STELLA's POV"Can we just visit Jenny next time?" I asked Cheol as we exited the elevator and into the lower ground."Okay," he replied shortly.As I slowly took a step to the halls, someone in a hurry running for the elevator who was already closing, bumped into my shoulder.I stumbled back but Cheol was quick enough to catch and stop me from falling on the floor."I'm sorry Miss—" the guy who I bumped into, stopped in his tracks and both our eyes widened when they were locked together. "Red...?""Excuse me…" I swiftly said and covered my face with my hair. "Cheol, let's go.""Red, wait..!" Justin called out but I pulled Cheol by the hand and ignored him, quickening my pace, even though I couldn't walk properly with my limping state.I huffed when we finally reached his car in the parking lot. "That was close…" I whispered to myself.Cheol leaned in and helped me strap myself with the seat belt. "Who was that?" he asked as he leaned back to his seat. "Why did he call you Red?""Red…I
STELLA's POV"Stella..?"I turned my head and saw Cheol standing in the doorway. He looked between me and the mirror and then sighed, and began to walk towards me.Before I could stop him, I stood up from my seat and ran to the bathroom, emptying the contents of my stomach in the toilet.I felt a hand hold my hair back while the other rubbed circles on my bare back.I flushed the toilet and completely sunk down to the floor and I felt Cheol's hand support my back."Don't touch me!"I stated."Stella…""Look at me, Cheol!"I cried. "I'm dirty and disgusting!"I screamed. "I'm fat and ugly!"The words I've kept scribbled on the walls of my heart materialized and spilled out of my mouth. "I'm stupid and worthless! I'm just so…weak…pathetic…greasy..."The room was silent. I leaned my head on the wall as silent tears streamed down my face. I shut my eyes and sobbed silently.
STELLA's POV"Did you get it?"I asked Cheol as soon as I plodded down the stairs with a sleepy state."No, we didn't,"he answered as he walked over to me and helped me down the last few steps. "She was inside her room the whole afternoon.""Aunt Lucy won't leave the house, especially now that she loses her job,"I told them as I sat on the couch, and Cheol took a seat next to me. "Unless we're going to plan on how to get her out.""What do you mean?"Daniel asked. "Do you have any idea in your mind?"I pulled out my phone from the back pocket of my shorts and waved it to them. "I have to call her and tell her that I want us to meet.""Is that a new model of phone?"Daniel blurted out and I felt my cheeks redden."This...this is an old phone. I'm sorry, I didn't have enough money to buy a new one."I looked down and fiddled my hands with my phone."It's okay, Stella."Cheol glared at Daniel w
STELLA's POVI screamed so loud when my hair felt like it would be torn apart from my head. "Stop! Please…stop!"Tears filled in my eyes and my vision blurred. I begged her to stop but she wouldn't listen to me. My ears hurt from her screaming so loud, and my heartbeat wouldn't stop from racing because of nervousness and pain.My whole body was shaking from her torture. I looked up in pain and cried out loud because I was terrified of the anger she had in her eyes and voice.Debra was pulling my hair and dragging me across the house. Her voice roared in the living room. "Because of you, Cheol doesn't want to marry me! My dream to become a millionaire is over because of you! You bitch! You should be thrown in the garbage where you belong!"She held me up against the wall and grabbed me by the neck, making me choke. I cried in pain and I couldn't breathe. She's smaller than me but she was stronger that I couldn't even move from her stronghold
STELLA's POVI wore my big curly black wig in my head and thick-rimmed glasses on my eyes after fixing my pants and blouse. Today, I was going back to school and I don't know what to feel. I was feeling a mix of excitement, nervousness, and at the same time worried.Excited because I could finally get back to school and meet my classmates and Vince after almost a month of recovering from the torture that I've experienced from Aunt Lucy.Nervous because people might ask what happened to me and I don't know how to answer them. I was feeling so worried that Debra might spread rumors and lies about me, about what happened to their house.Worried that I will have to see Tyler again and I do not know how to approach him. What would I tell him? I just hope he ignored me like he used to do when he didn't want people to see us talk. When he didn't want people to see us in public together.My stitches were removed and the bruises faded enough to be hidden un
STELLA's POVTyler pulled me by the hand and into his car, helping me to climb inside. "Tyler, what the hell?"I shouted as I watched him walk around and hop into the driver's seat.And before I could say something more, he pulled me closer and caged me inside his arms, giving me a tight hug that made me froze. What was he doing?"I miss you, Stella."He whispered into my ear and pulled away.My heart pounded against my chest as his hand brushed away the strands of my hair, exposing my neck. I closed my eyes as soon as his lips met mine. I melted and my knees felt weak. It wasn't slow. No. It was hard. Punishing. Sinful. Everything about it pulled me in, spun me around, and dropped me hard on the earth.I miss him, too. I miss his kisses, his lips on mine. His hands on my body. Oh, no. This couldn't be.His tongue slid across the seal of my lips and pushed them open to explore inside. My breath hitched when his tongue met mine and
STELLA's POVI bit my lower lip as I walked down the hallway with Tyler beside me, his hand intertwined with mine. My grip on the straps of my backpack tightened as I noticed peopled glance at us, earning murderous glares from the girls and stares from the boys. I could hear murmurs and whispers from the students as we passed by them.No matter how much I prepared myself for this, I still felt uncomfortable and embarrassed, and nervous.And when Tyler noticed me, struggling with my backpack because of too much nervousness, he took it from me and slung it over his shoulder."Tyler, give it back to me,"I whispered.He shook his head, smiling, and pulled me gently but my steps stopped short as I saw something surprising. There in the hallway was Maxine and her partner in the ballroom, Jake.Jake was leaning against the wall, facing Maxine, whose arms circling his neck. They were talking, laughing, and my heart skipped a beat when their ey
STELLA's POVTyler went with me to the principal's office and accompanied me in waiting until Mrs. Carter has arrived. My hands were shaking while Tyler was still holding it, trying to make me calm.I hoped that everything went well and I could still get back to my class after a month of not attending school."Miss Hemmings, long time no see."Mrs. Carter said as soon as she entered her office, taking the seat behind the desk, in front of me and Tyler. "I'm glad you're back. Are you feeling okay now?""I'm sorry, Miss Carter but I've been—""You don't have to explain yourself, Stella. Someone did it for you already."She cut me off. "Mr. Choi called the moment he brought you in his house and told me everything. You're lucky he's the one who got you."My eyes widened at what she just said. Cheol didn't tell me about it. "Did he tell you what happened to me?"I asked, fiddling my fingers with Tyler's."Yes, he did."
***STELLA's POV"Have you seen the new girl?""Oh my God, she's hot!""She's going to be my girlfriend!""That's not a new girl, that's Stella Hemmings!""Who's Stella Hemmings?""God, isn't she gorgeous?""I will make her mine!"It was all I had been hearing for the last three days at school. Constant gossip about a new girl, people shocked at my transformation, rumors of me doing plastic surgery. At some of them, I rolled my eyes and at others, I couldn't help but get a little tinge of proudness and annoyanceI heard a bunch of football players chatting in their lockers about if I was foreign or not and I had to hold in my laughter, but I was annoyed when they started discussing my chest size and I wanted to slap them all. Like, they were Tyler's teammates and they knew I was his girlfriend yet I seemed to have caught their eyes. I seemed to have caught everyone's eyes.Speaking of Tyler, I haven't seen
***STELLA's POVI was on my bed, staring at the white ceiling, my hands clasping my chest. I still love Tyler, but we can't be together anymore because he already made a decision and that was to marry Maxine. But I could still remember the words he told me before we parted ways. He said I have to wait for him. he said he'd do everything to get out of that marriage. But how? When?I sighed as I think about Cheol. He was so good to me. He treated me like his princess, like he doesn't want to hurt me. He doesn't want to see me crying. Am I ready to take chances with him?"When we're together, I felt so alive…I forget Tyler when I was with him. I wanted to spend every moment with him. Was that a bad thing? What do you think, Coco?"I looked at Coco whose head jerked up at the mention of his name, and I smiled. I was glad he was used to his name now.I sat up and stared at the wall as I could not stop myself from pondering. Everything happe
***CHEOL's POVWhen we reached my room, I immediately pulled Stella to the bed and she straddled her legs around my waist, sitting on my lap.I kissed her lips and thrusted my tongue inside her mouth and she suckled it. I could not help but smile. Stella was very responsive.My hands went inside her shirt and settled on her behind, squeezing, kneading her butt cheeks. I held her eyes as I jerked my hips upward bumping my erection against her center."Do you trust me?" I asked her and she nodded."Yes, Cheol…" she whispered into my ear. "I turst you…"I looked down and saw her wetness mark my jeans. I pulled her closer and laid her down on the bed as I settled between her legs and kissed her again with greediness.I jerked when I felt her hand touch my manhood. Fuck!I groaned as she rubbed it up and down. I've been too hard and aroused for days already, wanting her so badly and I was dying for release.Her hand transferred to my abdomen, going down inside my jeans."Stella, are you s
***CHEOL's POVThe next morning, I woke up without Stella by my side. I sighed and got up before I ran my fingers over my hair. I walked towards the bathroom lazily to wash my face and brush my teeth.I went down the stairs and saw Stella in the kitchen preparing breakfast. She was chopping carrots on the chopping board like a pro. She seemed to really enjoy cooking. The food she made yesterday was actually delicious."Hi, good morning," I greeted her and she looked at me with a bright smile."Good morning…Umm, are you hungry?" she asked. I did not miss the blush creeping on her cheek.It depends on the hunger she was referring to. If she was asking if I was hungry with her, that would be a yes. But it was about the food? No, I don't think so."I'm good," I went beside her and observed her cutting the carrots. "Can I help?""Uh, sure!" she exclaimed and stopped cutting.I smiled and went behind her, putting my hands over hers. I felt her stiffen and immediately, the fire ignited insi
***CHEOL's POVI fought hard the overwhelming need to get close to Stella. And now, I didn't care anymore. This breathless urgency I felt for her was too much to bear.And I don't want to think about Tyler right now because I really need Stella this much.I kissed her harder to get my fill of her sweetness, drawing her as close as I could get without breaking her soft bones. I wanted to absorb the feel of her, so badly like a carnal craving.My mouth went to the slender column of her throat, then transferred to the area behind her ear making her moan as my tongue licked the sensitive spot. I smiled as she tilted her head to give me more access.I pushed her on the tiled wall gently and admired the full length of her beautiful physique as I raked my eyes on her from head to toe. I saw how her cheeks turned to cherries as I looked at her perfect body—deep curves in all the right places. The scars were finally gone.Her breasts were so lovely with pink pointed crowns that I could not wa
***STELLA's POVMy senses reeled as if it was short-circuited as Cheol kissed me devouringly, bringing me to euphoria. I parted my lips welcoming every thrust of his tongue. The taste of him was so sweet and intoxicating, making my mind spin, and almost forgot about Tyler.Tyler?He might be busy preparing for his wedding with Maxine.I returned Cheol's kisses with reckless abandon. I didn't want him to stop this time. His lips transferred to my jaw, trailing down my throat and on the spot behind my ear. I moaned as intense pleasure surged deep inside me.His mouth and tongue did amazingly delicious sensations that made me gasp especially when his hand went under my sweater and slid across my belly moving up."Cheol…" a moan of ecstasy slipped through my lips as his hand fondled one of my breasts."Shit, Stella… You're driving me crazy." he groaned sexily.I knew what he meant. I was not wearing any bra because of my thick sweater.His hand transferred to my left breast, gently cares
***CHEOL's POVI woke up early and went for a jog. I could not sleep well last night, I kept on thinking about Stella and the plan I have made up before I finally closed my eyes to sleep. I'm going back to Australia. There's no need to be here anymore. There's no reason to stay here anymore.Coco was curled on the couch when I entered the house. His head came up, slightly cocked when he saw me. He started to growl angrily but I ignored him.What the hell was wrong with this dog?I went directly to the kitchen where I saw Stella was. She was facing the wall making breakfast.Amy called last night and she asked for another day off because she wasn't feeling well."Good morning…" I greeted Stella.She immediately turned around. Her face looked so freshly young, flawless, and radiant without any makeup on. Actually, she didn't need any cosmetics, she was naturally beautiful. But her eyes were swollen. She might have cried hard last night thinking about Tyler."Good morning…" she greeted
***STELLA's POVTyler drove me home tonight, and when the car stopped in front of Choi's mansion, I was still feeling flustered because of what we did at the beach. I couldn't believe I did it again with him.I don't think that I would be able to sleep tonight. All I would be able to think of, were his touch, his voice, his kisses...However, now that I looked at the house in front of me, my heart felt heavy. I wish I wouldn't have to deal with Cheol because I don't know what to tell him. I don't know how will I show my face to him after everything that happened between me and Tyler. I don't know if I can still agree in marrying him.The atmosphere in the car suddenly tensed, and Tyler turned silent too.I turned to look at him, who has his eyes on the road ahead, his hands on the steering wheel."Tyler…" I called out.He looked surprised when I called him, as though he was deep in thought and I just snapped him back. He looked tense, bothered, while sadness was evident in his eyes.
***STELLA's POVMy nails sank into Tyler's shoulders for support, my ragged breath was so close to his ears."Fuck, baby, I almost forgot how good you feel," he rasped, and soon my moans filled the air.Tyler continued sliding in and out of me, moving his hips up and down slowly and deeply. The sound of the waves crashing through the shore echoed in the background.The pain I felt gradually subsided until there was only pleasure. He still maintained a slow pace, and when he felt that I clenched around him, he knew that I was about to reach my orgasm. I couldn't help it. Taking all of him every time he thrust into me while he spread my ass cheeks like this was too much."Tyler…" I whimpered softly."You're going to come already, baby?" he chuckled. "Look at me when you come. I want to see your beautiful face."Before I could adjust my trembling hands on his shoulders so that I could push myself up and look him in the eyes, Tyler grabbed the back of my neck so that he could see my face