"Bridgette." I was just about to call him and Axe had already said my name. Before that, Axe's hands moved to remove the fake lenses on his eyes. Then he looked at me deeply.
"I have one secret to tell you," Axe continued mysteriously.Axe's sudden words made my heart race.What secret and why? For this one thing I know Axe well, not usually he willingly tells me things that are confidential. The man was introverted and completely untouchable, it didn't make sense that Axe would come offering to tell me something."What?"I didn't believe Axe's previous words, but I was as casual as possible in responding to his sentence which was still a question mark in my head. Don't let Axe discourage him from telling me."What's the secret, Axe?" my urging went unanswered by Axe.For a moment I saw doubt in his eyes, occasionally Axe's lips opened and then closed simultaneously. There was a desire that could not be held back, but there was also a fear that could no"Axe," I called cautiously.I swallowed my saliva roughly, hoping Axe wouldn't take offense at my question later. It's none of my business, but I need to know the real information that I've been digesting. I don't want this misunderstanding to continue to the end."Why did you take Isabel's life?""Uncle Danial said Isabel refused to let you harass her and you finally chose to kill her, is that true?"I don't know if my question provoked Axe's anger or not, what is certain is that his activities have stopped and at this moment Axe is looking at me sharply with a meaningful look."I'm being slandered, that's not true," Axe quickly denied."I did shoot Isabel, but Isabel herself asked me to do it," Axe continued passionately, as if an old wound that he had buried deep was coming back to haunt his head."Isabel took a gun from the old man's study and forced me to press the trigger on him." "I was only 15 years old at the time, the various tortures I rec
"What did Uncle Danial do when he saw you shoot Isabel?""Did he report you to the police?"I didn't care how Axe would react to my two questions, all I wanted was for him to answer honestly. I'm sure there were many heartbreaking things Axe had to go through after the bloody incident between him and Isabel. One of them was Doctor Felice's statement about the meaning of Axe's drawing, most likely the circumstances of Isabel's death did affect the poor man."Don't keep quiet, Axe. Tell me what happened to you after that."My hand moved to stroke Axe's firm jaw relentlessly. That's Axe's weakness, he won't put up with my actions and I'll continue to torment him if he won't answer me.I slowly crawl to sit on Axe's lap, our current position facing each other. Axe doesn't resist, in fact he happily accommodates my body on his thighs, he's profiting a lot."Bridgette," Axe growls under his breath as I press my lips to his."Speak up, I want to hear.""What?"I was sure Axe was feigning ign
No! I shook my head in disbelief. Surely, I can melt Axe's untouchability. He's all mine, I have full rights over Axe. I'm his wife, just like he said."Listen to me... you're my husband, right?" I cupped Axe's face, pressing it a little so he wouldn't try to look away. "You admit that, right?" I continued looking deeply into Axe's face. I could see Axe's forehead wrinkle as he listened to what I had just said. His eyes moved wildly watching my face deeply, it seemed like Axe was thinking about something that I believed was directly related to me."Answer me honestly. You've been fucked by Uncle Danial, right?"Just now I expected Axe to soften, but what happened next was that Axe pushed my body roughly. He got up from his sitting position and gave me an unaccepting look, looking so angry that his face turned red."I never mentioned that before. How did you know your uncle did that to me? What have you known all along, huh?" Axe asked passionately. His ches
But unfortunately, we were already so peaceful. From the distance, Axe and I heard the sound of an explosion that echoed in the forest sky. What the hell was going on?I shook my head in disbelief. Hopefully, the sound of guns firing into the air came from wild animal hunters, not from Axe's enemies who had caught up with us.I really couldn't imagine what was to come. Let's say, I can still tolerate the sound of the explosion, the first sound still didn't make me release Axe's body from my embrace. But I couldn't bear to hear the second pop, which subconsciously forced us both to break away and stare at each other.Axe...He gave me a look that I had no idea what it meant. Our breathing was rough together, until the change in expression from Axe managed to silence me. The wary look in his eyes without pause rubbed off on me, I suddenly felt bad at the thought of what might happen. Could Axe's loud voice when he was angry and asked me to answer him provoke the enemies, whoever they
Minute after minute had passed.But there was no sign of the enemy swarm coming to ambush the place where Axe was standing right now, like the sound of firearms cocking earlier. Hopefully they wouldn't find Axe there, I didn't want him to get hurt fighting those gunmen."Here you are. Tell me where Bridgette is!"I was just about to move, but the faint sound of a familiar voice made my heart skip a beat. Oh, I knew exactly who that voice belonged to. It was the man Axe and I had been discussing together, the man who was largely responsible for Axe's mental breakdown."You dare to look at me. Aren't you afraid of me anymore?""Why would I be afraid of you. I'm not your little f*cking pumkin' anymore. You can't do bad things to me like you used to."I could hear how Axe answered Uncle Danial so clearly, the man must have been on fire to face and talk directly to the person he hated."Don't get cocky, young man. You wouldn't be like this if it wasn't for you
"Don't shoot again. This bastard always escapes death, bullets alone won't make him lose his life. Just throw him into the lake, he can't swim. Let him drown."The sound of splashing water sliced my chest even more. I couldn't bear the thought of Axe being thrown so hard that it sounded so loud. Moreover, he said Axe couldn't swim.No!Where exactly was Uncle Danial's conscience? Why does he hate Axe so much, what has Axe done to him? Axe is a victim after all. Why is Uncle Danial so eager to kill him?"Say goodbye to this hell and welcome to the next hell." Uncle Danial's triumphant chuckle really disturbed my mind. I couldn't bear to keep hiding here, while Axe was in great danger.I have to get out. Yes, I have to stop Uncle Danial's evil before the middle-aged man goes any further. He can't just take people for granted just because he's older and feels superior. Especially Axe, I have to save him from the water that could drown his body. he could die if he stays there too long.I
"Miss, master's pulse is getting weaker."No!That can't happen.Axe has to live! He can't leave me because I will never willingly accept that fact.I shook my head violently trying to deny the facts in front of me. I quickly resumed the activity of giving Axe artificial breath, after which I switched to pressing his chest again.Over and over again.Over and over again.It continued like that.Again, again and again, there was no giving up in my brain. I'd do anything until those eyes opened, seeing how much I was worried about him-hoping he'd return to his old self."Wake up, Axe!" My hand patted his pale face lightly. My hope seemed to be on the brink seeing no response from Axe."I know you're stubborn, but please open your eyes for me."My fist moved to punch Axe hard in the chest for the last time. I could no longer hold back the sobs I had been holding back. I even rested my head on his chest, which seemed to have no pulse. As pathetic as my struggle was, I was forced to stop w
Alessandro's departure left a silence between me and Axe. I focused on bandaging Axe's wound with the shirt I had wanted to take off, not caring that Axe had stopped me from doing so, all I cared about was the wound. Axe's blood couldn't just be allowed to flow, it was dangerous-Axe could bleed to death."You shouldn't take your clothes off, Bridgette. What if you get cold.""Shut up. Don't be busy thinking about other people, you're the one who almost died."I spoke without looking at Axe in the slightest, still busy tying the last coil on his arm."I'll die only if my revenge mission is complete. That bastard won't be able to kill me easily," Axe said half-fire. The vengeance in his eyes never went out when talking about the person he'd marginalized in his life. If I were in Axe's shoes, I would feel the same way."Your uncle messed everything up. From the cctv footage on my cell phone, he freed Arthur and foiled my plan to get you out of this pathetic city," h