Elias was stunned.The fact that she would freely admit the worst of what he had suspected infuriated him. Jealousy sputtered and roared as it burned in his chest. He was jealous of all the men who got to see Mimi smile. Elias was not sure what was happening to him because he would have never cared so much about something like that. Did someone curse him? Why did it feel like the rein over the beast of emotions inside him kept snapping these days?Mimi, sniggering, was not done adding more fue
All manner of control fell apart.In the dark, Elias tasted Mimi’s lips with the hunger of a desert wanderer who found a fountain in an oasis. He shoved her to the wall, trapping the young woman’s weaker body under the tyranny of his stronger physique and snuffing out any struggle or protest.There was a hint of nectar in her lips. Tasting it made stopping impossible.His fury had found itself an outlet. His lips angrily planted themselves onto hers, retreated, scraped through her neck, made her tremble. Slithered upward, snaked along the bony frame of her ear, circled back to her cheek.A chilling trickle wetted his lips.Elias stopped dead on his movement and licked his lip with the tip of his tongue. A hint of saltiness stung his taste bud, and a surge of bitterness raided his throat.He felt a pang on his chest as though a sledgehammer had landed on him. He stared at Mimi’s eyes in a baffled trance. He could see the weakly glistening trails on her cheeks and her puffy eyes ev
With reddened eyes, Mimi scrubbed Elias’ sweat away from her during her shower. Yet, tried as she might, she could not get the trail of hickeys imprinted on his skin washed away.She turned the knob to the shower and wiped the mist on the mirror clean. A pair of puffy, red eyes gazed into her reflection. She wondered how badly the rest of her body must look.A long, unending trail of hickeys ran from her neck, across her breasts, and to her back. Elias had been as sound as a rabid man, carving
Mimi shuffled her feet mechanically into the dressing room’s costume section and undressed. She was about to change when her eyes darted to the mirror, meeting blue-black spots glaring from her skin. She froze, and her eyes reddened again.“Enough is enough, Elias. I’m giving up on you. I really am…”She told herself she was never going to mistreat herself anymore. Loving another was a Sisyphean labor, plain and simple. Now, she would rather be loved than to love—the former might make her happ
Tears were threatening to fall from the assistant’s reddened eyes. “What in the world is going on, Mimi? Please, you have to talk to me! It hurts me to see you like this… It makes me think… that I must have been horrible at my job for something like this to happen to you…”The assistant’s tears wrung Mimi’s heart even tighter. She quickly shook her head, hoping it could dissuade the assistant from her misplaced guilt. “This isn’t your fault, I mean it. I’m really fine—”She would not have any
The assistant regarded her with pity. “Mimi? I really think you should take the day off.”She shook her head. “No. But maybe… Maybe we can shoot some of the sadder scenes today. I think I’m bursting with the blues today, anyway. Could be really useful for the sadder scenes.”Mimi’s adamant stance made Zeke relent with a sigh. “Okay. Take an hour's break while I go about some other scenes. When you’re up and ready, we’re going for several shots in Scene #163. Take a look at the script, work up
How did it feel to have one’s heart broken?Well, it felt like the very essence of melancholy was melting into one’s skeleton. As if the air was imbued—chock-full, boundless—with an ether of depression, and every inch of one’s skin was the perfect receptor for its gingerly particle. The ether seeped into the bones through fractal lines and worn-out cracks. The ether joined the blood gushing through one’s veins. The ether was drawn into every breath inhaled—oh, how breathing alone hurt.Jeanett
She had never been deflowered. At least, not until…His eyes stared unseeingly to that incriminating stain, his mind blanked. His heart was laden by the weight of unforgiving regret. She was late to return home this morning, but it was not because she had been sleeping around. Despite her so-called self-admission on being lecherous, the impression could not be further from the truth. So what the hell had overcome Elias last night? When had the reign over his own emotion become so impotent!?
…In jail, Xavier stared at Jeanette’s face through a layer of glass. His expression was filled with hatred.Jeanette stared at him and took a deep breath. Then, she picked up the phone.“How’ve you been?”Xavier smirked. “Since my own brother has decided to send me to jail, why has he asked you to come all the way here? To insult me? You really are a match made in heaven.”Jeanette sighed. Actually, Xavier was a very smart man, on par with Damon. Besides, when she had first joined the Godf
In the car, Mimi turned to look at Zeke, who was next to her. For a moment there, she had no idea what to say to him.They had pretty much silently admitted to the media’s claims over their engagement. Over the past few days, Zeke had been making preparations for their engagement party. She had been the one to suggest getting married, but now she was beginning to feel cold feet. She wasn’t sure if she was ready to spend the rest of her life with Zeke.Zeke seemed to be in a good mood. He had
“Damon Godfrey! It was you, wasn’t it? How could you do this to me?” His expression was ruthless. His eyes were filled with a terrifying expression, unlike ever before. He looked like a wild animal that had been suppressing its urges for a very long time.Jeanette had never seen such a terrifying look on Xavier’s face before. She paused in fright as she stared at Xavier from afar.Damon seemed perfectly calm. “You brought this on yourself, Xavier. I know what you’ve done. It’s just that I neve
“You’re overthinking it!” Elias slapped her hand away.Vanessa laughed bitterly. “Oh, I wish I was, Elias. But the facts prove that you’re in love with Mimi Norton. You’re in love with your best friend’s fiancee!”“That has nothing to do with you!” Elias was like a cat who had his tail trampled on. He was tense. He had grown increasingly annoyed now that the heart of the matter had been prodded at.“Nothing to do with me? Elias, do you really think that I was only in love with your position?
Damon reached out and held her wrist. “You don’t believe me? Then come with me.”Jeanette smacked his hand away, looking very stern. “What are you planning? I’m not leaving with you.”Felix suddenly emerged from his room, holding a teddy bear, just as the pair were in the midst of conflict. He widened his large, limpid eyes and looked at Damon at the doorway. His expression filled with immense joy.“Daddy!” The little boy smiled and happily rushed to wrap his arms around Damon’s waist. “Daddy, are you here to take Mommy and me home?”Damon smiled and gazed at his clever son, a god-send, and spoke in a gentle voice. “Of course. Would you like to come home with Daddy?”“Yes!” The little boy’s voice was clear. Then, he carefully turned to Jeanette. “Mommy…”Jeanette frowned. Her heart was a mess. Felix missed his home. He was such a small child and had been forced to endure the conflict between her and Damon. He must have suffered. However, she couldn’t go home with Damon like this.
Jeanette was standing in the kitchen, staring dazedly at the pot of burnt potatoes, looking exasperated.‘I’m such an idiot! I’ve actually managed to burn potatoes… by boiling them. This is completely unheard of! It’s all my fault for being so careless. I left the potatoes to boil and ran off to do something else. I was so busy that I completely forgot about them, until two minutes ago, when I smelled the burnt potatoes. Then I remembered that mine and Felix’s dinner was in that pot. All of the water had actually evaporated!’Jeanette felt a massive headache as she stared at the blackened potatoes stuck to the pot. This was the only food they had at home. Now that the potatoes were ruined, she had no other choice except to take Felix out for food.She scratched her head in exasperation. Felix appeared from behind her, hugging the teddy bear she had just bought for him, and walked into the kitchen. He lifted his chubby, naively little face and stared pitifully up at Jeanette.“Mommy
In a restaurant, the surrounding atmosphere was illuminated by a gentle, dim light, which made it all feel warm and comfortable. Mimi stared at Zeke, who was seated in front of her. She looked hesitant and nervous. She released two soft coughs, unable to say the words she wanted to say.‘Get engaged…’These words felt very distant to her. She did believe that Zeke was the kind of man she could spend the rest of her life with, but to prepare herself for marriage with him in such a short period… She couldn’t bring herself to accept it. After all, she and Zeke had only been dating for a very short time. Unfortunately, Vanessa’s threat had rendered it impossible for her to avoid the subject. Upon careful consideration, it made sense. Since she was going to be with Zeke, why would the time of marriage make any difference?Perhaps it was time for her to truly accept this relationship and start a new life.She took a deep breath and looked at Zeke, who sat in front of her, then swallowe
“Father, even if he is my brother, he should be responsible for his crimes. We live in a civilized society. Besides, he’s worked with an outsider in a plot against our company. You know this. The company wouldn’t have been reduced to this mess if it weren’t for him. Father, your constant shelter and indulgence has caused him to make so many mistakes! If you continue spoiling Xavier, he’ll resort to something even more terrifying in the future,” Damon said with a frown.Christophe smirked in his rage. “Damon, has your search for power driven you mad? How could you be so cruel to your own brother? It’s not like you’re unaware of why I’ve been so indulgent toward him. Xavier has never been of sound mind from a young age. Are you worried that I’d leave the Godfrey Group to him? That he would take everything that belongs to you?”Damon was taken aback. He chuckled bitterly and exasperatedly. “Father, do you really think that that’s what I think? Would you really be bold enough to leave th
The car drove along the road. The driver, a woman, dressed in black wearing a baseball cap, slowly spoke. “What did you say to her?”Vanessa pursed her lips, looking particularly relaxed. “I told her to get engaged with Zeke within a week.”The sound of the car coming to a screeching halt filled the air. The car stopped in the middle of the road, just like that, forcing a row of cars behind them to stop as well. The driver widened her eyes. Her expression was full of rage. “I thought we agreed to expose her affair with Elias? It was a great opportunity for us to ruin her, and you just gave it up?”Vanessa shrugged, looking unperturbed. “Why would I want to ruin her?”“I thought you hated her? Don’t tell me you’re going soft!”The woman frowned. Her expression was filled with anger as if she resented her for not doing any better.She had been planning for so long, coming up with all sorts of schemes to find someone who hated Mimi just as much as she did. However, who would have th