Desire Me If You Can [Novel] - Chapter 41

“Where the hell did he go? That kid.”
“He doesn’t do anything, but he can’t even stay still.”
“It’s obvious. He’s probably going to some girl’s house in this neighborhood and having sex.”
No one could deny it. They had seen how messy Grayson was. Moreover, no matter how much his colleagues were trying to kill him, it wouldn’t matter to him.
“Let’s just go.”
Ezra, who had been silent until then, suddenly spoke. Everyone looked at him in surprise, and he spat out harshly with an unusually angry face.
“He’s not a kid. I’ll come myself. Who cares if he asks a girl for a ride, calls an Uber, or walks? It’s his fault for following her around and disappearing while we’re working. There’s no reason for us to suffer any more, let’s go!”
When Ezra, who rarely showed his anger so openly, spoke quickly, the rest of the guys were momentarily stunned, but soon they all agreed as if they had been waiting for it.
Why on earth would Ezra say something like that?
“Okay.”
“I agree, let’s go! That kid can handle his own business!”
Words of agreement followed here and there, and they quickly got into the car as if they had been waiting for it. Dane didn’t say anything, but the reason was that it was none of his business. He just wanted to go back and rest, and he leaned back in the seat.
The car left without a second thought, and it was a full day before they learned that Grayson Miller had gone missing.
2
“If you’re short on personnel, you should have found him and brought him back! Why are you just throwing that away and coming? Are you guys comrades? Are you a team? Get out and die, you ungrateful bastards!”
Wilkins couldn’t raise his face at the chief’s scolding, and just stared at the floor in silence. He wasn’t even there, but he couldn’t avoid responsibility because he was the team leader. By the time Wilkins came out of the office after being scolded by the chief for a long time, his soul was half gone.
“Mr. Wilkins…….”
The team members didn’t know what to do as they watched the team leader stagger back. They were just looking at each other and not being able to continue talking, but Wilkins, who had tilted his head back and covered his face with both hands, let out a deep sigh and looked around at the guys who had gathered.
“So, Miller hasn’t contacted you yet?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
At first, we thought he was just absent without permission. We thought he had simply changed his mind and lost interest, and everyone was happy about it, but unfortunately, that didn’t last long. The chief noticed that Grayson was nowhere to be seen, looked for him, and looked for him.
After that, the chief got angry when he confirmed that Grayson Miller had disappeared the day before, not to mention not answering the phone. Only then did everyone realize that Grayson had really gone missing. They had thought he had disappeared the day before, but in reality, the problem had already started back then. Oh, I should have looked for him more thoroughly. He regretted it later, but it was already too late. The incident had already gotten too big.
“Isn’t Miller an adult? And look at his size. Who would harm a big guy like that? He must have just disappeared because he didn’t want to come out.”
DeAndre complained in the gloomy atmosphere. He still believed that Grayson’s disappearance was a ridiculous speculation. Of course, the rest of them had similar opinions, but it was too tactless to say it out loud. As expected, Wilkins glared at him and let out a harsh yell.
“You idiot! Don’t you know why the super alphas always have bodyguards? Do you know how many criminal groups specialize in targeting those kids? Starting with those who commit terrorism under the pretext of some god’s will or something, and then constantly threatening to kidnap them! And yet you sound so peaceful? How do you know what Miller is going through right now!”
The guys who had gathered around were dizzy from the deafening screams. Some even staggered, and one of them, still unable to grasp the situation, lowered his hands that had been covering his ears and opened his mouth. “What do you kidnap those kids for? Money?”
“Sperm.”
The other guy reluctantly whispered.
“The sperm of the super alphas is expensive. Everyone wants excellent genes.”
“No, then you should have bodyguards, why are you alone… … not.”
This time, DeAndre complained, then quickly shut his mouth as if he had realized, “Oops.” But it was already spilled milk, and naturally, Wilkins’s old age came back.
“What about the bodyguards! What did you all do with all these people around you! Are we worse than private security guards? You guys, the firefighters who protect this country, are worse than the bodyguards! And you deserve to be called heroes by the citizens? Huh?”
Everyone became quiet again. Ezra, who was better at handling things than DeAndre, stepped forward.
“Let’s do what we can first. Um, like, report it to the police……..
He couldn’t ignore his responsibility as the one who suggested returning first. He tried to make a suggestion to resolve it somehow, but before he could finish his words, a huge backlash followed.
“Police? Police?”
“Crazy! Police? What can those incompetent guys do!”
“What can those guys do that we couldn’t do? Huh?”
“If the police can find it in a day, we can find it in an hour! Where are you bringing the police?”
Ezra immediately shrank back at the outcry. He regretted saying something unnecessary, but his resentment continued. They mercilessly belittled the police group, who were usually enemies. Of course, the police always disparaged them, so it was no different.
“Okay, okay. Calm down, everyone.”
Wilkins, who raised both hands to comfort the screaming big guys, opened his mouth with a much more calm face.
“If the police can do it, we can do it too. No, we all know that we can do it much faster and more accurately, don’t we? Okay, so. I was thinking about what we should do first. First, isn’t there an answer in the area where Miller disappeared? Let’s go there, okay? Okay, let’s go. Quickly, quickly.”
First, Wilkins,  was in the lead, kept waving his hand back and forth, urging them on. The gathered guys had no choice but to shout and jump into the car as they were told. And the last one to get in was Dane, who had a very frowning face.
You’re annoying me with every little thing.
Dane sat on the seat, gritting his teeth and shaking one leg loudly. Ever since he first met Dane, that bastard had been annoying him every time. When he had to escape quickly, he would pour out pheromones to make his omega go crazy, and when he would suddenly say he wanted to be a firefighter and make him do some ridiculous race, and when he was having sex at a bar, he would suddenly show up and interrupt him. Whenever he thought of Grayson Miller, all he could think of was shitty memories.
He should’ve just quietly disappeared if he wanted to disappear, but he’s making a fuss like this and bothering me
again.
“Ah, fuck, shit.”
When Dane swore harshly, the guys riding in the car with him looked at him in surprise. It wasn’t common for Dane to swear so loudly and repeatedly. They kept their mouths shut and watched Dane’s expression, thinking that his judgment must have been quite twisted. And until they reached their destination, Dane swore occasionally and didn’t lift his frown.
Aaaaaaaaaa, aaaaaaaaaa.
The people who were leisurely inside their houses came out one by one in surprise at the loud siren sound that suddenly rang out in the quiet village. When they realized that they were the fire team that had come the day before, they were surprised again and started to whisper.
“What’s going on?”
“There’s no fire, but did someone else’s cat climb up the tree?”
“Is it the same team from yesterday? Did that sexy firefighter come too? I didn’t see him yesterday.”