11 Chapter 10

They had a busy day after that. Both Jackson and Harvey were working on the prize cars with the help of Zara, Ezra, Miranda, and Shane, while Ben and Karan had gone out to make some of their arrangement on Plan B. Dylan and Theo on the other hand were busy discussing with Theseus and Jake for the plan while Matt was working with Sienna. 

Steven and Sam were busy training on the shooting range with Freddie. Leon had taken Raven out for a date which was also involved in working on Plan B. Both Megan and Meera were in the kitchen chatting while preparing their lunch, laughing together as they watched Mr. Bean on the small television in the kitchen at the same time.

They had wonderful Chinese foods for lunch with Beef Chow Mein, Kung Pao Chicken, Honey Chili Potatoes, Fried Dumplings, and Cantonese Chicken Soup, thanks to Megan and Meera even though Meera couldn't join them for lunch since she's doing her Ramadan fasting, she went back to her room to do her Zhuhr prayer. The long tables were packed and cheerful as they joked around with each other with Ben and Karan arriving on time to eat. Leon and Raven on the other hand were still on their 'date'. The Phoenixes played a good appearance in masking their worries in front of the Hunters.

Theseus's eyes lingered on Zara for quite some time, watching her as she goofed around with her gang. After the food was gone, the men stood up and helped to clear up the table and clean the kitchen as Megan went back to the apartment to freshen up. The rest of the day, Dylan and Theo kept Theseus as far away from Zara as possible with Zara working in the garage while Theseus worked in the office with the planning. 

They finally stopped when it was Iftar time for Meera and by that time, all of the three cars had been tuned and modified. They had an Arabian dinner that night, prepared by Meera, Megan, and Ben who had experienced cooking the food years ago when he was in an exchange program in Jordan. Now they were having a Shawarma, a Palestinian dish called Maqluba, Quzi, Fattoush, and dessert called Kanafeh. 

"Man, I'm pretty sure my jeans are a bit tighter right now," said Jake as he bit down his Shawarma.

"Do you guys do this all the time?," asked Freddie, putting some of the Fattoush on his plate. 

"Well some of us are not exactly pure British here," said Theo, "I mean, my siblings and I are half Spanish, Megan and Steven are Chinese, my beautiful Angel here is Arabian, Karan's Indian.. And we're kind of food hunters, we love all the food in the world,".

"That reminds me, we're doing Indian for lunch tomorrow," said Megan looking down at the table to look for Karan who was seated in front of Leon, "So we kind of need your help Karan,". 

"Damn.. I thought I was going to try and test drive the prize cars," said Karan.

"Oh no you don't," said Zara waving her fork at him, "That's our job. You go and help the Queen and the First Lady,". 

"The Queen and the First Lady means Megan and Meera, right?," asked Matt.

"Yep," replied Ben, eating his Quzi.

The conversation turned to the plan after that but Theseus's eyes kept straying to his Goddess, wondering which rank was she in the family. Once he gets her, he'll make sure she knows that she's not just the Queen in the Hunters, but his Goddess as well. As usual, the men cleaned up everything after dinner, Megan and Meera went back to the apartment while the other girls stayed in the Common Room to gossip around, and watch movies. Half an hour later, the men joined them while Dylan and Theo too went back to their apartment, while Jackson and Harvey decided to go back to the garage to add some stuff to the cars. 

"So what are you girls watching?," asked Matt sitting next to Miranda.

"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," replied Miranda.

"By the way, Matt, you look like one of the cast though," said Sienna.

"Who?," asked Matt looking on the television.

"Newt Scamander," replied Zara, Sienna, Raven, and Miranda together. 

"Which one?," asked Matt. 

Sienna paused the movie at the scene where Newt was carrying his suitcase and watching a woman giving a hate speech about wizarding people in front of a bank in New York. At once they all look at the screen and glance back at Matt's face. 

"Oh wow," said Leon, looking back and forth at Newt Scamander's face and Matt, "You do look alike, mate,".

"Now I know what I'm going to be on this year's Halloween," replied Matt. 

"You have to do something with the hair though," said Jake thoughtfully. 

They continued watching the movie but one by one, they retired until the last one out of the main building were Leon and Raven, shutting down the lights and locking the entrance door behind them before heading towards their apartment complex. There was a sound of rattling as Jackson and Harvey slid down the folded garage door and locked it with Harvey yawning widely, heading towards the apartment as well. 

Few hours had passed and Zara, who was still up doing her class assignments, decided to go downstairs to make some coffee in the pantry. As she stirred her coffee in her mug, she felt a presence behind her back and suddenly a familiar pair of arms full with tattoos wrapped around her waist and a warm breath blowing her neck making her freeze.

"Hello, love.. I've been waiting for this moment with you for quite a long time," Theseus mumbled closely in her ears, trailing kisses on her neck. 

Zara gripped her spoon trying to calm herself and at the same time trying to pry herself from his grip.

"Please let go of me before somebody gets really, really hurt," said Zara gritting her teeth. 

"Hmm.. I think I'm kind of comfortable like this," Theseus replied, smirking as he continued kissing her neck.

"I have a hot coffee in my hand right now," said Zara, "Guess where it will go if you don't let go of me,". 

"Always with the violence," whispered Theseus, loosening his grip.

Zara turned around but Theseus quickly caged her with both of his hands holding the counter, trapping her in between and that's when she realized he was shirtless. She gazed at his muscular body which was full with tattoos and gulped, while her hands were still gripping her hot coffee in her mug. 

"Like what you see?," Theseus smirked. 

"Hmm.. Actually, I've seen better," Zara replied casually, "Now, what the hell do you want?,".

"Well that's easy. You," replied Theseus, slowly dipping his head at her neck again. 

Zara quickly raised her hot mug in front of her so she could block his face from touching her. Her eyes stared into his as she slowly sipped her coffee. 

"Why?," asked Zara, "We just met,".

"We met a few years ago, love," replied Theseus, his finger tracing her cheek. 

"Yeah, I remember," she replied, "But that doesn't mean that I want you,".

"You don't have to," replied Theseus, "You're already mine since the first time I saw you in that coffee shop, and I don't care if you accept me or not, I will have you,". 

Without warning, he kissed her, his hands wrapping around her body. Zara's eyes were wide as she felt his lips on her, his tongue licking her lower lip, nudging her to open it so he could deepen the kiss. She had to do something, she had to stop this. At once, an idea came to her head. 

Suddenly, Theseus yelped and pulled out from the kiss standing back. He stared at the front of his sweat pants which were now wet with hot coffee and there was a dark large stain on it. He looked back at Zara who was wiping her lips angrily and her empty mug in her hand. Theseus didn't care about the fact that she just poured hot coffee on his pants, he wanted to kiss her again, the kiss that made him now addicted to it. 

"You take one more step and I'll do something worse," Zara warned him. 

"Like what? Smashing the mug on my head?," Theseus grinned at her as he started closing on her.

"Well, kind of.. And this too," said Zara and like lightning, she kicked him hard at where the sun didn't shine making him fall, his hands clutching his crotch as he groaned in pain.

Zara took the chance to run to the elevator and Theseus was still on the ground when she entered inside. 

"By the way, Throwback, we've run out of ice in the refrigerator," Zara smirked as the door slid close.

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