3 The Deal

Declan was sitting on one end of the couch, dumbfoundedly staring at Kian who was sitting on the other end, holding his left arm with his right hand, while giving a facial expression of a woman who just found out that her husband was cheating on her.

After Elian asked the Hotelier to take this mess inside, the Hotelier convinced Kian to come back inside the hotel and not make any more scenes. As all of them came to the waiting area of the hotel, Elian quickly reached for his phone and made a call. Elian had realized that the drama this man was holding up was not going to halt anytime soon and the only thing he can do now was to call his Lawyer.

As Elian stood waiting, he contemptuously stared at the boy who was sitting there whining like a child. Declan got up off the couch and walked towards him. "I'm sorry about this, it is all my fault", Declan said with a sincere tone. "Well I can't completely deny that but this Prick isn't making things any easier either" Elian replied without moving his eyes. "I know these omegas inside out, they only look for a chance to bother people.", Elian continued finally turning his eyes to Declan. "Okay I'm aware of where this is coming from but don't say this out loud, it is only gonna cause you more trouble", Declan replied.

Suddenly the door was slammed open and a tall man with his untidy hair and partially tucked-in shirt walked in. The man came up to where Elian and Declan were standing and worriedly asked, " WHAT, what is the emergency ?? Is it Anna ? WhAt'd she do this time? Is that why all these people are standing outside the building??", said the man incessantly. "No Tristan. It's not Anna. And fix yourself first. You look like a lunatic rather than a lawyer.", Elian replied. "It's not my fault! You called me at midnight saying there was an emergency. I was in the middle of something important and I still came, you ungrateful brat", Tristan said defending himself. Tristan noticed the man in uniform sitting on the couch looking as if he is going to cry. Tristan turned to Elian looking puzzled. Elian sighed and replied, "Follow me, I'll explain".

He took Tristan to a corner while Declan went back to the sitting area. "We were at the party when some asshole started to talk to me about Anna and it got heated real quick. He said something about me being exactly like my father and then Deck got furious and pushed the guy away. Luckily I took care of the guy and we left but Deck started driving angrily. I was trying to calm him down but then that omega jumped on the road out of nowhere and the car hit him.", Elian explained.

"What the FUCK?!?", Tristan exclaimed, "You called me at this hour for this?!? We could have sorted this out tomorrow morning Elian !!".

"That's not all you idiot, before I can sort it out the crowd gathered around us taking photos and videos and whatnot. And that tricky bastard is putting on an act like a victim of a tragedy", Elian said exasperatedly. "So what exactly does he want?", Tristan asked curiously. "I don't know and I don't care. But I can't have some crazy rumors flying about me when there is already so much mess on the news about my breakup with Anna, so do something", Elian replied.

"Hmm…", Tristan contemplated for a few seconds and then said, "Look I will sort this out but this time do exactly what I say or you'll just get deeper into this swamp of rumors or worse, it might affect the company". Tristan said with a serious look of warning. Elian rolled his eyes and said, "Fine.", and both men walked back to the waiting area.

"My name is Tristan Velazquez, I'm Mr. Falk's lawyer. Would you like to introduce yourself too?", Tristan said as he sat next to Kian on the couch. He didn't sound like he was trying to intimidate Kian, instead, he sounded slightly patronizing. "Kian, Kian Maier", Kian replied quickly changing his facial expression from that of grief.

"Alright Kian, I don't like beating around the bush so what exactly are you looking for from Mr. Falk?", Tristan asked. "Well, Mr. Falk broke my left arm. So I can't go to work now. And he was trying to get away without taking responsibility for his actions. So all I want is for him to pay me 5 million as compensation and payment for my hospital bills, rent and other daily expenses separately" Kian replied with a conniving smile on his face.

Listening to Kian, the other two alphas gave him a disdainful glare. "You seem to be very confident for an omega, I mean messing with a billionaire, that too an alpha? You know even if you go to the court and win you will never get that kind of amount for such a small injury, assuming there ARE chances of you winning against such a powerful man", Tristan replied.

"I don't care how powerful he is, but if this man doesn't compensate for my injury I will walk out that door and tell everyone he was driving the car after getting drunk and knocked out a poor innocent boy", Kian replied with a threatening tone, "And I'm not an omega but even if I were this bastard could not have possibly gotten away with this ", he added.

"That's enough!!",Declan interfered, but Tristan signaled him to hold back using his hand. Elian found Kian's last sentence a little suspicious. He wondered how can someone like him who had a feminine face and small frame not be an omega.

"Well then that explains a lot, and I'll point out that we aren't denying you the compensation at all but we have just a few conditions". Tristan's statement brought Elian back to.

"What conditions?", Kian asked. "Look Kian you have put Mr.Falk in a very difficult situation here, so even if he chooses to compensate you, the journalists standing outside are going to start some rumors about him running over a civilian and THAT is going to look awful on the news", Tristan replied.

"Well, that's not really my problem", Kian replied. "Look, Mr.Falk will only compensate you if you walk outside with us and give a statement that you got hit due to your own recklessness and Mr.Falk is helping you out of generosity."

"WHAT?!? Why would I lie?", Kian exclaimed standing up swiftly. "Because you need money. It is obvious that you wouldn't be playing these games if you didn't need money."

Tristan's reply caught Kian off guard. The lawyer had read right through him. He couldn't do anything but stand quietly.

"And that's not all. You will say that Mr.Falk has taken the responsibility to take care of you and house you until you recover." Tristan continued, startling everyone.

"What? When did I do that?", Elian asked with obvious anger in his tone. "You said you'll do whatever I say Elian", Tristan said, turning to Elian. "But why do I have to do this?!?", Elian questioned.

"This is gonna turn your image around in the eyes of the public, everyone is going to forget about your constant affairs with the actresses and models. People are going to think that you've changed. This is good for both your image and the company". Tristan said but Elian still looked unconvinced. "Your brother is finally going to stop bothering you if this works out". Elian could have done anything to get his older brother to stop nagging him about his behavior.

"I don't want to be taken care of, I just want the mon-" Kian stopped in the middle of his sentence, "I mean compensation."

"Well you don't have any other option young man", Tristan replied to Kian as he stood up from the couch. "So do we have a deal?" He asked, looking at Elian and then Kian.

Kian thought what possibly can he lose by just spending some more time with this jerk. He'll get the money. He can pay the loan and leave all the part-time jobs. He can focus on the bakery and expand it or he can even go to a cooking school.

Elian thought he wouldn't have to deal with the media constantly bugging him wherever he goes. His image in front of his associates will also get better. And since this man is claiming that he isn't an omega, he should be fine being around him.

"Deal". Both Kian and Elian agreed, looking at each other.