She stayed there, staring at him in the mirror. It was like the world stopped for a moment before it started to rotate again. She turned around to face him, flustered. "Get out!" she screamed loudly before bending down and taking off her shoes and throwing them at him. He chuckled before leaving and closing the door behind him. "You look great in that dress, Keisha. Why do you not like it?" he questioned behind the door as he leaned back on it. Keisha held her face, feeling flustered. Thank god she hadn't taken off her clothes yet when he entered the room. "I just don't, okay?" she explained, hoping he didn't see the scars on her body. She sighed heavily before hearing the first door open and close. She looked behind her despite not seeing anything. "Leave the dresses. I'll help my fiancée try on her dresses," she heard Eros say. Her eyes widened and she covered her mouth to avoid shouting at him. When the woman left the room, Eros snickered. "You- you pervert!" Keisha screamed
EROS entered the underground prison filled with agony and cries of the captured. He was not supposed to come with Keisha to pick out a dress but after finding out Shadow was there, he couldn't help but stop those two from getting close to each other. The pictures he saw made him bloodthirsty. If he didn't have enough self-control, he would've already gutted Shadow the moment they met eye contact. He might as well release his anger here and extract information. The woman who tried to kill him exposed some of the people who helped her enter his mansion. "Are these all of them?" he asked the woman chained up and admitted the truth. He looked at the men chained and kneeling on the ground. He grabbed a whip and slashed one of them in the back as hard as he could. As he slashed them multiple times, he remembered Keisha's back. His parents were not perfect but they've never hurt him like this when he was a mere child. How did Keisha get those scars then? If it was actually her parent
KEISHA stood inside the closet while covering her mouth. The screams of her mother echoed as she begged endlessly to keep her daughter alive. There was a deafening sound of groans and punches her father endured as he was beaten to death. All Keisha could do was to keep herself quiet and watch them through the small crack on the closet. The tears fell down her cheeks since she was helpless. What can a five-year-old girl do in this situation? One sound from her would cause her to lose her life. She did not believe in god anymore after this. How can he let both of her parents die as she watched helplessly? Loud gunshots and explosions made her feel weaker. Her legs collapsed on her while trying to silence out the noises she was hearing. Her parents taught her well. If there was an attack, she should save herself even if she can't save them. She was only five yet she knew that she would never see them again. Her ears started to ring from the explosions and gunshots. The lock of th
EROS' brows were furrowed as he started to wake up from his beauty rest. He can feel his body heat up and his eyes burning. Before he could open his eyes, he felt the shade cover his face from the brightness of the sun. He sighed and fluttered his eyes slowly. "Aren't you afraid to be assassinated?" He raised an eyebrow and tilted his head to look at the woman above him. The soft melody of her voice was like the birds singing in the morning. She was wearing a halter dress in the shade of blue and white while holding a white umbrella, covering his face from the sun. "My guards are everywhere, I'll be fine." She scoffed before removing the umbrella from his face. "I'm going to have breakfast," she informed him. She started to walk away but he grabbed her hand and pulled her to him. Her eyes widened as she lost her balance from his force. He caught her waist and pulled her close to him as she fell on top of his body. "Eros!" she screamed, flustered. "What?" he asked with a chuckle whi
KEISHA has been following behind her stepmother who just arrived inside the mall. She doesn't know Keisha arrived much earlier than expected. Spying on her stepmom, why not? She figured this is a good way to test her skills as an assassin if she got any worse after being out of action since the day of the accident.She stopped when her stepmother bumped into someone. She watched as the two chatted upon realizing they knew each other. "The thing is… I need money for my daughter and I don't know who else to go to. I'm so glad I saw you here," the woman said in joy."I'll send money to your account but we can't be seen together. I'm meeting Keisha today." Her ears perked up upon hearing her name. She went a little closer and got a good look at the woman in front of her. She looked familiar but where did she see this p
INSIDE THE mansion, Eros listened to the recording given to him by his brother. "You're finally useful for once," he mentioned, testing James' patience. He literally helped him shut up his ex-girlfriend yet this is how he repays him. How annoying. "If you don't have anything else to say, I'm leaving," he murmured before walking to the door. Eros watched his brother's back before telling him to stop walking. James turned around with a raised eyebrow and his brother leaned back on his chair. "Why did you give her that dress?" he asked and James shrugged. "You don't give her money to buy what she wants, so I just got her that. It wasn't even supposed to be hers, I bought it for someone else–" Eros chuckled and shook his head.
"Keisha…?" Their uncle asked, waiting for her to speak up. Eros noticed something was wrong and held her back to support her body weight. She breathed heavily yet they were short breaths. She stared at the man's face and she could not be mistaken. She faced everything that could threaten her life. She went through thick and thin while escaping death. Yet why? Why can't she react or even pretend? She closed her eyes and took deep breaths that felt like it took her forever. She could barely hear anything they were trying to say to her. Her heartbeat was slowing down as she calmed herself and she slowly gained her strength back. "Pardon me, I just felt a little dizzy," she apologized and stood straight back up. "Is my scar that scary?" he asked while laughing. She awkwardly laughed and avoided eye contact. He has a big scar from the side of his cheek to the edge of his nose. "Her name is Keisha and she is my lovely fiancée," Eros introduced her and kissed her forehead. "She has
KEISHA'S vision was a blur. The house was spinning and her balance was wobbly. She couldn't contain her posture, her back was hunched and she was struggling to walk. It was as if she was reliving a memory that she almost could never recover from. After talking to that man, she only managed to stay calm so the brothers and everyone else wouldn't find her suspicious. After walking to her room, that's when everything fell into pieces. Including her. She gasped for air as voices in her head mumbled words about her parent's assassination. Her body fell to the ground after trying to walk to her bed and she clenched her heart, trying to bear the pain. (He tortured them! He killed them!) Her thoughts engulfed her. A few years back, she believed that man was killed off. She felt at ease, and her worries vanished. But to see him in the flesh, talking and laughing while mocking her, her soul shut off. He is the reason she is here today. He's the sole reason why this is her life now. She scr