Hoolgart!

Irene breathed a sigh of relief when she felt that she was no longer being chased by Edric.  The woman was standing in front of a car, in the basement of a large mall.

 "Excuse me!"

 "Ahh!"  Irene was aghast,

 She heard a woman's voice and she at first thought that the woman was Edric's servant.

 "...!"  Irene who was gasping for breath, glared at the middle-aged woman she was looking at so furiously.

 "Someone is looking for you,"

 The woman in front of Irene showed her cellphone screen, but Irene ignored it.

 "Don't chase me!"  Irene screamed angrily,

 Then with the last of her strength she started to run.

 "Cayden. That person is looking for you in the City Community Group,"

 The middle-aged woman screamed, stopping Irene's steps.

 "Cayden?!"

 "Yeah!"

 "Are you sure you're not tricking me?!"

 "Just make sure, here's his cell phone number!"

 The middle-aged woman walked hurriedly over to Irene.

 Irene flinched when she saw Cayden's number visible on it.

 Cayden was seen making a lost post to find Irene's whereabouts.

 "Oh my!"

 Irene's tears fell, she was touched.

 "Excuse me! Can you stay here as I need money from Mr. Cayden? He promised me 100$ to find you"

 "Oh okay!"

 ****

 "I told you, you should trust me."

 Irene and Cayden walked down the corridor to the rented room she had been staying in.

 "I was annoyed when he said he would marry you."

 "Brat, how could I want to marry an anathema like him?"  Irene opened the door of her rented room, "I'm so tired, I'm going to take a shower and then go straight to bed, do you want to come?"

 She asked Cayden before walking into her rented room.

 "No need, you also need to rest, and I'll see you tomorrow."

 Cayden smiled at Irene then he stepped away slowly.

 "Cayden!"  Irene called him.

 "What?"

 "Thank you," Irene returned the smile.

 She was so grateful to have Cayden by her side.

 "Marry me instead!"

 Cayden had said it for the umpteenth time.

 "Okay, this time I accept your proposal," Irene shouted in agreement.

 "Are you serious?"

 "Hmm, talk about it tomorrow!"  Irene smiled broadly then entered the rent.

 "Irene… are you serious?!"  Cayden started walking towards Irene's room again when he saw that Irene had entered and closed the door, "Ire…!"

 But his steps stopped and his eyes suddenly widened.

 "Greeting to you, Young Master!"  He saw an old man coming and greeted him.

 ****

 Irene was feeling happy, it was all because finally she had seriously accepted Cayden's proposal and it was better than having to be with Edric.

 Irene hoped that after she and Cayden married, Edric and his mother would stop chasing her.

 She really didn't want to have anything to do with the Dorian family who had put so much pain into her heart.

 Indeed, she also no longer had a family.  No mother and no father, so she didn't need any advice to make the right decision that day.

 "Humph, so tired. Bastard Edric, I got all this mess because of him"

 Irene unbuttoned her shirt and intended to clean herself.

 "And do you think I'm going to let you marry Cayden Hoolgart?!"

 "Akhhh!"  Irene screamed, nearly rupturing her eardrums.  "You?!"  She was surprised when she saw Edric just came out of the kitchen with a cup of coffee.

 The man sat on the sofa.

 "I've forgiven you anyway!"

 Edric showed the bandage on the forehead of the head that was injured by Irene's earlier attack.

 "Why are you here? Get out!"  Irene chased him away by walking quickly towards Edric who was still sitting.

 "Please unbutton first your shirt, your skin is so white, I'm afraid I will devour you."

 Edric casually sipped the coffee he made himself.

 "Haa, Bastard!"  And Irene stopped.

 She immediately turned around and buttoned up her shirt which had all been open, revealing black bras.

 "Irene, stop running away and just take our deal!"

 "Let go, you Brat!"  Irene was surprised when Edric hugged her from behind and inhaled the soft scent of her hair.

 Irene herself immediately stepped away.  She was so angry with Edric's very presumptuous attitude.

 "How dare you!"

 "Ehmm, it's all because no one can have you but only me,"

 “Haa, Bastard, how confident!”  Irene spoke curtly then walked towards the door of her room.

 She wanted to get away from Edric's presence immediately.

 "Where are you going?"

 "Go anywhere as long as I don't see you. It's so strange, why did you come into my room?"

 Irene walked in a hurry.

 Bkkkk!

 "Haaa?!"  And he was surprised because the door would not open.  "What… Did you do it?"  Irene turned and glared angrily, furiously at Edric.

 "Of course. I can do anything to get you, Irene!"

 "You are crazy?!"  Irene screamed so loudly, she wanted to cry but was able to hold it in.

 "Marry me and you will be free, but if you keep refusing, I will have no other choice but to keep you locked away until you fall in love with me again!"

 "Fucking Crazy, you really are crazy!"  Irene really overflowed her emotions by continuing to scream angrily.  "Hmm!"  Then she tried to calm herself to not get stressful, " I'm sure Cayden will definitely find me again."

 "Cayden Holgart?!"

 "Your dirty mouth doesn't deserve his name," Irene looked away, she didn't want to see Edric's eyes.

 Edric seemed to have stepped closer to her.

 "Do you think that you, who have nothing, deserve to be with the Hoolgart family? Come on, Irene, think again! I'm the only one who can make you happy this time!"

 "Shut up! I don't want to listen to your rotten voice," Irene stepped quickly away from Edric and approached the bed.

 She sat there, hoping Cayden would find her like they had in the past.

 "Irene, forget that hope of yours!"

 "...." Irene remained silent, she did not answer.

 The woman looked at the window pane, saw that it was already dark and she felt that darkness was like the darkness of Irene's heart back then.

 "Hoolgart will only be back to Hoolgart because that's where he comes from."

 Edric stepped closer to Irene, he stood right in front of the woman who was still sitting on the edge of the bed.

 The woman raised her head, looked into Edric's eyes from below.

 "You've been talking about Hoolgart… Hoolgart and Hoolgart. I don't even understand what Hoolgart you're talking about. There are lots of 'Hoolgart' surnames in the world, you bastard!"

 "I'm talking about the H&Q Family, don't you know that yet?"

 "What?"

 "Hoolgart and Quincy, you should know that the family that owns the biggest company in this country and the founder of H&Q is Cayden Hoolgart's Grandfather."

 Irene wrinkled her head, a sign that she thought Edric's words were a joke.

 "A member of the H&Q family would be absolutely impossible to live in this underworld, so stop saying nonsense!"

 Irene stood up, she didn't want to continue arguing with Edric which made her head almost fall down.

 "Cayden Hoolgart managed to escape from his family and found you, then I returned him to his family again. This time you will be mine,"

 Edric moved to look at Irene's back who stepped away.  Then the bedroom door opened,

 "Cayden!"

 And Edric was surprised when he saw a man standing in front of the door that his servant had locked from the outside before.

 "Irene Livia Isaac!"