(WARNING: TORTURE)
~Jin-Ae's POV~
Spending the night with him, I felt delighted the moment, his hands wrapped around the tiny waist of mine, in his sleep.
The way, he laid his head over the shoulder, still, this feeling tossed millions of butterflies inside the belly, smiling like a fool, I drove to the mansion, wandering around the euphoric feelings, still made me feel loved, even then ages passed without him, being by my side, my lips unfurled into a wide smile, as though this wasn't my first time feeling so special.
"Oh!" in the realization of him, I couldn't hear the phone buzzing, and soon his name popped up on the screen, which was nice enough to make me hesitant about, despite what was my heart beating for, still, it felt the first time with, soon not letting these thoughts dominate the head, I accepted his call, plugging the earphones.
"Hello?" I whispered, being the most polite in the world, just for him.
"Can we meet?" he asked, despite the tone, his words hit different which soon ran shivered down the spine.
"But I just came out from your place? Is something wrong?" suddenly the tone of him, made me worried about him, as hundreds of negative thoughts flowed at the moment, "I'm going back to the US."
"Hm?" not raising the question, but out of sudden this sound made its way, might be out of wonder that he wouldn't.
I put the question mark over the thinking, as a straight raised question to him, not wanting to hide the emotion for nothing.
"But why?"
"I have nothing to do here, soon if possible can we meet?" still uttered with the note of similar tone, which wasn't favorable to my ears. I whimpered, as trying to imagine the feeling of being left alone when the thought of being together till death pulls us apart, however, as per his utterances my imagination had no stand. Regretfully, I bite the lower lips, out of frustration with, him leaving me alone again, I held back my tears and thought of speaking to him while pulling the guts to answer him against his wish of leaving again.
"Are you going to leave me alone again?" I spoke out of heartache, I guess that's couldn't be remedied by just, me pulling measures for myself, not wanting to be alone again, with the expectancy of him, returning for me one day. Closing my eyes, I wavered all the running thoughts, might be desired, he would be uttering something sweet, but being disappointed for, like thousand of times, my face wrinkled with the sad emotions, I sighed listening to his words.
"I have a flight in two hours," somewhere wanting him, not to leave again but there was something, wanting me to give up on the hope that's it would be like as if I was forcing him to stay for no specific reason. Feeling all empty at the present moment, soon tears rolled down the cheek, "Alright!" I said and without him, mumbling anything next, I hung up on the call.
And cried my heart out, resting the head on the steering wheel.
~Sung-Ho's POV~
"Sir, I'm sorry that I couldn't handle the situation, there's something wrong here that urgently needs your help," Jake called me, just after the moment, she left the place.
"Alright, I will be coming today then," I didn't have the moment to spend time with the memories of my parents, couldn't hold the time for Jin-Ae, knowing this was the biggest mistake I ever committed wouldn't always stand out favorable for me, even if I wanted.
Hanging up on the call, I threw it on the edge of the bed, and with the frustration rushing through the veins, I pulled hands overhead, shutting my eyes in annoyance.
I swallowed up again, being the one to put suffering in the lives of loved ones. Therefore, I thought of meeting her and clearing up the misunderstanding to start beautiful life with her again, without any troubles.
Thinking of her, I grabbed the phone and without thinking twice I dialed her contact,
"Hello?" she whispered, brightening the morning with the sweetness in her voice, I smiled knowing that she loved that I called her.
"Can we meet?" I said,
"But I just came out from your place. Is something wrong?" her tone sounded worried, internally swearing myself for being the grounds to make her apprehension. But it wasn't my discretion, I guess this would be the moment, that would help us to get together on the journey of being together forever, considering that I had no reason to push her further away from me, even when she pardoned me for the past, therefore I desired a new life with her.
"I'm going back to the US." remembering the stern in the tone, I spoke, even after knowing that it gonna hurt her much more than imagined, as it would be the second time, I would be leaving her alone here.
"Hm?"
"I have nothing to do here, soon if possible can we meet?" and that's when the sudden awkwardness fell with the name of silence between us, which unintentionally worsen the situation at her end as well as mine. So, I abode to hear her utterances 'Alright, I am coming' but when the voice full withe the sadness fell into the ears, it bitterly broke my heart.
"Are you going to leave me alone again?"
'No, I'm not going to leave you, but it's just we have to stay away from being together, going to the US held the biggest remorse in my history of mine' I thought but couldn't let myself voice those words to her.
"I have a flight in two hours," I said with the sternness in the tone.
"Alright!" she voiced and straight hung up on the call, glimpsing that I heaved myself on the bed, sustaining the back, and continuously stared at the ceiling of my room, with no hurting expression on the face, no wrinkles of regret shown on the same, I just waited for the noise of knocking on the front door, that would indicate the fortunate happening in my life.
For the past time of 20 minutes, I just rubbernecked at the same, lying with an empty head. But soon, all my senses gathered when the sound of thumping dropped in my ears, hurriedly I scampered towards the front door, not overseeing the steps while heading downstairs.
There was no end to the wide smile appearing on my face of mine, that now we would be together finally, in the end, it was all worth it.
Without any further delay, I unlocked the door, and soon stood in front while the sights got connected, in addition, I grabbed her waist and pulled her closer to myself while cupping her face, I connected my lips with her, I couldn't let myself away from her anymore.
With the half-open eyes, I observed her standing still with wide eyes but didn't pull away from the kiss, which made me grin in between the kiss.
With the closed eyes, soon in a matter of seconds, her hands made their way towards the neck and pulled herself even nigher to me while heightening the kiss.
And soon we pulled away for catching the lost breathing but didn't lose the connection away from her sights.
"I love you," I said, lingering for her to emit the same words back to me, but now she didn't, which sadden me for some reason.
Watching her standing on toes, and soon embracing me into the tight hug, I sadly grinned, and tauten the grasp on her waist.
"I love you too," she whispered into my ears, sending shudders, feeling her.
I whimpered and secrete the front in the crook of her neck because it became challenging for me to hold back tears, after listening to her.
"I love you so much!" I muttered again.
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~Daniele's POV~
"Here's something you asked, boss!" Kaden muttered while passing me the file, that held the information about that famous businessman, who eradicated my night, as the reflections of him, backstabbing Dad frightened me.
Therefore, the moment, I woke up and asked Kaden to bring the information from the Hardin, and in the time of minutes, he came with the same.
While slurping the morning coffee, I opened the file, eyeing everything about him.
"You can go!" before I could focus on it, I saw Kaden, standing for orders but watching his tired figure, I asked him to rest.
He nodded.
With the sound of slurping, I leaned back, putting the leg over another, with a relaxed mind, I eyed the details.
"Oh, he is the CEO of SEO Corporation," molding lips with the realization that indeed he was powerful, I moaned and skipped the articles about his company, which was of no use. So I hinged to the next page, which held his personal information, kinda interesting to me.
"One son, Ji-Hoon...
One daughter, Jin-Ae, professional Writer..." this caught my attention, as I noticed that his son helped him in the business but not his daughter, and for some reason, her profession sounded unique for me, as I rarely attended someone who became writer from the world of business.
Raising my brows in surprise, I heeded to know more about him.
"Divorced with Jae," I smirked, feeling pathetic over the happening, that even after ages people still file a divorce in addition, what surprised me was that there was a love marriage, after the years of my birth.
"Shares-" I was interrupted by the utterances of Mark, as I could imagine his figure with the voice. So, I closed the file and flung it on the table, reckoning that he held nothing serious in past, so I had no reason to get frightened by his presence.
"What?"
"There is Marco's trustworthy person, I say most," I smirked, knowing that he would be of great help, and soon I stood up from the seating and ambled ahead on the way to the room, with Mark behind.
"What about Marco?"
"Boss, he betrayed us with that person, and ran away,"
"He won't go far now, and anything from Luca's end?" I asked.
"Yeah, he is fine with minor injuries," Mark said, and soon we reached the favorite place of mine, in the mansion.
"Here!" Mark whispered.
I nodded and entered into the cell of hell, not for me but the rival, for the person who stabbed me in the back.
Watching that man unconscious, as his eyes were closed, head lying low from the exhaustion of torture he encountered last night, noticing that' i removed the suit and rolled the sleeves to the elbow, and got seated on the chair in front of him.
"Wake him up!" I said, and then one man of mine, throwing the cold water over him, seeing his body shivering with the coldness he sensed, he unlocked his eyes, connecting with mine at first place, and I chortled sarcastically, feigning fake emotions which made me angry, as he stretched to get free, from the grip of bails.
"I will set you free but before that, you have to be of great help to me!" I said, without destroying his body with the art of mine, considering that he wasn't the mastermind behind but someone who should be standing at the place of him, so I didn't touch him but if he bothered to make me angry, then I wouldn't wait to ruin him badly, that even his soul would fear with the name of mine.
"And you think that I would do the same!" his voice, angered me and without furthering his torture, I reached nearest to him, and clenched his jaw tightly that soon the blood showed insight.
"Say it again, then let me handle you in my ways," I whispered.
He laughed while spilling the blood on the floor, which might be from the beating of last night.
"You think so?" he uttered in a questionable tone, which annoyed me badly.
I nodded
"Alright, let's test your loyalty then, Mark bring it!" without pointing at anything specific I said to Mark, guessing that he would understand what I might.
"Yes, sir!" he articulated and handed me the neck cuffs.
(Neck cuffs: Restraint devices that fasten around the neck, with some models linking the neck and wrists. These are painful, degrading, and dangerous. The pressure they exert on the neck could potentially cause suffocation or damage to the throat.)
"Let's see, I enunciated reasonably, trying to allude at the pang and suffocation he would be experiencing. And for some reason, I witnessed the swelling getting down as he was terrified by the cuffs in my hands.
" Scared?"
And no further came out of his mouth out of fear might be?
And the moment, he was struggling to get away from cuffs that were wrapped around his neck, while I appreciated the view but as I noticed that he was renouncing his sense, I slackened the grip because I ought information and for that, he owned to survive consciously.
"Oh, painful?" I muttered, scrutinizing him struggling with the coughs and trying to catch his breath.
He inhaled and fused sights with me, "Marco won't join hands with you, he loves Eleonora and he wouldn't care if he perishes for her!"