196: 195[The End] "What did you say?" "What?" Just as they were glaring at each other with fierce eyes as if they would devour one another, an ominous feeling was suddenly felt. Joshua was the first to slowly turn his head and froze in place. Dane, who followed his gaze, also stopped short. At the top of the stairs, Chase and Greyson were looking down at them with pale faces. "Ch-Chase." Flustered, Joshua quickly stood up. But Chase's pupils were already shaking wildly as if an earthquake had occurred. Just as he was wondering where they had started listening from and was about to speak in distress, suddenly Greyson covered his head with both hands and shouted. "Don't tell me you two slept together?" "What?" "What?" Above the pale Chase, Joshua and Dane shouted. "That's ridiculous, I have standards too!" When Dane shouted first, Joshua hurriedly shook his head. "No, Chase. Absolutely not! We were just at the same place having sex. We each had separate partners!" Dane immediately joined him. "Right, we just had sex together, no, I mean we had sex but were just in the same place, not that we two did it together. Understand? You get it, right? You understand?" Despite having been bickering so much just moments before, Joshua immediately became allies and started chattering. "Right, we only went as far as finding partners at clubs together. We each found partners and each played separately. I absolutely never did it with him, really!" "I've done it with up to five people, but he's only done up to four. I know." At Dane's words, Chase's face now turned blue. Joshua gritted his teeth and glared at him, hissing through his teeth. "Thank you so much…" Looking down at Joshua grinding his teeth, Dane smiled nonchalantly. "You're welcome, who else but me could prove that you're well-behaved?" It wasn't wrong. Compared to Dane Striker, who in the world couldn't be called well-behaved? "Chase, don't listen to this bastard. Dane is just a natural stallion. If there was a frog in front of him, he'd sleep with the frog too." "Hey, interspecies breeding is too harsh…" Dane protested, but Joshua ignored him and continued. "You remember, right? When we got married, Lora and this bastard disappeared together. What do you think they went to do? That's the kind of guy he is." Chase's heart wavered at the smiling face saying "huh?" He thought he shouldn't give in, but he couldn't help it. Because that's what love is. But there was someone else who couldn't just let it slide. It was Greyson. "Dane, what is this about? You slept with Lora too? Really?" His appearance shouting while pale was like a tragic protagonist. Dane tried to hurriedly send a rescue signal, but Joshua pretended not to know and looked away. In the end, Dane began making excuses to survive on his own. "It was only once, Greyson. The wedding was too boring, so I was just trying to kill time." "Specifically with sex?" At the immediate response, Dane laughed "haha." "Sex is the best when you're bored, isn't it?" At those words, three pairs of eyes simultaneously focused on him. Ridiculously, even Joshua was looking at him. At that fact, Dane became disgusted. "What's wrong with sex, you bastards? It's good for your health too. It's a scientifically proven fact." He continued his pathetic excuses while looking at Joshua. As if saying he wouldn't sink alone if ignored again. Of course Joshua understood. "Being promiscuous could be like that." At the sudden change of sides, this time the gazes focused on Joshua. Among them, the moment he saw Chase turning pale again and glaring with axe-like eyes, Joshua panicked. Oh no, he had barely calmed him down. At the gaze of anger and suspicion directed at him again, he busily began making excuses. "No, that's all from before I met you… After having Pete, I lived wellbehaved too!" Joshua shouted indignantly, but Chase was already opening the door and going inside. "Just you wait. Chase, wait! Chase!" Joshua, who didn't forget to grind his teeth and warn Dane, urgently ran inside, and then the door closed. Suddenly the surroundings became quiet. Dane stood with his hands thrust into his pockets, then looked up at Greyson. "Still sulking?" When Dane asked with a chuckle, Greyson opened his mouth with a thoroughly annoyed expression. "Dirty cock." "Yeah, yeah." Dane spoke indifferently, then arbitrarily grabbed Greyson's hand and brought it to his chest. After patting it twice and letting go, Dane said indifferently. "There, reconciliation over." "What…" Greyson gaped incredulously. As if asking what kind of behavior this was. But there was no time to protest. Because Dane had already turned around and left. "Dane, stop right there!" Greyson shouted belatedly and chased after him. Catching up to Dane in just a couple of steps, he chattered busily from beside him. "That just now is invalid. Virginia and Venus are a pair. They have to meet to be valid. Venus was mine to begin with, so you can't just do this on your own. This is very unfair…" "Did it end well with your younger brother?" Dane cut off the continuous stream of words. Suddenly Greyson's words stopped. As the cool autumn wind brushed past, he said "well" and swept back his hair. "I apologized, but I'm not sure. He didn't say much." "You did what I told you to?" At Dane's question, Greyson nodded. He was worried that he might have just irritated Chase unnecessarily, but seeing that they came out together fine, fortunately that didn't seem to be the case. Chase had said with a cold face. Then he said. That was all. Chase had followed him out to the front door as if to confirm he was leaving. And what happened next was exactly as Dane knew. "So what are you going to do?" Dane asked after hearing the story. After repeating apologies several times by now, Greyson had also gained some know-how. The answer was decided. He smiled briefly. "I have to apologize again, until he accepts it." At those words, Dane blinked as if going "oh," then smiled and patted Greyson's head. "Good boy." "Right?" Greyson immediately bent his body to the side and tilted his head as if he had been waiting. So Dane could pet his head more comfortably. When Dane chuckled and removed his hand, Greyson immediately grabbed it and brought it to his mouth. Making eye contact with Dane, Greyson kissed his palm and whispered. "I love you, Dane." A smile lingered on Dane's lips. My puppy. "Yeah, I know." When Dane said this, Greyson immediately frowned. "You should say you love me too." Dane just laughed as if incredulous. Just as Greyson was about to say something, he suddenly grabbed the back of his neck and pulled him down. Their lips touched, and a sweet kiss followed. Greyson inadvertently closed his eyes and accepted the kiss. Feeling regret at the tongue that gently licked his lips and withdrew, when he raised his eyelids again, he saw Dane's face looking up at him. To Greyson who was looking at him full of expectation, however, he turned around without saying anything. "Dane, what about saying you love me?" Flustered Greyson shouted from behind, but he didn't look back. At that sight, Greyson became anxious and ran after him shouting. "Say you love me!" Hahahaha, Dane's cheerful laughter scattered through the cool breeze. I love you, Greyson Miller. My purple-eyed Golden Retriever.