Grinning like a Ches.h.i.+re cat, he saunters to Rie. Hoping to get lucky, he leans down to steal a kiss. Instead of meeting her soft lips, his lips press against the bottom of her shoe.

Chuckling, he kisses it anyway.

Her penetrating gaze makes him laugh. He grabs hold of her foot and places it against his cheek.  "Babe, isn't it cold? Use my body to keep yourself warm."

"Are you volunteering to immolate yourself in the fireplace?" Rie asks him calmly. 

"Babe, you know better ways to use this body." He bats his eyes at her. His voice is low and husky, only for her to hear. "You know, my back wants to become the canvas for your art."

She inhales the cold air sharply and launches a kick on his b.a.l.l.s. He grasps her other foot, eyeing her with his honey brown eyes and a grin. 

This man's name is Maddox Kang, a black hat famous as 'Madhatter'. That's not his only ident.i.ty. He was also her online friend '_U' in the chatroom.

He's been interested in finding out her true ident.i.ty since her initial days at the world hack series. He tried hacking her laptop countless times when she played from her home with that ID. She often played with different IDs for the same MMORPG. By then, he was quite familiar with her gaming style. He often invited her to form a team. In the same team, she met White_Whiskers. That's how the chatroom started. Later, Lady_NotVirgin and PaperWig joined the chatroom.

He proudly revealed that he was _U after she came to DH. 

He found out her ident.i.ty after she revealed her face at the world hack series.

Rie returns his smile. "I will use a knife as the paintbrush then."

"I like your claws more." He winks at her. 

"The canvas' quality isn't good enough for my claws." She wrinkles her nose. She has used them only on one man.

"Babe, you haven't even seen it." Maddox pouts. 

"I don't need to see it to judge its quality." 

"Kamiyama Kiyohira's back must be of high quality." Nina's melodic voice rings through the room. "By the way, Rie, is it okay if I take your Kiyohira too? He's not a virgin, but I am interested because of his looks. It seems that it's been a long time since he's been with a woman. After Has.h.i.+moto Chisa and you, there's been no new rumor. Even his a.s.sistant is a man. A man with pent up energy is better than a virgin."

"I couldn't care less who you f.u.c.k in your free time," She replies to Nina. 

Five years ago, when she came to DH, she didn't know that Kiyohira knocked her up again.

Nina is right. There's been no one since her and Chisa. That man must have loved Has.h.i.+moto Chisa a lot. Has.h.i.+moto Chisa managed to take his heart with her to the afterlife. He dares to still pretend that he never chose another over her.

She would have never sent her son to Kiyohira by choice. 

Tsuchiya Tsumi is keeping a watch on them and reported to her about Kiyohira's reaction to Yuta. Rie has been afraid that Kiyohira will hurt her son because she's Yuta's mother and the person behind Chisa's death. Contrary to her expectation, he has been kind Yuta as his son. 

She takes a glance at the teenager with an aloof look on his face. The boy's name is Yuan Bo. The world knows him as 'Sigma'. He came to DH around 6 years ago. Before that, he was lived in an orphanage. Currently, he lives with Maddox. 

Yuan Bo is just not a black hat. He's much more.

If Yuta has been an ordinary child, she wouldn't be worried. Usually, mothers are happy if their children are extraordinary.

She's afraid that they will turn her child into someone like Sigma. 

The inner circle is different than the outer circle. Coming to the inner circle might be a choice, but leaving it is not. She doesn't mind staying in the DH. But she would never want her son to become someone like Yuan Bo.

She's been thinking hard. What should she do? Should she send Yuta away? Her father can't protect Yuta. Tsuchiya Tsumi already told her that she would retire after bringing back Yuta from his father's home. She couldn't act as her bodyguard and a.s.sistant forever. She's the one who warned her about DH's interest in Yuta because of his talents.

They can't take Yuta away from her. But keeping Yuta with her is also harmful to his future.

Nina's voice snaps her out of her thoughts.

"Rie already has Maddox. He's quite a looker, but he's not my type."  Nina beams at her. She has never been able to meet Rie's speed. The idea of s.n.a.t.c.hing away Rie's men makes her smirk. "I will take care of Ren first."

"Nina Darling, you are incapable of taking me to your bed. My heart and body belong to Rie since I saw her." Maddox reaches for Rie's hand. 

She smacks his hand away. "Go to your 2D girlfriends." 

"Ever since I saw the photos that you sent in the chatroom, I am convinced that 3Ds are better." He eyes her chests. "I would love to dig my face in there."

"Gross." Yuan Bo mutters under his breath and looks away. "Always talking about s.e.x."

"Yuan Bo is growing up into a beautiful man," Nina smirks at him. "Grow up a bit more. Then, I will enlighten you why we are so interested in s.e.x."

"If we are done deciding who will f.u.c.k who, can we start the meeting?" Jordan asks, grouchy. "I don't want to spend my weekend here with you lot."

"Agreed." Nina turns off her phone. "I plan to eat someone's virginity this weekend. Let's finish this as soon as possible, shall we?"

Maddox stands straight and smiles at four of them. "Let's begin."