Desire Me If You Can Chapter 41

“Where the hell did he go? That bastard.”

“He doesn’t even have any work to do, and he still can’t stay put in his assigned spot.”

“It’s obvious. He’s probably crawled into some woman’s house in this neighborhood to screw.”

It was a statement that could not be denied. They had actually seen how promiscuous Grayson was. Besides, it wouldn’t be his concern if his colleagues were struggling, no matter how hard they were working.

“Let’s just go.”

Ezra said suddenly. When everyone looked at him in surprise, he spat out the words roughly with a face full of anger.

“He’s not a child; he can figure out how to get back himself. Whether he asks a woman for a ride, calls an Uber, or walks here—is that any of our business? He’s the one who followed us here on his own whim and disappeared in the middle of a job. There’s no reason for us to suffer any more. Let’s go!”

“Fine.”

“I agree, let’s go! That guy can handle his own business!”

Words of agreement followed from here and there, and they hopped into the car as if they had been waiting to do so. Dane said nothing, but that was simply because it had nothing to do with him. Leaning his body against the seat, he only thought about how he wanted to hurry back and rest.

The car left without any lingering feelings, and it was a full day later that they learned the fact that Grayson Miller had gone missing.

“What the hell! If you were short on staff, you should have found him and brought him back! You just ditched him and came back? Are you guys colleagues? Are you even a team? Go kill yourselves, you disloyal bastards!”

At the chief’s roaring reprimand, Wilkins couldn’t lift his head and only stared at the floor. He hadn’t even been there, but as the team leader, he could not escape responsibility. After being scolded by the chief with all sorts of words for a long time, he was in a half-souled state when he stepped out of the office.

“Mr. Wilkins…”

Seeing their team leader return stumbling, the team members didn’t know what to do. As they watched each other and couldn’t continue the conversation, Wilkins, who had thrown his head back and covered his face with both hands, let out a deep sigh and soon looked around at the guys gathered there.

“So, there’s still no word from Miller, right?”

“Y-yes, that’s correct.”

At first, they just thought it was an unexcused absence. They had assumed he simply changed his mind and lost interest, and they had all liked it, saying it was actually a good thing. Unfortunately, that feeling didn’t last very long.

The chief, having noticed that Grayson was missing, had wondered about his whereabouts. After confirming that Grayson hadn’t just been ignoring calls but had been missing since the day before, the chief had flown into a rage. Only then did they all realize that Grayson had truly gone missing. They had just thought he disappeared on his own whim the day before, but in reality, the problem had already begun at that time. Ah, they should have looked for him more thoroughly.

“Mr. Miller is an adult, isn’t he? Plus, look at that guy’s build—who is going to mess with a massive guy like that? He probably just went into hiding because he didn’t want to show up.”

In the gloomy atmosphere, Diandre poured out his complaints. He still believed that it was ridiculous speculation to say Grayson had disappeared. Of course, the rest held similar opinions, but voicing them was far too tactless. As expected, Wilkins’ eyes widened, and he suddenly let out a rough shout.

“You stupid bastard! Don’t you know why elite Alphas always have bodyguards in tow? Do you know how many criminal organizations specialize in targeting those guys? From the ones who start terrorist acts in the name of God’s will or whatever, to the constant kidnapping and blackmail threats! How can you sound so relaxed? How do you know what kind of mess Miller might be in right now!”

The guys gathered there felt their minds go blank at the shouting that rang through their ears. While someone was even staggering, one person who still didn’t grasp the situation opened his mouth.

“What would they use those guys for if they kidnapped them? Money?”

“Sperm.”

Another guy reluctantly tipped him off.

“Elite Alpha sperm is worth whatever price is named. Everyone wants superior genes, after all.”

“No, then he should have had a bodyguard—why alone… never mind.”

This time, Diandre was complaining, but realizing his mistake, he quickly shut his mouth. However, the water was already spilled, and naturally, what returned was Wilkins’ roar.

“There were so many of you here—what were you all doing!”

Everyone went quiet again. Ezra, who was better at handling the situation than Diandre, stepped forward.

“Let’s first do what we can. Um, you know, like reporting it to the police….”

Before his words could even finish, a huge backlash followed.

“The police? The police?”

“Are you crazy! The police? What can those incompetent guys do!”

“If the police could find him in a day, we could find him in an hour! Why bring the police into this?”

They mercilessly belittled the police force, with whom they were always at odds. Of course, the police were always disparaging them too, so they were no different from each other.

“Alright, alright, I get it. Everyone calm down.”

Wilkins, who had raised both hands to soothe the shouting brutes, opened his mouth with a much calmer face.

“If it’s something the police can do, we can do it too. No, don’t we all know that we can do it much faster and more accurately? Now then. I’ve been thinking about what we should do first. Wouldn’t the answer lie in the area where Miller disappeared? Let’s start there, alright? Now, move out. Hurry, hurry.”

Wilkins, who took the lead, kept waving one hand back and forth to urge them on. The guys gathered there had no choice but to shout and, as ordered, run out and hop into the car. And the last person to board was Dane, with a heavily furrowed face.

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Always being a nuisance in every single way.

Dane was gnashing his teeth, sitting in his seat and shaking one of his legs violently. From the very first time he saw him, that bastard had made Dane bother him every single time. Pouring out pheromones that made Omegas lose their minds when they needed to escape quickly, suddenly saying he wanted to be a firefighter so they had to have an absurd race, showing up out of nowhere to interrupt while he was having sex at a bar—every memory of Grayson Miller was like shit.

If he was going to disappear, he should have just vanished quietly; why make such a fuss and annoy me again?

“Ah, goddammit, damn it all.”

When Dane spat out rough profanity, the guys riding in the car with him looked at him in surprise. It was rare for Dane to swear loudly in succession like this. Thinking that his mood must be quite twisted, they kept their mouths shut and walked on eggshells around him. And until they arrived at their destination, Dane did not smooth out his furrowed brow, occasionally spitting out more profanity.

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—Weee-ooo, weee-ooo.

At the sound of a loud siren suddenly ringing in the peaceful village, the people who were relaxing inside their homes wondered what was happening and appeared outside one by one. Recognizing that it was the same firefighting team that had come the day before, they started whispering, surprised once again.

“What’s going on?”

“There’s no fire anywhere; did someone’s cat get stuck in a tree again?”

“Could it be the same team as yesterday? Did that sexy firefighter come too? I didn’t get to see him yesterday.”