“To what extent did you recall?” Seraphine questioned.
Both of them laid on the bed. Kayden had his hand extended, and Seraphine’s head was upon his arm. Getting closer to her, she relished in the warmth emitted by the man.
It took her around a month to regain the memories, and there was something about Kayden that had changed throughout this period of time. It wasn’t about his personality; Seraphine wasn’t exactly able to point out what it could be about. Even though Seraphine trusted her intuition, she decided to leave it be for now.
“Everything,” he responded.
This caught Seraphine off guard. Sitting up, she placed her hands on his chest. Her eyes stared at him, widened, and she questioned, “All the lifetimes?”
“From the first one to this one,” he replied prior to bringing her back into his embrace.
This really amazed her. Kayden must be really strong mentally to be able to
But she truly did not expect to see Eli Weiton here. If truth was to be told, she had actually forgotten that the man existed. She couldn’t be put at blame. Her life for last two years had been too chaotic for her to remember the childish pranks she used to pull.Did she feel a sense of nostalgia after she saw the man? That was surely there. Did she reminisce about those days and wanted to go back to them? Why wouldn’t she want to? They were the peaceful days.But that had no correlation to how displeased she felt upon seeing Eli Weiton here. Added with the childish bantering he had with him and how the two of them would be at each other’s throat, the fact that the memories of her past life was ingrained into her did not help.In her last life, he had the audacity to think she liked him and act that arrogantly, causing her life to turn into a hell. If it was possible, she wanted to report him for sexual harassment. He had turned her already hec
“And then, he transformed into the true form of Aeryes. That small bird became a large beast and attacked my friends before I could process the situation. Blood covered my room, and they were dead before I could do anything about it.For me, the things were a little too hard to process. As you can see, you did not have magic or any such oddity present in my World, and this made me collapse on the ground. It stalked towards my direction, and thinking that it was coming after me, I threw everything I could in it’s direction before running out of my room.But then, it probably attacked me, causing me to lose consciousness. When I woke up then, I saw myself as Seraphine Vougeious, and despite of how much it saddened me, I decided to live my life as such.”In her first life, Seraphine was relatively normal. She was not hyper neither was she too depressed. Although she took lessons on swordsmanship as well, she didn’t plan on becoming a Knight
Opening her eyes, Seraphine found herself in a room. Creases appeared on her face when she noticed the grey walls which appeared almost dirty, and the bed under her felt too rough for her comfort. Scrunching up her nose, she sat up.And that’s when, as she was about to lift her right hand, she was unable to move it much forward. At this, she noticed that it was shackled to the wall. Maybe because of how Seraphine had just woken up, she was processing the situation a little too slowly.This was when her attention fell on the bar, making her feel that she was locked up inside a prison, and then, she realized her left leg was shackled as well. This entire situation placed her into a predicament.The last thing she could recall was going to bed after having that sword fight with Clayton. Just how did she end up in this situation? Seraphine was having a hard time treating this as a reality. There was a high chance this was a dream.At that thought, she h
And then, picking up one of the cookies, Clayton took a bite out of it. This made Eugene frown and almost say something when Clayton grimaced at the taste of it and swallowed the content with difficulty.“It truly tastes like one of a kind,” Clayton commented.Shocked, Eugene uttered, “Y-You—"This caused Clayton to turn his head towards Eugene and raise one of his eyebrows.“Yes?” Clayton questioned.“You actually ate that? Don’t you know how bad both of your culinary art is? Both of you used to bake and prank others through your disgusting cooking. Never did I think, brother, you would placing one in your mouth.” Eugene laughed at that— very awkwardly at that.Seraphine chuckled at it and said, “Brother probably thought the time would have made our cooking better? No improvement, right?”Seraphine nudged her brother.Clayton nodded before adding, “A
However, feeling that the man was not moving, Seraphine turned back, and this was when her eyes widened due to horror. A blade was pierced through his abdomen, and a gasp escaped from her lips.Her eyes fell on the perpetrator. The man was quick to run away after stabbing Kayden, and all the people nearby began to hide away after screaming. Few gathered around the scene— no one quite landing a hand.As for Seraphine, she began to panic, not knowing what she would be able to do at this moment. She did want to run after the one behind it, but it was not worth it in this moment.Noticing how Kayden fell on to his knees as he held on to his wound, Seraphine bent down as well. The blood was coloring his garments quickly, and Seraphine knew that the injury had to be large.“I-I will help you up,” Seraphine stuttered in nervousness. “L-Let’s take you to see a doctor, and you will be stitched up there. Everything will be fine. This&m
The intensity in that kiss caused Seraphine’s eyes to widen for a second before determining that she was not going to be subdued that easily by a mere kiss. That’s why, what she did was bit on his lips in order to gain control of the situation.By the time Kayden let go of her, the man had his lip bleeding, and glaring at the man, she grabbed on to his shirt. Changing their position, she pushed him towards the trunk and pulled him into a domineering kiss.She did not hold back her emotions in that that kiss. Her passion, her anger, and desperation was all present in the movement. Kayden did appear to be startled for a second before responding to that kiss.When the two of them were done kissing, they had no idea on how much time had passed, but both of them were almost equally breathless. Seraphine had to admit that the kiss did a great job in transforming her kiss into a desire for Kayden.“I hate you!” she exclaimed before scoffi
To this, the man rolled his eyes and shot her a gaze that made her feel as if she was both a fool and troublemaker. Knowing how difficult how she was being made Seraphine feel guilty for a second before she convinced herself to think otherwise. She was adamant on justifying how she acted.He then went on to elaborate about how Aeryes would exploit it given that he had the chance. Directly, he would be able to extract more answers from her and be able to clear any doubts he had. Of course, him biting the bait was just a possibility— nothing that was confirmed by hundred percent. However, seeing how no harm would be done, Kayden pointed out how there was no problem in implementing is.The thing is that Seraphine understood this from very first, but her personality that didn’t allow her to be at peace with Kayden nitpicked at everything.“Where is he?” Seraphine questioned, wearing a nonchalant expression.“At the basement,&rdqu
For Aeryes, a splitting headache made it hard for him to open his eyes and get a clear view of his surroundings. A groan escaped from his lips at the intense pain, and opening his eyes slowly, he saw the figure of Seraphine standing in front of her. It was too blurry for him to make out the expression on his face.Slowly, the situation was starting to sink into her. He was in that dream when he suddenly felt that pain and wanted to leave immediately. What happened after that was that he had completely blacked out, and he couldn’t remember following that. Now that he had opened his eyes, he was in this basement.He could feel that his limbs were restrained, and infuriated by them, he did try to break free of them, only to realize that was impossible. It appeared that his powers were being suppressed, and his physical strength was too low for him to get him out of here.Looking at Seraphine in front of him, he could guess what had happened, and about this, h
Both Jiyeon and Taeyang was on the cleaning duty for the class. As Jiyeon was arranging the table, she noticed that Taeyang was staring at her with a mildly amused smile on his face.That aggravated her, and she expressed, “What? What are you looking at?”Without saying anything, he made his way over to her. Then, extending his hand, he touched her face and stroked it before voicing out, “You don’t have to do anything to make me jealous.”Her eyes widened at his words, and she stepped back, feeling totally exposed under that gaze of his.She then stuttered, “W-What do you mean?”Clearing her throat, she spoke with more confidence: “What sort of nonsense are you uttering now? Me making you jealous? Why would I do something so absurd?”She scoffed.He chuckled and stated, “Is that so? I know you well, Seraphine. You can’t hide from me.”“What? How can y
“Hold on, hold on, he actually said that to you!?” Aera exclaimed in disbelief. “Whoa! He is seriously a player.”Sitting on her bed, Jiyeon took a sip from her strawberry milk and stared down. The events of the other day still heated up her cheeks. Taeyang simply looked too dashing.“How did he know I was there though?” Jiyeon questioned. “Could it be a coincidence?”“About that,” Aera voiced out, “I might have spilled out your location to him.”Jiyeon raised an eyebrow.“Well, he called me, asking where you are as your phone was shut off, and I told him you’re on a date. Then, he questioned me about the location, and he is too scary. I wasn’t able to hide it.”Jiyeon could see where Aera was coming from. After the confrontation she had with Taeyang the other day, he really had a fierce side to him. Maybe because she w
Just as she was about to hug Yejoon, Jiyeon felt herself being dragged back by a large force, and this caused her eyes to widen. She turned her head to look at the one behind it and was shocked to see Taeyang standing there.What was he doing here?His eyes fiercely stared at her, causing her to be shaken up, and it appeared that he was only slightly away from bursting off at her. This was the first time she had faced this side of hers, making her wonder on how she had possibly offended him.“Who are you? It’s too impolite to pull someone this way,” Yejoon voiced out.Jiyeon smiled at him and expressed, “It’s fine. I know him. You can leave now.”Yejoon seemed a little hesitant. Nonetheless, he nodded before leaving. Before she could wave her hand at him, her face was gripped by Taeyang, and he forced her to meet his eyes.“Who is he?” Taeyang questioned, and his tone held immense intensity&mda
Jiyeon totally erased from her mind about asking Taeyang about why he stayed with her that night. This was surely done out of friendship, and there was no need to make the matters awkward by probing into this topic. This is how Jiyeon managed to convince herself.But when Taeyang came for the tutoring session on the next day, Jiyeon felt pained upon seeing him, and it was hard for her to keep on behaving normally as if nothing had happened. Taeyang surely had noticed something due to how silent she had been. That’s why, she appreciated him not asking anything about it.As Jiyeon was going through the book in her hand, Taeyang’s phone rang, and a picture popped up on the screen. It was the image of the woman she had seen with him yesterday; she was called Jihye.“Excuse me for a second.”With that said, he stood up and received the call. Jiyeon observed his expressions. His eyes widened for a second— probably shocked by what h
Jiyeon’s breathing for that instant stopped, and her heart clenched painfully. A nauseating feeling arose in her stomach. That’s why, holding her mouth, she stood up and rushed towards the washroom. At the same time, her eyes were flooded with tears.Seeing Jiyeon’s reaction caused a frown to form upon Taeyang’s features, and he did call after her. But she paid no mind to his words. He wanted to go after her, but that’s when his attention fell on her phone. It seemed that she saw something on the device.Picking the device up, his eyes fell on the screen, and that’s when he understood why she had shown such an intense reaction. This was due to a certain name she had seen— Kayden.He shut her phone and let out a sigh.°°°After washing her face, Jiyeon came out of the washroom and then said, “I am sorry. I suddenly felt sick.”Taeyang stood up and made his way over to Jiyeon. H
Taeyang shot her a quizzical look, not clearly expecting her to mention this right now, before that changed to amusement, and he voiced out, “Why are you so curious about that?”Jiyeon believed that she had decent acting skills when she smiled and said, “Am I not your friend? This simply is an enough reason for me to know about it. Now, quick, quick, tell me who is it that managed to steal that heart of yours.”“Because you are my friend?” The boy stated.There was a certain amount of amusement present in his tone, and this caused her to feel nervous. Certainly, he didn’t notice her intentions, right? Although she did feel very much exposed under his gaze, she tried to convince herself that the boy wasn’t capable of reading minds.Jiyeon nodded.“Can I not ask as your friend about the girl you like?”“Of course, you can ask,” Taeyang said, “And as for who the perso
“Of course not. What are you talking about? You can feel comfortable at here. You have done a lot for Jiyeon, and we are thankful to you for that,” her mother voiced out.Hearing how gently her mother was speaking made Jiyeon scoff and say, “I didn’t know that you are able to talk in this manner, Mother; I thought you were only capable of shouting.”This caused her mother to glare at Jiyeon and state, “Shut up! Make yourself useful for once, and set up the table.”Although Jiyeon rolled her eyes at her mother, she did as the woman ordered as she made her way over to the kitchen. Tilting her head from the kitchen, she could see that small conversation went on between her mother and Taeyang. This caused her to wonder what the content was.Nevertheless, Jiyeon was quick to her feet and arranged the table without causing much accidents. Once done with that, she took her seat and called for
Jiyeon had to admit that Taeyang was great at explaining her. It was as if he understood her and knew how to keep her concentration on the subject. No matter how much she wanted to distract him or ask him unnecessary questions, he didn’t let that happen.And as for the last part of the session, he gave her few problems to solve, saying, “After you are able to solve them all and get half of them correct, you can go home.”Jiyeon was dumbfounded by the expectations he held on her. Even on the subject she found the easiest, getting half correct was hard for her.“Can’t we lower the bar a little? Today is the first day after all. Let’s settle for forty percent.”He shook his head and voiced out, “If you get more than fifty percent, I will reward you.”That did sound appealing to her, and knowing that there was no place for argument, she attempted the questions I hopes of attaining that reward. At th
It didn’t take Taeyang long to finish making the breakfast, and even though Jiyeon had a large intake of sugar now, that didn’t take away from her appetite when she smelled the pancakes. This caused her to feel sudden hunger.Taeyang placed the glass of orange juice in front of her before serving her pancakes and covering those up with syrup. Yurie’s mouth watered as she held her fork and voiced out, “Thank you.”After that, given how delicious the pancakes were, it didn’t take her long to finish eating them, and once done with that, she stared at Taeyang with impressed eyes.“Whoa! This is seriously good,” Jiyeon voiced out, “You really have a way to lower my self-esteem.”“Don’t worry about that. Collectively, you are way better than me.”This made Jiyeon scrunch up her nose and vocalize, “We both know that is not the case. I am far from being half as good as you.