Kidnapped by a Dragon Billionaire - Chapter 25

Then he exhaled.

He looked like he was about to tell her the deepest secrets of the universe. Will she be getting superpowers like him? That would be so cool. It would be so cool to conjure up food and things and summon things at will, she thought.

“If I want you to stay with me forever, I can make you immortal,” he told her.

That’s it? The big secret of the universe that he was pausing so dramatically to tell her? Sure, immortality is great and all, but surely, it wasn’t that big of a deal, was it? For someone who is only 21 years old…the idea of immortality is not something she would be wishing for. At least not right now. She still has her whole life ahead of her.

“And…?” she asked, expecting more.

He looked surprised.

“Immortality wasn’t enough? It means you will live forever, you will never die,” he said.

“And I’m supposed to be impressed? Really? But, wouldn’t spending all of eternity with someone, like literally, be kinda…I don’t know, boring after the first few hundred years?” she asked.

“Look at the marriages of most people nowadays. They can’t even last 10 years, let’s not even talk about hundreds of years and all of eternity,” she pointed out. “I mean…even if we are in love and all that, we might get bored after a few decades, let’s not even talk about centuries or thousands of years or forever…that’s just…” she shrugged.

Then she perked up.

“So, if I’m immortal, does that mean I get magical powers like you too?” she asked excitedly.

He rolled his eyes.

“No, it doesn’t work like that,” he said.

“Damn. Then what’s the point of living forever when I don’t even get a tiny little spark of magic? Maybe to summon things?” she looked at him expectantly.

He shook his head in reply.

“Move things with my mind?” another shake to say no.

“How about conjuring up food?” another no.

“Not even a little cupcake?” No.

“Okay, how about conjuring up sweets? Tiny sweets? One sweet?” she asked.

“No, no, no, no…you won’t get magical powers, not even to summon an ant,” he just about exploded, annoyed.

This is her turn to roll her eyes at him.

“Honestly, chill it Drags. I was just asking…I mean, it just doesn’t make sense at all you know, immortality should have some perks, otherwise, who would wanna be immortal?” she said.

“Don’t call me Drags. Thorin is fine,” he said, still sounding irritated.

“Thorin is such a stuck up name. Drags is so much cooler…sort of like Drac…you know, for Dracula, except its Drag, short for Dragon, and adding the s just sort of makes it cooler,” she explained. She intentionally didn’t mention that it could also be short for the attire of drag queens.

He huffed and looked like he was trying to control his temper.

“We have digressed so far…all I did was asked you on a date,” he said evenly.

Right. Then they started talking about his non-dating habits and then the immortality bit. And here they are. She grinned at him. It was kind of fun annoying him. The way his brows furrowed into annoyance can be so adorable.

“Yes, right, let’s plan our date then,” she replied. “But movie and dinner sounds kinda boring,”

“Okay, so what do you want to do?” he asked.

He is a dragon for dragons’ sake. Surely there are more interesting things to do than movie and dinner. Like flying through the sky and travel the world that way while looking down at the countries they passed by.

She suggested that to him. He raised an eyebrow.

“You know, you humans have an invention for that…it’s called airplanes,” he replied sardonically.

She made an exasperated sound.

“Yes, but you can’t swoop up and down freely on airplanes and you can’t like fly everywhere according to your whims and fancies,” she explained patiently.

“Because of the presence of airplanes and the fact that the airspace in most countries are closely monitored, even with magical powers, we are not allowed to do that according to our whims and fancies,” he replied, equally patiently.

Ugh. There’s that then.

“Fine, then what do you suggest?” she gave up. Let him decide then.

“Like I said, maybe a movie and dinner?” he repeated.

She wanted to tear out her hair. It would seem that ancient dragons can be boring old men too. Or wait, they are both the same. Ancient dragon = old man. Why didn’t she realise that? That means she is now the mistress to an old man. She steal a glance at him. Okay, so he doesn’t look like an old man but he sure thinks like an old man.

“Fine, Drags, we go for a movie and dinner…when?” she conceded. Give the old man a chance.

“I said to call me Thorin, look, fine, okay, Drags then,” he rubbed his forehead, as if she is giving him a headache. “We can go this evening if you’re not otherwise occupied,” he said.

She laughed.

“Drags. You kidnapped me and made me stay here with you, you resigned from my job on my behalf, moved my things here for me, what would I be occupied with other than being your sex slave and baby making machine?” she asked.

“Hmmm…fine, we will go for the 7 o’clock show then,” he said, obviously ignoring her whole quip about kidnapping, sex slave and baby making.

“Okay, you pick the movie, it can even be an action movie, I don’t mind,” she shrugged. She has not been to the movies in ages. Being poor meant that you never get to go to the movies. You get to hear about it from your friends though.

“Good. That’s settled then. I have to settle some things with my office and I will see you later,” he said. He got up and strolled away languidly.

She finished her brunch in peace. Jessica never made a reappearance. Then she went back inside and got lost in Thorin’s confounding ever-changing maze of corridors and hallways. Yet again. Giving up after about an hour of wandering around, she called for Lim.

He appeared out of nowhere, almost immediately.

“Yes, how can I help you?” he asked, always polite. He is not just a bodyguard, he is like a butler, she thought.

“How do I get anywhere here?” she asked him.

“Where is it that you want to go?” he asked her.

She shrugged. She didn’t even know where she wanted to go. She was actually wandering around aimlessly. Looking for something to do. Somewhere to go. What do people who don’t work do anyway? She doesn’t even have a hobby since all she ever did was work and before that, she went to school and did the house chores and worked part time to get extra income. There was hardly any time to pick up any hobbies.

“I don’t know…I have no where to go and I don’t know what to do,” she finally said.

“Can you suggest something for me? For the first time in my short life, I have plenty of time to burn and I don’t know what to do with it,” she said.

Lim merely looked at her without any expression. What is he? An emotionless robot?

Maybe it is time she get a hobby. What is it that she likes to do? She honestly doesn’t know. Is she such a boring person that she doesn’t have any interests whatsoever? She looked at Lim who is still standing there waiting.

“Is there a library here somewhere maybe?” she asked tentatively. She does like to read sometimes. Maybe she can get some inspiration on what to do from the books in the library. She will need a ton of hobbies to pass her time if she is trapped in here for years and years…producing babies. Ugh. The thought of getting pregnant and having children scares her. She hoped Thorin will hire nannies to take care of his precious heirs because she is not sure if she is good mother material. She doesn’t believe that she is all that maternal.

Lim showed her to a library. It was just a few doors away from where they were standing earlier.

“Miss, you need only envision where you want to go and you will be able to find it,” he told her. “Boss designed this home in a way to make it convenient for those living in it to go anywhere they wanted this way,” he explained.

So. That’s how this confusing magical house works. It can read your mind! No wonder she couldn’t find any useful room or space because she was not focused on one thing and she was just wandering around aimlessly. Even the house was confused by her confusion.. What a web of confusion.