"Satan gets into people and makes them do things they don't want to"
Herbert Mullin
"Why are you doing this?" Rumina asked the other person she was talking to on the phone
"She smiles at me, but I know inside that I'm the strangest of them all ( Issei Sagawa)"that person answered smirking, but rather than an answer it was a question
"Stop, please stop" tears started to form at both edges of her beautiful eyes, and fear veiled its pole on her, then she added" What am I supposed to do? "Asked with her shaky voice and unstable mind
"That's what love is all about" he said in reply, "this you'll have to decide on your own" the person said and hangs up the phone
"Hello, hello "hysterically repeating the word hello, like if it was the end of the world
She then started to break everything in the room, screaming and shouting, like if she was possessed with an evil spirit, unleashing the monster fastened in her ribcage
The storm had stricken, and left destruction inside. On a corner she was seated holding her knees to her chest humming some incomprehensible words …
Few moments later the door knocked, but her state of mind was damaged only her shell left, what's inside has been blurred away
"Mina open the door, come on love "Jasper was desperately calling, his voice felt like home, like a beam of light irradiating the void in where she was held captive
He kept calling but no answer, at a moment he feared the silence overshadowing the room, he took the key and opened the door, only to discover the real damage that happened wasn't in things, it was in her
"Mina love, open your eyes, I'm here please" he said touching her face trying to make her feel his existence beside her
The moment she felt him, she took the gun she was hiding behind her and pointed it at him, he was scared but this time it wasn't about him, it was about the woman standing opposite, she was different than the one he knew and mocked, she was broken …
"Don't come near, I won't allow you to take me again , no" her small petite body was shivering, and her voice was shaky and different, she held the gun and refused to let go
"Mina, baby please, it's me Jasper I won't hurt, I won't let anyone hurt you I promise "he said trying to calm her down so that he could take the pistol out of her hands
Slowly approaching her, gently seeking her trust, his face turned pale as he fret she might harm herself, that wasn't the real her after all…
"Slowly, slowly, come on hand me the pistol" he was asking her with a calm voice tone …
When she came to recognize his face, the gun fell from her hands, and her knees weakened as she was dragged by the weight of her body to the floor and fell, tears flooding down her small face, Jasper was shocked at the view of the room and the woman he took as his own wife, sliding to her side hugging her cuddling, ' is this Manea that everyone feared?' he asked himself....
"calm down, it's gone now, I'm here, nothing will harm you" he said brushing her hair with his hand
.........…..
Jasper changed her collapsed hotel suite to another, and stayed the whole night nursing her fearing that nightmares might hunts his mysterious princess
The next morning Rumi woke up feeling the warmth of some stranger's body laying next to her, her head was on his chest and his arm was surrounding her entire upper body as if they were a real couple. As much as she was stunned she kept calm, until the grimace of his face became clearer, it was no one but her fake husband, no one but the Blackwater's spoiled brat...
She rose up swiftly making him aware, he opened his eyes to see her peering at him as if he was an alien, then she realized that this is not her room …
"What am I doing here, and why are we on the same bed?" she asked with an angry tone
"Calm down Mina, yesterday was a difficult night" he replied worrying about her dearly
"I want to go back to my room" she ordered
"You better not", he showed her some photos of her old room, the n he asked, "What happened yesterday if I may ask?" he questioned
"None of your business" she replied with lit furious eyes
As she excused herself took the phone and called Mr. Rupert to buy her proper a suit and the necessary accessories
"Where do you think you're going without an explanation?" Jasper said, as he found her actions unreasonable and out of limit
"Do you really think that I owe you a thing?" She asked drained from all sort of emotions as well as force
"You do" All he maneged to saywith a huge freeky smile of his handsome face
"Not now, I have a meeting" she replied, looking so fragile and tired, looking like a faint flower, a soulless shell
Jasper took his phone and called someone, "this is Jasper Blackwater, please cancel Mrs. Rumina Marouikous Blackwater's schedule for this week"
"Who do you think you are?" she questioned with displease
"Your husband?" he replied with blankly and carried her body down the king sized bed, "until I say so this is your new job, rest well my love" he added
Flashback
"she is mine "Someone called Jasper two day before, all this happened
"Hello, who is this, Mr. I think you dialed a wrong number" Jasper replied as he was too busy to check the caller ID
"Manea, is mine she shall never be yours or anyone else's " the voice replied making it more clear about whom he was talking
"Oh yeah! you should have shown your ass when the preist asked if anyone had an objection, now she is mine" he replied, as the name caught his attention and played of his nerves
"Are you sure? "he asked with sense of mockery
"Are you sure?" Jasper replied as his eyes turned blank and he smiled back repeating the mocking question
"And if you ever call that again, I'll hunt your ass down myself" jasper added, and hang up on the rude stranger, throwing his phone from the 47'th floor
...........
Two days passed and both of them didn't leave the hotel suite, him sitting by the desk working from his laptop, watching her doing the same, in her cute silky PJ's
"Till when am I supposed to be grounded exactly?" she asked with annoyance
"Funny, you have a sense of humor too" he replied smiling at her like a little innocent child
"hahaha" she replied blankly
"Tell me what happened and you are free to go" he said
"Why do you care?" she replied rolling her eyes
"I do" he replied with sincerity this time filling his eyes and gestures
"It's a long story" she added
"I have all the time" he replied
"It's about the Devil's flower" she said the situation was getting serious, he have never seen her like this, and she knew that he wouldn't let go until he understand what was that all about, and the moment when Rumi was about to tell Jasper her bedtime terror story his phone rang
"Jasper we are waiting for you honey, aren't you coming" his mom lady Catherin called
"Oh Mum I've forgotten, I'm so sorry , I'll be on my way" Jasper pleading guilty in front of his lovely mum, asking for mercy
"I knew it, everyone is here, even the Marouikous, bring your wife with you" she said
"okay love you Mum" he said in a hurry to hang up so that he could hurry up to the party
"Mina, It's my parents anniversary, I'm sorry I forgot to tell you, but we have to hurry, I have to buy her something nice" he said like a lost puppy
"I have gotten everything ready for us, the clothes and the gifts I think this piece of jewelry would please your mother" Rumi said calmly showing him a wonderful work of art made with diamond and white gold
"How did you know? Never mind you are a life savior " he asked with curiosity, but the lack of time made him pass on this, as he approached her and kissed her forehead
" you still gonna tell me about that story" he added ditching his childish smile getting a blank expression on his face telling her gently, more like whispering through her ear
she smiled faintly yet she realized that this is nothing but the start of something bigger than both families, more like if doom was knocking on their doors