Chapter 2: Character Profiles & "Pouring Obsession Behind the Neon Smile"

Top: Adrian Mercer

Age: 20 years old

Profession: Powerful Bank CEO

Appearance: Sharp, intense gaze, handsome, with messy black hair.

Personality: Highly obsessive, possessive, calculating, genius, and deeply attached to Christian.

Bottom: Christian Vale

Age: 27 years old

Profession: Professional Lawyer

Appearance: Beautiful and sophisticated, with slightly long blonde hair and deeply expressive eyes.

Personality: Calm, highly logical, resilient, yet conflicted; formerly a protective older brother figure.

 " Dear readers, before we dive deeper into the main plot, I wanted to share the official looks and profiles of our main characters to help you visualize them better. This is going to be a dark psychological BL romance journey, and I hope you all are ready for it. Now, without further ado, let's jump straight into today's chapter..."

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[Midnight | Inside the Star N Club: Still & Calm]

"Hello, sir. Are you new here? Because I have never seen you here before."

"Didn't your partner come with you? I mean... everyone needs some company to have a drink, right?"

I speak these words in a very calm, steady, and casual voice. Even now, my eyes are fixed firmly on him.

I get no answer from Christian. He is staring continuously at the wine glass in his hand. It feels to me as if he is pretending not to hear any of my words.

Even so, I try to talk to him once again.

"If your partner or companion has not come, and if you have no objection, can I give you company?"

"If there is no problem, let's have a drink together."

Finally, he removes his gaze from the wine glass and looks at me. Seeing his calm, yet very anxious and deeply focused eyes, I get deeply attracted to him. My pupils get smaller. And my desire to possess him increases. But I keep my desire suppressed.

"Who are you? I don't know you. I neither talk to strangers, nor do I make them my drinking companion."

"Sorry, I cannot drink with you. And thank you for offering me a drink."

I do not feel hesitant at all because of his words. I calm myself down and keep some patience. And even then, I maintain that faint smile on the corner of my lips.

"Oh, right. I completely forgot to introduce myself."

"I am Adrian. Adrian Mercer. I am the CEO of a well-known bank."

 "So, would you like to tell me your name or something about yourself? If you do, we will no longer be strangers."

I extend my hand toward him in a very casual manner, waiting for a handshake.

"You really don't listen, do you? No, I neither want to say anything about myself, nor do I want to know anything about you."

"So, you can leave now. I want to be alone."

His constant rejections are making me feel even more dominant and arrogant. I cannot suppress my desires anymore. No matter what happens, I want to trap him inside the cage of my heart.

"Leave? No, I am not leaving. When I say I will have a drink with you, I mean it. And you don't even have to tell me your name or anything about yourself anymore."

"Please, just have a drink with me once. Please... please... please...

"I don't even know how many times I keep saying please to him like this.

I speak these words with a mix of childish stubbornness and quiet force.

"Alright, fine. I agree,"

"But remember this: I did not agree to this by choice. I am only doing this because I am forced by your arrogance."

While he speaks these words, a subtle hint of shyness or a delicate vulnerability appears in his expressions. And I understand that feeling perfectly well.

"Thanks for keeping my word."

"Waiter! Bring a bottle of expensive Wine for me and this gentleman. Please, make it quick."

As soon as the waiter serves the drinks, I somehow manage to slip a small drugs pill into Christian's glass, completely hiding it from his sight at that very moment.

Why? Because I could not stop my arrogance.

From now on, he will only be...

"MINE."

*Author's Note: Hi everyone! I am a new creator, and this is my very first novel. I hope you all enjoyed the psychological twists and tension between Adrian and Christian. If you loved reading this chapter, please show your support by liking, commenting, and sharing. Stay tuned ! *

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(To be continued in Chapter 3...)

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