Ezra pressed the apartment bell three times and waited. He couldn't hear anything from inside the apartment and there was only silence. Ezra pressed the bell once again, but there was no response from the apartment owner. Ezra started to think the apartment was empty. So he was thinking of coming back later or tomorrow after he went to see the owner of apartment 502 before someone suddenly appeared behind him. "What were you doing in front of my apartment?" “You Mrs. Aubrey?" The woman was old, maybe around sixty. There were two bags of groceries that she clutched tightly to her chest. Ezra stepped back and tried to be respectful in the presence of this old woman. "Sorry to bother you, ma'am. I was just wondering if you called in a plumber yesterday to fix your drains?” "That's right. Robert Willey. It was Anette who recommended the man to me when I complained to her that my drains were a bit problematic. The pipes are dirty and need to be cleaned, so the water flow is blocked.”
It wasn't difficult to cripple a stranger. Ezra quickly nudged his ribs with his sharp elbows, then dropped the switchblade which had scraped the skin of his neck while parrying the stranger's attack to his face. The foreign man groaned in pain. He tried to reach his penknife which was thrown five yards from where he stood. But Ezra kicked his hand, then stamped his palm so hard that the man whimpered in pain and took off his hat."Damn you! Get your damn feet out of my hands.”“You still can't beat me, Meyer. You think pretending to be a badass in an elevator can trick me, huh?"'"Don't you want me to keep an eye on your lover's apartment?""Your disguise actually makes others misunderstand."“Arrghhh you are going to break my precious hand.”Meyer pounded Ezra's leg with his free hand, trying hard to brush Ezra's sole away from his almost flattened palm."And you suck so badly. You lost your precision and accuracy in attacking your opponent because you played around with your bitch
Mila took off the seat belt that was wrapped around her body. This time she did it quickly so Jonas didn't have a chance to unbuckle the seatbelt and try to get closer to her. “Thank you very much for a very delicious dinner tonight. And also the jokes you throw at me. Very entertaining." "You're welcome. Glad to make you laugh, Mila.” Jonas smiled broadly. It's the best night he's ever had since his breakup with Mila. He laughed a lot, ate well, and talked about things he didn't like at the hospital. He could talk about the arrogant doctors he met at the hospital or his annoying patients. Everything feels so good today. "Next time I will treat you." “Tsk, I don't mind treating you again. Just tell me if you need someone to eat with, I'll definitely come.” "Thank you. See you soon, Jonas." Mila opened the door beside her, about to step out, but Jonas suddenly grabbed her arm and threw her body on the chair. Jonas quickly kissed her on the cheek, then winced shyly. Meanwhile Mil
Sweat dripped onto the floor from his hair that fell around his forehead as Ezra bent his back to fill his lungs with oxygen. His whole body was drenched in sweat and glistening brown. Muscles bulged beneath his taut skin. But Ezra was still not done with his training. He punched the bag once again with more ferocity and brutality as if the bag was the source of all the anger he hated. He pummeled it, giving it all he had, then kicked it hard until the bag flew high into the air, and then swung back at it in a few hard swings until the bag finally slowed down. Ezra gasped again. He picked up a bottle of mineral water at the far end of the room, then splashed half of it onto his sweaty face. It feels good. His skin was cold, the sweat washed off his face. And he then emptied the bottle by drinking the entire contents very quickly. He threw the bottle into the trash can. It went in as smoothly as he was throwing a basketball into the hoop. Moments later Ezra heard clapping from the do
Mila exhaled loudly while massaging her aching temples. Ezra was really a very hot-tempered and rude man. She couldn't imagine that one day Ezra would become a father. His children will surely be afraid of his very angry figure. Mila doesn't understand why Ezra suddenly hit Hunter without finding out the truth first. Always like that. The violence comes first, then the explanation later. People who are unlucky can die easily at Ezra's hands if he keeps doing that. Mila faintly heard a groan behind her. She immediately turned around and approached Hunter who had just moved to sit down. "Hunter, are you all right?" “Mila? Suddenly someone attacked me and hit my nape. Arrghhh this damn hurts!” "Ezra thinks you're the intruder who's been terrorizing me lately." “Ezra? Where is the damn bastard now?” Hunter almost stood up to look for Ezra, but Mila grabbed his shoulder. "He's gone. I kicked him out because he attacks other people at will.” “That damn bastard has a short wick. My n
The sound of metal clashing against the concrete wall woke Mila up. Her curled eyelashes slowly opened and looked around the room to find the source of the sound that had disturbed her sleep. Mila's heart sank in fear when her eyes met the dark eyes of the terrorizer who was currently holding a knife tightly in his hand. Mila gulped nervously. She wanted to scream, but that surely would get her nowhere. She had an even better idea, to run as fast as she could out of her room before that mad terrorizer killed her. Mila quickly threw the blanket that wrapped her body and ran through the half-closed door of her room. The terrorizer notices her presence and chases behind her. The terrorizer brandished a knife while grinning evilly behind the half-mask he used to cover his nose up. He only left his mouth for Mila to see. But even his mouth is as scary as the whole mask he's wearing. The sound of his very loud shoe soles thumping on the carpeted floor as he chased Mila who ran away in fear
At one o'clock in the morning Felix was startled by the sound of a bell being pressed repeatedly on the door. His eyes were still half closed. He groaned in annoyance at whoever was a lunatic who came this early to his boss's house. In the hall, Felix saw Ezra drinking brandy from a bottle. There was another empty bottle on the table and a half bowl of peanuts left. Ezra seemed indifferent to the sound of the bell being pressed many times and had no intention of opening the door for the madman. “Who do you think is the madman who came this early?” Felix grunted as he passed Ezra. “Probably someone who got lost. Throw him away if there is nothing important to do.” “You shouldn't have driven your men home tonight. They are proving indispensable to dispelling this nuisance.” “Don't complain too much, Felix. I pay you to open the door. They could be more useful elsewhere.” Felix snorted angrily. Wasting time to serves Ezra to argue. He's so annoying when he has a lot of problems like
"Wake up. Time for us to talk." Mila was shivering with cold when the blanket was suddenly pulled roughly from her body. She curled up to the right, trying to find some more warmth, but her arms were suddenly pulled away and she was forced to sit up on her bed. "Open your eyes, Milla. Until when are you going to sleep, huh?” "Arghhh that hurts! Let go of my arm, Ezra.” "It's already eleven o'clock. You need to get up and we need to talk." “I only went to bed at three because I couldn't sleep. You should have given me more time to sleep.” "I have a lot of work and I can't just sit around waiting for you to wake up." "Then we'll talk later after you're done with your work." Mila's eyes were too heavy to open. It was as if there were two large stones in both of her eyelids preventing her from opening her eyes. But Ezra kept screaming beside her and shaking herself awake. "That's not all you woke up for. You also have to feed my son. Here is your milk." Mila frowned and slowly s
Mila walked through the living room towards the front door with her eyes half closed. Her apartment bell rang loudly many times to wake her who fell asleep after breastfeeding Gerrald in her baby room. Luckily, Gerrald didn't wake up because of the sound of the apartment bell that the annoying guest kept pressing repeatedly. "Wait a moment." Mila shouted in annoyance between the sound of the bell that kept echoing around her. Mila quickly pressed the combination numbers on the lock panel and a soft beep sounded at the door. The annoying knocker immediately burst in while growling in annoyance. “Why did you have to change your apartment password? I've been standing outside for half an hour." "I overslept while nursing Gerrald." Ezra's eyes moved down to Mila's blouse button which was not fully buttoned. He looked up briefly to meet Mila's face, then his hands quickly reached for the buttons of the blouse to button. “What are you doing? I can do it myself.” "To shorten the time."
3 months later The people applauded enthusiastically after the red ribbon for the inauguration of the new office was cut by the main star. Camera flash immediately rained down on his body mercilessly until it felt like he would go blind any minute. But Ezra can't complain too much about the enthusiasm people have for the merger between his company and Mila's company which is now growing rapidly. The three months since the shooting incident at Mila's apartment have brought many changes to their lives. Especially now that they have a little man in the middle of their new life. Mila smiled a little at Ezra's figure who was serving the paparazzi who were busy surrounding him. Ezra practically looks like a lump of sugar swarmed by hungry ants. Mila's hands occasionally rocked her stroller when her little one, baby Gerrald, whined a little because of the noise around him. Gerrald was used to the silence in her penthouse. He was rarely exposed to the noise of the paparazzi who would hunt h
Ezra moved warily to protect Mila behind his back. He cursed many times for not incapacitating Jonas first before discussing things with Mila. "But what did you come into my apartment for?" Jonas smiled wryly. He pretended to pat his denim jacket as if it was dusty. Jonas has a bruise on his right jaw from Ezra's precise fist that landed there shortly after he snuck into Mila's apartment. "To get revenge on you." Jonas took a gun out from under his boots and pointed it at Mila and Ezra. “Drop your weapon or you will regret choosing to do that.” “Are you scared, Ezra? You're not the only one with a gun. Even I have it too. You have destroyed my plans. I thought you were already rotting in hell, but you tricked us all.” “Glad that you were stupid enough and duped. You have terrorized Mila and disturbed her life.” "Because of you. I had forgotten about my stupid desire to take revenge on you when you were reportedly drowned in the sea. But who would have thought that you would ri
"Ssshhh... Don't scream, Mila!" "Who are you?" Mila's body froze when an arm stretched forward and hugged her chest until her shoulders pressed against the man's chest. From his voice and body aroma the man was very similar to Ezra. But it is not possible. Ezra is dead. Even the police had given her an official statement that the rescue team had not been able to find Ezra's body that had fallen into the sea. "You can't possibly forget me. You know me so well, Mila.” "Ezra is dead. Don't try to be Ezra in front of me." Mila's voice trembled as she tried to bully the man. In fact, Mila almost fell to the floor if the man's strong arms didn't support her shoulders. "Look at me." Mila's body was rotated one hundred and eighty degrees until now Mila was facing a man whose face was very similar to Ezra's. Her face stiffened as she stared at the man's face. Mila wanted to push the man's chest away, but her body couldn't move because she was too shocked by what was happening before her
"Wait here. I won't be long." Meyer stopped his car in the middle of the forest and let Ezra get out of his car to walk along the path in the middle of a lonely forest. "Good luck. Make Felix pee his pants seeing your ghost.” Meyer laughed loudly before Ezra slammed his car door loudly. Ezra walked to his lonely hunting house in the middle of the forest. He had seen Mila come with Jonas crying hysterically in Felix's arms. Apparently Felix didn't wait until the next morning to tell Mila that he had fallen overboard and might have died. His palms itched to punch Jonas when he saw him put his arm around Mila's shoulders. But luckily Felix chased him away quickly and Mila didn't try to keep Jonas from staying in his house. Ezra decided to make a detour through the back of his cabin. He saw the kitchen light was still on and saw Felix's silhouette standing by the sink. Looks like Felix and Mila are talking about something serious. He then hid behind the firewood storage rack, waiting
The high and ferocious waves rocked his boat so many times that he couldn't even sit still in the boat. His face was wet and his lips were twitching coldly because of the splash of sea water that was almost below freezing. The buoys and layers of clothing that wrapped around his body couldn't block the super cold sea breeze that was blowing very hard around him. Only a madman would go out to sea in the midst of a raging storm like this one. And damn that crazy person is him. Meyer repeatedly looked up at the sky, hoping that a violent storm would not come soon because he was still bobbing in the middle of the sea. It would take him at least another twenty minutes at the earliest to get to the beach and quickly find a warm place to keep him from catching frostbite in the morning. At first Meyer thought his ship was being hit by waves again. He heard the sound of water hitting solid objects, and then the boat shook slightly. He had almost given up on surviving in the middle of the sea
"Thanks Felix. I don't know where else to go but here. My apartment is not a good choice when I have problems with Jonas.” Mila took a sip of her hot chocolate, letting the delicious chocolate liquid flow down her throat and calm her down. She was on the verge of deep frustration. “I told you that his intentions weren't pure.” Felix took a place in front of Mila while looking at her concerned. "I know it. But I don't think he will force me to accept his proposal. He's crazy. He even screamed in the restaurant and made us both a spectacle.” "Relax Milla. You can't be stressed. Remember what Doctor Rosaline said at the last check-up." Mila sighed and nodded. "I remember. My blood pressure is very low and I have to have a transfusion if it stays low.” “Good girl. Better forget about Jonas. You have to distance yourself from him." "I have done. But he often comes to my apartment, helping me organize my future baby's room. How could I possibly ignore his kindness.” "Now he won't c
"Thanks for inviting me to dinner, Jo." "You're welcome. Please sit down Mila.” Mila smiled faintly and pulled the chair in front of her. Jonas looked like he was about to pull out a chair for her, but Mila refused and said that pregnant women are not disabled. "How's the little one?" "Very good. Well it's been seven months, two more months before his birth. Really really fast.” Mila sighed softly. "I'm grateful. I'm glad to see you're fine. The last few months have been tough for you." "Very tough." Mia smiled weakly. It was a miracle that she survived two more months without Ezra by her side. She had shed tons of tears since the past two months. When finally the rescue team failed to find Ezra and the police officially stated that Ezra was lost due to drowning in the sea. Her legs literally went limp when she received the news. She almost fell to the ground if Felix didn't put his arm around her shoulders and support her limp body. Her heart… she didn't know if her heart had
Hunter was ushered out of his cage into the courtroom. After a week in jail, now Hunter looks so messy and ugly. His face was pale and shabby. The dark circles under his eyes were very dark. Hunter let his sideburns grow wildly on his face so that he looked like an old hermit who had just been taken out of a cave. Hunter's hands were handcuffed behind his back. Hunter took a deep breath in the scent of the courtroom and felt a tinge of relief that he could finally smell something other than the rotting smell of rotting prison food. Two policemen gently pushed Hunter's shoulders and pressed him to sit on the prison chair. Not many were present at his trial. Hunter didn't even expect anyone to come. But suddenly his eyeballs met Mila's eyeballs who were looking at him gloomily. Mila's face was somber and it looked like she had been wallowing in sadness for so long that there were no traces of joy on her face. Hunter's breath caught when he learned that Mila was present at the trial thi