The Deceitful One

Bryan had come to this famous bar not because he wanted to have fun drinking. No, he never liked to drink alone, to begin with. He always drank with his close friends, Andrew and Elijah.

Neither did he come here to pick up girls and have a fun time. So then why did he? It was simple, really.

Yesterday, in Lara's dream, he and Benny had seen that it was from Rose & Thorn where Lara picked up some of the young men that hailed from affluent families in Damascus.

She would first seduce them, here at this bar, and then later take them to her house in the name of making love throughout the whole night. Little did these young men know, that it would be their last night in this world.

However, there was one thing that Bryan would have never understood, had he not seen Lara's memories.

And that was, how did no one find out even after so many young men went missing after being last seen with Lara?

The answer to that was, one of Rank 1 Blood Path Transcendent's innate abilities, Compel!

This innate ability allowed the Blood Path Transcendent to influence their victims through mind control. However, this was only possible if the victim was weaker than the caster.

As Bryan thought these things through in his mind, he calmly walked toward the bar counter. The inside of the bar was lavish and extremely well-decorated, to say the least.

There were expensive paintings hanging on the walls on all sides, couches and sofas made from the finest leather situated in different parts of the bar, and tables made of the most exquisite of woods.

Rose & Thorn wasn't crowned the best bar in Damascus City for nothing!

As Bryan marveled at the beautiful interior decor of the bar, out of the corner of his eyes, he glanced upon a voluptuous middle-aged lady with black hair, sitting on the left side of the bar counter.

Even though she was sitting, one could make out her hourglass figure from behind. Her hips curved in perfect symmetry as Bryan glanced upon them through the plunging backline of her red dress.

This woman was none-other than Lara! Bryan had seen her entire life's memories, he would never mistake her for someone else.

He didn't dare to look for too long, afraid that she would notice something amiss. With a faint smile adorning his face, he walked toward the bar counter and took a seat just two seats away from Lara, to her right.

Lara's black eyes landed on Bryan as she faintly smiled at him. Bryan nodded at her and greeted, "Good evening, my lady."

Lara simply chuckled, not saying anything. She then got back to drinking her martini in her cocktail glass. Bryan's eyes lingered on Lara's deep cleavage and bountiful breasts that were visible through her equally plunging neckline.

Bryan stared at her cleavage for not too long nor too little. Just about the right time one who was enamored by it would stare at it.

After all, he had to give Lara a certain impression. He couldn't come across as too aloof.

When Lara noticed Bryan staring at her cleavage, she covered her mouth and laughed coquettishly, which made her bountiful breasts jiggle up and down a little.

Bryan stared at her breasts for a few more seconds and faintly smirked. He then turned toward the bartender, a man with dark skin in his late sixties who was wearing a tuxedo.

He pointed at a large bottle of champagne placed in the cabinet behind and instructed, "I'll have that bottle of 1328 Louis Roederer."

The old bartender raised his eyebrows slightly as the bottle of champagne that Bryan had ordered, cost 1100 pounds for the entire bottle!

However, looking at Bryan's confident expression, he bowed and replied, "Excellent choice, sir!"

He then carefully brought the Louis Roederer down from the cabinet and kept it in front of Bryan. The bartender then cleaned an empty glass and kept it in front of him as he replied, "Please enjoy."

As Bryan grabbed the bottle and proceeded to uncork it, he cursed vehemently in his heart, '1100 fucking pounds! So much for killing this Blood Path bitch!'

While he was uncorking the bottle, he was able to observe that Lara was secretly glancing at him from time to time. He scoffed inwardly, 'Heh, what a great fucking actor!'

Bryan turned to look at Lara and said charmingly, '"It's a fine bottle of champagne."

Lara looked into his eyes and then at the bottle he was holding and smiled faintly. She raised her one eyebrow as if gesturing to him 'so what?'

"It would be a shame to drink it alone," Bryan added with a devilish smirk.

Lara's lips slowly curled up into a seductively bright smile. Impressed at Bryan's pick-up line, she winked at him, "So what are you waiting for?"

Bryan got up from his seat with the bottle of champagne in his hand. He then went and sat right beside Lara.

Meanwhile, the bartender picked up another empty glass and then placed it in front of the duo. He sneaked a glance at Bryan as he thought inwardly, 'Damn! This kid is good!'

He then continued to serve the other guests sitting at the bar counter.

Bryan looked at Lara with a charming smile and introduced himself, "My name is Bryan Lombardi. May I have the pleasure of knowing your name?"

Lara brought her hand forward and replied seductively, "Lara."

Bryan gently grabbed her hand and kissed it, "That is a lovely name, Miss Lara."

He then proceeded to pour the expensive champagne into two glasses. He gave one to Lara and grabbed the other one and smiled, "Cheers"

The duo clinked their glasses and drank as they continued to make small talk with one another. Soon, after a couple of glasses, Lara couldn't stop laughing listening to Bryan's stories.

Another few glasses later, Lara was now leaning against Bryan's sturdy masculine body as she eyed him seductively while biting her lower lip.

Bryan put her arm around Lara and brought his face closer to hers. Lara stared at his lips with yearning and then began making out with him.

A few minutes later, their lips parted and Bryan smiled faintly as he asked, "Your place or mine?"

Lara breathed raggedly as her large breasts heaved up and down, "Let's go to mine."