Operation Honey Trap vs The Emperor of the Apocalypse-Chapter 98: Daydreams

"Don’t look at me like that," Delphi covered her face and peeped out at him from between her fingers.

"So you do have daydreams like other girls," he said tenderly.

"Of course I do. I’m not made of stone. I just can’t let myself believe any of those pretty things will ever come to pass. Dwelling on the ’what ifs’ too much will only break your heart."

"I notice there’s just children in there," he teased. "Tell me about the man."

"Handsome, strong, kind, hard-working. He’d be in charge of looking after the farm."

Tick, tick, tick, tick, thought Alton. That sounded like a job description written for him.

"So no desire to live a life of luxury in the capital?"

"Nope."

"If we win this war, you’ll be expected to help govern the new nation. You’ll be a founding mother."

"That would be a very good problem to have," she laughed. "I’d definitely be happy to help establish the new government, but then I want to bow out and have a well-deserved rest, assuming we get that far."

"We’ll get there," he said with certainty.

This bloody man was eating away at the walls she had spent so long building so that she could do what she had to. She really couldn’t afford to have lovely daydreams about a future that was so far off as to be inconceivable at this point.

"Arrie seems to have a particular theme for her playlist tonight," she deliberately changed the subject.

An angry woman was singing through the speaker system:

"I’m sorry in advance

I’m only gonna treat you bad

I’m probably gonna let you down

I’m probably gonna sleep around

So sorry in advance

Before you take off your pants

I wouldn’t let me near your friends

I wouldn’t let me near your dad."

"Yes," he said with amusement. "I noticed that the song before this was in a similar vein. Did you hear the words to that one? ’We’re always at your place even though it’s a pigsty but so is your life and your mind’."

Delphi pealed with laughter. "I wonder what’s going on with her," she looked curiously over at Arrie. "Maybe she’s jealous of Han getting between her and Winter."

"Possibly," said Alton noncommittally.

He really didn’t want to get caught up in what he foresaw would be lots of drama between these couples. His sharp eye had also picked up on Arrie mooning after Baer, who wasn’t interested in her.

Over at the banquette, the musical theme had also been noticed.

"Arrie," laughed Lili, shouting at her across the L, "are you a man-hater, girl? These songs are rough!"

Arrie laughed, and she and Lili sang the chorus to each other, bopping from side to side; "I’m only in it for the sex, blame my ex, blame my ex, blame my ex."

Arrie caught Baer’s eye as she sang, looking brazenly at him.

Yes man, if you think these songs are about you, they are, her expression said.

He looked coolly back at her, and she shivered a little. He probably wasn’t a man she should provoke. That head butt today should tell her all she needed to know, as if she didn’t already know too much about who he was...

Niko looked down the table at Winter and raised his glass to her.

"Little nutcracker," he toasted her.

Winter blushed. "Don’t tease her Niko," said Indy laughing as she put a hand on his wrist.

"Alright, alright," he gazed adoringly at her, "anything for you love".

He leant forward and found Feifei at the end of the row. "Dacker," he toasted Feifei. "Well done. I’ll give you top marks for that one. You and your friend the big nutcracker," he raised his glass in Delphi’s direction, and she nodded at him. "They’re a lethal pair these two. They sneak up on you and give you the old one-two and before you know what’s hit you, your nuts are cracked, then put on display."

Feifei sat calmly and continued eating, refusing to be baited by the man. She was also stone cold sober, so their increasing high jinks were lost on her.

"Don’t be mean Niko," said Indy, pulling his toasting arm back down.

"I’m not being mean India, I’m toasting them for the win. It was impressive. They’ll make an unbeatable pair of assassins. Those poor men won’t have a clue what’s hit them before they find themselves trussed up naked. Quite possibly with a ribbon around their cocks. No, no, that’s Loveday’s calling card."

He leant past Baer towards Loveday, "little cock ribbon," he toasted her with a play on the nursery rhyme.

Baer couldn’t help chuckling and Loveday toasted Niko right back, still proud of her handiwork.

"You’re not too bad at it yourself my love," he said to Indy, kissing her cheek. "You put me right out of action the first time we met."

"You deserved it you pervert," she replied, swatting him.

"This ’pervert’ saved you from a giant croc. Thank goodness I’m a red-blooded male who was peeping at you is all I can say."

Wolf was chatting with great animation to Arrie, who, because of his damaged nose and a shared annoyance at Baer, was inclined to be nicer to him tonight.

"I can walk on my hands too," Wolf told Arrie enthusiastically, as the alcohol kicked in and his inhibitions dropped commensurately.

"Really?" she said sceptically. "How far?"

"Far, far! You should see me. I’m really good."

"Really? Let’s have a competition then, shall we?"

"Yes, yes! Let’s go! We have to do it now so I can prove it to you."

"Alright," she said agreed swiftly, always up for a gymnastics competition she was sure she could win.

Winter laughed. "Good luck to you Wolf. Arrie can walk as far on her hands as she can walk on her feet."

"Me too," he boasted.

Winter exchanged a quizzical glance with Arrie and they both giggled.

There was much kerfuffle as Arrie and Wolf climbed over everyone to get out of the banquette.

"Get your arse out of my face man," said Magnus.

Niko pinched Wolf hard on the butt making him yelp.

He turned to face Baer so he wouldn’t suffer the same fate twice, but Baer gripped him by the wrist and said, "sorry man, no hard feelings?" Wolf returned the grasp, and they shook each other’s arms.

Arrie, being much littler, didn’t cause nearly as much disturbance.

As she climbed over Baer, giggling at Wolf’s antics, she suddenly felt something thrust up between her legs, and she squealed.

Everyone laughed, thinking he’d pinched her ass, though Niko had a fair idea of what had really gone on.

She looked at the man in shock, not sure if what she thought had just happened was real. He looked innocently back at her, and she glared at him.

She was pretty sure that insufferable man had just touched her with his fingers in front of everyone! And while he was sitting next to Loveday no less!

This was the final straw!

She squashed the little part of her that was feeling complimented that he found her attractive and decided she would cut this bad boy off once and for all.