Alec sat with his knees crossed, propping his head on his knee with his right hand throwing a small pebble into a pool of calm, serene water without any ornamental fish or creatures in it. His eyes stared far, further away from the pool. Bringing him back to the time before he almost died and things got even more chaotic as he currently had to deal with right now.
"It is not you who are lucky. But I am the lucky one to have a boyfriend like you, Alec Berthold.”
His eyes automatically closed when Erna's voice suddenly came to him, reflected in his mind. Created an echo that almost drove him crazy from it. The feeling of longing for that woman's presence overflowed in his heart just hearing the illusion of that woman's voice in his mind. He wanted to leave this place, ran out to find Erna at Pedrosa's residence and approached the woman to feel her embrace again.
The warm hug from Erna, which made him feel that he was not the future head of the new Berthold fami
Bianca stared at the scene in front of her as soon as the car prepared by Erick's father arrived at La Concha beach. She immediately got out of the car after closing the car window which she had lowered when their car entered the beach area, intending to open the door for Erna when she saw that the woman had already gotten out of the car before him, managed to create a little feeling of disappointment in her for not being able showing Erna her gentleman side. “It is really beautiful …” Erna's comment, which was immediately spoken on the woman's tiny lips when she looked at the beach view offered by La Concha beach, instantly erased the feeling of disappointment that had enveloped her heart just now. She was about to close the car door when the Zhang family car driver forbade her to do so and asked her to immediately follow Erna, who had already left her, so she hurriedly thanked the driver while following Er
Apparently, it's not only on the beach that the ancient atmosphere like exploring a time capsule takes place. Restaurants that rely on seafood dishes as their mainstay menu––where they currently spend their mornings enjoying breakfast menus also provide the same atmosphere as when they were at the beach. Both he and Erna tried to dispel the strange feeling of seeing the strange gazes of people looking at them by pretending not to pay attention to the questioning gazes of these people, but the longer they tried to ignore it, the more intense their gazes became on him. Some people even try to approach them with a straight face and stiff doll-like movements, such as a woman with curly auburn hair in a 1920s suit like silent film actress Clara Bow. “Are you foreign tourists?” The woman's question alone was enough to make the hairs on her neck shudder with horror. She had lost her appetite to enjoy his breakfast menu, put away his plate which still had a lot of le
It really felt like deja vu to her. She gulped nervously, unable to stop her entire body from shaking violently as soon as she found that she and Bianca were being surrounded from all sides by a lot of strange people. Including an old-fashioned woman who was clearly trying to seduce Bianca away from her when Bianca had said very clearly that she had refused the woman's offer. Instead of giving up, the woman actually cursed her right in front of her without feeling embarrassed while doing it. In front of her face! This was the first time she had met a woman who was shamelessly being impudent in front of her. From all the women who had approached Bianca––or all of Bianca's countless ex-girlfriends in the past as far as she knew, only that one was the most disrespec
Alec looked around the room he was currently in since the time he entered this place. It was so dark that it was hard for his eyes to get used to the darkness. His fear kept moving around him, even though his heart kept trying to instil a sense of courage in him as his paternal grandfather taught him from childhood. He timidly looked back, hoping to find a quick way out of that endless place, but alas, there was nothing. Only he and the darkness accompany him. Swallowing saliva, he tried again to cover up his fear by continuing to force himself to move down the endless hallway. There was no end in this place, and he did not know how long he had spent in that increasingly becoming cold every time he stepped in. What was clear, he just wanted to get out of this terrible place as soon as possible. Faintly, he heard a sound like sobbing that managed to provoke his fear. The sound of sobs was faint at first before echoing through the room with every step he to
He shook his head quickly, brushing off the idea that had just crossed his mind while continuing to curse at his own stupidity. He must be crazy. He must have lost his mind to think that he wanted to devote his all to protecting Nicholas Southampton as he had thought. Actually, what happened to him? His eyes subconsciously followed the figure of little Nicholas, who finally parted with the figure of the annoying woman earlier. His feet automatically moved closer to the figure of little Nicholas, and this time, he was able to touch what was there. Immediately he used the opportunity to help little Nicholas open the door, even though his other mind was trying hard to digest the strange situation he was experiencing right now. The kid’s lips moved faintly, in a low, hoarse voice that barely caught his ears, but he still understood what Nicholas had just said in the form of the child. ["Thank you."] It seemed like little Nicholas had run o
Veronica adjusted the speed of her irregular breathing. The combat training that Isabella explained was a basic technique for beginners that turned out to be really difficult. She could feel her whole body shaking violently from the intensity of the first day of her combat training. If someone asked her whether she regretted her decision back then to accept Karl's offer or not, the answer was obvious; she quite regretted her decision. All the same, there was no turning back to retract the decision she had made. Things are moving in a dire direction, leaving her with no lucrative option but to learn to protect herself. At least, she would not bother Karl or the people around him if something happened to her in the future. A sense of awe now wells up in her heart, praising how powerful Claire Fray--the protagonist of her favourite Netflix drama series, Shadowhunters--was forced by circumstances to learn to accept her new identity as a half-angel and her new dut
“No particular reason," Stephen casually sat beside her without waiting for her approval. The man had clearly sent a special signal to Isabella, for she had immediately resigned under the clichéd excuse of leaving her with Stephen in the practice room where she was currently. She then left the man alone with his thoughts. She drank the mineral water that she got from Stephen, then crushed the bottle to make a loud sound that echoed throughout the room (and actually surprised her too considering that there were only her and Stephen in the room as huge as they were now) as she got up from her place. "Really? I thought you came here since you wanted to criticize my decision as you did earlier," she commented. Trying to stay cool after the ridiculous thing she did just now, she clutched the crushed bottle, standing with half of her body resting on her right prosthetic leg. "Because if I did, I would not--" "Half of it, yes. I have to admit it," Stephen admitt
Hearing the answer from Nikki just now had made him happy on cloud nine. Stephen refrained from jumping with joy when he heard Nikki's answer. Although getting forgiveness from Nikki comes at a high price: sacrificing his relationship status with his girlfriends and also cancelling all his dates with his five girlfriends that he had planned for long ago to relieve his fatigue from the affairs of the werewolf-clan-issue. "I can do it myself. Do you think I am that weak until I need your help?" Nikki swatted his hand away as he again took the initiative to help the woman reach her bedroom upstairs. The practise room that he lent to Isabella as the woman's training room to practice Nikki's fighting skills was underground with stairs being the only access to the training ground. So it was clear that seeing Nikki, who was now struggling with her wh