverick only laughed.

"Are we there yet?"

"Nope." She shook her head. "Oh, but here's the supermarket. Let's have a break first."

He turned off the tablet and slid it in the pocket behind his seat. Then, he took his mask and cap to put it on while she parked it in the car beside Victoria's SUV. He quickly unlocked the door and came out. Then, he walked around to Stacey's side and opened it while she's getting ready to get her purse, and turned off her car. She came out and Victoria clapped her hands.

"So, you two are together?" Victoria asked.

"Nah." Maverick and Stacey answered at the same time.

"We are buddies." Maverick said.

"Okay, let's cut out this couple thingy!" Caleb exclaimed. "Mave, you will stay with me in my car." He said aloud.

"No, she's my boss. Right?" Mave said pointed Stace. "Besides, I am reading some manga. Some hentai~~." He grinned at Caleb who flushed. Victoria and Stacey burst out laughing as they entered the supermarket.

They bought fresh seafood and Victoria, Caleb and Stacey mostly paid for it. Kenzo and Maverick were just following them around. They shook their heads as the three just bought things without budgeting it. So, Kenzo stepped forward and asked her about their budget.

"Yeah, at least 10 thousand."

"That's too much!" He hissed. He pulled her. "Cut off the sodas. Maverick and I don't usually drink it."

"Bro, don't worry about it."

"Caleb, you need to learn how to budget too," Kenzo said. He took out his phone as he started calculating everything that they needed for two days and the meals.

Maverick helped out by setting up the dishes for lunch, snacks, dinner, and breakfast. It won't go for 10 thousand. So, they cut off a few things. Victoria was pouting as she watched how Kenzo cut the sugar off since she's getting pimples for too much sugar. Kenzo already set up plans for her healthy foods. She complained to him that she's getting fat, so Kenzo set up a meal plan for her.

"Nice! We'll only have two dishes per meal. Vegetable and seafood." Maverick rubbed his hands. "I can't wait to cook."

Victoria gave her share to Caleb when her phone started ringing. She pulled it and answered the caller. She moved away from them a bit.

"Hello?"

"Lady Victoria, this is Secretary Yazmin."

"Yes, Miss Yazmin," Victoria mumbled. She was curious as to why her grandmother's secretary was calling her.

"Madam wanted to see you, right now."

"Oh, I am not in the city. I'm miles away from home at the moment. Is there a problem?"

"She just wanted to see you."

"Can I speak to her?"

"Yes,"

After a few moments that seemed forever, her anxiety dissipated when she heard her grandmother's voice.

"Dear,"

"Yes, grandma."

"Why can't you go now?"

"Well, we are off on a trip with friends. Like a honeymoon too." Victoria mumbled.

"That's good. Are you starting to~~"

"Yes, grandma."

"Good, I want to see you in my house when you are back."

"Okay."

"Hmm," Then her grandmother hung up.. Now, she wondered what's going on.