Kidnapped by a Dragon Billionaire

Zi Mei managed to complete her project as dawn breaks and morning sunlight started streaming in from the windows and the skylight. Her character designs were not her best work but since it was a last minute thing, it will have to do. She stared at it the several sheafs of paper, the proportions were correct but somehow, there was just something slightly off about it. 

She stood up and stretched. She is exhausted. Thorin came over to her, looking as fresh as laundry just out from the dryer, and looked at the drawing papers spread out on her table. His hair was not even out of place and his shirt was miraculously spotless and uncreased. 

"Are you finally done?" he asked. 

"How do you do that?" she asked as she stifled a yawn. She looked at the clock. It is just past six which means she has a couple hours to catch a nap before heading to the first class at nine. 

"Do what?" he asked puzzled, noticing her exhaustion and sleepiness. "Why don't you go on up and sleep? It looks like you've completed your project," he said. 

Zi Mei could stop herself from yawning again, covering her mouth. Her eyes could barely stay open. 

"You know, looking so fresh as if you did not just stay up the whole night accompanying me, getting me coffee and giving me impromptu massages," she mumbled and yawned again. 

Thorin grinned at her. There was not even a tiny hint of a dark circle under his eyes while Zi Mei is certain she can compete with a panda right now. 

"I don't really need that much sleep either because of my powers," he told her. 

She rubbed her bleary eyes. It sure is nice to have some of that powers. "I wouldn't mind if you could lend me some of that," she mumbled. She yawned again. "I really need a nap right now," she said. She turned to head upstairs but Thorin held her arm and pulled her back to him. 

His long arms enveloped her from behind, pulling her whole body against his. He held her this way for a moment and her heart fluttered. She leaned back against him. 

"You did well Lil Zi, I would give you some powers if I could," he murmured. 

Then in one smooth motion, he swept her off her feet into his arms, his arms bracing her under her knees and behind her back. She gasped and held on to his neck for dear life. He gazed down at her and kissed her forehead gently. 

"Let me help you upstairs to bed," he said. She was too exhausted to protest and it felt so nice to be pampered this way. She leaned against his strong firm chest and let her eyes fall close. 

He started walking easily towards the staircase, as if she doesn't weigh anything. He carried her all the way up and went into her bedroom. He gently placed her on her bed and with a wave, had the air conditioner turned on and the curtains closed to shut out the bright sunlight. Zi Mei snuggled into her soft bed and sighed. It felt so good to lie down, she thought. 

"Thank…nigh…" she mumbled and fell asleep mid-sentence. 

Thorin sat on the edge of the bed and gazed at her sleeping peacefully. He wondered if Zi Mei is regaining her memories or her subconscious is trying to remember the things he had wiped out from her memories. It was not a coincidence that she called him Drags subconsciously a few times last night. Once again, he wondered if he should consider returning her memories. 

How will she feel when she remembers everything? He will observe her for a few more weeks first before making a decision. As he watched her sleep, he sensed someone coming up to the front door. He got up and went downstairs, taking two steps at the same time. 

Thorin Loong reached the front door just as a group of men reached it and one of them, who appeared to be the leader, stepped out to knock on it. Thorin unlocked the door and threw it open before he could knock on it, hitting him on his forehead before he could jump out of the way. 

"Hey! Watch it asshole!" the man, a tall and stout man with ruddy complexion, said. 

"Ah…it's you, pretending to be someone I sent here the other time you came here to threaten my girlfriend," Thorin said. He had observed what the men were doing outside Zi Mei's house the other time but did not want to interfere unless they do something drastic that could endanger Zi Mei. 

The man, who had introduced himself as Yeow to Zi Mei the other time, grinned sinisterly. 

"Right, Mr Loong, it's good you are here, then we can talk business, can't we?" he said. His men, five of them, started to surround Thorin. 

Thorin stepped out and closed the door behind him, making sure it clicked lock. It has an auto lock but he used his powers to quietly slide the internal deadbolt in place. He is glad that Zi Mei has installed a deadbolt inside. He didn't want any of the men to sneak in while the leader distracts him. He knows all too well about this kind of diversion tactics. 

"I don't have any business with you at all," Thorin told the leader calmly. 

He regarded all of the six men standing around him menacingly. All of them were humans without a single trace of demon energy. So this is definitely a human problem. Probably brought on by Zi Mei's father, Thorin assumed. 

"You said that college girl is ya gal? Then it is your business," the leader sneered at him. He gave Thorin a once over. 

"You are quite old for that young girl innit?" he asked. "Must be nice fucking a sweet young thing like that eh? We wouldn't mind getting a taste ourselves," he leered. 

Thorin gave the man an icy glare. "You touch even a single strand of hair on her head and you will regret that you were ever born," he warned coldly and quietly. 

The man was surprised by Thorin's warning. His eyes widened before he exchanged looks with his gang members and all of them burst out laughing. 

"Hahahah…ya think ya sumthing great?" the leader asked. He spit on the floor and went up to Thorin. 

He is about Thorin's height so he could look at Thorin eye to eye. "Ya sum rich man with smooth skin and gym muscles, ya think we scared of ya?" 

Thorin did not even flinch. He has come across all these so-called 'tough' men who are actually cowards if someone else bigger and stronger than them were to beat them up. Mortal bullies are always cowards in the end. He raised his hands and spread it wide open. 

"Come at me if you dare but like I said, you will regret that you were ever born but if you do this the right way, you might even walk away from this a rich man, your choice," he said silkily. 

The man leaned against him and glared at him, his foul breath against Thorin and Thorin's noses wrinkled at his unwashed body's stench wafting from the other man. He will need to burn his clothes after this encounter. He will never be able to get rid of that disgusting unsanitary stench, he thought. 

"Ya think we scared of ya pretty boy?" the man growled but his men hesitated. They seemed to sense something dangerous in Thorin and they did not miss his offer of making them 'rich'.

"Hey, Yeow, he offering money, let's see how much he givin'," one of them said. 

"Yeah man…he's rich ain't it," another one said. 

"I can give all of you $2 million each to walk away and never come back again," Thorin said calmly. All of them gaped in surprise at him. 

"Cash in unmarked bills," he added.

Yeow, the leader, stepped back from him and rubbed the stubble on his chin. He regarded Thorin suspiciously.

"How we know ya not lying?" he said. 

Thorin reached into his pocket and all of them jumped back, a few of them brandished switchblades at him. 

"Whazzat!!" Yeow said, jumping back. 

"I'm taking my phone out to make the call," Thorin told them. He slowly took out his phone and showed it to them. They eyed him warily. 

"If ya call the cops, we will take ya girl and have our fun with her when ya not around, we promise ya that," Yeow warned. 

Thorin called Jessica. She picked up after a few rings. "Jessica, get $12 million cash ready in unmarked bills and bring it over to Zi Mei's house pronto," he ordered. 

"What? Don't tell me your mortal is demanding for more money?" she asked incredulously. 

"Not her," Thorin said. "Just do as I say," he ordered. 

"Right, as per your order boss," Jessica said sarcastically before hanging up. 

Thorin Loong turned back to the group of men. 

"I only have one question. Why are you harassing my girlfriend?" he asked. 

"Blame it on her father. He cheated us of our money and we told him that we will track him down and his family will pay for what he did," Yeow replied. 

"How much did he cheat?" Thorin asked.. He had expected as much that Zi Mei's father would be behind this.