As her shockingly wide eyes fixed on his flirting look, he grasped her hand tenderly, declaring, bewitching her, "Let's go for lunch!"Duri was watching them without being able to do anything.Taking advantage of her confused state, Steven dragged her out of the office, flaring a proud stare at Duri, whose face was boiling with envy.Steven almost reached the elevator with her."Boss!"Levi's loud voice awakened Abby from being bewitched by Steven."Aish!" A frustrated sigh blew through his lips as soon as Abby shook off her hand from his grip, scattering the choleric eyes towards him.Levi came over there and reminded him, "You have a meeting now, boss."Steven just did a death stare at him, grabbing Abby's hand again, but this time, his grip was tight and caused Abby to be powerless to escape from it.Levi laid back as if he understood him.Then Steven headed inside the elevator with Abby as Abby forced herself to get out of his grip."I can eat by myself. Go and do your work." She
She sat up, tugging her hand, causing his face to hit the sofa."Ah!" He groaned softly.Her fluster blew out as gasps while Steven stood up and adjusted his shirt."Why are you sleeping here? Are you tired of working long hours? Did Clara play dirty again?" Steven layered the questions above question.She found her pounding heart returned to its normal rhythm, so she stood up and headed straight towards the exit, murmuring, "I'm tired of doing nothing.""What?""Nothing!" She shook her head and her hand reached for the doorknob.Suddenly, his warm hand grabbed her hand whole, earning her gaping eyes right away. It was the moment she realized his proximity became familiar day by day.She blinked, portraying a blank look.He drifted her hand away from the doorknob and ushered it to his cheek.She hesitated for a second, pulling back her hand, when she perceived it was going to hold his cheek. However, his solid grip didn't offer her that permission; furthermore, it made her obey him.H
The rush of desire escorted her hand to his hip, making it grip his tightly while he sucked her upper lip leisurely in a gentle manner that loosened his grasp on her hand.Not to delay, he slid his tongue, departing her lips as she cooperated with him well. Circling her tongue, he came to secrete more saliva, which has the property of cure. She sucked his lips and tongue intensively without offering a gap, preventing that liquid from dripping down from him.He abandoned his soul straight for ten minutes.As she gulped each drip, sucking him dry, he staggered for a second and returned back to his strength right away.Startled, Abby banged open her eyes and flashed anxiety, "Are you okay?" She was breathless. But compared to Steven, who was renting his soul's energy through his saliva, she wasn't the pity one here.He dropped his face over her chest, panting heavily. Despite that, he didn't forget to cure her. Because his palms were wobbly over her cheek, furthermore, she felt the energ
"Then marry me legally," she firmly ordered him.An enthusiasm scattered through Steven's beaming eyes. "Do you love me?" He exclaimed, drawing a gratifying smile."No!"Confusion demolished his joyful expression. His heart, which felt like blooming, withered right away. "Then why do you want marriage with me?" He questioned her.She shook off her hand. "Then sleep alone!" She glared and walked off, leaving him on the edge of the conflict.Just when she was about to climb onto her bed, Steven twirled her to his side by her arms, pushed her onto the bed, and leaned forward to her, pressing his hands against the bed next to her shoulder.She gasped, crossing her hands over her chest. "What are you going to do?" She voiced apprehension as his intense glaze was a bit complicated to describe the difference between anger and lust."We are already a married couple. Why can't you sleep with me?" He growled."Where is our engagement ring then?" She pointedly raised the question immediately.Zi
"Then marry him legally!"Her father's demand sowed sudden aghast in her while it escalated enthusiasm inside Steven's."When?" Steven's voice blazed the air with joy while her father observed the hesitation that hung over her face."Why are you hesitating? So it's a lie?""No!" Abby responded quickly."Then you should marry this man within two days." Her father strictly warned her."Two days?" Abby blinked, a mild discomfort running through her eyes."Yes! Until then I'm going to stay—"Oh my!" Steven hurried to the kitchen, glimpsing it's burnt already."I'm going to stay here until you two get married." Her father continued while Steven was waving his hand in the air to get rid of that smoke.Abby stood right there, sighing hopelessly as her father headed towards upstairs."You can sleep in my room, uncle. The first one is mine." Steven pointed out his room when her father had almost reached the room.Once noticing her father went inside the room, Abby angrily went to Steven. "I kn
Dawn approached the city.Abby was being escorted to the altar in her old wedding dress by her father. Hesitation drew her eyes towards the aisle once, glimpsing Heylan's eyes, which were swamped with depression.Her stupidity failed to notice the groom, who had been looking at her admirably even after she stepped on the altar and stood facing him.The priest began to read."I'm ready to dedicate my whole life to my wife, Abby," Steven vowed with a lovely gaze towards Abby, who was still downcast with guilt. Then he put the ring on her finger.Everyone switched their eyes to Abby, expecting the same vow from her. A few seconds passed, spreading tranquility around the atmosphere.Clara scoffed, mumbling, "How could she repeat? She has no feelings for him!"Duri subtly narrowed at her hanging back from repeating the sentence.Her father pulled her skirt, whispering, "Don't you love him then?"Abby looked up at Steven as Steven was waiting for her to put the ring on his finger. His allur
Then she firmly declared with a rough voice, "I'm not your wife!""Abby!" He stepped in front, trying to stop her from leaving.Unfortunately, her one brief death glare pierced his heart, stopping him from approaching her.Without knowing what to do, he just watched her leave the room. He clenched his fist, outraged, and thrashed the wall out of anger, muttering, "That pitch crossed her line this time!" He breathed heavily, glaring into thin air randomly.At midnight, Steven found himself struggling to get to sleep without Abby beside him. So he came downstairs and noticed Abby was napping on the sofa, curling herself as if she was too insecure to feel free.He sat, approaching her dull face with his cold hand. It triggered a mild twitch in her skin. Still, that wasn't enough to wake her tired body. He abandoned his sleep just to admire her quietly.The next day.While he was cooking, Abby's speedy walk snatched his attention, and noticing her dress exposing her curvy shape, he stoppe
On the way to the home, the streetlight's illumination over the highway slowly faded into smoke displaying a healthy and pretty middle-aged woman's face."It's the curse, son. We can't change our destiny." That woman's energyless voice dripped with misery as if she had given up on life.Abby was baffled noticing his shaky look at the road. She even witnessed a drop of tears seated on the corner of his eyes, drenching the eyelashes.They arrived at the home.He got out of the car and came to open the door for her. Watching her eyes flashing a question at him, instead of getting off, he asked, "Aren't you coming?""Why did you cry earlier?""Then sleep here!" He said shortly and walked towards the entrance."Hoi!" She shouted, following him inside the house.She found her heart aching leadenly watching him behaving like he avoids her. It was the first time she had been treated like this by him. So it was like a sharp pain that was as much as to stiffen her throat from letting the breath
Abby continued her passion soon after returning home in the evening, while Steven got himself swamped with his office work outside.The clock ticked, indicating the time for dinner. Yet Steven didn't return from his work. Abby held her stomach as it growled in starvation.She then came downstairs and checked the fridge for something to eat. All she got was a drink only.Without having a choice, she stuffed her stomach with the drinks before continuing her work.Around 10 pm, Steven came home with the dinner."Let's have dinner, Abby." He said, unboxing the dishes on the table."I'm full already," she said, keeping the focus on her work."Huh? How? We have no food in the house.""I drank those drinks from the fridge.""Drinks? How can you survive by drinking juice only? Come on, let's have a full dinner." He approached her and reached for her hand.She dropped that hand and twisted her gaze to him. "I'm on the track. Don't disturb me." Her cautious warning echoed the sincerity."Oh! Ok
Duri reached for her right hand as he witnessed her aghast.A slight twitch movement that his proximity caused on her ring-worn finger brought her back from being stunned, and she tugged off her hand real quickly.Duri felt disappointed. His regretful gaze rested on her wavering eyes."I'm..." Abby stumbled with words."Just give me a chance, Abby." Duri pleaded, prioritizing her response.Steven's bang opened the restaurant door and earned everyone's glance right away. Spotting Duri and Abby, he hurried there and pulled Abby off from the chair."Mr. Steven!" Duri arose from his seat, roaring.Abby was confused about where to respond and what to do. She just went along with Steven's harsh drag."Stop messing with my wife already!" Steven yelled, scowling. He then dragged Abby along with him as Duri furrowed at Steven fervently.When they were about to reach the office entrance, Abby shook her hand and drifted away from him instantly.Steven veered around. "What's now?" His knitted bro
To his aghast, she struck him hard on the cheek, causing him to groan, grabbing the jaw, "Uugh..."He rolled his confused gaze at her, groaning slightly."How was it?" She asked. Sarcasm replaced the lust.He could only blink, extremely conflicted. "It hurts!" He muttered, looking mad."That's how I felt back then when I found out about Clara and Mina." She growled, shooting fumes.Steven sighed in regret, fixing his scowl eyes at her. "But I explained al—"Her thumb finger braced his lower lip and muted him.He carried his sassy look up at hers only to realize the possessiveness was still dancing in her eyes.He clutched her wrist and pulled it off from his lips before asking, "What do you want me to do about that?""Do you love me?" She interrogated him."Yes!" He replied shortly."Then you must know what to do about that." She said, stood up, and stepped out of the bathtub.He grabbed her hand, asking, "Where are you going? Aren't we agreed to bathe together?""Come to me only afte
Abby's father appeared at Steven's house, ran fast upstairs, and barged inside their bedroom rushingly. There, he noticed both Steven and Abby were lying unconscious in the bed. He then approached them, fluttering.He quickly covered his nose, sniffing around the stinky atmosphere. "She drank again?!" He was pissed off.Thereafter, he pulled Steven off her before lifting and carrying her in his arms. Leaving Steven to be there unconscious, Abby's father walked out of the room with Abby in his arms.The dawn brightened the living hall, announcing the warning to Abby's father while he was stroking her hair fondly, waiting for her to wake patiently.Witnessing her eyelashes twitching, which meant she was going to wake soon, he smiled a little in gladness and disappeared before she opened her eyes.Inside the bedroom, Steven agitatedly awoke and was flustered at Abby's absence."Abby! Abby!" He shouted, looking around the room first, and rushed out. He then came downstairs without even be
"Who? Me?" Duri asked sarcastically."Yes, can't you?""She won't even look at my eyes. How can I make her do that? Just find another way!" Duri said and left the chat.Flashing the desire through his eyes, he ran his fingers over his jaw and queried, "Do you love me?"She opened her eyes and gawped at him foolishly.Caressing her chin for a moment, he drove his fingers down her fair neck and repeated gazing into her eyes, "Do you love me?"She leaned in, aiming for his lips. Unfortunately, he turned aside and asked again, "Do you love me?"There were no fluctuations in his voice. It was filled with calm and patience only.She gripped his chin and twisted it towards her forcefully before glaring, "Are you going to do it or not?""Do you love me or not?" He repeated, making her know that was a warning.She leaned in closer, puckering her lips. Almost got a breeze of his breath. To her misfortune, he pushed her face back just by pressing his index finger on her forehead.She sighed and
The sky slowly turned dark, displaying the multiple stars and the full moon. Abby blinked emotionally, watching the moon's shadow shaking on the river water by the reflection.Inside the CCTV monitor room, Steven was watching Abby, sitting on the chair with his legs over the table.He spotted her crouching, her upper body, rubbing her arms.He left the seat immediately and walked off the monitor room.She turned to his footsteps and looked up at him, stretching his jacket."Put this on if you're going to stay here long." He said, gazing at her calmly.Observing his glowing eyes, which were illuminated by the moonlight, she inhaled deeply. "I want to drink," she proclaimed, simmering her voice."Drinks?" He asked, hesitating for a moment as he remembered himself about her drunken behavior.Abby stood up and repeated, "I want to drink. Bring me to our house." Then she got in the car, knowing Steven wouldn't refuse her request.He rolled down his eyes at his pants at a slow pace, feeling
The elevator door closed.Suddenly, Duri veered around and darted at the floor numbers, which indicated the elevator was going up. He then ran rapidly towards that staircase area.Clara came out from Steven's office room.Duri came fast to the floor where Steven's office was and stood in front of the elevator. He breathed heavily, fixing his eyes on the center of the elevator door.Clara was coming along the hallway behind Duri.The elevator opened.Abby lifted her feet to step out but backed off right away, glancing at Duri's panting face."Come out!" He ordered. His breathless voice was scary as Ocean's wave.It caught Clara's attention too. Glimpsing that man's authoritative tone on the person was Abby; she hid behind the wall quickly and overheard them.Abby came, keeping her eyes down at his foot.He turned to her as she came and stood to his side."I had been waiting for your response, but you married another man without even replying to my proposal. Do you think I can accept th
She leaned forward up until he stopped pulling his face back. At the point where he couldn't bend his neck anymore, she blew out her rage breath over his face with an intense look into his slightly scared eyes."If you don't want to be punished for this, do as I say tonight." She said with a husky voice."I would rather get punishment than that," he responded quickly, pushing her back to her seat, and he sat straight."Okay!" She flashed the excitement."Is she thinking the same as I'm thinking?" He thought, scrutinizing her bright eyes to read her mind. To his misfortune, she drifted her gaze off from him and continued to finish the leftover lunch.The sun came to the center of the sky."Here is the CCTV footage," Levi handed the pen drive to Steven.Steven inserted it into the laptop and played it.Their cautious gaze carefully watched every single move of Steven, who was being escorted to room no. 18 by Levi. After Levi left, drunken Steven went in, shutting the door. There were no
"Did you have your lunch?" Asked Steven."Ye..." She trailed off reading his expression and assured him once after noticing his lovely stare that had been lying behind his quietness, "No!"Steven slid those papers away and stood up. "I was invited to lunch with Houston's daughter. Do you wanna join?" He offered, despite his heart urging him to drag her with him without her permission."Are you sure that was just for lunch? This sounds more like a date." She flashed a suspicious glare at him."Eat alone then!" He roughly declared with a serious face and headed to exit."I'm just joking." Spilling an embarrassed smile, she followed him back right away.Duri came on their way while they were heading towards the elevator. He raised his hand to wave at Abby as soon as he glanced at Abby, who was following behind Steven's steps like a lost puppy.Steven glanced at him.Abby also saw him but didn't wave at him. Instead, she offered a forced smile.Just when Duri was about to cross them, Stev