MELISSA’S POV.“Oh no! I didn't make it?” I said as I found myself back in the ghost house. The little bottle had probably dissipated, since I wasn't able to get the child's tears. How certain am I that I can pass the others? Does it mean I'll be here until I grow old? Until forever? Oh, no! What did I get myself into?“Alright. I'll have that, thank you.” The first ghost said as it stretched its hands to my neck and dragged a necklace on my neck as it cut.“Ouch!” The necklace gave me a sting as it was dragged.To my surprise, the bottle was the necklace pendant. It had appeared on my neck in the form of a necklace, and it's pendant. I was overjoyed that I was able to get the teardrop for the ghost. But as the first demon sat down, he changed into an ugly creature.It had an oblong head with little tiny tentacles all around its face and head, leaving space for only the ugly eyes, which looked rotten. The body was like that of a big octopus with long tentacles. I screamed in horror
MELISSA’S POV.I gulped down my saliva in fear. Surrendering right now was a theory I had to try out, risking my life. I really hoped that I was right, as I didn't want to die right here, without living the kind of life I want. And I really had to be certain if Stefan was okay.Then I laid down on the floor, waiting for him to charge at me. He laughed and came at me with full force. It was as if my heart was going to come out of my chest with the way it was beating fast.“I know you aren't a murderer.” I yelled, then he stopped in his tracks.“What do you mean?” He asked with a voice that sounded curious.“I believe you didn't kill the man. The world is cruel and dirty and I know that. That is the reason I understand you. And I have someone I need to be certain he is okay. Help me, so I won't end up dying without fulfilling all I have ever wished for.” I said, softly.Then he calmed down and made himself visible, then bent down to me, looking torn by my words. He was an handsome youn
MELISSA’S POV.“How’s that possible?” I asked, with my eyes, widened in shock.“You picked the wrong iced cream.” The third ghost said.“But you passed two tasks out of three, so you are now free to leave this world. Take the five coins you need for the wandering soul.” The first ghost said as he handed over the five coins to me.I collected it with so much joy in my heart and ran out of the ghost house, seeing as the third ghost seemed displeased with me. It wasn’t my fault, anyways as she was being too tricky. I was just grateful that I got lucky with the second task which looked both scary and proved difficult.I ran to the portal and there it was, wide open for me. The lady must have known that I was on my way. I jumped into the portal and when I got to the garden, I looked around for Stefan, but he was nowhere to be found and I became worried.“Hello? Anyone here?” I called out to whoever could be in the garden.There was no response and I got scared that I would have to continu
STEFAN'S POV.After we had a passionate sex, Melissa fell asleep soundly on the bed and I sat up, smiling. I was glad that there was finally progress between us and I was ready to make this continue to progress.Then my phone beeped and I checked it. It was a text message from an unknown number, which read:"Now that you are much better, let the game begin."This text message sounded ominous and I couldn't think of who exactly the person could be. It was certainly the attacker who sent this message to me, but having an unknown attacker is the worst, ever. I couldn't let Melissa know as I didn't want her to get worried at all.The next day, I had seen Melissa off, so she could get ready for work and after that, I prepared for work, too. On my way to work, I was still worried about the anonymous message I had gotten, until I got to work. As I got to my office, my secretary came in, with my schedule."Good morning sir. I'll list out your schedule, for today." He said as he opened the fi
MELISSA'S POV.I turned to look at the person who held me and and to my surprise, it was a handsome man who looked really breathtaking. His blue eyes were so charming that I couldn't get my eyes off them."Easy easy. I hope you feel better now?" He asked, with a smile on his face.His smile was a killer smile and it was certain that many women would be dying for it. It felt as if he had taken my breath away for a second and returned it back to me."Hello?" He said, bringing me back to reality."Uhm... Hi. I'm sorry. How did you...?"I wanted to ask him how he did that, but I remembered that I couldn't reveal who I was, but if he didn't know anything about me, it was rude for him to hold me like that. "Why'd you hold me that way?" I questioned, raising my right eyebrow, up."I apologize. I saw that you needed help."I became even more curious."What help?""You were turning, weren't you?"Then he bent down and removed my wristband, then handed it over to me."I'm not touching you, s
MELISSA’S POV.It was closing hours already and I was ready to meet Stefan, the love of my life when Edward came towards me. “Hey. Have plans?” He asked, with a smile.“Uhm… Yes. Is there anything wrong?”“No. I just thought maybe we could get to restaurant or something.”“Oh, maybe some other time.” I said, with a smile as I packed up my things, then I looked up at him as he left.“Edward?”“Yeah.”“I’m sorry if I have been distant, lately, but I will make it up to you.” “It’s fine. I understand.” He said as he waved it off.Then I brought out a piece of paper and scribbled something on it and gave it to Britney and it read: “Iced cream date on the rooftop, tomorrow?” I looked at her with a smile as I moved backwards, heading outside, then she nodded with a smile. As soon as I got her nod, I walked out of the office.While on my way, I was excited about the things that would happen between us and I couldn’t get my mind off it. But then, something snapped me out of my thoughts. It
STEFAN’S POV.BEFORE MELISSA ARRIVEDI heard the doorbell ring, which made me excited that Melissa had finally arrived, but as I got to the door, it was a delivery man who held a box. I was disappointed as I really hoped that it was Melissa.“I think you got the wrong house. I didn’t order anything.” I said as I moved in to close the door.“Someone sent this to this address. Are you Mr. Stefan?” He asked.“Yes, I am.” I said, then collected the box, although was still skeptical about it.I closed the door and took the box to the dining where I placed it on the table. I hoped that it wasn’t anything harmful that was in there, but I was already too curious, so I opened it only to find a few pictures there, with no clue on who sent it.As I picked up the pictures and looked at it, my heart broke into pieces. It was Melissa, walking with a man, in an outfit that seemed new as I had never seen her in that outfit before. I checked all the pictures that was sent to me, and I could see some
MELISSA’S POV.I walked over to the river bank, seeing as the sound of the water clashing against each other, sounded refreshing and would probably help me arrange my thoughts. As I sat on the pavement, I sighed.I wondered why I had gotten into a relationship with Stefan in the first place. He had hurt me, just by reminding me about my ex and that was a painful walk back to the past. I could have called Layla and explained how heavy my heart was, at the moment, but I didn’t want to burden her with my emotions.Suddenly, something stung me in my buttocks and I moved a little to check what had decided to make my day, worse, but I found out it was a sharp stone. Just before I could sit back, someone grabbed me away from the pavement, making my heart to beat in fear.As I landed on the floor, I found out that it was Stefan and I felt relief wash through me, a little.“Are you okay?” He asked, with concern, but I withdrew myself from him, still looking shaken.“Melissa, I am sorry.” He a